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

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