HandUp

HandUp is a San Francisco-based public-benefit crowdfunding platform that makes giving to nonprofit organizations and the people they serve easy, secure, and transparent. Launched in 2013 and backed by 500 Global and Version One Ventures, HandUp partners with 501(c)(3) nonprofits whose mission is to serve people experiencing poverty and homelessness. Donors give directly to individual campaigns or to pooled funds such as the National Fund and the HandUp Fund; partner nonprofits then distribute the donations to cover basics like food, clothing, and housing, and report progress and metrics back to donors.

HandUp is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Crowdfunding, Nonprofit, Donations, and Philanthropy.

HandUp’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 8 more developer resources.

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17.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyCrowdfundingNonprofitDonationsPhilanthropyFundraisingHomelessnessPovertySocial Impact

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Composite quality — 17.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Facebook

Facebook

Source (apis.yml)

aid: handup
name: HandUp
description: HandUp is a San Francisco-based public-benefit crowdfunding platform that makes giving to nonprofit organizations
  and the people they serve easy, secure, and transparent. Launched in 2013 and backed by 500 Global and Version One Ventures,
  HandUp partners with 501(c)(3) nonprofits whose mission is to serve people experiencing poverty and homelessness. Donors
  give directly to individual campaigns or to pooled funds such as the National Fund and the HandUp Fund; partner nonprofits
  then distribute the donations to cover basics like food, clothing, and housing, and report progress and metrics back to
  donors.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/handup/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- version-one-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/handup-static/img/social/social_image.jpg
tags:
- Company
- Crowdfunding
- Nonprofit
- Donations
- Philanthropy
- Fundraising
- Homelessness
- Poverty
- Social Impact
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://handup.org
- type: About
  url: https://handup.org/about
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://handup.org/howitworks
- type: Support
  url: https://handup.org/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.handup.org/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://handup.org/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://handup.org/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://handup.org/terms
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/handup
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/handup
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/handup.us
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/handup-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence