# `tax.990/nonprofit-lookup` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/tax.990/nonprofit-lookup
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/tax.990/nonprofit-lookup
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: tax.990 (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-03T19:17:39.163Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
990.tax nonprofit lookup
IRS records on US nonprofits: exempt status, revocations, Form 990 financials, due dates, stats.
```

Scanned 2026-11-03T18:18:32.694Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 2 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__nonprofit-lookup__check_exempt_status` `mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_nonprofit_profile` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `explain_irs_reject_code` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "explain_irs_reject_code" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "explain_irs_reject_code" says "explain": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `explain_irs_reject_code`

- The name "explain_irs_reject_code" says "explain": a word for reading.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Plain-English meaning of an IRS Modernized e-File business rule reject code for Forms 990-N, 990-EZ, 990 and 8868 (e.g. R0000-922-01), the IRS rule text, and how to fix it.
```

### `which_990_form`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Which annual return applies under the IRS thresholds: 990-N (gross receipts normally $50,000 or less), 990-EZ (under $200,000 and assets under $500,000), 990, 990-PF, or none (churches, group-return members). With an EIN, missing amounts come from the IRS Business Master File. Cites the IRS rule.
```

## Only reads (6)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `check_exempt_status`

- The name "check_exempt_status" says "status": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "file": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Whether the IRS automatically revoked an organization's tax exemption (revocation, posting and reinstatement dates), and which of its last three ended accounting years have no return on the IRS public files. Three consecutive missing years revoke the exemption (IRC 6033(j)).
```

### `get_filing_due_date`

- The name "get_filing_due_date" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Due date of a Form 990-N, 990-EZ, 990 or 990-PF for a fiscal year end and tax year, moved off weekends and legal holidays, the Form 8868 extended due date (none for the 990-N), days remaining, and late-filing consequences. Give the fiscal year end month or an EIN. Tax year = the calendar year the accounting year begins in; default is the latest ended year.
```

### `get_nonprofit_profile`

- The name "get_nonprofit_profile" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "file": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One organization's IRS record: exempt status, 501(c) subsection, NTEE category, ruling year, deductibility (Publication 78), fiscal year end, which return it files, last filing, and the latest e-filed financial summary. Optional sections: financials (up to 5 years of revenue, expenses, assets from e-filed Form 990/990-EZ/990-PF), officers (up to 15 officers, directors and key employees with compensation from the latest e-filed return), filing_history (e-Postcards and e-filed returns).
```

### `get_nonprofit_stats`

- The name "get_nonprofit_stats" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Counts and totals for US tax-exempt organizations from IRS public data: national, one state, or one NTEE major category (A-Z). Active organizations, 990-N filers, revocations, and revenue, assets, employees and pay from e-filed returns; national adds e-Postcard filers by year, revocations by month and organizations by category.
```

### `get_top_nonprofits`

- The name "get_top_nonprofits" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Ranked lists from e-filed Form 990 returns, national (25) or per state (10): highest-paid executives, largest by revenue, most money raised, richest by net assets, biggest employers.
```

### `search_nonprofits`

- The name "search_nonprofits" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find US tax-exempt organizations by name or EIN in IRS records. Returns up to 10 matches with EIN, city, state, exempt status (active, revoked, reinstated, terminated) and the latest form filed. Use the EIN with the other tools.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `nonprofit-lookup`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__search_nonprofits",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_nonprofit_profile",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__check_exempt_status",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_filing_due_date",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_nonprofit_stats",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_top_nonprofits"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__which_990_form",
      "mcp__nonprofit-lookup__explain_irs_reject_code"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__nonprofit-lookup__get_nonprofit_profile`: private-data
- `mcp__nonprofit-lookup__check_exempt_status`: private-data