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Government records, original filings and other identified sources used to build nonprofit organization records.

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Data SourcesOfficial records, public filings and identified open-data sources.
Current searchable corpus: U.S. IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File records. The broader source catalog below identifies additional public and licensed sources used or targeted for progressive incorporation and cross-reference.
SourceInformationCoverageAccess
IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master FileU.S. organization identity, EIN, subsection, ruling, classification, status-related fields and locationU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
IRS Publication 78Organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributionsU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
IRS Automatic Revocation ListOrganizations automatically revoked after failure to file required annual returns/notices for three consecutive yearsU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
IRS Form 990-N e-PostcardMost recent Form 990-N noticesU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
IRS Form 990 Series XMLMachine-readable Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF and schedulesU.S. federalbulk XMLOpen source ↗
IRS TEOS990-series returns, 990-N notices, Pub. 78, automatic revocations and determination lettersU.S. federalsearchOpen source ↗
IRS Form 1023-EZ ApprovalsApproved streamlined exemption applications including identity, officers, organizing information, purpose and activitiesU.S. federalXLSXOpen source ↗
IRS SOI Annual ExtractsSelected financial data from Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PFU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
IRS Political Organization DisclosuresForms 8871, 8872 and certain Form 990 filings for Section 527 organizationsU.S. federalsearch/bulkOpen source ↗
Federal Audit ClearinghouseSingle audit and program-specific audit data and reportsU.S. federalAPI/searchOpen source ↗
USAspendingFederal grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, loans and other award dataU.S. federalAPI/bulkOpen source ↗
SAM.govFederal entity registration and assistance/contracting information where publicU.S. federalAPI/searchOpen source ↗
Department of Labor Form 5500Employee benefit plan annual returns/reportsU.S. federalbulkOpen source ↗
State charity regulatorsState charitable solicitation registrations, reports and enforcement records where publishedU.S. stateregistryOpen source ↗
State corporate registriesEntity formation, standing, officers/agents and filing history where publicU.S. stateregistryOpen source ↗
ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerSearchable nonprofit filing data and API derived from public recordsIndependentAPI/searchOpen source ↗
CandidNonprofit profiles, grants, taxonomy, eligibility and other enrichment datasets subject to access termsIndependentlicensed APIDeveloper portal ↗
Organization websitesMission, programs, leadership, annual reports, audited financial statements and contact information published by organizationsPrimary organizationweb—
IATI RegistryInternational development and humanitarian activity data published to the IATI StandardInternationalAPI/bulkOpen source ↗
Charity Commission for England and WalesRegistered charity records, trustees, finances and filingsUnited KingdomregistryOpen source ↗
OSCR Scottish Charity RegisterScottish charity registration and public recordsScotlandregistryOpen source ↗
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits CommissionAustralian charity register and public informationAustraliaregistryOpen source ↗
Canada Revenue Agency Charities ListingsCanadian registered charities and related public informationCanadaregistryOpen source ↗
New Zealand Charities Services RegisterNew Zealand registered charity recordsNew ZealandregistryOpen source ↗