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DataDawn

Pure Information

Free, open access to public records and data. No spin, no agenda, no paywall. Just the raw filings, parsed, searchable, and ready to query.

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2.1 million filings.
One searchable database.

Every IRS 990 filing from 2019–2024, extracted from raw XML into a clean, queryable database. Foundations, nonprofits, grants, officers, investments, program activities — all cross-referenced and ready for analysis.

2.1M
IRS filings parsed
5.8M
Foundation grants
551K
DAF grants
1.9M
Organizations indexed
$550B+
In tracked grants
24.8M
Total data rows

What's available

Start with IRS 990s. More public records datasets coming as we liberate them.

Four ways in

01 — BROWSE

Explore in your browser

Search, filter, and query every table through an interactive web interface. No account required. No download needed.

02 — QUERY

Write custom SQL

Run arbitrary SQL queries against the full database. Join tables, aggregate, analyze. Full read access to every row.

03 — DOWNLOAD

Take the data home

Download complete SQLite databases or CSV exports. Run your own analysis locally. The data is yours to use.

04 — API

Build on it

Programmatic JSON API for every table and query. Integrate DataDawn data into your own tools and research pipelines.

What we believe

Pure information

No editorial spin. No advocacy framing. No algorithmic curation. The data is presented as filed, with documentation of known limitations.

Free forever

Public records belong to the public. Access to this data will never require payment, registration, or institutional affiliation.

Open methodology

Every extraction process, every known data quality issue, every analytical limitation is documented. If you can't verify it, we haven't done our job.

Built to last

Designed for durability, not hype. Simple architecture, documented schemas, downloadable data. If this site disappears, the data survives.

The data is waiting.

2.1 million filings. $550 billion in grants. Every U.S. nonprofit and private foundation, searchable in seconds. And that's just the first dataset.

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