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Washington Tourism Alliance at a glance

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Washington Tourism Alliance

The sole purpose of the WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE is marketing washington to tourists.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.1MArts & Culture$488kRecreation & Sports$268kEnvironment$121kEducation$43kEmployment$28kFood & Nutrition$26kPublic Benefit$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $696k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VISIT ISSAQUAH$82,000
WASHINGTON FILMWORKS$75,000
ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY$65,000
KITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$61,000
VISIT TRI CITIES$60,000
SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE$53,110
MAKE SHIFT ART SPACE$50,000
VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU OF THURSTON COUNTY$50,000
CITY OF WESTPORT$50,000
CITY OF BINGEN$50,000
OLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITORS BUREAU$50,000
PORT ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$50,000
PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION$48,615
WOODINVILLE WINE COUNTRY$48,000
CITY OF KENMORE$46,800
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE: $20k → 10%ORGANIC FARM SCHOOL: $37k → 7%SNOQUALMIE VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $22k → 9%GRAND COULEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $31k → 9%MOUNT RAINIER VISITOR ASSOCIATION: $16k → 9%PLAIN VALLEY SKI TRAILS: $19k → 9%CITY OF BINGEN: $50k → 10%VISIT TRI CITIES: $60k → 11%KITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $61k → 11%WAHKIAKUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $16k → 11%MAKE SHIFT ART SPACE: $50k → 12%ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY: $65k → 12%OLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITORS BUREAU: $50k → 12%COLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE: $30k → 12%TRI COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: $28k → 13%CITY OF WAITSBURG: $30k → 13%PACIFIC COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU: $30k → 14%THE KALISPEL INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE KALISPEL RESERVATION: $23k → 16%YAKIMA VALLEY TOURISM: $15k → 17%TWISPWORKS FOUNDATION: $17k → 17%CITY OF WESTPORT: $50k → 18%MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST: $34k → 9%WENATCHEE VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $22k → 9%SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE: $53k → 10%CITY OF BENTON CITY: $46k → 11%KITTITAS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK: $20k → 11%JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMERS MARKET: $18k → 11%ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $42k → 11%SUSTAINABLE CONNECTIONS: $25k → 12%PORT ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $50k → 12%MT ADAMS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $22k → 12%GREATER GRAYS HARBOR: $25k → 18%WASHINGTON FILMWORKS: $75k → 9%PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $49k → 10%SPARK MUSEUM OF ELECTRICAL INVENTION: $20k → 12%CLALLAM COUNTY: $20k → 12%SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS: $33k → 13%CITY OF ZILLAH: $30k → 17%METHOW VALLEY SPORTS TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $20k → 17%MARYMOOR VELODROME ASSOCIATION: $20k → 9%BELLINGHAM WHATCOM COUNTY TOURISM: $24k → 12%KRUCKEBERG BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION: $16k → 9%GSBA FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE: $33k → 9%WOODINVILLE WINE COUNTRY: $48k → 9%VISIT ISSAQUAH: $82k → 9%CITY OF KENMORE: $47k → 9%ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE: $17k → 9%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.
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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313k · 6 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 62 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
18

Total granted

$313k
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
-16%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Community ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • VI
    VISIT ISSAQUAH
    2× · 2022–2024 · $90k · revenue +71% · 27% of their budget
  • EA
    ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +98%
  • CW
    CASCADE WINE COUNTRY DBA WOODINVILLE WINE COUNTRY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $58k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CG
    COLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +32%
  • KE
    Kittitas Environmental Education NETwork
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -57%
  • CG
    COLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -64% · 65% of their budget
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
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

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2
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Serve the small business community and local development.

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3
Skamania County Chamber of Commerce

The mission and purpose of the skamania county chamber of commerce is to foster development of a healthy economic community through the support and promotion of businesses, chamber members and skamania county, washington as an exceptional…

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4
Cowlitz Economic Development Council

Foster Growth in the Community

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5
Vancouver Usa Regional Tourism Office

The mission of the tourism office is to help promote economic development for the City of Vancouver and Clark County through tourism promotion.

Community Improvement
6
Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Dba Visit Bend

Develop tourism industry in bend,oregon

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7
Methow Valley Trails Collaborative

Enhancing sustainable trail experiences in the Methow Valley.

Environment
8
Washington Museum Association

The Washington Museum Association was established to represent and serve museums of all types and sizes throughout Washington State

Arts & Culture
9
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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10
Forks Timber Museum

Educate public about heritage of the olympic peninsula emphasizing timber industry and forestry

Arts & Culture
11
Discover Your Northwest

Discover Your Northwest promotes the discovery of northwest public lands, enriches the experience of visitors and builds community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come.

Recreation & Sports
12
Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce

Promote tourism/economic development

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bellinghamwhatcom County Tourism; the most unlike its peers is Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce. 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

64 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. 64 of the 86 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
23/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY: $75,000 · OtherECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTYKITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $61,000 · OtherKITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCETRI-CITIES VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU: $60,000 · OtherTRI-CITIES VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAUSUQUAMISH TRIBE: $53,110 · OtherOLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITOR BUREAU: $50,000 · OtherCITY OF BINGEN: $50,000 · OtherPort Angeles Reg Chamber of Commerc: $50,000 · OtherCITY OF WESTPORT: $50,000 · OtherCity of Kenmore: $46,800 · OtherCITY OF BENTON CITY: $46,300 · OtherECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $42,000 · OtherTRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: $38,000 · Other+28 more: $466,814 · Other+28 moreWashington Filmworks: $75,000 · Community ImprovementWashington FilmworksCASCADE WINE COUNTRY DBA WOODINVILLE WINE COUNTRY: $58,000 · Community ImprovementCASCADE WINE COUNTRY…VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU OF THURSTON COUNTY: $50,000 · Community ImprovementVISITORS AND CONVENT…GRAND COULEE DAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $30,500 · Community ImprovementGRAND COULEE DAM ARE…PACIFIC COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU: $30,000 · Community ImprovementPACIFIC COUNTY TOURI…Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce: $22,000 · Community ImprovementWenatchee Valley Cha…Greater Seattle Business Association: $20,000 · Community ImprovementThe Alliance for Pioneer Square: $16,500 · Community ImprovementWAHKIAKUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,752 · Community ImprovementMount Rainier Business Alliance: $15,750 · Community ImprovementTwisp Chamber of Commerce: $15,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $29,258 · Community Improvement+3 moreMakeshift: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMakeshiftPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $48,615 · Arts & CulturePORT GAMBLE S…Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSpark Museum …TWISPWORKS FOUNDATION: $17,250 · Arts & CultureTWISPWORKS FO…PAPER WHALE ARTS SPC: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePAPER WHALE A…LANGSTON: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLANGSTONGRAYS HARBOR HISTORICAL SEAPORT AUTHORITY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureGRAYS HARBOR …ANACORTES ARTS FESTIVAL: $15,000 · Arts & CultureANACORTES ART…CENTRO CULTURAL MEXICANO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL: $9,000 · Arts & CulturePOWER HOUSE THEATRE WALLA WALLA: $8,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $22,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $33,500 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE CONNECTIONS: $25,000 · EnvironmentKittitas Environmental Education NETwork: $20,000 · EnvironmentMethow Valley Sports Trail Association: $20,000 · EnvironmentKruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation: $16,475 · EnvironmentDUNGENESS RIVER NATURE CENTER: $11,000 · EnvironmentMOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $10,000 · EnvironmentVISIT ISSAQUAH: $90,000 · Public BenefitCOLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE: $20,000 · Public BenefitMARYMOOR VELODROME ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsPLAIN VALLEY SKI TRAILS: $18,800 · Recreation & SportsSNOHOMISH YOUTH SOCCER CLUB: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsBellingham Bay Community Boating Center: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAMATEUR ATHLETICS COMMISSION OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsDISABLED HIKERS: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsORGANIC FARM SCHOOL: $36,500 · EducationArtisans at the Dahmen Barn: $6,600 · Education
Other$1,089,024Community Improvement$377,760Arts & Culture$245,365Environment$165,975Public Benefit$110,000Recreation & Sports$82,800Education$43,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVISIT ISSAQUAH: $90,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetWashington Filmworks: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF LEWIS COUNTY: $75,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetKITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $61,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTRI-CITIES VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU: $60,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCASCADE WINE COUNTRY DBA WOODINVILLE WINE COUNTRY: $58,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetMakeshift: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetVISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU OF THURSTON COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITOR BUREAU: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetPort Angeles Reg Chamber of Commerc: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM FOUNDATION: $48,615 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetORGANIC FARM SCHOOL: $36,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetBELLINGHAMWHATCOM COUNTY TOURISM: $33,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $33,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND COULEE DAM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $30,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetPACIFIC COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCOLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSUSTAINABLE CONNECTIONS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER GRAYS HARBOR INC: $24,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMOUNT ADAMS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $22,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSNOQUALMIE VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $22,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetWenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce: $22,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKittitas Environmental Education NETwork: $20,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA GORGE TOURISM ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetMARYMOOR VELODROME ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMethow Valley Sports Trail Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSpark Museum of Electrical Invention: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Seattle Business Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY FARMERS MARKET: $18,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTWISPWORKS FOUNDATION: $17,250 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Alliance for Pioneer Square: $16,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation: $16,475 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetWAHKIAKUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,752 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetMount Rainier Business Alliance: $15,750 over 1y, 14% of budgetSNOHOMISH YOUTH SOCCER CLUB: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTwisp Chamber of Commerce: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPAPER WHALE ARTS SPC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSKY VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetLANGSTON: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGRAYS HARBOR HISTORICAL SEAPORT AUTHORITY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYAKIMA VALLEY VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANACORTES ARTS FESTIVAL: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetDUNGENESS RIVER NATURE CENTER: $11,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOKANOGAN COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBellingham Bay Community Boating Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMethow Arts Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAMATEUR ATHLETICS COMMISSION OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

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.

ArtsfundWashington Associatio…Seattle FoundationWashington State Micr…Whatcom Community Fou…North Sound Accountab…Inatai FoundationFirst Nations Develop…The Norcliffe Foundat…Humanities WashingtonThe Hugh and Jane Fer…First Fed Foundation
ArtsfundWA50.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Artsfund · Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs · Seattle Foundation · Washington State Microenterprise Association · Whatcom Community Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · Inatai Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · The Norcliffe Foundation · Humanities Washington · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · First Fed 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 Washington Tourism Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Washington Tourism Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    31report 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 86 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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