---
title: "Candid MCP integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/candid-mcp/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "AI & automation"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# Candid MCP integration for LuumenAI

Look up nonprofits, funders, and sector answers from Candid data

## What LuumenAI can do with Candid MCP

LuumenAI connects to Candid MCP with OAuth 2.0 and exposes 6 tools (6 write). For connected tools, admins configure which actions may run automatically and which require approval, within the access granted to the user.

## Key facts

- Authentication: OAuth 2.0
- Tools available: 6 tools (6 write)
- Deployment: scoped as part of your Pilot, Platform, or Managed rollout
- Category: AI & automation

## About Candid MCP with LuumenAI

Ask about a nonprofit, a funder, or a funding question and get an answer grounded in Candid data. CANDID_MCP_SEARCH_ORGANIZATIONS finds organizations by name, mission, EIN, or location. CANDID_MCP_IDENTIFY_MENTIONED_ORGANIZATIONS links names in your text to official profiles. Every call here is classified as a write, so it is previewed and approved by default. Connect once over OAuth with dynamic client registration.

## Example tools

Write and destructive (6 in total, subject to configured approval policy):

- `CANDID_MCP_CURRENT_DATE` — Get the current day to reference for any time-sensitive data requests.
- `CANDID_MCP_IDENTIFY_LOCATIONS` — Uses natural language processing to find and match named geographies found in the supplied text.
- `CANDID_MCP_IDENTIFY_MENTIONED_ORGANIZATIONS` — Resolve and link organization names to official Candid nonprofit profiles.
- `CANDID_MCP_KNOWLEDGE_RESOURCES` — Get answers to questions about the social and philanthropic sector directly fom Candid's subject matter experts.
- `CANDID_MCP_SEARCH_ORGANIZATIONS` — Find nonprofits and grantmaking organizations in Candid's database by name, mission, EIN, location, or type of work.
- `CANDID_MCP_TAXONOMY_TERMS` — Uses natural language processing to align input text to Candid's taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (PCS).

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to Candid MCP?

Authorize once with OAuth 2.0. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in Candid MCP on its own?

For connected tools, admins configure which actions may run automatically and which require approval, within the access granted to the user.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to Candid MCP — read or write, approved or declined — is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/candid-mcp/