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Benevity

Benevity is a Calgary-based corporate purpose software platform for workplace giving, matching, grantmaking, and employee/customer volunteering. Its Giving API lets partners embed nonprofit-of-choice donations, optional matching, and charitable gift cards into e-commerce, banking, and rewards experiences; the Cause Search API exposes Benevity's vetted global nonprofit database; the Spark API lets existing Spark Employee Engagement clients surface giving and volunteering opportunities in other interfaces; and the Location Services API lets clients manage locations (stores, franchises, offices) inside the Benevity ecosystem. The API follows the RESTful/OpenAPI standard and is documented publicly at developer.benevity.org, but credentials are partner-gated - access requires requesting a demo/business relationship with Benevity rather than self-serve signup.

Benevity publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authorization API, Causes API, Giving API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving, Donations, Volunteering, and Non-Profit.

Benevity’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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23.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
AccessEnterpriseSelf serve
1 APIs
Corporate Social ResponsibilityWorkplace GivingDonationsVolunteeringNon-ProfitMatching GiftsCSRESG

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Composite quality — 23.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18
Access Clarity 6.6 / 18
Operational Transparency 3.7 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Benevity Location Services API

Create and manage locations (stores, franchises, offices) inside the Benevity ecosystem - address data, contact information, and tags - so multi-location organizations can attri...

Benevity Authorization API

The Authorization API from Benevity — 1 operation(s) for authorization.

Benevity Causes API

The Causes API from Benevity — 1 operation(s) for causes.

Benevity Giving API

The Giving API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for giving.

Benevity Receipts API

The Receipts API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for receipts.

Benevity Spark API

The Spark API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for spark.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity Authorization API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity Authorization Causes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity Authorization Giving API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity Authorization Receipts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity Authorization Spark API

OPEN COLLECTION

Benevity API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Benevity Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Benevity Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Benevity Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Benevity Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Benevity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Benevity Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Benevity Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, CSA STAR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Benevity Agentic Access

8 operations · 4 acting

8 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: benevity
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benevity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Benevity
kind: company
description: Benevity is a Calgary-based corporate purpose software platform for workplace giving, matching, grantmaking,
  and employee/customer volunteering. Its Giving API lets partners embed nonprofit-of-choice donations, optional matching,
  and charitable gift cards into e-commerce, banking, and rewards experiences; the Cause Search API exposes Benevity's vetted
  global nonprofit database; the Spark API lets existing Spark Employee Engagement clients surface giving and volunteering
  opportunities in other interfaces; and the Location Services API lets clients manage locations (stores, franchises, offices)
  inside the Benevity ecosystem. The API follows the RESTful/OpenAPI standard and is documented publicly at developer.benevity.org,
  but credentials are partner-gated - access requires requesting a demo/business relationship with Benevity rather than self-serve
  signup.
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: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/benevity.png
tags:
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Workplace Giving
- Donations
- Volunteering
- Non-Profit
- Matching Gifts
- CSR
- ESG
tags_raw:
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Workplace Giving
- Donations
- Volunteering
- Nonprofits
- Matching Gifts
- CSR
- ESG
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: benevity:benevity-location-services-api
  name: Benevity Location Services API
  tags:
  - Locations
  - Franchises
  - Community Investment
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/location-api/overview.html
  baseURL: https://api.benevity.org
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/location-api/overview.html
    type: Documentation
  description: Create and manage locations (stores, franchises, offices) inside the Benevity ecosystem - address data, contact
    information, and tags - so multi-location organizations can attribute giving and volunteering activity to a specific site.
    JWT-authenticated with the api.locations scope, JSON:API content type, URI-versioned (v1 current). As of the review date
    this API is documented as integrated only with the Versaic community investment platform; exact request/response schemas
    beyond the overview guide were not independently confirmed, so no OpenAPI/collection artifact was generated for it (endpointsModeled
    - see review.yml).
- aid: benevity:benevity-authorization-api
  name: Benevity Authorization API
  description: The Authorization API from Benevity — 1 operation(s) for authorization.
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  baseURL: https://skyline.benevity.org
  tags:
  - Authorization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benevity-authorization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/benevity.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/benevity.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/post-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/pre-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/get-receipt.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/overview.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-giveops.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-volops.html
- aid: benevity:benevity-causes-api
  name: Benevity Causes API
  description: The Causes API from Benevity — 1 operation(s) for causes.
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  baseURL: https://skyline.benevity.org
  tags:
  - Causes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benevity-causes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/benevity.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/benevity.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/post-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/pre-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/get-receipt.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/overview.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-giveops.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-volops.html
- aid: benevity:benevity-giving-api
  name: Benevity Giving API
  description: The Giving API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for giving.
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  baseURL: https://skyline.benevity.org
  tags:
  - Giving
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benevity-giving-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/benevity.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/benevity.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/post-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/pre-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/get-receipt.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/overview.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-giveops.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-volops.html
- aid: benevity:benevity-receipts-api
  name: Benevity Receipts API
  description: The Receipts API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for receipts.
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  baseURL: https://skyline.benevity.org
  tags:
  - Receipts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benevity-receipts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/benevity.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/benevity.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/post-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/pre-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/get-receipt.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/overview.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-giveops.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-volops.html
- aid: benevity:benevity-spark-api
  name: Benevity Spark API
  description: The Spark API from Benevity — 2 operation(s) for spark.
  humanURL: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  baseURL: https://skyline.benevity.org
  tags:
  - Spark
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benevity-spark-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/causes/search-cause
  - type: Postman
    url: collections/benevity.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/benevity.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/post-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/pre-paid-donations/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/giving/get-receipt.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/overview.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-giveops.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.benevity.org/guides/spark-api/search-volops.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/benevity-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/benevity-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/benevity-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/benevity-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/benevity-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/benevity
- type: Website
  url: https://benevity.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.benevity.org/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/benevity-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/benevity-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/benevity-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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