# foundation-discovery MCP Server

Foundation discovery and grant intelligence for nonprofits. 174K+ US funders, IRS 990 data.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 13 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/Kindora-PBC/kindora)

## Status

Pod connected to foundation-discovery on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 1383ms.

It identifies itself as `kindora` version 3.4.3, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 13 tools when it connected:

- `health_check`
- `list_tools`
- `search_funders`
- `get_funder_profile`
- `get_990_summary`
- `get_foundation_grants`
- `get_ntee_codes`
- `search_open_grants`
- `search_funder_jobs`
- `search_nonprofits`
- `find_funders_for_peers`
- `find_funders_of_nonprofit`
- `get_funder_stats`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.kindora.co/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "foundation-discovery": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.kindora.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used foundation-discovery yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## Related servers

- [Kindora Funder Discovery](/mcp/kindora-funder-discovery) — Also by kindora.co

## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

<details>
<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find foundation-discovery, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "foundation-discovery",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=foundation-discovery' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/foundation-discovery.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/foundation-discovery.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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