Charity Registry

com.giveradarPublished by giveradar.comOfficial publisherv1.2.0Updated Oct 27, 2026

Search, verify and compare 7.9M+ nonprofits from official charity registries in 100+ countries.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server for searching, verifying and comparing 7.9M+ nonprofits from official charity registries in 100+ countries.

What you can do
  • Search charities by free-text name, with an optional country filter, returning slug, location, foundation type and integrity score
  • Verify a charity by official registry identifier such as EIN, UK Charity Commission number, RSIN or a generic registration number
  • Compare two to five charities side by side on integrity scores, program/admin/fundraising ratios, revenue and founding year, with a verdict
  • Find similar charities in the same country and category
  • Read full schema.org JSON-LD records, including FAQs, through resources/list and resources/read
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to look up a named nonprofit, confirm that a charity is registered, weigh several charities against each other, or suggest alternatives, for example in donor research or due-diligence questions.
Requirements
A remote streamable-HTTP endpoint; no key is needed to start. Clients without native HTTP support need a bridge such as mcp-remote or the project's stdio bridge. An optional API key set as GIVERADAR_API_KEY, sent as a Bearer token, raises the daily quota and unlocks Pro fields. Network access is required.
Before you install
Anonymous use is limited to 10 tool calls per day per IP, with tools/call capped at 60 per minute; financial and donation fields need a paid Pro or Enterprise tier. Tool calls and resource reads count against the quota. Data is free for individual use only, and bulk or commercial use requires a separate license. Email, phone and officer names are not exposed at any tier.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Charity Registry in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.giveradar%2Fcharity-registry/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "charity-registry": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

README

GiveRadar MCP Server

Remote MCP server exposing 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries, sourced from official government charity registries and tax authorities (IRS, Charity Commission, ACNC, and dozens more). Read-only, no key required to start.

Endpoint: https://giveradar.com/mcp/ (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTPS) Docs: giveradar.com/mcp | Manifest: /.well-known/mcp.json

Tools

ToolWhat it does
search_charitiesFree-text name search (trigram-indexed), optional country filter
verify_charityLook up by EIN / UK Charity Number / RSIN / any official registry ID
compare_charitiesSide-by-side integrity scores + financials, with a verdict
find_similarMore charities in the same country + category

Plus resources/list / resources/read for full schema.org JSON-LD per charity (incl. FAQs). All tools are read-only (readOnlyHint: true).

Connect

Clients with native streamable-HTTP support connect directly to https://giveradar.com/mcp/. Setup for every client with screenshots: giveradar.com/for-developers/#ai.

Claude Code (one line):

bash
claude mcp add giveradar --transport http https://giveradar.com/mcp/

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), via the generic remote bridge:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "giveradar": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"]    }  }}

or via the zero-dependency stdio bridge in this repo (index.js):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "giveradar": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "github:matt-timmermans/giveradar-mcp"]    }  }}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json): {"mcpServers": {"giveradar": {"url": "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"}}}

Gemini CLI (~/.gemini/settings.json): {"mcpServers": {"giveradar": {"httpUrl": "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"}}}

ChatGPT: Settings, Connectors, Advanced, enable Developer mode, then Create with server URL https://giveradar.com/mcp/ and authentication none (paid plans).

Optional: set GIVERADAR_API_KEY=gr_xxxxx in the environment to raise the daily quota and unlock Pro fields.

Try it

bash
curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"verify_charity","arguments":{"country":"US","id_value":"13-1760110"}}}' \  https://giveradar.com/mcp/

Quotas & tiers

TierDaily quotaFields
Anonymous10 / day / IPAll free fields
Free API key10 / dayAll free fields
Pro10,000 / day+ financials, donation/report URLs
Enterprise100,000 / day+ financials, donation/report URLs

Handshake methods (initialize, ping, tools/list) are free and do not count; tools/call and resources/read do. tools/call is also capped at 60 per minute per IP. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer gr_xxxxx; get a key at giveradar.com/api. Email, phone, and officer names are never exposed, at any tier.

Also available

About

The MCP server is hosted (the implementation lives in the main GiveRadar codebase); this repo holds the public metadata plus the stdio bridge for local and sandbox use. This code is MIT licensed. Data: free for individual use under the GiveRadar Terms; bulk and commercial access is licensed per contract ([email protected]); methodology documentation and data schemas are CC BY 4.0. Attribution requested: "GiveRadar (giveradar.com)". Issues and feature requests welcome here.

Source: README.md at commit e21a1c4

Tools

4

search_charities

Search Charities

Search the charity registry by free-text name. Returns up to `limit` matches, each with slug, name, country, city/state, foundation_type, integrity_score, and the canonical page URL. Use this BEFORE resources/read when the user names a charity but you don't know its slug. The match is case-insensitive substring on the charity's name.

Parameterslimitqueryrequiredcountry

compare_charities

Compare Charities

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 charities by slug. Returns their integrity scores, program/admin/fundraising ratios, annual revenue, founding year, foundation type, and a deterministic verdict on which has the strongest transparency signal. Use this when the user wants to choose between named charities.

Parametersslugsrequired

find_similar

Find Similar Charities

Given one charity's slug, return up to `limit` other charities in the same country + category. Useful for 'find more like this' recommendations. Excludes the input charity from the result.

Parametersslugrequiredlimit

verify_charity

Verify Charity Registration

Look up a charity by its official registry identifier - EIN (US), Charity Commission number (GB), RSIN (NL), AHU/Kemenkumham reg number (ID), or a generic registration_number for other countries. Returns the matched charity or null. Use this when the user provides a registry number and wants to confirm what's registered under it.

Parameterscountryrequiredid_valuerequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.2.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

90% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts

    Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.