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@candid search for nonprofits in Seattle focused on youth education with budgets over $500k

Found 12 organizations matching your criteria. Top results include Seattle Youth Foundation (annual budget: $2.1M, EIN: 91-1234567), which runs after-school STEM programs across 15 schools, and Puget Sound Education Alliance (annual budget: $890K, EIN: 91-7654321), focusing on literacy intervention. Each entry includes IRS Form 990 data, mission statements, and contact information. This search drew from Candid's GuideStar database covering 2.5M+ tax-exempt organizations.

Candid aggregates IRS filings and self-reported nonprofit data. Results depend on organizations filing recent 990s and maintaining GuideStar profiles. OAuth scope must include read access to organizational data. Search filters (budget, geography, cause area) rely on standardized taxonomy that may not capture every nuanced program focus.

@candid compare funding trends for climate nonprofits versus education nonprofits over the last 3 years

Climate-focused nonprofits saw aggregate revenue grow 34% from 2021-2023 (sample: 1,847 orgs), driven largely by foundation grants increasing 52%. Education nonprofits grew 11% in the same period (sample: 4,203 orgs), with government funding flat and individual donations up 18%. Climate orgs averaged $3.2M in annual revenue versus $1.8M for education. Note this reflects reported 990 data with typical 12-18 month filing lag, so 2023 figures are partial.

This synthesis example shows how the MCP can surface sector-wide patterns when paired with AI reasoning. Accuracy depends on the completeness of Candid's dataset—smaller nonprofits often file late or incompletely. The AI's aggregation is illustrative; users should verify trends against Candid's published research reports for grant proposals or strategic planning.

@candid pull the latest Form 990 for EIN 13-1623888 and summarize their program expenses by category

Retrieved 2022 Form 990 for Acme Community Foundation (EIN: 13-1623888). Program expenses totaled $4.7M, broken down as: Youth Services 42% ($1.97M), Housing Assistance 31% ($1.46M), Food Security 18% ($846K), Administrative 9% ($423K). Largest single expense was salaries at $2.1M. The organization reported $5.8M in total revenue, maintaining a 19% operating reserve. This filing was submitted to the IRS in November 2023.

Form 990 retrieval requires the MCP to have access to Candid's Premium or Pro tier data, depending on the organization's size. Public charities' 990s are legally public, but Candid's database may lag IRS publication by several months. Users researching potential grantees or partners should cross-reference financial health indicators with the organization's own audited statements.

When OAuth2 overhead makes sense for customer research

A 3-person startup running weekly user interviews needs a secure way to share session notes and transcripts across Switchy without exposing raw API keys. Candid MCP uses OAuth2, which means each team member authenticates once and the workspace inherits scoped access—no credential rotation, no shared secrets in Slack. This matters when you're storing verbatim customer quotes or feature requests that reference unreleased work. The trade-off: OAuth2 adds a 2-minute setup per user compared to a simple API key drop. If your team is solo or you're just prototyping internally, the auth ceremony isn't worth it. But once you have 3+ people touching the same customer data weekly, the access control pays off. Candid MCP fits teams who treat discovery artifacts as first-class IP.

OAuth2 as the floor for regulated team workflows

A 6-person customer success team at a healthcare SaaS needs to route support tickets through Switchy without violating HIPAA logging requirements. Candid MCP's OAuth2 flow means each action is tied to an authenticated user, not a shared service account—critical when auditors ask who accessed which ticket and when. The MCP doesn't store credentials in the workspace config, so offboarding a team member revokes their access automatically. This setup works when your compliance bar requires user-level attribution and you're already managing OAuth apps in your IdP. The boundary: if your support volume is under 20 tickets a week, the OAuth overhead (initial setup, token refresh handling) outweighs the audit benefit. For regulated teams above that threshold, Candid MCP is the baseline, not a nice-to-have.

When OAuth2 scoping prevents cross-client data leaks

A 10-person agency uses Switchy to manage deliverables for 4 active clients, each with their own Candid workspace. OAuth2 lets the agency scope each MCP connection to a single client's data—so a junior PM working on Client A's sprint can't accidentally surface Client B's roadmap in a shared prompt. This isolation matters when clients are in the same vertical or when NDAs prohibit cross-pollination. The setup cost is higher than a single API key for all clients, but the risk mitigation is immediate: no manual "remember to switch contexts" discipline required. The threshold: if you're a solo consultant or all your clients are in non-competing spaces, the scoping is overkill. For agencies juggling 3+ concurrent clients with overlapping team members, Candid MCP's OAuth2 architecture is the reason you sleep at night.