Causes and the Support They Garnered
October 30, 2003
| 2002 total private support | Percentage change over 2001 | Number of organizations on the Philanthropy 400 | |
| Education | $14,902,733,140 | -3.3% | 131 |
| Human services and youth | $8,176,982,279 | 15.0% | 27 |
| International | $4,558,845,309 | 10.4% | 39 |
| Health | $3,223,146,952 | -22.7% | 19 |
| Hospitals and medical centers | $2,603,669,624 | 1.8% | 30 |
| United Ways | $2,058,229,897 | 28.6% | 29 |
| Religious groups | $2,039,743,231 | 16.5% | 26 |
| Community foundations | $1,689,353,492 | -5.4% | 27 |
| Environmental and animal-related groups | $1,443,707,698 | 4.5% | 13 |
| Corporate-sponsored charitable funds | $1,282,581,560 | -21.5% | 6 |
| Jewish federations | $1,228,754,283 | 7.5% | 15 |
| Arts and culture | $1,146,083,779 | -26.5% | 16 |
| Public-broadcasting groups | $651,391,425 | -7.5% | 7 |
| Public-affairs groups | $249,623,100 | 18.0% | 5 |
| Other groups | $1,701,369,421 | 5.2% | 10 |
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