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America's Top 50 charities in 2014 ranked by total income

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RANK NAME WEBSITE CATEGORY TOTAL INCOME IN MILLIONS (2013) PUBLIC SUPPORT IN MILLIONS (2013) PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES SPENT ON PROGRAMS SALARY & BENEFITS OF HIGHEST-PAID OFFICIAL† CHARITYWATCH‡ GRADE WISE GIVING ALLIANCE ‡‡ CHARITY NAVIGATOR†
1 The Y ymca.net Social services $6,612.4 $938.9 85.0% $483,654 A MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★ of 4
2 Goodwill Industries International goodwill.org Social services 5,177.6. 974.6 88.4 556,501 A MEETS STANDARDS NO RATING
3 Catholic Charities USA catholiccharitiesusa.org Social services 4,336.6 714.8 85.5 318,665* A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
4 United Way unitedway.org Social services 4,266.3 3,870.1 86.2 1,220,305* NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
5 The Salvation Army salvationarmyusa.org Social services 3,798.8 2,080.2 82.2 108,705 NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS NO RATING
6 American Red Cross redcross.org Social services 3,412.4 1,079.7 90.5 572,655 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
7 Easter Seals easterseals.com Health 1,927.9 207.3 90.5 1,036,963 C– MEETS STANDARDS NO RATING
8 Feeding America feedingamerica.org Social Services 1,893.4 1,855.4 98.5 359,216 C+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
9 Boys & Girls Clubs of America bgca.org Youth 1,686.2 766.5 80.2 686,418 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
10 Habitat for Humanity International habitat.org Social services 1,664.2 606.3 84.1 292,483 B+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
11 Task Force for Global Health taskforce.org Health 1,612.0 1,599.7 99.8 309,735 NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS NO RATING
12 City of Hope and Affiliates cityofhope.org Health 1,580.9 360.3 83.9 1,385,958* A NO RATING ★★★★
13 Smithsonian Institution si.edu Museums 1,371.6 182.3 78.5 511,239* NO RATING NO RATING ★★★★
14 Boy Scouts of America scouting.org Youth 1,239.8 361.6 87.5 439,556 A NO RATING ★★★★
15 Planned Parenthood Federation of America plannedparenthood.org Hospital/med center 1,192.7 310.4 81.8 425,863 B MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
16 Voluntees of America voa.org Social services 1,105.1 137.2 87.4 404,503 NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS NO RATING
17 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute dana-farber.org Health 1,056.8 260.5 81.7 1,244,244 NO RATING NO RATING ★★★★
18 Food for the Poor foodforthepoor.org Relief/development 1,029.8 310.4 96.4 413,522 C MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
19 World Vision worldvision.org Relief/development 981.0 796.4 82.8 437,468 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
20 ALSAC/St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital stjude.org Hospital/Med center 976.1 851.3 72.6 941,143* B MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
21 American Cancer Society cancer.org Health 931.6 871.2 72.8 789,367 C– NO RATING ★★
22 Shriners Hospitals for Children shrinershospitalsforchildren.org Hospital/med center 925.4 205.6 82.1 294,527 A/F‡‡‡ DOES NOT MEET ALL STANDARDS ★★★★
23 Nature Conservancy nature.org Environment 859.1 500.0 72.1 628,763 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★
24 Girl Scouts of the USA girlscouts.org Youth 843.4 118.9 82.9 424,427 B+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
25 Compassion International compassion.com Relief/development 660.0 656.9 83.7 361,478 A MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
26 Save the Children savethechildren.org Relief/development 657.8 455.4 91.0 432,260 A+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
27 YWCA ywca.org Social Services 653.2 149.8 86.6 379,737* C+/F‡‡‡ NO RATING ★★★★
28 Catholic Relief Services crs.org Relief/development 639.0 256.9 92.7 413,378 A MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
29 American Heart Association heart.org Health 632.6 520.3 78.2 863,828 C– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
30 Metropilitan Museum of Art metmuseum.org Museums 631.6 263.1 87.4 849,305 NO RATING NO RATING ★★★★
31 AmeriCares americares.org Relief/development 621.9 620.1 98.2 299,050 C+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
32 US Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org Relief/development 592.1 588.1 91.9 556,737 B+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
33 Cru/Campus Crusade for Christ cru.org Religious 543.7 473.7 84.1 105,660‡‡ NO RATING DOES NOT MEET ALL STANDARDS NO RATING
34 Catholic Medical Mission Board cmmb.org Relief/development 526.9 512.9 97.6 329,847 C+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
35 CARE care.org Relief/development 492.0 320.2 88.2 456,566 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
36 PBS pbs.org Public broadcasting 484.9 213.9 94.0) 656,574 NO RATING NO RATING NO RATING
37 Samaritan's Purse samaritanspurse.org Relief/development 460.1 426.4 87.1 573,474 NO RATING DOES NOT MEET ALL STANDARDS ★★★★
38 International Rescue Committee rescue.org Relief/development 456.1 145.5 91.7 413,161* A+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
39 Feed the Children feedthechildren.org Relief/development 453.9 442.1 88.8 328,654 F MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
40 Institute of International Education iie.org Education 438.6 68.7 94.0 515,783 NO RATING NO RATING ★★★★
41 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation cff.org Health 405.4 137.3 84.4 1,216,512 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
42 Direct Relief directrelief.org Relief/development 388.3 387.9 99.1 380,340 A– MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
43 New York Presbyterian Fund nyp.org Hospital/med center 385.6 183.2 85.9 not compensated NO RATING NO RATING NO RATING
44 Cross International crossinternational.org Relief/development 351.3 351.1 96.0 190,194 NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS ★★★
45 MAP International map.org Relief/development 349.0 346.1 99.2 149,805 B+ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
46 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee jdc.org Relief/development 343.1 287.9 88.3 539,439* A+ NO RATING ★★★★
47 Boys Town boystown.org Youth 336.1 99.9 88.4 555,962 C+/C‡‡‡ MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
48 New York Public Library nypl.org Libraries 325.8 82.9 85.3 735,293 NO RATING MEETS STANDARDS ★★★★
49 Pew Charitable Trust pewtrusts.org Public interest 321.8 305.8 92.5 4,078,835 NO RATING NO RATING NO RATING
50 Metropolitan Opera metopera.org Opera 317.0 154.3 90.0 1,338,929* NO RATING NO RATING ★★★
† CHARITY NAVIGATOR; ‡ CHARITYWATCH; ‡‡ A SERVICE OF THE COUNCIL OF BETTER BUSINESS BUREAUS; * FYE 2012 DATA ; ** PERCENTAGE CALCULATED BY PROGRAM EXPENSES DIVIDED BY TOTAL INCOME; ‡‡‡ GRADE REDUCED BECAUSE OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF UNUSED ASSETS (1) FROM 2012 FORM 990 (2) PBS HAD $47.5 MILLION IN EXPENSES OVER REVENUE.
Source: The NonProfit Times (except where noted); Research by Schuyler Velasco