Among the more than 290 organizations that completed a survey for The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 400 ranking, these nonprofits received at least one gift of $1 million or more. Contributions came in the form of cash, stock, and donated goods and services.
| Philanthropy 400 Rank | Organization | 2016 Private Support | No. of Gifts of $1 Million or More |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | National Christian Foundation | $1,532,256,000 | 194 |
| 15 | Food for the Poor | $987,609,386 | 179 |
| 14 | National Philanthropic Trust | $1,006,225,727 | 164 |
| 30 | Johns Hopkins University | $657,292,634 | 163 |
| 11 | Harvard University | $1,187,530,292 | 137 |
| 29 | University of Southern California | $666,640,686 | 127 |
| 39 | Patient Access Network Foundation | $582,541,219 | 112 |
| 9 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | $1,383,888,000 | 110 |
| 55 | University of Chicago | $443,304,691 | 102 |
| 53 | Partners HealthCare System | $461,048,062 | 91 |
| 18 | Americares Foundation | $914,386,527 | 87 |
| 119 | Dartmouth College | $227,037,580 | 85 |
| 33 | University of California at San Francisco | $595,940,070 | 83 |
| 45 | University of Washington | $541,444,150 | 79 |
| 125 | University of Nebraska | $214,458,958 | 74 |
| 111 | University of Florida | $243,666,490 | 73 |
| 72 | University of Minnesota | $345,640,311 | 72 |
| 101 | Smithsonian Institution | $269,878,400 | 72 |
| 50 | Foundation for the Carolinas | $498,065,318 | 70 |
| 56 | Jewish Communal Fund | $434,991,130 | 70 |
| 54 | Greater Kansas City Community Foundation | $454,902,282 | 69 |
| 21 | American Endowment Foundation | $824,956,056 | 67 |
| 57 | University of Michigan | $433,775,518 | 65 |
| 41 | United States Fund for Unicef | $566,169,095 | 60 |
| 103 | Princeton University | $267,875,832 | 55 |
| 183 | Purdue University at West Lafayette | $151,217,052 | 55 |
| 61 | Ohio State University | $386,111,783 | 52 |
| 100 | Tides Foundation | $270,080,343 | 51 |
| 102 | Washington University in St. Louis | $269,876,662 | 51 |
| 58 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $419,752,498 | 50 |
| 79 | Renaissance Charitable Foundation | $320,461,078 | 49 |
| 197 | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | $140,314,035 | 47 |
| 208 | University of Oregon | $136,295,416 | 46 |
| 200 | Rutgers University | $139,404,453 | 44 |
| 127 | Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | $212,497,879 | 42 |
| 65 | Catholic Medical Mission Board | $361,088,161 | 41 |
| 336 | United Nations Foundation | $85,719,236 | 40 |
| 113 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | $241,896,154 | 39 |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | $163,918,841 | 39 |
| 71 | University of Texas at Austin | $345,991,576 | 38 |
| 291 | Southern Methodist University | $98,112,842 | 38 |
| 17 | Habitat for Humanity International | $950,000,000 | 37 |
| 77 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $323,202,582 | 36 |
| 144 | Emory University | $192,699,880 | 36 |
| 64 | CARE | $364,936,079 | 35 |
| 201 | HealthWell Foundation | $139,091,107 | 35 |
| 106 | Shriners Hospitals for Children | $265,292,000 | 33 |
| 169 | Greater Houston Community Foundation | $161,495,240 | 32 |
| 343 | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health | $82,860,385 | 32 |
| 110 | University of Virginia | $245,391,966 | 31 |
| 151 | California Institute of Technology | $182,869,435 | 31 |
| 175 | Boston University | $156,940,557 | 31 |
| 126 | Mount Sinai Health System | $213,570,194 | 30 |
| 237 | Omaha Community Foundation | $120,575,054 | 30 |
| 216 | North Carolina State University | $129,948,405 | 29 |
| 107 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | $260,670,199 | 28 |
| 154 | Scholarship America | $180,332,512 | 28 |
| 368 | Partners in Health | $77,347,532 | 28 |
| 67 | Indiana University | $360,935,740 | 27 |
| NA | Tufts University | $60,405,193 | 27 |
| 68 | Doctors Without Borders USA | $357,438,744 | 26 |
| 240 | Energy Foundation | $118,765,052 | 26 |
| 272 | Boston Foundation | $104,152,103 | 26 |
| 211 | Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles | $133,819,000 | 25 |
| NA | Wayne State University | $60,708,068 | 25 |
| 2 | United Way Worldwide | $3,539,672,346 | 24 |
| 7 | Salvation Army | $1,882,744,000 | 24 |
| 174 | Oregon Health & Science University | $156,960,646 | 24 |
| 223 | Natural Resources Defense Council | $127,288,608 | 23 |
| 255 | Charities Aid Foundation America | $112,581,139 | 23 |
| 258 | Northwell Health Foundation | $110,501,249 | 23 |
| 286 | Tulane University | $98,919,435 | 23 |
| NA | American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | $66,982,000 | 23 |
| 224 | University of Pittsburgh | $127,154,544 | 22 |
| 279 | George Washington University | $101,391,196 | 22 |
| 115 | University of Miami | $236,333,647 | 21 |
| 194 | Vanderbilt University | $143,605,153 | 21 |
| 271 | Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | $104,563,602 | 21 |
| 324 | World Resources Institute | $89,407,957 | 21 |
| 179 | Carnegie Mellon University | $155,301,691 | 20 |
| 253 | University of Missouri at Columbia | $113,079,422 | 20 |
| 299 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | $95,414,399 | 20 |
| 321 | Syracuse University | $90,318,891 | 20 |
| 339 | University of Louisville | $85,186,036 | 20 |
| 27 | Pew Charitable Trusts | $694,860,174 | 19 |
| 82 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | $317,925,589 | 19 |
| 109 | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | $248,823,471 | 19 |
| 264 | DonorsChoose.org | $107,473,914 | 19 |
| 311 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $92,615,271 | 19 |
| 391 | Sierra Club Foundation | $71,884,506 | 19 |
| 257 | Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta | $110,532,305 | 18 |
| 267 | Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties | $105,723,622 | 18 |
| 277 | Rice University | $102,976,608 | 18 |
| 337 | Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation and Guild Association | $85,356,449 | 18 |
| 374 | Orange County Community Foundation | $76,495,203 | 18 |
| NA | Whitney Museum of American Art | $62,413,000 | 18 |
| NA | Year Up | $58,394,374 | 17 |
| 209 | Arizona Community Foundation | $135,020,819 | 16 |
| 261 | Community Foundation of New Jersey | $108,166,134 | 16 |
| 265 | University of Rochester | $107,296,610 | 16 |
| 91 | Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $285,638,088 | 15 |
| 130 | University of California at San Diego | $206,872,666 | 15 |
| 310 | Communities Foundation of Texas | $93,124,017 | 15 |
| 108 | Oregon Community Foundation | $255,172,559 | 14 |
| 155 | World Wildlife Fund | $179,472,620 | 14 |
| 326 | Brookings Institution | $88,980,308 | 14 |
| 338 | United Jewish Foundation and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | $85,277,849 | 14 |
| 359 | Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | $78,665,749 | 14 |
| NA | Villanova University | $61,468,303 | 14 |
| NA | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $57,433,551 | 14 |
| NA | Minneapolis Foundation | $53,341,705 | 14 |
| 23 | World Vision | $786,014,143 | 13 |
| 94 | Carter Center | $281,438,007 | 13 |
| 97 | Texas A&M University | $276,474,802 | 13 |
| 275 | American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | $103,294,031 | 13 |
| 280 | Project Hope/People-to-People Health Foundation | $101,377,931 | 13 |
| 327 | Wake Forest University | $88,787,470 | 13 |
| NA | Virginia Commonwealth University | $69,180,321 | 13 |
| NA | George Mason University | $67,940,425 | 13 |
| 98 | Alzheimer’s Association | $271,563,777 | 12 |
| 147 | University of Kansas | $187,214,140 | 12 |
| 199 | City of Hope | $139,718,944 | 12 |
| 262 | Girl Scouts of the USA | $107,894,760 | 12 |
| 399 | Mississippi State University | $69,763,343 | 12 |
| NA | Community Foundation for Northeast Florida | $62,200,537 | 12 |
| NA | Human Rights Watch | $57,620,234 | 12 |
| 5 | Feeding America | $2,375,635,807 | 11 |
| 28 | American Heart Association | $683,171,667 | 11 |
| 114 | International Rescue Committee | $237,239,596 | 11 |
| 160 | Humane Society of the United States | $174,583,075 | 11 |
| 203 | California Community Foundation | $138,352,000 | 11 |
| 234 | North Texas Food Bank | $121,737,163 | 11 |
| 315 | Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America | $91,781,322 | 11 |
| NA | Lehigh University | $63,678,306 | 11 |
| NA | Temple University | $62,253,662 | 11 |
| 112 | Special Olympics | $241,966,662 | 10 |
| 212 | Mercy Corps | $132,846,542 | 10 |
| 248 | U.S. Charitable Gift Trust | $115,992,451 | 10 |
| 304 | Birthright Israel Foundation | $94,141,871 | 10 |
| 341 | National Academy of Sciences | $83,281,291 | 10 |
| NA | International Aid | $64,496,573 | 10 |
| NA | Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $59,770,587 | 10 |
| NA | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | $53,204,501 | 10 |
| 241 | Ducks Unlimited | $118,690,925 | 9 |
| 245 | Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $116,294,012 | 9 |
| 289 | Rochester Area Community Foundation | $98,668,622 | 9 |
| 302 | Henry Ford Health System | $94,404,607 | 9 |
| 325 | Conservation Fund | $89,368,230 | 9 |
| 344 | Aspen Institute | $82,854,468 | 9 |
| 373 | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville | $76,693,395 | 9 |
| 13 | The Y | $1,040,952,000 | 8 |
| 195 | Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | $141,186,844 | 8 |
| 214 | First Book | $130,822,918 | 8 |
| 231 | New York Community Trust | $124,123,171 | 8 |
| 350 | San Diego State University | $79,780,852 | 8 |
| 362 | Dayton Foundation | $78,192,419 | 8 |
| 372 | State University of New York at Stony Brook | $76,704,325 | 8 |
| NA | Rhode Island Foundation | $59,969,221 | 8 |
| NA | New York Public Library | $56,603,843 | 8 |
| NA | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles | $54,667,684 | 8 |
| NA | Ipas | $29,967,830 | 8 |
| NA | National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention | $29,169,979 | 8 |
| 149 | Wycliffe Bible Translators | $186,084,000 | 7 |
| 250 | United Service Organizations | $114,964,688 | 7 |
| 254 | Dignity Health | $112,807,000 | 7 |
| 309 | Patient Services | $93,351,315 | 7 |
| NA | San Diego Zoo | $65,747,541 | 7 |
| NA | Jewish National Fund | $62,700,627 | 7 |
| NA | Hospital for Special Surgery | $46,901,978 | 7 |
| 69 | Catholic Relief Services | $354,786,789 | 6 |
| 143 | Susan G. Komen | $192,956,670 | 6 |
| 252 | Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research | $113,936,698 | 6 |
| 354 | Heritage Foundation | $79,079,189 | 6 |
| 356 | Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation | $78,827,657 | 6 |
| 357 | Oxfam America | $78,818,402 | 6 |
| 376 | Heart to Heart International | $75,736,454 | 6 |
| NA | Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America | $67,446,251 | 6 |
| NA | Denver Foundation | $52,279,334 | 6 |
| NA | ClimateWorks Foundation | $49,793,259 | 6 |
| 87 | Wounded Warrior Project | $302,707,725 | 5 |
| 136 | American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $197,064,307 | 5 |
| 219 | University of California at Davis | $129,223,868 | 5 |
| 334 | WNET | $86,362,115 | 5 |
| NA | National Wildlife Federation | $62,036,863 | 5 |
| 25 | Direct Relief | $776,101,561 | 4 |
| 47 | Cru | $509,955,216 | 4 |
| 74 | Save the Children | $343,702,250 | 4 |
| 95 | Young Life | $278,137,336 | 4 |
| 246 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties | $116,184,330 | 4 |
| 365 | Mercy Ships | $77,807,654 | 4 |
| 393 | National Audubon Society | $71,329,108 | 4 |
| NA | American Jewish World Service | $68,587,770 | 4 |
| NA | Pittsburgh Foundation | $37,047,970 | 4 |
| 152 | Helen Keller International | $181,625,115 | 3 |
| 230 | American Diabetes Association | $124,596,288 | 3 |
| 319 | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $91,137,190 | 3 |
| 363 | Wikimedia Foundation | $78,151,457 | 3 |
| NA | Breast Cancer Research Foundation | $66,003,474 | 3 |
| NA | Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | $43,004,458 | 3 |
| NA | Cleveland Foundation | $36,875,729 | 3 |
| NA | Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham | $19,900,427 | 3 |
| 105 | Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | $265,667,546 | 2 |
| 134 | University of Utah | $201,854,380 | 2 |
| 193 | Volunteers of America | $144,544,117 | 2 |
| 204 | St. Mary’s Food Bank | $138,177,954 | 2 |
| 236 | City Harvest | $121,261,698 | 2 |
| 352 | Harvesters-the Community Food Network | $79,671,141 | 2 |
| NA | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association | $59,646,328 | 2 |
| NA | Children’s Hunger Fund | $47,856,603 | 2 |
| NA | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $46,349,337 | 2 |
| 34 | Compassion International | $592,465,017 | 1 |
| 90 | Population Services International | $289,451,122 | 1 |
| 99 | Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $271,099,584 | 1 |
| 124 | Project Orbis International | $214,631,000 | 1 |
| 140 | Program for Appropriate Technology in Health | $195,136,000 | 1 |
| 150 | Houston Food Bank | $185,653,785 | 1 |
| 202 | Midwest Food Bank | $139,084,112 | 1 |
| 217 | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | $129,817,844 | 1 |
| 260 | Medical Teams International | $108,954,031 | 1 |
| 266 | American Lung Association | $107,244,649 | 1 |
| 292 | Atlanta Community Food Bank | $97,205,931 | 1 |
| 355 | InterVarsity Christian Fellowship | $78,950,374 | 1 |
| NA | Maryland Food Bank | $57,728,641 | 1 |
| NA | Community Foundation for Greater New Haven | $47,170,015 | 1 |
| NA | Plan International USA | $37,562,749 | 1 |
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