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Tiger Baron Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
170
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$30MArts & Culture$21MEducation$4.4MEnvironment$4.0MRecreation & Sports$2.4MInternational$1.6MFood & Nutrition$443kHealth$427kOther$0
02FY2024 · 170 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k48 grants · $178k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+5 grants · $4.1M
$15,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$134M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,683,254
THE PUBLIC THEATRE$1,215,000
PRINCETON IN ASIA$425,000
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$416,000
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL$313,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL (NRDC)$210,000
NEW YORK CITY BALLET$194,000
WNETTHIRTEEN$160,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO (WNYCWQXR)$150,000
PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE$135,000
MCC THEATER$120,000
ST ANN'S SCHOOL$100,000
RIDGEVIEW CONSERVANCY$100,000
BLACK THEATER UNITED$85,000
NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT$76,000
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, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WAY TO GROW: $1k → 11%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%BRIDGES OUTREACH: $2k → 10%BRIDGES OUTREACH: $2k → 10%SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%PROJECT HOPE CHARITIES: $5k → 13%PROJECT HOPE CHARITIES: $5k → 13%SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%SEEING EYE: $1k → 4%BROOKLYN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS: $1k → 20%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $2k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%MIN KWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 13%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 13%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $15k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%BROADWAY FOR ARTS EDUCATION: $15k → 17%BROADWAY FOR ARTS EDUCATION: $15k → 17%BROADWAY FOR ARTS EDUCATION: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $10k → 17%SOTOMAYOR JUDICIAL INTERSHIP PROGRAM: $5k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $10k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $10k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $5k → 17%BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION: $1k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $10k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION: $5k → 17%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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
DC
LA
AL
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 246 repeat orgs$706k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

246 repeat relationships: 147 still active in FY2024, 99 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

246
88

Total granted

$36M
$380k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+12%

Still filing today

68%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $326k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +5%
  • PI
    PRINCETON IN ASIA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +46% · 29% of their budget
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -19%
  • TH
    TOMORROW'S HOPE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -65% · 28% of their budget
  • PI
    PILOBOLUS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -67%
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
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
2
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
5
Atlantic Theater Company

At Atlantic, our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Across our work, we are a family of artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, be it a show…

Arts & Culture
6
World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc

The perelman performing arts center creates connections by cultivating bonds between extraordinary artists and communities with exemplary performances in active dialogue across the arts in our flexible intimate spaces, inviting…

Arts & Culture
7
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
8
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
9
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
10
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
11
Theatre for a New Audience Inc

The mission of theatre for a new audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of shakespeare and classic drama. the theatre is dedicated to the language and ideas of writers - to a dialogue over centuries between…

Arts & Culture
12
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ridgeview Conservancy. 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

237 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 237 of the 360 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
230/237
Grantees still filing
165/237
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,002,003 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+3 more: $190,100 · PhilanthropyPUBLIC THEATRE OF NEW YORK: $3,265,500 · OtherPUBLIC THEATRE OF NEW YORKWILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL: $2,365,128 · OtherWILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVALTHE PUBLIC THEATRE: $1,867,500 · OtherTHE PUBLIC THEATRENEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO (WNYCWQXR): $1,103,500 · OtherNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO (WNYCWQXR…TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $621,000 · Other+100 more: $9,026,755 · Other+100 moreTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,415,665 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMON…WNET: $727,500 · Arts & CultureWNETNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $593,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY …MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $505,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN CLAS…BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION: $415,000 · Arts & CulturePLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $390,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $351,000 · Arts & Culture+55 more: $4,157,710 · Arts & Culture+55 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,407,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $514,500 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $463,600 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $285,000 · EnvironmentTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $215,000 · EnvironmentInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $150,000 · Environment+7 more: $287,000 · EnvironmentThe Trustees of Princeton University: $2,543,976 · EducationCENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · Education+8 more: $335,600 · EducationPRINCETON IN ASIA INC: $1,476,670 · InternationalPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC: $1,005,500 · Recreation & SportsGOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE: $65,260 · Recreation & SportsCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $57,500 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$30,192,103Other$18,249,383Arts & Culture$8,554,875Environment$3,322,600Education$2,979,576International$1,476,670Recreation & Sports$1,188,260

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,002,003 over 3y, 47% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $2,543,976 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON IN ASIA INC: $1,476,670 over 8y, 29% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,415,665 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,407,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC: $1,005,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetWNET: $727,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $593,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $514,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $505,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $463,600 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $451,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetBROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $437,490 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetBROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION: $415,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $390,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBROADWAY MALL ASSOCIATION INC: $369,000 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $351,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $285,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC: $270,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $255,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $225,880 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $215,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $201,250 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCLIMATE CENTRAL INC: $180,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LITTLE ORCHESTRA SOCIETYORPHEON INC: $180,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $177,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $171,089 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AMATEUR SKATING FOUNDATION INC: $165,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetNEW YORKERS FOR PARKS: $155,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetSOCIETY OF THE THIRD STREET MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $155,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $150,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $140,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetBROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $130,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBIG APPLE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $130,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $118,542 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $115,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRidgeview Conservancy: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $96,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA STAGE COMPANY: $95,545 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetWATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC: $90,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC: $81,023 over 8y, 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 THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON IN ASIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY MALL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE ORCHESTRA SOCIETYORPHEON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR SKATING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS ↗

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 Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ69.1× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Select Equity Group Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Michael Tuch Foundation Inc · Walentas Foundation Ltd · Robin Hood 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 Tiger Baron Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tiger Baron Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Bridges Outreach Inc: 25% of income from government
  • The Discovery Orchestra Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project: 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Pilobolus Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
59report 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 360 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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