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The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$1.4MHealth$868kAnimals$715kFood & Nutrition$472kInternational$278kHousing & Shelter$140kSocial Science$63kEmployment$61kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $112k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $900k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $185k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$75,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CHARLESTON$60,000
EARTHJUSTICE$50,000
FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY$40,000
SC COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE$40,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$40,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD - ITHACA HEALTH CENTER$40,000
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA$40,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$40,000
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL$35,000
WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS$35,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$35,000
PLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL$30,000
MERCY FOR ANIMALS$30,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$30,000
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 (FY20–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE TRAUMA HEALING PROJECT: $5k → 15%WOMENSPACE: $5k → 15%CARRY IT FORWARD: $5k → 15%CARRY IT FORWARD: $5k → 15%CARRY IT FORWARD: $5k → 15%HOPE AND SAFETY ALLIANCE: $5k → 15%HOPE AND SAFETY ALLIANCE: $5k → 15%HOPE AND SAFETY ALLIANCE: $5k → 15%CARRY IT FORWARD: $5k → 15%HOPE AND SAFETY ALLIANCE: $5k → 15%HOPE AND SAFETY ALLIANCE: $5k → 15%CARRY IT FORWARD: $5k → 15%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
WA
NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
SC
DC
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 76 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

76 repeat relationships: 72 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
5

Total granted

$4.1M
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+26%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +40%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +16%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CL
    Civil Liberties Defense Centergraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +26%
  • TT
    THE TRAUMA HEALING PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -34%
  • SI
    SPONSORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +26%
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
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
2
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
3
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
4
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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5
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
6
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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7
Crag Law Center

Providing legal aid to the environment by providing legal services to conservation organizations, community groups, native american tribes, and individuals working to protect and sustain the pacific northwest's natural legacy.

Environment
8
Environment Now
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9
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

—
10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
12
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is Plastic Oceans International. 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

69 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. 69 of the 83 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
51/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $255,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIERPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CHARLESTON: $225,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CHARLESTONFOOD FOR LANE COUNTY: $135,000 · OtherFOOD FOR LANE COUNTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA: $125,000 · OtherAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USAPLANNED PARENTHOOD - ITHACA HEALTH CENTER: $120,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD - ITHACA HEALTH CENTERWORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS: $110,000 · OtherWORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMAL…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ALASKA: $65,000 · OtherEUGENE HEALTH CENTER: $58,000 · OtherPOPULATION CONNECTION: $63,000 · OtherLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $60,000 · Other+21 more: $312,500 · Other+21 moreEARTHJUSTICE: $170,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICESouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $115,000 · EnvironmentSouth Carolina Coastal Conserv…THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INCWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $102,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $92,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOU…Beyond Toxics: $80,000 · EnvironmentBeyond ToxicsPLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 · EnvironmentPLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONALENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $60,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC…350ORG: $55,000 · EnvironmentCASCADIA WILDLANDS: $50,000 · Environment+10 more: $224,000 · Environment+10 moreCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $123,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOG…Wildlife Conservation Society: $93,500 · AnimalsWildlife Conserva…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $68,000 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS…Humane World for Animals Inc: $65,000 · AnimalsHumane World for …Defenders of Wildlife: $50,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wild…GREENHILL HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $48,000 · AnimalsGREENHILL HUMANE …JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $35,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INST…PREDATOR DEFENSE: $34,000 · AnimalsPET HELPERS INC: $33,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $33,000 · Animals+6 more: $70,000 · Animals+6 moreENGENDERHEALTH INC: $135,000 · InternationalENGENDERH…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $85,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $35,000 · InternationalTHE FRIEN…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $33,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AME…RAINFOREST TRUST: $30,000 · InternationalRAINFORES…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $27,500 · InternationalTHE UNION…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $170,000 · HealthWHITE BIRD CLINIC: $90,000 · HealthOCCUPY MEDICAL: $28,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY SUPPORTED SHELTERS: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterSQUAREONE VILLAGES: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterWOMENSPACE: $30,000 · Human ServicesCarry It Forward: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTOVETEAM INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 · Human ServicesTHE TRAUMA HEALING PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$1,528,500Environment$1,118,000Animals$652,500International$345,500Health$289,000Housing & Shelter$115,000Human Services$71,500

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $170,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $170,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR LANE COUNTY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetENGENDERHEALTH INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $123,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $115,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $102,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $93,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $92,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SUPPORTED SHELTERS: $90,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetWHITE BIRD CLINIC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Toxics: $80,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $68,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION: $63,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLoaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetPLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADIA WILDLANDS: $50,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGREENHILL HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $48,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMcKenzie River Trust: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPREDATOR DEFENSE: $34,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetDISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC: $33,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPET HELPERS INC: $33,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HORSE RESCUE: $30,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE ALASKA CENTER EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWOMENSPACE: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCCUPY MEDICAL: $28,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN MUSTANGS INC: $26,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $25,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCarry It Forward: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSQUAREONE VILLAGES: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetPRO-BONE-O: $20,000 over 6y, 10% 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 PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ENGENDERHEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SUPPORTED SHELTERS ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BIRD CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Beyond Toxics ↗
  • Who funds MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds CASCADIA WILDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds GREENHILL HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds McKenzie River Trust ↗
  • Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds PREDATOR DEFENSE ↗
  • Who funds DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS CENTER OF TC INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PET HELPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗

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 Oregon Community …United Way of Lane Co…The Collins FoundationPatagoniaorgChambers Family Found…Meyer Memorial TrustFirst Fruits Foundati…Lane Community Health…Taubert Memorial Foun…Food for Lane CountyWilburforce FoundationThe Woodard Family Fo…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR32× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · United Way of Lane County · The Collins Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Chambers Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · First Fruits Foundation · Lane Community Health Council · Taubert Memorial Foundation · Food for Lane County · Wilburforce Foundation · The Woodard 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 Suwinski Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Womenspace: 62% of income from government
  • White Bird Clinic: 29% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Beyond Toxics: 13% of income from government
  • Sponsors Inc: 8% of income from government
  • McKenzie River Trust: 8% of income from government
  • Food for Lane County: 5% of income from government
  • Squareone Villages: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild: 2% of income from government
  • Willamette Farm and Food Coalition: 1% of income from government
  • Greenhill Humane Society Spca: 1% of income from government
  • Community Supported Shelters: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
9report 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
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.
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How do I get to The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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