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The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg 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.

$785k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$3.3MArts & Culture$2.4MHuman Services$1.8MHealth$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.0MInternational$577kCommunity Improvement$435kCivil Rights$353kHousing & Shelter$196kOther$2.3M
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$300,000
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
THE JOHN PAUL STEVENS FOUNDATION$100,000
CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE$50,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$50,000
CITY YEAR INC$30,000
THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$30,000
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY$25,000
BABY2BABY$15,000
FRIENDS OF SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC$15,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL$7,500
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VICTIM'S FIRST: $25k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $25k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $15k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $12k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $3k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $3k → 14%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $5k → 17%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $455k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $11k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $18k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $500 → 14%SPECIAL NEEDS NETWORK INC: $10k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $3k → 14%UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $15k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $10k → 14%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $10k → 14%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $25k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $25k → 14%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $15k → 14%FULLFILMENT FUND: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $205k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
HI
GA
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.5M · 67 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

67 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
123

Total granted

$7.5M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+24%

Still filing today

91%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationPhilanthropyOther

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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +161%
  • GP
    GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $700k · revenue +18%
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $600k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2020 · $550k · revenue -89%
  • AM
    ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $247k · revenue -4%
  • CO
    CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
    one grant, 2022 · $166k

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
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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2
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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7
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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8
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
12
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles and the most unlike its peers is Uta Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%1%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr18%34%20–35yr12%23%35–55yr13%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr18%24%20–35yr12%16%35–55yr13%44%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% 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 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/167
the rest of the field
14%
11,586/82,833

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

163 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. 163 of the 201 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
163/163
Grantees still filing
115/163
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION — $2,893,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONThe John Paul Stevens Foundation — $150,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $125,000 · Education+9 more — $156,000 · EducationGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — $700,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE IN…THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — $530,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY CENTER FO…ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $246,800 · Arts & CultureACADEMY MUSEUM FOUN…THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE — $180,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN FILM I…SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND — $145,000 · Arts & CultureSCREEN ACTORS GUILD…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $123,900 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MUSEE DORSAY — $81,000 · Arts & Culture+17 more — $400,540 · Arts & Culture+17 moreNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER — $250,000 · OtherNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTERCITY OF BEVERLY HILLS — $165,636 · OtherTHE RAPE FOUNDATION — $135,000 · OtherSAG FOUNDATION — $125,000 · OtherCARE (COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE & RELIEF EVERYWHERE) — $120,000 · OtherBURNING MAN PROJECT — $300,000 · OtherBURNING MAN PROJECTAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $125,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES MISSION INC — $160,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $132,500 · Other+91 more — $1,784,493 · Other+91 moreLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $1,042,175 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES POL…MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND — $490,850 · Human ServicesMOTION PICTURE …ST JOSEPH CENTER — $65,000 · Human Services+14 more — $230,500 · Human Services+14 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $600,000 · HealthCEDARS-SIN…ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 · HealthELTON JOHN…Children's Hospital Los Angeles — $125,000 · HealthChildren's…FRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE CENTER — $125,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF…FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC — $51,000 · Health+19 more — $255,500 · Health+19 moreTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $550,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $300,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Philanthropy+8 more — $95,750 · PhilanthropyCLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE — $175,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $115,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINE — $65,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $50,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $46,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC — $35,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $30,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $25,000 · InternationalPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY — $25,000 · International+3 more — $11,000 · International
Education$3,324,000Arts & Culture$2,407,240Other$3,297,629Human Services$1,828,525Health$1,331,500Philanthropy$1,045,750International$577,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $2,893,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $1,042,175 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — $700,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $600,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $550,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — $530,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND — $490,850 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT — $300,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $246,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE — $180,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE — $175,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC — $160,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe John Paul Stevens Foundation — $150,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetSCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND — $145,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION — $135,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $132,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE CENTER — $125,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $123,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $106,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MUSEE DORSAY — $81,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGLSEN INC — $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE — $65,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOSEPH CENTER — $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARRY MARSHALL THEATRE — $55,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC — $51,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDESTINATION CRENSHAW — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANGRESS DBA LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARRAY ALLIANCE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $46,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION — $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% 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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…The David Geffen Foun…The Ralph M Parsons F…Jewish Community Foun…Weingart FoundationThe Ahmanson Foundati…The Katie McGrath & J…Conrad N Hilton Found…Liberty Hill Foundati…The Smidt FoundationWasserman Foundation
California Community FoundationCA45.4× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Weingart Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Smidt Foundation · Wasserman 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 Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Jhpiego Corporation — 65% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
36report 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, 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 201 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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