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Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission.

$676M
Granted FY2025still arriving
127
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$112MCommunity Improvement$38MHealth$7.7MHousing & Shelter$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$585kRecreation & Sports$339kHuman Services$326kOther$0
02FY2025 · 127 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 127 grants below total $18,114,947 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $675,616,764 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $657,501,817 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k42 grants · $278k
  • $10k–50k64 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+7 grants · $15M
$12,300
Median grant
15
States reached
$36.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP)$5,008,686
UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT$4,387,733
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA$4,302,403
REBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA$552,595
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$514,458
PROJECT HOME$374,933
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER$351,000
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC$200,000
COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE$156,250
SCHUYLKILL RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$125,401
UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE CENTER$100,000
PHILABUNDANCE$82,368
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL$78,040
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL$77,391
WHYY INC$59,942
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $815k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $8k → 11%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF: $22k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $10k → 11%PRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 11%HAMILTON AREA YMCA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 11%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $8k → 22%LITITZ REC CENTER: $15k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $11k → 14%LITITZ REC CENTER: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%FREEDOM VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 7%GREATER ELIZABETHTOWN AREA RECREATION & COMMUNITY: $10k → 9%SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10k → 22%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $50k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 14%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $10k → 6%PROJECT HOME: $375k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $8k → 22%WOMEN'S WAY: $14k → 22%American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania: $10k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%HIAS PENNSYLVANIA: $9k → 22%HOPEPHL (FORMERLY PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER): $14k → 22%COMMUNITY OF COMPASSION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $52k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $10k → 22%NATIONALITES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES - PHILADELPHIA: $12k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
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DC
LA
AL
GA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$160M · 57 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

57 repeat relationships — 44 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 80 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
73

Total granted

$160M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+12%

Still filing today

96%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UC
    UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $35M · revenue +25% · 44% of their budget
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +8%
  • CO
    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADEPHIA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • SY
    SIXERS YOUTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • TP
    THE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $205k · revenue +32%
  • PH
    PENN HILLEL
    one grant, 2024 · $125k · revenue -9%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
2
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
3
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
4
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
5
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
8
Philadelphia County Medical Society

The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.

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9
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
10
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
11
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Phrma's mission is to conduct effective advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of important, new medicines for patients by biopharmaceutical research companies.

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12
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Graduate Philadelphia and the most unlike its peers is Furrever Friends Rescue and Volunteers Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing & Suppor…Policy Advocacy and Industr…K-12 Schools and Educationa…Community Development Organ…Family Philanthropic Founda…Industry Trade AssociationsPerforming Arts Organizatio…Youth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Community Suppo…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%2%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr15%25%35–55yr17%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr17%73%20–35yr15%7%35–55yr17%17%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%2/215
the rest of the field
9%
7,128/77,947

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 194 of the 215 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
192/194
Grantees still filing
97/194
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA — $110,724,740 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA+84 more — $5,092,127 · OtherUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT — $35,429,667 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT+7 more — $1,136,450 · Community ImprovementTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $5,014,487 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $695,614 · HealthCOALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE — $281,250 · Health+31 more — $1,240,156 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY — $547,725 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $525,000 · PhilanthropySIXERS YOUTH FOUNDATION — $250,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Manion Foundation — $176,148 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY — $145,553 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUND — $96,680 · Philanthropy+6 more — $75,361 · PhilanthropyPROJECT HOME — $402,434 · Human ServicesRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES — $110,125 · Human ServicesNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA — $61,810 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $47,122 · Human Services+19 more — $245,781 · Human ServicesUniversity of Chicago — $150,000 · EducationPENN HILLEL — $125,000 · EducationThe Carol Emmott Foundation — $114,800 · EducationCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $32,575 · EducationMCCALL HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $32,306 · EducationMAIN LINE SCHOOL NIGHT ASSOCIATION — $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Education+17 more — $195,779 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC — $200,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC — $59,942 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN — $40,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY OF MUSIC OF PHILADELPHIA INC — $25,050 · Arts & CultureUSA 250 Incorporated — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WOODLANDS TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION — $22,713 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $82,426 · Arts & Culture
Other$115,816,867Community Improvement$36,566,117Health$7,231,507Philanthropy$1,816,467Human Services$867,272Education$705,460Arts & Culture$455,131

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT — $35,429,667 over 9y, 44% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $5,014,487 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADEPHIA — $1,340,959 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA — $1,166,170 over 3y, 14% of budgetSCHUYLKILL RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $975,450 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $695,614 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY — $547,725 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $525,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT HOME — $402,434 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE — $281,250 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSIXERS YOUTH FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND — $204,536 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE — $200,972 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetUC GREEN INC — $187,500 over 2y, 83% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation — $176,148 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition — $150,707 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity City Science Center — $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY — $145,553 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $126,968 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPENN HILLEL — $125,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ECONOMY LEAGUE INC — $115,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Carol Emmott Foundation — $114,800 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES — $110,125 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetPhilabundance — $103,395 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $96,680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL — $94,641 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEAM THOMPSON FAMILY FOUNDATION — $90,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetUnite for HER — $74,350 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CAPITAL & TECHNOLOGIES — $70,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $67,813 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA — $61,810 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWHYY INC — $59,942 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $56,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $51,222 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $47,122 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES INC — $42,053 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN — $40,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $39,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION — $37,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEONARD & MADLYN ABRAMSON FAMILY CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $36,376 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION — $36,086 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA — $33,108 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $32,575 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMCCALL HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $32,306 over 1y, 15% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Philadelphia Foun…America's CharitiesUnited Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…The Barra Foundation …Connelly FoundationThe Patricia Kind Fam…Independence Foundati…The Cigna Group Found…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Wsfs Cares FoundationHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA73.7× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · America's Charities · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Connelly Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Rad-Aid International Inc — 17% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Shore Memorial Hospital — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
43report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 215 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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