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U.S. Charities Receiving Highest
Donations in 2005
| 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.
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