U.S. Charities Receiving Highest Donations in 2005

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Rank Organization Private
support
Total
income
Total
expenses
1. United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.) $4,036,163,427 $4,175,545,319 n.a.
2. Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.) 3,595,515,000 4,559,292,000 $2,747,945,000
3. AmeriCares Foundation (Stamford, Conn.) 1,315,086,789 1,316,498,349 1,075,766,809
4. American National Red Cross (Washington) 1,278,772,449 3,888,172,726 3,396,784,508
5. American Cancer Society (Atlanta) 929,587,000 977,851,000 836,582,000
6. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund (Boston) 891,364,989 989,276,886 734,587,789
7. Gifts In Kind International (Alexandria, Va.) 838,427,739 842,480,186 848,167,018
8. YMCA (Chicago) 826,046,000 5,130,851,000 4,807,534,000
9. Feed the Children (Oklahoma City) 803,447,654 851,964,213 828,567,221
10. Tulsa Community Foundation (Okla.) 791,262,100 1,052,762,000 48,694,600
11. Food for the Poor (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 732,544,607 781,838,931 798,317,637
12. Lutheran Services in America (Baltimore) 723,253,495 9,500,000,000 n.a.
13. World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.) 647,855,000 905,130,000 869,872,000
14. Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.) 646,191,894 3,385,093,754 3,318,438,601
15. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta) 630,424,832 1,335,383,255 1,190,897,384
16. Stanford University (Calif.) 603,585,912 n.a. n.a.
17. University of Wisconsin at Madison 600,110,131 2,489,877,649 1,952,780,596
18. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) 589,861,000 4,994,068,570 2,787,609,693
19. America's Second Harvest (Chicago) 542,675,813 550,532,956 544,284,602
20. Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.) 475,076,000 919,113,000 602,357,000
21. United States Fund for Unicef (New York) 450,754,457 462,217,439 464,665,162
22. Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.) 449,612,188 940,508,907 752,191,121
23. American Heart Association (Dallas) 447,149,924 589,862,099 544,237,101
24. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (Southeastern, Pa.) 435,137,722 457,324,608 222,074,714
25. American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis) 434,398,770 498,166,477 428,225,145
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2006. Reprinted with permission.

U.S. Charities Receiving Highest Donations in 2006 Miscellaneous Volunteers by Selected Characteristics, 2007
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