Organization Vetting Services

OFAC, IRS, CRA and School Checks

In order to provide our Grants and Research funding clients with access to third party government data that either confirms their status as a charity, non-profit, educational institution and/or denies their presence on watch lists. The below table outlines the databases, frequency of updates and provides linkages.

Data Sources

Database	Frequency	Notes	Link	Third Party Provider
OFAC	Monthly	OFAC refers to the Office of Foreign Asset Control. This acts as a watch list and an organizations/individuals presence on this list should prohibit them from receiving funding.	http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets-Control.aspx	http://www.ofacanalyzer.com/
IRS	Monthly	http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Exempt-Organizations-Business-Master-File-Extract-(EO-BMF)	N/A
CRA	Monthly	SmartSimple receives both a monthly DVD from the Canadian Revenue Agency. This data is comprised of the most recent publically available T1030 Registered Charity Information Returns. The second database contains Charities according to their current status.	N/A
Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data	Annually	SmartSimple maintains and annual database of all public elementary and secondary schools in the US.	http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pubschuniv.asp	N/A