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Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States

The organization's purpose is to provide fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational services; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among members; to assist worthy veterans; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states…

$11M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
96
Itemized grants FY2025
89
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$8.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$45,587
Largest grant, FY2025
$651,660
Organizations funded a year
86 to 117
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
51
Total assets, FY2025
$293M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

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Public BenefitHealthEducationEmploymentPhilanthropyRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving95$8.5M15%
FY202489$8.5M8%
FY202392$8.3M9%
FY2022117$8.3M26%
FY202186$8.0M9%
FY202086$8.2M5%
FY2019100$8.1M14%
FY2018102$8.7M19%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$70MPublic Benefit$4.6MArts & Culture$530kRecreation & Sports$82kHealth$50kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kEducation$15k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 203 grantees
All grantees of Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California$5,831,556939%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Vfw-Penn$4,228,313920%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX$3,670,746913%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Inc Dept of Florida$3,519,787929%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States-Dept of New York Inc$3,209,063936%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ohio$2,878,801925%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan$2,545,256917%
Department of Illinois Veterans of Forei$2,298,568734%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey$2,049,564934%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Washington$1,900,459921%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nc$1,858,224936%
Department of Wisconsin of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$1,852,290926%
Veterans of Foreign Wars State of Virginia$1,796,619928%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Mo$1,734,106918%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Minnesota$1,730,132937%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW Mass$1,672,923957%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana$1,622,019943%
Department of Maryland Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$1,366,240931%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Arizona$1,318,926935%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United S Tates Auxiliary$1,260,01792%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept$1,055,273927%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Georgia$980,557921%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of Iowa$965,847937%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Oregon$944,534929%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Oklahoma$892,913960%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW KY$824,792943%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$823,52659%
Department of Sc VFW of United States$810,276927%
Department of Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars$755,883934%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of U S Dept of Hawaii$730,648980%
VFW National Home$703,50292%
VFW Department of Illinois$653,9042n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Louisiana$627,896936%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Nv$626,929980%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Arkansas$608,895939%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Mexico of the U S$607,454949%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nebraska$588,921920%
Veterans of Foreign Wars State of Nh$569,031922%
Department of Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$567,357922%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Connecticut$558,107529%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ks$545,329518%
Veterans of Foreign Wars$480,976928%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Delaware$479,194941%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Nd$478,001932%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Department of Vermont$460,594928%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wyoming$441,344955%
VFW Department of Connecticut$439,2704n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Rhode Island$437,623994%
Veterans of Foreign Wars State of West Virginia$429,092940%
Department of Alaska Veterans of Foreign Wars$419,604911%
VFW Department of Kansas$418,5934n/a
United States Foundation for the Commemoration of World Wars$400,00015%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Mt$369,475931%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US$362,538944%
Department of Tennessee Veterans of Foreign Wars$353,675538%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Auxiliary Dept Ca$346,221925%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Uni ted States Dept$326,983931%
VFW Department of South Dakota$322,371920%
VFW Department of Tennessee$275,3094n/a
Department of Minnesota of the VFW Auxiliary$229,07799%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Wi Ladies Auxiliary$191,961912%
VFW Auxiliary Department of Illinois$186,1749n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Auxiliary Department of Pa$177,37299%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Auxiliary Department of Texas$167,18494%
Dept of New York VFW Auxiliary$167,03198%
Imwrf - White Sands Missile Range F&MWR$140,0005n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Florida Auxiliary$130,689949%
Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary Department of Ka$116,172911%
VFW Auxiliary Dept Indiana$110,51697%
Veterans of the Foreign Wars of the United States Auxiliary Department of W A$105,291915%
VFW Auxiliary Department of Colorado$102,1779n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary$95,652912%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Auxiliary Department of Arizona$95,5619n/a
Department of Maryland Auxilary to the Veterans Of$88,362927%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The$84,456916%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxil$81,99098%
National Wwi Museum and Memorial$80,00070%
Irreverent Warriors Inc$75,0001n/a
VFW Auxiliary Dept of Virginia$69,058913%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nebraska$65,3409n/a
VFW Auxiliary Department of Oregon$58,8429n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Florida$57,070515%
Department of Alabama Auxiliary of the V$55,260910%
VFW Auxiliary Department of Oklahoma$50,6799n/a
The Children's Mercy Hospital$50,00020%
VFW Auxiliary Department of West Virginia$47,5389n/a
VFW Auxiliary Department of Iowa$46,4769n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nc$43,203412%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$40,00020%
Hillvets Foundation$40,00044%
War Horses for Veterans Inc$35,00032%
Naval Academy Athletic Association$34,5001n/a
Brigadier General Charles E McGee Post 341 VFW$31,4651n/a
Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation Inc$30,00031%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California$27,40853%
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF SOUTH DAKOTA Post 8530$26,128327%
The American Legion$25,0001n/a
Friends in Service of Heroes Inc$20,000213%
Team Rubicon Inc$20,00030%
The Commemorative Air Force$20,00020%
Csm a C Cotton Post 12209 Veterans of Foreign Wars$19,1601n/a
N Las Vegas Memorial Post Number 10047 Veterans Of$19,09732%
John S Stewart Post No 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US$18,58729%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Kentucky$17,8793n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US$17,84821%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Washington Post 9430$17,79336%
Minnesota Warriors Ice Hockey$17,0002n/a
VFW Post 3513$16,3002n/a
Tobacco Valley Post No 6786 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$16,1991n/a
Veteran Golfers Association$15,60011%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Auxiliary Department of Arizona$15,5002n/a
Wreaths Across America$15,0001n/a
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program$15,00020%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Local 9832$14,690265%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4195$13,385220%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Arizona$12,12023%
Marine Corps Community Services Quantico$12,0002n/a
The Aleethia Foundation$11,70923%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of N C$11,6182n/a
National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc$10,00010%
United States Capitol Historical Society$10,00010%
Grunt Style Foundation$10,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas$10,0001n/a
Military Times Foundation$10,0001n/a
Vietnam Women Veterans-Vwv$10,0002n/a
Travis Manion Foundation$10,00010%
Command and General Staff College Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Sacramento Mt VFW Post 11999$10,0001n/a
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts$9,69710%
Acworth & Kennesaw Post 5408 Veterans of Foreign W$9,50016%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Florida$8,6301n/a
VFW Post 3396$8,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars$7,65414%
Vets Access$7,5441n/a
VFW District of Columbia$7,5121n/a
VFW Post 9337$7,3801n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Uni$7,31912%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ewa Beach Post 12138$7,2001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas$7,2001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United$7,12013%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wyoming$7,0001n/a
VFW Auxiliary 4374$6,5001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lake Murray Post 6740$6,420111%
Charles E Swisher Post 1924$6,289116%
Sandy Coor Post No 1433 Veterans of the Foreign Wars of the United States$6,2521n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California$6,2501n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Florida$6,04018%
VFW Auxiliary to Overland-St Ann Memorial Post No 3944$6,00016%
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Post 3238 Inc$6,0001n/a
VFW Auxiliary Dept of Hawaii$5,8751n/a
North Kingstown Memorial Post 152 V Eterans of Foreign Wars$5,8501n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW 8$5,70010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Kentucky$5,6071n/a
VFW Post 6002$5,5971n/a
VFW Post 9365$5,55013%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New York$5,5001n/a
Dept of Nevada Veterans of Foreign Wars of US$5,5001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Inc$5,50012%
Leroy O Buck Post No 7863 VFW Inc$5,50012%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Hampshire$5,47313%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 6461$5,44013%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Louisiana$5,4001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Washington$5,3501n/a
VFW Post 12206$5,2401n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept$5,21016%
Maricopa VFW Post 720$5,2001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US$5,17015%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois$5,1631n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 101$5,14018%
Post 4190 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$5,14012%
Veterans of Foregin Wars- Post 4051$5,1201n/a
Department of Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States$5,1001n/a
2788 Penrose Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U S Dept of Colorado$5,0801n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Iowa$5,0601n/a
Lexington VFW Post 8738$5,05312%
VFW Post 4643$5,05013%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Of the US Jerry Skrivanek Post 8185 MD Inc$5,04011%
Bell Post 1820 Veterans of Foreign Wars$5,03012%
Department of Alabama Veterans Of$5,02012%
VFW Post 2046$5,0101n/a
Benbrook Memorial Post 10429$5,01015%
Long Island Sled Hockey Inc$5,0001n/a
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department of Alaska (Robert V Lindsey Ladies Auxi liary To Post 10041)$5,00013%
Kansas City Warriors Ice Hockey Program$5,0001n/a
Camp Wood YMCA Inc$5,00010%
Disabled American Veterans$5,0001n/a
Public Television 19 Inc$5,00010%
VFW Post 144$5,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Texas Auxiliary$5,00016%
Veterans of Foreign Wars 3917$5,00015%
The Scott Vallely Soldiers Memorial$5,000125%
World War II Foundation$5,00010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Florida$5,000115%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Texas$5,0001n/a
Purple Hearts Reunited$5,0001n/a
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge$5,00010%
VFW Post 3237$5,0001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Iowa$5,0001n/a
Brighter Future Florida Inc$5,0001n/a
Johnson County Veterans Treatment Court Foundation$5,0001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$5,0001n/a
Park University$5,00010%
VFW of the United States Auxiliary Department of Georgia$3,63116%

Where it is load-bearing

Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 44 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 133 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of California: $5,831,556 over 9y, 39% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the Vfw-Penn: $4,228,313 over 9y, 20% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX: $3,670,746 over 9y, 13% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Inc Dept of Florida: $3,519,787 over 9y, 29% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States-Dept of New York Inc: $3,209,063 over 9y, 36% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ohio: $2,878,801 over 9y, 25% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan: $2,545,256 over 9y, 17% of budgetDepartment of Illinois Veterans of Forei: $2,298,568 over 7y, 34% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Jersey: $2,049,564 over 9y, 34% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Washington: $1,900,459 over 9y, 21% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nc: $1,858,224 over 9y, 36% of budgetDepartment of Wisconsin of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: $1,852,290 over 9y, 26% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars State of Virginia: $1,796,619 over 9y, 28% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Mo: $1,734,106 over 9y, 18% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Minnesota: $1,730,132 over 9y, 37% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW Mass: $1,672,923 over 9y, 57% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana: $1,622,019 over 9y, 43% of budgetDepartment of Maryland Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: $1,366,240 over 9y, 31% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Arizona: $1,318,926 over 9y, 35% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United S Tates Auxiliary: $1,260,017 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept: $1,055,273 over 9y, 27% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Georgia: $980,557 over 9y, 21% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of Iowa: $965,847 over 9y, 37% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Oregon: $944,534 over 9y, 29% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Oklahoma: $892,913 over 9y, 60% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW KY: $824,792 over 9y, 43% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Foundation: $823,526 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetDepartment of Sc VFW of United States: $810,276 over 9y, 27% of budgetDepartment of Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars: $755,883 over 9y, 34% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of U S Dept of Hawaii: $730,648 over 9y, 80% of budgetVFW National Home: $703,502 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Louisiana: $627,896 over 9y, 36% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Nv: $626,929 over 9y, 80% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Arkansas: $608,895 over 9y, 39% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of New Mexico of the U S: $607,454 over 9y, 49% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Nebraska: $588,921 over 9y, 20% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars State of Nh: $569,031 over 9y, 22% of budgetDepartment of Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: $567,357 over 9y, 22% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Connecticut: $558,107 over 5y, 29% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ks: $545,329 over 5y, 18% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars: $480,976 over 9y, 28% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Delaware: $479,194 over 9y, 41% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Nd: $478,001 over 9y, 32% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the US Department of Vermont: $460,594 over 9y, 28% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wyoming: $441,344 over 9y, 55% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Rhode Island: $437,623 over 9y, 94% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars State of West Virginia: $429,092 over 9y, 40% of budgetDepartment of Alaska Veterans of Foreign Wars: $419,604 over 9y, 11% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 133.

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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.

Veterans of Foreign Wars FoundationMO23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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.

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About Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States

How much does Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States give?
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States reported 96 itemized grants totaling $8,460,646, out of $11,258,266 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 117 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (93%), Public Benefit (6%), Arts & Culture (1%).
Who are Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California ($5.8M), Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Vfw-Penn ($4.2M), Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX ($3.7M).
Does Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation, THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
Where is Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States based?
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is based in MO.

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 204 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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