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Reissa Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
98
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$525k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.5MHuman Services$2.0MCrime & Legal$2.0MHousing & Shelter$1.8MEducation$1.6MCivil Rights$989kArts & Culture$868kYouth Development$505kOther$0
02FY2024 · 98 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $525k
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$66M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$525,000
YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$150,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC$150,000
CHILDREN NOW$75,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$50,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS$50,000
TEXAS NETWORK OF YOUTH SERVICES INCORPORATED$50,000
OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS HOUSING ALLIANCE$50,000
CASA OF LOS ANGELES$50,000
FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS$50,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$50,000
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$50,000
CHILDRENS LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%KINGDOM WORKS: $25k → 16%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%FOSTERING HOPE AUSTIN: $20k → 6%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $75k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 10%BLACK BEING: $20k → 14%CHILDREN NOW: $50k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $50k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $50k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $75k → 10%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $40k → 10%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $100k → 14%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $100k → 14%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $60k → 14%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $20k → 10%TEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $20k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $200k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $100k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $30k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $20k → 10%POP-UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%POP-UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%POP-UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%POP-UP BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%TEXAS NETWORK OF YOUTH SERVICES INCORPORATED: $30k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE SOUTH INC: $30k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE SOUTH INC: $30k → 10%SEED HOUSE PROJECT: $35k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE SOUTH INC: $30k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE SOUTH INC: $30k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF THE SOUTH INC: $30k → 10%CHILDRENS INSTITUTE INC: $50k → 14%BUTTERFLYS HAVEN: $50k → 14%JOVENES INC: $50k → 14%BUTTERFLYS HAVEN: $25k → 14%JOVENES INC: $50k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $50k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $50k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $50k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $50k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $25k → 14%CHILDRENS BUREAU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50k → 14%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $40k → 14%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $50k → 14%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

IL
NY
OR
NV
PA
CA
CO
VA
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Reissa Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Reissa Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 113 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

113 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
41

Total granted

$12M
$780k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+10%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +301%
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $699k · revenue +37%
  • YA
    YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $400k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • GN
    Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -17%
  • CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +25%
  • CI
    CAPITAL IMPACT PARTNERSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +66%
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
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
2
California Alliance of Caregivers

California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…

Health
3
Youth Policy Institute Inc

Youth policy institute (ypi) transforms los angeles neighborhoods, reducing poverty by offering cradle to college & career services.

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4
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
5
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
6
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
7
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
8
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
9
Los Angeles Youth Network

Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…

Human Services
10
Catalyst Family Inc

At catalyst family, inc., we believe that strong families build strong communities. we are committed to nurturing vibrant communities where children thrive and families succeed, creating lasting change.

Education
11
La Forward Institute

Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.

Civil Rights
12
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Polos Pantry. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

156 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. 156 of the 185 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)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
147/156
Grantees still filing
107/156
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $400,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCEFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $400,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIO…Imagine Los Angeles Inc: $350,000 · Human ServicesImagine Los Angeles IncCHILDREN NOW: $325,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN NOWUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $225,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHI…Pop-Up Birthday Foundation: $225,000 · Human ServicesPop-Up Birthday Foundatio…FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $175,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesTexas Network of Youth Services Inc: $120,000 · Human Services+32 more: $1,083,500 · Human Services+32 moreCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,395,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA: $275,000 · OtherLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY - LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL: $215,000 · OtherW HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE: $220,000 · Other+97 more: $3,211,614 · Other+97 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $979,950 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF S…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $299,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUN…UCLA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONFOTC - LOS ANGELES: $140,000 · EducationFOTC - LOS ANGE…TEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $125,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE I…LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationREADY TO SUCCEED: $95,000 · EducationFriends of Auckland University of Technology: $90,000 · Education+5 more: $60,250 · EducationSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $1,275,100 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN CALIF…I LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE: $225,000 · PhilanthropyI LIVE HERE I …PHILANTHROPY SOUTHWEST: $71,600 · Philanthropy+10 more: $321,450 · Philanthropy+10 moreEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $699,000 · Crime & LegalVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $140,000 · Crime & LegalINITIATE JUSTICE: $75,000 · Crime & LegalTexans Care For Children Inc: $50,000 · Crime & Legal+2 more: $50,000 · Crime & LegalCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $275,000 · Civil RightsTEXAS CASA INC: $115,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $100,000 · Civil RightsBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $80,000 · Civil RightsCAPITAL OF TEXAS MEDIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterLos Angeles Room & Board: $175,000 · Housing & ShelterSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterHousingWorks Austin: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCentral Texas Table of Grace Inc: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$3,453,500Other$5,316,614Education$2,039,200Philanthropy$1,893,150Crime & Legal$1,014,000Civil Rights$720,000Housing & Shelter$665,000

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 budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $1,275,100 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $979,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $699,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $400,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $400,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetImagine Los Angeles Inc: $350,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetCHILDREN NOW: $325,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $299,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA: $275,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $275,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $250,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $225,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetI LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE: $225,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetPop-Up Birthday Foundation: $225,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetW HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE: $220,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLos Angeles Room & Board: $175,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $175,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Metropolitan Churches: $175,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $140,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFOTC - LOS ANGELES: $140,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Network of Youth Services Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $115,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTEXAS CASA INC: $115,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Youth Connection: $110,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $106,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetSUPRSEED Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetGuadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJOVENES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSeed House Project: $96,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetREADY TO SUCCEED: $95,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTEXAS CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES: $90,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Auckland University of Technology: $90,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetAUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBUTTERFLYS HAVEN FORMERLY KNOWN AS TREEHOUSE IMPACT GROUP: $84,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARTS FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE NETWORK: $80,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetALMA BACKYARD FARM: $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFULCRUM ARTS: $78,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetINITIATE JUSTICE: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% 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.

California Community …Conrad N Hilton Found…St David's FoundationThe California Endowm…The Ralph M Parsons F…Liberty Hill Foundati…Weingart FoundationAustin Community Foun…The California Wellne…United Way IncCommunity PartnersThe Rose Hills Founda…
California Community FoundationCA45.5× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · St David's Foundation · The California Endowment · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The California Wellness Foundation · United Way Inc · Community Partners · The Rose Hills 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 Reissa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reissa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    57report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Reissa Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Reissa 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 185 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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