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The Data Behind the Chronicle’s Ranking of America’s Favorite Charities

November 5, 2019

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 2018. You can also see a ranking of organizations based on private support. 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.
Private Support: the total value of all charitable contributions, including cash support, gifts to donor-advised funds. donated goods, and other noncash gifts but excluding government grants.

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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.
Private Support: the total value of all charitable contributions, including cash support, gifts to donor-advised funds. donated goods, and other noncash gifts but excluding government grants.

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2018 Financials

Total Revenue

Private support

Other revenue

Private Support

Cash support

Donated goods

Contributions to donor-advised funds

^x Value of donated goods not available. Cash support could be lower.

^y Value of donated goods included in contributions to donor-advised funds.

^z May include government donations. Cash support could be higher.

Stock donations:

Value of stock gifts may be counted in both cash support and contributions to donor-advised funds.

Historical Private Support

Percentage change (inflation-adjusted)

One-year:

10-year:

10-year change is based on three-year averages for 2006-8 and 2016-18.

Year-by-year

Private support for all years this organization has been included in the Chronicle's survey. Values are not adjusted for inflation

Correction (12/10/2019, 3:00pm): A previous version of this interactive ranked Catholic Charities USA at 11th. The organization has since provided revised figures that raise its total cash support to $1,146,620,148 and move it into seventh place.

Correction (11/19/2019, 12:30pm): A previous version of this interactive ranked the Salvation Army at fourth. The organization has since provided revised figures, which raise its total cash support to $1,452,953,654 and move it into third place. Also, due to a coding error the percentage-change figures for private support for all nonprofits on our list were incorrect; that error has been fixed.

Notes

^* Figures include estimates provided by the organization.

^a Figures are for the 2017 fiscal year. See why the Mayo Clinic is an outlier.

^b Total revenue figures are for the main campus only.

¹ Figures are from the organization’s federal tax filing.

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 and are for the 2017 fiscal year. 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.