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Charity Navigator pricing: company discovery API, POST /graphql, bulkNonprofits

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$0.00per 1,000 companiesWe haven't run Charity Navigator through our company discovery API benchmark yet.Half of the 966 plans we rank by price cost $1.00 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 61 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 966 plans.PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.GetProspect, Hunter and PeopleSearch.im are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
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Plan: Academic Use, first 10,000 calls a month one of Charity Navigator's 6 plans
Call: POST /graphql, bulkNonprofits one of Charity Navigator's 2 calls for this API
API: Company discovery API one of Charity Navigator's 2 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 2 months (highest alert level: 7 days) old. You get companies from Charity Navigator's database.
  • 2 of the 13 fields on our checklist. Headquarters, Revenue and budgets.
  • Nothing to buy first. You pay this price for each of the first 10,000 pages each month.
  • One call. You call POST /graphql. Every input is optional: resultSize, afterEin, states, sizes, ratings, isRated, c3, alerts, causes. The call returns the matching companies.
  • Who can get it: This plan is for academics and requires an email from an academic institution. Keep data: 1 month. Use data: with conditions.

Charity Navigator: company discovery API alternatives

Charity Navigator alternatives: other company discovery API providers by price

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a year old.

This planCharity Navigator, pay as you go, Academic Use, first 10,000 calls a month, POST /graphql, bulkNonprofitsAnVendor, free, POST /v1/scansLeadMCP, freeAnyAPI, free trial key, POST /v1/run/company_search.ai_arkGetLeads, free, 1,000 credits, POST /api/v1/companies/search
$ per 1,000 companies$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness15%15%77%92%46%
Billingpay as you gofreefreefreefree
Paymonthly$0$0$0$0
Enough for10,000 pages a month20 results a month1,000 results, onceabout 20 results, once1,000 results, once
Freshness2 months (highest alert level: 7 days)30 days1 month30 days1 month
Who can get itThis plan is for academics and requires an email from an academic institutionanyone 18 or over, for their own internal business purposesanyone aged 18 or overanyone 18 or over, with no account, for business or professional use, not in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a restricted-party listanyone

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

  1. developer.charitynavigator.org
  2. developer.charitynavigator.org/alerts
  3. developer.charitynavigator.org/graphql/object/BulkNonprofitsResponse
  4. developer.charitynavigator.org/graphql/object/PublicFacetedSearchResult
  5. developer.charitynavigator.org/graphql/query/bulkNonprofits
  6. developer.charitynavigator.org/overview
  7. developer.charitynavigator.org/plans
  8. developer.charitynavigator.org/pricing
  9. developer.charitynavigator.org/ratings
  10. developer.charitynavigator.org/support
  11. developer.charitynavigator.org/termsofuse
  12. charitynavigator.org/products-and-services/graphql-api/api-terms-of-use

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Description, not in the answer
  • Industry, not in the answer
  • Type and status, not in the answer
  • Images, not in the answer
  • Technologies, not in the answer
  • Employees, not in the answer
  • Social profiles, not in the answer
  • Headquarters
  • Locations, not in the answer
  • Funding, not in the answer
  • Revenue and budgets
  • Parents, not in the answer
  • Phones, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 companies$0.00
Perpage of 5,000
Billingpay as you go
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Most per searchno limit
Also pays forfrom the same budget: publicSearchFaceted · nonprofitsPublic
Overage
$ per 1,000 companies$0.002
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturn an array of nonprofits summary and rating data based on the filter criteria. The resultSize has a maximum of 5000, but you can iterate over the dataset by supplying the last ein of the previous query as the afterEin property in the next query.
Data
Freshness2 months (highest alert level: 7 days)
CountriesUnited States
Keep data1 month
Use dataA limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right and license during the Term to: (a) access the GraphQL API and the Data Fields, (b) implement the API on the Licensee Site, (c) display charity information from the Charity Navigator Database on the Licensee Site for End Users to access such data without charge for their own personal, non-commercial use, (d) cache ratings data received through the API solely to improve the speed and functionality of the Licensee Site and/or for another purpose approved by Charity Navigator [...] You will not, and will not authorize or permit any third party, including without limitation, Your End Users, to: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discern the source code or interface protocols of the API, (ii) modify, adapt, or create derivative works with respect to the API, or combine or merge any part of the API with or into any software or service, (iii) make any copies of the API, (iv) resell, distribute, or sublicense the API, (v) make all or any portion of the Charity Navigator Database available on a “service bureau” basis, (vi) remove or modify any proprietary markings or restrictive legends placed on the API, (vii) use the API in violation of any applicable law or regulation or for any purpose not specifically permitted in these Terms, (viii) introduce into the API any software, virus, worm, “back door,” Trojan Horse, or similar harmful code, (ix) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the API or any activities conducted on the Charity Navigator Database, (x) use the API, directly or indirectly, to create, implement, or enhance a product or service that is competitive with the Charity Navigator Database, or (xi) use the API in any manner that violates the rights of any person, including but not limited to intellectual property rights [...] You agree to share with Charity Navigator any data relating to Your use of the API as Charity Navigator may reasonably request from time to time [...] You shall accord Charity Navigator the following technical credit on the Licensee Site [...]: “Powered by Charity Navigator.”
Plan
Paymonthly
You getfrom the 1st page a month
Enough for10,000 pages a month
Expiresat the start of each billing period
Rate limit
Per second16.67
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendnothing required. Optional: resultSize, afterEin, states, sizes, ratings, isRated, c3, alerts, causes
MethodPOST
Path/graphql
About the plan
PlanAcademic Use, first 10,000 calls a month
Who can get itThis plan is for academics and requires an email from an academic institution
The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

EIN, name, mission, revenue size class, website, Charity Navigator URL, Encompass score, Encompass star rating, Encompass publication date, street, street 2, city, state, ZIP code, country, highest alert level, acronym, causes, total results, filters

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