Looking Up Nonprofits in GuideStar

Find nonprofits by entering the orginazation name, keywood or EIN in the search field.

With 1.9 million nonprofits, names can be very similar or even exactly the same. Of course, it would be best to search by EIN, the organization’s Employer Identification Number.

For example, searching for “food bank” gives 16,662 results!

Searching for “45-2404503” gives exactly one.

Search Filters

If you don’t have the EIN, you can refine your results using the following filters.

Filter by Geography

• State
• Zipcode*
• Metro Statiscal Area* (MSA)
• City
• County*

Filter by Organization

• Seal of Transparency
• Subject Area
• Populations Served
• IRS Subsection*
• Affiliation Type*
• Specific Exclusion*
• Number of Employees*
• Diversity
• IRS Form Type*
• Audits*

Filter by Financials

• Revenue* (IRS Form 990)
• Total Expenses*
• Total Assets*

(*) only available with a paid subscription

Filter Example

To continue with my “food bank” example above, that keyword phrase has 285 in Maryland. If you search on “Rockville” without specifying a state, you get:

• 3 in Rockville, Connecticut
• 1 in Rockville, Indiania and
• 10 in Rockville, Maryland

You can combine search filters with State=Maryland amd City=Rockville to get only the 10. Note that you can only search on Zipcode if you have a paid subscription.

Local Library

Are you looking up other GuideStar listings or looking for a group of nonprofits? For example, to search for those in a specific County or Zipcode, you need a paid subscription. Most public libraries have access to the GuideStar Pro database. However, there may be restrictions on its use such as having a library card or being physically in the library.

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