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Richard S Shineman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
98
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.7MHealth$1.1MCommunity Improvement$968kArts & Culture$858kHuman Services$627kPhilanthropy$297kFood & Nutrition$258kHousing & Shelter$257kOther$0
02FY2024 · 98 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k74 grants · $137k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $236k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.0M
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF CNY (2-YEAR PLEDGEAPRIL 2024DECEMBER 2025)$200,000
OSWEGO HEALTH FOUNDATION (ED RENOVATION PEDS PYSCH ROOMS)$150,000
CENTERSTATE CEO OSWEGO RENAISSANCE ASSOCIATION (YEAR 4 OF 5)$100,000
SUNY OSWEGO ENDOWMENT (2014-20231 PAYMENT TO 2024)$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
CENTERSTATE CEO FULTON BLOCK BUILDERS (YEAR 4 OF 5 )$100,000
ON-POINT FOR COLLEGE (CAREER PATHWAYS IN OSWEGO COUNTY)$75,000
CONNEXTCARE (SCHOOL BASED HEALTHCARE)$73,000
THE FARNHAM FOUNDATION$64,069
VICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC$52,000
CAC (NEW COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM COORDINATOR)$32,013
TUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST (ENVIRONMENTAL ED FUND DEV)$25,000
THE MOST (GROW EXHIBIT)$25,000
CNY TICK AND LYME DISEASE ALLIANCE (PREVENTION AND EDUCATION)$20,000
DAVID'S REFUGE (2025 RESPITE COMMUNITY & WELLNESS SUPPORT)$18,000
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 (FY20–24, $496k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $35k → 11%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $70k → 14%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $35k → 11%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%VICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC: $60k → 17%VICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC: $53k → 17%VICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC: $52k → 17%FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $2k → 14%THE DESENS HOUSE: $50k → 17%FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $500 → 14%FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $500 → 14%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 14%THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $300 → 14%THE DESENS HOUSE: $25k → 17%THE DESENS HOUSE: $25k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OSWEGO INC: $3k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS INC: $2k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF OSWEGO: $2k → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS INC: $2k → 17%WELLHOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OSWEGO INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $600 → 17%HUMAN CONCERNS INC: $500 → 17%THE DESENS HOUSE: $500 → 17%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF OSWEGO: $500 → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $50k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $3k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC (FOOD HOUSING FORUM): $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1k → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $500 → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $500 → 17%OSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $500 → 17%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.
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 72 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down; 82 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
85

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+21%

Still filing today

61%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    4× · 2020–2023 · $462k · revenue +18%
  • OH
    OSWEGO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $411k · revenue +32%
  • CC
    CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $275k · revenue +26% · 61% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    CNY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - OSWEGO COUNTY COVID-19 FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • CC
    CENTERSTATE CEO FULTON BLOCK BUILDERS
    one grant, 2020 · $126k
  • TR
    THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNYOSWEGO RENAISSANCE ASSOCIATION 2023
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
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
Ontario County Historical Society

Provide various educational, cultural, and museum programs and services to area residents and tourists in order to promote an appreciation of ontario county, ny.

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2
Oswego Health Inc

The mission of Oswego Health, Inc. is to provide accessible quality care and improve the health of residents in our community.

Health
3
Opportunities for Otsego Inc

Opportunities for otsego, as a community action agency, mobilizes resources and creates solutions to unlock opportunities for low income individuals and families in the counties of otsego and chenango, new york. opportunities for otsego's…

Human Services
4
Oneida County Historical Society Inc

The society's mission is to preserve the past of oneida county and central new york for present and future generations. the society seeks to make this rich heritage readily available to researchers, families and students, enhancing the…

Arts & Culture
5
Town of Ontario Historical & Landmark Preservation Society

Preserve the history of the town of Ontario, Wayne County, New York

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6
Onondaga County Medsociety Inc

Membership organization acting as liason between member physicians and general public.

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7
Otsego Rural Housing Assistance Inc

To address the housing needs of low and moderate income residents of otsego county and to assest in improving housing and related retail and service establishments in rural communities within the county

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8
Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County

The everson museum of art of syracuse and onondaga county is a not-for-profit organization located in syracuse, new york. its stated purpose is to conduct cultural, charitable, and educational activities. the museum's support comes…

Arts & Culture
9
Otsego County Conservation Association Inc

OCCA is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment and sustainable use of Otsego County's natural resources through education, advocacy, resource management, research, planning and practice.

Environment
10
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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11
Oswego Alumni Association Inc

The oswego alumni association's purpose is to promote the welfare of the state university of new york at oswego through alumni programs, publications and scholarships.

Education
12
Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County New York Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity of ontario county, ny, brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oswego County Opportunities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fulton Community Revitalization Corp. 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

77 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. 77 of the 242 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/77
Grantees still filing
57/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OSWEGO COLLEGE FOUNDATION-ENDOWMENT: $700,000 · OtherOSWEGO COLLEGE FOUNDATION-ENDOWMENTCNY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - OSWEGO COUNTY COVID-19 FUND: $200,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CNY (2-YEAR PLEDGEAPRIL 2024DECEMBER 2025): $200,000 · OtherOSWEGO PLAYERS INC: $162,975 · Other+158 more: $3,400,825 · Other+158 moreOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · EducationOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOU…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $461,792 · EducationThe Research Foundati…ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $135,000 · EducationON POINT FOR COLLEGE …THE READING LEAGUE INC: $95,500 · EducationTHE READING LEAGUE IN…+2 more: $73,450 · EducationOSWEGO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $411,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER OSWEGO COUNTY: $87,913 · PhilanthropyVICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC: $164,500 · Human ServicesTHE DESENS HOUSE INC: $100,500 · Human ServicesCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesOSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $57,700 · Human Services+7 more: $22,930 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO: $100,650 · Arts & CultureSCHROEPPEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $62,056 · Arts & CultureMusical Associates of Central New York: $40,688 · Arts & CultureSALMON RIVER FINE ARTS CENTER: $29,000 · Arts & CultureH LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO: $25,300 · Arts & CultureSYRACUSE AREA LANDMARK THEATRE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCNY Arts Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOSWEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $13,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $11,250 · Arts & CultureCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $6,525 · Public BenefitFARNHAM INC: $134,500 · HealthKRISTINAS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $60,481 · HealthDAVID'S REFUGE INC: $28,292 · Health
Other$4,663,800Education$1,565,742Philanthropy$498,913Human Services$495,630Arts & Culture$342,444Public Benefit$281,525Health$223,273

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 budgetOSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $461,792 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOSWEGO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $411,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetVICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC: $164,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetOSWEGO PLAYERS INC: $162,975 over 2y, 82% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FULTON NEW YORK INC: $144,600 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC: $135,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFARNHAM INC: $134,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $116,530 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCAC FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO: $100,650 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE DESENS HOUSE INC: $100,500 over 2y, 49% of budgetTHE READING LEAGUE INC: $95,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCORPORATED: $89,500 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER OSWEGO COUNTY: $87,913 over 4y, 12% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFULTON COMMUNITY BASKETBALL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetRESTORE CNY INC: $72,080 over 2y, 57% of budgetVOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $70,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSCHROEPPEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $62,056 over 2y, 82% of budgetKRISTINAS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $60,481 over 3y, 34% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $57,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMusical Associates of Central New York: $40,688 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOPERATION OSWEGO COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $40,150 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOSWEGO BOOKMOBILE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSALMON RIVER FINE ARTS CENTER: $29,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetDAVID'S REFUGE INC: $28,292 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFULTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $28,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetH LEE WHITE MARITIME MUSEUM OSWEGO: $25,300 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP HOLLIS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSYRACUSE AREA LANDMARK THEATRE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCNY Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $13,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetARISE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOSWEGO INDUSTRIES INC: $11,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetONTARIO CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPEACEFUL REMEDIES INC: $10,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $9,630 over 3y, 11% of budgetGARRETT DUNSMOOR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetOSWEGO COUNTY CHILDRENS FUND INC: $8,600 over 2y, 27% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTEGRATED COMMUNITY PLANNING OF OSWEGO COUNTY INC: $6,525 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF OSWEGO COUNTY HOSPICE INC: $5,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetLONGHOUSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 OSWEGO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VICTORY TRANSFORMATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FULTON NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds FARNHAM INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OSWEGO ↗
  • Who funds THE DESENS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE READING LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGO COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER OSWEGO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds FULTON WRESTLING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds FULTON COMMUNITY BASKETBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds RESTORE CNY INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHROEPPEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KRISTINAS HOUSE OF HOPE 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.

Central New York Community Foundation IncNY64.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund · Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · The William G Pomeroy Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation 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 Richard S Shineman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard S Shineman Foundation. 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 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report 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.
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How do I get to Richard S Shineman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Richard S Shineman 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 242 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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