Find a charity's Form 990 or 990-EZ

Has someone else already done the search for you?

1. Find the charity through the SGO Find a Charity search engine.
2. Go to its Report page.
3. Go to the “Key 990 Data” tab
4. Check the first row (Link to online return location) — if there’s a link there, click on the link and you’ll go to the return.
5. If there’s not a link already there, or the link isn’t current, move on to Search now below.

Search now

If another community member hasn’t already done the search for you (see above), you can find the charity’s latest Form 990 or 990-EZ in a few minutes.

• The charity’s EIN is the key to finding its 990 and other information. Return to the charity’s Report page, where you’ll find its EIN in the third line on the “Identification” tab at the top of the page.

• We suggest the search tools listed below, and that you use them in the order listed (that is, try #1 — if it doesn’t work, move on to #2, etc.)

Search tools for you

1. National Center for Charitable Statistics
2. GuideStar
3. Our dedicated Google search tool.

1. National Center for Charitable Statistics

NCCS has a terrific search tool, and no registration is required.  Just enter the charity’s EIN in the seventh row. Here’s what the NCCS search tool looks like:

Once you submit your request, you should get a page with the charity’s name showing as a link. Click on that link. You’ll go to a page that looks like the following. Click on the Form 990 tab, and you’ll find a list showing the latest 990 carried by NCCS. Click on the link and the return will open — its online location will then be in the URL line of your browser. Just copy and past it into the first line of the “Key 990 Data” tab.

2. GuideStar.org

Go to the GuideStar.org home page and enter the charity’s EIN in the search box. Using the site will require registration (it’s free).

Follow through to the Forms 990 & Docs tab, then click on the link to the latest return shown and the return will open. Its online location will then be in the URL line of your browser. Just copy and paste it into the first line of the “Key 990 Data” tab.

3. Our Google-based search tool

What to enter in the search box (below): All in one line, enter

• the charity’s EIN (without a hyphen),
• then a space,
• then the word “OR” (both capital letters),
• then a space, and
• then the charity’s EIN again (but with a hyphen after the second digit).

Example: If the charity’s EIN were 123456789, in the search box you would enter: 123456789 OR 12-3456789

We apologize — your results will include advertising.

Your results should include links to the charity’s 990s found at one or more of guidestar.org, charitynavigator.org, foundationcenter.org or nccsdataweb.urban.org. If you get multiple links, you’ll want to follow through and use whichever provides the most recent return.