🏛️ GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper

🚀 Collect U.S. nonprofit organization data from IRS Form 990 filings in minutes. Filter by state, city, NTEE category, revenue range, and asset size. No coding, no ProPublica account required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16 · 📊 25+ fields · 📋 IRS Form 990 data · 🇺🇸 All U.S. states

The GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper pulls detailed profiles of tax-exempt organizations using public IRS Form 990 data. Each record includes the organization name, EIN, address, total revenue, total expenses, net assets, NTEE classification, tax-exempt subsection, and filing history. You can filter results by state, city, NTEE category (A through Z covering arts, education, health, human services, and more), subsection code, revenue range, and asset size. Free users can collect up to 10 organizations per run, while paid users can retrieve up to 1,000,000 records.

This tool is built for anyone who needs structured nonprofit data at scale. Grantmakers can screen thousands of organizations by cause area and financial health before making funding decisions. Researchers can analyze nonprofit density and revenue distribution across states and industries. Fundraising consultants can build prospect lists segmented by geography and size. The scraper handles pagination and search logic automatically, delivering clean records you can export to JSON, CSV, or Excel and load directly into your database, CRM, or analysis tool.

Target Audience	Use Cases
Grantmakers and Foundations	Screen nonprofits by cause area, location, and financial size
Nonprofit Researchers	Analyze sector trends using IRS Form 990 financial data
Fundraising Consultants	Build prospect lists segmented by geography and revenue
Due Diligence Teams	Verify nonprofit financial health and filing status
Policy Analysts	Study nonprofit density and spending patterns by state
Philanthropic Advisors	Compare organizations by efficiency ratios and net assets

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📋 What the GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper does

• 🏢 Organization profiles - extract names, EINs, addresses, and contact information for every matched nonprofit
• 💰 Financial statements - pull total revenue, total expenses, net assets, and program spending data from IRS filings
• 🏷️ NTEE classifications - segment nonprofits by National Taxonomy category (A=Arts, B=Education, C=Environment, E=Health, P=Human Services, and more)
• 📍 Geographic filtering - narrow results by state and city to focus on specific markets or regions
• 📊 Revenue and asset ranges - filter by minimum and maximum annual revenue or total assets to find organizations of a specific size
• 📅 Filing recency - filter for organizations with recent Form 990 filings to ensure current data

The scraper queries the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer database, which aggregates IRS Form 990 data for over 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations. It iterates through search results, collects structured data for each organization, and pushes records to an Apify dataset in real time. Duplicate organizations are handled automatically.

💡 Why it matters: IRS Form 990 data is public but spread across millions of filings. This scraper gives you structured, filterable access to the key fields that matter for research, grantmaking, and due diligence.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	string	No	Keyword search for organization name, alternate name, or city.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum organizations to collect. Free: 10. Paid: up to 1,000,000.
state	string	No	Two-letter U.S. state code (e.g., CA, TX, NY). Leave empty for all states.
city	string	No	City name to filter results (e.g., New York, Los Angeles).
nteeCategory	string	No	NTEE category letter: A=Arts, B=Education, C=Environment, E=Health, P=Human Services.
subsectionCode	string	No	Tax-exempt subsection: 3=Charitable, 4=Social Welfare, 5=Labor, 6=Business Leagues.
minRevenue	integer	No	Minimum annual revenue in USD.
maxRevenue	integer	No	Maximum annual revenue in USD.
minAssets	integer	No	Minimum total assets in USD.
maxAssets	integer	No	Maximum total assets in USD.
hasRecentFiling	boolean	No	Only include organizations with Form 990 filings in the last 3 years.
minFilingYear	integer	No	Minimum year of most recent filing (e.g., 2020).

Example 1: Education nonprofits in California

{
  "maxItems": 100,
  "state": "CA",
  "nteeCategory": "B",
  "subsectionCode": "3",
  "minRevenue": 100000,
  "maxRevenue": 10000000
}

Example 2: Search by keyword across all states

{
  "searchQuery": "food bank",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "hasRecentFiling": true
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are automatically limited to 10 items per run. Leave searchQuery empty to browse organizations by state and category. The scraper uses a letter-based search pattern when no keyword is provided to cover the full directory.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema

Emoji	Field	Type	Description
🏢	organizationName	string	Official name of the nonprofit organization
📝	ein	string	Employer Identification Number (IRS tax ID)
📍	address	string	Street address of the organization
🏙️	city	string	City where the organization is located
📮	state	string	Two-letter U.S. state code
🔢	zipCode	string	ZIP code of the organization
💰	totalRevenue	number	Annual total revenue from the most recent filing
💸	totalExpenses	number	Annual total expenses from the most recent filing
📊	netAssets	number	Net assets or fund balances
🏷️	nteeCode	string	NTEE classification code and description
📋	subsection	string	Tax-exempt subsection code
📅	filingYear	integer	Year of the most recent Form 990 filing
🌐	website	string	Organization website URL
📞	phone	string	Contact phone number
🕐	scrapedAt	string	Timestamp of data collection
⚠️	error	string	Error message if processing failed

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	This Actor	Alternatives
IRS Form 990 financial data included	Yes	Often requires separate lookups
NTEE category filtering (A-Z)	Yes	Limited
Revenue and asset range filters	Yes	Rarely available
State and city geographic filters	Yes	State only
Recent filing filter	Yes	No
Up to 1,000,000 records per run	Yes	Capped lower
Export to JSON, CSV, and Excel	Yes	JSON only

📊 Over 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations are indexed. Filter by any combination of geography, cause area, size, and filing recency in a single run.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Capability	This Actor	Manual Database Search	Generic Web Scrapers
Nonprofit-specific filters (NTEE, subsection, revenue)	Yes	Yes	No
Bulk export of thousands of records	Yes	Limited to pages	Varies
Structured financial data per organization	Yes	Yes	No
Scheduled recurring runs	Yes	No	Varies
No coding required	Yes	Yes	No
API and programmatic access	Yes	Limited	Varies

This scraper is purpose-built for nonprofit research, combining the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer data with flexible filtering and bulk export.

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🚀 How to use

1. Sign up - Create a free Apify account with $5 credit
2. Find the Actor - Search for "GuideStar Nonprofit Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set your filters - Choose state, NTEE category, revenue range, and other criteria
4. Start the run - Click "Start" and monitor results in real time
5. Export your data - Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset tab

🕒 Typical run time: 1 to 3 minutes for 100 organizations. Larger runs with 1,000+ records may take 10 to 20 minutes.

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💼 Business use cases

Grantmaking and Philanthropy Screen applicants by NTEE category and financial health Compare peer organizations by revenue and net assets Identify underfunded nonprofits in target cause areas Build grantee prospect databases by state and city	Due Diligence and Compliance Verify nonprofit EINs and filing status before partnerships Check financial health indicators for vendor nonprofits Monitor portfolio organizations for filing lapses Cross-reference organizational data with public filings
Academic Research Analyze nonprofit density by state and sector Study revenue distribution across NTEE categories Track nonprofit growth trends over multiple filing years Build datasets for econometric or policy analysis	Fundraising and Consulting Build prospect lists by geography and organization size Segment nonprofits by revenue tier for targeted outreach Identify high-growth organizations in specific sectors Export contact data for CRM import and campaign planning

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper?

Yes. GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating GuideStar/ProPublica Nonprofit Scraper

Node.js example:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('parseforge/guidestar-scraper').call({
    maxItems: 100,
    state: 'CA',
    nteeCategory: 'B'
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python example:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('parseforge/guidestar-scraper').call(run_input={
    'maxItems': 100,
    'state': 'CA',
    'nteeCategory': 'B'
})
items = list(client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items())
print(items)

• Apify API documentation
• Node.js client docs
• Python client docs

Schedules: Set up recurring runs to refresh your nonprofit database weekly or monthly. Combine with Google Sheets or Slack integrations to automatically update your team when new organizations match your criteria.

🔌 Integrate with any app

• Make - Automate nonprofit data workflows and sync with your CRM
• Zapier - Connect to 5,000+ apps and trigger actions on new records
• Slack - Get notifications when new organizations match your filters
• Airbyte - Stream nonprofit data into your data warehouse
• GitHub - Version control your scraper configurations
• Google Drive - Export results directly to Google Sheets

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Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GuideStar, Candid, ProPublica, or the IRS. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.