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Tosa 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.

$130M
Granted FY2024still arriving
116
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$29M
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$259MPhilanthropy$81MHealth$77MInternational$15MYouth Development$6.1MEnvironment$4.0MHousing & Shelter$3.5MFood & Nutrition$2.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 116 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k62 grants · $153k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $510k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+15 grants · $128M
$5,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$392M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND - TAUPO$29,346,141
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$26,000,000
FUND FOR WISCONSIN SCHOLARS$25,000,000
MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$25,000,000
ALVERNO COLLEGE$10,000,000
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION$5,000,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$2,403,213
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$1,269,784
COVENANT HOUSE$976,085
BOOK TRUST$813,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$600,000
CITY YEAR OF MILWAUKEE$579,536
MALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE$500,000
CITY YEAR$300,000
SUICIDE AWARENESS VOICES OF EDUCATION$250,000
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 (FY20–24, $5.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $1.5M → 16%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15k → 14%MALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $500k → 10%WINNIPESAUKEE WELLNESS CENTER: $10k → 9%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $45k → 16%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%MALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $2k → 10%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $21k → 16%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%HARBOR CARE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $11k → 16%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED: $25k → 8%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP: $10k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED: $15k → 8%UNITY CARE GROUP: $3k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $1.1M → 17%COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP: $2k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $976k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $603k → 17%CHARITY - WATER: $37k → 17%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $26k → 8%CHARITY - WATER: $15k → 17%CHARITY - WATER: $15k → 17%CHARITY - WATER: $10k → 17%CHARITY - WATER: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $5k → 14%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $3k → 7%THE BRIDGE HOUSE NH: $5k → 10%PLYMOUTH AREA COMMUNITY CLOSET: $3k → 10%LEADING FOR KIDS: $5k → 7%STARVISTA: $5k → 7%MY NEW RED SHOES: $3k → 7%STARVISTA: $3k → 7%MY NEW RED SHOES: $2k → 7%AVENIDAS: $3k → 8%AVENIDAS: $2k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $10k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $5k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $3k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $3k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $3k → 8%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

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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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$389M · 183 repeat orgs$35M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

183 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2024, 97 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

183
137

Total granted

$389M
$8.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+10%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionArts & 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

  • FF
    Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $72M · revenue +936% · 65% of their budget
  • TM
    THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50M · revenue +145% · 95% of their budget
  • ALVERNO COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM MILWAUKEE
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • JG
    JOBTRAIN - GRANT OF 25000 SHARES OF CISCO
    one grant, 2023 · $1.3M
  • AL
    AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION - GRANT OF 20000 SHS CISCO
    one grant, 2022 · $1.1M
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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
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
6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
8
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
9
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
10
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks. 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

240 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. 240 of the 355 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
238/240
Grantees still filing
169/240
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $122,692,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,008,740 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFOR…ALVERNO COLLEGE: $10,022,000 · EducationALVERNO COLLEGEAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $8,204,690 · Education+9 more: $2,952,296 · EducationFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND - TAUPO: $63,781,986 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND…THE MORGRIDGE FAMILY FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE: $16,000,000 · OtherTHE MORGRIDGE FAMILY FOUNDATI…MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10,571,758 · OtherMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLSWAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $4,400,000 · Other+131 more: $22,663,062 · Other+131 moreTHE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC: $50,005,000 · HealthTHE MORGRIDGE INSTI…THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000,000 · HealthTHE MORGRIDGE INSTI…+6 more: $1,326,250 · HealthFund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc: $72,000,000 · PhilanthropyFund for Wisconsin…+6 more: $381,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $5,359,735 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $650,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,682,473 · Human ServicesUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $1,587,453 · Human ServicesMALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $502,000 · Human Services+14 more: $283,684 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,032,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $490,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $245,000 · Food & NutritionAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $218,000 · Food & Nutrition+12 more: $260,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$173,880,526Other$117,416,806Health$76,331,250Philanthropy$72,381,000Youth Development$6,042,735Human Services$5,055,610Food & Nutrition$2,245,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $122,692,800 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetFund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc: $72,000,000 over 4y, 65% of budgetTHE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC: $50,005,000 over 4y, 95% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,008,740 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetALVERNO COLLEGE: $10,022,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $8,204,690 over 5y, 29% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $5,359,735 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,682,473 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $2,555,069 over 5y, 23% of budgetUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $1,587,453 over 5y, 30% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,032,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGRANITE UNITED WAY: $730,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $650,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSpeare Memorial Hospital: $625,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $602,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $505,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $502,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $490,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER: $377,785 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $352,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSQUAM LAKES CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $276,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL: $250,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetSuicide Awareness Voices of Education: $250,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetFeeding America: $245,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBADGERS UNITED INC: $225,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $218,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTREE HOUSE CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER INC: $200,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $196,085 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLYMOUTH ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 2y, 85% of budgetWISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $164,627 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $156,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETSYS PARK: $150,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC: $128,902 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY: $126,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLoon Preservation Committee: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetThe Alaska Community Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOYT PARK & POOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $99,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $94,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC: $93,180 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALVERNO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BOOK TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANITE UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA ↗
  • Who funds Speare Memorial Hospital ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MALAWI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds SQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SQUAM LAKES CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗

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 David and Lucile Packard FoundationCA44.9× affinity27 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Inc · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Cocchiaro Family Foundation · Sand Hill 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 Tosa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tosa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%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%
  • World Neighbors Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
67report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Tosa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tosa 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 355 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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