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The James M Stanton Foundation at a glance

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The James M Stanton Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6.2M
Granted FY2026still arriving
29
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$2.0M
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 2025.

Housing & Shelter$13MEducation$9.9MHealth$5.3MPhilanthropy$4.0MEmployment$3.5MCommunity Improvement$3.0MArts & Culture$2.2MHuman Services$2.2MOther$0
02FY2026 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+11 grants · $4.9M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUMMIT ACADEMY$2,000,000
MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$600,000
EVERY MEAL$300,000
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$250,000
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$250,000
US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST$250,000
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$250,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$250,000
PROJECT PRIDE IN LIVING$250,000
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$250,000
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$250,000
INTERFAITH OUTREACH$150,000
BRIDGE FOR YOUTH$150,000
THE LINK$100,000
TWIN CITIES RISE$100,000
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 (FY20–26, $10.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BREAKTHROUGH MINISTRIES: $50k → 6%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $25k → 7%BELIEVET: $30k → 11%PREPARE PROSPER: $25k → 14%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $25k → 7%BELIEVET: $30k → 11%PREPARE AND PROSPER: $25k → 14%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $25k → 7%BELIEVET: $30k → 11%PREPARE AND PROSPER: $25k → 14%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $25k → 7%BELIEVET: $25k → 11%PREPARE PROSPER: $25k → 14%BELIEVET: $25k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25k → 14%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25k → 14%MAD DADS OF MINNEAPOLIS: $25k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE: $25k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 14%MAD DADS OF MINNEAPOLIS: $25k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE: $25k → 14%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $150k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $150k → 11%THE LINK: $100k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $800k → 14%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $800k → 14%THE LINK: $25k → 11%THE LINK: $25k → 11%THE LINK: $25k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100k → 14%THE LINK: $25k → 11%AIN DAH YUNG CENTER: $50k → 14%AIN DAH YUNG CENTER: $50k → 14%THE LINK: $25k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1.9M → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1.4M → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1.4M → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1.3M → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $450k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $100k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $100k → 11%AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50k → 11%AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $50k → 11%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.
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.
$50M · 80 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2026, 59 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
18

Total granted

$50M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
-1%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthArts & CultureEmploymentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PF
    PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6.5M · revenue +19%
  • DC
    DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6.3M · revenue +38%
  • SA
    SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC
    7× · 2020–2026 · $5.6M · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • GC
    GREEN CITIES ACCORD
    one grant, 2019 · $431k · revenue -71% · 27% of their budget
  • HF
    HAVEN FOR HEROES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $375k · revenue -53%
  • GH
    GLOBAL HEARTCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -94%
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth One Roof Lending

To provide financing that will help people of lower income find, purchase, and fix their homes, for both single family homes as well as rental housing situations.

Community Improvement
3
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
4
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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6
Minnesota Housing Partnership

Minnesota housing partnership (mhp) expands housing and community development opportunity by leading collaborative work to promote systems change and grow develoopment capacity.

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7
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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8
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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9
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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10
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
11
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless

To ensure every minnesotan has a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home. we engage in community education activities, public policy advocacy, and providing technical assistance to service providers across the state.

Human Services
12
Matrix Housing Services

The mission of matrix housing services is to deliver high-quality programs and well rounded services for people experiencing homelessness.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans; the most unlike its peers is Global Heartcare 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

76 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. 76 of the 102 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
51/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $6,300,000 · EducationDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHN…SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC: $5,575,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC+1 more: $75,000 · EducationPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $6,500,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN …NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,700,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPM…THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $500,000 · Human Services+19 more: $1,699,000 · Human Services+19 moreARTSPACE: $1,605,000 · OtherARTSPACENEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $925,000 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT…Goodwill Industries Inc: $750,000 · OtherGoodwill Industries IncMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTES: $600,000 · OtherEVERY MEAL: $875,000 · OtherEVERY MEALSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $450,000 · Other23RD VETERAN: $545,000 · OtherGREEN CITIES ACCORD: $431,146 · Other+47 more: $5,598,650 · Other+47 moreMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $4,000,000 · EmploymentMINNESOTA ASSI…Twin Cities Rise: $2,700,000 · EmploymentTwin Cities Ri…+2 more: $195,000 · EmploymentMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $4,862,000 · HealthMINNEAPOLIS…GLOBAL HEARTCARE FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Health+4 more: $174,160 · HealthMICROGRANTS: $3,986,000 · PhilanthropyMICROGRANTSDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,250,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVIS…+1 more: $45,000 · PhilanthropyALLIANCE HOUSING INC: $1,000,090 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding Together - Twin Cities: $460,000 · Housing & ShelterHAVEN FOR HEROES INC: $375,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE AVENUE TWIN CITIES: $150,000 · Housing & Shelter+4 more: $170,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$11,950,000Human Services$10,399,000Other$11,779,796Employment$6,895,000Health$5,286,160Philanthropy$5,281,000Housing & Shelter$2,405,090

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 budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $6,500,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $6,300,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC: $5,575,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $4,862,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $4,000,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $3,986,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetTwin Cities Rise: $2,700,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,700,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetALLIANCE HOUSING INC: $1,000,090 over 4y, 22% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $875,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries Inc: $750,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budget23RD VETERAN: $545,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $500,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetRebuilding Together - Twin Cities: $460,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $450,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN CITIES ACCORD: $431,146 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $375,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $325,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $300,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $275,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $250,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetGLOBAL HEARTCARE FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $225,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LINK: $225,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $210,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $200,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetThe Lift Garage: $175,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetHOPE AVENUE TWIN CITIES: $150,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBELIEVET CANINE SERVICE PARTNERS INC: $140,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetBridging Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budget360 Communities: $125,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCENTER FOR IRISH MUSIC: $118,750 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAIN DAH YUNG (OUR HOME) CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUJAMAA PLACE: $100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGillette Children's Specialty Healthcare: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrepare and Prosper: $100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetRealtors Relief Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBreaking Free Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYOUTHLINK: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBolder Options: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% 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 PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds MICROGRANTS ↗
  • Who funds Twin Cities Rise ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗
  • Who funds Goodwill Industries Inc ↗
  • Who funds 23RD VETERAN ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds GREEN CITIES ACCORD ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN FOR HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HEROES LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL HEARTCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
  • Who funds THE LINK ↗
  • Who funds MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Lift Garage ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AVENUE TWIN CITIES ↗

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.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Pohlad Family Foundat…Target FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Edina Realty Foundati…The McKnight Foundati…
Otto Bremer TrustMN58.9× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · The McKnight 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 James M Stanton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James M Stanton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    32report 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.
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    How do I get to The James M Stanton Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The James M Stanton 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 102 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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