To get a sense of who foundations are giving to, check out their tax returns! Private foundations and nonprofit organizations are required to list grant recipients on their tax returns.
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Funders have established a variety of ways to update grantseekers on their current activities. Many individual funders have websites that facilitate sharing of information through the use of alerts, RSS feeds, and sharing through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The following sites also provide mechanisms to learn of new funding opportunities as they become available:
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