Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $49,095,132
- Total expenses
- $47,946,997
- Contributions and grants received
- $328,000
- Grants paid
- $25,000
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- not reported
- Management and general expenses
- not reported
- Fundraising expenses
- not reported
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
Listed in Part VII
-
KIRK DAVIS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
STEVEN GIANOTTI
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 1
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
STEVEN PETRI
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 2
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TERRY LETTE
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 3
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID M WASHEBEK
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 4
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHAWN SMITH
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 5
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARK WALTER
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 6
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DONALD LAFFOON
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 7
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
CRAIG CLARK
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 8
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GREGORY LONG
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 9
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
STEVE LINDLEY
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT 10
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARK HARASHA
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHARLES FAIRCHILD
VICE PRESIDENT ISC
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LAEL L FULLFORD
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOSEPH P GROSS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MATTHEW TURK
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHANE SNYDER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHAD WILLMON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRISTOPHER M FOSTER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KEVIN HEBERT
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GLEN LEDOUX
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WILLIAM E WEBER JR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WES TREDER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID GINESTRA
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SCOTT MADDOX
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM GRAY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SARA SMITH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOSEPH ST PIERRE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL WHATLEY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRIAN DEW
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TIM M PARKER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICHARD A JAMERSON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HOWARD MAYERS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM ADAMSON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICK HENRY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRIAN SPADER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID J HELSEL
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GREGORY L OUTSEN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BOOMER L HOLTZ
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RAYLYN WILCOX
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOSEPH P LORMAND
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LARRY NOURSE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICKY ELLINGTON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BERNARD FERDINANDO
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRAD KIRK
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES BOWLES
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEVE T WATANABE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT A METZ
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DARIC W STITH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LARRY F GLAENZER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MITCH MURPHY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NATHAN W WICKIZER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARVIN 'BARNEY' POTTEBAUM
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DUSTY MOORE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL W QUARLES
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JACK D BELLOWS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DANIEL SANCHEZ
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL R KRIPPENDORF
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOE KELLAMS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JEFFREY T BARBER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALFRED F AUS JR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SCOTT A SEWARD
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN BANKS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES PRUSINSKI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GREG KOETZ
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DARRAN V AYRES
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRENT BURTON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERIC TONNESEN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NEIL DAVIDSON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TROY L BEALL
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KRISTINE H DENAPOLI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT E WICKHAM
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
THOMAS MORTON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES C ATKINS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARTIN WEST
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LEWIS FRAIN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CRAIG MEITER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANTHONY J MALONEY III
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TERRENCE CRAIG
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOEL BOVEE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EDWARD E WITT JR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JIMMY FEAZEL
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEVE HARGROVE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID HATCH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SCOTT KORCZYNSKI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KEVIN RYEL
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JEFF PERRY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PATRICK J MALONEY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL P WEAVER
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DANIEL J HAHN SR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LEEANN COCHRAN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM CIRCELLO
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARVIN L GROVES II
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT SMITH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRISTOPHER O'ROURKE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CARL P RATH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRIS OLSON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT DAVIES JR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LARRY ANDRINI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID CHAD
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TIMOTHY P DANIELS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JESSE COLLEY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WILLIAM M DARISH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MATTHEW B CAPPADONNA
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LOUISE M JONES-MAGEE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES A THIELE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RYAN SAMSIL
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PATRICK ARMOUR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RAYMOND PALMIERI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM G ISPAS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BILL EMMONS
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES F STUBBLEFIELD
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
E J DEUBLER III
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FORREST WILSON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EARL 'DUKE' AUSTIN JR
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EARL C O'QUINN III
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRANDON BETSCHART
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EMILY ASCHINGER MARTIN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PETER BOURLAND
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WAYNE WOJCIECHOWSKI
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RICK OSBAKKEN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PAUL E MELLA
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
D KENT MAUGHAN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LAWRENCE F EAGAN
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT E HOBBA
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN S FRANTZ
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL R HANLON
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TOM WILEY
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES D BANE
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN GERLACH
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BENJAMIN MEYRING
CHAPTER GOVERNORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID LONG
CEO
- Total calculated
- $1,292,964
- From this org
- $1,104,233
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $188,731
- Hours/week
- 34 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $848,800
- Bonus
- $185,000
- Other
- $70,433
- Deferred
- $170,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,688
- Filer's total
- $1,299,921
-
TRACI WALKER
CFO/SECRETARY-TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $648,499
- From this org
- $565,368
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $83,131
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $408,799
- Bonus
- $120,000
- Other
- $36,569
- Deferred
- $64,400
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,688
- Filer's total
- $655,456
-
JOSHUA BONE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ELECTRI
- Total calculated
- $438,236
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $374,430
- Other
- $63,806
- Hours/week
- 1 + 34 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $308,800 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $50,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $15,630 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $45,076 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $20,441 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $439,947 related
-
JAMES FAGAN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $461,191
- From this org
- $395,010
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $66,181
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $328,800
- Bonus
- $40,000
- Other
- $26,210
- Deferred
- $47,450
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,441
- Filer's total
- $462,901
-
MARCO GIAMBERARDINO
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $476,155
- From this org
- $408,286
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $67,869
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $328,800
- Bonus
- $45,000
- Other
- $34,486
- Deferred
- $49,138
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,064
- Filer's total
- $480,488
-
PETER MASTROROCCO
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $474,528
- From this org
- $406,833
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $67,695
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $328,800
- Bonus
- $40,000
- Other
- $38,033
- Deferred
- $48,964
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,064
- Filer's total
- $478,861
-
RONALD BAILEY
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $436,075
- From this org
- $372,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $63,575
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $316,300
- Bonus
- $30,000
- Other
- $26,200
- Deferred
- $44,844
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,064
- Filer's total
- $440,408
-
CARY ANDRES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $302,725
- From this org
- $253,438
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $49,287
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $243,800
- Bonus
- $8,000
- Other
- $1,638
- Deferred
- $30,557
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,237
- Filer's total
- $304,232
-
STEVE KRIEG
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $413,679
- From this org
- $353,634
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $60,045
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $320,050
- Bonus
- $15,000
- Other
- $18,584
- Deferred
- $41,315
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,441
- Filer's total
- $415,390
-
EDWARD UPPOLE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $349,037
- From this org
- $294,810
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,227
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $272,375
- Bonus
- $7,500
- Other
- $14,935
- Deferred
- $35,496
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,348
- Filer's total
- $350,654
-
DAVID WOODARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $303,173
- From this org
- $253,586
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $49,587
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $232,100
- Bonus
- $6,000
- Other
- $15,486
- Deferred
- $30,856
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,203
- Filer's total
- $304,645
-
JOHN SAVAGE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $310,465
- From this org
- $260,437
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,028
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $236,800
- Bonus
- $7,000
- Other
- $16,637
- Deferred
- $31,297
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,211
- Filer's total
- $311,945
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1a · Travel for companions
- 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE FIRST-CLASS AND/OR CHARTER TRAVEL, WHICH IS REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE RECIPIENTS: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, VICE PRESIDENTS, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRI. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS, WHICH IS REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE RECIPIENTS: LONG, WALKER, GIAMBERARDINO, MASTROROCCO, FAGAN, BONE, BAILEY, KRIEG, UPPOLE, SAVAGE, WOODARD THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE TAX GROSS-UP PAYMENTS, WHICH ARE REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION TO THE RECIPIENTS: LONG, WALKER, GIAMBERARDINO, MASTROROCCO, FAGAN, BAILEY
- PART I, LINE 4B
- DAVID LONG, 457(F): $105,600
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
GENERAL SUPPORT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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ELECTRI INTERNATIONAL - THE FOUNDATION FOR ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC
501(C)(3) · RESEARCH · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
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NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITIES · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 3 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543089349301914
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