Idealist Scraper - Nonprofit Jobs & Social Impact Careers

Extract nonprofit and social impact job listings from Idealist.org -- the leading platform for nonprofit careers with 10,000+ active positions across program management, fundraising, advocacy, education, social work, and more. Get structured data including salaries, apply URLs, application deadlines, organization contact info, and location details. Check if specific job URLs are still active. Optionally enrich with company website, description, address, phone, email, and more. No code needed.

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What data can you extract?

Every job listing includes up to 43 structured fields:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job identifier
title	string	Job title
company	string	Organization name
company_logo_url	string	Organization logo URL
company_profile_url	string	Organization profile URL on Idealist
company_id	string	Organization unique ID
company_website	string	Organization website (enriched)
company_description	string	Organization about text (enriched)
company_address	string	Organization location, e.g. "San Rafael, CA, USA" (enriched)
company_phone	string	Organization contact phone (enriched)
company_email	string	Organization contact email (enriched)
company_joined	string	When the org joined Idealist, e.g. "November 2007" (enriched)
company_job_count	integer	Number of current job postings (enriched)
location	string	Full location (city, state, country)
city	string	City name
state	string	State/province code
country	string	Country code (US, CA, GB, etc.)
location_type	string	remote, onsite, or hybrid
remote_ok	boolean	Whether remote work is available
tags	string[]	Job functions (e.g. Marketing, Fundraising)
areas_of_focus	string[]	Impact areas (e.g. Education, Environment)
job_type	string[]	Full-time, part-time, contract, internship
org_type	string	Nonprofit, social enterprise, government, etc.
professional_level	string	Entry, professional, managerial, director, VP
education	string	Education requirement
description_full	string	Full job description (plain text)
contact_email	string	Email extracted from job description
contact_phone	string	Phone number extracted from job description
contact_website	string	Website extracted from job description
apply_url	string	Direct application link (external site)
application_deadline	string	Application deadline, e.g. "May 17, 2026"
salary_min	number	Minimum salary
salary_max	number	Maximum salary
salary_currency	string	Currency code (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
salary_period	string	year, month, hour, or week
salary_text	string	Formatted salary range (e.g. $50k - $65k/year)
salary_notes	string	Salary notes or benefits (e.g. "5% 401k match, insurance" or "Range starts at $115K, dependent upon experience")
is_active	boolean	Whether the job is still online (jobUrls mode only)
posted_at	string	Posting date (ISO 8601)
source_url	string	Direct link to job on Idealist
source_platform	string	Always "idealist.org"
search_query	string	Which search query or URL found the job
scraped_at	string	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)

Fields marked (enriched) require includeCompanyInfo: true.

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Pricing

$3 per 1,000 jobs -- simple, predictable pricing.

What	Price
Actor start	$0.001
Per result	$0.003

Example	Cost
10 jobs	$0.03
100 jobs	$0.30
1,000 jobs	$3.00

Every job includes the full description, salary, apply URL, deadline, and organization info. No hidden fees, no monthly subscription.

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Use with AI Agents (MCP)

Connect this actor to any MCP-compatible AI client -- Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom agents.

Apify MCP server URL:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/idealist-scraper

Example prompts once connected:

"Use idealist-scraper to find nonprofit marketing jobs. Return the top 20 results as a table with title, organization, salary, and location."

"Use idealist-scraper to extract remote nonprofit jobs in education with company info enabled. Show organization website and description."

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How to use

The scraper supports three input modes:

1. Search URLs (recommended)

Go to idealist.org/en/jobs, set up your filters, and paste the URL. All filters are preserved automatically, including keyword, location type, areas of focus, job type, org type, professional level, education, salary filter, and sort order.

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.idealist.org/en/jobs?q=fundraising&locationType=REMOTE",
    "https://www.idealist.org/en/jobs?q=fund&areasOfFocus=CHILDREN_YOUTH&areasOfFocus=CLIMATE_CHANGE&hasSalary=true&jobType=FULL_TIME&locationType=ONSITE&locationType=REMOTE&orgType=NONPROFIT&professionalLevel=PROFESSIONAL&professionalLevel=ENTRY_LEVEL"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}

Supported URL parameters: q (keyword), locationType (REMOTE, ONSITE, HYBRID -- multi-select), areasOfFocus, jobType, orgType, professionalLevel, education, hasSalary, sort.

2. Search Keywords

Enter one or more keywords. The scraper searches Idealist and returns matching jobs.

{
  "searchQueries": ["social worker", "fundraising", "program manager"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}

3. Job URLs (alive check)

Paste individual job page URLs to check if they are still online. Returns is_active: true with full job data for active listings, or is_active: false for expired/removed jobs. Can be combined with searchUrls and searchQueries in the same run.

{
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/cea6e1d37cb9431d8d51b0f5a98a584d-fundraising-operations-associate-inaturalist-san-rafael",
    "https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/46a205ece33146c8acdd2e882e039960-staff-accountant-inaturalist-san-rafael"
  ],
  "includeCompanyInfo": true
}

4. Company enrichment

Enable includeCompanyInfo to fetch each organization's profile page and extract their website, about text, address, phone, email, joined date, and current job count. Works with all input modes. Each unique company is fetched only once (deduplicated).

{
  "searchQueries": ["program manager"],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeCompanyInfo": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 10
}

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Input reference

Field	Type	Description
searchUrls	string[]	Pre-filtered search URLs from idealist.org. All URL filters preserved.
searchQueries	string[]	One or more search keywords.
jobUrls	string[]	Individual job page URLs for alive checks. When provided, search modes are skipped.
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	Max results per keyword/URL (default 100).
maxResults	integer	Total cap across all search modes (default 10, 0 = unlimited).
includeCompanyInfo	boolean	Fetch organization profile pages for website, description, address, phone, email, joined date, and job count (default false).
maxConcurrency	integer	Parallel fetches for job details and company profiles (default 5, max 20).
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Datacenter proxies work great.

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Output example

{
  "id": "cea6e1d37cb9431d8d51b0f5a98a584d",
  "title": "Fundraising Operations Associate",
  "company": "iNaturalist",
  "company_logo_url": "https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/i7laGiBgTAifQ3kt3Fl7",
  "company_profile_url": "https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/fd7875cd-inaturalist-san-rafael",
  "company_id": "fd7875cd4cb041bcb6058ea0a8df406f",
  "company_website": "https://www.inaturalist.org",
  "company_description": "iNaturalist is one of the world's largest biodiversity platforms...",
  "company_address": "San Rafael, CA, USA",
  "company_phone": "4153206269",
  "company_email": "careers@inaturalist.org",
  "company_joined": "February 2024",
  "company_job_count": 2,
  "location": "US",
  "city": null,
  "state": null,
  "country": "US",
  "location_type": "remote",
  "remote_ok": true,
  "tags": ["Administrative", "Database Administration", "Development/Fundraising", "Operations"],
  "areas_of_focus": ["ANIMALS", "ENVIRONMENT", "SCIENCE_TECHNOLOGY"],
  "job_type": ["FULL_TIME"],
  "org_type": "NONPROFIT",
  "professional_level": "PROFESSIONAL",
  "education": "FOUR_YEAR_DEGREE",
  "description_full": "Join the expanding iNaturalist Fundraising Department in a new role...",
  "contact_email": "adrienne@inaturalist.org",
  "contact_phone": null,
  "contact_website": null,
  "apply_url": "https://app.beapplied.com/apply/kz6suueljc",
  "application_deadline": "May 17, 2026",
  "salary_min": 70310,
  "salary_max": 70310,
  "salary_currency": "USD",
  "salary_period": "year",
  "salary_text": "$70.3k - $70.3k/year",
  "salary_notes": "5% 401k match, insurance, FSA, HRA, generous vacation & leave",
  "is_active": null,
  "posted_at": "2026-04-28T16:57:23Z",
  "source_url": "https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/cea6e1d37cb9431d8d51b0f5a98a584d-fundraising-operations-associate-inaturalist-san-rafael",
  "source_platform": "idealist.org",
  "search_query": "inaturalist",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-08T07:54:15Z"
}

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Use cases

• Nonprofit recruitment monitoring -- track open positions across thousands of organizations
• Social impact career research -- analyze salary trends, required skills, and hiring patterns
• Job freshness monitoring -- use jobUrls mode to check if tracked positions are still active
• Grant and program monitoring -- identify organizations expanding programs by job postings
• Competitor analysis -- benchmark compensation and roles across the nonprofit sector
• Workforce analytics -- map nonprofit hiring by geography, focus area, and organization type
• Lead generation -- identify growing nonprofits hiring for roles you can support

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Speed

Jobs	~Time	Memory
10	~5 seconds	~16 MB
100	~20 seconds	~16 MB
1,000	~3 minutes	~20 MB
100 + company info	~25 seconds	~20 MB
10 alive checks	~3 seconds	~16 MB

Each job's detail page is fetched for apply URL, deadline, and benefits. Company profile fetches are parallelized and deduplicated.

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Integrations

This actor works with all Apify integrations:

• API -- trigger runs and download results programmatically
• Webhooks -- get notified when a run completes
• Zapier & Make -- connect to 5,000+ apps
• Google Sheets -- export directly to a spreadsheet
• Slack, Email -- get notifications with results

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