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The Steele Family 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.

$290k
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$403kEducation$337kArts & Culture$332kHuman Services$288kEnvironment$249kFood & Nutrition$209kInternational$188kHousing & Shelter$153kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$741k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$50,000
SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY$20,000
LOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA$10,000
ENSEMBLE THEATRE$10,000
WORLD WOMEN WORK$10,000
BHUTAN FOUNDATION$10,000
SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIA DEATH SYNDROMES$10,000
CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP$5,000
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA$5,000
CULTIVATE CHARLOTTESVILLE$5,000
RAINFOREST TRUST$5,000
THE CECILIA FUND$5,000
FR VIRGIL CORDANO CENTER$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $311k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FURNITURE SHARE: $5k → 13%OLD MILL CENTER: $5k → 18%STAR COMMUNITY INC: $3k → 12%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $5k → 8%BENTON FURNITURE SHARE: $5k → 18%EARTH SANGHA: $10k → 6%STAR COMMUNITY INC: $3k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 10%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5k → 14%EARTH SANGHA: $10k → 6%STAR COMMUNITY INC: $3k → 12%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5k → 14%STAR COMMUNITY INC: $3k → 12%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $5k → 8%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5k → 14%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $5k → 8%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $3k → 14%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $5k → 8%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $3k → 8%VINA MOSES CENTER: $5k → 18%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%EARTH SANGHA: $5k → 6%SECOND STORY: $7k → 6%SECOND STORY: $5k → 6%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $7k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $7k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $5k → 14%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $8k → 6%UNITY SHOPPE: $5k → 14%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $5k → 14%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $4k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $4k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%AYUDA: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA: $5k → 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

MN
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
DC
AL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 117 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

117 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 82 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

117
55

Total granted

$2.4M
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+33%

Still filing today

65%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MU
    MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $115k · revenue +14%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +87%
  • TB
    The Bhutan Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • MU
    MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CC
    CORVALLIS-BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • US
    UNITY SHOPPE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +41%
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
4
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
7
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
8
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
9
Civic Works Inc

Strengthening baltimore's communities through education, skills development and community service.

Education
10
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
11
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
12
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for Others Inc; the most unlike its peers is Benton Furniture Share. 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

110 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. 110 of the 181 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)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/110
Grantees still filing
92/110
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $115,000 · OtherMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF ARLINGTON: $70,000 · OtherThe Bhutan Foundation: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · Other+115 more: $1,315,253 · Other+115 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $61,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHAR…Earth Sangha: $50,000 · Human ServicesEarth SanghaFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR OTHE…NBCC: $32,000 · Human ServicesNBCCSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $23,000 · Human ServicesSOMOS AMIGOS …ABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesABUSED AND HO…MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $18,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KITC…AYUDA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSTAR COMMUNITY INC: $12,000 · Human Services+9 more: $44,500 · Human Services+9 moreENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE …DUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureDUMBARTON…MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $34,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ACA…SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BAR…WORDDANCETHEATRE INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureWORDDANCE…The Studio Theatre Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe Studi…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ARLINGTON: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF…THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHAKE…Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $42,500 · HealthFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $23,500 · HealthAHEAD WITH HORSES INC: $23,000 · HealthDoctors Without Walls Santa Barbara Street Medicine: $20,000 · HealthSUDDEN ARRHYTHMIA DEATH SYNDROMES: $15,000 · HealthSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · HealthCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $7,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthParkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area: $6,000 · Health+5 more: $18,500 · HealthHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $33,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $27,500 · EnvironmentTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE LAMB CENTER: $20,000 · EnvironmentPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $7,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentWORLDWOMENWORK: $37,500 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $24,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $20,000 · PhilanthropyThe LAM Foundation: $13,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Manion Foundation: $12,000 · PhilanthropySPUR LOCAL INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyParty for A Cure Corporation: $8,500 · PhilanthropyCommon Good City Farm: $32,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionARCADIA FOOD INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,610,253Human Services$310,500Arts & Culture$234,000Health$171,500Environment$150,000Philanthropy$125,000Food & Nutrition$102,000

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 budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $115,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $61,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $55,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEarth Sangha: $50,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $42,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $40,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $40,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWORLDWOMENWORK: $37,500 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $34,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $34,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP: $34,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $33,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNBCC: $32,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCommon Good City Farm: $32,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $31,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $30,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMALAWI CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $29,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetWORDDANCETHEATRE INC: $28,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $27,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $26,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITY BLOSSOMS INC: $25,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS: $23,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAHEAD WITH HORSES INC: $23,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetHART FOR ANIMALS INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRUE GROUND HOUSING PARTNERS INC: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARCADIA FOOD INC: $20,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDoctors Without Walls Santa Barbara Street Medicine: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LAMB CENTER: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CECILIA FUND: $20,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetSOME INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BICYCLE COALITION DBA MOVE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $16,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $16,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAYUDA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUDDEN ARRHYTHMIA DEATH SYNDROMES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Studio Theatre Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% 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 MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Bhutan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Earth Sangha ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE OCEAN INC ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLDWOMENWORK ↗
  • Who funds BENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR OTHERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
  • Who funds CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds NBCC ↗
  • Who funds Common Good City Farm ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MALAWI CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds WORDDANCETHEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CITY BLOSSOMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds AHEAD WITH HORSES INC ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC42.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Santa Barbara Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ann Jackson Family 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 Steele Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Steele Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Star Community Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
33report 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
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 181 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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