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The Junior League of Austin Inc

The junior league of austin is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

$195k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$396kHealth$169kYouth Development$165kArts & Culture$163kCrime & Legal$146kEducation$135kAnimals$126kFood & Nutrition$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $111,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $195,438 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $84,438 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZACH SCOTT THEATRE CENTER$10,000
AUSTIN HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT$10,000
MOTHER'S MILK BANK$9,000
AUSTIN ZOO$9,000
AUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE$9,000
BALLET AUSTIN$9,000
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER INC$9,000
DRESS FOR SUCCESS$9,000
POP-UP BIRTHDAY$7,000
FOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS$7,000
WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER$7,000
GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK$6,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $276k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DRIVE A SENIOR NETWORK: $13k → 6%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $7k → 10%DRIVE A SENIOR NETWORK: $9k → 6%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $6k → 10%DRIVE A SENIOR NORTHWEST: $6k → 6%DRIVE A SENIOR NETWORK: $5k → 6%MOTHER'S MILK BANK AT AUSTIN: $15k → 10%MOTHER'S MILK BANK AT AUSTIN: $15k → 10%AUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE: $11k → 10%AUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%AUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE: $9k → 10%HAND TO HOLD: $10k → 10%HAND TO HOLD: $10k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $12k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $10k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $10k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $10k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $6k → 10%WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT: $11k → 10%WOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS: $10k → 10%WOMEN'S STORYBOOK PROJECT: $10k → 10%THE SALVATION ARMY AUSTIN AREA COMMAND: $5k → 10%MOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN: $16k → 10%MOTHER'S MILK BANK: $11k → 10%MOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN: $10k → 10%MOTHER'S MILK BANK: $9k → 10%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $9k → 10%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.

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.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 11% of The Junior League of Austin Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in TX; read by stated purpose it is 86% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

The Junior League of Austin Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.9% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 40 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +65% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

40 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
6

Total granted

$1.6M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+9%

Still filing today

93%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther

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

  • DF
    DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN
    8× · 2017–2025 · $94k · revenue +112%
  • MM
    MOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +65%
  • G
    GENAUSTIN
    7× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR SURVIVORS OF TORTURE
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue +7%
  • AS
    ASCENSION SETON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +46%

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.

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Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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2
Texprotects-the Texas Association for the Protection of Children

TexProtects advances public policy and local implementation to strenghten families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Youth Development
3
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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4
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
5
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
6
Texas Casa Inc

To promote and develop local court-appointed special advocates programs throughout texas.

Civil Rights
7
Children's Aid Society of West Tx Inc

To provide shelter, supervision, and counseling for children in crisis; to cooperate with other agencies in order to resolve problems related to the welfare of these children; to assist the families of these children in seeking possible…

Human Services
8
Casa of Williamson County Texas

CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.

Crime & Legal
9
Children's Alliance of South Texas

To provide a neutral, child friendly organization that facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation, intervention and treatment of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
10
Austin Child Guidance Center

To improve the mental health of children and their families through early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment to help them develop the emotional skills for meeting life's challenges.

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11
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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12
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generation Serve and the most unlike its peers is Childrens Diabetes Camp. 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 backsteadyProfessional Associations &…Animal Rescue & WelfareAffordable Housing Developm…Charitable Support Organiza…Reproductive Health ServicesTexas Health Advocacy Organ…Higher Education Support Or…Child Welfare Advocacy & Su…
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 39 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr17%18%10–20yr15%18%20–35yr16%29%35–55yr11%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr17%11%10–20yr15%29%20–35yr16%32%35–55yr11%26%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% 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%0/47
the rest of the field
13%
1,118/8,904

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.

05the grantee network

43 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
37/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN INC — $76,300 · Human ServicesMOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN …GENAUSTIN — $75,600 · Human ServicesGENAUSTINPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN — $69,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDRENFAITH IN ACTION GEORGETOWN — $32,700 · Human ServicesFAITH IN ACTION GEORGETOWNWOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS — $31,300 · Human ServicesWOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF T…BIG LOVE CANCER CARE SERVICES — $30,700 · Human ServicesBIG LOVE CANCER CARE SERVICESAUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE — $30,300 · Human ServicesAUSTIN CREATIVE REUSETHE SAFE ALLIANCE FACILITIES HOLDINGS — $27,500 · Human ServicesTHE SAFE ALLIANCE FACILITIES …HAND TO HOLD — $20,000 · Human Services+5 more — $50,900 · Human Services+5 moreSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER — $46,533 · OtherSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTERTEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — $43,360 · OtherTEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPA…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $40,646 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS …POP-UP BIRTHDAY — $38,300 · OtherPOP-UP BIRTHDAYTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $36,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREATHE SALVATION ARMY — $31,640 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $23,800 · OtherWestcave Outdoor Discovery Center — $59,378 · OtherWestcave Outdoor Discovery CenterTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $64,000 · OtherTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY…MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $70,461 · OtherMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INCROCK RIDE ON CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $28,000 · OtherChildrens Diabetes Camp — $28,500 · OtherAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles — $39,040 · OtherAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smi…+8 more — $123,720 · Other+8 moreBALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATED — $67,050 · Arts & CultureBALLET AUSTIN …AUSTIN ZOO INC — $55,450 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN ZOO INCZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER — $55,250 · Arts & CultureZACHARY SCOTT …AUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $40,644 · Arts & CultureAUSTIN CHILDRE…BookSpring — $62,750 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH — $28,500 · EducationGENERATION SERVE — $26,000 · EducationCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $57,000 · Crime & LegalTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC — $38,345 · Crime & LegalDRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN — $93,990 · Community ImprovementRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC — $63,300 · HealthTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB — $17,387 · Health
Human Services$444,300Other$673,378Arts & Culture$218,394Education$117,250Crime & Legal$95,345Community Improvement$93,990Health$80,687

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN — $93,990 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetMOTHERS' MILK BANK AT AUSTIN INC — $76,300 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGENAUSTIN — $75,600 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $70,461 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN — $69,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATED — $67,050 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC — $64,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS INC — $63,300 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBookSpring — $62,750 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetWestcave Outdoor Discovery Center — $59,378 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION — $57,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN ZOO INC — $55,450 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER — $55,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER — $46,533 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY — $40,646 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $40,644 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles — $39,040 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC — $38,345 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $36,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION GEORGETOWN — $32,700 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetWOMENS STORYBOOK PROJECT OF TEXAS — $31,300 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBIG LOVE CANCER CARE SERVICES — $30,700 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAUSTIN CREATIVE REUSE — $30,300 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH — $28,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROCK RIDE ON CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $28,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE FACILITIES HOLDINGS — $27,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetGENERATION SERVE — $26,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE — $23,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN ENDOWMENT FUND — $21,400 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetHAND TO HOLD — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN YMBL SUNSHINE CAMP — $19,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB — $17,387 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION — $13,650 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS — $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc — $13,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShoal Creek Conservancy — $13,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetASCENSION SETON FOUNDATION — $11,420 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC — $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFANS OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER — $7,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSALVATION ARMY MEDICAL CARE TRUST — $5,000 over 1y, 14% 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.

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.

Austin Community Foun…Topfer Family Foundat…St David's FoundationHarry E and Eda L Mon…Better Business BureauThe Moody FoundationUnited Way WorldwideThe Applied Materials…Shield-Ayres Foundati…United Way for Greate…Mr and Mrs Nelson Rus…Central Texas Communi…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX50× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Topfer Family Foundation · St David's Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · Better Business Bureau · The Moody Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Applied Materials Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Mr and Mrs Nelson Rusche Foundation · Central Texas Community Foundation

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 Junior League of Austin Inc 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report 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

    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 47 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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