Education Nonprofit Scraper (ProPublica)

Search and extract education nonprofits, schools, and educational organizations from ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer — the most comprehensive free database of US nonprofit IRS filings. No API key, proxy, or login required.

What data can you extract?

• Organization name, EIN, address, city, state, ZIP
• NTEE education category code (B20–B99: elementary schools, universities, scholarships, libraries, etc.)
• Revenue and asset amounts
• IRS subsection code, ruling date, deductibility code
• Direct link to ProPublica profile page

Use cases

• Education research — find schools, universities, and educational nonprofits by state
• Scholarship and student aid organization discovery
• Grant prospecting for education causes
• School district nonprofit research
• Benchmarking educational nonprofits by revenue and assets
• Higher education institution financial analysis

Modes

searchOrganizations (default)

Search education nonprofits by keyword with optional state and NTEE category filters. Always restricts to NTEE group B (Education).

Input:

{
  "mode": "searchOrganizations",
  "query": "school",
  "state": "CA",
  "nteeCategory": "B43",
  "maxItems": 50
}

organizationDetails

Fetch full details for specific organizations by EIN.

Input:

{
  "mode": "organizationDetails",
  "eins": ["04-2105820", "13-1234567"],
  "maxItems": 20
}

browseByState

Browse education nonprofits in a specific US state.

Input:

{
  "mode": "browseByState",
  "state": "NY",
  "query": "school",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
mode	string	One of searchOrganizations, organizationDetails, browseByState
query	string	Keyword to search (default: "school")
state	string	US state abbreviation filter (e.g., CA, NY, TX)
nteeCategory	string	NTEE education subcategory (B20–B99)
eins	array	EIN list for organizationDetails mode
maxItems	integer	Maximum results (1–500, default 20)

NTEE education category codes

Code	Category
B20	Elementary & Secondary Schools
B21	Preschools
B24	Middle Schools
B25	High Schools
B28	Special Education
B29	Charter Schools
B30	Higher Education
B40	Universities
B41	Community Colleges
B42	Technical Schools
B43	Graduate Schools
B50	Scholarships / Student Aid
B60	Adult Education
B70	Libraries
B80	Student Services
B90	Educational Services
B99	Education (general)

Sample output

{
  "recordType": "educationNonprofit",
  "ein": "042105820",
  "strein": "04-2105820",
  "name": "Harvard University",
  "city": "Cambridge",
  "state": "MA",
  "zipCode": "02138",
  "nteeCode": "B43",
  "revenueAmount": 5400000000,
  "assetAmount": 53000000000,
  "subsectionCode": "3",
  "taxPeriod": "202206",
  "rulingDate": "195212",
  "deductibilityCode": "1",
  "profileUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/042105820",
  "sourceUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/042105820",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00"
}

Output fields reference

Field	Type	Description
ein	string	Employer Identification Number (9 digits)
strein	string	Formatted EIN with hyphen (XX-XXXXXXX)
name	string	Organization name
subName	string	Sub-name or care-of name
city	string	City
state	string	US state abbreviation
zipCode	string	ZIP code
address	string	Street address
nteeCode	string	NTEE classification code (e.g., B43)
revenueAmount	integer	Annual revenue in USD
assetAmount	integer	Total assets in USD
subsectionCode	string	IRS subsection code (3 = 501(c)(3))
taxPeriod	string	Tax period in YYYYMM format
rulingDate	string	IRS ruling date in YYYYMM format
deductibilityCode	string	Tax deductibility code
profileUrl	string	ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer URL
sourceUrl	string	Source data URL
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when data was scraped

Data source

Data is sourced from ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer API — a completely free public API containing over 1.8 million US nonprofits from IRS 990 filings. This scraper is restricted to NTEE major group B (Education), which covers schools, universities, student aid, libraries, and educational services.

No API key, proxy, login, or paid subscription is required.

Frequently asked questions

How many education nonprofits are in the database? Hundreds of thousands of organizations fall under NTEE group B. Use state and category filters to narrow results.

What is the difference between B40 and B43? B40 covers universities broadly, while B43 covers graduate schools specifically. Many universities are tagged B40 or B43 depending on their primary focus.

Can I find charter schools? Yes — use nteeCategory: "B29" to filter for charter schools specifically.

Can I filter by both state and category? Yes. All three modes support simultaneous state + NTEE category filtering.

What does EIN stand for? Employer Identification Number — a 9-digit tax ID assigned by the IRS to identify nonprofit organizations. Format: XX-XXXXXXX.

How current is the data? ProPublica updates its database as new IRS filings become available, typically reflecting filings 1–2 years prior to the current date.

Are all schools included? Only schools organized as 501(c) nonprofit entities and registered with the IRS are included. Public school districts and government-run schools are not in this database.