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The Barra Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
85
Grants FY2024
77
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$11,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$305,000
Organizations funded a year
77 to 214
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$95M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Barra Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $661k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving82$3.7M35%
FY202377$2.6M31%
FY202285$2.4M40%
FY2021102$2.6M41%
FY2020214$3.6M34%
FY2019177$3.3Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$4.3MArts & Culture$2.8MCommunity Improvement$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.3MHealth$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.1MEmployment$990kFood & Nutrition$989kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$665,50051%
Drexel University$605,00040%
Impact Services Corporation$550,00043%
Research for Action Inc$519,50063%
Food Connect Co$476,050556%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$385,00054%
Workshop Learning$368,280346%
Vestedin$350,000213%
Children's Literacy Initiative$316,50061%
Children's Crisis Treatment Center$316,50050%
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All grantees of The Barra Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$665,50051%
Drexel University$605,00040%
Impact Services Corporation$550,00043%
Research for Action Inc$519,50063%
Food Connect Co$476,050556%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$385,00054%
Workshop Learning$368,280346%
Vestedin$350,000213%
Children's Literacy Initiative$316,50061%
Children's Crisis Treatment Center$316,50050%
Artreach Inc$306,100415%
Tcg Groceries$305,000126%
Philadelphia Learning Collaborative$300,000423%
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia$282,05066%
Congreso de Latinos Unidos Inc$275,00021%
Community Legal Services Inc$262,50031%
The Fountain Fund$259,00039%
Greenline Access Capital$255,000270%
College Unbound$225,00023%
Philadelphia Contemporary$220,00048%
Center for Black Educator Development$210,50044%
Philadelphia Accelerator Fund$200,000111%
The Wilma Theater$200,00034%
Promedica Foundation$200,00021%
Democracy at Work Institute$200,00024%
Mann Center for the Performing Arts$200,00020%
Pidc Community Capital$175,00011%
Pathways to Housing - Pa$166,50040%
Community First Fund$150,00021%
Social Impact Commons Inc$150,000115%
Famfrequency Productions Inc$150,000137%
The Franklin Institute$150,00020%
Academy in Manayunk$150,00011%
Bearded Ladies Cabaret$140,50028%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$135,00050%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$125,50020%
Cultureworks Greater Philadelphia$125,000111%
The Hand2paw Foundation$110,000421%
Pennsylvania Economy League Inc$110,00021%
We Love Philly$105,000134%
Heights Philadelphia$101,50060%
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Inc$100,00011%
Prosecutor Impact$100,0001n/a
Building 21$97,00061%
Turning Points for Children$95,00020%
Pennsylvania Prison Society$83,90627%
The Merchants Fund of Philadelphia$80,00024%
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance$75,00013%
Pig Iron Theatre Company Inc$75,0001n/a
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia$71,81531%
Xiente$71,16821%
The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation$70,00040%
The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation$70,00040%
Fortress Arts$69,50050%
Impactphl Inc$65,00034%
Orchestra 2001 Inc$65,000125%
Uplift Center for Grieving Children$61,50024%
First Person Arts Inc$61,50065%
Vetri Foundation for Children$59,00021%
The Alliance for Health Equity$56,50033%
Thomas Jefferson University$56,25510%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$55,00021%
The Woodlynde School Corporation$55,00040%
Tree House Books$55,00034%
Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund$52,500410%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$51,50030%
Museum of the American Revolution$50,60011%
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc$50,00011%
P Michael Boone Foundation Inc$50,000116%
Jubilee School$50,00016%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$45,00021%
Education-Plus Inc Dba Education Plus Health$45,00031%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$45,00030%
University City District$41,50020%
Philabundance$40,00020%
Northeast Treatment Centers Inc$40,00020%
Spiral Q Puppet Theater Inc$40,000615%
Child and Family Connections Inc$40,000199%
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$37,50040%
Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia Inc$36,50033%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$36,50030%
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc$36,50020%
Sankofa Healing Studio$35,0002n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region$35,00040%
La Puerta Abierta Inc$35,00024%
African Family Health Organization$34,00021%
Project Home$33,00040%
The Village of Arts and Humanities$31,50040%
North10 Philadelphia$30,00021%
Broad Street Ministry$29,90040%
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia$27,50011%
Whyy Inc$27,50050%
Living Beyond Breast Cancer$26,00040%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$25,25020%
Federation of Neighborhood Centers$25,00011%
Ceiba Inc$25,00013%
Sunrise of Philadelphia$25,00011%
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa$25,00020%
Fab Youth Philadelphia$25,00014%
United Way of Bucks County$25,00010%
Photography Without Borders Inc$25,00018%
Dayonenotdaytwo$25,000112%
100 Black Men of the Philadelphia Region Inc$25,000123%
Partners for Sacred Places Inc$25,00011%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$25,00011%
Committee of Seventy$25,00011%
Beyond the Bars Inc$25,00013%
The Lighthouse$25,00011%
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos$25,000113%
Education Culture Opportunities Foundation$25,00013%
Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation$25,00010%
Asian Arts Initiative$24,00021%
Puentes de Salud$22,50031%
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc$21,50021%
Committee for Dignity and Fairness for the Homeless Housing Development$20,50022%
Girls Justice League$20,00028%
Youth Mentoring Partnership$20,00021%
Jounce Partners Inc$20,00012%
Anthony Wayne Theater$20,0001n/a
Kiths Integrated and Targeted Human Services Inc$20,000212%
Resources for Human Development Inc$20,00010%
Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout$20,00017%
People Advancing Reintegration Inc$20,0001n/a
Potter's House Mission Inc$20,00019%
Ardella's House Inc$20,000115%
Agape African Senior Center Inc$20,000131%
Why Not Prosper Inc$20,00013%
PowerCorpsPHL$20,0001n/a
Coded By$18,50031%
Chester County Food Bank$18,30020%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund$17,50031%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$17,50020%
African American Museum in Philadelphia$17,50031%
St Pauls Baptist Church$16,7006n/a
Mighty Writers$16,50031%
Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations Inc$16,50030%
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc$16,00020%
Hopephl$16,00030%
Sixers Youth Foundation$15,00021%
Princess Grace Foundation - USA$15,0001n/a
Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo$15,00020%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Power of Paint Art Academy & Management$15,00025%
Starfinder Foundation$14,00021%
Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc$14,0002n/a
Rock to the Future Inc$14,00031%
Opera Philadelphia$14,00030%
Artwell Collaborative Inc$14,00022%
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians$13,50030%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$13,20060%
The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation$13,10034%
Tiny Wpa$13,00032%
Juntos$12,50022%
Bucknell University$12,50030%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$12,50020%
International Myeloma Foundation$12,00050%
Neighborhood Land Power Project$11,50023%
The Food Trust$11,50020%
Friends of Farmworkers Inc$11,50020%
Gearing Up$11,500282%
Penn Asian Senior Services Inc$11,50020%
Twelve Gates Arts$11,50026%
Fringearts$11,50020%
Prevention Point Philadelphia Inc$11,50020%
Achieve Now$11,50022%
Women's Center of Montgomery County$11,50021%
Philadelphia Fight$11,50020%
Need in Deed$11,50021%
Central Behavioral Health$11,50020%
Common Market Philadelphia Inc$11,50020%
1812 Productions Inc$11,50021%
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania$11,50020%
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center$11,50021%
The Graduate Network Inc$11,50020%
Balletx$11,50020%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$11,50020%
Women Against Abuse Inc$11,50020%
Beyond Literacy$11,50020%
Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Inc$11,50021%
Cerebral Palsy Association of Chester County Inc$11,50020%
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity$11,5002n/a
Scribe Video Center Inc$11,50021%
Chespenn Health Services Inc$11,50020%
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc$11,50020%
Theatre Horizon Inc$11,50021%
Pennsbury Society$11,50022%
Youth United for Change$11,5002n/a
Homeless Advocacy Project$11,50020%
Art Sanctuary$11,5002n/a
The Philadelphia Public School Notebook$11,50022%
LCH Health and Community Services$11,50020%
Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife)$11,50020%
Pennsylvania Health Law Project$11,50021%
Legal Clinic for the Disabled$11,50021%
Blackstar Projects Inc$11,50021%
Musicopia Inc$11,50021%
Springboard Collaborative$11,50020%
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia$11,50020%
Depaul USA Inc$11,50020%
Kennett Area Community Service$11,50021%
Children First PA$11,50021%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$11,50020%
Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy Inc$11,50024%
Vna - Community Services Inc$11,50020%
Manna on Main Street$11,50020%
The Attic Youth Center$11,50021%
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services$11,50025%
Ready Willing & Able Philadelphia Inc$11,5002n/a
Philadelphia Children's Alliance$11,50020%
Neighborhood Bike Works$11,50022%
Youth Empowerment Services$11,50021%
Philadelphia Folklore Project$11,50024%
Philadelphia Academies Inc$11,50021%
LiveConnectionsorg$11,50020%
Support Center for Child Advocates$11,50020%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$11,50020%
Community Integrated Services$11,50020%
Ars Nova Workshop Inc$11,50020%
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc$11,50021%
Maternity Care Coalition$11,50020%
Phila Society for the Preservation of Landmarks$11,50020%
Institute for Educational Leadership$11,00020%
Philadelphia Heritage Chorale Inc$10,0004n/a
One Day at a Time Inc$10,0001n/a
Bethesda Project$10,00010%
Friends Rehabilitation Program Inc$10,00010%
Kimmel Center Inc$10,00010%
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture$10,00011%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County$10,00010%
Urban Affairs Coalition$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc$10,00030%
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia$10,00012%
Girls Rock Philly$10,00013%
YMCA of Greater Brandywine$10,00010%
Nha Properties Inc$10,00010%
Bebashi-Transition to Hope$10,00010%
Curio Theatre Company$10,000113%
Rebuilding Together Philadelphia$9,00020%
Squashsmarts Inc$9,00020%
Salus University$8,00030%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$8,00020%
The Aspen Institute Inc$7,50010%
Kensington Corridor Trust$7,50011%
Bringing Hope Home$6,00010%
Schuylkill River Development Corporation$6,00060%
Charles a Melton Arts & Education Center$5,00011%
Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth$5,00011%
Art Sphere Inc$5,00012%
Philadelphia Dance Company$5,00020%
First Up$5,00010%
University City Arts League Inc$5,00011%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$5,00010%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$5,00010%
Philadelphia Police Foundation$5,00020%
Crescendo Phoenixville$5,0004n/a
The Agnes Irwin School$5,00010%
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation$5,00010%
University City Science Center$4,50020%
Inglis Foundation$4,00010%
La Salle Academy$3,50050%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$3,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region$3,00010%
Jewish Relief Agency$3,00010%
Urbane Development Group Ltd$3,0001n/a
Womens Nonprofit Leadership Initiative$3,0001n/a
Womens Way$2,5001n/a
Wildflower Composers$2,50014%
The Performance Zone Inc$2,50010%
La Salle University$2,50030%
Wings for Success Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Compass Inc$2,50010%
Movement Alliance Project$2,50010%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$2,50010%
Hope and a Future Inc$2,00010%
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute Inc$2,00010%
New Voters Org$1,87520%
The Barnstormers$1,50013%
Equal Access Legal Services Inc$1,50021%
Every Murder Is Real$1,3001n/a
Pa Youth Vote Inc$1,2501n/a
Theatre Philadelphia$1,25020%
The Lion's Story Village$1,00010%
Tabernacle Baptist Church Inc$1,0001n/a
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy$1,0001n/a
Rair Inc$1,00020%
Mt Airy USA$62510%
The Fund for Women and Girls$62510%
No More Secrets-Mind Body Spirit$6251n/a
The Morris Animal Refuge$50010%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$50010%
Painted Bride Art Center Inc$50010%
After School Activities Partnerships$50010%
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation$50010%
Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance$50010%
Captain Matt Letourneau Memorial Foundation$2501n/a
New York Common Pantry$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Barra Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhiladelphia City Fund Inc: $665,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetDrexel University: $605,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetImpact Services Corporation: $550,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetResearch for Action Inc: $519,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetFood Connect Co: $476,050 over 5y, 56% of budgetSeachange Capital Partners Inc: $385,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetWorkshop Learning: $368,280 over 3y, 46% of budgetVestedin: $350,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetChildren's Literacy Initiative: $316,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Crisis Treatment Center: $316,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetArtreach Inc: $306,100 over 4y, 15% of budgetTcg Groceries: $305,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetPhiladelphia Learning Collaborative: $300,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetPhilanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia: $282,050 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetCongreso de Latinos Unidos Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Legal Services Inc: $262,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Fountain Fund: $259,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetGreenline Access Capital: $255,000 over 2y, 70% of budgetCollege Unbound: $225,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPhiladelphia Contemporary: $220,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetCenter for Black Educator Development: $210,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Accelerator Fund: $200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Wilma Theater: $200,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetPromedica Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDemocracy at Work Institute: $200,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetMann Center for the Performing Arts: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPidc Community Capital: $175,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPathways to Housing - Pa: $166,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity First Fund: $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSocial Impact Commons Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFamfrequency Productions Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAcademy in Manayunk: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBearded Ladies Cabaret: $140,500 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $125,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCultureworks Greater Philadelphia: $125,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Hand2paw Foundation: $110,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetPennsylvania Economy League Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWe Love Philly: $105,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetHeights Philadelphia: $101,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGreen & Healthy Homes Initiative Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBuilding 21: $97,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTurning Points for Children: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPennsylvania Prison Society: $83,906 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetThe Merchants Fund of Philadelphia: $80,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: $75,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Fund for the School District of Philadelphia: $71,815 over 3y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The William Penn FoundationPA200.1× affinity144 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Claneil 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.

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How do I get to The Barra Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Barra Foundation Inc 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.

About The Barra Foundation Inc

How much does The Barra Foundation Inc give?
The Barra Foundation Inc reported 85 grants totaling $4,018,848 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 214 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Barra Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Arts & Culture (14%), Community Improvement (13%).
Who are The Barra Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Philadelphia City Fund Inc ($666k), Drexel University ($605k), Impact Services Corporation ($550k).
Does The Barra Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Barra Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Barra Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Independence Foundation.
Where is The Barra Foundation Inc based?
The Barra Foundation Inc is based in PA.

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 387 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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