Charity Check API

Charity Check API contains over 40 fields to help validate an organization's charitable status.

Support grant giving decision making with access to the validation data you need including organization type, deductibility limitations, religious organization status, revocations, and more
Seamlessly check compliance across multiple IRS-required databases

Example GET request and response

Charity Check API only accepts GET requests.

https://api.candid.org/charitycheck/v1/13-1837418

{
    "code": 200,
    "message": "Request was processed successfully!",
    "took": 17,
    "errors": [],
    "data": {
        "organization_id": "6908122",
        "organization_info_last_modified": "2/5/2024 4:50:31 PM",
        "ein": "13-1837418",
        "organization_name": "Candid",
        "organization_name_aka": "The Foundation Center,  Foundation Center, GuideStar, GuideStar USA",
        "address_line1": "32 Old Slip",
        "address_line2": "24th Floor",
        "city": "New York",
        "state": "NY",
        "state_name": "New York",
        "zip": "10005",
        "filing_req_code": "010",
        "charity_check_last_modified": "11/14/2023 12:31:01 PM",
        "pub78_church_message": null,
        "pub78_organization_name": "Candid",
        "pub78_ein": "13-1837418",
        "pub78_verified": "True",
        "pub78_city": "New York",
        "pub78_state": "NY",
        "pub78_indicator": "0",
        "organization_types": [
            {
                "organization_type": "A public charity (50% deductibility limitation).",
                "deductibility_limitation": "50%",
                "deductibility_status_description": "PC"
            }
        ],
        "most_recent_pub78": "12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM",
        "most_recent_irb": "2/12/2024 12:00:00 AM",
        "bmf_church_message": null,
        "bmf_organization_name": "CANDID",
        "bmf_ein": "13-1837418",
        "bmf_status": "True",
        "most_recent_bmf": "12/11/2023 12:00:00 AM",
        "bmf_subsection": "03",
        "subsection_description": "501(c)(3) Public Charity",
        "foundation_code": "15",
        "foundation_code_description": "Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public",
        "ruling_month": "06",
        "ruling_year": "1957",
        "adv_ruling_month": "00",
        "adv_ruling_year": "0000",
        "group_exemption": "0000",
        "exempt_status_code": "01",
        "ofac_status": "This organization was not included in the Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals(SDN) list.",
        "revocation_code": "",
        "revocation_date": "",
        "reinstatement_date": "",
        "irs_bmf_pub78_conflict": "False",
        "foundation_509a_status": "Section 509(a)(1) organization as referred to in Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)",
        "irb_organization_id": "",
        "bulletin_number": "",
        "bulletin_url": "",
        "effective_date": "",
        "irb_last_modified": "",
        "report_date": "2/13/2024 2:22:54 PM",
        "foundation_type_code": "PC",
        "foundation_type_description": "Public charity described in section 509(a)(1) or (2)",
        "parent_organizations": []
    }
}