How do I install Charity Registry?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Charity Registry need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Charity Registry use?

Charity Registry is reached over HTTP.

When was Charity Registry last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-23. Search, verify and compare 7.9M+ nonprofits from official charity registries in 100+ countries.

Charity Registry MCP server

Power your agent

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The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add in Claude Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server URL

https://giveradar.com/mcp/

The Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add --transport http com.giveradar-charity-registry https://giveradar.com/mcp/

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "com.giveradar-charity-registry": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "mcp-remote",8        "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"9      ]10    }11  }12}

claude_desktop_config.json

Remote · HTTPPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Remote

Transport: http
Version: 1.2.0
Last checked

4 tools

Tools

tools/listVoice mode preview

Tool	What it does
search_charities

GiveRadar MCP Server

Remote MCP server exposing 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries, sourced from official government charity registries and tax authorities (IRS, Charity Commission, ACNC, and dozens more). Read-only, no key required to start.

Endpoint: https://giveradar.com/mcp/ (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTPS) Docs: giveradar.com/mcp | Manifest: /.well-known/mcp.json

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_charities`	Free-text name search (trigram-indexed), optional country filter
`verify_charity`	Look up by EIN / UK Charity Number / RSIN / any official registry ID
`compare_charities`	Side-by-side integrity scores + financials, with a verdict
`find_similar`	More charities in the same country + category

Plus resources/list / resources/read for full schema.org JSON-LD per charity (incl. FAQs). All tools are read-only (readOnlyHint: true).

Connect

Clients with native streamable-HTTP support connect directly to https://giveradar.com/mcp/. Setup for every client with screenshots: giveradar.com/for-developers/#ai.

Claude Code (one line):

claude mcp add giveradar --transport http https://giveradar.com/mcp/

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), via the generic remote bridge:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "giveradar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"]
    }
  }
}

or via the zero-dependency stdio bridge in this repo (index.js):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "giveradar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:matt-timmermans/giveradar-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json): {"mcpServers": {"giveradar": {"url": "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"}}}

Gemini CLI (~/.gemini/settings.json): {"mcpServers": {"giveradar": {"httpUrl": "https://giveradar.com/mcp/"}}}

ChatGPT: Settings, Connectors, Advanced, enable Developer mode, then Create with server URL https://giveradar.com/mcp/ and authentication none (paid plans).

Optional: set GIVERADAR_API_KEY=gr_xxxxx in the environment to raise the daily quota and unlock Pro fields.

Try it

curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"verify_charity","arguments":{"country":"US","id_value":"13-1760110"}}}' \
  https://giveradar.com/mcp/

Quotas & tiers

Tier	Daily quota	Fields
Anonymous	10 / day / IP	All free fields
Free API key	10 / day	All free fields
Pro	10,000 / day	+ financials, donation/report URLs
Enterprise	100,000 / day	+ financials, donation/report URLs

Handshake methods (initialize, ping, tools/list) are free and do not count; tools/call and resources/read do. tools/call is also capped at 60 per minute per IP. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer gr_xxxxx; get a key at giveradar.com/api. Email, phone, and officer names are never exposed, at any tier.

Also available

Python client and CLI: pip install giveradar (giveradar-python); its verify() calls this server's verify_charity tool.
REST API: giveradar.com/api/docs, OpenAPI spec at /api/openapi.yaml.
For LLMs: /llms.txt (index) and /llms-full.txt (complete reference: endpoints, tools, integrity method, data sources by country).

About

The MCP server is hosted (the implementation lives in the main GiveRadar codebase); this repo holds the public metadata plus the stdio bridge for local and sandbox use. This code is MIT licensed. Data: free for individual use under the GiveRadar Terms; bulk and commercial access is licensed per contract ([email protected]); methodology documentation and data schemas are CC BY 4.0. Attribution requested: "GiveRadar (giveradar.com)". Issues and feature requests welcome here.

Charity Registry

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Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Charity Registry?

Does Charity Registry need an API key?

What transport does Charity Registry use?

When was Charity Registry last checked?

Documentation

GiveRadar MCP Server

Tools

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Quotas & tiers

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