How Much America’s Biggest Charities Raise: 27 Years of Data

by Peter Olsen-Phillips and brian.oleary

November 1, 2017 | Read Time: 2 minutes

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This interactive table features the Chronicle’s annual ranking of the 400 charities that have raised the most money from private sources in our 1991 to 2017 surveys. Use the top menu to filter the rankings by year, state, or type of organization. Click on a nonprofit name to see its ranking history and its year-by-year figures for private support and total income.

See related stories from the Chronicle’s analysis of the 2017 Philanthropy 400 and the rankings over 27 years. Read about our methodology to learn more about how the list was compiled.

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Notes

Because The Chronicle updates the data in previous years’ Philanthropy 400 reports, some rankings in past years have changed since publication. Figures may change to correct errors or fill in up-to-date data where it was previously missing

^* Includes affiliates

¹ Affiliated with a commercial entity

² Figures come from the Council for Aid to Education’s Voluntary Support of Education surveys.

³ Figure includes cash donations to a capital campaign.

⁴ Figure is for the previous fiscal year.

⁵ Figures are based on draft financial documents.

⁶ Figures are from financial statements or other reports.

⁷ Organization raised at least half of donations in products.

SOURCES: Research by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and William Suhs Cleveland’s analysis of data from GuideStar and the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics.