CharityAPI Autocomplete API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Charity Autocomplete API
  description: REST API providing access to US nonprofit and charity data sourced from IRS filings. Supports lookup of organizations by EIN, public charity (501c3) verification checks, and name-based autocomplete for donation, fundraising, and compliance workflows.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: CharityAPI Support
    url: https://www.charityapi.org/contact
  termsOfService: https://www.charityapi.org/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.charityapi.org/api
  description: CharityAPI Production
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Autocomplete
  description: Typeahead search across nonprofit organization names
paths:
  /organizations/autocomplete/{term}:
    get:
      operationId: autocompleteOrganizations
      summary: Autocomplete organization names
      description: Search the IRS Business Master File for organizations whose name matches the supplied term. Designed for typeahead UIs and supports typo tolerance. Available to paying accounts only.
      tags:
      - Autocomplete
      parameters:
      - name: term
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Partial organization name to match.
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching organization suggestions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
        '402':
          description: Endpoint requires a paid subscription
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
components:
  schemas:
    Organization:
      type: object
      description: A nonprofit organization record sourced from the IRS Business Master File.
      properties:
        ein:
          type: string
          description: Employer Identification Number.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Legal organization name.
        ico:
          type: string
          description: In Care Of name.
        street:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        zip:
          type: string
        group:
          type: string
        subsection:
          type: string
        affiliation:
          type: string
        classification:
          type: string
        ruling:
          type: string
        deductibility:
          type: string
        foundation:
          type: string
        activity:
          type: string
        organization:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        tax_period:
          type: string
        asset_cd:
          type: string
        income_cd:
          type: string
        filing_req_cd:
          type: string
        pf_filing_req_cd:
          type: string
        acct_pd:
          type: string
        asset_amt:
          type: integer
        income_amt:
          type: integer
        revenue_amt:
          type: integer
        ntee_cd:
          type: string
          description: National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code.
        sort_name:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
      description: API key issued by CharityAPI, sent in the apikey request header.
externalDocs:
  description: CharityAPI Documentation
  url: https://docs.charityapi.org/