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Charity Math
24 causes · 244,071 charities

Every cause, by the numbers.

Charities filing a full Form 990 spent $3.05T in their latest year. Pick a cause to see who spends it, what's normal and how to compare.

  1. Health care $1.74T 17,112 charities · biggest: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  2. Education $518.4B 39,049 charities · biggest: New York University
  3. Human services $194.5B 36,197 charities · biggest: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking $97.7B 12,081 charities · biggest: Donor Advised Charitable Giving
  5. International $55.4B 6,352 charities · biggest: Good360
  6. Arts and culture $48.4B 23,413 charities · biggest: Smithsonian Institution
  7. Mental health $44.6B 6,642 charities · biggest: Community Behavioral Health
  8. Science and technology $42.1B 1,444 charities · biggest: Advanced Technology International
  9. Community improvement $40.9B 9,649 charities · biggest: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
  10. Housing $38.9B 13,426 charities · biggest: Navigate Affordable Housing Partners
  11. Medical research $29.1B 1,761 charities · biggest: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS
  12. Disease and disorders $26.2B 3,440 charities · biggest: Tempus Unlimited
  13. Recreation and sports $24.6B 13,795 charities · biggest: Northwestern University
  14. Religion $23.7B 15,052 charities · biggest: American Lebanese Syrian Associated
  15. Food and agriculture $23.4B 4,028 charities · biggest: Feeding America
  16. Environment $20.0B 6,850 charities · biggest: New Venture Fund
  17. Employment $19.9B 2,847 charities · biggest: Peckham Vocational Industries
  18. Animal welfare $14.0B 7,474 charities · biggest: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  19. Youth development $13.3B 7,556 charities · biggest: Child Care Resource Center
  20. Public and societal benefit $13.1B 3,222 charities · biggest: Consortium Management Group
  21. Crime and legal $12.8B 4,045 charities · biggest: Legal Services
  22. Civil rights $6.2B 2,329 charities · biggest: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
  23. Public safety and disaster $6.1B 5,787 charities · biggest: Creative Testing Solutions
  24. Social science $3.3B 520 charities · biggest: American Institutes for Research in the

Spending is each charity's total expenses in its latest e-filed Form 990, grouped by the NTEE code in the IRS master file. Health care is mostly hospitals; education includes universities.