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Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc.

$60M
Granted FY2025still arriving
100
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$13M
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 2025.

Employment$408MHealth$819kEducation$170k
02FY2025 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $416k
  • $50k–250k42 grants · $5.7M
  • $250k+29 grants · $55M
$143,832
Median grant
10
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEVS HUMAN SERVICES$12,699,628
EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS INC$8,435,222
IMPACT SERVICES CORPORATION$6,396,132
ECKERD CONNECTS$5,856,499
EASTERN NORTH PWDC$5,487,041
CONGRESO DE LATINOS$2,973,756
UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT$1,565,432
PHILADELPHIA ENERGY AUTHORITY$1,277,463
YOUTHBUILD PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL$1,200,000
PHILADELPHIA AREA LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE$900,471
POWERCORPSPHL$853,249
FOUNDATIONS INC$726,484
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES$551,038
COMMUNITY INTEGRATED SERVICES$515,503
FULL CIRCLE COMPUTING$476,405
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 (FY17–25, $71.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $246k → 11%ECKERD CONNECTS: $5.9M → 12%ECKERD CONNECTS: $4.5M → 13%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $213k → 11%ECKERD CONNECTS: $5.4M → 12%ECKERD CONNECTS: $4.7M → 12%ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES: $4.1M → 12%ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES: $373k → 12%ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES: $129k → 12%EASTERN NORTH PWDC: $5.5M → 22%EASTERN NORTH PWDC: $5.5M → 22%EASTERN NORTH PWDC: $4.7M → 22%EASTERN NORTH: $4.4M → 22%EASTERN NORTH: $4.1M → 22%EASTERN NORTH: $3.7M → 22%EASTERN NORTH: $3.7M → 22%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $175k → 22%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $158k → 22%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $132k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $480k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $472k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $468k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $273k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $249k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $211k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICE: $145k → 22%HIAS PENNSYLVANIA: $407k → 22%HIAS PENNSYLVANIA: $366k → 22%EASTERN NORTH PWDC: $4.4M → 22%WELCOMING CENTER: $451k → 22%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $215k → 22%CLARIFI: $214k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $184k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER: $1.1M → 22%WELCOMING CENTER: $809k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER: $669k → 22%WELCOMING CENTER: $589k → 22%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $321k → 22%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $308k → 22%CLARIFI: $251k → 22%CLARIFI: $249k → 22%CLARIFI: $229k → 22%CLARIFI: $221k → 22%CLARIFI: $218k → 22%CLARIFI: $91k → 22%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $77k → 22%MAGNOLIA IMPACT SOLUTIONS: $195k → 22%MAGNOLIA IMPACT SOLUTIONS: $49k → 22%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

NH
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$403M · 113 repeat orgs$5.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

113 repeat relationships: 75 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
53

Total granted

$403M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+0%

Still filing today

58%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationEmploymentHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JH
    JEVS HUMAN SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $60M · revenue +68%
  • IS
    IMPACT SERVICES CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $39M · revenue +128% · 44% of their budget
  • EN
    Eastern North Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36M · revenue +49% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M
  • EP
    EQUITY PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $801k · 84% of their budget
  • FB
    FRONTIDA BIOPHARM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $226k
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
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
2
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
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
5
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
6
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
7
Youth Empowerment Services

To re-engage out-of-school youth with alternative educational programs and job connections, life skills training,counseling, media and technology skills

Education
8
Programs Employing People

Our mission is to develop, coordinate and improve the services and supports that are offered in the disability system and to ensure that each person has access to the care they need to live a productive and meaningful life.

Employment
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Philadelphia Electrical & Technology Cha

The mission of the philadelphia electrical and technology charter high school is to develop students who will be employable in the emeraging high-tech industries; while giving students a strong foundation in the core academic…

Education
11
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
12
Graduate Philadelphia

Graduate philadelphia is a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase the number of low-to-moderate income adults completing a postsecondary credential in the greater philadelphia region, by engaging business, higher education,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Love Pray Peace Project. 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

99 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. 99 of the 189 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/99
Grantees still filing
65/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEVS HUMAN SERVICES: $60,365,826 · OtherJEVS HUMAN SERVICESEDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS INC: $54,368,915 · OtherEDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS INCPHILA HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT 1199C TRAINING AND UPGRADING FUND: $7,516,892 · Other+123 more: $43,270,120 · Other+123 moreEastern North Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp: $36,046,617 · Human ServicesEastern North Phila…ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $25,059,314 · Human ServicesECKERD YOUTH ALTERN…WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $5,059,042 · Human ServicesWELCOMING CENTER FO…+7 more: $5,626,197 · Human Services+7 morePHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC: $62,444,493 · Youth DevelopmentPHILADELPHIA YOUTH…+2 more: $3,367,524 · Youth DevelopmentIMPACT SERVICES CORPORATION: $39,273,349 · EmploymentIMPACT SERVICES …SER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $12,353,567 · EmploymentSER METRO DETROI…COMMUNITY INTEGRATED SERVICES: $2,431,025 · Employment+7 more: $5,077,706 · Employment+7 morePHILADELPHIA YOUTH FOR CHANGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $4,813,776 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $4,076,193 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,746,469 · EducationCommunities in Schools of Philadelphia Inc: $2,559,952 · EducationLIGUORI INC: $1,702,358 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,314,569 · EducationBIG PICTURE PHILADELPHIA: $1,068,022 · EducationPHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC: $829,506 · Education+17 more: $2,105,615 · EducationCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $14,670,473 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,278,144 · HealthTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $819,040 · Health+7 more: $874,878 · HealthUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT: $3,568,431 · Community ImprovementNO-MO: $2,974,724 · Community ImprovementDIMPLEZ 4 DAYZ INCORPORATED: $942,059 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $330,745 · Community ImprovementCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $285,788 · Community Improvement
Other$165,521,753Human Services$71,791,170Youth Development$65,812,017Employment$59,135,647Education$21,216,460Health$17,642,535Community Improvement$8,101,747

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 budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC: $62,444,493 over 8y, 53% of budgetJEVS HUMAN SERVICES: $60,365,826 over 9y, 13% of budgetIMPACT SERVICES CORPORATION: $39,273,349 over 9y, 44% of budgetEastern North Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp: $36,046,617 over 9y, 100% of budgetECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $25,059,314 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $14,670,473 over 9y, 15% of budgetSER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $12,353,567 over 4y, 52% of budgetPHILA HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT 1199C TRAINING AND UPGRADING FUND: $7,516,892 over 9y, 19% of budgetWELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS: $5,059,042 over 9y, 46% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH FOR CHANGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $4,813,776 over 5y, 15% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $4,076,193 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT: $3,568,431 over 5y, 13% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $3,263,247 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetNO-MO: $2,974,724 over 7y, 45% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,746,469 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Philadelphia Inc: $2,559,952 over 8y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY INTEGRATED SERVICES: $2,431,025 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA AREA LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE INC: $2,321,196 over 3y, 91% of budgetFEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS: $2,123,236 over 7y, 34% of budgetLIGUORI INC: $1,702,358 over 7y, 17% of budgetJOBWORKS INC: $1,698,267 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $1,609,511 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF DELAWARE VALLEY: $1,471,490 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetCONNECTION TRAINING SERVICES: $1,394,974 over 6y, 35% of budgetPowerCorpsPHL: $1,353,249 over 2y, 18% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,314,569 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $1,303,398 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,278,144 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAFL-CIO PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL: $1,250,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetYOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT HANGOUT: $1,244,288 over 5y, 17% of budgetFOUNDATIONS INC: $1,196,407 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetSTRADA COLLABORATIVE INC: $1,094,623 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBIG PICTURE PHILADELPHIA: $1,068,022 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetENERGY COORDINATING AGENCY OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $1,057,976 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetDIMPLEZ 4 DAYZ INCORPORATED: $942,059 over 5y, 80% of budgetUTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND: $939,997 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetCHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADEPHIA: $934,997 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $916,901 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $914,537 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY & PHILADELPHIA: $849,581 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC: $829,506 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $819,040 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEQUITY PROJECT: $800,861 over 1y, 84% of budgetHIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc: $773,468 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCOLLEGIATE CONSORTIUM FOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $569,905 over 7y, 20% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER INC: $495,411 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetResources for Human Development Inc: $465,362 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION: $448,934 over 6y, 3.0% 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 PHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds JEVS HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Eastern North Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp ↗
  • Who funds ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC ↗
  • Who funds SER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILA HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT 1199C TRAINING AND UPGRADING FUND ↗
  • Who funds WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA YOUTH FOR CHANGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT ↗
  • Who funds URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds NO-MO ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Philadelphia Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INTEGRATED SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA AREA LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds LIGUORI INC ↗
  • Who funds JOBWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF DELAWARE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTION TRAINING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PowerCorpsPHL ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds AFL-CIO PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT HANGOUT ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds STRADA COLLABORATIVE 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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA56× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Drexel University · The Barra Foundation Inc · Philadelphia City Fund Inc · Independence Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education · The Neubauer Family Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · W W Smith Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Workplace Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bayada Home Health Care Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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.

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 189 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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