Form 990 lookup: finding a nonprofit's 990 and audit history

What is a Form 990?

The annual information return most tax-exempt organizations file with the IRS, covering revenue, expenses, assets, governance, programs and the compensation of officers, directors, trustees and the highest paid employees (IRS, About Form 990). It is public: an exempt organization must make its annual returns and exemption application available for public inspection, and returns must be available for a three-year period, with contributor names and addresses excepted (IRS).

The longer explanation is in what is a Form 990, and the differences between the versions are in 990 vs 990-EZ vs 990-N.

Source: IRS, About Form 990 · IRS, public disclosure of exempt organization returns · Last verified: 2026-09-20

How do I look up a nonprofit's 990?

1. IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — search by name or EIN for the IRS copy of the return, the determination letter and the revocation status.
2. IRS Form 990 series downloads — the bulk e-file data, if you are working with many organizations at once.
3. Federal Audit Clearinghouse search — for organizations that filed a federal single audit, the whole reporting package including the audited financial statements.

If you only need to know whether audited statements exist, Form 990 answers that directly — see where to find a nonprofit's audited financial statements.

Source: IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search · IRS Form 990 series downloads · FAC search · Last verified: 2026-09-20

What does this lookup cover, and what does it not?

We are not a mirror of every exempt organization. Our starting point is organizations that filed a federal single audit, and we join the IRS data to them — which is why the coverage numbers below are smaller than the IRS universe, and why what we add is the audit side rather than the return itself.

For an organization outside that set, use IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — it covers the full IRS universe, which we deliberately do not duplicate.

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse · IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File extract · IRS Form 990 series downloads · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search · Last verified: 2026-09-20

What do we add to the IRS data?

• The auditor observed on each filed single audit, year by year.
• Federal awards expended, the threshold that applied, and the major programs reported.
• Findings, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies and repeat findings.
• The accounting fee and paid preparer reported on Form 990, next to the audit record.
• State and city aggregates, so a single organization can be read in context.

For audit year 2024 that means 22,398 nonprofit single audits, of which 3,631 reported at least one finding (16.2%). Aggregates by state are on the statistics pages, and the firms that performed the audits are on audit firms by state.

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse · IRS Form 990 series downloads · Last verified: 2026-09-20

Can I look up one organization here?

Organization-level pages are being published in batches, state by state, and only where the filings carry enough to say something real — at least two audit years, or one year with a reported finding. Until your organization's page exists, the fastest route is the Federal Audit Clearinghouse search for the audit and IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for the return. We would rather publish nothing than publish a page with one number on it.

Source: FAC search · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search · Last verified: 2026-09-20

Questions and answers

Researching an organization's audit history? Start with the single audit lookup.

This is public-record information, not accounting or legal advice.