EIN (Employer Identification Number)
The nine-digit number that uniquely identifies a US organization to the IRS.
An Employer Identification Number, or EIN, is the nine-digit identifier the IRS assigns to an organization. It is the stable key that links a nonprofit to its filings, so grants can be reconciled between a funder's return and a recipient's return.
Matching grants by EIN, rather than by name, is what lets the co-funder graph connect a foundation to the organizations it funds.
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Questions and answers
- What is a ein?
- The nine-digit number that uniquely identifies a US organization to the IRS. An Employer Identification Number, or EIN, is the nine-digit identifier the IRS assigns to an organization. It is the stable key that links a nonprofit to its filings, so grants can be reconciled between a funder's return and a recipient's return.
More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines