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Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation

The primary exempt purpose is the provision of medical services to area residents through a partnership with the mat-su valley medical center and grants to community organizations.

$24M
Granted FY2024still arriving
127
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.8M
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.

Health$23MHuman Services$15MEducation$11MRecreation & Sports$9.2MHousing & Shelter$6.0MFood & Nutrition$5.0MPublic Benefit$2.5MReligion$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 127 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 127 grants below total $21,498,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $24,437,734 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,939,134 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $4.3M
  • $250k+22 grants · $16M
$40,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$435M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAYBREAK INCORPORATED$1,800,709
LINKS MAT-SU PARENT RESOURCE CENTER$1,593,780
SUNSHINE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$1,370,057
VALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC$1,295,500
CCS EARLY LEARNING$1,236,140
MAT-SU TRAILS AND PARKS FOUNDATION$1,043,102
SKEETAWK$1,002,000
SET FREE ALASKA INC MAT-SU$914,722
RECOVER ALASKA$600,000
PACIFIC NW UNIV OF HEALTH SCIENCES$552,228
SUNSHINE STATION CHILDCARE CENTER$534,125
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION$504,930
TRUE NORTH RECOVERY INC$451,111
MAT-SU HEALTH SERVICES INC$400,000
ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$374,052
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $10.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP DBA ALASKA WARRIOR PROJECT: $113k → 18%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $52k → 20%SILC OF ALASKA STATE WIDE INDE: $200k → 22%SILC OF ALASKA STATEWIDE INDEP LIVING: $100k → 22%COOK INLET TRABAL COUNCIL: $1.3M → 10%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $55k → 22%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $245k → 10%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $191k → 10%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $190k → 10%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $180k → 10%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $170k → 10%SUNSHINE TRANSIT: $170k → 10%CHILD CARE CONNECTION INC: $100k → 10%CHILD CARE CONNECTION INC: $68k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $61k → 10%CHILD CARE CONNECTION INC - ANCHORAGE (AKA THREAD): $51k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES: $428k → 10%MAT-SU COUNCIL ON AGING: $250k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $180k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $161k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES: $153k → 10%MAT-SU COUNCIL ON AGING: $150k → 10%MAT-SU COUNCIL ON AGING: $150k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $113k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $108k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $105k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $93k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $86k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $85k → 10%ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES: $81k → 10%CONNECT PALMER INC: $80k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $63k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $60k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $824k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC (WASI): $801k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC (WASI): $495k → 10%FRONTLINE MISSION: $379k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC (WASI): $277k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $219k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $181k → 10%FRONTLINE MISSION: $179k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $134k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $120k → 10%PEDIATRIC RESOURCE CENTER OF ALASKA: $100k → 10%FRONTLINE MISSION: $89k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $88k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $53k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $51k → 10%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
WA
ID
IL
NY
OR
NV
NJ
CO
MD
DC
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.
$79M · 152 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

152 repeat relationships: 102 still active in FY2024, 50 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

152
60

Total granted

$79M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+13%

Still filing today

72%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • SC
    Sunshine Community Health Center Inc
    5× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +114% · 29% of their budget
  • LM
    LINKS MAT-SU PARENT RESOURCE CENTER LLC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +99% · 39% of their budget
  • MT
    MAT-SU TRAILS & PARKS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +252% · 77% of their budget

Funded once

  • M2
    MAT-SU 2024 ARCTIC WINTER GAMES HOS
    one grant, 2023 · $275k · revenue +7%
  • LL
    Lake Louise Snowmachine Club Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -61% · 63% of their budget
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST CENTERS
    one grant, 2022 · $170k
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
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
4
Alaska Childrens Alliance

Dedicated to strengthening the multi-disciplinary response to child abuse. We strive to ensure that professionals throughout Alaska are equipped to do the best job possible at holding offenders accountable and helping children and families…

Crime & Legal
5
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web

To operate an engagement center which provides peer support, resources and consumer directed programs to help mental health consumers, homeless persons and those recovering from substance abuse.

Health
6
Challenge Alaska

Challenge Alaska improves the lives of people with disabilities, their families, and the community through adaptive sports, therapeutic recreation, and education.

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7
Akeela Inc prv known as Akeela Treatment Services

To provide comprehensive behavioral health services including mental health, rehabilitative, clinical and prevention services to Alaskans, through the operation of substance use disorder residential and outpatient treatment programs,…

Health
8
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.

Animals
9
Alaska Community Development Corporation

To assist low income individuals and families with housing and housing improvements in Alaska.

Community Improvement
10
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
11
Arctic Access Inc

Our Mission is to provide services and opportunities for elders and people with disabilities to remain in the home and village of their choice, and to be active as possible with their families and communities.

Health
12
Stand Up Alaska

To Harness the power of the diverse people of Alaska and their communities to empower and support transformative social change. Stand Up Alaska is an Alaskan-led movement providing intersectional and diverse views on issues affecting all…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Youth and Family Network; the most unlike its peers is Euthus Ministries. 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

178 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. 178 of the 238 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.

46
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
162/178
Grantees still filing
116/178
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $2,502,169 · OtherPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INCCCS Early Learning: $1,940,212 · OtherCCS Early LearningDaybreak Inc: $1,866,693 · OtherDaybreak IncSULTANA NEW VENTURES LLC: $1,604,589 · OtherBLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKA: $2,055,852 · OtherBLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKAVALLEY TRANSIT: $1,771,454 · OtherVALLEY TRANSIT+110 more: $20,797,029 · Other+110 moreSunshine Community Health Center Inc: $5,179,958 · HealthSunshine Community…Set Free Alaska Inc: $2,369,621 · HealthSet Free Alaska In…Co-Occurring Disorders Institute Inc dba Compassionate Directions: $974,308 · HealthCo-Occurring Disor…ALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $769,866 · HealthALASKAN AIDS ASSIS…True North Recovery Inc: $695,213 · HealthALASKA YOUTH AND FAMILY NETWORK: $666,935 · HealthRecover Alaska: $600,000 · HealthMat-Su Health Services Inc: $450,000 · Health+14 more: $1,629,579 · Health+14 moreLINKS MAT-SU PARENT RESOURCE CENTER LLC: $5,168,668 · EducationLINKS MAT-SU P…Onward and Upward: $2,168,522 · EducationOnward and Upw…Willow Library Association: $1,748,000 · EducationWillow Library…PACIFIC NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $672,728 · EducationPACIFIC NORTHW…UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $644,989 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …+6 more: $491,168 · EducationWasilla Area Seniors Inc: $2,892,350 · Human ServicesWasilla Area S…Cook Inlet Tribal Council: $1,290,172 · Human ServicesCook Inlet Tri…Sunshine Transit: $1,146,445 · Human ServicesSunshine Trans…ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,053,246 · Human ServicesALASKA FAMILY …FRONTLINE MISSION: $816,960 · Human ServicesFRONTLINE MISS…Connect Palmer Inc: $656,382 · Human ServicesConnect Palmer…MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING: $550,411 · Human ServicesKids Kupboard: $515,739 · Human Services+17 more: $1,928,748 · Human Services+17 moreMAT-SU TRAILS & PARKS FOUNDATION: $3,335,507 · Recreation & SportsMAT-SU TR…HATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE: $2,171,851 · Recreation & SportsHATCHER A…Matsu Ski Club: $284,000 · Recreation & Sports+10 more: $909,070 · Recreation & Sports+10 moreVALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC: $3,145,673 · Housing & ShelterMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING: $884,189 · Housing & ShelterBEACON HILL: $530,734 · Housing & ShelterAlaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness: $442,332 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $29,310 · Housing & ShelterTHE FORAKER GROUP: $1,178,400 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH: $1,169,326 · PhilanthropyThe Alaska Community Foundation: $637,052 · PhilanthropyFANNIE E RIPPEL FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $283,845 · Philanthropy
Other$32,537,998Health$13,335,480Education$10,894,075Human Services$10,850,453Recreation & Sports$6,700,428Housing & Shelter$5,032,238Philanthropy$3,393,623

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 budgetSunshine Community Health Center Inc: $5,179,958 over 5y, 29% of budgetLINKS MAT-SU PARENT RESOURCE CENTER LLC: $5,168,668 over 8y, 39% of budgetMAT-SU TRAILS & PARKS FOUNDATION: $3,335,507 over 6y, 77% of budgetVALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC: $3,145,673 over 7y, 41% of budgetWasilla Area Seniors Inc: $2,892,350 over 8y, 37% of budgetPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $2,502,169 over 8y, 26% of budgetSet Free Alaska Inc: $2,369,621 over 7y, 14% of budgetHATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE: $2,171,851 over 5y, 93% of budgetOnward and Upward: $2,168,522 over 6y, 42% of budgetBLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKA: $2,055,852 over 8y, 91% of budgetCCS Early Learning: $1,940,212 over 8y, 15% of budgetDaybreak Inc: $1,866,693 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetVALLEY TRANSIT: $1,771,454 over 6y, 47% of budgetWillow Library Association: $1,748,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCook Inlet Tribal Council: $1,290,172 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE FORAKER GROUP: $1,178,400 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH: $1,169,326 over 7y, 32% of budgetSunshine Transit: $1,146,445 over 6y, 18% of budgetALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,053,246 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetVALLEY CHARITIES INC: $988,509 over 7y, 11% of budgetCo-Occurring Disorders Institute Inc dba Compassionate Directions: $974,308 over 5y, 14% of budgetSunshine Station Child Care Center: $887,105 over 3y, 85% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE: $886,993 over 7y, 68% of budgetMat-Su Food Bank: $885,795 over 7y, 29% of budgetMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING: $884,189 over 8y, 24% of budgetFRONTLINE MISSION: $816,960 over 8y, 67% of budgetALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $769,866 over 5y, 20% of budgetTrue North Recovery Inc: $695,213 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $672,728 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY: $670,648 over 8y, 38% of budgetALASKA YOUTH AND FAMILY NETWORK: $666,935 over 4y, 18% of budgetConnect Palmer Inc: $656,382 over 6y, 82% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $644,989 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetThe Alaska Community Foundation: $637,052 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRecover Alaska: $600,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetMATSU COUNCIL ON AGING: $550,411 over 3y, 99% of budgetBEACON HILL: $530,734 over 8y, 17% of budgetREACH 907: $520,938 over 6y, 47% of budgetKids Kupboard: $515,739 over 6y, 29% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $512,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GREAT LAND TRUST INC: $498,250 over 2y, 14% of budgetAlaska Legal Services Corporation: $476,500 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetMat-Su Health Services Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAlaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness: $442,332 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetMat-Su Services for Children & Adults Inc: $434,643 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetAlaska Farmland Trust Corporation: $429,117 over 4y, 39% of budgetUpper Susitna Seniors Inc: $420,377 over 6y, 42% of budgetChoosing Our Roots: $398,802 over 4y, 45% 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 Sunshine Community Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds LINKS MAT-SU PARENT RESOURCE CENTER LLC ↗
  • Who funds MAT-SU TRAILS & PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Wasilla Area Seniors Inc ↗
  • Who funds PALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Set Free Alaska Inc ↗
  • Who funds HATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds Onward and Upward ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKA ↗
  • Who funds CCS Early Learning ↗
  • Who funds Daybreak Inc ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY TRANSIT ↗
  • Who funds Willow Library Association ↗
  • Who funds Cook Inlet Tribal Council ↗
  • Who funds THE FORAKER GROUP ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH ↗
  • Who funds Sunshine Transit ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Co-Occurring Disorders Institute Inc dba Compassionate Directions ↗
  • Who funds Sunshine Station Child Care Center ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Mat-Su Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds MAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds FRONTLINE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds ALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds True North Recovery Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds UPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA YOUTH AND FAMILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Connect Palmer Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Alaska Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Recover Alaska ↗

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.

Rasmuson FoundationAK156.1× affinity103 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Mta Foundation Inc · Matanuska Electric Association Charitable Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Borough · The Carr Foundation Inc · United Way of Anchorage · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Mat-Su Trails & Parks 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 Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Postpartum Support International: 43% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
48report 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 238 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 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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