Search Taxonomy

The search function allows you to search the Taxonomy in five different ways:  by keyword (a word or phrase), by code, through a drilldown process, by related concepts or by terms in one of five external classification systems to which the Taxonomy is crosswalked. The default is the Keyword Search. To select another search, click on the applicable link. 

You can also select a customized version of the Taxonomy developed with the Filters function to use as the basis of your search. Click on “change” next to "Viewing" and select the filter you wish to apply. Resulting searches include only terms that are part of the customized filtered set. The message next to "Viewing" tells you which filter has been applied (or will read "none") in addition to the locale (U.S. English, Canadian English, Canadian French).  Note that adding a filter to the search parameters may slow the search process.

• Keyword Search:  The keyword search allows you to type a word or phrase and retrieve all Taxonomy terms that contain the word/or phrase you entered. The system also searches use references (synonyms) and includes Taxonomy terms whose use references contain the word/phrase. Duplicate entries are filtered out. You may also enter partial words, e.g., "Alz", and the system will search for terms with words in any position beginning with those letters.

  Enter the word/phrase and click on "Search" to begin the search. The search results list is organized alphabetically by term name or use reference (in situations where a use reference, not the term created the match). Use references on the search results list include the preferred term in parenthesis. Example: "Father's Day Food Baskets (use Father's Day Programs)". To reorder the list by code, click on the word "Code" on the title bar.

  To see the definition and other information about the term, click on the term name. From the detail page, you can click on the code to see the place of the term in its hierarchical context; on a see also reference to see the detail page for the other term; on a related concept to see all Taxonomy terms associated with the selected concept; or on an external system term to see all Taxonomy terms associated with the term in the other system.

• Code Search:  The code search allows you to type a code or partial code, e.g., BD for all food resources or BD-1800 for all emergency food resources. Enter the code and click on "Search" to begin the search. To see the definition and other information about the term, click on the code.

• Drilldown Search:  The drilldown search allows you to select a level 1 (very broad) term and display associated level 2 (narrower) terms, and then choose a level 2 term and display all narrower terms at levels 3, 4, 5, and 6.  To see the definition and other information associated with the Taxonomy term, click on the code.

• Related Concepts Search:  The related concepts search allows you to display related concepts titles, select one and display associated Taxonomy terms. The terms are organized alphabetically by Taxonomy term name but can be re-sorted by code by clicking on "Code" on the title bar. To see the definition and other information associated with the term, click on the term name.

• External Systems Search:  The external systems search allows you to display the external classification systems to which the Taxonomy is crosswalked, select a system and a term within that system, and display associated Taxonomy terms. The terms are organized alphabetically by Taxonomy term name but can be re-sorted by code by clicking on "Code" on the title bar. To see the definition and other associated information, click on the term name. The external systems include the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) and the Nonprofit Classification System (NPC), both maintained by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at The Urban Institute; UWASIS, developed by United Way of America and now out of print; and the AIRS Problems/Needs List and the Canadian Problems/Needs List, tools that are used in the I&R industry to organize the wide range of inquiries handled by I&R services and provide a structure for the consistent and credible reporting of community needs across jurisdictions. For more information about the NTEE or the NPC, click here: NTEE/NPC   For more information about the AIRS Problems/Needs List and its development, click here:  AIRS Problems/Needs