INTELLIGENCE

Charity News & Investigations

Automated news monitoring across 22,899 nonprofits. 192,169+ articles tracked from GDELT and Google News, with sentiment scoring and scandal detection feeding the GiveRadar Integrity Assessment.

Investigate a charity News API
Daily refresh from GDELT Tone scoring -10 to +10 Free per-charity feeds

192,169

Articles tracked

22,899

Nonprofits monitored

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News pipelines (GDELT + GN)

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Per-charity feeds

GiveRadar's Charity News & Investigations hub (giveradar.com/news/) provides automated nonprofit news monitoring covering 22,899 charities with 192,169 indexed articles. The platform pulls from GDELT (the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone) and Google News, matching articles to specific charities by name and registration data. Every charity profile shows a per-charity news tab with chronological coverage, source attribution, direct links to original reporting, and tone score from -10 (most negative) to +10 (most positive). Automated systems flag articles containing nonprofit-sector red-flag terms (fraud, embezzlement, lawsuits, regulatory investigations, sanctions actions, executive misconduct), and persistent negative coverage feeds into the GiveRadar Integrity Assessment (0-100). News is refreshed daily. Used by journalists running investigative work, donor-advised funds monitoring grantee portfolios for emerging risks, compliance teams running ongoing due diligence, and donors checking what's been written about a charity before giving.

Recent charity news

Latest articles indexed across the full nonprofit population. Click any charity name for the full per-charity feed.

How charity news monitoring works

Six-step pipeline from raw GDELT events to per-charity feed.

1. Article ingestion

GDELT publishes a global news event stream every 15 minutes. Google News covers regional/local outlets GDELT misses. Both pipelines feed into GiveRadar's article queue.

2. Charity matching

Each article is matched to charities by legal name, common variant, registration number, and known aliases. False-positive filters prune mentions of for-profit firms with similar names.

3. Tone scoring

GDELT supplies a per-article tone score from -10 (most negative) to +10 (most positive). Articles with extreme negative tone are flagged for human review and surfaced prominently.

4. Red-flag detection

Keyword matching against nonprofit-sector red-flag dictionary: fraud, embezzlement, sanctions, regulatory action, executive misconduct, lawsuits, governance breakdown. Hits are stored as RedFlag records.

5. Per-charity feed

Each charity profile includes a /news/ tab showing the chronological article list with source, date, tone score, and a link to original reporting. Free for everyone.

6. Integrity Assessment

Persistent negative coverage and confirmed red-flag events feed the Integrity Assessment (0-100), giving donors and grant-makers an at-a-glance risk indicator.

Frequently asked questions

How can I monitor news about a specific charity?
Go to the charity's profile page on GiveRadar and open the news tab. You'll see chronological coverage from GDELT and Google News with source, publication date, tone score, and direct links. Free for everyone, no signup required. The REST API also exposes per-charity news (see api/docs/).
Where does the news data come from?
Two pipelines: GDELT (Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone, a public dataset that monitors broadcast, print, and web news worldwide every 15 minutes) and Google News (filling regional/local coverage GDELT misses). Articles are matched to charities by legal name plus known aliases.
What does the tone score mean?
GDELT computes a tone score for every article on a -10 to +10 scale based on the ratio of positive to negative emotion words. Around -2 to +2 is neutral reporting; below -5 typically indicates scandal, fraud, or legal action coverage. The score is a useful first filter, not a substitute for reading the article.
How are red flags detected?
Red flags are detected from official financial and regulatory data, not from news articles. The system screens for excessive executive compensation, low program spending, missing filings, sanctions matches, and governance concerns. News articles are displayed separately for transparency but do not trigger red flags or affect the Integrity Assessment score.
Does negative news automatically lower a charity's score?
No. News coverage alone does not affect the Integrity Assessment score. GiveRadar displays news articles for transparency, but a charity's score is based on verifiable data: government registration, financial filings, governance disclosures, and contact availability. News is provided so donors can make their own judgment, not to penalize charities for media attention they may not control.
Is the news API available programmatically?
Yes. Per-charity news feeds are exposed via the REST API at api/v1/charities/{slug}/news/. Free tier includes 100 requests/day, Pro 10,000/day with full content access. See api/docs/ for the endpoint reference.
Related: Charity fraud guide Due diligence guide Methodology API docs

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