🏛️ Charity Navigator Nonprofit Ratings Scraper

🚀 Collect nonprofit charity ratings and financial data from the world's largest charity evaluator. Get organization names, EIN numbers, star ratings, scores, causes, revenue, assets, and donation eligibility for 200,000+ charities. Search by keyword, cause, size, state, and rating.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16

Researching nonprofits for donations, grants, or partnerships requires structured financial and quality data. Charity Navigator rates over 200,000 nonprofits, but extracting this data manually is slow and does not scale when you need to evaluate hundreds of organizations.

The Charity Navigator Nonprofit Ratings Scraper automates this process, pulling structured charity data with flexible filtering by keyword, cause, size, state, and rating. Whether you are a donor researching charities, a foundation evaluating grantees, or a researcher analyzing the nonprofit sector, this tool delivers clean data in seconds.

Target Audience	Donors, foundations, CSR teams, nonprofit researchers, journalists
Primary Use Cases	Charity research, grantee evaluation, nonprofit benchmarking, sector analysis

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects nonprofit data from Charity Navigator, returning structured records with ratings, financials, and organizational details. It delivers:

• ⭐ Charity ratings - star ratings (1-4) and overall scores for thousands of nonprofits
• 💰 Financial data - revenue, assets, expenses, and program spending from IRS filings
• 🏷️ Cause categories - health, education, environment, human services, and 20+ categories
• 📍 Location data - city, state, and full address information
• 📋 IRS details - EIN numbers, NTEE codes, tax status, and filing information
• 👥 Leadership info - staff details, board composition, and governance policies

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🎬 How to Use the Charity Navigator Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to get started in under 2 minutes.

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⚙️ Input

Configure your search with keywords, cause, size, state, and rating filters.

Field	Type	Description
Search Query	String	Search by name or keyword (e.g. "Red Cross", "cancer")
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
Cause	Select	Filter by cause (Health, Education, Environment, etc.)
Organization Size	Select	Small (under $1M), Medium ($1M-$10M), Large ($10M-$50M), Super ($50M+)
State	String	US state code (e.g. "CA", "NY")
Minimum Star Rating	Integer	Only include charities rated this star level or higher
Include Full Details	Boolean	Fetch financial data, IRS info, and leadership details

Example 1 - Top-rated health charities:

{
    "searchQuery": "cancer",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "cause": "Health",
    "minRating": 3,
    "includeDetails": true
}

Example 2 - Large education nonprofits:

{
    "cause": "Education",
    "size": "LARGE",
    "maxItems": 100
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Sign up for a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 records.

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📊 Output

🧾 Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Charity Navigator profile page
name	string	Organization name
ein	string	IRS Employer Identification Number
rating	number	Overall score (0-100%)
starRating	integer	Star rating (1-4)
causes	array	Cause categories
size	string	Revenue size (Small/Medium/Large/Super)
city	string	City
state	string	State
subsection	string	Tax status (e.g. 501(c)(03))
totalRevenue	number	Annual total revenue
totalAssets	number	Total assets
programExpenses	number	Program service expenses
totalEmployees	integer	Number of employees
mission	string	Organization mission statement
website	string	Official website
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1 - Major charity:

{
    "url": "https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/530196605",
    "name": "American Red Cross",
    "ein": "530196605",
    "city": "Washington",
    "state": "DC",
    "rating": 99,
    "starRating": 4,
    "causes": ["International development", "Disasters and emergency management"],
    "size": "SUPER",
    "subsection": "501(c)(03)",
    "totalRevenue": 3804377344,
    "totalAssets": 4565143729,
    "programExpenses": 3219189859,
    "totalEmployees": 18957,
    "mission": "Since its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton...",
    "website": "http://www.redcross.org",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 2 - Education nonprofit:

{
    "url": "https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/131624016",
    "name": "Teach For America",
    "ein": "131624016",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "rating": 92,
    "starRating": 4,
    "causes": ["Education"],
    "size": "SUPER",
    "subsection": "501(c)(03)",
    "totalRevenue": 350000000,
    "totalAssets": 450000000,
    "programExpenses": 280000000,
    "totalEmployees": 2500,
    "website": "http://www.teachforamerica.org",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 3 - Environmental charity:

{
    "url": "https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/237923164",
    "name": "The Nature Conservancy",
    "ein": "237923164",
    "city": "Arlington",
    "state": "VA",
    "rating": 95,
    "starRating": 4,
    "causes": ["Environment"],
    "size": "SUPER",
    "subsection": "501(c)(03)",
    "totalRevenue": 1200000000,
    "totalAssets": 8900000000,
    "programExpenses": 900000000,
    "totalEmployees": 4800,
    "website": "http://www.nature.org",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the Charity Navigator Nonprofit Ratings Scraper?

Advantage	Details
⭐ 200,000+ charities	The world's largest charity evaluation database
💰 Financial data	Revenue, assets, expenses from IRS filings
🏷️ 20+ cause categories	Health, education, environment, and many more
📍 State filtering	Target charities in any US state
📊 Size filtering	Small, medium, large, or super organizations
📋 IRS details	EIN numbers, NTEE codes, and tax status
⏰ Scheduled monitoring	Track rating changes automatically

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual Browsing
Batch collection	Up to 1M charities	One at a time
Multiple filters	Cause, size, state, rating	Limited search
Financial data	Revenue, assets, expenses	Click each profile
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	Web pages only
Automated scheduling	Weekly/monthly	Manual visits
IRS data	NTEE codes, tax status	Scattered

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Charity Navigator Nonprofit Ratings Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Enter your search query and configure filters
4. Run It - Click "Start" and get structured charity data in seconds
5. Download Data - Export results as CSV, Excel, or JSON from the Dataset tab

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💼 Business Use Cases

Donors:

• Research and compare charities before donating
• Find the most effective organizations in your cause area

Foundations:

• Evaluate potential grantees using financial efficiency metrics
• Benchmark charity performance across peer organizations

CSR Teams:

• Identify high-performing charities for corporate giving programs
• Build partnership lists by cause and geography

Researchers and Journalists:

• Analyze nonprofit sector trends and funding patterns
• Investigate nonprofit finances and organizational health

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🔌 Automating Your Charity Data Collection

Schedule monthly runs to monitor rating changes and new charity evaluations. Use the Apify scheduler and push results to your CRM, spreadsheets, or analytics tools.

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❓ FAQ

🏛️ What is Charity Navigator? Charity Navigator is the world's largest and most-utilized independent charity evaluator, rating over 200,000 nonprofits based on financial health, accountability, and transparency.

⭐ How does the rating system work? Charities receive 1-4 stars based on an overall score (0-100%) that evaluates financial health, accountability, leadership, culture, and impact measurement.

📋 What financial data is available? With details enabled, you get total revenue, assets, liabilities, program expenses, management expenses, fundraising expenses, employee count, and board composition.

⏱️ How long does a run take? Basic mode: 100 charities in about 10 seconds. With details enabled, each charity takes an additional 0.5-1 second.

🔍 What are NTEE codes? National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities codes classify nonprofits by type and purpose (e.g., P21 for Red Cross, E30 for Health Care Facilities).

💰 Is there a free trial? Yes. Free users can collect up to 10 charities per run.

📁 What export formats are available? JSON, CSV, and Excel directly from the Apify platform.

🏷️ What causes can I filter by? Health, Education, Human Services, International Development, Environment, Animals, Arts and Culture, Community Development, Disasters, and Research.

📊 Can I filter by organization size? Yes. Small (under $1M), Medium ($1M-$10M), Large ($10M-$50M), and Super ($50M+ annual revenue).

🗺️ Can I search by state? Yes. Enter a 2-letter US state code to filter charities by location.

⭐ Can I set a minimum rating? Yes. Use the Minimum Star Rating field to only include charities rated 1-4 stars or higher.

📅 Can I schedule regular runs? Yes. Use the Apify scheduler for any frequency from weekly to quarterly.

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🔌 Integrate Charity Navigator Scraper with Any App

Connect your charity data to thousands of apps using these integrations:

• Make - Automate charity research workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts on rating changes
• Slack - Share charity findings with your team
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets
• Airbyte - Sync to your data warehouse
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when runs complete

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify documentation for platform guides
• Contact us at Tally contact form

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Charity Navigator or any nonprofit organization. It accesses only publicly available data from the Charity Navigator website.