diff --git a/dashboard/portal/portals.component.ts b/dashboard/portal/portals.component.ts
index 784c8516..674056bc 100644
--- a/dashboard/portal/portals.component.ts
+++ b/dashboard/portal/portals.component.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export class PortalsComponent implements OnInit {
   
   private confirmModalOpen() {
       this.deleteModal.alertTitle = 'Delete Confirmation';
-      this.deleteModal.message = 'Are you sure you want to delete the selected portal(-ies)?';
+      this.deleteModal.message = 'Are you sure you want to delete the selected portal(s)?';
       this.deleteModal.okButtonText = 'Yes';
       this.deleteModal.open();
   }
diff --git a/services/searchProjects.service.ts b/services/searchProjects.service.ts
index 19113242..41b10fbd 100644
--- a/services/searchProjects.service.ts
+++ b/services/searchProjects.service.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ export class SearchProjectsService {
                   //.map(res => <any> res.json())
                   .pipe(map(res => [res['meta'].total, this.parseResults(res['results']),RefineResultsUtils.parse(res['refineResults'],refineFields, "project")]));
     }
-    getFunders(properties:EnvProperties ):any {
-       let url = properties.searchAPIURLLAst+"projects?refine=true&fields=funder&size=0"+ "&format=json";
+    getFunders(params: string, properties:EnvProperties ):any {
+       let url = properties.searchAPIURLLAst+"projects?refine=true&fields=funder"+(params ? "&"+params : "")+"&size=0"+ "&format=json";
 
        return this.http.get((properties.useCache)? (properties.cacheUrl+encodeURIComponent(url)): url)
                    //.map(res => <any> res.json())
-                   .pipe(map(res => [res['meta'].total, res['refineResults']['funder']]));
+                   .pipe(map(res => [res['meta'].total, RefineResultsUtils.parse(res['refineResults'], ['funder'], 'project')]));
 
 
       }
diff --git a/utils/resultsAndPagesNum.component.ts b/utils/resultsAndPagesNum.component.ts
index 67b2a1d9..e4de31f1 100644
--- a/utils/resultsAndPagesNum.component.ts
+++ b/utils/resultsAndPagesNum.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {Component, Input} from "@angular/core";
 @Component({
   selector: 'results-and-pages',
   template: `
-    <h6 *ngIf="type" [ngClass]="customClasses">
+    <h6 *ngIf="type && totalResults > 0" [ngClass]="customClasses">
       <span>{{totalResults | number}}</span>
       <span class="uk-text-meta uk-text-capitalize"> {{type}}, page </span>
       <span>{{currentPage}}</span>