# US Nonprofit Lookup: 1.9M Charities from IRS Records (`pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup`) Actor

Search all 1.9 million US tax-exempt organizations from the IRS master file: EIN, name, address, 501(c) type, tax-deductibility, private foundation status, NTEE category, assets, income and revenue. Filter by state, city, ZIP, cause and size.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Other
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 organizations

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## US Nonprofit Lookup API: 1.9 Million Charities & Foundations from IRS Records

Search **every US tax-exempt organization** in the official IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, which the IRS updates monthly.

Each organization includes:

- **EIN, legal name, secondary name, and street address**
- **501(c) subsection**, whether **contributions are tax-deductible**, and its public charity or **private foundation** type
- **NTEE cause code and category** (health, education, food banks, the arts, religion and more)
- **Total assets, income and revenue** from its latest filing, and the tax period they cover
- **The ruling date and exemption status**, with a link to the IRS record

You can search by name or EIN and filter by state, city, ZIP, cause, 501(c) type, private-foundation status and financial size. Results can be sorted by revenue, assets or name.

Use cases: donation and grant verification, fundraising and foundation prospecting, CRM enrichment, nonprofit sales and market sizing.

# Actor input Schema

## `name` (type: `string`):

Words in the organization's name, e.g. 'red cross' or 'food bank'.

## `eins` (type: `array`):

Employer Identification Numbers to look up, with or without the dash.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter state codes.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City names.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

5-digit ZIP codes.

## `nteeCodes` (type: `array`):

Cause categories by NTEE prefix, e.g. E (health), B (education), K31 (food banks), T (grantmaking foundations).

## `subsections` (type: `array`):

e.g. 3 for 501(c)(3) charities, 4 for social welfare, 6 for trade associations.

## `only501c3` (type: `boolean`):

Only charitable 501(c)(3) organizations.

## `privateFoundationsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only private foundations (useful for grant prospecting).

## `minRevenue` (type: `integer`):

Latest reported annual revenue at least this.

## `maxRevenue` (type: `integer`):

Latest reported annual revenue at most this.

## `minAssets` (type: `integer`):

Latest reported total assets at least this.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result order.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum organizations returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "name": "food bank",
  "states": [
    "CA"
  ],
  "only501c3": false,
  "privateFoundationsOnly": false,
  "sortBy": "revenue",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "name": "food bank",
    "states": [
        "CA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "name": "food bank",
    "states": ["CA"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "name": "food bank",
  "states": [
    "CA"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/us-nonprofit-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/6pFMR4XSGgB9Q6Ofe/builds/bRiKpnUjphM8q7Lzd/openapi.json