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McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48M
Granted FY2024still arriving
84
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$9.4M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$46MArts & Culture$34MCommunity Improvement$31MPhilanthropy$30MHuman Services$23MHealth$21MEnvironment$9.2MHousing & Shelter$4.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $506k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+34 grants · $43M
$190,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$116M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK$9,400,000
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE$6,000,000
WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$4,212,500
LITERACY PITTSBURGH$4,000,000
SQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER$2,500,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY$2,100,000
WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF PITTSBURGH$1,515,000
WINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL$1,250,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$1,225,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES$1,000,000
GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$878,750
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR$750,000
PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR CARE$650,000
POISE FOUNDATION$590,000
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY$570,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $12.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CITY MISSION LIVING STONES: $185k → 17%WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY ACTION: $180k → 10%Off the Floor Pittsburgh: $70k → 11%FAMILY LINKS: $575k → 11%FAMILYLINKS INC: $400k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $175k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $116k → 11%WATSON INSTITUTE: $100k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%RIVERVIEW CHILDREN'S CENTER: $300k → 11%RIVERVIEW CHILDREN'S CENTER: $75k → 11%VERLAND FOUNDATION: $72k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $50k → 11%EASTER SEALS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA: $16k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR CARE: $650k → 11%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $100k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $150k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $115k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $75k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $605k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $271k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $115k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $115k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $1.5M → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $76k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%GLADE RUN LUTHERAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR CARE: $750k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR CARE: $750k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR CARE: $580k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $145k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $95k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $60k → 11%THE CITIZENS SCIENCE LAB: $25k → 11%THE CITIZENS SCIENCE LAB: $25k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $25k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $125k → 11%WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $3.5M → 11%WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$174M · 125 repeat orgs$38M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

125 repeat relationships — 60 still active in FY2024, 65 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

125
81

Total granted

$174M
$29M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+20%

Still filing today

74%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CU
    CARLOW UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $13M · revenue +57%
  • HH
    HOSANNA HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $8.6M · revenue +18% · 50% of their budget
  • AC
    ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
    3× · 2020–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • PC
    PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue +20%
  • PG
    PITTSBURGH GATEWAYS CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue -7% · 70% of their budget
  • DE
    DOLLAR ENERGY FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3.0M · revenue +81%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
2
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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3
Allegheny Conference On Community Development

See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…

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4
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
5
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
6
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
7
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
8
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc

The mission of pittsburgh arts & lectures is to connect celebrated authors with the community, elevate civic discourse, and inspire creativity and a passion for the literary arts. our commitment to knowledge, learning, integrity, and…

Arts & Culture
9
Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association

The pittsburgh venture capital association was founded in 1982 to catalyze venture investment and entrepreneurialism in western pennsylvania. since then it has become the leading voice of private equity investors in the region.through a…

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10
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

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11
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
12
Prevention Point Pittsburgh

To provide health empowerment services to injection drug users and prevent the spread of hiv.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Pittsburgh Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Citizen Science Lab. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPittsburgh Community Instit…Community Foundations & Gra…Health Systems & Senior CareArts Production & Performan…Business & Industry Associa…Youth Sports LeaguesChild & Family Support Serv…Family Philanthropic Founda…Charitable Trusts and Found…Affordable Senior HousingPublic Library SystemsCemetery Operations & Maint…Community & Economic Develo…K-12 Schools and EducationCommunity Empowerment Organ…Pittsburgh Regional Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%2%<5yr12%5%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr20%24%20–35yr16%33%35–55yr16%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%1%<5yr12%4%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr20%25%20–35yr16%40%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%1/166
the rest of the field
8%
763/9,740

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

166 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 166 of the 231 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
164/166
Grantees still filing
115/166
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE — $21,259,450 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THEALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK — $12,000,000 · OtherALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORKANDY WARHOL MUSEUM — $4,130,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM — $3,500,000 · OtherWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $4,212,500 · Other+98 more — $50,874,602 · Other+98 moreCARLOW UNIVERSITY — $12,760,000 · EducationCARLOW UNIVERSITYALLEGHENY COLLEGE — $6,825,000 · EducationALLEGHENY COLLEGELITERACY PITTSBURGH — $4,200,000 · EducationLITERACY PITTSBURGHTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY — $2,475,000 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACAD…THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH — $2,469,061 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S INSTIT…SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — $2,100,000 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMY — $2,010,183 · Education+22 more — $8,797,597 · Education+22 moreNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC — $8,450,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD …MON VALLEY INITIATIVE — $8,320,000 · Community ImprovementMON VALLEY IN…PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP — $3,515,214 · Community ImprovementPITTSBURGH DO…THE PROGRESS FUND — $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PROGRESS …+10 more — $3,756,000 · Community Improvement+10 morePITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC — $3,700,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH…PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — $3,468,635 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH…WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $2,770,901 · Arts & CultureWESTMORELA…PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC — $2,600,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH…PITTSBURGH FESTIVAL OPERA — $1,085,000 · Arts & CultureThe City Theatre Company Inc — $900,000 · Arts & CultureTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTS — $895,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more — $5,094,954 · Arts & Culture+18 moreRIVERLIFE — $5,759,385 · EnvironmentPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC — $3,000,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $1,398,088 · EnvironmentVENTURE OUTDOORS INC — $750,000 · Environment+5 more — $1,475,000 · EnvironmentWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES — $3,501,000 · Human ServicesPresbyterian SeniorCare — $2,730,000 · Human ServicesWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC — $1,580,000 · Human ServicesNEW SUN RISING — $1,182,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYLINKS INC — $975,000 · Human Services+12 more — $2,188,000 · Human ServicesHOSANNA HOUSE INC — $8,560,288 · Religion+2 more — $270,000 · Religion
Other$95,976,552Education$41,636,841Community Improvement$26,041,214Arts & Culture$20,514,490Environment$12,382,473Human Services$12,156,000Religion$8,830,288

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY — $12,760,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC — $8,560,288 over 5y, 50% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC — $8,450,000 over 4y, 57% of budgetMON VALLEY INITIATIVE — $8,320,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE — $6,825,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetRIVERLIFE — $5,759,385 over 4y, 53% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $4,212,500 over 1y, 52% of budgetLITERACY PITTSBURGH — $4,200,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC — $3,700,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP — $3,515,214 over 2y, 37% of budgetWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES — $3,501,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — $3,468,635 over 2y, 30% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC — $3,000,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPITTSBURGH GATEWAYS CORPORATION — $3,000,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetDOLLAR ENERGY FUND INC — $3,000,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $2,831,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $2,770,901 over 2y, 41% of budgetPresbyterian SeniorCare — $2,730,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetPITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC — $2,600,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetSQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER — $2,500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY — $2,475,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH — $2,469,061 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — $2,100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY — $2,010,183 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE PROGRESS FUND — $2,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC — $1,580,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC — $1,500,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION — $1,468,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $1,398,088 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $1,375,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL — $1,250,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNEW SUN RISING — $1,182,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPITTSBURGH FESTIVAL OPERA — $1,085,000 over 4y, 49% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $1,075,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $1,045,875 over 5y, 16% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $1,025,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLIFE'SWORK OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $1,000,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetFAMILYLINKS INC — $975,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetThe City Theatre Company Inc — $900,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTS — $895,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED — $815,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY — $785,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBRIDGEWAY CAPITAL INC — $750,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetVENTURE OUTDOORS INC — $750,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $710,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPrimary Care Health Services Inc — $700,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $650,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD — $630,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsRichard King Mellon F…The Grable FoundationThe Buhl FoundationEden Hall FoundationThe Jack Buncher Foun…The United Way of Sou…Eqt FoundationThe Fine FoundationAllegheny Foundation
Hillman Family FoundationsPA178× affinity108 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · The Fine Foundation · Allegheny Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    81report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 231 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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