990 Forms Parser and Search

Form 990 is a United States Internal Revenue Service form that provides information to the government and the public about financial distribution in non-profit organizations. It is often the only source of quality and true-to-date information.

For this project, we built an inclusive application form that allows users to upload CSV-files to search a list of the trustees for each foundation name in the uploaded file. The application includes data from 990 forms, starting from 2015. There are approximately 2,5 million forms parsed and stored. After uploading CSV-files with a list of the foundation the user is interested in, it is possible to download search results. As the data formats for each year differ, information about new 990 form updates can be made on-demand. This solution differs from the existing ones – it has a function that allows seeing contact information from trustees.