# vaaya.ai ProPublica Nonprofit Search

> vaaya.ai ProPublica Nonprofit Search is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Search all US nonprofits by name or keyword using ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer (IRS 990 data), returning organization names and EINs for further financial lookup.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/propublica/nonprofit_search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-ai-propublica-nonprofit-search-452afb1b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v-Ksnk9aQOWcdOykh0fql

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 vaaya-ai-propublica-nonprofit-search-452afb1b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search ProPublica's nonprofit database for organizations related to 'climate research' in California and give me their names and EINs so I can pull their financials.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover US nonprofits by name or keyword and obtain their EINs — especially as the first step before retrieving 990 financial data. Prefer this over manual IRS searches or direct EDGAR queries when the subject is a tax-exempt nonprofit, foundation, or charity rather than a for-profit SEC registrant.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned for obscure or misspelled organization names
- State filter too narrow, missing orgs incorporated in a different state
- Pagination issues if page number exceeds available results
- Rate limit or payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient
- Ambiguous keyword matches many unrelated organizations

## How this service works

Search all US nonprofits by name/keyword (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, IRS 990 data). Pass `q` + optional `state` (2-letter) and `page`. Returns orgs with EINs — feed an EIN to propublica/nonprofit for financials. The route into any 990: foundations, research labs (early OpenAI), the SF NGO network.

## Output

Returns a list of matching US nonprofit organizations with their names, EINs, and basic identifying metadata. The EINs can be fed into a companion endpoint to retrieve full IRS 990 financial data for any organization.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 1
      },
      "ntee": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 10,
       "minimum": 1
      },
      "page": {
       "type": "integer",
       "minimum": 0
      },
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 2,
       "minLength": 2
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vaaya-ai-propublica-nonprofit-search-452afb1b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vaaya.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vaaya.ai/llms.txt)