Charity Navigator Charity Search API

The Charity Navigator Charity Search API is an interface that allows you to incorporate Charity Navigator search results directly into your own site. This service provides the ability to construct a search and return charity records that match a certain set of criteria based on attribute values. This API is used for real time lookup.

Create a charity search tailored to your needs

  • Host Charity Navigator’s search box and results on your own website. 
  • Customize the colors and branding to match your existing webpages.
  • Search based on charity name or keyword.
  • Display the following fields in your results: charity name, city, state, category, cause, tag line.
  • Access more than 5,000 charity records. Page through those results 25 at a time.

Restrictions

  • We require that each application using this API use an ID number. The ID must be sent with each request.
  • We limit the frequency by which any computer may access this service to 5,000 queries per IP per day.
  • The Charity Navigator Charity Search API is a free service, available for non-commercial web sites.

How Do I Get Started?

Please contact Tim Gamory, Chief Information Officer, at 201.818.1288, extension 106 or by email at api@charitynavigator.org.
 
 

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