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Site Updates
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NEWEST FIRST Launching the Top 100 Museum Donors Ranking Personal note from Nick Gray: Hi everyone! We have been slow over the last two months to update the database and make changes, as my team has been focused on... JUN 09, 2026 3 Million Contributions and a New Homepage We crossed 3 million contributions this week. The team celebrated and I had a little pizza party. It has been a long time coming and we're really happy to ha... FEB 19, 2026 Privacy Page, FAQ Sections, and Explore Other Patrons It's been a busy few weeks since our last update. We added almost 1,000,000 new contributions and over 150 new institutions. Here's what's new. FEB 03, 2026 New Charts, Page Redesigns, and an Honest SEO Mistake Hi! It’s been about a month since my last update in late November. Here’s what’s new. DEC 22, 2025 New Footer, Related Patrons Algorithm, and SEO Improvements Hi! It’s been about a month since my last update in mid-October. The leaves are changing colors and falling here in Austin, Texas. NOV 23, 2025 Brief Bios, Related Patrons, and Much Faster Search Hi! A bunch of new things since my last update in late September. I’m flying to NYC right now after attending Cloudflare Connect 2025 in Las Vegas. OCT 16, 2025 Basic Search, Patrons Leaderboard, Easy Removal, One-Time Donations Hi! It’s Saturday morning and I’m having a cup of coffee. We’ve spent the past 2 weeks trying to grow the database with soooo many new contribution records. ... SEP 27, 2025 Enhanced Patron Profiles, Fund Leaderboards, Quick Facts The past 10 days at PatronView have been fun. We’re reaching record-high traffic numbers now, perhaps thanks to my announcement on LinkedIn and talking about... SEP 12, 2025 Accessibility, Speed Boost, and Search Improvements Hi! Nick Gray here with another week of improvements to PatronView. SEP 02, 2025 Thumbnails, More Data, Tier Display Added Hi! Nick Gray here with an exciting week of updates. AUG 22, 2025 Swiss Minimalist Design: Museum-Quality Aesthetics I wanted PatronView to feel like browsing a world-class museum catalog. This meant moving beyond typical web design toward something more sophisticated and p... JUN 22, 2025 Database Performance: From Slow to Instant When PatronView started gaining traction, we hit a wall: our homepage was taking 3+ seconds to load. The culprit? Expensive COUNT(\) queries across our growi... JUN 21, 2025