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McCrea 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.

$340k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$698kAnimals$587kEnvironment$237kArts & Culture$215kEducation$202kRecreation & Sports$141kHuman Services$63kHousing & Shelter$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TROUT UNLIMITED$55,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$35,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF HOUSTON$25,000
BOCA GRAND HEALTHCLINIC FOUNDATION$20,000
BO'S PLACE$15,000
HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS$15,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL$15,000
AVONDALE HOUSE$15,000
MOUNTAIN HUMANE$10,000
ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC$10,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
BOCA GRANDE ART CENTER$10,000
PROCTOR ACADEMY$10,000
FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC$10,000
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 (FY19–25, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $4k → 8%RXART: $10k → 17%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $6k → 16%RXART: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%RXART: $10k → 17%RXART: $10k → 17%THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $3k → 7%RXART: $3k → 17%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $5k → 11%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $10k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 16%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 16%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5k → 7%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%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

ME
VT
NH
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IN
CT
RI
CA
WV
VA
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 47 repeat orgs$341k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
58

Total granted

$2.1M
$298k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+24%

Still filing today

72%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    5× · 2019–2025 · $428k · revenue +45%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $131k · revenue +75%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    7× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • AP
    AMAZING PLACE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • TB
    TEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUMgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +30%
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.

1
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
4
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
5
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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6
The Houston Audubon Society

To advance the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Greater Houston Gulf Coast region by acquiring and maintaining critical habitat as bird sanctuaries, providing education programs and nature experiences, and advocating policy…

Environment
7
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
8
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens

Hillwood estate, museum & garden's (hillwood) mission is to share the renowned art collections, exceptional gardens and related public and educational programs with a wide and diverse audience. since its opening, hillwood has served…

Arts & Culture
9
Santa Barbara Museum of Art

To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Houston Zoo Inc

Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…

Animals
11
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
12
Bok Tower Gardens Inc

To inspire a better and more beautiful world by sharing edward bok's legacy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rx Art Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Schull Institute. 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

81 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. 81 of the 113 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/81
Grantees still filing
50/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $105,000 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITED INCTETON VALLEY RANCH CAMP - EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $103,000 · OtherTETON VALLEY RANCH CAMP - EDUCATION FOUNDA…CHILDREN'S CANCER: $75,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S CANCERMAYO CLINIC DEVELOPMENT DEPT: $70,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC DEVELOPMENT DEPTCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL OF HOUSTON INC: $51,750 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL OF HOUSTON I…CORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $50,000 · OtherBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC+49 more: $371,700 · Other+49 moreHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $428,000 · AnimalsHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREV…TROUT UNLIMITED INC: $131,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INCANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $37,000 · AnimalsANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER…+1 more: $15,000 · AnimalsTexas Children's Hospital: $115,250 · HealthTexas Children'…ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · HealthST LUKE'S WOOD …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDRE…TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $40,000 · HealthTEXAS BIOMEDICA…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $25,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthBo's Place: $48,000 · Arts & CultureBo's Plac…NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $31,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …BOCA GRANDE ART CENTER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBOCA GRAN…Dixon Gallery and Gardens: $26,800 · Arts & CultureDixon Gal…MCNAY ART MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMCNAY ART…ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureARMAND HA…Musical Bridges Around the World Inc: $9,500 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $30,700 · Arts & Culture+9 morePROCTOR ACADEMY: $65,000 · EducationAvondale House Inc: $40,000 · EducationEBINGER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationThe Schull Institute: $10,000 · EducationYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $7,500 · Education+3 more: $12,750 · EducationRX ART INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $12,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $4,000 · Human Services+3 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesBARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentGASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN: $20,000 · EnvironmentSARASOTA BAY WATCH INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY & CONSERVATION TRUST: $10,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentCarter P Brown Legacy Preservation Fund: $5,000 · Environment+3 more: $5,000 · Environment
Other$911,950Animals$611,000Health$325,250Arts & Culture$203,000Education$175,250Human Services$115,000Environment$92,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $428,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $131,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $115,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBo's Place: $48,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetRX ART INC: $42,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAvondale House Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA GRANDE ART CENTER INC: $30,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetTeton County Search & Rescue Foundation: $27,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAwaken INC: $27,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $26,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUKANDU: $16,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetEBINGER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMCNAY ART MUSEUM: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETYINC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA BAY WATCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetForum of Civics Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY & CONSERVATION TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Schull Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMusical Bridges Around the World Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMATCH Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston: $5,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROCTOR ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
  • Who funds Bo's Place ↗
  • Who funds RX ART INC ↗
  • Who funds Avondale House Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Awaken INC ↗
  • Who funds Dixon Gallery and Gardens ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UKANDU ↗
  • Who funds EBINGER SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM ↗
  • Who funds MCNAY ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETYINC ↗

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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX29.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Strake Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · McDowell Foundation · Vick Foundation Inc · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · Charitable Foundation Frost F0359600

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 McCrea Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McCrea Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 113 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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