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The Clara Lionel Foundation

Clf invests in climate solutions in the caribbean & united states and helps communities prepare for and withstand natural disasters.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$500k
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.

Civil Rights$12MEnvironment$8.3MHealth$6.6MInternational$4.5MCrime & Legal$3.2MEducation$2.9MHuman Services$2.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 5 grants below total $1,425,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,232,629 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,807,629 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k3 grants · $425k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
$200,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND$500,000
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN$500,000
WINDWARD FUND$200,000
NDN COLLECTIVE INC$150,000
NATIVE RENEWABLES$75,000
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 (FY17–23, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR WORK AND ACTION: $45k → 8%ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN ADVOCATES INC: $50k → 10%AFYA FOUNDATIONINC: $15k → 9%CARIBBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT: $10k → 13%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $50k → 10%CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $300k → 16%LA CASA DE DON PEDRO: $484k → 16%ST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%SOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES: $150k → 13%NEWARK EMERGENCY SERV FOR FAMILIES INC: $50k → 16%TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $333k → 23%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $145k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $333k → 23%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $50k → 14%THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $250k → 14%HETRICK MARTIN INSTITUTE: $35k → 17%CHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL INC: $300k → 17%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

AK
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region — $1.8M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions, $1.7M to organizations and $93k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Central America and the Caribbean$1.6M · 93% · 21 grants

Stated purpose: FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS · EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SUSTAINABILITY · GENERAL SUPPORT

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$93k · 5% · 3 people

Stated purpose: SCHOLARSHIPS

Sub-Saharan Africa$38k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: BLOCK FARM TRAINING AND EVALUATION

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.

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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$20M · 21 repeat orgs$32M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
107

Total granted

$20M
$32M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+9%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEducationCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.5M · revenue +33%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1.4M · revenue ×11
  • SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.3M · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2020 · $3.0M · revenue -89%
  • TM
    TAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue -23%
  • CP
    CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1.4M · revenue +9% · 32% of their budget

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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
6
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
7
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
11
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for Haiti Inc and the most unlike its peers is Resolve Uganda Incorporated. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyChristian Missionary Organi…Environmental Conservation …Cancer Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsPregnancy Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportCommunity Arts CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Independent K-12 SchoolsDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…School District FoundationsImmigrant Worker SupportAffordable Housing Developm…Food Banks and Pantries
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 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%36%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%12%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%3/136
the rest of the field
13%
240,393/1,819,429

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

129 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 129 of the 136 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/129
Grantees still filing
81/129
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $3,000,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOME…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $1,417,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHE…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION — $1,208,451 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATIO…DIRECT RELIEF — $1,029,973 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUND…Alliance for Global Justice Corp — $500,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $495,000 · International+12 more — $1,771,566 · International+12 moreCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $5,625,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR POPU…TAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND — $1,500,000 · Public BenefitTAKEACTION MN E…CATALYST CALIFORNIA — $500,000 · Public BenefitCATALYST CALIFO…+1 more — $100,000 · Public BenefitPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $1,531,000 · HealthPARTNERS …THE JED FOUNDATION — $1,275,000 · HealthTHE JED F…CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC — $687,500 · HealthCHILD MIN…Rush University Medical Center — $500,000 · HealthRush Univ…AMERICAN INDIAN CANCER FOUNDATION — $300,000 · HealthAMERICAN …METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC — $180,000 · HealthFOS FEMINISTA FUND — $165,000 · Health+4 more — $192,107 · HealthBLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE (TAKEACTION MINNESOTA EDUCATION) — $750,000 · OtherSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY — $750,000 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INC — $1,125,000 · OtherWINDWARD FUND — $1,200,000 · OtherWINDWARD FUNDCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION — $1,435,000 · OtherCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION+72 more — $16,016,999 · Other+72 moreSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $1,328,175 · EducationSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $750,000 · EducationCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INC — $500,000 · EducationTHE KEEP A BREAST FOUNDATION — $480,000 · EducationMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW — $400,000 · EducationINDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK — $300,000 · EducationINROADS INC — $250,000 · EducationHAWAII WORKERS CENTER — $150,000 · Education+2 more — $87,000 · EducationTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $2,975,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT — $425,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $300,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ELIZABETH TAYLOR AIDS FOUNDATION — $167,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $131,955 · PhilanthropyNDN COLLECTIVE INC — $1,150,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc — $550,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC — $333,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY — $323,629 · Community ImprovementNATIVE MOVEMENT — $250,000 · Community Improvement+3 more — $170,000 · Community Improvement
International$10,421,990Public Benefit$7,725,000Health$4,830,607Other$21,276,999Education$4,245,175Philanthropy$3,998,955Community Improvement$3,776,629

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 budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $5,625,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $3,000,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $2,975,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $1,531,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND — $1,500,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION — $1,435,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $1,417,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $1,328,175 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION — $1,275,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION — $1,208,451 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetWINDWARD FUND — $1,200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNDN COLLECTIVE INC — $1,150,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC — $1,125,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $1,029,973 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $750,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC — $687,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA — $667,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $667,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc — $550,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNEWS NETWORK — $515,391 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSolutions Project Inc — $500,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetARCHCITY DEFENDERS — $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC — $500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $500,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetThe Resurrection Project — $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRush University Medical Center — $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICING EQUITY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA — $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND INC — $500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $500,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $495,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Casa De Don Pedro Inc — $484,220 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE KEEP A BREAST FOUNDATION — $480,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP — $425,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT — $425,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFood Bank Council of Michigan Inc — $407,180 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute — $404,738 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW — $400,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC — $375,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC — $345,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS — $333,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC — $333,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $333,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIVE RENEWABLES INC — $325,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW YORK CITY — $323,629 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC28.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Gofundmeorg · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation · WK Kellogg 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 Clara Lionel 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 · 50%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • La Casa De Don Pedro Inc58% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
  • Project Medishare for Haiti Inc0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Clara Lionel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Clara Lionel 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 136 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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