diff --git a/src/api/graphql/resolvers/nonprofits.resolvers.ts b/src/api/graphql/resolvers/nonprofits.resolvers.ts
index f38ed8a..0048236 100644
--- a/src/api/graphql/resolvers/nonprofits.resolvers.ts
+++ b/src/api/graphql/resolvers/nonprofits.resolvers.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   getNonprofitsWithFilters,
   updateNonprofit,
   updateNonprofitSchema,
+  getChapterIdsByNames,
 } from '../../../core';
 import { GraphQLError } from 'graphql';
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -14,24 +15,42 @@ import type {
   NonprofitSortOption,
 } from '../../../core/services/nonprofits.service';
 
-// Infer TypeScript types directly from your Zod schemas
 type CreateNonprofitInput = z.infer<typeof createNonprofitSchema>;
 type UpdateNonprofitInput = z.infer<typeof updateNonprofitSchema>;
 
 interface NonprofitsQueryArgs {
   chapterIds?: string[];
+  chapterNames?: string[];
   statuses?: StatusType[];
   sort?: NonprofitSortOption[];
 }
 
 export const nonprofitResolvers = {
   Query: {
-    nonprofits: (
+    nonprofits: async (
       _parent: unknown,
-      { chapterIds, statuses, sort }: NonprofitsQueryArgs
+      { chapterIds, chapterNames, statuses, sort }: NonprofitsQueryArgs
     ) => {
-      return getNonprofitsWithFilters({ chapterIds, statuses, sort });
+      let resolvedChapterIds = chapterIds;
+
+      // If frontend passes chapterNames, convert them to ids
+      if (
+        (!resolvedChapterIds || resolvedChapterIds.length === 0) &&
+        chapterNames?.length
+      ) {
+        resolvedChapterIds = await getChapterIdsByNames(chapterNames);
+
+        // If user selected chapters but none matched, return empty list
+        if (!resolvedChapterIds || resolvedChapterIds.length === 0) return [];
+      }
+
+      return getNonprofitsWithFilters({
+        chapterIds: resolvedChapterIds,
+        statuses,
+        sort,
+      });
     },
+
     nonprofit: async (_parent: unknown, { id }: { id: string }) => {
       const nonprofit = await getNonprofitById(id);
       if (!nonprofit) {
@@ -48,6 +67,7 @@ export const nonprofitResolvers = {
       return nonprofit;
     },
   },
+
   Mutation: {
     createNonprofit: (
       _parent: unknown,
@@ -56,6 +76,7 @@ export const nonprofitResolvers = {
       const validatedInput = createNonprofitSchema.parse(input);
       return createNonprofit(validatedInput);
     },
+
     updateNonprofit: (
       _parent: unknown,
       {
@@ -66,6 +87,7 @@ export const nonprofitResolvers = {
       const validatedInput = updateNonprofitSchema.parse(input);
       return updateNonprofit(nonprofit_id, validatedInput);
     },
+
     deleteNonprofit: (_parent: unknown, { id }: { id: string }) => {
       return deleteNonprofit(id);
     },
diff --git a/src/api/graphql/schemas/nonprofits.schema.ts b/src/api/graphql/schemas/nonprofits.schema.ts
index 46e71eb..7feda8d 100644
--- a/src/api/graphql/schemas/nonprofits.schema.ts
+++ b/src/api/graphql/schemas/nonprofits.schema.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const nonprofitSchemaString = `
   type Query {
     nonprofits(
       chapterIds: [ID!]
+      chapterNames: [String!]
       statuses: [StatusType!]
       sort: [NonprofitSortOption!]
     ): [Nonprofit!]!
diff --git a/src/core/services/nonprofits.service.ts b/src/core/services/nonprofits.service.ts
index 0b65630..e933788 100644
--- a/src/core/services/nonprofits.service.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/nonprofits.service.ts
@@ -519,3 +519,15 @@ export async function deleteNonprofit(id: string): Promise<EnrichedNonprofit> {
     throw new DatabaseError('Failed to delete nonprofit');
   }
 }
+
+export async function getChapterIdsByNames(names: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
+  const cleaned = [...new Set(names.map((n) => n.trim()).filter(Boolean))];
+  if (cleaned.length === 0) return [];
+
+  const chapters = await prisma.chapters.findMany({
+    where: { name: { in: cleaned } },
+    select: { chapter_id: true },
+  });
+
+  return chapters.map((c) => c.chapter_id);
+}