Access Raw 990 Data via Web Browser
The following steps outline the option to access the Data Lake directly through your browser. This is a multi-step process where you will have to download sample indices (tables that document all the files in the dataset) and navigate through the indices to recreate the link to the desired files, which are housed on AWS.
Important Note!
This option allows you to download sample indices directly through your browser. Please note that these are multi-gigabyte files being downloaded directly onto your device. For more efficient access to the datasets, you can access the data directly with a free Amazon Web Services account via the “Access via AWS” option on the home page.
Step by step guide to accessing data via Browser:
1. Download the sample index you want by clicking on one of the following links:
Link to Download CSV File – Note this is a 2.1GB file:
Link to Download JSON File – Note this is a 8GB file:
2. Open index and use URL Field from any row to download individual XML file for that row
3. Open this sample URL in your browser to view/download individual XML file: