---
title: "Verify a Charity Request Before You Donate"
description: "A familiar name can be copied. Find the organization and donation route independently before you give."
category: "civic"
last_verified: 2026-10-04
freshness: green
published: 2026-10-04
canonical_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/verify-a-charity-request-before-you-donate.html
companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-request-pause-check.html
companion_apps:
  - app_slug: "charity-request-pause-check"
    title: "Review a Charity Request Before Donating"
    url: "https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-request-pause-check.html"
    price: "Free"
  - app_slug: "charity-organization-route-record"
    title: "Record a Charity and Donation-Route Check"
    url: "https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-organization-route-record.html"
    price: "Free"
reading_time_minutes: 3
tags: ["civic", "life-admin", "official-source", "local-first", "charity-request", "donation-scam", "irs-tax-exempt-search", "charity-verification", "donation-route"]
---

# Verify a Charity Request Before You Donate

A familiar name can be copied. Find the organization and donation route independently before you give.

**The guide is free.** Each Companion App has its own free workflow. Any paid option is listed only for that App.

## Who it's for

People who receive an unexpected charity request or want to check an organization before donating.

## Companion Apps (2)

### Review a Charity Request Before Donating

- Open the app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-request-pause-check.html
- Purpose: Check whether you found the organization and donation route independently.

#### What's free

- Check whether you found the organization and donation route independently.
- Mark checklist items and review the open items.
- Generate a working note from the values you enter.
- Copy, download, or print your note when you choose.
- No account, upload, or payment is required.

#### Optional paid add-on

This App has no paid add-on. The free workflow is the complete listed tool.

### Record a Charity and Donation-Route Check

- Open the app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-organization-route-record.html
- Purpose: Keep the organization name, official route, search result, and date checked.

#### What's free

- Keep the organization name, official route, search result, and date checked.
- Generate a working note from the values you enter.
- Copy, download, or print your note when you choose.
- No account, upload, or payment is required.

#### Optional paid add-on

This App has no paid add-on. The free workflow is the complete listed tool.

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI browser-local organizer (no AI, account, or upload)
- Primary source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/keep-an-eye-out-for-common-charitable-contributions-scams — checked 2026-10-04
- Last verification: 2026-10-04 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/verify-a-charity-request-before-you-donate.html
- Review a Charity Request Before Donating: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-request-pause-check.html
- Record a Charity and Donation-Route Check: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/charity-organization-route-record.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/verify-a-charity-request-before-you-donate.md

*Generated free at https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/verify-a-charity-request-before-you-donate.html — every guide on GratisAI is a complete, working tool. $0, no account, no card, anywhere.*