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AMERCIAN LEGION

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $373K · expenses $344K · assets $593K

EIN
59-6476902
Address
7550 60TH ST N, PINELLAS PARK, FL 33781-3260
NTEE code
W30Z
Subsection
501(c)(19)
Ruling year
1954
Cross-check
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Mission

THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1919 AS A PATRIOTIC, WAR-TIME VETERANS ORGANIZATION, DEVOTED TO MUTUAL HELPFULNESS. IT IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

No one listed on these returns was paid.

Unpaid officers and directors · 12 people
NameLatest titleYearsOrganizations
Robert Ordner COMMANDER2022-2024 1
Debby Wigginton FINANCE OFFICER2017-2024 1
Rob Mathison 1ST VICE COMMANDER2022-2024 1
Bob Mcgann 2ND VICE COMMANDER2022-2024 1
Linda Walker (former) 1ST VICE COMMANDER2019-2021 1
Larry Depaulo (former) COMMANDER2017-2021 1
Ginny Shephard (former) 1ST VICE COMMANDER2017-2018 1
Steve Haggett (former) COMMANDER2013-2014 1
Kimberly Westlake (former) 2ND VICE COMMANDER2013-2014 1
Ray Perez (former) 1ST VICE COMMANDER2013-2014 1
Bob Kenneally (former) FINANCE OFFICER2014 1
Bill Schermerhorn (former) ADJUTANT2013 1

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ORDNER COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
ROB MATHISON 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
BOB MCGANN 2ND VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROB MATHISON 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
BOB MCGANN 2ND VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
ROBERT ORDNER COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 18 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROB MATHISON 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
BOB MCGANN 2ND VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
ROBERT ORDNER COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LINDA WALKER 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
LARRY DEPAULO COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LINDA WALKER 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
LARRY DEPAULO COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid · 8 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LARRY DEPAULO COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
LINDA WALKER 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LARRY DEPAULO COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
GINNY SHEPHARD 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid · 8 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LARRY DEPAULO COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
DEBBY WIGGINTON FINANCE OFFICER20 $0$0$0 $01
GINNY SHEPHARD 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid · 9 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE HAGGETT COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
KIMBERLY WESTLAKE 2ND VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
RAY PEREZ 1ST VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
BOB KENNEALLY FINANCE OFFICER0 $0$0$0 $01
2013 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 2 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE HAGGETT COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
KIMBERLY WESTLAKE FINANCE OFFICER0 $0$0$0 $01
RAY PEREZ VICE COMMANDER0 $0$0$0 $01
BILL SCHERMERHORN ADJUTANT0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$372,781$344,336 $593,325$593,325 $34,614$48,193 $0815
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$336,250$351,988 $531,957$531,957 $20,786$52,482 $0825
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$331,498$325,077 $547,920$547,695 $37,021$71,102 $0818
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$280,449$253,505 $541,554$541,274 $10,909$53,681 $0825
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$267,448$197,482 $509,550$508,751 $18,188$122,065 $0825
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$135,279$129,074 $438,256$438,256 $10,790$35,063 $08-
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$181,307$197,516 $432,051$432,051 $23,140$11,857 $085
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$244,044$226,409 $446,397$446,397 $60,440$2,392 $085
2014 · Form 990 period ending 2015-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$193,660$194,736 $330,345$327,995 $17,714$0 $09-
2013 · Form 990 period ending 2014-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$272,451$208,879 $333,549$329,071 $22,075$0 $002

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

Similar organizations

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
AMERCIAN LEGIONFLW30 $581,275$584,237 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERCIAN LEGIONFLW30 $576,208$430,498 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERCIAN LEGIONFLW30 $282,131$261,460 JUDGE ADVOCV$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGIONFLW30 $427,270$397,580 PAST COMMAND$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGIONFLW30 $551,771$659,293 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGIONFLW30 $419,292$304,186 2ND VICE COM$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGIONFLW30 $460,650$417,691 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGIONFLW30 $286,805$171,331 CHAPLAIN$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AMERICAN LEGION POST 286 INCFLW30 $326,398$388,407 PAST COMMAND$18,820 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
THE PORT CHARLOTTE POST NO 110 THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPT OF FL INCFLW30 $709,777$314,749 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
HARDEE R MILLS AMERICAN LEGION POST NO 135 INCFLW30 $390,776$341,957 Commander$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMVETSFLW30 $303,373$317,916 Commander$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMERICAN LEGION POST 375 LE TOMMY THOMASFLW30 $251,471$219,510 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMVETS AMERICAN VETERANS POST 292 I NCFLW30 $283,905$234,465 Trustee$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF FLORIDAFLW30 $650,575$565,557 QUARTERMASTER/TREASURER$5,200 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
MARINE CORPS LEAGUEFLW30 $310,033$327,361 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMVETS POST 88 OF FLORIDA INCFLW30 $301,338$297,035 Commander$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
WARRIORS CHOICE FOUNDATION INCFLW30 $372,458$372,406 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
USMC ANNIVERSARY BALL - JAX INCFLW30 $258,501$247,672 President/Director$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMVETS POST 45 INCFLW30 $572,338$399,706 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
OPERATION BARNABAS INCFLW30 $254,765$239,665 CEO$62,000 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
OUTDOOR VALOR INCFLW30 $238,565$156,180 Exective Director$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
AMVETS INC WILLIAM CROW POST 447FLW30 $296,780$210,925 COMMANDER$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
HONOR FLIGHT SOUTH FLORIDA INCFLW30 $411,469$266,815 Director$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state
DWYERFIRE GOLDSTAR FOUNDATIONFLW30 $338,471$58,505 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code W30, revenue within 2x, same state

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
AMERICAN GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$600,0003 12022–2024 WOUNDED WARRIORS ABILITIES RANCH
SHIPLEY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$400,0004 12020–2023 VETS HELPING HEROES INC
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$145,95010 42016–2024 OPERATION BARNABAS INC; VILLAGERS FOR VETERANS INC; VETS HELPING HEROES INC; WARRIORS CHOICE FOUNDATION INC
DION BANKS FOUNDATION Private foundation$135,0004 12018–2024 HONOR FLIGHT SOUTH FLORIDA INC
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$116,95812 52019–2024 WOUNDED WARRIORS ABILITIES RANCH; 2SERVE TOGETHER FOUNDATION; FLORIDA MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL INC; SPACE COAST HONOR FLIGHT INC and 1 more
LANZA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$100,0258 12019–2025 WOUNDED WARRIORS ABILITIES RANCH
LOWELL S AND BETTY L DUNN FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$100,0001 12024–2024 HONOR FLIGHT SOUTH FLORIDA INC
GREATER HORIZONS DAF sponsor$75,0001 12013–2013 SPACE COAST HONOR FLIGHT INC
DURDEN FOUNDATION Private foundation$47,47811 12011–2020 WARRIOR BEACH RETREAT INC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$36,0604 32015–2024 VETS HELPING HEROES INC; DWYERFIRE GOLDSTAR FOUNDATION; WOUNDED WARRIORS ABILITIES RANCH
MOUNT DORA COMMUNITY TRUST DAF sponsor$31,3322 12022–2024 VILLAGERS FOR VETERANS INC
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$30,1003 32015–2024 WOUNDED WARRIORS ABILITIES RANCH; VETS HELPING HEROES INC; WARRIOR BEACH RETREAT INC
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor$30,0003 12021–2024 VETS HELPING HEROES INC
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC DAF sponsor$30,0001 12020–2020 VETS HELPING HEROES INC
GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION DAF sponsor$30,0001 12024–2024 ISRAELI VETERANS CLUB INC

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $344,336 spent · pay $169,303 · grants $3,760 · events $8,305
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $135,606-$135,606- 39.4%
Occupancy $84,949-$84,949- 24.7%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $34,114-$34,114- 9.9%
Payroll taxes $33,697-$33,697- 9.8%
Insurance $20,908-$20,908- 6.1%
Advertising and promotion $9,102-$9,102- 2.6%
Payments to affiliates $7,332-$7,332- 2.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $6,325-$6,325- 1.8%
Office expenses $5,763-$5,763- 1.7%
Grants to US organizations and governments $3,760$3,760-- 1.1%
Other (as described) EventACTIVITIES & EVENTS $1,980$1,980-- 0.6%
Fees: accounting $800-$800- 0.2%
Total$344,336100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $351,988 spent · pay $151,027 · grants $0 · events $8,573
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $119,413-$119,413- 33.9%
Occupancy $94,873-$94,873- 27.0%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $42,141-$42,141- 12.0%
Payroll taxes $31,614-$31,614- 9.0%
Insurance $20,647-$20,647- 5.9%
Office expenses $13,279-$13,279- 3.8%
Payments to affiliates $8,490-$8,490- 2.4%
Benefits paid to members $6,873$6,873-- 2.0%
Advertising and promotion $5,285-$5,285- 1.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,728-$4,728- 1.3%
Other (as described) EventACTIVITIES & EVENTS $3,845$3,845-- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $800-$800- 0.2%
Total$351,988100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $325,077 spent · pay $135,699 · grants $21,235 · events $7,823
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $117,930-$117,930- 36.3%
Other salaries and wages $107,145-$107,145- 33.0%
Payroll taxes $28,554-$28,554- 8.8%
Grants to US individuals $21,235$21,235-- 6.5%
Insurance $12,389-$12,389- 3.8%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $12,155-$12,155- 3.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $7,823-$7,823- 2.4%
Payments to affiliates $7,482-$7,482- 2.3%
Office expenses $6,276-$6,276- 1.9%
Advertising and promotion $3,288-$3,288- 1.0%
Fees: accounting $800-$800- 0.2%
Total$325,077100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $253,505 spent · pay $118,991 · grants $13,009 · events $4,638
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $99,747-$99,747- 39.3%
Occupancy $82,496-$82,496- 32.5%
Payroll taxes $19,244-$19,244- 7.6%
Grants to US individuals $13,009$13,009-- 5.1%
Insurance $11,380-$11,380- 4.5%
Payments to affiliates $8,077-$8,077- 3.2%
Office expenses $6,731-$6,731- 2.7%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $4,747-$4,747- 1.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,638-$4,638- 1.8%
Advertising and promotion $2,558-$2,558- 1.0%
Fees: accounting $750-$750- 0.3%
Travel $128-$128- 0.1%
Total$253,505100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $197,482 spent · pay $90,534 · grants $0 · events $122
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $90,534-$90,534- 45.8%
Occupancy $53,265-$53,265- 27.0%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $23,504-$23,504- 11.9%
Benefits paid to members $8,353$8,353-- 4.2%
Insurance $7,401-$7,401- 3.7%
Payments to affiliates $6,467-$6,467- 3.3%
Office expenses $4,865-$4,865- 2.5%
Advertising and promotion $2,271-$2,271- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $700-$700- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $122-$122- 0.1%
Total$197,482100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $129,074 spent · pay $53,747 · grants $0 · events $5,825
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $53,747-$53,747- 41.6%
Occupancy $36,087-$36,087- 28.0%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $9,235-$9,235- 7.2%
Insurance $8,609-$8,609- 6.7%
Payments to affiliates $7,308-$7,308- 5.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,825-$5,825- 4.5%
Office expenses $3,938-$3,938- 3.1%
Benefits paid to members $2,889$2,889-- 2.2%
Advertising and promotion $736-$736- 0.6%
Fees: accounting $700-$700- 0.5%
Total$129,074100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $197,516 spent · pay $73,384 · grants $374 · events $9,368
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $69,966-$69,966- 35.4%
Occupancy $53,846-$53,846- 27.3%
Benefits paid to members $19,941$19,941-- 10.1%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $15,152-$15,152- 7.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $9,368-$9,368- 4.7%
Insurance $8,577-$8,577- 4.3%
Payments to affiliates $7,842-$7,842- 4.0%
Office expenses $5,113-$5,113- 2.6%
Payroll taxes $3,418-$3,418- 1.7%
Advertising and promotion $3,133-$3,133- 1.6%
Fees: accounting $675-$675- 0.3%
Grants outside the US $374$374-- 0.2%
Fees: legal $111-$111- 0.1%
Total$197,516100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $226,409 spent · pay $86,410 · grants $15,258 · events $4,140
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $82,752-$82,752- 36.5%
Occupancy $70,840-$70,840- 31.3%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $17,716-$17,716- 7.8%
Grants to US organizations and governments $15,258$15,258-- 6.7%
Insurance $9,868-$9,868- 4.4%
Office expenses $8,175-$8,175- 3.6%
Payments to affiliates $6,876-$6,876- 3.0%
Advertising and promotion $6,280-$6,280- 2.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,140-$4,140- 1.8%
Payroll taxes $3,658-$3,658- 1.6%
Fees: accounting $770-$770- 0.3%
Fees: legal $76-$76- 0.0%
Total$226,409100%

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2014 · Form 990 · $194,736 spent · pay $57,854 · grants $0 · events $1,645
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $74,584-$74,584- 38.3%
Other salaries and wages $52,736-$52,736- 27.1%
Benefits paid to members $21,856$21,856-- 11.2%
Insurance $13,706-$13,706- 7.0%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $10,076-$10,076- 5.2%
Payments to affiliates $6,647-$6,647- 3.4%
Office expenses $5,437-$5,437- 2.8%
Payroll taxes $5,118-$5,118- 2.6%
Advertising and promotion $2,931-$2,931- 1.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,645-$1,645- 0.8%
Total$194,736100%

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2013 · Form 990 · $208,879 spent · pay $77,445 · grants $0 · events $2,896
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $66,275-$66,275- 31.7%
Occupancy $66,050-$66,050- 31.6%
Benefits paid to members $23,793$23,793-- 11.4%
Insurance $14,034-$14,034- 6.7%
Payroll taxes $11,170-$11,170- 5.3%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $9,414-$9,414- 4.5%
Payments to affiliates $6,288-$6,288- 3.0%
Office expenses $4,386-$4,386- 2.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $2,896-$2,896- 1.4%
Advertising and promotion $2,873-$2,873- 1.4%
Fees: accounting $1,700-$1,700- 0.8%
Total$208,879100%

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