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The Frisbie Family Foundation at a glance

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The Frisbie Family 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.

$589k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$377k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$7.6MScience & Tech$606kEducation$387kRecreation & Sports$290kArts & Culture$263kFood & Nutrition$103kCommunity Improvement$100kEnvironment$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $183k
  • $250k+1 grant · $377k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$376,500
HARVARD VARSITY CLUB$30,000
BASIC FUND$25,000
CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$12,500
AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND$10,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
BOCH CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
JOEY O'DONNELL FOUNDATION$10,000
FIND THE CAUSE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
JUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC$5,000
ROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE EDUCATION FUND: $10k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 11%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 16%BASIC FUND: $25k → 10%RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $13k → 11%UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 5%CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%AMERICAN LUNG SOCIETY: $10k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL: $100k → 7%ZERO CANCER: $10k → 9%VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $13k → 11%AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND: $10k → 8%Buzzards Bay Coalition: $25k → 11%VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND: $26k → 7%AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND: $10k → 8%JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $200k → 11%CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND: $25k → 7%CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND: $25k → 7%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $304k → 8%BOCH CENTER: $100k → 16%JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND: $25k → 7%President And Fellows of Harvard University: $270k → 8%BOCH CENTER: $25k → 16%HARVARD SOLAR GEOENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAM FUND: $177k → 8%BOCH CENTER: $13k → 16%Harvard University: $120k → 8%HARVARD ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FUND: $50k → 8%Harvard Basketball Facilities: $50k → 8%HARVARD ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FUND: $50k → 8%HARVARD BASKETBALL FACILITIES: $50k → 8%Harvard Athletic Directors Fund: $50k → 8%HARVARD BASKETBALL FACILITIES: $50k → 8%HARVARD VARSITY CLUB: $31k → 8%HARVARD VARSITY CLUB: $30k → 8%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $25k → 8%HARVARD LACROSSE: $20k → 8%Harvard Varsity Club: $10k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.6M → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.6M → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.0M → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.0M → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.0M → 16%Massachusetts General Hospital: $384k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $377k → 16%Massachusetts General Hospital: $213k → 16%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
MO
VA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 45 repeat orgs$402k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
24

Total granted

$9.0M
$357k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+31%

Still filing today

76%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $240k · revenue +52%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $131k · revenue +185%
  • HV
    HARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $104k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • HS
    HARVARD SOLAR GEOENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAM FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $177k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -17%
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
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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4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
8
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
9
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Aquarium Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Anderson 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

49 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. 49 of the 73 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
38/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $7,134,090 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALPresident And Fellows of Harvard University: $305,000 · Other+37 more: $796,077 · Other+37 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $428,644 · EducationHARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC: $104,200 · EducationTHE BASIC FUND: $25,000 · Education+5 more: $69,000 · EducationJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $240,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $9,000 · PhilanthropyTHE WANG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $178,500 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $11,500 · Arts & CultureALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $131,000 · HealthFIND THE CAUSE INC: $57,500 · HealthJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $27,500 · Health+5 more: $9,000 · HealthTHE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $30,500 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8,000 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · Environment
Other$8,235,167Education$626,844Philanthropy$349,000Arts & Culture$268,500Health$225,000Community Improvement$100,000Environment$65,500

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $428,644 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $240,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE WANG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $178,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $131,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC: $104,200 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIND THE CAUSE INC: $57,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $30,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $17,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC: $17,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPIONEER INSTITUTE INC: $15,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE EDUCATION FUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOEY O'DONNELL FOUNDATION TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PALM BEACH & MARTIN COUNTIES INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES OF HOBE SOUND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOLDIERS FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Anderson Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetTHE DUNBAR CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND UVEITIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $1,089 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND GARDEN CLUBINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREGIS COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-FarberMass General Brigham Cancer Care INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWEDIKO CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WANG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds FIND THE CAUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds JUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PIONEER INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS GOLF ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOEY O'DONNELL FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA 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.

Boston Foundation IncThe David and Elizabe…The Krimendahlsaint-A…Nivin and Duncan Macm…St Clair Charitable T…Legatus FoundationCMB FoundationEthel D Colket Founda…Fore River FoundationColket Family Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Eastern Bank Foundati…
Boston Foundation IncMA18.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The David and Elizabeth Long Foundation · The Krimendahlsaint-Amand Foundation · Nivin and Duncan Macmillan Foundation · St Clair Charitable Trust · Legatus Foundation · CMB Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Fore River Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Eastern Bank 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 Frisbie Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Frisbie Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Regis College: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Als One Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 73 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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