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Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
91
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$955k
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.

Education$63MEmployment$1.8MArts & Culture$949kCommunity Improvement$710kHealth$574kYouth Development$470kPhilanthropy$377kScience & Tech$260kOther$0
02FY2024 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $569k
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $3.7M
  • $250k+11 grants · $5.3M
$29,520
Median grant
25
States reached
$203M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$955,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA$805,000
FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND$595,000
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY$595,000
STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION$560,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION$435,000
FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$323,253
MARTIN FAMILY INITIATIVE$299,075
BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK$250,000
PATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADA$250,000
UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE$250,000
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$244,650
COLLEGE FOR KIDS INC$240,000
NATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND$201,000
LANDMARK COLLEGE$200,000
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, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 11%SCOPE HAS A DREAM: $8k → 9%ELEVATION SCHOLARS: $200k → 13%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $85k → 21%FLORIDA ASSOCIATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION & DISABILITY: $1k → 10%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $348k → 8%HOPI FOUNDATION: $250 → 26%ELEVATION SCHOLARS: $150k → 13%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $85k → 21%ASSOCIATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISABILITIES: $500 → 10%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $250k → 8%HOPI FOUNDATION: $250 → 26%ELEVATION SCHOLARS: $50k → 13%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $85k → 21%FLORIDA ASSOCIATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION & DISABILITY: $500 → 10%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $250k → 8%ELEVATION SCHOLARS: $50k → 13%ASSOCIATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISABILITY: $250 → 10%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $250k → 8%BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK: $152k → 8%MARRIOTT FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $152k → 8%MARRIOTT FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $150k → 8%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $7k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $4k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 12%PEACEFUL PATHS DOMESTIC ABUSE NETWORK: $250 → 19%PEACEFUL PATHS DOMESTIC ABUSE NETWORK: $250 → 19%PEACEFUL PATHS DOMESTIC ABUSE NETWORK: $250 → 19%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
VT
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
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DC
OK
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66M · 134 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

134 repeat relationships: 77 still active in FY2024, 57 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

134
39

Total granted

$66M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+78%

Still filing today

54%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $563k 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • PB
    PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9.6M · revenue +51%
  • GU
    GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +22%
  • CF
    COLLEGE FOR KIDS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • TS
    TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN - COLLEGE FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2017 · $563k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION-DISADVANTAGED
    one grant, 2021 · $400k
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue -64%
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.

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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
2
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
3
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
4
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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5
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
6
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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7
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
8
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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9
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
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Indian College Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Robert and Deborah Jacobson Charitable Trust. 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

106 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. 106 of the 188 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/106
Grantees still filing
86/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $4,996,250 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $4,690,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND: $4,600,000 · OtherFLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLINDFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMDISABLED: $2,485,000 · OtherFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMDISABLEDSTATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $1,880,000 · OtherPATHWAYS TO EDUCATION CANADA: $1,661,000 · Other+102 more: $15,831,764 · Other+102 morePALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $9,550,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INCGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $4,610,000 · EducationGALLAUDET UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE FOR KIDS INC: $1,560,000 · EducationCOLLEGE FOR KIDS INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,266,950 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,159,900 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,021,000 · EducationNATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND: $1,002,500 · Education+49 more: $8,874,864 · Education+49 moreBridges from School to Work Inc: $1,552,000 · Human ServicesELEVATION SCHOLARS INC: $450,000 · Human ServicesHOPE IGNITES: $255,000 · Human Services+6 more: $32,050 · Human ServicesUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $177,500 · PhilanthropyFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $106,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC: $55,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $12,500 · PhilanthropyBENDER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $150,000 · EmploymentMINNESOTA DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES INC: $110,000 · EmploymentOPERATION JUMP START: $215,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LAKOTA FUND INCORPORATED: $151,000 · Community ImprovementNATIVE CDFI NETWORK INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $7,550 · Community Improvement
Other$36,144,014Education$29,045,214Human Services$2,289,050Philanthropy$351,000Employment$260,000Youth Development$215,000Community Improvement$208,550

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 budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $9,550,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $4,610,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR KIDS INC: $1,560,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetBridges from School to Work Inc: $1,552,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,266,950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,159,900 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $1,100,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,021,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND: $1,002,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE: $722,861 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $722,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetGROVES ACADEMY: $675,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $638,253 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $617,354 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE: $600,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HEARING RESEARCH INC WEINGARTEN CHILDRENS CENTER: $460,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetELEVATION SCHOLARS INC: $450,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $411,475 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetEYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE: $390,000 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $388,615 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAANIIIH NAKODA COLLEGE (FORT BELKNAP COLLEGE): $376,300 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $354,900 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetULSTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $344,400 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $340,425 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $329,925 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNATIVITY-BOSTON INC: $265,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES: $255,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION JUMP START: $215,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAlaska Pacific University: $189,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe George Washington University: $187,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN BUSINESS LEADERS: $174,350 over 3y, 22% of budgetTHE ACADEMY AT CHARLEMONT INC: $152,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LAKOTA FUND INCORPORATED: $151,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetBENDER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $150,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetROBESON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $129,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $128,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA FE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $120,250 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $116,998 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $108,050 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE UNIVERSITY: $108,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $106,000 over 8y, 1.5% 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 PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Bridges from School to Work Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE FORWARD SCHOLARS FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
  • Who funds GROVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR HEARING RESEARCH INC WEINGARTEN CHILDRENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATION SCHOLARS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AANIIIH NAKODA COLLEGE (FORT BELKNAP COLLEGE) ↗
  • Who funds Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ULSTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Indian College FundCO26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Indian College Fund · First Nations Development Institute · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc · Northwest Area Foundation · Native American Agriculture Fund · Ndn Collective Inc · The Ford Foundation · Helen Gough Fdn Trust · Community Foundation of North Central Florida · Wells Fargo Foundation · Fidelity 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 Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Theodore R and Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Peaceful Paths Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Transitional Living of North Central Florida Inc: 16% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • National Indian Child Welfare Association: 0% of income from government
  • Sendmemissions Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Santa Fe College Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
18report 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 188 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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