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The William Stamps Farish Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
134
Grants FY2025
136
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
93 to 148
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$120M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The William Stamps Farish Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving131$16M15%
FY2024136$16M15%
FY2023148$15M23%
FY2022141$14M24%
FY2021138$12M28%
FY2020130$11M22%
FY2019136$12M54%
FY201793$8.3Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$34MEducation$24MHuman Services$14MArts & Culture$9.3MYouth Development$5.7MCommunity Improvement$2.9MReligion$2.8MEnvironment$2.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 284 grantees
All grantees of The William Stamps Farish Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tampa Museum of Art Inc$3,500,000813%
Memorial Hermann Foundation$3,150,00062%
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc$3,000,000332%
Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc$2,900,000713%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$2,100,00064%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$2,000,00033%
The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc$2,000,00082%
Aucilla Christian Academy Inc$1,850,000810%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$1,725,00060%
Tall Timbers Research Inc$1,600,00083%
Corbett Preparatory School of Ids Inc$1,600,00082%
Champions for Children Inc$1,600,00083%
Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc$1,510,00058%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$1,225,00070%
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$1,200,00073%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$1,200,00031%
National Museum of Racing Inc$1,105,000421%
The Brookwood Community Inc$1,000,00023%
The University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Foundation$1,000,00014%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$1,000,0001n/a
Agape Development Ministries$1,000,000215%
Covenant House Texas$1,000,00044%
Depelchin Children's Center$950,00071%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$800,00062%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$800,00081%
Taping for the Blind Inc$770,000844%
Joy Development School$750,00042%
Breakthrough T1d$725,00030%
Friends of Joshua House Foundation$680,000823%
The Blue Bird Circle$675,000711%
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc$655,00076%
Family and Children's Association Inc$650,00051%
The Council on Recovery$645,00041%
Kids' Meals Inc$640,00063%
The Will Erwin Headache Research Foundation$625,000720%
Children's Museum Inc$600,00071%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$600,00046%
Alley Theatre$600,00070%
The Beta Foundation$588,00031%
Thistle Farms Inc$575,00073%
Houston Hospice$553,00061%
Developing Artists Theaters Company Inc$550,000731%
Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center$545,00042%
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$540,00033%
Star of Hope Mission$525,00061%
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children$525,00072%
Camp For All Foundation$500,00013%
Goodwill Industries of Houston$500,00020%
Houston Area Women's Center$500,00012%
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest$500,0003n/a
Memorial Assistance Ministries$500,00012%
The George W Bush Foundation$500,00020%
Houston Christian University$500,00020%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$500,00022%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas$500,00023%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$495,275420%
Houston Golf Association Youth Program Inc dba First Tee of Greater Houston$480,000811%
Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc$475,00062%
Red Hook Art Project Inc$470,000650%
Sexual Assault Center$467,00083%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$450,00030%
Boca Grande United Methodist Church$450,0004n/a
Combined Arms$440,00074%
Houston's Amazing Place Inc$430,00052%
Lexington School Inc$425,00052%
Gasparilla Isl Conser & Improve Assn$425,000412%
The Island School Foundation Inc$425,000420%
Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council$415,00081%
United Against Human Trafficking$410,00054%
Judeo Christian Health Clinic Inc$400,000620%
Quantum Leap Farm Inc$400,00084%
Frist Art Museum$400,00080%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$395,00085%
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston$385,00070%
Teach for America Inc$375,00070%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$375,00053%
Harris County Hospital District Foundation$375,00031%
LifeHouse of Houston Inc$370,000418%
South Kent School Corporation$365,00071%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$350,00061%
TIRR Foundation$350,000210%
Golfers Against Cancer Inc$350,000816%
The Island School Inc$345,00076%
The Rose$340,93841%
The Summerhouse$325,0003n/a
Small Steps Nurturing Center$315,00071%
Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning$305,00076%
American Youthworks$300,00041%
NextOp Inc$300,000313%
Bible Study Media Inc$300,000460%
The Aspen Institute Inc$300,00020%
Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council$300,00031%
Oasis Center Inc$285,00081%
The Periwinkle Foundation$280,00083%
The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs$275,00023%
Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc$275,00014%
St John's School$265,00080%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$250,00014%
Inspiration Ranch Inc$250,0001n/a
Hope Clinic Inc$250,0001n/a
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$250,00021%
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc$250,00011%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$250,00052%
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$250,00021%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$250,00020%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$250,0001n/a
Baylor College of Medicine$250,00040%
Houston Parks Board$250,00011%
Writers in the Schools$240,00074%
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council$225,00021%
The Center for Pursuit$225,00012%
Thomasville Community Resource Center$225,00055%
Small Places$225,000210%
Nashville Zoo Inc$220,00080%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$220,00030%
Bravo Creative Arts Center$200,000816%
Temple College Foundation Inc$200,0001n/a
Stages$200,00061%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin$200,00031%
The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc$200,00081%
Sayre School$200,00011%
A D Players$200,00032%
The Village Learning Center Inc$200,00051%
Children At Risk$200,00041%
The Ensworth School$200,00010%
United Way of Greater Houston$200,00010%
Healthyways Inc$200,000457%
Santa Maria Hostel Inc$195,00051%
The Women's Home$195,00070%
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans$185,00050%
Wonders & Worries Inc$180,00044%
The Kinkaid School Inc$175,00020%
A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay Inc$172,50061%
Galveston County Food Bank$170,00060%
Sight Savers of America Inc$167,50032%
Alice Lloyd College$165,00070%
The Church of St John the Divine$165,0006n/a
Nashville Symphony Association$165,00070%
The Vita-Living Foundation$155,00069%
Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc$150,00020%
Bridgeyear$150,00025%
Fort Bend Care Center$150,0001n/a
St George's Windsor Castle Foundation$150,0001n/a
Camp Aranzazu Inc$150,00052%
Marin Catholic High School$150,0001n/a
National Braille Press Inc$150,00031%
Lake Delaware Boys Camp Inc$150,000213%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$150,00010%
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc$150,00012%
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County$150,00011%
Dawning Family Services Inc$150,00071%
Hermann Eye Fund$150,0001n/a
Galveston Urban Ministries$150,0001n/a
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$125,00030%
University of Houston Foundation$125,00030%
The Workfaith Connection$125,0001n/a
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$125,00052%
The Living Arts & Science Center Inc$125,00063%
Tampa Jccfederation Inc$125,00050%
Kentucky Wildlife Center Inc$120,000459%
Summerhouse Houston$105,60024%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$105,00040%
Momentum Advisory Collective$100,00021%
Community Family Centers Inc$100,00021%
University of Virginia Alumni Association$100,00010%
Masters School$100,00070%
Project GRAD Houston$100,00024%
East Harris County Empowerment Council$100,00027%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$100,00013%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$100,00012%
Sire Inc$100,00013%
Lexington Public Library Foundation$100,00013%
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc$100,00013%
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation$100,00011%
Alive Hospice Inc$95,00050%
Holocaust Museum Houston$90,00040%
Have Shears Will Travel$90,00049%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$87,10012%
Christ Episcopal Church Inc$85,0008n/a
Bo's Place$85,00061%
Wildlife Habitat Federation$85,000211%
Dickinson Music Enrichment Center$84,0001n/a
Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Inc$80,00085%
American Private Radio$75,00031%
Transmit Receive Labs Inc$75,00013%
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$75,00020%
Texas Education Works$75,0002n/a
Ptsd Foundation of America$75,00011%
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass Inc$75,00035%
Careerspring Foundation$75,00012%
Prounitas Inc$75,00022%
Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc$75,00025%
Shakespeare Globe Centre Inc$75,000383%
Cy-Hope Inc$70,00012%
San Jose Clinic$70,0004n/a
True to Life Ministries Inc$70,00017%
Dan's House of Hope Inc$70,00075%
Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc$70,00041%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$70,00021%
Halo House Foundation$65,00031%
The Gateway Academy Inc$60,00021%
Higher Up Texas Inc$58,00025%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$57,00010%
The Boca Grande Preschool Inc$55,0002n/a
Crosswalk Center$50,00014%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Houston Revision$50,0001n/a
Mental Health America of Greater Houston Inc$50,0001n/a
Sharpen Recovery$50,00013%
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$50,00010%
Bread of Life Inc$50,0001n/a
Houston Community Toolbank Inc$50,0001n/a
iEDUCATE$50,0001n/a
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church$50,0001n/a
Hope Media Group$50,00010%
The Network of Behavioral Health Providers Inc$50,00013%
Points of Light Foundation$50,00010%
Cancare Inc$50,00014%
Battleship Texas Foundation$50,00010%
Career & Recovery Resources Inc$50,00020%
Performing Arts Houston$50,0001n/a
Avondale House Inc$50,00011%
Foundation for Autism Care Education and Services$50,00053%
Boca Grande Woman's Club Inc$50,00012%
Empowering Women Out of Prison Inc$46,00017%
Gratia Plena$45,00014%
Reach Unlimited Inc$45,00020%
Momentum Education$40,00013%
Jefferson Senior Citizens Center Inc$40,00026%
Humble Area Assistance Ministries Inc$40,00040%
Theatre Under the Stars Inc$40,00020%
Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation$40,00020%
Noahs House$36,00031%
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$35,00021%
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation$30,00011%
Houston Achievement Place$30,00012%
Williamson County Crisis Center$30,00012%
Hopes Path$30,00016%
Houston Police Foundation$30,00030%
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc$25,00011%
Houston Eye Associates Foundation$25,00019%
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston$25,00012%
Target Hunger Inc$25,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$25,00010%
The Women's Fund for Health Education and Research$25,00014%
Houston Health Foundation$25,00011%
Glenwood Cemetery Inc$25,00010%
Onegoal$25,00010%
Stars Scholarship Fund$25,00013%
Target Evolution Incorporated$25,0001n/a
Houston Symphony Society$25,00010%
Essilor Vision Foundation$25,00011%
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra$22,50022%
Main Street Ministries Inc$21,61917%
Childrens Transplant Initiative$20,00012%
Wayside House Inc$20,00011%
Clothed by Faith Inc$20,00024%
The Forge for Families$20,00011%
Texas State History Museum Foundation$20,00021%
Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association Charitable Foundation$20,00016%
Let Them Live Action Corporation$20,00011%
Assistance League of Houston$20,00016%
Tadsaw Inc$20,00025%
Houston Compass Inc$20,0001n/a
Texas Ramp Project$15,0001n/a
Chance for Hope Foundation$15,00015%
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston-Galveston$15,0001n/a
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$15,0001n/a
Justice Forward$15,00015%
Georgetown Scott County Friends of the Parks Inc$15,0001n/a
Aucilla Research Institute Inc$15,00015%
The Heritage Society$15,00013%
Hunt With Heart Incorporated$10,00012%
Center for the Missing$10,00022%
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation$10,0001n/a
Texas Agricultural Land Trust$10,00010%
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association$10,00011%
Clayton Dabney for Kids With Cancer$10,00011%
Suncoast Humane Societyinc$10,00010%
Cardigan Mountain School$10,00010%
Cactus Nazarene Ministry Center$10,00014%
Institute for Free Speech$5,00010%
Hopeful Hearts Ministry$2,50013%
Boca Grande Historical Society Inc$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The William Stamps Farish Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTampa Museum of Art Inc: $3,500,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $3,150,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetBoca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc: $2,900,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetThe Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc: $2,100,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $2,000,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc: $2,000,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetAucilla Christian Academy Inc: $1,850,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetThe Methodist Hospital Foundation: $1,725,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTall Timbers Research Inc: $1,600,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCorbett Preparatory School of Ids Inc: $1,600,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetChampions for Children Inc: $1,600,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAlliance of Community Assistance Ministries Inc: $1,510,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $1,225,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $1,200,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetThe Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNational Museum of Racing Inc: $1,105,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAgape Development Ministries: $1,000,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCovenant House Texas: $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetDepelchin Children's Center: $950,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $800,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $800,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTaping for the Blind Inc: $770,000 over 8y, 44% of budgetJoy Development School: $750,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $725,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Joshua House Foundation: $680,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetThe Blue Bird Circle: $675,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetPermanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc: $655,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetFamily and Children's Association Inc: $650,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Council on Recovery: $645,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $640,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetThe Will Erwin Headache Research Foundation: $625,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetChildren's Museum Inc: $600,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Center for Hearing and Speech: $600,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetAlley Theatre: $600,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe Beta Foundation: $588,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $575,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetHouston Hospice: $553,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetDeveloping Artists Theaters Company Inc: $550,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $545,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetYellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools: $540,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $525,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: $525,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Houston: $500,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $500,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX154.3× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Elkins Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Houston Endowment Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · MD Anderson Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Marek 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.

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Find your warmest path to The William Stamps Farish Fund 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.

About The William Stamps Farish Fund

How much does The William Stamps Farish Fund give?
The William Stamps Farish Fund reported 134 grants totaling $16,748,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 93 and 148 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The William Stamps Farish Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (20%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The William Stamps Farish Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tampa Museum of Art Inc ($3.5M), Memorial Hermann Foundation ($3.1M), University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc ($3.0M).
Does The William Stamps Farish Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William Stamps Farish Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The William Stamps Farish Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Strake Foundation, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company.
Where is The William Stamps Farish Fund based?
The William Stamps Farish Fund is based in TX.

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 346 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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