Every Org Authentication

generated: '2026-08-28'
method: searched
source: https://docs.every.org/docs/endpoints/authentication
provider: Every.org
providerId: every-org
docs: https://docs.every.org/docs/endpoints/authentication
description: >-
  Every.org's Partner (Charity) API authenticates with two classes of API key issued from the
  Every.org developer dashboard. Public keys authorize read access to publicly available nonprofit
  data and are passed as a URL query parameter; private keys authorize privileged account actions
  and are presented over HTTP Basic authentication with a public key as the username. There is no
  OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or mutual-TLS surface — no /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server or
  /.well-known/openid-configuration document is served on any Every.org host (all probed 404 on
  2026-08-28).
key_issuance:
  console: https://www.every.org/charity-api
  note: >-
    Keys are generated from the developer dashboard after creating an Every.org account at
    every.org/charity-api. Private keys are shown ONCE at generation and are not retrievable
    afterwards.
schemes:
  - id: publicKeyQuery
    type: apiKey
    in: query
    name: apiKey
    label: Public key
    description: >-
      Required to query publicly accessible data. Endpoints that accept only public-key
      authentication accept GET requests only. Public keys are explicitly documented as safe for
      both server-side and public-facing client-side use, though Every.org reserves the right to
      block a key for inappropriate usage.
    secret: false
    applies_to:
      - GET /v0.2/nonprofit/{identifier}
      - GET /v0.2/search/{searchTerm}
      - GET /v0.2/browse/{cause}
      - GET /v0.2/nonprofit/{nonprofitIdentifier}/fundraiser/{fundraiserIdentifier}
      - GET /v0.2/nonprofit/{nonprofitIdentifier}/fundraiser/{fundraiserIdentifier}/raised
    example: https://partners.every.org/v0.2/search/pets?apiKey=REDACTED_PUBLIC_KEY
  - id: privateKeyBasic
    type: http
    scheme: basic
    label: Private key
    description: >-
      Required for privileged, account-scoped writes. Username is any public key associated with
      the account; password is a private key associated with the same account. Documented as
      "must be kept out of publicly-accessible areas like client-side applications or version
      control".
    secret: true
    username: public key
    password: private key
    applies_to:
      - POST /v0.2/fundraiser
transport:
  https_required: true
  hsts: max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains; preload
missing_on_401:
  observed: >-
    An unauthenticated GET https://partners.every.org/v0.2/search/pets returns HTTP 400 with the
    plain-text body "API key missing" — not 401, and not a structured error object.
  probed: '2026-08-28'
oauth: false
oidc: false
mtls: false
scopes:
  supported: false
  note: >-
    Key-auth only. There is no scope or permission surface to enumerate, so no scopes/ artifact
    is emitted (per the pipeline's OAuth-only rule for scopes).
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com