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Richards Family Charitable 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.

$41k
Granted FY2019
49
Grants FY2019
7
States reached
$5k
Largest

Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of Richards Family Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Monterey County, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 26 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Richards Family Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 38 organizations, $41k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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42
’18
38
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33
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28
’22
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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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$96kPhilanthropy$67kHealth$43kHuman Services$23kReligion$18kAnimals$8kInternational$8kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2019 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
7
States reached
$978k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SCHOLARSHIP)$5,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$2,500
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$2,500
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$2,500
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$2,100
FRIENDS OF L A C E S$2,000
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL$2,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SILICON VALLEY$2,000
MORGAN AUTISM CENTER$1,500
ACHIEVEKIDS$1,500
ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC$1,500
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION$1,275
VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC$1,000
MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $500 → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVE INC: $500 → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVE INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVE INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVE INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVE INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $500 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 14%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $200 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 14%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $200 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 14%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $200 → 8%TRINITY CHANGE: $500 → 8%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $250 → 14%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $750 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $500 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $500 → 8%BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $500 → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $250 → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS INC: $2k → 8%ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS: $2k → 8%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
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 57 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

57 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2019, 16 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
13

Total granted

$152k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+65%

Still filing today

86%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • AA
    Animal Assisted Happiness Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +20%
  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +67%
  • MA
    MORGAN AUTISM CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH AM
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN STUDIES)
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
5
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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8
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
11
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
12
University of Redlands

We welcome, educate, and empower a diverse community of learners for lives of meaning, impact, and joy.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parents Helping Parents Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trinity Change Inc. 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

76 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. 76 of the 96 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
62/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $51,550 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELA…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15,001 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PEN…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,455 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAACHIEVEKIDS: $5,500 · EducationACHIEVEKIDSFRIENDS OF LACES: $4,000 · Education+5 more: $2,900 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $48,150 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR …Levy Family Campus: $7,500 · PhilanthropyLevy Family CampusUNITED WAY INC: $3,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INCUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,300 · Philanthropy+6 more: $4,400 · Philanthropy+6 moreCONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL: $14,950 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ISRAELUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SCHOLARSHIP): $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALI…MORGAN AUTISM CENTER: $7,500 · OtherMORGAN AUTISM CENTERRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: $2,500 · OtherTEMPLE BETH AM: $2,450 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $7,400 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEKQED INC: $3,275 · Other+38 more: $23,254 · Other+38 moreAnimal Assisted Happiness Inc: $10,500 · Human ServicesAnimal Assi…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $3,500 · Human ServicesBAY AREA FR…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $3,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesLIFE SERVIC…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,500 · Human ServicesPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $1,400 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,200 · Human Services+5 more: $1,450 · Human ServicesMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $3,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,600 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,500 · HealthVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $1,750 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 · HealthFriends of Children with Special Needs: $850 · Health+5 more: $1,850 · HealthMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $8,175 · AnimalsWags and Walks: $300 · AnimalsThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $4,250 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $3,600 · International+1 more: $250 · International
Education$85,406Philanthropy$66,150Other$71,329Human Services$30,550Health$21,050Animals$8,475International$8,100

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $51,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $48,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15,001 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Assisted Happiness Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $8,175 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMORGAN AUTISM CENTER: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLevy Family Campus: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $7,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,455 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVEKIDS: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $4,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF LACES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $3,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $3,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $3,275 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetABILITYPATH: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN MIND SCHOOL: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Society of San Francisco Bay Area: $1,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRALEIGH-CARY JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOC INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGILROY GARDENS FAMILY THEME PARK: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Children with Special Needs: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PACIFIC GROVE ROTARY CLUB LEGACY CA INC: $750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJack McGovern Coats Disease Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE INC: $500 over 2y, 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA27.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Agilent Technologies Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Morris and Mary Press Foundation · Mentor Graphics Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Richards Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richards Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Richards Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Richards Family Charitable 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 96 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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