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Thomas & Annette Dircks 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.

$252k
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$15k
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.

Animals$313kHealth$233kEducation$204kHuman Services$198kReligion$99kArts & Culture$71kInternational$60kYouth Development$48kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k44 grants · $164k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $88k
$3,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ATHANSIUS CHURCH$15,000
PATRIOT'S PATH COUNCIL INC$13,000
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE$10,000
A MOMENT OF MAGIC$10,000
AMARYLLIS FARM EQUINE RESCUES$10,000
VISITING NURSE ASSOC-FRIENDSHIPHSE$10,000
TWIN OAKS HORSE ASSOCIATION$10,000
NJ BATTERED WOMENS SERVICE$10,000
CELTIC CHARMS$8,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$7,500
STONY BROOK FOUNDATION FUND$7,500
SEMPER FI & AMERICAS FUND$7,500
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$7,000
SOUND START BABIES FOUNDATION$7,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$7,000
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, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Beau Biden Foundation: $5k → 10%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $3k → 14%PREBORN: $5k → 16%Max Cure Foundation: $3k → 7%Moms Helping Moms Foundation: $3k → 10%The Beau Biden Foundation: $5k → 10%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $3k → 14%Moms Helping Moms Foundation: $3k → 10%The Beau Biden Foundation: $5k → 10%THE RETREAT: $5k → 7%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $2k → 14%COMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $1k → 14%THE RETREAT: $5k → 7%Companions for Heroes: $1k → 14%THE RETREAT: $4k → 7%THE RETREAT: $3k → 7%The Retreat: $3k → 7%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $7k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone: $5k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone: $5k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone: $3k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone: $3k → 17%Joyful Heart Foundation: $3k → 17%Joyful Heart Foundation: $3k → 17%RETHREADED INC: $2k → 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

ME
NH
WA
NY
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 72 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
26

Total granted

$1.4M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-2%

Still filing today

57%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AF
    AMARYLLIS FARM EQUINE RESCUE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +13%
  • AM
    A MOMENT OF MAGIC INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +54%
  • CA
    CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • PP
    Patriots Path
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -14%
  • BF
    B3 FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MP
    Mission Pre-Born Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue 0%
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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Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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2
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
3
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
4
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
5
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
6
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc

THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…

Animals
7
Harbor House of Central Florida Inc

Harbor house strives to prevent and break the cycle of domestic abuse through empowerment-based programs, advocacy, education, and community involvement.

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8
Live Free Animal Rescue

To rescue abandoned, neglected and traumatized animals and find these animals their furever homes.

Animals
9
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
10
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
11
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.

Animals
12
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brick City Rescue. 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

60 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. 60 of the 107 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/60
Grantees still filing
37/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TWIN OAKS HORSE ASSOCIATION: $53,000 · OtherTWIN OAKS HORSE ASSOCIATIONLoyola University: $40,000 · OtherC Tree: $37,870 · OtherNJ BATTERED WOMENS SERVICE: $36,000 · OtherVISITING NURSE ASSOC-FRIENDSHIPHSE: $36,000 · OtherST ATHANSIUS CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherST ATHANASIUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY: $30,000 · OtherSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION FUND: $29,000 · OtherSt Athanasius Church: $27,000 · OtherFUTURES IN ED FOR BROOKLYN & QUEENS: $26,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $29,500 · Other+54 more: $380,950 · Other+54 moreCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $48,000 · EducationCATHEDRAL ARTS…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $48,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR…SOUND START BABIES PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN: $38,500 · EducationSOUND START BA…EAST HAMPTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $33,500 · EducationEAST HAMPTON E…SPARK THE JOURNEY: $9,500 · EducationTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $9,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationAMARYLLIS FARM EQUINE RESCUE INC: $80,500 · AnimalsAMARYLLIS FARM…JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · AnimalsJACKSONVILLE H…NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $18,000 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE AN…TURTLE RESCUE OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $12,000 · AnimalsTURTLE RESCUE …SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $11,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANAT…JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,500 · AnimalsJACKSONVILLE Z…+5 more: $20,000 · Animals+5 moreHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHI…Retreat Inc: $19,500 · Human ServicesRetreat In…JERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesJERSEY BAT…BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesBEAU BIDEN…Companions for Heroes: $10,000 · Human ServicesCompanions…MOMS HELPING MOMS FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Born Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,500 · Human ServicesA MOMENT OF MAGIC INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $16,500 · PhilanthropyPINK AID INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMONIQUE BURR FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropySOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC: $16,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $16,000 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $8,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $7,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,600 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthCELTIC CHARMS INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsA WALK ON WATER INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$755,820Education$188,000Animals$187,000Human Services$135,500Philanthropy$73,500Health$52,100Recreation & Sports$42,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMARYLLIS FARM EQUINE RESCUE INC: $80,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $53,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetA MOMENT OF MAGIC INC: $52,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $48,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCELTIC CHARMS INC: $40,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetSOUND START BABIES PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN: $38,500 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEAST HAMPTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $33,500 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $29,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HIGH: $25,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSAFETY SHELTER OF ST JOHNS COUNTY INC: $22,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRetreat Inc: $19,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC: $16,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTER TOMORROWS INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWreaths Across America: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLONG ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTURTLE RESCUE OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $12,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetChoral Society of the Hamptons & South Fork Chamber Orchestra Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCompanions for Heroes: $10,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSTUDENTS IN THE ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSPARK THE JOURNEY: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF THE HAMPTONS LTD: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPatriots Path: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRICK CITY RESCUE: $4,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOBERMAN RESCUE UNLIMITED INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINK AID INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONIQUE BURR FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAX CURE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 AMARYLLIS FARM EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC ↗
  • Who funds A MOMENT OF MAGIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CELTIC CHARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUND START BABIES PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST HAMPTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL HIGH ↗
  • Who funds SAFETY SHELTER OF ST JOHNS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Retreat Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds JERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTER TOMORROWS INC ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds TURTLE RESCUE OF THE HAMPTONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Choral Society of the Hamptons & South Fork Chamber Orchestra 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.

Sanzone Family FoundationNJ20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sanzone Family Foundation · Albert a Arditti Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Gate Foundation Inc · Robert & Joan Dircks Foundation Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Ronnie & Jerrold Rosenbaum Family Foundation Inc · Yaffa Foundation Inc · Stellar Foundation · Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · Pga Tour Charities Inc

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 Thomas & Annette Dircks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas & Annette Dircks Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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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Find your warmest path to Thomas & Annette Dircks Family Foundation 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 107 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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