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Nonprofits, grants, and officers
all in one place

Nonprofit financial data is public record. It shouldn't require a sales process to access, a contract to keep, or a data engineering team to make sense of. Just the data you need — with transparent pricing and no gatekeeping.

Free tier included. No credit card required.

Searching…
2M+
Organizations
3.7M+
Filings indexed
3
Form types (990, EZ, PF)
120+
Searchable fields

The problem

IRS 990 data is public. But the tools built around it weren't built for you.

  • Searching and filtering basic financials requires a paid subscription — even though the underlying data is free
  • Free lookup tools work for one-off searches but have no filtering, no export, and no bulk access
  • Foundation grant data is buried across different filing types with no unified way to search it
  • Getting API access means filling out a form, waiting for approval, and talking to a sales team
  • Data can be years out of date, with no transparency about when it was last updated

What you get

Everything in a 990 filing, organized and searchable.

Search That Actually Works

Find organizations, officers, and grant recipients by name — even approximate or misspelled names. Filter by state, revenue, NTEE code, and more.

Foundation Grants

See who funded whom, how much, and where. Search grants from both public charities and private foundations in one place.

Multi-Year Financials

Revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities tracked across every filing year. Compare current and prior-year numbers to spot trends.

Officer Compensation

Names, titles, hours worked, salaries, and benefits for every officer, director, and key employee listed on the filing.

Export & Bulk Access

Download results as CSV or pull them via the API. No per-record export fees, no paywalled profiles. The data is public — the export should be too.

All Form Types, One View

990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF data normalized into consistent fields. No need to know which form type a nonprofit uses.

Who it's for

Anyone who needs nonprofit data beyond a one-off Google search.

Grant Writers & Fundraisers

Find every grant a foundation has awarded — by recipient, amount, and geography — without manually reading 990-PFs. Stop driving to the library for access to funder data.

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Sales & Prospecting

Build targeted lists of nonprofits by revenue, location, and mission area. Export to CSV with no per-record fees — just the flat subscription.

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Researchers & Journalists

Normalized, multi-year data without parsing XML or stitching together CSV dumps. Search across organizations, officers, and grants in one query.

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Developers & Platforms

Get an API key in minutes, not days. Self-serve access, an OpenAPI spec, predictable pagination, and structured responses — no sales call required.

The sector has been saying this for years

These aren't our words. They're from researchers, regulators, and the people who actually use nonprofit data every day.

The sector needs data files that are already structured for use in familiar software, easily searchable, and readily available.

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Without those Form 990s, you can't have an efficient market.

Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org — who filed the original lawsuit forcing the IRS to release 990 data

Subscribing to multiple prospecting tools or resources can quickly become costly, especially for small shops.

Kindsight (formerly iWave)

The entire sector is affected... but nonprofits end up carrying the heaviest burden because it directly affects their ability to fundraise effectively.

Impala co-founder, on the IRS data gap

Built for developers and AI agents

501(see) is API-first. Human-readable field names, a full OpenAPI spec, and structured responses that work just as well with LLM tool-use as with traditional integrations.

REST API OpenAPI 3.1 spec CSV export Semantic field names LLM tool-use ready MCP compatible

Pricing

No annual contracts. No per-record fees. No sales call. Cancel anytime.

Free
$0

Explore the data. No credit card.

  • Search & browse all 2M+ orgs
  • Latest-year financial summary
  • Fuzzy name search
  • Community support
Join Waitlist
Early Adopter Pricing
Basic
$149 / mo
$99 / mo

Full access for research and analysis.

  • Everything in Free
  • Multi-year financial history
  • Officer & compensation data
  • Foundation grant search
  • CSV export (up to 1,000 rows)
  • No per-record export fees
  • Email support
Join Waitlist
Pro
$249 / mo
$149 / mo

For teams, integrations, and power users.

  • Everything in Basic
  • Unlimited lookups
  • Bulk CSV & JSON export
  • Self-serve API access
  • Webhooks & priority support
Join Waitlist

Early adopter pricing is locked in for as long as you keep your plan. All plans are month-to-month — cancel anytime.

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

Directly from IRS Form 990 e-file data. We normalize it across 20+ schema versions and all three form types (990, 990-EZ, 990-PF) into a consistent format so you don't have to.

How fresh is the data?

Updated monthly from IRS releases. The IRS publishes new e-filed returns on a rolling basis, typically with a 6-12 month lag from the filing date.

What's included in the grant data?

Grants from both public charities (990 Schedule I) and private foundations (990-PF Part XV), searchable in one place. Filter by funder, recipient name, amount, state, and year.

How is this different from other nonprofit data tools?

Most free tools let you look up one org at a time but don't support filtering, export, or bulk access. Most paid tools start at $1,500+/year with annual contracts, charge per-record export fees, or gate API access behind a sales process. 501(see) gives you search, filtering, grant data, officer compensation, and CSV export starting at $0 — with paid plans at $99-149/month, no annual lock-in, and no per-record fees.

Do I need to be technical to use this?

No. You can search, filter, and export data without writing any code. Developers can also connect via our REST API for automated workflows and integrations.

Are there per-record or per-export fees?

No. Your subscription includes export. No per-record charges, no surprise fees for downloading a CSV. If you can search it, you can export it.

How does the API work?

Sign up, get an API key, start making requests. No application form, no waiting for approval, no sales call. Full OpenAPI 3.1 spec, semantic field names (total_revenue, not f9_01_rev_tot_cy), and structured JSON responses that work with LLM tool-use and MCP out of the box.

Does the search require exact spelling?

No. Our search handles approximate and misspelled names. Searching "habitat humanity" will still find "Habitat for Humanity International."

When will it launch?

We're building now and the core product is functional. Join the waitlist to get early access and help shape the final product.

Get early access

Join the waitlist. We'll notify you when 501(see) is ready.

Free tier included. No credit card required.

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