aid: candid name: Candid url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/candid/refs/heads/main/apis.yml deliveryModel: model: saas open_source: false commercial: true callable_host: true label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint confidence: high source: - openapi - pricing generated: '2026-08-28' method: derived accessModel: pricing: freemium onboarding: self-serve trial: false try_now: true public: false label: Freemium · Self-serve signup confidence: medium source: - plans - authentication - security generated: '2026-09-03' method: derived image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/candid.png type: Index x-docs-platform: readme x-docs-platform-confidence: high x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-21 tags: - Charities - Donations - Non-Profit - Philanthropy - Foundations - Grants - 990s - Demographics tags_raw: - Charities - Donations - Non-Profits - Philanthropy - Foundations - Grants - 990s - Demographics access: 3rd-Party created: '2025-03-01' modified: '2026-10-06' position: Producing specificationVersion: '0.23' description: >- Candid (formed from the 2019 merger of Foundation Center and GuideStar) helps social sector organizations advance their missions by sharing information, breaking down barriers, and improving giving. Candid maintains the most comprehensive set of data on U.S. nonprofits, foundations, grants, and philanthropy, and exposes that data through a family of developer APIs — Essentials, Premier, Charity Check, Demographics, Grants, News, Taxonomy, Eligibility, and PDF/Bulk variants — available through the Candid Developer Portal. apis: - aid: candid:premier-api name: Candid Premier API description: >- Deep nonprofit profile data. Returns comprehensive records for a given organization including financials, programs, leadership, board, grants received and awarded, operating details, affiliations, and FTA (Financial Trend Analysis). Supports a Profile PDF generation endpoint for building ready-to-share nonprofit briefs. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/premier tags: - Non-Profit - Finance - Profiles - PDF tags_raw: - Nonprofits - Financials - Profiles - PDF - Financial properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:charity-check-api name: Candid Charity Check API description: >- Real-time nonprofit verification and compliance screening used for due diligence, donation compliance, and tax-deductibility checks. Returns IRS 501(c)(3) status, revocation history, public-charity / private- foundation classification, OFAC watchlist screening, and more. Offers national and state-level endpoints. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/charitycheck tags: - Compliance - Verification - IRS - Due Diligence properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:demographics-api name: Candid Demographics API description: >- Structured demographic data voluntarily provided by nonprofits about their staff, board, and populations served. Enables funders and platforms to analyze equity, diversity, and inclusion across the social sector. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/demographics tags: - Demographics - DEI - Non-Profit tags_raw: - Demographics - DEI - Nonprofits properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:grants-api name: Candid Grants API description: >- Access to Candid's global grants dataset — summary statistics, funders, recipients, and individual transaction records. Useful for philanthropic benchmarking, funder research, and grant-market intelligence. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/grants tags: - Grants - Funders - Recipients - Transaction tags_raw: - Grants - Funders - Recipients - Transactions properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:news-api name: Candid News API description: >- Search and retrieve philanthropic news content from Candid's curated news database covering funders, grantees, sector trends, and policy. Supports customizable parameters for date range, topic, geography, and organization. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/news tags: - News - Philanthropy - Content properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:taxonomy-api name: Candid Taxonomy API description: >- Returns Candid's philanthropic classification system (subject, population, support-strategy, and geographic area taxonomies) so integrators can consistently tag and query nonprofit, grant, and funder records. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/taxonomy tags: - Taxonomy - Classification - Metadata properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:nonprofit-eligibility-api name: Candid Nonprofit Eligibility API description: >- Evaluates whether a given nonprofit is eligible to receive a grant or donation based on configurable rules — IRS status, country, OFAC, custom program criteria — to automate grantmaking and giving workflows. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/eligibility tags: - Eligibility - Grantmaking - Compliance properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:candid-lookup-api name: Candid Lookup API description: Operations for retrieving lookup values and filter metadata. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/essentials tags: - Lookup properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/candid-lookup-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - aid: candid:candid-essentials-api name: Candid Essentials API description: The Essentials API from Candid — 4 operation(s) for essentials. humanURL: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome baseURL: https://api.candid.org/premier tags: - Essentials properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/candid-essentials-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://developer.candid.org/reference/welcome - type: Portal url: https://developer.candid.org/ common: - type: CapabilityMap url: capabilities/candid-capability-edges.yml name: Candid Business Capability Map - type: Plans url: plans/candid-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/candid-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/candid-finops.yml - url: https://candid.org/blogs/ type: Blog - type: AgenticAccess url: agentic-access/candid-agentic-access.yml - type: DomainSecurity url: security/candid-domain-security.yml - type: Authentication url: authentication/candid-authentication.yml - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/CandidOrg - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/candiddotorg - type: Website url: https://candid.org - type: DeveloperPortal url: https://developer.candid.org/ - type: DataPortal url: https://data.candid.org/reference/welcome-to-candids-data-portal - type: APIsOverview url: https://candid.org/use-our-data - type: PricingAndAccess url: https://candid.org/use-our-data - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://candid.org/privacy-policy - type: TermsOfService url: https://candid.org/terms-of-use - type: Support url: https://help.candid.org/ - type: Integrations url: https://candid.org/partners/ - type: LlmsText url: https://developer.candid.org/llms.txt integrations: - name: Candid - name: footer - name: Candid's 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com