{"id":13610,"date":"2021-08-31T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?p=13610"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:16:35","slug":"success-stories-aug2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/success-stories-aug2021\/","title":{"rendered":"We Love Hearing About Your Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to popular demand, we are sharing the latest success stories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GrantWatch<\/a> members. GrantWatch helps to connect businesses and organizations with grants currently available. Recently, the grant listing directory reached out to its subscribers and inquired about their success stories. 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The process was easy and we&#8217;re incredibly grateful to the Stallings Foundation for providing over 15,000 meals for our Bags of Hope nutrition program. 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