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Sentara Health

We improve health every day through coordinating, promoting and planning for the provision of health services and the promotion of health, medical education, and the social, cultural, educational, and economic development of the community.

$65M
Granted FY2024still arriving
325
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$45M
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 2024.

Education$89MHealth$28MCommunity Improvement$14MHuman Services$7.5MFood & Nutrition$6.7MHousing & Shelter$6.0MArts & Culture$3.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 325 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k201 grants · $3.8M
  • $50k–250k94 grants · $9.0M
  • $250k+12 grants · $51M
$22,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$7.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL$45,450,000
PLANNING COUNCIL$1,614,478
LISC$1,000,000
NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC$500,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC$397,973
VIRGINIA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS$375,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$282,500
NETWORK OF REGIONAL ADVOCACY$273,690
VA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION$255,000
VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC$250,000
PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$250,000
OLDE TOWNE MEDICAL & DENTAL CENTER$250,000
GREATER PENINSULA CARES FOUNDATION INC$248,400
CLUSTER SPRINGS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$232,993
CENTRAL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$207,800
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 (FY17–24, $13.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALBEMARLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $60k → 13%THE PLANNING COUNCIL: $1.2M → 18%WAY TO GO: $60k → 8%3E RESTORATION INC: $85k → 7%MERCY CHEFS: $100k → 20%SAFE HARBOR: $55k → 22%OLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $106k → 5%PENINSULA PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER INC: $80k → 17%OLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC DBA LACKEY CLINIC: $100k → 5%PENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING: $70k → 17%OLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC DBA LACKEY CLINIC: $100k → 5%TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $115k → 17%VIRGINIA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $375k → 22%TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $100k → 17%CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $78k → 14%HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $500k → 10%PIN MINISTRY: $97k → 10%PLANNING COUNCIL: $1.6M → 19%PLANNING COUNCIL: $800k → 19%NOVA SCRIPTSCENTRAL INC: $75k → 6%PLANNING COUNCIL: $700k → 19%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE (NVFS): $65k → 6%YWCA RICHMOND: $90k → 22%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $240k → 9%FIRST STEP A RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $150k → 11%OPEN DOORS: $105k → 11%WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $80k → 7%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $125k → 9%PEAKE CHILDHOOD CENTER: $130k → 14%WILLIAMSBURG HOUSE OF MERCY: $65k → 7%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC: $63k → 17%AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM: $60k → 17%YMCA OF EASTERN SHORE: $100k → 9%YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS: $100k → 9%VALLEY PROGRAM FOR AGING SERVICES: $60k → 11%URBAN BABY BEGINNINGS: $100k → 19%JEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING: $65k → 8%FAMILY LIFELINE: $75k → 22%THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HAMPTON ROADS: $255k → 19%YMCA VIRGINIA PENINSULA: $350k → 17%THRIVE PENINSULA: $75k → 17%THRIVE PENINSULA: $75k → 17%UNITED WAY: $594k → 19%SURVIVOR VENTURES: $85k → 19%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VIRGINIA INC DBA THE UP CENTER: $58k → 19%VILLAGE FAMILY: $75k → 19%HOUSE OF ESTHER ORGANIZATION: $95k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EASTERN VIRGINIA: $63k → 19%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 46% of Sentara Health’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 51%.

Sentara Healthlessmore 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150M · 318 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

318 repeat relationships: 189 still active in FY2024, 129 since wound down; 129 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

318
298

Total granted

$150M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+12%

Still filing today

86%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • EV
    Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation
    3× · 2017–2022 · $11M · revenue +56% · 84% of their budget
  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $9.0M · revenue +80%
  • TP
    THE PLANNING COUNCIL
    4× · 2020–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • PM
    PORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $700k · revenue -56%
  • HH
    HOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -3%
  • JO
    JUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -30%
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
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
2
Northern Virginia Health Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Habitat for Humanity Virginia

Habitat for Humanity Virginia provides support to Virginia affiliates so that they can build or facilitate affordable housing by offering advocacy, organizational development, funding, and resource development

Housing & Shelter
4
SeniorNavigatorcom

SeniorNavigator and its family of websites are national models for aging, disability and veteran information. By combining online assistance with a network of community-based centers, the websites bring over 26,000 community resources,…

Community Improvement
5
Bridging the Gap in Virginia

Our mission is to empower formerly incarcerated persons, veterans, at-risk youth, substance abusers and those suffering from homelessness. We help these groups of people overcome barriers that hinder their effective transition following…

Human Services
6
Virginia Housing Alliance

Tracing its roots to the 1980s, the virginia housing alliance (vha) is the statewide leader in expanding housing opportunities, strengthening the capacity of affordable housing and homelessness service organizations, and advancing…

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7
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc

Virginia poverty law center uses advocacy, education, and litigation to break down systemic barriers that keep low-income virginians in the cycle of poverty.

Crime & Legal
8
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communities served.

Health
9
Access Partnership

Access partnership facilitates the connection between those with health care needs and available resources. vision is that all residents of hampton roads can obtain the health care that they need to achieve personal wellness. focus is…

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10
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc

The mission of northern virginia family service (nvfs) is "to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs." nvfs was established in 1924…

Human Services
11
Central Virginia Housing Coalition

Central virginia housing coalition improves the regional quality of life by providing affordable housing opportunities to low income families through coalition, education, counseling, and financial assistance.

—
12
Virginia Community Development Corp

VCDC delivers vital financial resources and support while collaborating with local organizations dedicated to social impact, ensuring the creation of affordable homes in vibrant neighborhoods where everyone can thrive.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope House Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Healthy Harvest Community Garden. 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

602 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. 602 of the 753 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.

51
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
125
Early backer (in before they grew)
589/602
Grantees still filing
382/602
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL: $68,600,000 · OtherEASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL+86 more: $23,861,467 · Other+86 moreEastern Virginia Medical School Foundation: $10,644,534 · EducationEastern Virginia …OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,765,000 · EducationOLD DOMINION UNIV…NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $2,250,000 · EducationNORFOLK STATE UNI…OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,538,805 · EducationOLD DOMINION UNIV…HAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $1,139,545 · EducationSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $867,473 · Education+21 more: $3,823,144 · Education+21 moreTHE PLANNING COUNCIL: $4,349,478 · Human ServicesCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER: $831,184 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $635,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $500,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNION MISSION: $425,755 · Human ServicesOLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $415,689 · Human Services+25 more: $4,723,114 · Human ServicesLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $9,000,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Community ImprovementNetwork of Regional Advoacy: $475,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $540,500 · Community ImprovementVirginia Health Care Foundation: $1,200,000 · HealthSTRENGTH IN PEERS INC: $640,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $523,500 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $518,750 · HealthWESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC INC: $516,219 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC: $424,385 · HealthHARRISONBURG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $400,000 · HealthBLUE RIDGE FREE CLINIC INC: $356,900 · HealthPENINSULA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: $352,500 · HealthGLOUCESTER MATHEWS CARE CLINIC: $305,000 · Health+23 more: $3,866,124 · HealthPORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION: $700,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $495,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $374,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY: $242,500 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA BUSINESS HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL: $215,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $195,000 · Arts & CultureSUFFOLK CENTER FOR CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $1,544,700 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of the Virginia Peninsula: $262,201 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL ACTION PLATFORM: $240,000 · PhilanthropyEO COMPANIES: $175,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $131,129 · PhilanthropyHORIZONS HAMPTON ROADS INC: $130,000 · PhilanthropyHAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Philanthropy
Other$92,461,467Education$23,028,501Human Services$11,880,220Community Improvement$10,515,500Health$9,103,378Arts & Culture$2,821,500Philanthropy$2,588,030

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEastern Virginia Medical School Foundation: $10,644,534 over 3y, 84% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $9,000,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PLANNING COUNCIL: $4,349,478 over 4y, 12% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,765,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetNORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $2,250,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFederation of Virginia Food Banks: $1,720,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $1,544,700 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,538,805 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetVirginia Health Care Foundation: $1,200,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $1,139,545 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INC: $1,005,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $867,473 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF EASTERN VA INC D/B/A THE UP CENTER: $831,184 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetPortsmouth Community Health Center Inc: $677,500 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetSTRENGTH IN PEERS INC: $640,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of South Hampton Roads: $635,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVirginia Ready Initiative: $600,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetNORFOLK FESTEVENTS LTD: $562,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ALBEMARLE: $557,016 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $523,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORP: $522,000 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $518,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC INC: $516,219 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetGREATER PENINSULA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $503,400 over 2y, 100% of budgetNAUTICUS FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHOSPICE HOUSE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $500,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetNORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetJUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC: $500,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC: $500,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $495,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSupportWorks Housing: $479,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetACTION IN COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE OF PRINCE WILLIAM: $473,007 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $464,379 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $450,370 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNION MISSION: $425,755 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC: $424,385 over 5y, 14% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $420,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOLIVET MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $415,689 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $400,220 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHALIFAX COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD: $400,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetHARRISONBURG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $400,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFAMILY CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $400,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $383,459 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $375,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $374,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS: $360,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBLUE RIDGE FREE CLINIC INC: $356,900 over 3y, 20% of budgetPENINSULA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: $352,500 over 7y, 0.6% 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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA163× affinity136 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · The Blocker Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Obici Healthcare Foundation Inc · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · The Genan 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 Sentara Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sentara Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Broward Community and Family Health Centers Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
78report 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.

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 753 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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