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The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation at a glance

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The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$505k
Granted FY2025still arriving
69
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$823kHealth$680kHuman Services$566kEducation$552kYouth Development$476kFood & Nutrition$172kEmployment$140kInternational$125kOther$0
02FY2025 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k47 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $364k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN - CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
PILLARS$25,000
BASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP$25,000
EMPOWERED TUTORING (LIFE TOOLS FOUNDATION)$20,000
COTS$20,000
RIVERVIEW GARDENS$20,000
APRICITY$20,000
XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER$15,000
FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL$15,000
NEIGHBORWORKS GREEN BAY$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FV$15,000
TRI-COUNTY DENTAL$15,000
YOUTHGO$13,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $506k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REACH-A-CHILD: $5k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $40k → 7%LAKESHORE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST PAUL: $5k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $40k → 7%THOMPSON CENTER OF LOURDES: $10k → 6%THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES: $8k → 6%FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 10%THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES: $5k → 6%YOUTHGO: $15k → 11%YOUTHGO: $13k → 11%YOUTHGO: $13k → 11%YOUTHGO: $13k → 11%YOUTHGO: $13k → 11%YOUTHGO: $13k → 11%THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $10k → 7%YOUTHGO: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $13k → 6%THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $5k → 7%JAKE'S NETWORK OF HOPE: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%LEAVEN: $8k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $6k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $6k → 6%COMMUNITY BENEFIT TREE: $5k → 7%LEAVEN INC: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY BENEFIT TREE: $4k → 7%COMMUNITY BENEFIT TREE: $4k → 7%COMMUNITY BENEFIT TREE: $4k → 7%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $5k → 6%FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL: $15k → 7%FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL: $15k → 7%FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL: $13k → 7%FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL: $12k → 7%FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL: $10k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $6k → 7%FOX VALLEY LITERACY: $6k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $6k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $6k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $5k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $5k → 7%SOAR FOX CITIES: $5k → 7%SOAR FOX CITIES: $5k → 7%WISCONSIBS: $5k → 7%SOAR FOX CITIES: $5k → 7%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
MD
KS
NC
SC
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 95 repeat orgs$589k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

95 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
99

Total granted

$3.3M
$546k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+13%

Still filing today

68%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +323%
  • ET
    EMPOWERED TUTORING INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $192k · revenue +156% · 30% of their budget
  • CI
    COTS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $160k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF FOX VALLEY
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • AA
    APPLETON AREA SCHOOLSPARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • HO
    HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Wisconsin Family Ties Inc

Wisconsin family ties changes lives by improving children's mental health. it accomplishes this mission through a set of interrelated activities that support and educate parents, and inform practitioners, policy makers and the public about…

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2
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
3
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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4
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
5
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
6
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
7
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
8
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
9
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
10
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

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11
Aurora Family Service Inc

Aurora family service partners with families to enhance their capability to anticipate, identify and manage challenges they face in their everyday lives through the integration of health, mental health, and social services providing…

Health
12
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Drawdown. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 212 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/126
Grantees still filing
84/126
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $215,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INCTHE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATED: $144,500 · OtherTHE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATEDBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FV: $110,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FVCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN - CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $100,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR FOX VALLEY REGION POINT INITIATIVE: $75,000 · OtherREBUILDING TOGETHER: $74,000 · Other+122 more: $1,332,842 · Other+122 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CL…YOUTH GO INC: $88,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH GO INCFOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $71,000 · Human ServicesFOX VALLEY LITE…COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $69,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CLOTH…WISCONSIBS INC: $42,850 · Human ServicesWISCONSIBS INCRise Together Inc: $26,000 · Human ServicesTHOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC: $22,500 · Human Services+19 more: $124,000 · Human Services+19 moreCOTS INC: $160,000 · Housing & ShelterCOTS INCPILLARS INC: $146,000 · Housing & ShelterPILLARS INCNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF GREEN BAY INC: $95,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD…HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING OPPO…+4 more: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterEMPOWERED TUTORING INC: $192,300 · EducationEMPOWERED T…Accelerate Institute: $127,500 · EducationAccelerate …Career Pathways: $24,000 · EducationCareer Path…+10 more: $55,500 · Education+10 moreTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $110,000 · HealthCATALPA HEALTH INC: $25,000 · HealthNEW MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $22,500 · HealthPARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INC: $13,250 · HealthCATALPA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthThe Skylight Foundation: $8,000 · Health+4 more: $11,000 · HealthRIVERVIEW GARDENS INC: $113,500 · Environment350ORG: $11,000 · Environment+5 more: $13,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyBASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $9,500 · PhilanthropyESTHER INC: $5,833 · Philanthropy+3 more: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Other$2,051,342Human Services$538,850Housing & Shelter$449,500Education$399,300Health$219,750Environment$137,500Philanthropy$130,833

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 budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $215,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetEMPOWERED TUTORING INC: $192,300 over 8y, 30% of budgetCOTS INC: $160,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPILLARS INC: $146,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATED: $144,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAccelerate Institute: $127,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetRIVERVIEW GARDENS INC: $113,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $110,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF GREEN BAY INC: $95,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH GO INC: $88,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $71,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $69,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC: $67,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF THE FOX CITIES INC: $63,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF THE FOX VALLEY INC: $62,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC: $59,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWISCONSIBS INC: $42,850 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLAD LAKE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS CONNECTIONS INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRise Together Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetFOX VALLEY VETERANS COUNCIL INC: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCATALPA HEALTH INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCareer Pathways: $24,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC: $22,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNEW MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEWVOICES INC: $20,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCommunity Benefit Tree Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEAVEN INC: $16,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFREEDOM FOOD PANTRY INC: $16,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR FOX CITIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INC: $13,250 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER FOX VALLEY INC: $12,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWorking Bikes: $11,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetALIGHT: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR COURAGE & RENEWAL: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budget350ORG: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDyslexia Reading Connection Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BUILDING FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWERED TUTORING INC ↗
  • Who funds COTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PILLARS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Accelerate Institute ↗
  • Who funds RIVERVIEW GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF GREEN BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH GO INC ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF THE FOX CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF THE FOX VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIBS INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LAD LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Rise Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY VETERANS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CATALPA HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN 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.

Community Foundation …J J Keller Foundation…US Ventureschmidt Fam…Green Bay Packers Fou…United Way Fox Cities…Oshkosh Area Communit…Greater Green Bay Com…Theda and Tamblin Cla…Basic Needs Giving Pa…Oshkosh Corporation F…Hartwig Family Founda…The Boldt Family Fund…
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region IncWI93.1× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way Fox Cities Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Hartwig Family Foundation Inc · The Boldt Family Fund 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 Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’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 0%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
29report 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, 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 212 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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