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We're excited to introduce new foundation search features that make it easier to discover potential funding partners for your nonprofit. These updates help you refine your searches, target the right kinds of foundations, and connect with funders who align with your mission and funding needs.

Here's what's new:

• Family foundations - This is a new value added to our Foundation types filter to help you narrow down on private foundations run by family members. Family foundations often prioritize personal connections and support causes of interest to the family. You'll find the "Family foundations" value within the Foundation types filter at the top of the foundation search.
• Funding focus - This is a new field that enables you to select specific fields of interest to find foundations whose focus is aligned with your nonprofit's work. This filter is located at the top of the foundation search.
• Foundation size - This is a new field that helps you target foundations that match the scope and capacity of your nonprofit. You can choose from the following values, which are based on foundation assets: "Small"(less than $1M), "Medium" ($1M to $50M), and "Large" (over $50M). Click the blue "See all filters" button to find and add this filter from the Advanced search.
• Form 990-PF accepts unsolicited proposals - This is a new field that allows you to view foundations that indicated being open to receiving unsolicited funding requests on their most recent tax filing. Keep in mind that while this field is helpful for finding funders seeking new grantees, foundations not explicitly open to accepting unsolicited proposals may still be interested if your nonprofit is a strong match for their grantmaking priorities. You can access this field from the Advanced search.

Here's a screenshot showing the new "Family foundations" value (within the Foundation types filter) and the new Fuding focus filter, both located at the top of the foundations search:

Additionally, here's a look at the new Foundation size and Form 990-PF accepts unsolicited proposals filters within the Advanced search. To add them to your search, click the blue "See all filters" button at the top of the foundation search and either type the filter names in the upper-left search box or find them within the list of filters as shown here: