Charity API Documentation | NTEE Classification

Charity NTEE Classification API

NTEE Classification - categories

This documentation details how to integrate the OrgHunter Charity API's category search functionality, empowering your users to refine their searches based on specific areas of interest. We utilize the NTEE Classification System, a widely recognized standard developed by the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), to provide accurate and consistent categorization of nonprofit organizations. By understanding and implementing this feature, you can create a more intuitive and effective search experience within your application.

This method enables you to provide a list of categories to your end-users allowing them to focus their search on a specific category. OrgHunter uses the NTEE Classification System developed by the National Center for Charitable Statistics as part of its keyword searching criteria. The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system is used by the IRS and NCCS to classify nonprofit organizations. It is also used by the Foundation Center to classify both grants and grant recipients (typically nonprofits or governments).

HTTP method

POST

Charity NTEE Classification API End Point

http://data.orghunter.com/v1/categories

Request URL Example

http://data.orghunter.com/v1/categories?user_key=yourKey

cURL Example

curl -v -X POST "http://data.orghunter.com/v1/categories?user_key=yourKey"

Search Parameters

Parameter	Data Type	Required/Optional	Description
ein	string	required	Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Response Values:

The following values are returned

Name	Data Type	Description
categoryId	Number	Category ID
categoryDesc	string	Category Description

Response Body Example

{
      "code": 200, 
      "msg": "OK, all went through!",
          "data": 
            [
              {
                "categoryId": "?",
                "categoryDesc": "Not Provided" }, { "categoryId": "A",
                "categoryDesc": "Arts, Culture and Humanities" }, { "categoryId": "B",
                "categoryDesc": "Educational Institutions and Related Activities" }, { "categoryId": "C",
                "categoryDesc": "Environmental Quality, Protection and Beautification" }, { "categoryId": "D",
                "categoryDesc": "Animal-Related" }, { "categoryId": "E",
                "categoryDesc": "Health - General and Rehabilitative" }, { "categoryId": "F",
                "categoryDesc": "Mental Health, Crisis Intervention" }, { "categoryId": "G",
                "categoryDesc": "Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines" }, { "categoryId": "H",
                "categoryDesc": "Medical Research" }, { "categoryId": "I",
                "categoryDesc": "Crime, Legal-Related" }, { "categoryId": "J",
                "categoryDesc": "Employment, Job-Related" }, { "categoryId": "K",
                "categoryDesc": "Food, Agriculture and Nutrition" }, { "categoryId": "L",
                "categoryDesc": "Housing, Shelter" }, { "categoryId": "M",
                "categoryDesc": "Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief" }, { "categoryId": "N",
                "categoryDesc": "Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics" }, { "categoryId": "O",
                "categoryDesc": "Youth Development" }, { "categoryId": "P",
                "categoryDesc": "Human Services - Multipurpose and Other" }, { "categoryId": "Q",
                "categoryDesc": "International, Foreign Affairs and National Security" }, { "categoryId": "R",
                "categoryDesc": "Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy" }, { "categoryId": "S",
                "categoryDesc": "Community Improvement, Capacity Building" }, { "categoryId": "T",
                "categoryDesc": "Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations" }, { "categoryId": "U",
                "categoryDesc": "Science and Technology Research Institutes, Services" }, { "categoryId": "V",
                "categoryDesc": "Social Science Research Institutes, Services" }, { "categoryId": "W",
                "categoryDesc": "Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other" }, { "categoryId": "X",
                "categoryDesc": "Religion-Related, Spiritual Development" }, { "categoryId": "Y",
                "categoryDesc": "Mutual/Membership Benefit Organizations, Other" }, { "categoryId": "Z",
                "categoryDesc": "Unknown" }, { "CODE": "?",
                "Description": "Not Provided"
              }
            ]
}

Common Codes

Description	Code
OK	200
Not Authorized	403
No Results Found	404
Server Error	500

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