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The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation at a glance

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The Fran & Ray Stark 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.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$983k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$11MEducation$8.2MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$977kYouth Development$659kPublic Benefit$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kPhilanthropy$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $390k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $745k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.5M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$983,337
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$800,000
ACADEMY FOUNDATION$500,000
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE$250,000
THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL$235,000
HAMMER MUSEUM$229,850
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$105,000
LOS ANGELES LGBTQ CENTER$75,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - ANNUAL FUND$50,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$50,000
LOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION$30,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$25,000
LIBRARY OF AMERICA$25,000
MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND$25,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - INTL COUNCIL$20,000
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, $644k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE COLLEAGUES: $20k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $20k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $15k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $15k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $15k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $10k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $10k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $10k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $5k → 14%OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $100k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $1k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $15k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $15k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $15k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $3k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $15k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $15k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $11k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $10k → 14%THE FULFILLMENT FUND: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDAITON: $5k → 14%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

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NY
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 56 repeat orgs$865k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
34

Total granted

$15M
$806k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+25%

Still filing today

70%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +89%
  • AF
    ACADEMY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +6%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2024 · $860k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - THEATRE
    one grant, 2017 · $650k
  • UL
    UCLA LAB SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • GP
    GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +43%
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
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
6
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
7
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Inc

Lace both champions and challenges the art of our time by fostering artists who innovate, explore, and risk. we move within and beyond our four walls to provide opportunities for diverse publics to engage deeply with contemporary art. in…

Arts & Culture
8
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of Latin American Art

The specific purpose of this corporation is to: expand knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary latin american tine art that has been created since world war ii; to operate a museum; to collect and display latin american…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Farrah Fawcett Foundation. 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

69 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. 69 of the 100 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
45/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $4,416,668 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATESACADEMY FOUNDATION: $2,525,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY FOUNDATIONARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $509,850 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CE…Museum of Modern Art: $340,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $883,978 · Arts & Culture+18 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,300,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,310,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $860,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGE+5 more: $166,000 · EducationACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS & SCIENCES: $1,500,000 · OtherACADEMY OF MOTION PICTUR…THE UCLA FOUNDATION- MEMORY CARE PROGRAM: $800,000 · OtherTHE UCLA FOUNDATION- MEM…THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - THEATRE: $650,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHE…LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $450,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTERTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $245,000 · Other+45 more: $1,202,550 · Other+45 moreHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $656,000 · Youth DevelopmentMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $300,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesFULFILLMENT FUND: $105,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $98,500 · Human Services+4 more: $19,500 · Human ServicesChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $115,000 · HealthTHE HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $23,700 · HealthKATHI KOLL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $4,500 · HealthTHE FARRAH FAWCETT FOUNDATION: $9,750 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ELIZABETH TAYLOR AIDS FOUNDATION: $4,300 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$8,675,496Education$7,636,000Other$4,847,550Youth Development$656,000Human Services$643,500Health$228,200Philanthropy$19,550

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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,300,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $4,416,668 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetACADEMY FOUNDATION: $2,525,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,310,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $860,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $656,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $509,850 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $450,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $340,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $300,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $245,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies: $157,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $156,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $120,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $115,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION: $110,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL: $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $105,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $98,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHEARST CASTLE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $74,800 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYO SAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE: $65,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US INC D/B/A LIBRARY OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $23,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKATHI KOLL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE FARRAH FAWCETT FOUNDATION: $9,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $5,978 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetICA LA: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH TAYLOR AIDS FOUNDATION: $4,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.1% 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEAGUES INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FULFILLMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds THE HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEARST CASTLE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds YO SAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…The Joseph Fidler Wal…The David Geffen Foun…The Otis Booth Founda…The J Paul Getty TrustThe Ahmanson Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Lauren and Richard Ki…Moss FoundationHale Thornhill Founda…Lear Family Foundation
California Community FoundationCA28.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Joseph Fidler Walsh & Majorie Walsh Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Lauren and Richard King Charitable Trust · Moss Foundation · Hale Thornhill Foundation · Lear Family 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 Fran & Ray Stark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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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How do I get to The Fran & Ray Stark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Fran & Ray Stark 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 100 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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