nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends
5-year financial trend for any US nonprofit. Revenue growth, expense ratios, reserve trajectory, and health score history from IRS Form 990 data via ProPublica. Returns trend_direction (GROWING/STABLE/DECLINING/VOLATILE/INSUFFICIENT_DATA), CAGR, and year-by-year revenue, expense, and asset trends...
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What nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends does on DataNexus MCP
AI agents call nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends to retrieve information from DataNexus MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ein | string | — | EIN in format XX-XXXXXXX e.g. 46-5734087. Required. |
years | integer | — | Number of years of trend data 1-10. Default 5. Optional. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends is rated Low
This tool only retrieves and analyzes historical financial data from public IRS Form 990 filings. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, cannot execute code or commands, and cannot delete or overwrite anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could request financial data for any nonprofit, but this is publicly available information.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves and queries 5-year financial trend data for US nonprofits from IRS Form 990 data via ProPublica. Returns read-only metrics: trend_direction, CAGR, and year-by-year trends.
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The rule that runs nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and DataNexus MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends, this is the rule to start with:
nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect DataNexus MCP, apply this rule, and every nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends
5-year financial trend for any US nonprofit. Revenue growth, expense ratios, reserve trajectory, and health score history from IRS Form 990 data via ProPublica. Returns trend_direction (GROWING/STABLE/DECLINING/VOLATILE/INSUFFICIENT_DATA), CAGR, and year-by-year revenue, expense, and asset trends. years parameter: 1–10, default 5. Rate limit: 30/minute. No auth required. Complements nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_full_profile by adding multi-year context. If this tool's response does not serve the user's need, call report_feedback with feedback_type="agent_gap", tool_id="nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends", intended_query="{what the user needed}", gap_description="{what was missing or wrong in the result}". It is categorised as a Read tool in the DataNexus MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends accepts 2 parameters: ein, years. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the DataNexus MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches DataNexus MCP. Nothing to install.
nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
nonprofit_fetch_nonprofit_financial_trends is provided by the DataNexus MCP server (dev-7bd0/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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