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The Quaker Hill Foundation Inc

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.

$331k
Granted FY2023
149
Grants FY2023
25
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$233kFood & Nutrition$202kReligion$200kArts & Culture$173kHealth$62kYouth Development$43kInternational$36kPhilanthropy$36kOther$0
02FY2023 · 149 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 149 grants below total $259,865, the rows itemized in this filing. The $330,854 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $70,989 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k139 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $141k
$500
Median grant
25
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
English Sanha Trust grant$23,000
KUOW$17,395
Institute for the Devel. of Human Arts$16,700
(The) Church of the Epiphany$16,200
ECCF Greater Lawrence Summer Fund$15,200
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy$11,600
University of Minnesota Foundation$11,180
(The) Church of the Epiphany$10,000
Our Savior's Lutheran Church$10,000
Movemeber Foundation$10,000
Christ Church Cathedral$9,600
Endicott College$7,500
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School$6,666
United Way of Gr. Cincinnati$6,500
Northwest Outward Bound School$4,000
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 (FY17–21, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMPOWER SURVIVORS: $236 → 6%THE ELIZABETH STONE HOUSE: $50 → 16%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $135 → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $100 → 11%HOMER FOOD PANTRY: $100 → 11%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $300 → 14%FOUNDATION FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS: $1k → 11%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $250 → 14%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $250 → 14%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%ST LUKES COMMUNITY HOUSE: $250 → 14%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%FOUNDATION DARIO: $500 → 8%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $150 → 14%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $150 → 14%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CTR: $100 → 14%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CTR: $100 → 14%WINDRUSH FARM: $1k → 10%WINDRUSH FARM: $250 → 10%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100 → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100 → 11%NAMI WASHINGTON: $250 → 9%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOC ST PAUL: $105 → 14%NAMI WASHINGTON: $250 → 9%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOC ST PAUL: $98 → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $50 → 14%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.
$1.1M · 137 repeat orgs$353k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

137 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2023, 71 since wound down; 54 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

137
153

Total granted

$1.1M
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+24%

Still filing today

73%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $107k · revenue +61%
  • HI
    HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2023 · $92k · revenue +10%
  • MM
    MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    3× · 2018–2020 · $23k · revenue +253%

Funded once

  • CN
    CHORUS NORTH SHORE
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -43%
  • KS
    KIPP SO CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCH
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • EG
    ECCF GRTR LAWR SUMMER FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
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.

—
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
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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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walker Art Center; the most unlike its peers is Dalekoarts. 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

194 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. 194 of the 348 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
193/194
Grantees still filing
136/194
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $106,803 · OtherTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INCCHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY: $76,250 · OtherCHURCH OF THE EPIPHANYECCF Greater Lawrence Summer Fund: $46,010 · OtherECCF Greater Lawrence Summer FundCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: $40,666 · OtherUNIVERSITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $39,880 · OtherINST FOR THE DEVEL OF HUMAN ARTS: $37,400 · OtherCHORUS NORTH SHORE: $30,150 · Other+116 more: $463,611 · Other+116 moreHIRAM COLLEGE: $20,850 · EducationHIRAM COLLEG…ENDICOTT COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationENDICOTT COL…NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING: $17,000 · EducationNATIONAL CEN…UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $13,725 · EducationUNIVERSITY S…GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $13,250 · EducationGOVERNOR DUM…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $11,880 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…SPRINGSIDE CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY: $11,600 · EducationSPRINGSIDE C…BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $5,600 · EducationNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $5,050 · Education+17 more: $31,926 · Education+17 moreHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $92,216 · EnvironmentHURRICANE I…School Garden Project of Lane County: $35,500 · EnvironmentSchool Gard…+7 more: $8,707 · Environment+7 moreMINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $23,375 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $20,042 · Arts & CultureGIVING VOICE INITIATIVE: $16,575 · Arts & CultureBLUE WATER THEATRE COMPANY: $12,200 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $6,940 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $5,200 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $7,881 · Arts & CultureBOUNTIFIELD INTERNATIONAL: $47,750 · InternationalAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $14,565 · InternationalMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $5,600 · InternationalSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $3,500 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,050 · International+9 more: $9,856 · InternationalNAMI Seattle: $18,450 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $11,637 · HealthProject Helping: $6,550 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,250 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $4,250 · HealthBONE MARROW & CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Health+5 more: $4,166 · HealthUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $14,180 · PhilanthropyTURNING THE PAGE: $11,350 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $10,266 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,650 · Philanthropy
Other$840,770Education$150,881Environment$136,423Arts & Culture$98,213International$84,321Health$51,803Philanthropy$37,446

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 budgetTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $106,803 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $92,216 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBOUNTIFIELD INTERNATIONAL: $47,750 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSchool Garden Project of Lane County: $35,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetCHORUS NORTH SHORE: $30,150 over 1y, 22% of budgetMINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $23,375 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHIRAM COLLEGE: $20,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $20,042 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetENDICOTT COLLEGE: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Seattle: $18,450 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING: $17,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetGIVING VOICE INITIATIVE: $16,575 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetNorthwest Outward Bound School: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Council of Northern Virginia Inc: $14,800 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $14,565 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $14,180 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $13,725 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $13,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetC 10 Research & Education Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetBLUE WATER THEATRE COMPANY: $12,200 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $11,880 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $11,637 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGSIDE CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY: $11,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $10,266 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $6,940 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProject Helping: $6,550 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $5,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSolid Ground Washington: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $3,251 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,808 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $2,807 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,625 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $2,613 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOWLINC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.0% 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 THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BOUNTIFIELD INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds School Garden Project of Lane County ↗
  • Who funds CHORUS NORTH SHORE ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds HIRAM COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds ENDICOTT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NAMI Seattle ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds GIVING VOICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Outward Bound School ↗
  • Who funds Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds C 10 Research & Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUE WATER THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGSIDE CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BALLARD FOOD BANK ↗

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 Minneapolis FoundationMN24.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Longview Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The K Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust

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 Quaker Hill Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Quaker Hill Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc: 16% of income from government
  • School Garden Project of Lane County: 9% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Essex Art Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Grub Street Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • Endicott College: 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 348 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $255k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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