Idealist Scraper: Nonprofit and Social Impact Jobs, 43 Fields

Scrape nonprofit and social-impact job listings from Idealist.org. Returns 43 fields per job: title, organization, salary range, full description, areas_of_focus tags, location, city, state, country, location_type, remote_ok, tags, organization website, address, phone, email, when the organization joined Idealist and total job count. Covers 10,000+ social-impact positions worldwide.

What you can scrape

• Listing core: title, company, city, state, country, location_type, posted_at
• Mission focus: areas_of_focus tags (e.g. education, climate, human rights, healthcare access)
• Remote flag: remote_ok (true / false), location_type
• Full content: description, salary range, tags
• Organization intel: company_website, company_address, company_phone, company_email, company_joined Idealist, total job count

Primary use cases

• Nonprofit talent acquisition. Source mission-driven candidates by filtering areas_of_focus tags (climate, education, healthcare)
• Foundation grantmaking research. Track which nonprofits are scaling staff as a signal of recent grant funding
• Remote impact roles. Filter remote_ok = true to source candidates open to mission-driven distributed work
• Direct organization outreach. Use company_email and company_phone for partnership outreach to nonprofit leadership

API example

# Start a run via the Apify API
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~idealist-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchUrls": ["https://www.idealist.org/en/jobs"],
    "maxResults": 100
  }'

# Or use with AI agents via MCP:
# https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/idealist-scraper

Integrations

• n8n, Make, Zapier: trigger runs and process job records via webhook
• AI Agents (MCP): Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
• Python, Node.js: Apify SDK for programmatic access
• Google Sheets, Airtable: queries in, structured jobs out

Output fields

Related Actors

• LinkedIn Jobs Scraper: LinkedIn nonprofit and impact-focused job coverage
• Indeed Scraper: Indeed nonprofit sector listings for cross-source coverage