Candid's APIs are now powered by an event driven architecture that provides real-time data processing on any data changes from our sources. Users can expect data updates from users of Candid’s profile to be reflected in our APIs in seconds. All IRS data sources will be loaded and processed in under 24 hours. Please see the below table for more information about our expected data processing times and a demonstration of the new capabilities.

The Schools API data set has been updated to reflect the school year of 2019-2020.

For active users of GuideStar generation 1.0 APIs, hosted at https://data.guidestar.org/ —

It was reported that the NTEE type in Premier v3 API changed from an 'array' value to 'null' value, unexpectedly. This change was patched and the expected response to NTEE type is below:

Candid launched a new API developer portal that features API tools and solutions to help nonprofits build powerful social sector solutions. On the portal, developers will find information about Candid’s data, what they can build, and best practices on how to make the most of the data provided through the APIs.

We have recently added two new fields to track last updated dates for profile seal holders:

Access the only API on the market delivering real-time, actionable news on nonprofits, philanthropy, and the social sector that is curated by Candid from over 65,000 sources.

Candid's Charity Check PDF, available through Charity Check PDF API, has been updated with a fresh new look. The same valuable charitable status information you need to do your due diligence is still available.

We have 1 feature and 1 bug fix related to data quality in Essentials API v1 and Essentials API v2 which include

Get access to Candid's grants data via API.