Where our data comes from
Every record on GiveRadar traces back to an official government registry or a vetted public directory. This page names the exact source for each country, links straight to it, and shows when we last refreshed it. Nothing is scraped from behind a login, and nothing is estimated.
Our sourcing principles
Three commitments that shape every record on the platform.
Wherever a country operates a publicly accessible charity register, that register is our primary source: government registries, tax authorities, regulators. For countries without public registry data, we use vetted directories instead, labeled as directory-sourced on every page. The two tiers are never mixed silently.
Every charity page cites its source, and every country in our coverage links to the register or directory that produced the data. Click through any time you want to verify what we say.
Sources are re-imported on a per-country cadence, typically monthly to quarterly, with refresh dates published below. New filings appear within weeks of the register making them public.
Country-by-country sources
Sorted by approximate charity count. The source type column shows whether a country's records come from an official government register or a vetted charity directory. Click any source name to open it in a new tab.
United States
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Spain
Belgium
Finland
Australia
Thailand
Switzerland
South Korea
Philippines
Indonesia
Isle of Man
Standard identifiers
Every charity is preserved under its native government identifier (EIN, Charity Number, ABN, and equivalents). These identifiers are reciprocal with the issuing registry, so any record can be round-tripped to the source for verification.
United States
France
Brazil
Germany
Colombia
South Africa
Denmark
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Spain
Argentina
Belgium
Italy
Sweden
Poland
Norway
Romania
Finland
Japan
Canada
Israel
Australia
Nepal
Hungary
Netherlands
Russia
Thailand
Croatia
Serbia
Portugal
Switzerland
New Zealand
Latvia
Chile
Nigeria
Estonia
India
Ireland
South Korea
Mexico
Tanzania
Czech Republic
Kenya
Peru
Bangladesh
Ghana
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Austria
Isle of Man
Jersey
Identifiers are stored in their canonical form; API queries are hyphenation-tolerant. Identifier rows exist only for registry-sourced countries; directory-sourced countries without official identifiers do not appear here.
What we transform, what we don't
Normalization is necessary to compare data across dozens of government schemas. Here is exactly what we do and do not change.
Names are standardized for cross-country matching (case, whitespace, common legal-form prefixes). Addresses are parsed into structured fields. Financials are kept in original currency. We never derive figures from estimates.
NTEE codes (US) and equivalent registry classifications are kept verbatim. Cause tags and category groupings we add ourselves are clearly attributed to GiveRadar's classifier and never overwrite the registry's own taxonomy.
Our integrity assessment is a five-component score documented point by point on the methodology page. Every input is sourced, every weight is published, and every charity page shows which signals contributed.
Spot incorrect data? Email info@giveradar.com with the charity URL and the source to verify against. Charities can claim their listing and edit details directly.
Third-party enrichment
Beyond registers and directories, we layer in publicly available seals, news context, and structured open data. None of these are used as primary sources for the existence or legal status of a charity, and we only name sources whose terms permit our use of their data.
Accreditation and tax statuses shown as badges on charity pages (501(c)(3), ANBI, DGR, and equivalents) come from their issuing authorities' public registers and are re-checked on a recurring schedule. The full badge rules, including the manual evidence verification for countries without public registry access, are on our methodology page.
Country pages include maps built from Natural Earth boundary data (public domain) with city coordinates from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map positions are display aids only, never a data source about any charity.
Citing GiveRadar
If you use GiveRadar data in research, journalism, or analysis, please cite us. Every figure on this page traces back to the source named in the table above.
Frequently asked questions
Are all charities on GiveRadar sourced from official government registries?
Most are: the large majority of records come from government charity registries and tax authorities. For countries that publish no accessible registry data, we source from vetted charity directories, such as humanitarian coordination lists and national NGO directories. Those records are labeled as directory-sourced, their pages make no registry-verification claim, and the table above names the exact source for every country.
What data fields does GiveRadar publish for each charity?
Legal name, registration number, country, address, website, email, phone, mission, classification code, founding year, annual revenue and expenses, program and overhead breakdowns where filed, assets and liabilities, officers with roles and compensation where disclosed, full filing history, the integrity assessment, and any red flags. Availability depends on what each source publishes, and every field traces to its source.
Does GiveRadar have an API?
Yes. A REST API returns the unified schema as JSON, with a free tier of 10 requests per day and a Pro tier of 10,000 per day, plus an OpenAPI specification and an MCP server that AI assistants can query directly. Start with the API documentation.
Can I cite GiveRadar in research or journalism?
Yes, and GiveRadar is free for academic and journalistic use. Use the citation format below. Where a single claim matters, also cite the underlying register: every record on GiveRadar links to its original source, so claims can be verified at first hand.
Why do charity counts differ between GiveRadar and an official register?
Three reasons. We exclude records that are not charities (government bodies, businesses, duplicates), so our count for a country can be lower than the register's raw row count. We merge organizations that appear in multiple registers into one profile. And imports run on a per-country cadence, so very recent registrations may not have arrived yet. Each country page shows its current count, and the table above shows each source's last refresh date.
Build on this data
Researchers, journalists, and developers can query the unified schema directly via our API. Every response carries its provenance: the source, the source type, and the refresh date.
$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer gr_KEY" \ giveradar.com/api/v1/charity/the-british-red-cross-society/ { "slug": "the-british-red-cross-society", "name": "THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY", "country_code": "GB", "uk_charity_number": "220949", "trust_score": 76 }