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Meridian International Center

MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER empowers the next era of diplomacy for a better future.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$332k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.9MInternational$5.8MCommunity Improvement$646kRecreation & Sports$331kPublic Benefit$159kHuman Services$124kCivil Rights$121kReligion$112k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $1,491,161, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,710,470 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $219,309 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $129k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $332k
$65,254
Median grant
11
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS$331,651
NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER$216,358
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST$194,026
DIALOGUE INSTITUTE$194,004
GLOBAL TIES KC$162,482
VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS$136,752
ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE US INC$65,254
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$54,922
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY$37,082
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY$36,150
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$32,680
TRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY$23,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL$6,300
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DIALOGUE INSTITUTE: $194k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $324k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $141k → 12%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $211k → 8%FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $568k → 22%San Diego Diplomacy Council: $103k → 11%BARD COLLEGE: $120k → 9%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $182k → 16%GLOBAL TIES KC: $162k → 15%World Affairs Council of OregonWorldOregon: $124k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $119k → 13%BALL STATE UNIVESRITY: $203k → 19%World Chicago: $175k → 14%Entrepreneurs Organization: $134k → 9%NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $286k → 10%VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS: $229k → 10%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $181k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $194k → 11%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $139k → 8%DIALOGUE INSTITUTE: $229k → 22%BARD COLLEGE: $107k → 9%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $178k → 16%GLOBAL TIES KC: $162k → 15%University of Notre Dame: $111k → 13%Ball State University: $171k → 19%NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $274k → 10%VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS: $137k → 10%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $151k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $166k → 11%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $136k → 8%DIALOG INSTITUTE: $183k → 22%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $130k → 16%GLOBAL TIES KC: $108k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $102k → 13%BALL STATE UNIVESRITY: $109k → 19%NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $216k → 10%VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS: $105k → 10%DIALOGUE INSTITUTE: $121k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $138k → 11%DIALOGUE INSTITUTE: $113k → 22%GLOBAL TIES KC: $102k → 15%Denver World Affairs CouncilWorldDenver: $144k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $255k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $654k → 9%FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $332k → 9%FOUNDATION FOR INT'L UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $191k → 9%FOUNDATION FOR INT'L UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $172k → 9%FOUNDATION FOR INT'L UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STUDENTS: $164k → 9%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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CO
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Grants abroad, by region: $219k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, $12k to organizations and $207k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$46k · 21% · 1 grant · 23 people

Stated purpose: SYMPOSIUM ON STRATEGIC SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY · PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

Sub-Saharan Africa$44k · 20% · 51 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$35k · 16% · 34 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

Middle East and North Africa$25k · 11% · 22 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

South Asia$24k · 11% · 17 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

South America$23k · 10% · 13 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

Russia and Neighboring States$11k · 5% · 13 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

Central America and the Caribbean$7k · 3% · 10 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$6k · 3% · 2 people

Stated purpose: PARTICIPANT SUPPORT GRANTS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 37 repeat orgs$279k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
6

Total granted

$14M
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+62%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • FF
    Foundation for International Understanding Through
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +14% · 50% of their budget
  • NN
    NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +320%
  • GT
    GLOBAL TIES KC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $762k · revenue +246%

Funded once

  • GC
    GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR INTERTNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $83k · revenue +172%
  • W
    WORLDCHICAGO
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • VH
    VCUVCU HEALTH CAMPUS
    one grant, 2017 · $28k
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
New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council

Cultural exchange and home hospitality.

International
2
Global Ties Us

Global ties u.s. (global ties) powers individuals, communities, and nations to build trust and advance peace and prosperity through international exchange.

International
3
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire

To promote the widest possible understanding of world affairs among the citizens of New Hampshire.

International
4
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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5
The International Center

The International Center is a District of Columbia 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1977, has as its principal purpose the promotion of greater international understanding and the lessening of international frictions and…

International
6
Boulder Council for International Visitors Inc

Boulder Council for International Visitors is a volunteer organization that is a local host organization that arranges local meetings with professionals, politicians, educators, artists and social events for up-and-coming leaders from…

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7
World Affairs Council of St Louis

Education, non-partisan, membership organization that encourages people and organizations in the region to take an interest in, to learn more about, and to participate to a greater extent in global matters.

International
8
International Relations Council

The International Relations Council strengthens Kansas Citys global perspective by maintaining an active dialogue around world events global issues and their impact on our community. As a nonpartisan educational nonprofit organization the…

International
9
Colleagues International

Implement international visitor programs to promote global understanding through professional development and cultural exchange.

International
10
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
11
Executive Council on Diplomacy

To provide opportunities for foreign diplomats and Americans to share ideas and foster understanding of their respective countries' instutions, policies and cultures.

International
12
Council for International Visitors to Iowa City

Global ties iowa coordinates people-to-people exchanges between international leaders and residents of eastern iowa's creative corridor.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Affairs Council; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 46 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $1,138,918 · OtherNORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTERUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $1,136,968 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSVERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC: $671,418 · OtherVERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INCMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $544,947 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $523,971 · OtherSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $509,516 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $490,847 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYBall State University: $483,363 · OtherBall State UniversityINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC: $324,542 · Other+9 more: $636,524 · Other+9 moreFoundation for International Understanding Through: $1,558,119 · InternationalFoundation for International Underst…GLOBAL TIES KC INC: $762,332 · InternationalGLOBAL TIES KC INCWorld Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon: $500,149 · InternationalWorld Affairs Council of Oregon dba …WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: $246,441 · InternationalInternational Visitors Center of Chicago: $242,888 · InternationalArkansas Council for International Visitors: $184,385 · InternationalTEXAS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $182,159 · InternationalMIAMI COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS INC: $164,845 · InternationalPRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT: $158,752 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH: $157,990 · International+5 more: $506,340 · International+5 moreDIALOGUE INSTITUTE DBA JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES: $1,442,190 · EducationDIALOGUE INSTITUTE DBA…BARD COLLEGE: $383,790 · EducationBARD COLLEGEDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE: $332,926 · EducationDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS C…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $330,968 · EducationUniversity of Notre Da…Global Ties Alabama: $211,984 · EducationGlobal Ties AlabamaENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZATION: $173,287 · EducationENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZA…+1 more: $7,162 · EducationSAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL: $207,143 · Community ImprovementWORLD BOSTON INC: $109,121 · Community ImprovementGlobalPittsburgh: $89,604 · Community ImprovementWorld Affairs Council of Kentucky S: $123,640 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL FOCUS INC: $116,336 · Arts & CultureTRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY: $23,500 · Public Benefit
Other$6,461,014International$4,664,400Education$2,882,307Community Improvement$405,868Arts & Culture$239,976Public Benefit$23,500

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 budgetFoundation for International Understanding Through: $1,558,119 over 6y, 50% of budgetDIALOGUE INSTITUTE DBA JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES: $1,442,190 over 7y, 52% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $1,138,918 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetGLOBAL TIES KC INC: $762,332 over 9y, 19% of budgetVERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC: $671,418 over 7y, 35% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon: $500,149 over 7y, 11% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $383,790 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE: $332,926 over 5y, 17% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $330,968 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC: $324,542 over 6y, 24% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: $246,441 over 5y, 10% of budgetInternational Visitors Center of Chicago: $242,888 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetGlobal Ties Alabama: $211,984 over 6y, 27% of budgetSAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL: $207,143 over 4y, 21% of budgetArkansas Council for International Visitors: $184,385 over 5y, 44% of budgetTEXAS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $182,159 over 4y, 68% of budgetENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZATION: $173,287 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMIAMI COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS INC: $164,845 over 3y, 32% of budgetPRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT: $158,752 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH: $157,990 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe Albuquerque Council for International Visitors: $127,785 over 3y, 35% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Kentucky S: $123,640 over 4y, 16% of budgetInternational Visitors Utah Council: $121,575 over 5y, 12% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOCUS INC: $116,336 over 3y, 17% of budgetWORLD BOSTON INC: $109,121 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetCLEVELAND COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS: $96,789 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetInternational House of Metrolina Inc: $94,937 over 2y, 10% of budgetAtlas Service Corps Inc: $89,595 over 2y, 1.2% of budget3 DAY STARTUP INC: $79,968 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $23,731 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $7,162 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds Foundation for International Understanding Through ↗
  • Who funds DIALOGUE INSTITUTE DBA JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA INTERNATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL TIES KC INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC ↗
  • Who funds World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds International Visitors Center of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Global Ties Alabama ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Arkansas Council for International Visitors ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM ↗
  • Who funds ENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT ↗
  • Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH ↗
  • Who funds The Albuquerque Council for International Visitors ↗
  • Who funds World Affairs Council of Kentucky S ↗
  • Who funds International Visitors Utah Council ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds International House of Metrolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds GlobalPittsburgh ↗
  • Who funds Atlas Service Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR INTERTNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds 3 DAY STARTUP INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC ↗

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.

Global Ties USDC49.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Global Ties US · World Learning Inc · Georgetown University · International Visitors Center of Chicago · The Aspen Institute Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Meridian International Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meridian International Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report 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 46 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 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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