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The Dyson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
317
Grants FY2024
191
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$16,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
175 to 191
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$247M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations The Dyson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $754k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving199$16M17%
FY2023191$13M12%
FY2022187$14M13%
FY2021181$11M20%
FY2020175$9.0M18%
FY2019187$9.9Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$14MEducation$12MHealth$12MArts & Culture$9.0MHousing & Shelter$4.4MRecreation & Sports$4.3MYouth Development$3.0MPhilanthropy$2.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Dyson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Family Services Inc$5,694,50067%
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum D/B/A Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum$3,919,500681%
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc$2,546,481612%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,200,00060%
Marietta College$1,802,00061%
High Mowing School$1,750,00067%
Washington and Lee University$1,690,00060%
Hudson River Housing Inc$1,243,00063%
Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh Inc$1,228,000613%
Rupco Inc$1,108,00063%
Dutchess Outreach Inc$1,016,500617%
New York Council of Nonprofits Inc$1,010,32567%
Friends of Laguna Seca$1,000,00016%
The Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad$957,000616%
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley$855,00061%
Family of Woodstock Inc$825,00062%
Millbrook Community Partnership Inc$800,00046%
Cornell University$750,00010%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$729,25050%
Winners Circle Project Inc$695,000325%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$685,00050%
Mass Design Group Ltd$680,00061%
Mental Health America of Dutchess County Inc$668,50061%
North Country Prenatalperinatal Council Inc$660,00066%
Bardavon 1869 Opera House$637,50065%
Grace Smith House Inc$621,70065%
Skidmore College$615,00060%
Dutchess Day School$580,00063%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh Inc$566,80065%
Rural & Migrant Ministry Inc$558,00067%
Good Causes Inc$535,000475%
Marist University$530,00050%
Center for Creative Education Inc$529,000611%
Literacy Connections Hudson Valley Inc$527,400626%
Community Family Development Inc$521,200616%
Putnam Family & Community Services Inc$511,17562%
City of Poughkeepsie$510,0003n/a
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc$496,20068%
Safe Harbors of the Hudson Inc$489,50066%
United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc$470,00064%
Fearless Hudson Valley Inc$465,30062%
Northeast Community Center Inc$463,000616%
Child Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam Inc$400,00054%
Community Action of Greene County Inc$389,90063%
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Inc$380,00061%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$378,50061%
Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County Inc$373,00046%
Newburgh Armory Unity Center Inc$370,00065%
Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium Inc$368,00057%
Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood Inc$360,80047%
Exodus Transitional Community Inc$355,00061%
Jewish Family Service of Orange County Inc$335,30069%
Nubian Directions II Inc$335,00068%
Pleasant Valley Free Library$330,000612%
Hand in Hand Early Childhood Center Inc$310,00069%
Suny New Paltz Foundation Inc$305,00035%
Young Men's Christian Association of Middletown Ny$290,00041%
County of Dutchess$290,0001n/a
Pro Publica Inc$275,00050%
Center for Governmental Research$266,70063%
Mental Health Association of Columbia & Greene Counties Inc$266,00061%
Columbia-Greene Habitat for Humanity Inc$265,00068%
Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley Inc$265,00013%
Double Play Sports Community Center Inc$260,000433%
Child Abuse Prevention Center Inc$250,90048%
Hudson Valley Hospice Inc$250,00011%
Lewis County Hospital Foundation Inc$250,000218%
Long Term Care Community Coalition$235,00066%
Mediation Center of Dutchess County Inc$234,750611%
Children's Home of Poughkeepsie Inc$231,62560%
Regional Economic Community Action Program Inc$228,00061%
Dutchess Community College Foundation Inc$220,00064%
Arts Mid-Hudson Inc$204,20066%
Adelphi University$200,00050%
Dutchess County Agricultural Society Inc$200,00013%
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center Inc$190,000510%
Natural Heritage Trust$190,00030%
Ulster County Community Action Committee Inc$185,00061%
Ulster Literacy Association Inc$177,800613%
Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley Inc$167,600512%
Pine Plains Memorial Hall Inc$165,500321%
Ramapo for Children Inc$165,00061%
Culinary Institute of America$160,00060%
Dutchess County Spca Inc$158,20042%
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Inc$140,00040%
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network$130,000410%
Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church$126,0006n/a
Hudson Valley Community Services Inc$125,00021%
Council on Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County Inc$125,000218%
Astor Services for Children & Families$121,00030%
Lowville Food Pantry Inc$110,000415%
Unshattered Inc$108,00044%
Day One Early Learning Community Inc$108,00038%
Kite's Nest Inc$104,00062%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$100,00040%
Empire State University Foundation Inc$100,00028%
Saratoga Automobile Museum$100,00043%
Hudson Valley Council Inc$100,000117%
Vassar College$100,00020%
Common Ground Dispute Resolution Inc$98,00069%
Twin County Recovery Services Inc$96,80022%
Cultureconnect Inc$95,400614%
Real Skills Network Inc$95,000218%
Green Chimneys Children's Service$90,00060%
Millbrook Engine Hook & Ladder Co$85,000224%
United Way of Ulster County Inc$85,00041%
Friends of Seniors of Dutchess County$84,200515%
Wild Earth Wilderness School$83,90061%
Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County Inc$80,00041%
Ulster Community College Foundation Inc$80,00061%
Community Partners$79,50030%
Common Ground Farm Inc$77,50064%
Regional Plan Association Inc$75,00021%
State University of New York at Binghamton$75,0004n/a
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York$75,00013%
Third Way Institute$75,00020%
New York City Center Inc$75,00060%
Second Chance Foods Inc$73,97562%
Newburgh Community Land Bank$70,30041%
Columbia-Greene Community College Foundation Inc$70,00062%
Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progressinc$68,50036%
Mid Hudson Addiction Recovery Center Inc$65,00012%
National Lead for America Inc$65,00020%
Artis-Naples Inc$65,00050%
Vassar-Warner Home$63,00032%
Educational Foundation of Orange County Community College Inc$61,00051%
Columbia Opportunities Inc$61,00061%
Community Resource & Service Center$58,50065%
Pine Hill Community Center Ltd$58,50065%
The Chamber Foundation Inc$58,00042%
Putnam County Housing Corporation$57,50023%
Poughkeepsie Alliance Inc$55,0004100%
The Wassaic Project Inc$52,50061%
Henry Ford Estate$50,00013%
Hudson Valley Justice Center Inc$50,00011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester County Inc$50,00022%
New City Parks Inc$50,00012%
Reading and Math Inc$50,00010%
Open Space Institute Inc$50,00012%
St Joseph's Rehabilitation Center Inc$50,00010%
Poughkeepsie Childrens Cabinet Inc$50,00019%
Adoptive & Foster Family Coalition of New York$50,00021%
NAMI Mid-Hudson Inc$46,50039%
Warwick Area Farmworker Organization Inc$45,00038%
The American Agora Foundation Inc$45,00050%
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc$43,50040%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$40,00040%
Northern Dutchess Day Care Center Inc$40,00015%
Ulster County Habitat for Humanity Inc$40,00014%
Hillside Food Outreach Inc$36,00061%
Council on Foundations Inc$35,75060%
Syracuse University$35,00060%
New York Stage and Film Inc$32,50051%
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Inc$31,60034%
Poughkeepsie Public Library District$30,2506n/a
Autism Directory Services Inc$30,000330%
Mental Health Association in Putnam County II Inc$30,00026%
National Council of Nonprofits$30,00060%
Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts$30,00030%
Poughkeepsie Farm Project$30,00041%
Millbrook Library$30,00061%
Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc$30,00010%
Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Inc$30,00013%
Elmira College$30,00060%
Children's Funding Project$27,00011%
Ashokan Center Inc$25,00030%
Harlem Academy$25,00011%
YWCA of Niagara Frontier Inc$25,00011%
Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club Inc$25,00011%
The Authors Guild Foundation Inc$25,00050%
Angel Food East Inc$25,00066%
Dispute Resolution Center Inc$25,00013%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$24,29060%
The Young Men's Christian Associati of Kingston and Ulster County$23,00020%
The Susie Reizod Foundation$21,50064%
Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History$21,40032%
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Inc$20,50050%
Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc$20,00020%
Adelante Student Voices Inc$20,000211%
Lowville Baptist Church$20,0001n/a
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$20,00050%
Convent of the Sacred Heart$20,0004n/a
Loyola School$20,0004n/a
The Red Hook Community Center Inc$20,00024%
Heifer Project International$19,00060%
Zion Episcopal Church$19,0006n/a
Mid-Hudson Library System$18,0002n/a
Catskill Wheelhouse$18,00025%
Vineyard Community Church$18,0006n/a
Seasoned Gives Inc$18,0001n/a
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$17,00060%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$16,15060%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital District (4416)$16,00010%
Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc$16,00030%
Black Rock Forest Consortium Inc$15,00021%
Northeastern University$15,00020%
Columbia County Sanctuary Movement Inc$15,00011%
The Browning School$15,00030%
Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program Inc$15,000212%
The Roosevelt Institute$15,00010%
Watkins Glen Motor Racing Research Council Inc$15,00012%
Catskill Hudson Area Health Educati$15,0001n/a
Community Matters 2 Inc$15,0001n/a
Land to Learn$12,20021%
Independent Living Inc$12,20020%
Mount Tremper Arts Inc$12,00016%
Oakwood Friends School Inc$11,5003n/a
Stony Kill Foundation Inc$10,50032%
Western New York Grantmakers Association Inc Dba Ny Funders Alliance$10,50011%
Play for Pink Inc$10,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$10,00020%
Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board Inc$10,0001n/a
Avow Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Sun River Health Inc$10,00010%
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Inc$10,00011%
Stockade Works Inc$10,00022%
Feeding Westchester Inc$10,00020%
Civic Nebraska$10,00010%
Taconic Resources for Independence Inc$10,00011%
The American Exchange Project Inc$10,00021%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$10,00010%
New York University$10,00010%
Columbia-Greene Hospital Foundation$10,0001n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$10,00020%
Red Hook Responds Incorporated$9,60015%
Independent Sector$9,40040%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$9,30060%
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill Inc$9,00012%
Newburgh Loaves & Fishes$8,5006n/a
Child Care Council of Orange County Inc$8,20020%
Fareground Community Kitchen Inc$8,00013%
Funders for Reproductive Equity$7,87560%
Resource Center for Accessible Living Inc$7,80010%
Mt Tremper Outdoor Ministries Inc$7,50010%
Women's Enterprise Development Center In$7,20020%
Newburgh Urban Farm and Food Inc$7,00019%
Celebrating the African Spirit Inc$6,0002n/a
Port Chester Carver Center Inc$6,00020%
Eastern Catskills CLT$5,700225%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$5,00010%
Razom Inc$5,00010%
The American Classical Orchestra Inc$5,00010%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$5,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00010%
Yale-China Association Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$5,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Claverack Free Library and Reading Room Association Inc$4,80012%
Phillies Bridge Farm Project Inc$4,80011%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$4,00040%
Malice Domestic Ltd$4,00016%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$4,00010%
New York State Network for Youth Success$3,70010%
Friends of the Mahopac Library$3,5002n/a
Friends of Hudson Youth Inc$3,20012%
Angels of Light Inc$3,00011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County Ny Inc$3,00011%
Jewish Federation of Ulster County Inc$3,0001n/a
The Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Inc DBA Fall Kill Creative Works$3,00011%
Benedictine Health Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Springside Landscape Restoration$3,0001n/a
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Otsego Land Trust$2,50011%
Columbia Land Conservancy Inc$2,00010%
Paws Crossed Animal Rescue Inc$2,00010%
Pine Plains Free Library$2,00012%
Animalkind Inc$1,50010%
Paws Chicago$1,50010%
Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$1,50012%
Pine Plains Local Journalism Projec$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Dyson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFamily Services Inc: $5,694,500 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetMid-Hudson Children's Museum D/B/A Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum: $3,919,500 over 6y, 81% of budgetIndianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc: $2,546,481 over 6y, 12% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $2,200,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMarietta College: $1,802,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHigh Mowing School: $1,750,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $1,690,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHudson River Housing Inc: $1,243,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Newburgh Inc: $1,228,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetRupco Inc: $1,108,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetDutchess Outreach Inc: $1,016,500 over 6y, 17% of budgetNew York Council of Nonprofits Inc: $1,010,325 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetFriends of Laguna Seca: $1,000,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetThe Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad: $957,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetLegal Services of the Hudson Valley: $855,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFamily of Woodstock Inc: $825,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetMillbrook Community Partnership Inc: $800,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetCornell University: $750,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc: $729,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWinners Circle Project Inc: $695,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $685,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMass Design Group Ltd: $680,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMental Health America of Dutchess County Inc: $668,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNorth Country Prenatalperinatal Council Inc: $660,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetBardavon 1869 Opera House: $637,500 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetGrace Smith House Inc: $621,700 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetSkidmore College: $615,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDutchess Day School: $580,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh Inc: $566,800 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetRural & Migrant Ministry Inc: $558,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetGood Causes Inc: $535,000 over 4y, 75% of budgetMarist University: $530,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Creative Education Inc: $529,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetLiteracy Connections Hudson Valley Inc: $527,400 over 6y, 26% of budgetCommunity Family Development Inc: $521,200 over 6y, 16% of budgetPutnam Family & Community Services Inc: $511,175 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetWorker Justice Center of New York Inc: $496,200 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetSafe Harbors of the Hudson Inc: $489,500 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetUnited Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc: $470,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetFearless Hudson Valley Inc: $465,300 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetNortheast Community Center Inc: $463,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetChild Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam Inc: $400,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCommunity Action of Greene County Inc: $389,900 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetGirl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Inc: $380,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $378,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dutchess County Inc: $373,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetNewburgh Armory Unity Center Inc: $370,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetColumbia County Community Healthcare Consortium Inc: $368,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY177.4× affinity99 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc · Community Foundation of Orange and Sulli · Novo Foundation · Field Hall Foundation · Henry L Kimelman Family Foundation · The Ascienzo Family Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health

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.

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How do I get to The Dyson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Dyson 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.

About The Dyson Foundation

How much does The Dyson Foundation give?
The Dyson Foundation reported 317 grants totaling $16,015,770 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 175 and 191 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Dyson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Education (17%), Health (16%).
Who are The Dyson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Family Services Inc ($5.7M), Mid-Hudson Children's Museum D/B/A Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum ($3.9M), Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc ($2.5M).
Does The Dyson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dyson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Dyson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc, Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Dyson Foundation based?
The Dyson Foundation is based in NY.

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 346 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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