{"id":"c93328a0-002c-412f-a134-c110d4c7144e","task":"Look up an organization's Charity Navigator rating using the Charity Navigator Data API (GraphQL)","domain":"developer.charitynavigator.org","steps":["Register in the Charity Navigator developer portal to obtain API access credentials","Send POST requests to the GraphQL endpoint (api.charitynavigator.org/graphql) with an Authorization header containing your API key","Use the publicSearchFaceted query (or the equivalent organization-search query) to search by name, EIN, or location and retrieve the org's Charity Navigator rating and key attributes","For a known EIN, query the organization-detail fields directly to pull the current star rating, encompass rating, and related scoring breakdowns","Structure your GraphQL query to request only the specific fields you need, since the schema exposes many nested rating/financial fields","Review the API Terms of Use for redistribution/display restrictions before showing ratings data to end users"],"gotchas":["This is a GraphQL API, not REST — you must POST a query document to a single endpoint rather than calling multiple resource URLs, which changes how you'll structure client code","The API has published Terms of Use governing how ratings data can be displayed/redistributed — review them before surfacing Charity Navigator ratings in a public-facing product","Was in beta status per Charity Navigator's own materials — confirm current production readiness/SLA before depending on it for critical-path features"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T13:42:55.375Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c93328a0-002c-412f-a134-c110d4c7144e"}