Giving Machine Vetting
Nonprofit vetting · Arkansas
Light the World, Arkansas 2026

Vetting nonprofit partners with care and rigor.

A research tool that vets nonprofit organizations to see if they qualify to participate in Giving Machine efforts. Fifteen qualification criteria, ten deep-research dimensions, transparent sources, and human review at every step.

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The sample report is the actual vetting output for CASA of Northwest Arkansas, a 33-year-old court-appointed-special-advocates nonprofit. Public 990 data; no signed account required.

What it does

Three things, in sequence.

Step 1

Qualifies

Runs the 15 criteria from the Church rubric: 501(c)(3) status, 5+ year track record, administrative expenses under 20%, faith neutrality, geographic fit, and more.

Step 2

Deep-vets

Ten dimensions of structured research: reputation, finances, governance, legal, political lean, transparency, beneficiary protection, brand-safety alignment, and local presence.

Step 3

Cites

Every finding shows its source URL. A reviewer can audit any line of evidence, override any criterion or dimension after outreach calls, and the verdict re-aggregates.

How it works

From candidate to verdict in under 20 minutes.

1

Reviewer enters a candidate

Name, EIN, website, and focus area. That's all the seed data the agent needs.

2

Qualification gate runs, about 5 minutes

Pulls IRS Form 990 from ProPublica and GivingTuesday, checks the 15 criteria, returns Pass, Conditional, or Not Qualified.

3

If qualified, deep vetting runs, about 12 minutes

Ten-dimension agentic research using web search and structured APIs. Every tool call is logged.

4

Reviewer sees a tight executive summary

Plus the 15 criteria, the full brief, and every source citation, all on one page.

5

Reviewer can override any finding

After outreach calls, criteria and dimensions can be overridden. The verdict re-aggregates automatically and the change is logged.

Trust signals

Authoritative sources, auditable trail.

Uses authoritative sources

  • IRS Publication 78
  • IRS Business Master File
  • ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
  • GivingTuesday 990 Data Collective
  • Charity Navigator
  • BBB Wise Giving Alliance
  • Candid (GuideStar)
  • Federal Election Commission
  • CourtListener
  • Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database

Auditable by design

  • Every action logged. Tool calls, scoring runs, overrides, verdict changes.
  • Every verdict reviewable. No black-box pass or fail; the chain of evidence is on the page.
  • Every source URL preserved. Click through to the IRS, ProPublica, or original news article.
  • Human in the loop. Outreach-dependent criteria stay pending until a reviewer confirms.

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