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Regal Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
343
Grants FY2024still arriving
41
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$2.3MHuman Services$2.1MYouth Development$1.4MArts & Culture$442kEducation$396kRecreation & Sports$318kPublic Safety & Disaster$268kAnimals$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 343 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k314 grants · $343k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $343k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$679
Median grant
41
States reached
$10.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$500,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$363,092
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$349,941
VARIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$237,047
AMERICAN RED CROSS$216,122
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$175,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY$150,000
VARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE$129,848
HISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE$80,000
LOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK$60,000
WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION$55,500
VARIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$44,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (KNOXVILLE)$40,000
FORT SANDERS FOUNDATION$30,000
ZOO KNOXVILLE$27,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $247k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TOMMY'S PLACE FOUNDATION: $504 → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $406 → 9%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $352 → 14%DUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $337 → 9%ANCHORAGE CHILDREN'S HOME OF BAY COUNTY: $950 → 12%A KID'S PLACE OF TAMPA BAY: $805 → 13%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $311 → 9%SPECIAL OPPS INC (SPECIAL GROWERS): $3k → 10%FISH OF COWLITZ COUNTY: $410 → 13%ABUSED WOMEN'S AID IN CRISIS INC: $625 → 10%SHADOW EQUESTRIAN INC: $1k → 11%AINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $9k → 10%CHILDHELP INC: $25k → 11%UPPER MERION AREA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $1k → 7%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1k → 10%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $252 → 16%THE VOLUNTEER WAY INC: $251 → 11%DESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $806 → 10%FISH OF COWLITZ COUNTY: $394 → 13%SHADOW EQUESTRIAN INC: $1k → 11%AINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $4k → 10%CHILDHELP USA: $25k → 11%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED (SPIN): $425 → 10%THE HOPE PROJECT OF WNY INC: $716 → 13%IMAGINE BELIEVE & ACHIEVE CAREER SERVICES: $335 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $703 → 14%FOSTER FLORIDA INC: $249 → 19%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $321 → 10%HOMELESS OUTREACH PROVIDING ENCOURAGEMENT: $933 → 12%RAISE THE FUTURE: $35k → 12%AINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $3k → 10%PROJECT 150: $368 → 13%CHILDHELP INC: $13k → 11%SACRAMENTO LOAVES AND FISHES: $1k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $508 → 14%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $252 → 10%FRISTERS: $2k → 10%SACRAMENTO LOAVES AND FISHES: $389 → 12%SACRAMENTO LOAVES AND FISHES: $367 → 12%LEAH'S HOPE INC: $620 → 16%READY FOR LIFE INC: $554 → 12%LEAH'S HOPE INC: $416 → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%CULIKID INC: $3k → 17%LOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK: $60k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES (SYCAMORES): $753 → 14%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 12%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

AK
ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 165 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

165 repeat relationships: 113 still active in FY2024, 52 since wound down; 225 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

165
242

Total granted

$5.7M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+16%

Still filing today

79%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $448k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +12%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $719k · revenue +59%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $586k · revenue +701%

Funded once

  • AJ
    ALSACST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $353k
  • VT
    VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE US
    one grant, 2022 · $295k
  • VH
    VISION HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $180k
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
Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County Inc

None

Animals
2
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
3
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
4
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
5
Valley Humane SocietyInc

Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets'…

Animals
6
Humane Society of Yuma

To reduce the number of homeless pets through adoption, rescue and spay and neuter programs.

Animals
7
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
8
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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9
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
10
Lake Humane Society

Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…

Animals
11
Second Chance Pet Adoptions Inc

To champion homeless cats and dogs who are healthy or treatable in the quest to find their forever homes and engage with our community to provide responsible pet ownership reducing future generations of homeless animals.

Animals
12
A Life to Live Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

We have a no-kill mission to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs abandoned and/or placed in kill shelters, while also providing life-saving programs and services to keep pets and their people together. through outreach, education and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Violence Center; the most unlike its peers is Runaways Animal Rescue. 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

388 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. 388 of the 637 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)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
380/388
Grantees still filing
228/388
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $425,568 · OtherVARIETY OF THE UNITED STATESALSACST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $352,653 · OtherALSACST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA…VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE US: $294,508 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE U…VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF EASTERN TN: $183,621 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF EASTE…VISION HOUSE: $180,000 · OtherVISION HOUSEVARIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $124,000 · OtherHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE: $120,000 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (KNOXVILLE): $90,000 · Other+110 more: $844,540 · Other+110 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,060,313 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICAVARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: $638,232 · Youth DevelopmentVARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEEBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TEN…+11 more: $83,506 · Youth DevelopmentST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $719,302 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer …Covenant Health Foundation: $90,000 · HealthCovenant Health Fou…WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION: $84,168 · HealthWILL ROGERS MOTION …EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $79,279 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE CHIL…HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB F…+22 more: $157,249 · Health+22 moreGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $585,901 · PhilanthropyGARY SINI…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $32,774 · Philanthropy+8 more: $19,232 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $251,315 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC: $63,000 · Human ServicesLOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesRAISE THE FUTURE: $35,000 · Human ServicesAINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $16,000 · Human Services+11 more: $50,334 · Human ServicesTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $256,300 · Education+4 more: $20,000 · EducationDOGWOOD ARTS INC: $92,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY: $45,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $18,990 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,614,890Youth Development$1,932,051Health$1,304,998Philanthropy$637,907Human Services$475,649Education$276,300Arts & Culture$223,990

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,060,313 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $719,302 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: $638,232 over 2y, 62% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $585,901 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $256,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $251,315 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALL: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOGWOOD ARTS INC: $92,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCovenant Health Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetWILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION: $84,168 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $79,279 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $63,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK INC: $60,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKNOXVILLE OPERA COMPANY: $45,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKNOXVILLE TRACK & FIELD CLUB INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $37,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $35,161 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAISE THE FUTURE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $32,774 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSERTOMA CENTER INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAINSLEY'S ANGELS OF AMERICA: $16,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetIJAMS NATURE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $12,628 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $10,704 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BLOUNT COUNTY: $10,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $10,204 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHERINE'S HOUSE: $8,040 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEast Tennessee Equality Council Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE: $7,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetVARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF GA: $7,500 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGEL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetQSAC INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVING INNOCENCE INC: $7,495 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $6,738 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $6,612 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WORDPLAYERS: $6,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

The Duffield Family F…Petco LoveBoys & Girls Clubs of…Boys & Girls Clubs of…Haslam Family Foundat…Greater Good CharitiesThe American Society …BISSELL Pet FoundationEast Tennessee Founda…The Gap FoundationThe Clayton Homes Fou…Humane World for Anim…
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA37.4× affinity29 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petco Love · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · BISSELL Pet Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · The Gap Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection: 44% of income from government
  • Anchorage Children's Home of Bay County Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Out Central Oregon: 3% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
69report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Regal Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Regal 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 637 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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