ProPublica Nonprofit 990 Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "ein": "36-2334002",
  "name": "United Grand Imperial Coun Knights Of Red Cross Of Constantine",
  "subName": null,
  "careOfName": null,
  "address": "6411 SEABRYN DR",
  "city": "Rch Palos Vrd",
  "state": "CA",
  "zipcode": "90275-4755",
  "nteeCode": null,
  "nteeCategory": null,
  "classification": "501(c)(10)",
  "rulingDate": "1960-06-01",
  "isActive": true,
  "deductible": true,
  "foundationCode": 0,
  "taxPeriod": "2025-03-01",
  "revenueAmount": 294689,
  "incomeAmount": 315043,
  "assetAmount": 3117415,
  "totalRevenue": 275702,
  "totalExpenses": 109854,
  "totalAssets": 2873537,
  "totalLiabilities": 0,
  "netAssets": 2873537,
  "totalContributions": 0,
  "programServiceRevenue": 190908,
  "investmentIncome": 84794,
  "officerCompensation": 0,
  "otherSalariesWages": 0,
  "fiscalYear": 2024,
  "pdfUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=IRS%2F362334002_202403_990O_2025031723214236.pdf",
  "guidestarUrl": "https://www.guidestar.org/profile/362334002",
  "proPublicaUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/362334002",
  "filings": [
    {
      "fiscalYear": 2024,
      "taxPeriod": 202403,
      "formType": "990",
      "totalRevenue": 275702,
      "totalExpenses": 109854,
      "totalAssets": 2873537,
      "totalLiabilities": 0,
      "netAssets": 2873537,
      "totalContributions": 0,
      "programServiceRevenue": 190908,
      "investmentIncome": 84794,
      "officerCompensation": 0,
      "otherSalariesWages": 0,
      "pdfUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=IRS%2F362334002_202403_990O_2025031723214236.pdf",
      "updated": "2025-08-05T16:09:01.713Z"
    }
  ],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:12:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete ProPublica nonprofit scraper available. It returns every field the Nonprofit Explorer exposes for each tax-exempt organization, including the full IRS Form 990 financial surface (revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, net assets, contributions, program service revenue, investment income and officer compensation) and the multi-year filing history, and gives you name, state, category, 501(c) type and EIN lookup to target exactly the organizations you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which indexes the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (more than 1.8 million US tax-exempt organizations), applies your filters, paginates the results, and writes one normalized record per organization to the run's dataset. Every record carries the identity and location fields (EIN, name, address, city, state, classification, NTEE) plus the Business Master File figures. When withDetails is on (the default), each organization's detail record is fetched to add the latest Form 990 financials and the full multi-year filing history in the filings array. Missing source values are returned as null.

You can search by free-text query combined with state, NTEE category and 501(c) subsection filters, or look up specific organizations directly by EIN.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 organizations matching "red cross" with full Form 990 details.

{
  "query": "red cross",
  "maxNonprofits": 10,
  "withDetails": true
}

Every input field is optional. Leave query empty and use state, ntee and cCode filters to browse, or fill eins to fetch exact organizations (the search filters are then ignored).

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	no	(empty)	Free-text search by organization name or keyword, for example red cross, food bank, university. Leave empty to browse by filters.
state	enum	no	(any)	Two-letter US state or territory code, for example CA, NY, TX, PR.
ntee	enum	no	(any)	NTEE major group (broad mission category), 1 to 10, for example 4 Health, 5 Human Services.
cCode	enum	no	(any)	IRS 501(c) subsection code, for example 3 for 501(c)(3) public charities, 4 for 501(c)(4).
eins	string[]	no	(none)	Look up specific organizations by EIN. Accepts plain digits or the 12-3456789 format. When filled, the search filters above are ignored.
maxNonprofits	integer	no	10	Maximum organizations to collect across all pages. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	When on, fetches each organization's detail record including the latest Form 990 financials and full filing history. Turn off for lighter, faster search-level fields only.

Output reference

One dataset item per organization. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, object[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
ein	string	Employer Identification Number (formatted 12-3456789).
name	string	Organization name.
subName	string	Secondary / DBA name, or null.
careOfName	string	"Care of" contact name, or null.
address	string	Street address.
city	string	City.
state	string	Two-letter state code.
zipcode	string	ZIP code.
nteeCode	string	NTEE classification code, or null.
nteeCategory	string	NTEE category label, or null.
classification	string	IRS subsection, for example 501(c)(3), 501(c)(10).
rulingDate	string	IRS ruling date (YYYY-MM-DD).
isActive	boolean	true when the organization is currently active.
deductible	boolean	true when contributions are tax-deductible.
foundationCode	integer	IRS foundation code.
taxPeriod	string	Most recent tax period (YYYY-MM-DD).
revenueAmount	number	Business Master File revenue amount.
incomeAmount	number	Business Master File income amount.
assetAmount	number	Business Master File asset amount.
totalRevenue	number	Total revenue from the latest Form 990.
totalExpenses	number	Total expenses from the latest Form 990.
totalAssets	number	Total assets from the latest Form 990.
totalLiabilities	number	Total liabilities from the latest Form 990.
netAssets	number	Net assets from the latest Form 990.
totalContributions	number	Contributions and grants received.
programServiceRevenue	number	Program service revenue.
investmentIncome	number	Investment income.
officerCompensation	number	Officer / director / key employee compensation.
otherSalariesWages	number	Other salaries and wages.
fiscalYear	integer	Fiscal year of the latest Form 990.
pdfUrl	string	Direct URL to the latest Form 990 PDF, or null.
guidestarUrl	string	GuideStar profile URL.
proPublicaUrl	string	ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer profile URL.
filings	object[]	Multi-year filing history. Each entry carries fiscalYear, taxPeriod, formType, the financial figures above, pdfUrl and updated.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed EIN lookup, a record with the EIN and a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"query":"red cross","withDetails":true}). The filings array is trimmed to its most recent entry; every value shown is unchanged from the live record:

{
  "ein": "36-2334002",
  "name": "United Grand Imperial Coun Knights Of Red Cross Of Constantine",
  "subName": null,
  "address": "6411 SEABRYN DR",
  "city": "Rch Palos Vrd",
  "state": "CA",
  "zipcode": "90275-4755",
  "classification": "501(c)(10)",
  "rulingDate": "1960-06-01",
  "isActive": true,
  "deductible": true,
  "foundationCode": 0,
  "taxPeriod": "2025-03-01",
  "revenueAmount": 294689,
  "incomeAmount": 315043,
  "assetAmount": 3117415,
  "totalRevenue": 275702,
  "totalExpenses": 109854,
  "totalAssets": 2873537,
  "totalLiabilities": 0,
  "netAssets": 2873537,
  "programServiceRevenue": 190908,
  "investmentIncome": 84794,
  "fiscalYear": 2024,
  "pdfUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=IRS%2F362334002_202403_990O_2025031723214236.pdf",
  "guidestarUrl": "https://www.guidestar.org/profile/362334002",
  "proPublicaUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/362334002",
  "filings": [
    { "fiscalYear": 2024, "taxPeriod": 202403, "formType": "990", "totalRevenue": 275702, "totalExpenses": 109854, "totalAssets": 2873537, "netAssets": 2873537, "programServiceRevenue": 190908, "investmentIncome": 84794 }
  ],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:12:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~propublica-nonprofits-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"food bank","state":"CA","cCode":"3","maxNonprofits":25,"withDetails":true}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~propublica-nonprofits-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"eins":["13-1837418","36-2334002"],"withDetails":true}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/propublica-nonprofits-scraper \
  --input '{"state":"NY","ntee":"4","maxNonprofits":100}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per organization returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run finds nothing or errors, the actor writes a single item with an error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 organizations per run. Upgrade for higher maxNonprofits.
• Search pagination. Search returns 25 organizations per page. Narrow with a state, category or 501(c) type to focus a large result set.

FAQ and troubleshooting

What organizations does this cover? The full IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File as indexed by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which is more than 1.8 million US tax-exempt organizations across every state, NTEE category and 501(c) type.

How do I filter the nonprofits I want? Combine a free-text query with state, ntee and cCode filters. To pull specific organizations instead, paste their EINs into eins and the search filters are ignored.

Why are some financial fields empty? Smaller nonprofits often file the short Form 990-N postcard, which carries no financial figures, so revenue, expenses and assets are null for them. Larger organizations have full Form 990 data and a populated filings array. Missing values are returned as null and never invented.

What happens when an EIN is not found? The actor returns a record with the EIN and a populated error field, so the run still completes and you can see exactly which lookups missed.

Do I get past years, not just the latest? Yes. With withDetails on, the filings array carries the multi-year filing history with the financial figures for each fiscal year.

Is this an official ProPublica or IRS tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with ProPublica or the IRS. It accesses only public IRS Form 990 data made available through the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with ProPublica or the IRS. Accesses only public IRS Form 990 data made available through the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Use it in accordance with ProPublica's terms of service.