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Spartannash 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.

$752k
Granted FY2024still arriving
128
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Food & Nutrition$3.0MRecreation & Sports$1.6MHuman Services$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.5MArts & Culture$835kPublic Benefit$460kHealth$401kPhilanthropy$205kOther$0
02FY2024 · 128 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k111 grants · $428k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $272k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$4,300
Median grant
18
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
E4E RELIEF$52,941
BRAT FEST$40,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$28,000
SALVATION ARMY$23,850
SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK$21,050
COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE$18,000
FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA$15,975
LOAVES & FISHES$15,000
FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN$14,686
GREAT PLAINS FOOD BANK$14,200
FENTON AREA RESOURCES & REFERRAL NETWORK$13,875
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF SO WISC$13,625
PROJECT HOPE INC$13,291
BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
ASYMCA OF HAMPTON ROADS$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $812k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $5k → 11%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $20k → 12%NEIGHBORS INC: $10k → 6%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $30k → 11%LOVE INC OF THE TRI CITIES: $6k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARINETTE: $5k → 12%ACTION PATHWAYS INC: $8k → 16%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH & COMMUNITY: $5k → 26%MILITARY FAMILY ADVISORY NETWORK INC: $25k → 7%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $5k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%NEIGHBORS INC: $10k → 6%SOLID GROUND: $10k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARINETTE: $5k → 12%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH & COMMUNITY: $5k → 26%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%NEIGHBORS INC: $10k → 6%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 11%SOLID GROUND: $10k → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATON: $7k → 10%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH & COMMUNITY: $5k → 26%REBUILDING TOGETHER FARGO MOORHEAD AREA: $5k → 12%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%NEIGHBORS INC: $10k → 6%SOLID GROUND: $10k → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATON: $6k → 10%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH & COMMUNITY: $5k → 26%NEIGHBORS INC: $10k → 6%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 11%SOLID GROUND: $10k → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATON: $6k → 10%CASA DEE ESPERANZA: $30k → 14%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 11%CASA DEE ESPERANZA: $30k → 14%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%CASA DEE ESPERANZA: $30k → 14%FENTON AREA RESOURCES & REFERRAL NETWORK: $14k → 5%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%FENTON AREA RESOURCES & REFERRAL NETWORK: $10k → 5%CASA DEE ESPERANZA: $10k → 14%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $30k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $10k → 8%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%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

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MN
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NY
SD
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 224 repeat orgs$810k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

224 repeat relationships: 120 still active in FY2024, 104 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

224
149

Total granted

$9.2M
$673k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+23%

Still filing today

56%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k 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
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsInternationalReligionOther
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

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +110%
  • HA
    HONOR AND REMEMBER INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $835k · revenue +50% · 31% of their budget
  • OH
    OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $685k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT
    one grant, 2023 · $76k
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $31k · revenue +97%
  • BI
    BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLL
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc

To provide food to various charitable organizations and needy individuals in northwest indiana.

Food & Nutrition
2
Oshkosh Area Community Pantry Inc

The oshkosh area community pantry strives to eliminate food insecurity.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
4
Five Loaves & Two Fish Food Pantry

The organization operates a food bank which provides food for at risk households.

Human Services
5
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Bank of Southern Iowa

Obtain, warehouse, and distribute food products to client agencies to help alleviate hunger in southern iowa communities.

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7
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio

To grow hope in our region by creating pathways to nutritious food.

Food & Nutrition
8
Coralville Community Food Pantry

We believe that food is a human right and that food has the power to bring people together. Our vision is to build a stronger, healthier, and hunger-free Coralville community. Powered by community support, the Coralville Community Food…

Food & Nutrition
9
Harvesters - the Community Food Network

Harvesters mobilizes the power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Cooperstown Food Pantry Inc

The mission of the cooperstown food pantry is to address issues of poverty and hunger in otsego county.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
12
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources. 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

194 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. 194 of the 382 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
56
Early backer (in before they grew)
189/194
Grantees still filing
147/194
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $232,301 · OtherHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN: $154,093 · OtherVETSHOUSE INCORPORATE: $150,000 · OtherTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $430,000 · OtherTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INCTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $160,000 · Other+124 more: $3,303,004 · Other+124 moreSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $1,095,994 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS…SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC: $178,994 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS…SPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC: $65,994 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $82,888 · Recreation & Sports+3 moreHONOR AND REMEMBER INC: $835,000 · Arts & CultureHONOR AND…Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc: $533,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $71,800 · Housing & ShelterBLACK HILLS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $30,100 · Housing & Shelter+7 more: $122,450 · Housing & ShelterESPERANZA UNITED: $100,000 · Human ServicesSojourner Project Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $70,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $40,000 · Human ServicesSolid Ground: $40,000 · Human ServicesFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $35,681 · Human ServicesROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFENTON AREA RESOURCES AND REFERRAL NETWORK INC: $28,764 · Human ServicesMILITARY FAMILY ADVISORY NETWORK INC: $25,000 · Human Services+15 more: $208,851 · Human ServicesOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $685,000 · Community ImprovementGreat Plains Food Bank: $82,601 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $48,000 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $45,314 · Food & NutritionRED WING AREA FOOD SHELF: $33,693 · Food & NutritionFeeding the Valley Inc: $33,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY NETWORK: $31,081 · Food & NutritionWest Ohio Food Bank: $27,500 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionHOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC: $24,000 · Food & Nutrition+17 more: $282,469 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,429,398Recreation & Sports$1,423,870Arts & Culture$835,000Housing & Shelter$757,850Human Services$738,296Community Improvement$685,000Food & Nutrition$682,658

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 budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $1,095,994 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetHONOR AND REMEMBER INC: $835,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $685,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc: $533,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $430,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $232,301 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC: $178,994 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $160,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $108,894 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetESPERANZA UNITED: $100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $89,686 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $82,601 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSojourner Project Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $71,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $70,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC: $65,994 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $64,129 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetE4E RELIEF LLC: $52,941 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBORS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $48,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $47,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $45,742 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $45,314 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $43,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $43,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $41,276 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSolid Ground: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBRAT FEST INC: $40,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $39,194 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetST CROIX VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $37,925 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity: $36,850 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $35,681 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRED WING AREA FOOD SHELF: $33,693 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetAGNES TABLE AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $33,179 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $33,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY NETWORK: $31,081 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $31,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBLACK HILLS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $30,100 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $30,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $29,710 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetFENTON AREA RESOURCES AND REFERRAL NETWORK INC: $28,764 over 3y, 16% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds HONOR AND REMEMBER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds ESPERANZA UNITED ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Great Plains Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Sojourner Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds E4E RELIEF LLC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK 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.

Feeding America West …Consumers Energy Foun…Grand Rapids Communit…The Mercantile Bank F…Heart of West Michiga…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Frey FoundationHabitat for Humanity …Otto Bremer TrustDTE Energy FoundationCdv5 FoundationCorewell Health Group…
Feeding America West MichiganMI56.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Feeding America West Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · Habitat for Humanity International Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · DTE Energy Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Manna Food Bank Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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.

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 382 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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