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The Buchwald Family Foundation at a glance

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The Buchwald Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$592k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$930kHealth$398kFood & Nutrition$313kPhilanthropy$122kCivil Rights$51kCommunity Improvement$43kRecreation & Sports$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$200,000
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$100,000
FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL$30,000
NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP$20,050
BERKSHIRE BOUNTY$20,000
CITY MEALS-ON-WHEELS$16,000
FILM INDEPENDENT$14,130
BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY$10,600
MISSION MSA$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
CEDARS SINAI$10,000
THE PEOPLE'S PANTRY$10,000
GREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATRE$7,500
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$7,500
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 (FY18–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GABRIEL'S ANGELS: $5k → 11%INDIAN AMERICAN IMPACT PROJECT: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $1k → 12%MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $1k → 12%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $4k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 14%NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES: $31k → 12%NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES: $5k → 12%NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS: $1k → 12%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
WY
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
AL
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 80 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
31

Total granted

$3.4M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-4%

Still filing today

70%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • TB
    THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $897k · revenue +219%
  • MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $707k · revenue +186%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $131k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IA
    Indian American Impact Project
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -94%
  • TC
    THE CANTOR FITZGERALD RELIEF FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +359%
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
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
2
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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3
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
4
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
7
Huntington Theatre Co Inc

See schedule o for organization's mission statementmission statement: the huntington theatre company engages, inspires, entertains and challenges audiences with theatrical productions that range from the classics to new works; we train and…

Arts & Culture
8
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
9
Central Square Theater Inc

Central square theater, the oldest female-led theater organization in greater boston, is an innovator in the non-profit arts field in collaborative leadership. cst engages over 35,000 people annually through live performance, rigorous…

Arts & Culture
10
Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.berkeley repertory theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Barrow Group Inc

The barrow group is an award-winning theatre company and training center located in the heart of new york city. our mission is to combine spontaneous acting with well-crafted stories that address social, spiritual and political issues, and…

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12
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Ally Bedford Childrens Trust. 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

82 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. 82 of the 122 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/82
Grantees still filing
57/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $707,280 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INCGINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP: $106,200 · Arts & CultureGINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUPSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONWAM THEATRE INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $286,452 · Arts & Culture+18 moreTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $897,000 · EducationTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATI…+9 more: $56,506 · Education+9 moreNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $113,500 · OtherNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENT…FAIRVIEW FUND: $110,000 · OtherFAIRVIEW FUNDFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL ANNUAL FUND: $45,000 · OtherFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL ANNUAL…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $40,000 · OtherTHE DEBATE SOCIETY LTD: $32,500 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $28,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $27,240 · OtherCASTING SOCIETY: $26,600 · Other+55 more: $343,611 · Other+55 moreCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $131,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS…BERKSHIRES BOUNTY INC: $110,000 · Food & NutritionBERKSHIRE…THE PEOPLES PANTRY: $41,000 · Food & NutritionTHE PEOPL…BERKSHIRE GROWN INC: $10,500 · Food & Nutrition+4 more: $15,500 · Food & NutritionCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 · HealthFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $30,000 · HealthMAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $10,000 · HealthMISSION MSA: $10,000 · HealthGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $9,500 · HealthANDERSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM: $7,500 · Health+1 more: $6,200 · HealthNONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $41,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $14,630 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesIndian American Impact Project: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesGABRIELS ANGELS INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $38,270 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$1,234,932Education$953,506Other$766,551Food & Nutrition$308,000Health$193,200Human Services$119,130Recreation & Sports$38,270

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 budgetTHE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $897,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $707,280 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $131,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRES BOUNTY INC: $110,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetGINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP: $106,200 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWAM THEATRE INC: $60,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PANTRY: $41,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetNONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $41,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $38,270 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $37,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWAMC: $34,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DEBATE SOCIETY LTD: $32,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $24,258 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $23,560 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $20,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEDITH WHARTON RESTORATION INC: $15,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $14,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $14,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $14,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCSC REPERTORY LTD D/B/A CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: $13,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $12,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMEDY GIVES BACK: $10,664 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE GROWN INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHESTER THEATRE COMPANY INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndian American Impact Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CANTOR FITZGERALD RELIEF FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION MSA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Network of South Berkshire Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $8,550 over 5y, 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.

  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRES BOUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds WAM THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLES PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds WAMC ↗
  • Who funds THE DEBATE SOCIETY LTD ↗
  • Who funds FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds FILM INDEPENDENT ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDITH WHARTON RESTORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY 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.

Berkshire Taconic Com…The Feigenbaum Founda…Berkshire Bank Founda…Dr Robert C & Tina So…Lee Bank Foundation I…The Jane & Martin Sch…Shoval FoundationBerkshire United Way …The Velmans Foundatio…Jane and Jack Fitzpat…Janey Fund Charitable…Claudia K Perles Fami…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA53.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · The Jane & Martin Schwartz Family Foundation · Shoval Foundation · Berkshire United Way Inc · The Velmans Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Janey Fund Charitable Trust · Claudia K Perles 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 The Buchwald Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buchwald Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Berkshire Grown Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wam Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Construct Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fairview Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Community Access to the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chester Theatre Company Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Egremont Land Trust Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
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 122 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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