The Top 100 Charities by Revenue in 2019
The top 100 charities for 2019 combined earn $181.0 billion in revenues each year and have $291.1 billion in investable assets
The top 100 charities with the most revenue are massive and diverse. With each charity earning between $779.1 million and $10 billion in revenues, these organizations combined earn $181.0 billion in revenues each year and have $291.1 billion in investable assets.
Mission-wise, foundations (including donor-advised funds) are the most common, with ~20% of the top 100 charities. International development and relief organizations come second, with ~12% of the charities. Third place is surprising: Pharmaceutical charities set up by drug companies to help people pay for their prescription medications. After that are research institutes, sports leagues, religious organizations, and a variety of others.
Trends among the top 100 charities
Breakdown of top 100 charities by metro area
| Nonprofit type | Top metro areas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | 100.0% |
13
| |
| Washington DC | 53.8% |
7
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| St. Louis | 53.8% |
7
| |
| San Francisco | 38.5% |
5
| |
| Philadelphia | 38.5% |
5
| |
| Los Angeles | 38.5% |
5
| |
| Boston | 30.8% |
4
| |
| Seattle | 23.1% |
3
| |
| Indianapolis | 23.1% |
3
| |
| San Jose | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Dallas | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Columbus, OH | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Chicago | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Bridgeport | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Atlanta | 15.4% |
2
| |
| Albany, NY | 15.4% |
2
| |
Breakdown of top 100 charities by category of charity
| Nonprofit type | Top categories | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian organizations | 100.0% |
18
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| Health finance organizations | 72.2% |
13
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| Public foundations | 55.6% |
10
| |
| Private foundations | 50.0% |
9
| |
| International humanitarian organizations | 33.3% |
6
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| Religious organizations | 22.2% |
4
| |
| Engineering and technology research centers | 22.2% |
4
| |
| Home health care agencies | 22.2% |
4
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| Biological research centers | 16.7% |
3
| |
| Community foundations | 11.1% |
2
| |
| Nonprofit management centers | 11.1% |
2
| |
| Educational service providers | 11.1% |
2
| |
List of the top 100 charities
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundRevenue$12 billionEIN11-0303001WebsiteLocationYear founded1990Employees0
- Battelle Memorial InstituteRevenue$9.2 billionEIN31-4379427WebsiteLocationYear founded1925Employees37,218
- The Global FundRevenue$6.9 billionEIN98-0380092WebsiteLocationSwitzerlandYear founded2002Employees0
- Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationRevenue$5.8 billionEIN56-2618866WebsiteLocationYear founded2007
- National Philanthropic TrustRevenue$5.3 billionEIN23-7825575WebsiteLocationYear founded1996Employees147
- Schwab Charitable FundRevenue$4.8 billionEIN31-1640316WebsiteLocationYear founded1999Employees0
- Goldman Sachs Philanthropy FundRevenue$3.7 billionEIN31-1774905WebsiteLocationYear founded2001Employees0
- Feeding AmericaRevenue$3.5 billionEIN36-3673599WebsiteLocationYear founded1988Employees313
- Advanced Technology InternationalRevenue$3.4 billionEIN57-1067151WebsiteLocationYear founded1998Employees283
- Novartis Patient Assistance FoundationRevenue$3.3 billionEIN26-2502555WebsiteLocationYear founded2010
- Senior Care Action Network Health PlanRevenue$3.0 billionEIN95-3858259WebsiteLocationYear founded1983Employees1,165
- Genentech Access To Care FoundationRevenue$3.0 billionEIN46-0500266WebsiteLocationYear founded2003
- HCR ManorcareRevenue$3.0 billionEIN82-5373223WebsiteLocationYear founded2018Employees57,375
- Partners Pooled Investment Holdings LLCRevenue$2.8 billionEIN82-1715859WebsiteLocationYear founded2017Employees0
- American National Red CrossRevenue$2.8 billionEIN53-0196605WebsiteLocationYear founded1900Employees18,984
- Johnson and Johnson Patient Assistance FoundationRevenue$2.8 billionEIN31-1520982WebsiteLocationYear founded1997
- Ascension HealthRevenue$2.3 billionEIN45-3358926WebsiteLocationYear founded2011Employees7,230
- Gavi the Vaccine AllianceRevenue$2.3 billionEIN98-0593375WebsiteLocationSwitzerlandYear founded2009Employees23
- Catholic Health Initiatives ColoradoRevenue$2.2 billionNTEEEIN84-0405257WebsiteLocationYear founded1968Employees11,161
- Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesRevenue$2.1 billionEIN85-0105601WebsiteLocationYear founded1908Employees13,795
- International Committee of the Red CrossRevenue$2.1 billionEIN98-6001029WebsiteLocationSwitzerlandYear founded1863Employees18,827
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramRevenue$2.0 billionEIN23-2888152WebsiteLocationYear founded1997Employees63
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteRevenue$2.0 billionEIN04-2263040WebsiteLocationYear founded1951Employees6,972
- Passport Health PlanRevenue$1.9 billionEIN61-1325905WebsiteLocationYear founded1997Employees202
- VNS ChoiceRevenue$1.9 billionEIN13-3951057WebsiteLocationYear founded1995Employees838
- Direct ReliefRevenue$1.9 billionEIN95-1831116WebsiteLocationYear founded1948Employees117
- MitreRevenue$1.9 billionEIN04-2239742WebsiteLocationYear founded1958Employees9,388
- National Christian Foundation / Natl Christian Charitable FDN IncRevenue$1.8 billionEIN58-1493949WebsiteLocationYear founded1982Employees199
- Lilly Cares FoundationRevenue$1.7 billionEIN35-2027985LocationYear founded1998
- Silicon Valley Community FoundationRevenue$1.7 billionEIN20-5205488WebsiteLocationYear founded2006Employees283
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance FoundationRevenue$1.5 billionEIN22-3622487WebsiteLocationYear founded1999
- Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkRevenue$1.5 billionEIN14-1368361WebsiteLocationYear founded1951Employees15,071
- Smithsonian InstitutionRevenue$1.5 billionNTEEEIN53-0206027WebsiteLocationYear founded1846Employees7,219
- Mercy Hospitals East CommunitiesRevenue$1.5 billionNTEEEIN43-0653493WebsiteLocationYear founded1891Employees38
- Commonwealth Care AllianceRevenue$1.5 billionEIN04-3756900WebsiteLocationYear founded2003Employees1,489
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterRevenue$1.5 billionNTEEEIN72-0423651WebsiteLocationYear founded1956Employees9,263
- American Online Giving FoundationRevenue$1.5 billionEIN81-0739440WebsiteLocationYear founded2015Employees0
- Bayada Home Health CareRevenue$1.4 billionEIN23-1943113WebsiteLocationYear founded2018Employees51,868
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteRevenue$1.4 billionEIN59-0735717WebsiteLocationYear founded1953Employees2,474
- Saint Francis HospitalRevenue$1.4 billionNTEEEIN73-0700090WebsiteLocationYear founded1960Employees7,439
- Amgen Safety Net FoundationRevenue$1.4 billionEIN22-3850021WebsiteLocationYear founded2003
- AmeriCares FoundationRevenue$1.4 billionEIN06-1008595WebsiteLocationYear founded1979Employees208
- American Endowment FoundationRevenue$1.3 billionEIN34-1747398WebsiteLocationYear founded1993Employees84
- Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding TrustRevenue$1.3 billionEIN52-7082731WebsiteLocationYear founded2001Employees0
- Aids Healthcare FoundationRevenue$1.3 billionNTEEEIN95-4112121WebsiteLocationYear founded1987Employees2,446
- Mount Carmel Health SystemRevenue$1.3 billionNTEEEIN31-1439334WebsiteLocationYear founded1995Employees10,866
- Franciscan Health SystemRevenue$1.2 billionNTEEEIN91-0564491WebsiteLocationYear founded1891Employees8,459
- Good Ventures Foundation
- World VisionRevenue$1.2 billionEIN95-1922279WebsiteLocationYear founded1950Employees1,009
- Merck Patient Assistance ProgramRevenue$1.5 billionEIN01-0575520WebsiteLocationYear founded2003
- Avera McKennanRevenue$1.1 billionNTEEEIN46-0224743WebsiteLocationYear founded1911Employees8,880
- Health Research IncorporatedRevenue$1.1 billionEIN14-1402155WebsiteLocationYear founded1953Employees2,430
- Aerospace CorporationRevenue$1.1 billionEIN95-2102389WebsiteLocationYear founded1960Employees4,961
- Virginia Premier Health PlanRevenue$1.1 billionEIN54-1760974WebsiteLocationYear founded2010Employees1,529
- The Nature ConservancyRevenue$1.1 billionEIN53-0242652WebsiteLocationYear founded1951Employees4,091
- Pfizer Patient Assistance FoundationRevenue$1.4 billionEIN26-1437283WebsiteLocationYear founded2008
- Sacred Heart Health SystemRevenue$1.1 billionNTEEEIN59-0634434WebsiteLocationYear founded1915Employees6,972
- College BoardRevenue$1.1 billionEIN13-1623965WebsiteLocationYear founded1900Employees2,104
- Walton Family FoundationRevenue$1.5 billionEIN13-3441466WebsiteLocationYear founded1988
- Community Behavorial HealthRevenue$1.0 billionEIN23-2766661WebsiteLocationYear founded1994Employees590
- Dogwood Health TrustRevenue$1.0 billionEIN83-0590696WebsiteLocationYear founded2019
- Ascension TechnologiesRevenue$1.0 billionNTEEEIN65-1257719WebsiteLocationYear founded2005Employees4,060
- Tides FoundationRevenue$1.0 billionEIN51-0198509WebsiteLocationYear founded1976Employees0
- Presence Chicago Hospitals Network
- Educational Testing ServiceRevenue$1.0 billionEIN21-0634479WebsiteLocationYear founded1947Employees30,871
- MHM Support ServicesRevenue$1.0 billionNTEEEIN20-2553101WebsiteLocationYear founded2004Employees51,438
- Step Up For StudentsRevenue$988 millionEIN59-3649371WebsiteLocationYear founded2000Employees288
- Saint Francis Hospital and Medical CenterRevenue$973 millionNTEEEIN06-0646813WebsiteLocationYear founded1897Employees336
- Manitou FundRevenue$969 millionEIN41-6055113LocationYear founded1966
- Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan SocietyRevenue$964 millionEIN45-0228055WebsiteLocationYear founded1922Employees27,364
- Conrad N. Hilton FoundationRevenue$963 millionEIN94-3100217WebsiteLocationYear founded1990
- riverspring health plansRevenue$959 millionEIN80-0517818WebsiteLocationYear founded2009Employees397
- Compassion International IncorporatedRevenue$953 millionEIN36-2423707LocationYear founded1956Employees1,196
- Kettering Medical CenterRevenue$946 millionEIN31-0621866WebsiteLocationYear founded1959Employees11,153
- Trinity Broadcasting of TexasRevenue$933 millionEIN74-1945661WebsiteLocationYear founded1973Employees443
- Lilly EndowmentRevenue$929 millionEIN35-0868122WebsiteLocationYear founded1938
- Renown HealthRevenue$918 millionEIN88-0213754WebsiteLocationYear founded1985Employees0
- Research Triangle InstituteRevenue$917 millionEIN56-0686338WebsiteLocationYear founded1958Employees5,401
- Blue Meridian PartnersRevenue$907 millionEIN81-5086187WebsiteLocationYear founded2017Employees44
- Samaritan's PurseRevenue$894 millionNTEEEIN58-1437002WebsiteLocationYear founded1980Employees4,039
- Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider NetworkRevenue$891 millionEIN75-2536818WebsiteLocationYear founded1994Employees5,929
- Knight Foundation
- Good360Revenue$879 millionEIN54-1282616WebsiteLocationYear founded1984Employees68
- Open Society FoundationsRevenue$878 millionEIN26-3753801WebsiteLocationYear founded2009
- BCFS Health and Human ServicesRevenue$873 millionEIN74-1260710WebsiteLocationYear founded1944Employees3,503
- St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center Catholic Health ServicesRevenue$868 millionNTEEEIN11-2050523WebsiteLocationYear founded1922Employees4,478
- The Chicago Community TrustRevenue$862 millionEIN36-2167000WebsiteLocationYear founded1915Employees138
- Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care CenterRevenue$847 millionNTEEEIN75-0818167WebsiteLocationYear founded1958Employees5,382
- Global Health SolutionsRevenue$846 millionEIN20-3674498WebsiteLocationYear founded2005Employees0
- Saint Joseph Health System / Saint Joseph Mount SterlingRevenue$844 millionNTEEEIN61-1334601WebsiteLocationYear founded1998Employees4,618
- Providence St Joseph HospitalRevenue$836 millionNTEEEIN95-1643359WebsiteLocationYear founded1941Employees3,123
- Southeastern ConferenceRevenue$833 millionEIN63-0377461WebsiteLocationYear founded1933Employees47
- American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral SciencesRevenue$829 millionEIN25-0965219WebsiteLocationYear founded1946Employees2,175
- SSM Health Care CorporationRevenue$829 millionNTEEEIN46-6029223WebsiteLocationYear founded1874Employees2,941
- Save the Children FederationRevenue$808 millionEIN06-0726487WebsiteLocationYear founded1932Employees1,469
- International Rescue CommitteeRevenue$805 millionEIN13-5660870WebsiteLocationYear founded1933Employees2,246
- Camp Bowie Service CenterRevenue$802 millionEIN94-3299123LocationYear founded1998Employees0
- William and Flora Hewlett FoundationRevenue$782 millionEIN94-1655673WebsiteLocationYear founded1968
- Driscoll Children's Health PlanRevenue$780 millionEIN74-2838488WebsiteLocationYear founded1997Employees535
- Sanofi Cares North America Formerly The Sanofi Foundation for North AmericaRevenue$779 millionEIN43-1614543LocationYear founded1992
