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The Hawks Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$33M
Granted FY2024still arriving
141
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$6.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$31MPhilanthropy$22MHealth$16MEducation$13MHuman Services$7.4MRecreation & Sports$5.9MHousing & Shelter$3.5MCrime & Legal$3.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 141 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $110k
  • $10k–50k54 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k49 grants · $4.4M
  • $250k+13 grants · $27M
$40,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$413M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND$6,949,615
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$6,050,000
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$2,515,000
CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE$2,016,000
CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE$2,002,980
DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST$2,000,000
MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART$1,500,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE$1,070,000
JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS$950,015
UNIVERSITY OF NE FOUNDATION$702,599
JOSIE HARPER HOSPICE HOUSE$400,000
NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA (FKA NET NE)$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF NE FOUNDATION$290,857
BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER$222,845
UNIVERSITY OF NE FOUNDATION$215,000
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 (FY20–24, $8.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHILDREN'S HOME: $35k → 13%NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES: $59k → 12%CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHILDREN'S HOME: $35k → 13%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $100k → 17%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $135k → 12%CHRISTIAN HERITAGE CHILDREN'S HOME: $35k → 13%NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES: $45k → 12%NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES: $45k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC (HETRA): $45k → 6%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $80k → 12%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $60k → 12%CRCC (FORMERLY CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTER INC): $50k → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $550k → 12%CHILDREN'S SQUARE USA: $50k → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $60k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $100k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $100k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $40k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY: $35k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $2.0M → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $2.0M → 12%CRCC (FORMERLY CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTER INC): $50k → 12%CRCC (FORMERLY CHILDREN'S RESPITE CARE CENTER INC): $50k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $75k → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $45k → 12%TOGETHER INC: $80k → 12%TOGETHER INC: $65k → 12%TOGETHER INC: $65k → 12%TOGETHER INC: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $40k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $300k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $50k → 12%LENDING LINK: $50k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $50k → 12%LENDING LINK: $50k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $50k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $200k → 12%IMMIGRANT LEGAL CENTER: $125k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $100k → 12%IMMIGRANT LEGAL CENTER: $75k → 12%IMMIGRANT LEGAL CENTER: $50k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF OMAHA: $40k → 12%YOUTH CARE AND BEYOND INC: $50k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES OF OMAHA: $50k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES OF OMAHA: $50k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES OF OMAHA: $48k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
WI
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MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
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AZ
NM
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82M · 167 repeat orgs$28M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

167 repeat relationships: 99 still active in FY2024, 68 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

167
198

Total granted

$82M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+13%

Still filing today

63%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JA
    JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25M · revenue +71% · 51% of their budget
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10M · revenue +491% · 53% of their budget
  • OP
    OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $6.1M · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • HF
    HAWKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $13M
  • NM
    Nebraska Medicinegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +316%
  • PG
    PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $750k · revenue +26%
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
One Omaha

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

Community Improvement
2
Regional West Health Services

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

Health
3
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
4
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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5
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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6
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
7
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
8
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

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9
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
10
Nebraska Organ Recovery System

We transform lives through organ and tissue donation.

Health
11
Children's Physicians

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

Health
12
Voices for Children in Nebraska

Voices for children in nebraska is the independent voice building pathways to opportunity for all children and families through research, policy and community engagement.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc; the most unlike its peers is Susan Laflesche Picotte Center. 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

171 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. 171 of the 404 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/171
Grantees still filing
121/171
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $13,448,862 · OtherHAWKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $10,106,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONSCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND: $6,949,615 · OtherSCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUNDOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,135,000 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION+122 more: $19,937,153 · Other+122 moreJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $24,554,984 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUMMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $1,505,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART+10 more: $1,316,269 · Arts & CultureCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $4,189,480 · Human ServicesKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $630,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $450,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $300,000 · Human ServicesINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $300,000 · Human ServicesJUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS-NEBRASKA: $284,985 · Human Services+24 more: $2,382,324 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST: $4,000,000 · Community ImprovementOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $1,685,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $50,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $3,446,439 · EducationOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $1,075,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $250,000 · Education+9 more: $760,900 · EducationSANTA MONICA INC: $1,098,565 · HealthCENTERPOINTE INC: $1,050,000 · HealthNebraska Medicine: $1,000,738 · HealthOLLIE WEBB CENTER INC: $125,000 · Health+8 more: $311,250 · HealthNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,140,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $142,000 · PhilanthropySHARE OMAHA: $100,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $32,500 · Philanthropy
Other$56,576,630Arts & Culture$27,376,253Human Services$8,536,789Community Improvement$5,735,000Education$5,532,339Health$3,585,553Philanthropy$1,484,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $24,554,984 over 5y, 51% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $10,106,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,135,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $4,189,480 over 5y, 28% of budgetDOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST: $4,000,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $3,446,439 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $1,685,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART: $1,505,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,140,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetSANTA MONICA INC: $1,098,565 over 4y, 36% of budgetOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $1,075,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC: $1,050,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetNebraska Medicine: $1,000,738 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $750,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRELEASE INC: $635,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $630,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE DURHAM MUSEUM: $497,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $450,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetHOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION: $400,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $340,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS: $325,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFeeding America: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $300,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $300,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetJUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS-NEBRASKA: $284,985 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $275,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNEBRASKA URBAN INDIAN HEALTH COALITION INC: $270,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $260,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $250,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $250,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY: $250,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $240,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER: $233,683 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $230,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $225,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $175,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $175,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $175,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $173,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNEBRASKA LUTHERAN OUTDOOR MINISTRIES: $155,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $155,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNew Visions Homeless Services: $148,866 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOmaha Children's Museum: $148,769 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC: $148,458 over 3y, 2.5% 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 JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MONICA INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CENTERPOINTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Nebraska Medicine ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds RELEASE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HOLY NAME HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER ↗

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 Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Weitz Family Foundati…The Charles and Mary …Peter Kiewit Foundati…Mutual of Omaha Found…Immanuel Community Vi…Suzanne & Walter Scot…Gilbert M and Martha …The Holland FoundationLeland J & Dorothy H …
The Lozier FoundationNE192.9× affinity100 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable 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 Hawks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hawks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    51report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Hawks Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Hawks 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 404 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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