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# Search donors

> Finds donors and organizations by last name, organization name, donor ID or keyword. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/donorperfect/search_donors

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Finds donors and organizations by last name, organization name, donor ID or keyword.

DonorPerfect MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/donorperfect.md

MCP tool: `donorperfect_read → search_donors`

Access: read.

Runs the Lookup on the Search screen and returns the matches in the order DonorPerfect lists them. Each row has the donor ID, the type (individual or organization), the name, the city and the email, enough to tell two people with the same name apart. Use donor_id in the other tools. An empty list means no match; create_donor adds a record.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | What to look for. |
| `by` | enum | no | last_name, organization, donor_id or keyword. Default: last_name. |
| `limit` | integer | no | How many rows to return per page. |
| `cursor` | string | no | Next page cursor from the previous call. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "donorperfect_read",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "search_donors",
      "arguments": {
        "query": "query"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "donors": [
      {
        "donor_id": 48213,
        "type": "individual",
        "name": "Dana Whitfield",
        "city": "Portland",
        "email": "dana.whitfield@example.org"
      },
      {
        "donor_id": 50122,
        "type": "individual",
        "name": "Dana Whitfield",
        "city": "Salem",
        "email": "dwhitfield@example.com"
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": null
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Next: [Get donor](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/donorperfect/get_donor.md)

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