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The John J & Frank Sparacio 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.

$697k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Education$1.6MHealth$848kAnimals$754kReligion$610kEnvironment$524kInternational$451kHuman Services$197kYouth Development$195kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $418k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $267k
$20,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEM$140,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$75,000
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE$52,000
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIV FDN$37,500
STREET DOG COALITION$30,512
ACNM FOUNDATION$30,000
AFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURAL INST$30,000
ZOZU PROJECT (EDUCHRIST)$29,782
KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER$25,000
WOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES ANIMAL RESCUE$25,000
POSITIVE TAILS$20,512
REALITY MINISTRIES INC$20,000
ST JUDE SOBADA RESERVATION SCHOOL$20,000
CARE4 PAWS$20,000
HOPI SCHOOL ART & LANGUAGE IMMERSION$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–23, $392k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $30k → 11%NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS ASSISTANCE: $5k → 14%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $20k → 26%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $25k → 11%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE: $20k → 26%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 11%GLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES: $57k → 9%AGING AHEAD FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $60k → 9%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $30k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30k → 9%CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS: $15k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $30k → 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $15k → 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
MS
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.6M · 56 repeat orgs$877k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

56 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
52

Total granted

$4.6M
$817k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+25%

Still filing today

73%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TM
    THE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $484k · revenue +112%
  • BS
    BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP
    5× · 2018–2022 · $445k · revenue +161%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $280k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
  • NC
    North Central College
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +20%
  • NI
    NON-VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $65k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
2
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
3
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
4
Native America Humane Sociey

To empower Native communities to become healthier, happier, and safer by providing information, support and resources for animal care programs in Indian country.

Animals
5
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
6
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
7
Noco Humane

Our mission is to further the compassionate safe and responsible relationship between animals and people.

Animals
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
10
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
11
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
12
Global Animal Partnership
Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Rescue Center and the most unlike its peers is Ileap. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Animal Rescue and ShelterPregnancy Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesSenior Support ServicesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%44%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%22%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/78
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,487

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

70 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 70 of the 112 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/70
Grantees still filing
55/70
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEM — $210,000 · OtherBRIGHT STAR OF BETHLEHEMBASTYR UNIVERSITY-MIDWIFERY SCHOOL — $115,000 · OtherBASTYR UNIVERSITY-MIDWIFERY SCHOO…AFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURAL INST — $105,000 · OtherAFARI-AMERICAN FRIENDS ASIAN RURA…ZOZU PROJECT (EDUCHRIST) — $86,341 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $75,000 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL — $75,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL — $73,465 · OtherNON-VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL — $65,268 · OtherCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC — $84,000 · Other+46 more — $777,822 · Other+46 moreTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC — $484,000 · EducationTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INCTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $279,820 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame — $152,500 · EducationThe Corporation of Saint Mar…ALBRIGHT COLLEGE — $125,319 · EducationALBRIGHT COLLEGECALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,700 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE…North Central College — $75,000 · EducationWheaton College — $74,000 · EducationHOPI SCHOOL INC — $47,700 · Education+5 more — $75,000 · EducationBRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP — $445,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIGHT STARS …REALITY MINISTRIES INC — $141,285 · Youth DevelopmentREALITY MINIS…CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC — $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEYENNE RIVE…The Street Dog Coalition — $120,512 · AnimalsThe Street…WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $80,000 · AnimalsWOODS HUMA…POSITIVE TAILS INC — $55,512 · AnimalsPOSITIVE T…LITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC — $50,000 · AnimalsLITTLE ORP…CARE4Paws Inc — $50,000 · AnimalsCARE4Paws …COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC — $35,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY …SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED — $25,554 · AnimalsJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation — $25,000 · AnimalsWOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES ANIMAL RESCUE — $25,000 · AnimalsPROJECT STREET VET — $20,000 · Animals+7 more — $52,120 · Animals+7 moreHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc — $157,000 · EnvironmentHudson Hig…SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE — $110,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE R…Forest Park Forever Inc — $88,000 · EnvironmentForest Par…LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC — $55,000 · EnvironmentLOS PADRES…KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER — $45,000 · EnvironmentKLAMATH-SI…Native American Land Conservancy — $32,450 · EnvironmentNative Ame…AMERICAN RIVERS INC — $20,000 · Environment+1 more — $15,000 · EnvironmentGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $135,000 · Human ServicesCHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS — $110,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES — $57,000 · Human ServicesHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE — $40,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER — $29,650 · Human ServicesSOARING EAGLE — $25,000 · Human Services+3 more — $20,000 · Human ServicesChristian Health Service Corps Inc — $159,955 · InternationalCHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE — $91,572 · InternationalCORNERSTONE FOUNDATION — $38,300 · InternationalKids Alive International Inc — $30,000 · International+3 more — $21,000 · International
Other$1,666,896Education$1,414,039Youth Development$681,285Animals$538,698Environment$522,450Human Services$416,650International$340,827

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC — $484,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetBRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP — $445,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $279,820 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Health Service Corps Inc — $159,955 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc — $157,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame — $152,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREALITY MINISTRIES INC — $141,285 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $135,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALBRIGHT COLLEGE — $125,319 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition — $120,512 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE — $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS — $110,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC — $95,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE — $91,572 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $88,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC — $84,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $80,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Central College — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWheaton College — $74,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES — $57,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetPOSITIVE TAILS INC — $55,512 over 3y, 13% of budgetLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC — $55,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetLITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC — $50,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOPI SCHOOL INC — $47,700 over 2y, 12% of budgetKLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER — $45,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE — $40,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCORNERSTONE FOUNDATION — $38,300 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC — $35,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNative American Land Conservancy — $32,450 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids Alive International Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER — $29,650 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED — $25,554 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOLAKOTA WALDORF SOCIETY — $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES ANIMAL RESCUE — $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSOARING EAGLE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT STREET VET — $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHaa Tooch Licheesh — $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCAT DEPOT — $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE — $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetILEAP — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE MIDWIFE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds Christian Health Service Corps Inc
  • Who funds Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc
  • Who funds The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame
  • Who funds REALITY MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
  • Who funds ALBRIGHT COLLEGE
  • Who funds The Street Dog Coalition
  • Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE
  • Who funds CHAMP ASSISTANCE DOGS
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC
  • Who funds CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc
  • Who funds COSLEY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds North Central College
  • Who funds Wheaton College
  • Who funds GLOBAL PERINATAL SERVICES
  • Who funds POSITIVE TAILS INC
  • Who funds LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC
  • Who funds LITTLE ORPHAN ANIMALS INC
  • Who funds CARE4Paws Inc
  • Who funds HOPI SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA19.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · Bragg Health Foundation · The Grey Muzzle Organization · Novo Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Good Charities

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The John J & Frank Sparacio Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 100%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge100% of income from government
  • Cat Depot0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 112 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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