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C: 3
M: 36
Y: 97
K: 9
Philanthropy 400 at 20: a Scorecard
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C: 2
M: 8
Y: 43
K: 0
How the nation’s most-successful fund-raising organizations
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The Top 20 Fund-Raising Charities: Then and Now
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1991
2010
1991 2010
1 2 Salvation Army
2 13 American Red Cross
3 — United Jewish Appeal (National)
4 18
Feeding America
(formerly Second Harvest)
5
8 American Cancer Society
6 26 American Heart Association
7 117
United Jewish Appeal—Federation
of Jewish Philanthropies of New York City
8
3 Catholic Charities USA
9 10 The Y (formerly YMCA)
10 16 Harvard University
11 35 Boy Scouts of America
12 —
13 14
YWCA of the USA
Stanford University
14 27 Cornell University
15 40
Shriners Hospitals for Children (formerly
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children)
16 15 Boys & Girls Clubs of America
17 28 University of Pennsylvania
18 67 Catholic Relief Services
19
9 World Vision
20 37 Yale University
2010 1991
1 — United Way Worldwide*
2 1 Salvation Army
3 8 Catholic Charities USA
4 86 AmeriCares Foundation
5 57 Feed the Children
6 244 Food for the Poor
7 — Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
8 5 American Cancer Society
9 19 World Vision
10 9 The Y
11 251 Habitat for Humanity International
12 43 American Lebanese Syrian Associated
Charities/St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital
13 2
American Red Cross
14 13
Stanford University
15 17
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
16 10
Harvard University
17 122
Goodwill Industries International
18 4
Feeding America
(formerly Second Harvest)
19 — Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
20 72 Nature Conservancy
In 1991, United Way organizations were counted separately in the Philanthropy 400.
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How Philanthropy 400 Growth Compares
Over the Last 20 Years
400 highest-income
American taxpayers*
Americans’ total
charitable contributions**
Net worth of
the Forbes 400
+399%
Philanthropy 400
U.S. gross
domestic product
+195%
All American
taxpayers*
+150%
+51% +62% +84%
From 1992 to 2007. From 1991 to 2009. Note: Growth for each item has been adjusted for inflation.
SOURCES: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Forbes, Giving USA, Internal Revenue Service
Fastest-Growing Charities:
the Billion-Dollar Club
Three organizations increased
their private donations by
at least $1-billion in the
Philanthropy 400’s two decades:
AmeriCares: Now ranked
No. 4 on the list, it was No. 86
in 1991 and increased total
giving by $1.1-billion when
inflation is taken into account.
Feed the Children: Now ranked No. 5, it was No. 57 in 1991
and increased giving by $1-billion.
Food for the Poor: Now ranked No. 6, it was No. 244 in 1991
and increased giving by $1-billion. That rise was the biggest
percentage gain of any charity that has been on the list for the past
20 years. It was followed in biggest percentage gains by Habitat
for Humanity, which was No. 251 on the list and is now No. 11.
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How Charities’ Fund-Raising Prowess
Is Growing
Private support
Year (in 2009 dollars) Organization that ranked 400
2010 $41,340,946 Voice of the Martyrs
2009 47,426,660 International Medical Corps
2008 49,420,540 Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
2007 43,497,800 Eisenhower Medical Center
2006 40,165,030 United Jewish Communities of Metro West
2005 37,488,500 Fellowship of Christian Athletes
2004 37,178,840 Loma Linda University
2003 33,613,520 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Foundation
2002 37,416,970 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America —
Omaha Community Foundation —
Amnesty International of the USA —
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 205
Children’s Hospital Foundation and Guild 390
Association (Seattle)
Thomas Jefferson University
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Miami University
Mississippi State University
Connecticut College
Colorado School of Mines
Virginia Commonwealth University
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in 2010
2001
2000
1999
1998
36,998,240
32,418,510
28,641,850
28,099,080
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
22,953,450
22,472,370
21,400,210
20,417,210
19,663,170
18,614,100
17,662,290
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