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West Bend Community Foundation Inc

$4.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
99
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$556k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.8MArts & Culture$3.5MHealth$1.8MHuman Services$1.7MEnvironment$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.5MYouth Development$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 99 grants below total $4,450,789, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,630,686 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $179,897 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 $10k19 grants · $127k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$22,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$83M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$555,500
MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART$294,644
UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY$273,886
CITY OF WEST BEND$198,500
FAMILY PROMISE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY$147,068
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC$140,717
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC$110,350
RIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC$108,250
PLAYING FIELD INC$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON BURSAR OFFICE$97,500
MORAINE PARK FOUNDATION$90,400
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY$87,550
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF WISCONSIN$83,040
FORWARD CAREERS INC$81,000
ALL-IN MILWAUKEE$80,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LE MARS COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER: $13k → 7%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $10k → 11%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS: $10k → 10%RICHLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%THE O'CONNOR HOUSE: $10k → 5%YMCA OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA: $10k → 15%LAKESHORE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $18k → 6%ELEVATE INC: $83k → 6%SUNSHINE PLACE: $13k → 10%ELEVATE INC: $49k → 6%ELEVATE INC: $36k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MILWAUKEE: $38k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MILWAUKEE: $35k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MILWAUKEE: $30k → 17%ELEVATE INC: $20k → 6%CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $53k → 6%CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $35k → 6%CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER: $27k → 6%CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER: $19k → 6%CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $19k → 6%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $450k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF WISCONSIN: $83k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $54k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $51k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF WISCONSIN: $28k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $14k → 17%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $135k → 6%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $68k → 6%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $62k → 6%FRIENDS INC: $58k → 6%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $55k → 6%FRIENDS INC: $52k → 6%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON CO: $46k → 6%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $39k → 6%BENEVOLENT CORPORATION CEDAR COMMUNITY: $30k → 6%FULL SHELF FOOD PANTRY INC: $29k → 6%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON CO: $29k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $25k → 6%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $24k → 6%FRIENDS INC: $24k → 6%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $23k → 6%FRIENDS INC: $23k → 6%THE YOUTH AND FAMILY PROJECT INC: $22k → 6%FRIENDS INC: $20k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $18k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $13k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $13k → 6%RIDES AND REINS: $24k → 6%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

VT
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
CA
NE
MO
KY
AZ
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 82 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
60

Total granted

$18M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+6%

Still filing today

85%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $762k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +32%
  • UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +24%
  • CEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $797k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • WC
    WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -69%
  • BC
    BAY-LAKES COUNCIL #635 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $252k · revenue -14%
  • LN
    LEGACY NASHVILLE
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
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
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
2
Westconsin Credit Union

The organization is a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to…

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3
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
4
Wisconsin Youth Company Inc

Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.

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5
West Bend Community Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
6
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
7
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
8
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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9
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Inc

Founded in 1911, our mission is to make wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation to do business. we are wisconsin's business voice.

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10
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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11
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
12
Wausau Child Care Inc

The mission of wausau child care inc. is to strengthen child development, families and the community by providing access to safe, high quality early learning for children.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Cusd 5. 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

153 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. 153 of the 179 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
153/153
Grantees still filing
95/153
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONCALLI CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $1,109,999 · OtherRONCALLI CATHOLIC SCHOOLSCITY OF WEST BEND: $918,666 · OtherCITY OF WEST BENDVOLUNTEER CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $544,893 · OtherVOLUNTEER CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTYDR JAMES E ALBRECHT FREE CLINIC INC: $399,712 · OtherTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $649,144 · OtherTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC+91 more: $6,416,812 · Other+91 moreMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $1,265,475 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF WISCONSI…HISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC: $636,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC WEST BEND…WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNTY …WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $308,068 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNTY …UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $281,153 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING …MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $141,750 · Arts & CultureSCHAUER ARTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $118,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $82,254 · Arts & CultureKETTLE MORAINE YMCA INC: $769,543 · Human ServicesKETTLE MORA…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $229,144 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…ELEVATE INC: $187,363 · Human ServicesELEVATE INCFRIENDS INC: $177,362 · Human ServicesFRIENDS INCINTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON COUN: $160,500 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH …CASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $151,000 · Human ServicesCASA GUADAL…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $103,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $77,750 · Human Services+16 more: $276,925 · Human Services+16 moreCEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $797,250 · EnvironmentRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $427,593 · EnvironmentRESTORING LANDS INC: $210,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF LAC LAWRANN CONSERVANCY INC: $55,500 · Environment+7 more: $132,654 · EnvironmentOZAUKEE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $305,000 · EducationDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $225,000 · EducationWASHINGTON COUNTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $114,160 · EducationTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $100,000 · EducationWEST BEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $91,400 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $86,050 · EducationALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $80,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $46,000 · Education+18 more: $282,939 · EducationUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $1,117,207 · PhilanthropyGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $64,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $138,820 · PhilanthropyFAMILY PROMISE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $1,059,663 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$10,039,226Arts & Culture$3,333,700Human Services$2,132,587Environment$1,623,497Education$1,330,549Philanthropy$1,320,027Housing & Shelter$1,079,663

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 budgetMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $1,265,475 over 5y, 14% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $1,117,207 over 5y, 16% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $1,059,663 over 5y, 29% of budgetCEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $797,250 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetKETTLE MORAINE YMCA INC: $769,543 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $649,144 over 5y, 12% of budgetHISTORIC WEST BEND THEATRE INC: $636,500 over 5y, 26% of budgetVOLUNTEER CENTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $544,893 over 5y, 22% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $427,593 over 5y, 13% of budgetDR JAMES E ALBRECHT FREE CLINIC INC: $399,712 over 5y, 65% of budgetTHE THRESHOLD INCORPORATED: $314,154 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $308,068 over 3y, 40% of budgetOZAUKEE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $305,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetRAY OF HOPE MEDICAL MISSION INC: $295,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $281,153 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $279,125 over 5y, 26% of budgetBAY-LAKES COUNCIL #635 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $252,100 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $246,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWEST BEND COMMUNITY & ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $243,880 over 5y, 14% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $229,144 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $225,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetRESTORING LANDS INC: $210,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetWEST BEND BASEBALL ASSOC: $210,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $209,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATE INC: $187,363 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS INC: $177,362 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE CTY: $174,511 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVERSITI BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $172,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMORAINE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $169,800 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetBRYON RIESCH PARALYSIS FOUNDATION INC: $168,900 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetINTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF WASHINGTON COUN: $160,500 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCASA GUADALUPE EDUCATION CENTER INC: $151,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $141,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $129,192 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC: $127,100 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSCHAUER ARTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER INC: $118,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $115,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $114,160 over 4y, 10% of budget4C For Children Inc: $106,681 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $103,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHOPE STREET MINISTRY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWEST BEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $91,400 over 4y, 63% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $86,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $85,362 over 5y, 22% of budgetFORWARD CAREERS INC: $81,000 over 1y, 3.9% 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Oscar & Augusta Schle…Prescott Family Found…Herbert H Kohl Charit…United Way of Greater…Westbury Bank Charita…United Way of Washing…Melitta S and Joan M …Baird Foundation IncGreater Green Bay Com…Froedtert West Bend H…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI65.8× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Oscar & Augusta Schlegel Fdn · Prescott Family Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Westbury Bank Charitable Foundation · United Way of Washington County Inc · Melitta S and Joan M Pick Charitable Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Froedtert West Bend Hospital Foundation Inc

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 West Bend Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Bend Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
44report 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 179 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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