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The Green Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
216
Itemized grants FY2024
197
Organizations funded FY2023
93%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$7.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
162 to 206
FY2020 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2024
$160M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 93% of the organizations The Green Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving206$7.0M50%
FY2023197$6.8M93%
FY2022162$5.5M20%
FY2021190$6.3M61%
FY2020206$6.2Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$5.8MArts & Culture$5.0MEducation$4.2MYouth Development$4.2MHealth$3.6MHousing & Shelter$2.9MFood & Nutrition$1.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$755kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 308 grantees
All grantees of The Green Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Los Angeles Opera Company$740,00031%
Union Rescue Mission$300,00020%
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation$250,00013%
American Cancer Society Inc$240,00030%
Support the Enlisted Project Inc$225,00033%
The Midnight Mission$200,00021%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$200,00021%
Union Station Homeless Services$200,00020%
Weingart Center Association$200,00021%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$200,00030%
California State University Northridge Foundation$200,00021%
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc$180,00020%
United States Veterans Initiative$155,00020%
Homeboy Industries$150,00020%
A Place Called Home$150,00021%
Chrysalis Center$150,00030%
Downtown Women's Center$150,00021%
World Central Kitchen Inc$120,00030%
Greenagers Inc$110,00034%
Project Angel Food$110,00021%
Railroad Street Youth Project Inc$105,00026%
Young & Healthy$105,00024%
Eva's Village Inc$100,00020%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$100,00010%
Para Los Ninos$100,00020%
Mission Flight$100,000324%
Villa Esperanza Services$100,00020%
Marianne Frostig Ctr of Edu Therapy$100,00021%
School on Wheels Inc$100,00021%
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc$100,00021%
A Window Between Worlds$100,00024%
Exceptional Children's Foundation$100,00020%
Aspire Public Schools$100,00010%
Abilityfirst$99,24930%
Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc$95,00023%
PowerMyLearning Inc$90,00021%
Food Forward Inc$90,00020%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$80,00020%
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc$80,00021%
New Village Charter School Inc$80,00022%
Venice Community Housing Corporation$80,00020%
A Noise Within$80,00031%
St Francis Center$80,00011%
Dolores Mission School$80,0002n/a
International City Theatre$75,00033%
Pasadena Child Development Associates Inc doing business as PCDA$75,00031%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$75,00021%
House of Ruth Inc$75,00031%
Music Will Inc$70,00021%
24th Street Theatre Company$70,00025%
New Directions Inc$70,00011%
Cancer Support Community Greater San Gabriel Valley$70,00023%
Los Angeles Youth Network$65,00021%
Covenant House California$65,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley$65,00023%
Berkshire South Regional Community Center Inc$65,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley$65,00021%
Casa Youth Shelter$65,00022%
Lift Inc$65,00020%
Imagine Los Angeles Inc$65,00022%
Casa of Los Angeles$65,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles$65,00021%
MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity$65,00011%
Families Forward Learning Center$60,00022%
Stone Soup Child Care Programs Administrator$60,00027%
No Limits Theater Group Inc$60,00022%
Playworks Education Energized$60,00020%
Wayfinder Family Services$60,00020%
Venice Arts$60,00023%
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking$60,00021%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc$60,00020%
Harmony Project$60,00021%
Assistance League of Long Beach$60,00021%
826la$60,00021%
Strive Foundation$60,00023%
18 Degrees Inc$60,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$60,00020%
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family Inc$55,00021%
City Hearts Kids Say Yes to the Arts la Fringe Theatre Inc$55,00029%
Operation Jump Start$55,00023%
Helping Hand Worldwide$55,00022%
Koreatown Youth and Community Center$55,00020%
Advancement Through Opportunity & Knowledge Inc$55,00022%
Southern California Counseling Center$55,00022%
Alliance for Housing and Healing$55,00020%
Los Angeles Education Partnership$55,00020%
Harvest Home Inc$55,00021%
Al Wooten Jr Youth Center$55,00024%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$55,00021%
St Barnabas Senior Center of Los Angeles$55,00021%
Mychals Learning Place$55,00021%
Child Development Institute$55,00021%
Upward Bound House$55,00020%
Meals on Wheels West$52,50031%
Hillsides$50,00010%
Idyllwild Arts Foundation$50,00020%
The Maple Counseling Center$50,00021%
The Pasadena Symphony Association$50,00021%
Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc$50,00020%
Los Angeles Conservation Corps$50,00020%
Rm Pyles Boys Camp$50,00024%
Side Street Projects$50,00025%
The Blind Childrens Center Inc$50,00012%
Free Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children$50,00023%
Valley Family Center$50,00023%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$50,00010%
In Place of War USA$50,0001n/a
Onegeneration$50,00020%
Hope the Mission$50,00010%
College Track$50,00020%
Young Musicians Foundation$50,00022%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$50,00020%
Naturebridge$50,00020%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$50,00011%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Hollywood Community Housing Corporation$50,00020%
Lacer Afterschool Programs$50,00021%
Triumph Foundation$50,00016%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles$50,00021%
Foothill Unity Center Inc$50,00020%
Los Angeles Police Foundation$50,00020%
Ps Arts$50,00012%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$50,00010%
First Star Inc$50,00022%
Providence Trinitycare Hospice Foundation$50,00021%
Alliance for Children's Rights$50,00011%
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$50,00024%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$50,00020%
Thomas House Temporary Shelter$50,00022%
Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc$50,00012%
PF Bresee Foundation$50,00012%
Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation$50,00023%
Los Angeles Children's Chorus$50,00022%
Sharefest Community Development Inc$50,00022%
Don Bosco Technical Institute$50,00020%
Kidsave International Inc$50,00021%
Engage Inc$50,00021%
Pet Adoption Fund$50,00023%
The Ryman-Carroll Foundation$50,00022%
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$50,00021%
Path$50,00010%
Maryvale$50,00020%
Foundation for Women Warriors$50,00024%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA$50,00014%
Mar Vista Family Center$50,00023%
Hollenbeck Police Activities League$50,00017%
Street Poets Inc$45,00023%
Friends of Cabrillo Aquarium$45,00032%
Environmental Nature Center$45,00021%
Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc$42,50023%
Spirit Series Inc$40,00024%
Our House Grief Support Center$40,00012%
Boys and Girls Club of Whittier Inc$40,00020%
Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Inc$40,00021%
Move a Child Higher Inc$40,000316%
Pace University$40,00020%
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recordercounty Clerk$40,0001n/a
Neighborhood Homework House$40,00024%
Hear Center$40,00022%
Variety Boys & Girls Club$40,00021%
Cathedral High School$40,0002n/a
The Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley Inc$40,00021%
Human Options Inc$40,00020%
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena$40,00021%
The Center in Hollywood$40,00021%
Asian Youth Center$40,00021%
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association$40,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach$40,00021%
Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club$40,00026%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redla Riverside$40,00021%
Friends of Expo Center$40,00017%
Boys & Girls Club of Carson Inc$40,00021%
Learning Ally Inc$40,00020%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$35,00010%
The Tom Wathen Center$35,00022%
Food Finders Inc$35,00020%
Berkshire Grown Inc$35,00032%
Ramona Convent Secondary School$35,0001n/a
Airport Marina Counseling Service$35,00013%
The Association of Catholic Student Councils$35,00027%
Malta House Inc$34,00031%
Armory Center for the Arts$30,00011%
Animalkind Inc$30,00013%
Mercy House Living Centers$30,00020%
Girls Incorporated of Orange County$30,00020%
Sacred Heart High School$30,0001n/a
First Place for Youth$30,00010%
Club 21 Learning and Resource Center Inc$30,00023%
Clarematrix$30,00010%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$30,00011%
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inc$30,00017%
Berkshire County Kids' Place and Violence Prevention Center Inc$30,00014%
The Fund for Partnership for Success$30,00015%
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company$30,00012%
Haven Hills Inc$30,00011%
Public Corp for the Arts of the City of Long Beach$30,00021%
Assistance League of Pasadena$30,00028%
American Youth Symphony Inc$30,00021%
Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc$30,00011%
Community Health Programs Incorporated$30,00010%
Lollipop Theater Network Inc$30,00016%
Flying Cloud Institute Inc$30,00015%
Womenshelter of Long Beach$30,00011%
The Village Family Services Inc$30,00010%
Caterinas Club$30,00021%
Westside Family Health Center$30,00010%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$30,00012%
La Promise Fund$30,00010%
Tierra del Sol Foundation$30,00010%
After-School All-Stars Los Angeles$26,24010%
Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work$25,00011%
South Bay Childrens Health Center$25,00011%
The Campbell Center$25,00011%
City Year Inc$25,00010%
Agingnext Inc$25,0001n/a
Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind Inc$25,00010%
Pasadena Senior Center$25,00011%
Ascencia$25,00010%
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle$25,00010%
Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association$25,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$25,00010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$25,00010%
Laurel Foundation$25,00018%
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America$25,00010%
Youth Mentoring Connection$25,00013%
Kids Community Clinic of Burbank$25,00012%
Peace 4 Kids$25,00013%
Fosterall$25,00012%
Berkshire United Way Inc$25,00011%
Bishop Alemany High School$25,0001n/a
Will Geers Theatricum Botanicum$25,00012%
Pasadena Educational Foundation$25,00011%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$25,00010%
Optimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc$25,00010%
SPIRITT Family Services$25,00010%
Legacy la Youth Development Corp$25,00011%
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation$25,00011%
South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc$25,00012%
Alcoholism Center for Women Inc$25,00011%
Venice Family Clinic$25,00010%
A Home Within Inc$25,00015%
Teach Democracy$25,00011%
Coalition for Engaged Education$25,00012%
National Christ Child Society Inc$25,00023%
Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc$25,00013%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$25,00010%
Outreach to the World Inc$25,000120%
Diavolo Dance Theatre$25,00013%
United Friends of the Children$25,00010%
Jovenes Inc$25,00010%
The Institute for the Redesign of Learning$25,00010%
Community Access to the Arts Inc$25,00011%
Seneca Family of Agencies$25,00010%
1736 Family Crisis Center$25,00010%
College Access Plan$25,00013%
Theatre West Inc$25,00015%
Damien High Schools a Corp$25,0001n/a
Construct Inc$22,00012%
Carousel Ranch Inc$20,00012%
Pasadena - Foothill Valley YWCA$20,000115%
Tower Cancer Research Foundation$20,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Brea-Placentia -Yorba Linda$20,00013%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County$20,00010%
Linden Oaks$20,00010%
YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena$20,00010%
Shelter Partnership Inc$20,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor$20,00010%
Communitys Child Inc$20,00011%
Arlington Garden in Pasadena$20,00024%
Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc$20,00011%
Laura's House$20,00010%
West Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc$20,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of la Habra$20,00011%
Long Beach Bar Foundation$20,00014%
Opica Adult Day Program & Counseling Center$20,00011%
Orange County Bar Foundation$20,00011%
Scripps College$20,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Venice$20,00011%
Interfaith Food Center$20,00010%
Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay$20,00013%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast$20,00010%
Helpline Youth Counseling Inc$20,00010%
Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc$20,000118%
Mariposa Women and Family Center$15,00011%
Skechers Foundation$15,00030%
Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties$15,00010%
La Goal$15,00012%
Saga Mental Health and Relationship Cent$15,000113%
Project Sister Family Services$15,00011%
Oc Gateway to Housing$15,00015%
Eastern Sierra Land Trust$15,00031%
Children's Burn Foundation$15,00020%
Friends of the Childrens Museum$15,00013%
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena$15,00010%
Project Kindle$15,0001n/a
California Institute of Technology$12,00030%
Encore Programs Inc$10,00011%
Berkshire Medical Center Inc$10,00010%
Los Angeles Audubon Society Inc$10,00012%
Kansas City College & Bible School Inc$10,00010%
Convalescent Aid Society$10,00011%
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services$10,00010%
Hillside School and Learning Center$10,00011%
Keep Youth Doing Something Inc$10,00010%
The Richstone Center Inc$10,00010%
Love On 4 Paws Inc$10,00029%
Pasadena Art Alliance$5,00011%
Belmar Fishing Club$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 333 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Green Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLos Angeles Opera Company: $740,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUnion Rescue Mission: $300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSupport the Enlisted Project Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetThe Midnight Mission: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPartnership for Los Angeles Schools: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnion Station Homeless Services: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWeingart Center Association: $200,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State University Northridge Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc: $180,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Veterans Initiative: $155,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetA Place Called Home: $150,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChrysalis Center: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $150,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreenagers Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetProject Angel Food: $110,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRailroad Street Youth Project Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetYoung & Healthy: $105,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetEva's Village Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPara Los Ninos: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMission Flight: $100,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetVilla Esperanza Services: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMarianne Frostig Ctr of Edu Therapy: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSchool on Wheels Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetA Window Between Worlds: $100,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetExceptional Children's Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAspire Public Schools: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbilityfirst: $99,249 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVolunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFood Forward Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNew Village Charter School Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVenice Community Housing Corporation: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetA Noise Within: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSt Francis Center: $80,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetInternational City Theatre: $75,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPasadena Child Development Associates Inc doing business as PCDA: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHouse of Ruth Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMusic Will Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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.

The Rose Hills FoundationCA217.9× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · California Community Foundation · United Way Inc · Pasadena Community Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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 Green Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Green 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 Green Foundation

How much does The Green Foundation give?
The Green Foundation reported 216 itemized grants totaling $7,026,000, out of $8,298,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 162 and 206 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Green Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (13%), Education (11%).
Who are The Green Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Los Angeles Opera Company ($740k), Union Rescue Mission ($300k), Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation ($250k).
Does The Green Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Green Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Green Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rose Hills Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
Where is The Green Foundation based?
The Green Foundation is based in CA.

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 641 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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