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Maurice Amado Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
80
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$202k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Education$1.0MReligion$946kHealth$805kInternational$613kPhilanthropy$605kHuman Services$421kArts & Culture$420kFood & Nutrition$331kOther$0
02FY2025 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k50 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $580k
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES$202,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF$102,644
Individual grant recipient$75,000
ZIA FAMILY FOCUS CENTER$50,000
NEW MEXICANS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
STANFORD PRODUCT REALIZATION LAB$50,000
THE CHANGE REACTION$47,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES LOS ANGELES$47,000
BABY2BABY$47,000
JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION LOS ANGELES (JFLA)$47,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$45,000
HILLEL818$40,000
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPS$40,000
MYRIAD$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $716k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $202k → 8%COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY: $70k → 7%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $3k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $15k → 16%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY: $10k → 7%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY: $2k → 7%THE FURNITURE SHAREHOUSE: $13k → 9%TREE OF LIFE: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS DIABLO REGION: $10k → 9%FURNITURE SHAREHOUSE: $8k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS DIABLO REGION: $10k → 9%TREE OF LIFE: $1k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS DIABLE REGION: $5k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF HOUSTON: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NEW MEXICO: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NEW MEXICO: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NEW MEXICO: $10k → 14%TENDERLOVE COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 14%TENDER LOVE COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 14%TENDERLOVE COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 14%RICHSTONE CENTER: $3k → 14%TREE OF LIFE: $2k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES: $3k → 14%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $5k → 9%MIRY'S LIST: $20k → 14%MIRY'S LIST: $20k → 14%THE CHANGE REACTION: $47k → 14%HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY: $1k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $15k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES LOS ANGELES: $47k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 91 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

91 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
73

Total granted

$5.0M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+14%

Still filing today

82%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $890k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationInternationalEnvironmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JM
    JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $500k · revenue +118%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $203k · revenue +61%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $155k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +35%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +25%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
6
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
10
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Amazon Conservation Team. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

152 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 152 of the 216 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
148/152
Grantees still filing
96/152
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $431,902 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE: $340,000 · OtherWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLETEMPLE ISAIAH: $192,200 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $160,000 · Other+116 more: $2,685,929 · Other+116 moreUCLA FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDAT…THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS…ECHOING GREEN INC: $120,000 · EducationECHOING GREE…THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $115,000 · EducationTHE LIBRARY …ZIA FAMILY FOCUS CENTER: $70,000 · EducationZIA FAMILY F…WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $54,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BR…826LA: $42,500 · EducationVocal Justice: $35,000 · Education+10 more: $129,500 · Education+10 moreMYRIAD USA INC: $369,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA I…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $155,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $95,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRI…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $35,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $35,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $31,500 · International+8 more: $63,500 · International+8 moreJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · HealthJOHN MUIR …LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 · HealthLUNDQUIST …CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · HealthCEDARS-SIN…VINEYARD HAVENS INC: $45,000 · HealthVINEYARD H…White Plains Hospital Medical Center: $30,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $27,200 · Health+2 more: $15,000 · HealthMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $203,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S V…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $92,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAM…COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY INC: $82,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY …TENDERLOVE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTENDERLOVE…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $55,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAM…THE CHANGE REACTION: $47,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHANGE…CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NM: $45,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S…MIRY'S LIST: $40,000 · Human Services+10 more: $115,636 · Human Services+10 moreVirginia Chamber Music Foundation: $100,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureOPERADELAWARE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMOSTLY MODERN PROJECTS INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureMARKET STREET MUSIC CORPORATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureELEVAR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureELLSWORTH COMMUNITY MUSIC INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $77,100 · Arts & CultureEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $310,500 · ReligionTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $42,500 · ReligionHouston Hillel: $40,000 · Religion
Other$3,810,031Education$896,000International$859,500Health$767,200Human Services$759,636Arts & Culture$468,100Religion$393,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $369,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $310,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $203,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $155,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $115,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Chamber Music Foundation: $100,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $95,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $92,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $85,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLIDARITY INC: $82,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTENDERLOVE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $80,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetNEW MEXICANS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $80,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $72,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetZIA FAMILY FOCUS CENTER: $70,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetNonhuman Rights Project Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $61,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTUESDAY EVENING CONCERT SERIES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetIvy Centennial Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $55,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $55,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $54,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLarchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NM: $45,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetVINEYARD HAVENS INC: $45,000 over 1y, 15% of budget826LA: $42,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Hillel: $40,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHILLEL 818: $40,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $37,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVocal Justice: $35,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHIAS INC: $31,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA34.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Welfare Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Maurice Amado Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maurice Amado Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
  • Delaware Shakespeare Festival Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Delaware Symphony Association Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Market Street Music Corporation: 11% of income from government
  • Operadelaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • First State Ballet Theatre Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Maurice Amado Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 216 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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