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The Carol Moss 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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Animals$3.7MHealth$3.0MHuman Services$2.3MFood & Nutrition$1.7MEducation$464kRecreation & Sports$357kEmployment$267kPublic Benefit$242kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $326k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$1,000,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION$220,000
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC$200,000
FENCES FOR FIDO$150,000
FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS$150,000
STRAY CAT ALLIANCE$130,000
PUPPY RESCUE MISSION$130,000
FOOD FINDERS INC$100,000
ST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC$100,000
PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE$100,000
ANGEL CITY PIT BULLS$90,000
KITTEN RESCUE$80,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$70,000
JVS SOCAL$65,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $60k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $200k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $65k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $25k → 12%THE INN BETWEEN: $2k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $60k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $200k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $60k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $50k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $150k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $75k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2k → 8%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS: $2k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $10k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $6k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $5k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $1k → 14%ONEVOICE: $10k → 14%ONE VOICE: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $4k → 14%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $2k → 14%ONE VOICE: $1k → 14%WOMENS & CHILDRENS CRISIS SHELTER: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$11M · 64 repeat orgs$463k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

64 repeat relationships — 50 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
44

Total granted

$11M
$386k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+9%

Still filing today

84%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +55%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $677k · revenue +86%
  • FP
    FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $550k · revenue +220%

Funded once

  • SF
    SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $135k · revenue +43%
  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -5%
  • SI
    SPCA INTERNATIONAL-OPERATION BAGHDA
    one grant, 2018 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

2
Amazing Dogs

Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…

Animals
3
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
4
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
5
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
6
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
7
Animal Compassion Team of California

Providing shelter for domestic animals, through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary and act as an advocate for the humane treatment of animals. to educate the public regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership, as well as…

Animals
8
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
9
Community Animal Treatment Center

Community Animal Treatment Center (CATC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to delivering high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter (HQHVSN) services for community cats and pets, with a focus on supporting low-income…

Animals
10
Sante Dor Foundation

Sante DOr is a no-kill animal adoption center serving the Los Angeles community, predominantly staffed by volunteers.

Animals
11
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
12
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless and the most unlike its peers is Doheny Eye Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAnimal Rescue and ShelterJewish Community Organizati…Environmental Conservation …Equine Therapy ProgramsAddiction Recovery ServicesFood Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Cancer Support ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community FoundationsYouth Sports ProgramsMilitary Veterans SupportCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr15%7%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr11%21%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr15%7%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr11%15%35–55yr13%42%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/116
the rest of the field
14%
26,002/186,862

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

111 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 111 of the 129 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/111
Grantees still filing
67/111
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE — $2,504,500 · OtherCITY OF HOPEST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC — $500,000 · OtherST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $190,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $160,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $175,000 · OtherELITE ATHLETE SERVICES LLC — $165,000 · OtherJVS SOCAL — $234,500 · Other+53 more — $760,279 · Other+53 moreFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS — $550,000 · AnimalsFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS A…STRAY CAT ALLIANCE — $456,000 · AnimalsSTRAY CAT ALLIANCETHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC — $360,000 · AnimalsTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INCKITTEN RESCUE — $280,000 · AnimalsKITTEN RESCUEPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE — $276,000 · AnimalsPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUEANGEL CITY PIT BULLS — $249,000 · AnimalsANGEL CITY PIT BULLSLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION — $222,000 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE…Downtown Dog Rescue — $213,000 · AnimalsDowntown Dog RescueFENCES FOR FIDO — $206,000 · AnimalsFENCES FOR FIDONAPA COMMUNITY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM — $125,000 · Animals+28 more — $343,000 · Animals+28 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $1,370,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI …+7 more — $37,000 · HealthGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $677,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS …JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $175,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY — $172,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…THE FOOD DEPOT — $65,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD DE…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $42,000 · Human Services+7 more — $56,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FINDERS INC — $370,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $255,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FORWARD INC — $87,500 · Food & NutritionFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS — $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $1,000 · Food & NutritionUCLA FOUNDATION — $250,000 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — $214,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $40,000 · Education+1 more — $1,500 · EducationOPERATION GRATITUDE INC — $241,500 · Public BenefitDogs to Dog Tags Inc — $155,000 · Public Benefit
Other$4,689,279Animals$3,280,000Health$1,407,000Human Services$1,187,500Food & Nutrition$738,500Education$505,500Public Benefit$396,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $1,370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $677,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS — $550,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC — $500,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSTRAY CAT ALLIANCE — $456,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC — $370,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC — $360,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetKITTEN RESCUE — $280,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE — $276,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY — $255,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL CITY PIT BULLS — $249,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC — $241,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetJVS SOCAL — $234,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION — $222,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY — $214,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Dog Rescue — $213,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetFENCES FOR FIDO — $206,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $190,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $175,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY — $172,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetELITE ATHLETE SERVICES LLC — $165,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDogs to Dog Tags Inc — $155,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT — $150,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES — $135,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAPA COMMUNITY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM — $125,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCarson Cats Rescue — $103,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC — $87,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc — $80,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD BANK — $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT — $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CERRO GORDO — $50,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $42,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTPRINT PROJECT — $31,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS — $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOne Voice — $24,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMustang Heritage Foundation — $21,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLACER FAMILY HOUSING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION — $17,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE ANIMAL RESCUE FOR MEDICAL AID INC — $15,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration — $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide FoundationCA37× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Greater Good Charities · California Community Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Laffintr of John & Maria Tuw Main · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Carol Moss Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc39% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Carol Moss Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Carol Moss 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 129 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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