Largest US Charities

Money & Investing

Name	Private Support	Net Assets ($mil)	Fundraising Efficiency (%) 1	Charitable Commitment (%)2	Donor Dependency (%)3
Academy for Educational Development	52	35	99	91	98
Alzheimer's Association	205	189	80	77	94
American Bible Society	53	529	79	74	33
American Cancer Society	1,039	1,587	81	71	89
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation	66	256	92	80	48
American Diabetes Association	184	75	73	74	97
American Heart Association	533	815	83	77	81
American Jewish Committee	53	123	89	80	75
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee	242	380	99	93	88
American Kidney Fund	118	31	98	97	91
American Lung Association	90	172	75	75	95
American Museum of Natural History	93	807	95	79	-9
American National Red Cross	643	3,224	78	89	94
American Near East Refugee Aid	50	6	99	97	99
American Nicaraguan Foundation	120	35	100	99	90
American SPCA	65	118	81	81	85
AmeriCares Foundation	873	220	99	100	99
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith	64	18	89	80	104
The Arc of the United States	142	1,062	85	94	43
Art Institute of Chicago	66	982	91	86	-107
Arthritis Foundation	111	183	85	76	89
Aspen Institute	55	145	97	83	61
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America	208	NA	84	78	100
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association	91	301	96	90	94
Boy Scouts of America	377	NA	87	87	50
Boys & Girls Clubs of America	697	2,764	90	80	79
Brother's Brother Foundation	330	20	100	100	102
California Academy of Science	53	359	95	85	-60
Campus Crusade for Christ	470	108	93	87	97
CARE USA	255	352	90	90	91
Carter Center	155	464	95	91	67
Catholic Charities USA	801	32	93	89	73
Catholic Medical Mission Board	199	16	98	97	107
Catholic Relief Services	153	165	85	94	144
Children International	129	38	89	81	96
Children's Hospital	98	2,500	82	92	-386
Children's Hospital Association	57	943	91	67	-148
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	62	793	81	77	38
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	65	2,957	85	85	-321
Children's Hunger Fund	94	4	100	99	99
Children's Memorial Hospital	223	1,214	93	85	7
Children's National Medical Center	64	477	87	73	-4
Children's Network International	101	3	100	100	100
Christian & Missionary Alliance	55	128	93	87	84
Christian Aid Ministries	156	44	100	99	109
Christian Blind Mission International	54	1	99	98	105
Christian Broadcasting Network	174	209	81	81	94
Christian Children's Fund	190	46	87	82	100
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging	100	35	98	95	99
City of Hope	127	747	81	84	-3
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	152	2,803	92	89	-308
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	72	523	98	88	21
Combined Jewish Philanthrophies	103	389	92	90	44
Community Food Bank of New Jersey	49	10	99	97	98
Community Television of S California (KCET)	61	49	85	74	86
Compassion International	311	94	91	83	96
Conservation Fund	76	329	98	98	87
Conservation International Foundation	129	220	96	84	54
Covenant House	115	158	78	67	97
CRISTA Ministries	64	83	95	94	81
Cross International Alliance	81	NA	99	99	100
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation	150	220	87	89	83
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	236	920	94	88	31
Direct Relief International	199	58	100	99	137
Disabled American Veterans	119	297	70	69	80
Doctors Without Borders USA	152	93	88	87	95
Ducks Unlimited	143	79	84	86	100
Easter Seals	177	694	78	87	62
Educational Broadcasting Corp (WNET)	109	207	74	73	74
Educational Media Foundation	72	80	98	90	70
Environmental Defense	83	108	89	80	75
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home	98	249	83	87	61
Feed the Children	933	554	92	84	57
Feeding America	645	44	98	97	97
First Book	59	9	99	97	95
Focus on the Family	128	76	91	84	102
Food Bank for New York City/Food for Survival	53	9	97	96	96
Food for the Hungry	53	6	91	91	104
Food for the Poor	1,017	24	98	97	100
Gifts in Kind International	750	68	100	100	96
Girl Scouts of the USA	148	1,630	70	82	29
Girls Inc	62	280	88	87	53
Gleaning for the World	61	6	100	100	97
Goodwill Industries International	490	2,948	96	88	68
Greater Chicago Food Depository	53	54	97	94	95
Habitat for Humanity International	702	1,639	87	83	62
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Org of America	172	802	94	86	26
Harlem Children's Zone	60	145	99	78	40
Healthwell Foundation	56	76	100	98	68
Heart to Heart International	119	18	100	99	100
Heifer Project International	104	116	84	76	77
Houston Food Bank	58	20	98	97	86
Humane Society of the United States	107	207	88	84	93
Huntington Library and Art Gallery	51	332	95	75	80
IMA Worldhealth	148	62	100	99	72
In Touch Ministries	68	65	93	81	83
Institute of International Education	103	104	99	98	79
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews	76	17	84	80	94
International Rescue Committee	152	137	94	90	78
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship	60	39	91	84	95
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland	74	403	92	89	58
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco	63	456	94	88	46
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago	196	566	93	89	48
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit	78	494	96	92	108
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	51	289	84	86	87
JA Worldwide	140	199	85	73	87
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation	204	54	93	86	94
Kids in Distressed Situations	63	2	100	99	99
Kingsway Charities	118	34	100	99	103
Northern California Public Broadcasting	53	91	69	64	101
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society	246	95	83	73	90
Life Outreach International Assn of Churches	74	25	85	78	93
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts	121	355	94	85	37
Local Initiatives Support Corp	89	164	94	84	57
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America	191	173	86	76	86
MAP International	393	169	99	99	81
March of Dimes Foundation	225	78	85	77	97
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation	202	59	97	97	88
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers	56	309	92	86	84
Matthew 25: Ministries	66	18	100	99	97
Mayo Clinic	367	4,309	91	97	-69
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	239	4,045	86	93	-60
Mercy Corps	90	45	89	86	99
Metropolitan Museum of Art	126	3,205	93	90	-298
Metropolitan Opera Association	130	354	89	88	64
Minnesota Public Radio	48	107	80	72	95
Mission to the World (PCA)	53	65	89	79	78
Mount Sinai	138	1,192	97	85	-65
Muscular Dystrophy Association	138	165	84	78	101
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	65	906	90	82	-72
Museum of Modern Art	134	1,100	92	80	47
Nat'l Assn for the Exchange of Industrial Resources	155	192	99	98	87
National Audubon Society	51	304	70	71	-14
National Cancer Coalition	120	2	98	97	100
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	226	106	84	78	99
National Public Radio	75	428	96	82	15
National Wildlife Federation	56	-7	77	77	99
Natural Resources Defense Council	88	167	91	78	52
Nature Conservancy	486	4,715	87	80	4
The Navigators	85	59	92	84	95
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	68	456	98	73	-6
New World Symphony	86	144	99	75	-16
New York Public Library	111	787	93	90	20
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	208	2,268	95	77	-54
Medical Teams International	88	27	97	95	99
Operation Blessing International Relief	278	7	100	99	103
Operation Smile	57	19	79	74	98
Oxfam America	63	81	87	80	84
Paralyzed Veterans of America	102	45	69	62	93
PATH	226	685	100	86	39
PEF Israel Endowment Fund	60	137	100	98	95
Philadelphia Museum of Art	73	591	93	79	61
Planned Parenthood Federation of America	259	952	82	82	57
Population Services International	72	56	99	94	87
Prison Fellowship Ministries	48	27	84	75	101
Project HOPE	167	52	95	96	95
Project Orbis International	57	21	90	86	93
Public Broadcasting Service	220	365	99	97	54
Robin Hood Foundation	128	243	96	92	49
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International	133	738	93	85	24
Rural Economic Development Center	52	66	100	97	78
St Jude Children's Research Hospital	584	1,910	84	69	31
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance	100	21	98	97	100
Salvation Army	1,998	10,853	92	82	39
Samaritan's Purse	262	167	93	89	101
San Francisco Opera Association	71	163	94	82	29
San Francisco Symphony	63	267	94	82	10
Save the Children Federation	215	192	90	90	95
Scholarship America	95	154	99	95	88
Scripps Research Institute	89	483	97	94	29
Shriners Hospitals for Children	243	9,716	95	92	26
Smile Train	82	88	82	74	63
Smith Center for the Performing Arts	58	67	100	9	-14
Smithsonian Institution	131	1,537	85	82	-27
Special Olympics	195	211	77	74	97
Susan G Komen for the Cure	234	128	93	83	84
Teach for America	63	113	89	82	87
Trinity Broadcasting Network	146	919	88	73	61
Trust for Public Land	123	221	94	89	102
United Cerebral Palsy	73	265	83	88	58
UJA/Federation of New York	226	1,070	85	79	28
United Negro College Fund	148	413	90	83	56
United Service Organizations	74	87	84	73	82
United States Fund for UNICEF	216	36	87	82	98
United States Olympic Committee	51	120	57	71	167
United Way	4,236	NA	92	86	100
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US	59	67	60	64	96
Volunteers of America	90	592	78	89	67
WETA	80	98	85	80	80
WGBH Educational Foundation	140	318	86	79	96
Wildlife Conservation Society	92	754	92	86	-22
William J Clinton Foundation	123	201	97	94	103
World Emergency Relief	61	1	97	96	99
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation	135	383	96	44	-60
World Vision	728	151	88	86	102
World Wildlife Fund	181	317	90	81	47
Wycliffe Bible Translators	147	104	94	89	100
Young Life	163	221	94	86	90
YMCA of the USA	1,004	NA	89	81	42
YWCA of the USA	150	65	88	83	103