---
title: "Search organizations"
method: GET
path: "/v1/organizations/search"
tags: ["Organizations"]
---

# Search organizations

`GET /v1/organizations/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sandboxapi.givechariot.com`
- URL: `https://sandboxapi.givechariot.com/v1/organizations/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Search for organizations by name or EIN.
This endpoint exists to support a typeahead search or quick lookup by nonprofit EIN or name.
The Get Organization API should be used to retrieve detailed information about an organization.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `ein` string
- `name` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

The response for Organizations.search

- object
  - `results` OrganizationSummary[]
    - `id` string, required: The unique identifier for the organization.
    - `ein` string, required: The Employer Identification Number (EIN) or TaxID for the nonprofit entity.
    - `name` string, required: The name of the organization.
    - `daf_eligible` boolean: Whether the organization is eligible to receive donations from a Donor Advised Fund.
    - `city` string: The city of the organization.
    - `state` string: The state of the organization.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid or contains invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized. The request is missing the security (OAuth2 Bearer token) requirements and the server is unable to verify the identify of the caller.
- `403`: Access denied
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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