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The Dorothy B Davis 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
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 2024.

Health$14MEducation$5.1MHousing & Shelter$4.3MHuman Services$3.4MRecreation & Sports$3.0MCrime & Legal$3.0MYouth Development$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $325k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AVENUE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$200,000
GUARDIAN ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$100,000
PHOENIX ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL$100,000
PROJECT HARMONY-HAVEN FOR ABUSE RESPONSE MEMBERS S$100,000
USA HOCKEY FOUNDATION$100,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$100,000
CASA CONNECTION$75,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC$50,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$50,000
CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA$50,000
VISITING NURSE ASSOCATION OF THE MIDLANDS$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC$50,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS$50,000
HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC$40,000
AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP$35,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $50k → 6%NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES: $25k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $40k → 6%KNIGHTS OF AKSARBEN FOUNDATION: $600k → 12%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $250k → 7%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $40k → 6%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $115k → 7%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPY: $30k → 6%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $42k → 7%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $30k → 7%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $28k → 7%PGA REACH NE: $10k → 13%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $25k → 7%CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTERS: $50k → 12%PGA REACH NE: $10k → 13%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $25k → 7%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $110k → 12%NEBRASKA PGA FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CAMP FOSTER YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 7%PGA REACH NE: $10k → 13%PGA REACH NE: $10k → 13%CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTERS: $25k → 12%CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTERS: $25k → 12%CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTERS: $25k → 12%METRO AREA CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $250k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $152k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC: $50k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $77k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $75k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA: $50k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $75k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $75k → 12%GRIEFS JOURNEY: $275k → 12%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $35k → 12%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $35k → 12%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $35k → 12%COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $35k → 12%GRIEFS JOURNEY: $30k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $25k → 12%GRIEFS JOURNEY: $30k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $50k → 12%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.
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 49 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
45

Total granted

$20M
$21M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+5%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2.5M · revenue +70%
  • MR
    MADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
    2× · 2019–2021 · $1.3M · revenue +28%
  • AS
    AVENUE SCHOLARS
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • MH
    METHODIST HOPSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $4.0M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $3.0M
  • U
    UNMC
    one grant, 2018 · $2.6M
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
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
2
Share Omaha

Our mission is to help nonprofits fulfill theirs.

Philanthropy
3
Nebraska Community Foundation

The nebraska community foundation unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a greater nebraska.

Philanthropy
4
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
5
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
6
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Nebraska children's mission is to create positive change for children through community engagement. our vision is a nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to reach their full potential. our values are (1)…

Philanthropy
7
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
8
Community Action of Nebraska Inc

Mission: community action of nebraska strives to alleviate poverty through enhancing program development, providing technical assistance, and advocating public policy to support all community action agencies in nebraska.

Community Improvement
9
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
10
Nebraska Realtors Association

Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members

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11
Catholic Charities Foundation

Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.

Religion
12
Omaha Parks Foundation

The mission of the omaha parks foundation is to improve, promote, preserve, protect, and support omaha's parks and recreation system. we engage in initiatives that make our parks system more accessible, inclusive, and beneficial to all…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Nebraska Inc; the most unlike its peers is Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. 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

68 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. 68 of the 106 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/68
Grantees still filing
44/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METHODIST HOPSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,996,697 · OtherMETHODIST HOPSPITAL FOUNDATIONHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OMAHA: $3,350,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OMAHAIndividual grant recipient: $3,016,386 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNMC: $2,584,417 · OtherUNMCCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,603,734 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITALNEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE: $1,500,000 · OtherNEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICEYOUNG MENS' CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OMAHA: $1,079,524 · OtherST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $1,000,000 · Other+55 more: $6,981,731 · Other+55 moreMADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $1,253,734 · HealthMADONNA REHA…NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,001,332 · HealthNEBRASKA MET…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $750,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S H…HARBOR HOUSE: $514,000 · HealthHARBOR HOUSEASPEN DRAKE SEEMANN FOUNDATION: $430,200 · HealthASPEN DRAKE …QUALITY LIVING INC: $400,000 · HealthQUALITY LIVI…Mending Faces: $175,000 · Health+4 more: $240,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $2,536,355 · EducationUNIVERSITY …AVENUE SCHOLARS: $1,010,000 · EducationAVENUE SCHO…CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $525,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S …COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $150,000 · Education+3 more: $160,000 · EducationKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $600,000 · Human ServicesCamp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc: $530,130 · Human ServicesGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $475,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $454,184 · Human ServicesTHRESHOLD COC: $250,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $200,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $125,000 · Human ServicesINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $110,000 · Human Services+5 more: $250,000 · Human ServicesSPIRIT LAKE KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $1,727,515 · Recreation & SportsBLAIR YOUTH SHOOTING SPORTS: $99,846 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT HARMONY: $700,000 · Crime & LegalCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $550,000 · Crime & LegalOMAHA CRIME STOPPERS INC: $140,000 · Crime & LegalCASA CONNECTION: $75,000 · Crime & LegalHISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC: $1,000,105 · Arts & CultureOmaha Children's Museum: $150,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$25,112,489Health$4,764,266Education$4,381,355Human Services$3,154,314Recreation & Sports$1,859,361Crime & Legal$1,465,000Arts & Culture$1,155,105

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $2,536,355 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSPIRIT LAKE KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $1,727,515 over 1y, 53% of budgetMADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $1,253,734 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $1,010,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,001,332 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC: $1,000,105 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER: $750,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HARMONY: $700,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUSA HOCKEY FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $550,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetCamp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc: $530,130 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $525,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE: $514,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetYATES FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetGRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $475,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $454,184 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetASPEN DRAKE SEEMANN FOUNDATION: $430,200 over 2y, 72% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC: $400,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $265,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetTHRESHOLD COC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $240,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION: $215,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $200,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetMending Faces: $175,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $160,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum: $150,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetOMAHA CRIME STOPPERS INC: $140,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $125,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $110,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetSEVENTY-FIVE NORTH REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA NEBRASKA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetPHOENIX ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetDISCOVERY HOUSE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetCONSERVATION FOUNDATION of DICKINSON COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBLAIR YOUTH SHOOTING SPORTS: $99,846 over 1y, 74% of budgetCASA CONNECTION: $75,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetKAMO INC: $68,516 over 4y, 20% of budgetNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPIRIT LAKE KIWANIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HARMONY ↗
  • Who funds USA HOCKEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds YATES FUND ↗
  • Who funds GRIEF'S JOURNEY THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN DRAKE SEEMANN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM ACTION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds THRESHOLD COC ↗
  • Who funds Omaha Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOUSEWORKS ↗

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 Sherwood FoundationNE81× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation

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 Dorothy B Davis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy B Davis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report 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, 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Dorothy B Davis 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 106 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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