Get started with Nonprofit Search

Overview

The Nonprofit Search API harnesses the power of Candid's search to help you find the nonprofit organizations you're looking for.

• Search for nonprofits by organization name, keyword, location, financials & more.
• Create advanced search capabilities to help your users filter by cause area, organization type, and financials.
• Find nonprofits with websites and contacts, and return data including mission, website, logo, and contact information to help users easily recognize their favorite nonprofits.
• Discover organizations that have provided demographic information, and search based on the demographics of their leader.
• Surface organizations with new data to keep your records up to date.

Endpoints

The following endpoints are the most recent versions included with the Nonprofit Search API:

• Nonprofit Search API v1 – use the power of Candid's search to find the nonprofit organizations you're looking for, using a RESTful API.

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Build Your Nonprofit Search Query

Take all the guess-work out of building your search query with the built-in query generator on the Nonprofit Search API v1 Docs page.

• Nonprofit Search API GraphQL – find the nonprofit organizations you're looking for and return exactly the data you need, using a GraphQL API.

User guides

Nonprofit Search API example calls
Explore the functionality of the Nonprofit Search API with these example calls.