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"Reverse Search" a foundation (Recipient Profiles)

Hone in on a nonprofit's Recipient Profile in our database and perform a "Reverse Search" to accelerate your own search for good-fit funders.

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Written by Rebecca Huber
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The ability to view nonprofits' Recipient Profiles is available beginning on the Standard Plan and above. Take a peek at our walkthrough video below to see how you could be leveraging fine-tuned funding data to quickly identify more of the right-fit funders.

Step-by-step guide

First, click into the Quick find search bar in the top-left corner your screen:

Next, open the dropdown menu and choose Recipients for your search results:

Now search the name or EIN of a nonprofit similar to yours. When you've found it, click on the search result to expand its 990 Report:

To the right-hand side of the organization name, click Change View and select View Recipient Profile:

Now, scroll down to the Past Awards Received section (or skip down via the hyperlinked 'CONTENTS' on the left-side):

The Past Awards Received section of a Recipient Profile displays a list of funders that have funded this nonprofit β€” including the funders' location, dollar amount awarded and purpose of the grant.

Near the top of this section, you can change the view to different years of 990 data as well as search a specific keyword/phrase (Purpose), Amount ($) or funder (Name).

Lastly, you can click on any of the hyperlinked funders to view their 990 Reports (Funder Profiles):

Here you can research their Basic and Advanced Funder Insights as well as any active funding opportunities.

Interested in using Recipient Profiles to "Reverse Search"? Learn more about the Standard Plan and compare available features on our Pricing page.

Pro Tip: You can take Recipient Profiles and funder searches to the next level β€” our Peer Prospecting feature offers refined funder matching based on nonprofits similar to yours to optimize your ROI! This tool is available on the Professional Plan.


Contact Us

Have any questions about Recipient Profiles, ways to search for funders, or 990 Insights? Message our friendly Support team via your the chat bubble, or email us at hello@instrumentl.com.

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