# IRS Nonprofit Status Lookup by EIN or Organization Name

> IRS Nonprofit Status Lookup by EIN or Organization Name is a paid API for AI agents from api.flipvo.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Looks up IRS nonprofit/tax-exempt status for an organization by EIN or exact name, returning BMF exemption details, deductibility codes, Pub 78 listing status, and revocation information.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.flipvo.com/v1/nonprofit/verify?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/irs-nonprofit-status-lookup-by-ein-or-organization-name-26fbf244
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GPcuZWfa6LljsI-XxsOet

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability irs-nonprofit-status-lookup-by-ein-or-organization-name-26fbf244 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check if the American Red Cross is currently recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS and whether donations to it are deductible? Look it up by EIN 53-0196605.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative IRS nonprofit status data — especially exemption subsection, deductibility codes, Pub 78 listing, and automatic revocation history — for a specific organization identified by EIN or exact legal name. Prefer this over general web searches when you need structured, machine-readable IRS data for compliance, grant screening, donor due diligence, or audit workflows. If you have the EIN, prefer it over name search for precision.

## Known failure modes

- Empty organizations array returned (paid 200) when no matching EIN or name is found in IRS data
- Name lookup may fail if the submitted name does not exactly match the IRS master file key
- EIN format errors (non-numeric, wrong digit count) may cause validation failure
- Stale IRS data: BMF is updated periodically, so very recent status changes may not be reflected
- Ambiguous name matches may return multiple records; caller must disambiguate
- Both ein and name omitted: likely returns error or empty result

## How this service works

IRS nonprofit status by EIN or exact organization name: BMF exemption subsection, deductibility and foundation codes, Pub 78 listing, and automatic revocations. Up to 10 records; empty organizations is a paid 200. No legal conclusion is computed.

## Output

Returns up to 10 matching nonprofit records from the IRS BMF and Pub 78 data, each including the organization's BMF exemption subsection code (e.g. 501(c)(3)), deductibility code, foundation classification code, whether the org appears in IRS Publication 78, and whether it has experienced an automatic revocation of exempt status. An empty organizations array with a 200 status indicates a paid call with no matching records found. No legal conclusion is computed by the API.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "ein": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "type": "string"
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "title": "Ein",
   "default": null,
   "examples": [
    "12-3456789"
   ],
   "description": "Nine digits; spaces and hyphens are stripped. Use instead of name."
  },
  "name": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 200
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "title": "Name",
   "default": null,
   "description": "Exact organization name key. Use instead of ein."
  },
  "state": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 2,
     "minLength": 2
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "title": "State",
   "default": null
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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