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America’s Favorite Charities 2021

By  Michael Theis and 
Brian O’Leary
November 2, 2021

This interactive table features the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual rankings of charities. We base the primary ranking on cash support received by cause-driven nonprofits (which does not include gifts to donor-advised funds) in 2020. See our methodology, and read related stories.

Cash Support: the total value of charitable contributions of money and stock. This value excludes government grants, donated products, and contributions to donor-advised funds.

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This interactive table features the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual rankings of charities. We base the primary ranking on cash support received by cause-driven nonprofits (which does not include gifts to donor-advised funds) in 2020. See our methodology, and read related stories.

Cash Support: the total value of charitable contributions of money and stock. This value excludes government grants, donated products, and contributions to donor-advised funds.

Click on a row to see details about each organization’s finances. To purchase the data we collected to compile this report in a form you can use for benchmarking and other purposes, please visit the Chronicle of Philanthropy store.

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Notes

* Figures include estimates provided by the organization.
1 Figures are audits or annual reports.
2 Charitable-giving figures are from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s Voluntary Support of Education survey. Total Revenue figures are from the Department of Education. For more information on colleges, read about our methodology.

Sources

Research by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Also: the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s Voluntary Support of Education survey; the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System; and Internal Revenue Service Form 990 filings.

A version of this article appeared in the November 1, 2021, issue.
Read other items in this Fundraising in Unsettled Times: America’s Favorite Charities 2021 package.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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Michael Theis
Michael Theis writes about data and accountability for the Chronicle, conducting surveys and reporting on fundraising, giving, salaries, taxes, and more.
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