ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer Scraper

Pull US tax-exempt organizations and their IRS Form 990 tax filings from ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer at scale — organization name, EIN, location, mission category, 501(c) type, and each org's complete multi-year filing history with revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, and links to the scanned 990 PDFs. Built for grant researchers, fundraisers, due-diligence teams, and journalists who need verified 990 financials without digging through PDFs one organization at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• 1.8M+ US tax-exempt organizations — the full ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer index, sourced directly from IRS records, searchable by keyword across organization name, alternate name, and city.
• Complete multi-year Form 990 history, not just the latest filing — every available fiscal year per org (up to ~24 years for long-lived nonprofits), each with revenue, expenses, total assets, liabilities, net assets, contributions, program revenue, and officer compensation. Most scrapers return only the most recent filing; this returns the entire history.
• Direct EIN lookup — paste a list of Employer Identification Numbers (dashed 53-0196605 or plain 530196605) to fetch exact organizations and skip search entirely.
• 10 NTEE mission categories — filter to Arts/Culture, Education, Environment & Animals, Health, Human Services, International, Public/Societal Benefit, Religion, Mutual/Membership, or Unclassified.
• 26 IRS 501(c) subsection types — narrow to 501(c)(3) charities, (c)(4) social welfare, (c)(6) business leagues, (c)(19) veterans organizations, and 22 more, each with a readable label.
• All 50 US states plus territories — DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and a non-US bucket, filtered by two-letter code.
• Direct links to the scanned 990 PDFs — every filing row carries a pdfUrl to the original IRS document, plus the ProPublica profile URL for each org.
• Advanced search syntax — exact phrases in quotes ("delta dental"), required terms with + (delta +evanston), and excluded terms with - (delta -dental).
• Honest, populated fields only — every field returned is backed by the IRS source data; no empty phone/website columns padding the schema.

Use Cases

Grant Research & Philanthropy

• Size a funding landscape by pulling every Health or Human Services nonprofit in a target state
• Compare grantee revenue and program spending across multiple filing years
• Identify well-funded foundations by 501(c)(3) status and asset totals
• Shortlist candidate organizations before a grant cycle

Nonprofit Due Diligence

• Verify an organization's tax-exempt status and 501(c) subsection type
• Review a nonprofit's multi-year revenue and expense trend before partnering
• Pull officer compensation and net asset history straight from Form 990
• Confirm filings by cross-referencing the scanned 990 PDFs

Fundraising & Lead Generation

• Build targeted org lists by category, state, and 501(c) type
• Prioritize outreach by revenue tier and recent filing activity
• Segment prospects by mission area using NTEE categories
• Enrich an existing donor or partner database with EIN-matched records

Academic & Journalism Research

• Analyze sector-wide financial trends across thousands of nonprofits
• Track a single organization's finances year over year for investigative stories
• Study contribution and program-revenue patterns by mission category
• Assemble reproducible datasets citing public IRS filings

Market Sizing & Analytics

• Count and rank nonprofits by state, category, and asset size
• Feed structured 990 financials into dashboards and BI tools
• Benchmark organizations within a subsection type

Getting Started

Simple Keyword Search

Search by a word or phrase — organization list only, no filings:

{
    "searchQuery": "food bank",
    "maxResults": 100
}

Filtered Search with Filings

Narrow by state, category, and 501(c) type, and include full Form 990 history:

{
    "searchQuery": "education",
    "state": "CA",
    "nteeCategory": "2",
    "subsectionCode": "3",
    "includeFilings": true,
    "maxResults": 250
}

Direct EIN Lookup with Full History

Fetch specific organizations by EIN — filings are always included on this path:

{
    "einNumbers": ["53-0196605", "131624102", "13-1837418"],
    "includeFilings": true
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"food bank"	Word or phrase matched against organization name, alternate name, or city. Supports exact phrases in quotes, required terms with +, and excluded terms with -. Leave blank to browse by filters.
einNumbers	array	[]	Look up specific organizations directly by EIN (accepts 53-0196605 or 530196605). When provided, the search query and filters are ignored.

Filters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
state	select	Any	Only include organizations in this US state or territory (all 50 states, DC, PR, GU, VI, AS, MP, plus a non-US option).
nteeCategory	select	Any	Mission category from ProPublica's National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment & Animals, Health, Human Services, International, Public/Societal Benefit, Religion, Mutual/Membership, or Unclassified.
subsectionCode	select	Any	501(c) tax-exempt subsection type — 26 options including 501(c)(3) charities, (c)(4) social welfare, (c)(6) business leagues, and (c)(19) veterans organizations.

Filing Details

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeFilings	boolean	false	Turn on to enrich each organization with its full Form 990 filing history and per-year financials, plus links to the scanned PDF documents. Turn off for a faster, summary-only run.

Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of organizations returned. Set to 0 for no cap. Search results reach up to 10,000 organizations per query.

Output

Each result is one organization. With includeFilings on, the row also carries the org's complete Form 990 history.

{
    "name": "AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS",
    "subName": null,
    "ein": "53-0196605",
    "einRaw": "530196605",
    "city": "Washington",
    "state": "DC",
    "nteeCode": "P200",
    "subsectionCode": 3,
    "subsectionType": "501(c)(3)",
    "profileUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530196605",
    "zipCode": "20006",
    "address": "431 18TH ST NW",
    "rulingDate": "1938-05-01",
    "assetAmount": 5432100000,
    "incomeAmount": 3210000000,
    "revenueAmount": 3100000000,
    "latestFilingYear": 2023,
    "latestRevenue": 3100000000,
    "latestExpenses": 3050000000,
    "latestAssets": 5432100000,
    "latestLiabilities": 2100000000,
    "filingsCount": 13,
    "filings": [
        {
            "taxYear": 2023,
            "taxPeriod": 202306,
            "formType": "990",
            "totalRevenue": 3100000000,
            "totalExpenses": 3050000000,
            "totalAssetsEnd": 5432100000,
            "totalLiabilitiesEnd": 2100000000,
            "netAssetsEnd": 3332100000,
            "totalContributions": 2400000000,
            "programRevenue": 620000000,
            "officerCompensation": 1200000,
            "pdfUrl": "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=...",
            "hasFinancialData": true
        }
    ]
}

Organization Core

Always present.

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Official organization name
subName	string	Alternate or DBA name (may be null)
ein	string	EIN in dashed format (53-0196605)
einRaw	string	EIN as 9 digits (530196605)
city	string	City
state	string	Two-letter state or territory code
profileUrl	string	ProPublica organization profile URL

Classification

Field	Type	Description
nteeCode	string	NTEE classification code (e.g. P200), may be null
subsectionCode	integer	501(c) subsection number (e.g. 3)
subsectionType	string	Readable 501(c) label (e.g. 501(c)(3))

Registry & Latest-Filing Summary

Present when includeFilings is on or when looking up by EIN.

Field	Type	Description
zipCode	string	ZIP code
address	string	Street or care-of address
rulingDate	string	IRS ruling date
assetAmount	number	Registry asset amount
incomeAmount	number	Registry income amount
revenueAmount	number	Registry revenue amount
latestFilingYear	integer	Tax year of the most recent filing with data
latestRevenue	number	Total revenue from the latest filing
latestExpenses	number	Total functional expenses from the latest filing
latestAssets	number	Total assets (end of year) from the latest filing
latestLiabilities	number	Total liabilities (end of year) from the latest filing
filingsCount	integer	Number of filings returned for the org
filings	array	Full Form 990 filing history (see below)

Filing History (each item in filings)

Field	Type	Description
taxYear	integer	Tax year of the filing
taxPeriod	integer	Tax period end (YYYYMM)
formType	string	990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF
totalRevenue	number	Total revenue for the year
totalExpenses	number	Total functional expenses
totalAssetsEnd	number	Total assets at year end
totalLiabilitiesEnd	number	Total liabilities at year end
netAssetsEnd	number	Net assets at year end
totalContributions	number	Total contributions and gifts
programRevenue	number	Total program service revenue
officerCompensation	number	Compensation of current officers
pdfUrl	string	Link to the scanned Form 990 PDF
hasFinancialData	boolean	true for structured financials, false for PDF-only years

Tips for Best Results

• Combine NTEE category with a state — pairing a mission category and a state (e.g. Health in California) is the fastest way to map a specific nonprofit sector in one region without wading through unrelated results.
• Use EIN lookup for known organizations — if you already have EINs, paste them into einNumbers for exact matches; this path always returns full filing history and skips search entirely.
• Turn on includeFilings only when you need financials — leaving it off returns organizations faster when you just need names, EINs, categories, and locations. Turn it on for the multi-year 990 data.
• Any single search reaches up to 10,000 organizations — for larger sectors, split the run by state or 501(c) type to stay under the ceiling and capture the full picture.
• Refine broad terms with search syntax — wrap exact names in quotes ("delta dental") and exclude noise with a minus sign (delta -dental) to sharpen keyword matches.
• Read hasFinancialData before trusting a filing's numbers — years marked false are PDF-only and have null financial fields; use pdfUrl to inspect those filings manually.
• Start with a small maxResults — try 50-100 first to confirm the filters match your intent, then scale up for the full pull.

Pricing

From $2.00 per 1,000 results — a flat rate per organization, with each org's complete Form 990 filing history included in the row at no extra charge. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.24	$0.225	$0.21	$0.20
1,000	$2.40	$2.25	$2.10	$2.00
10,000	$24.00	$22.50	$21.00	$20.00
100,000	$240.00	$225.00	$210.00	$200.00

A "result" is one organization row in the output dataset. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor extracts publicly available data from ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, which republishes IRS Form 990 filings and tax-exempt organization records that are public by law. Use it for legitimate research, due diligence, fundraising, and journalism. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and ProPublica's Terms of Service. Do not use extracted data for spam, harassment, or any unlawful purpose.