CharityVerify
Verify Canadian charities before donations, partnerships, or charity-focused product decisions without manually reading CRA filings.
Overview
CharityVerify is a MCP server for the Idea phase that looks up trust grades, donor verdicts, and analysis for 138,000+ Canadian charities from your coding agent.
What is this MCP server?
- Trust grades and donor verdicts for 138,000+ Canadian charities
- stdio MCP via npx charityverify-mcp (npm 1.0.4)
- Optional CHARITYVERIFY_API_KEY for full analysis; free tier works without a key
- Hosted registry metadata points at charity-verify-engine on GitHub and charityverify.ca
- 138,000+ Canadian charities in catalog (per server description)
- Server version 1.0.4, npm package charityverify-mcp, stdio transport
What problem does it solve?
You cannot quickly tell whether a Canadian charity is trustworthy enough to donate to, partner with, or mention in your product without digging through scattered filings and opinions.
Who is it for?
Indie builders and content creators doing due diligence on Canadian nonprofits before money, PR, or integrations.
Skip if: US-only charity research, automated donation processing, or teams that need real-time payment reconciliation.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent returns CharityVerify trust grades and verdicts so you can shortlist or reject charities with cited analysis in the same session as your build notes.
- Trust grade and donor verdict for a named Canadian charity
- Structured analysis suitable for notes, specs, or FAQ copy
- Repeatable agent-side lookups without leaving the IDE
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Journey fit
Canonical shelf is Idea → research because trust grades and donor verdicts answer “should I trust this organization?” before you commit money or messaging. Research subphase covers competitive and due-diligence lookups; CharityVerify is a structured lookup layer over 138k+ registered charities.
How it compares
Charity due-diligence MCP lookup, not a payment processor or generic web search skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is CharityVerify MCP for?
Solo builders, founders, and developers who need fast trust signals on Canadian charities while researching partnerships, donations, or compliance-sensitive features.
When should I use CharityVerify MCP?
Use it during idea and validation research whenever you name a Canadian charity in a landing page, integration, or personal donation decision and want graded analysis instead of guesswork.
How do I add CharityVerify MCP to my agent?
Register the stdio server with runtime hint npx and package charityverify-mcp, optionally set CHARITYVERIFY_API_KEY for full analysis, then invoke charity lookup tools from Claude Code or another MCP-capable client.