NOZA, a searchable database of charitable donation records, has a new search feature that allows anyone to sort through a database containing almost 700,000 990-Private Foundation tax returns from over 100,000 foundations.

According to NOZA's site, the tax returns include information such as “the total value of assets, investments, grants paid to nonprofits during the tax year and grants approved for future payment, as well as lists contact information, officers, directors, trustees, managers and contractors.”

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An article in the New York Times today details the MacArthur foundation's foray into Second Life, TechSoup's own efforts in the virtual world, and other ways nonprofits are reaching out to a wider audience. Using Second Life, nonprofits are creating awareness, fundraising, networking, and seeing many benefits that go beyond money.