The 100 Groups That Raise the Most Cash
See our full ranking with data profiles of the nonprofits that earn the most support from individual Americans, private foundations, and corporate philanthropies.
October 7, 2025 | Read Time: 3 minutes
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In this special report, the Chronicle of Philanthropy identifies the 100 nonprofits that earn the most support from individual Americans, private foundations, and corporate philanthropies. These organizations each raise hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions, in cash support — specifically, gifts of cash and stock.
Organizations are ranked based on the average amount they raised annually from 2021 through 2023, the latest year data are available for all groups. We also examined their annual giving from 2018 through 2020 as a baseline to see who’s growing (and how quickly) and who’s not.
Read our full coverage, including analysis of the donation trends, fundraising strategies, and macro forces — political, economic, and cultural — that influence giving. Also, see our methodology for the report and read about our partnership with Cause IQ, which provided much of the data for the report.
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Rank
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OrganizationState | Category
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Cash supportAverage 2021-23
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Cash supportAverage 2018-20
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Percentage change
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| 1 | United Way Worldwide*aSocial Service | $2,616,471,840 | $3,396,067,055 | -23.0% |
| 2 | ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalMedical Centers | $2,265,394,090 | $1,619,350,065 | +39.9% |
| 3 | Salvation Army*Social Service | $1,631,457,132 | $1,560,792,668 | +4.5% |
| 4 | The Y*aSocial Service | $1,339,541,000 | — | — |
| 5 | Compassion International*International and Disaster Relief | $1,129,731,422 | $941,390,851 | +20.0% |
| 6 | Boys and Girls Clubs of America*aChildren and Youths | $1,092,092,989 | $993,137,918 | +10.0% |
| 7 | Habitat for Humanity2Social Service | $1,002,535,449 | — | — |
| 8 | Step Up for StudentsEducation | $897,021,749 | $679,554,687 | +32.0% |
| 9 | American National Red CrossSocial Service | $874,795,414 | $974,278,476 | -10.2% |
| 10 | Samaritan’s PurseInternational and Disaster Relief | $809,242,057 | $484,507,689 | +67.0% |
| 11 | Nature ConservancyEnvironment and Animal Welfare | $751,747,901 | $674,315,669 | +11.5% |
| 12 | Doctors Without Borders USAInternational and Disaster Relief | $684,878,778 | $450,568,339 | +52.0% |
| 13 | U.S. Fund for UNICEFInternational and Disaster Relief | $682,724,023 | $422,852,763 | +61.5% |
| 14 | Plan InternationalInternational and Disaster Relief | $676,324,962 | $584,187,503 | +16.0% |
| 15 | HealthWell FoundationHealth | $649,061,978 | $485,083,857 | +33.8% |
| 16 | American Cancer SocietyHealth | $617,232,321 | $603,124,846 | +2.3% |
| 17 | CruReligion | $610,170,333 | — | — |
| 18 | American Heart AssociationHealth | $572,788,894 | $563,982,039 | +1.6% |
| 19 | CAREInternational and Disaster Relief | $499,976,129 | $371,843,172 | +34.5% |
| 20 | International Rescue CommitteeInternational and Disaster Relief | $480,566,794 | $305,021,492 | +57.6% |
| 21 | Broad InstituteHealth and Science Research | $458,102,815 | $324,624,948 | +41.1% |
| 22 | Save the ChildrenInternational and Disaster Relief | $425,201,508 | $371,602,988 | +14.4% |
| 23 | World VisionInternational and Disaster Relief | $416,123,876 | $414,295,511 | +0.4% |
| 24 | Feeding AmericaSocial Service | $402,793,071 | $248,901,495 | +61.8% |
| 25 | Blood Cancer United (fka Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)Health | $399,678,872 | $405,236,033 | -1.4% |
Notes
* Data provided by organization.
1 Cash support does not include contributions to member organizations.
2 Data aggregated from tax forms for the national organization and its affiliates. Average cash support based only on contributions to affiliates with all three years of data.
a Cash support includes some noncash contributions.
b Cash support includes some noncash contributions and donations to the organization’s donor-advised funds.
Sources
Research by the Chronicle and Cause IQ, a web-based database with information about nonprofits.
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