How Fund Raising at Big Charities Is Faring in 2009: A Snapshot

October 29, 2009 | Read Time: 4 minutes

Related materials: Special Report: The 2009 Philanthropy 400

Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
373	Oregon Health & Science University (Portland)	$125,156,276	133.8%
307	Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York) ^*	$105,722,560	54.2%
345	George Washington University (Washington)	$84,645,047	44.5%
352	University of Maryland at Baltimore	$79,317,982	38.4%
252	Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.)	$113,901,991	32.7%
330	Kids in Distressed Situations (New York)	$81,829,981	32.0%
187	Institute of International Education (New York)	$145,000,000	23.8%
155	Vanderbilt University (Nashville)	$161,195,674	20.9%
73	Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore)	$278,541,075	17.0%
169	American Kidney Fund (Rockville, Md.)	$145,155,800	16.9%
148	Interchurch Medical Assistance (New Windsor, Md.)	$163,033,762	16.3%
123	Muscular Dystrophy Association (Tucson)	$187,000,000	13.7%
114	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.)	$199,250,000	13.6%
34	United States Fund for Unicef (New York)	$496,236,938	12.3%
369	Greater Chicago Food Depository	$60,231,700	11.8%
112	Brown University (Providence, R.I.)	$193,449,947	9.8%
331	University of Houston	$66,000,000	7.5%
314	Fordham University (New York)	$72,047,781	6.8%
15	Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.)	$748,000,000	6.3%
266	Catholic Healthcare West (San Francisco)	$85,000,000	4.6%
Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
19	American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis)	$675,000,000	3.7%
377	Mission to the World (Lawrenceville, Ga.)	$54,799,498	2.8%
394	American Lung Association (Washington)	$50,225,107	2.1%
131	International Rescue Committee (New York)	$162,676,000	2.1%
277	Foundation for the Carolinas (Charlotte, N.C.)	$80,000,000	2.0%
92	Catholic Medical Mission Board (New York)	$209,151,905	1.5%
136	Washington University in St. Louis	$154,573,226	0.7%
255	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Chicago)	$84,550,000	0.4%
386	First Book (Washington)	$52,000,000	0.3%
205	Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (Kansas City, Mo.)	$104,473,357	0.3%
396	United States Olympic Committee (Colorado Springs)	$48,360,000	0.2%
182	Global Impact (Alexandria, Va.)	$118,766,558	0.1%
52	University of Washington (Seattle)	$304,959,657	0.0%
358	Kansas State University (Manhattan)	$56,159,022	0.0%
74	Ohio State University (Columbus)	$237,052,336	-0.1%
359	Academy for Educational Development (Washington)	$55,877,447	-0.3%
30	Gifts in Kind International (Alexandria, Va.)	$471,900,000	-0.5%
336	InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Madison, Wis.)	$59,674,000	-0.6%
145	Children International (Kansas City, Mo.)	$141,287,487	-0.7%
Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
193	Covenant House (New York)	$110,126,087	-1.3%
61	University of Callifornia at Berkeley	$276,331,975	-3.2%
78	National Multiple Sclerosis Society (New York)	$223,000,000	-3.3%
188	Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)	$113,042,925	-3.5%
279	Boston University	$74,269,225	-5.1%
21	Feeding America (Chicago)	$610,000,000	-5.4%
170	University of Iowa (Iowa City)	$116,636,502	-5.8%
399	KCET/Community Television of Southern California (Los Angeles)	$45,000,000	-6.0%
363	World Emergency Relief (Carlsbad, Calif.)	$51,848,987	-6.0%
56	CARE (Atlanta)	$277,102,000	-6.3%
334	Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)	$56,670,896	-6.4%
215	University of California at Davis	$92,400,000	-7.6%
163	Children’s Hunger Fund (Mission Hills, Calif.)	$117,250,000	-7.8%
263	University of Alabama at Birmingham	$75,000,000	-8.4%
117	NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital	$155,000,000	-8.6%
221	Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.)	$90,000,000	-8.6%
311	National Wildlife Federation (Reston, Va.)	$61,949,000	-8.7%
235	University of Arkansas at Fayetteville	$82,879,155	-9.1%
Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
209	Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana (Trinity Broadcasting Network) (Calif.)	$92,000,000	-9.3%
53	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$271,248,202	-9.9%
84	Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (Philadelphia)	$190,034,000	-11.0%
49	Save the Children (Westport, Conn.)	$287,559,000	-11.1%
124	Emory University (Atlanta)	$144,642,509	-12.0%
281	University of Georgia (Athens)	$67,370,190	-12.7%
43	MAP International (Brunswick, Ga.)	$331,000,000	-13.0%
86	Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (Seattle)	$181,663,000	-13.6%
160	Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.)	$110,350,000	-13.9%
219	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	$85,000,000	-14.1%
129	Project Hope/People-to-People Health Foundation (Millwood, Va.)	$137,300,000	-14.2%
75	Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (Triangle, Va.)	$200,000,000	-14.5%
191	American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York)	$96,000,000	-14.5%
133	Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (Evanston, Ill.)	$133,266,321	-14.6%
103	Ducks Unlimited (Memphis)	$161,114,000	-14.9%
269	Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.)	$68,665,588	-15.0%
322	City College of City University of New York	$54,630,156	-15.1%
280	Project Orbis International (New York)	$65,347,915	-15.4%
Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
60	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York)	$240,328,000	-16.0%
144	Christian Appalachian Project (Lancaster, Ky.)	$120,226,942	-16.1%
174	University of California at San Diego (La Jolla)	$100,906,449	-17.2%
118	Entertainment Industry Foundation (Studio City, Calif.)	$139,487,432	-17.4%
122	Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.)	$137,106,659	-17.7%
142	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	$119,352,000	-17.8%
282	Iowa State University (Ames)	$62,912,236	-18.0%
194	Tides Foundation (San Francisco)	$90,000,000	-18.3%
200	North Carolina State University (Raleigh)	$85,000,000	-19.2%
18	Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (Malvern, Pa.)	$533,086,682	-20.4%
244	Renaissance Charitable Foundation (Indianapolis)	$70,000,000	-20.6%
125	New York Public Library	$129,687,533	-21.0%
201	Oregon State University (Corvallis)	$81,594,418	-22.2%
222	Boston Foundation	$75,500,000	-23.2%
197	Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston	$82,415,000	-23.5%
393	Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.)	$37,811,163	-23.6%
249	Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas)	$65,000,000	-25.3%
14	Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.)	$560,000,000	-26.0%
Philanthropy 400 rank		Estimated 2009 private support	Percentage change from 2008
27	National Christian Foundation (Atlanta)	$351,681,000	-27.3%
274	United Jewish Foundation and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)	$55,500,000	-29.9%
228	Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh)	$65,000,000	-31.8%
97	University of Oklahoma (Norman)	$135,879,642	-31.9%
328	HealthWell Foundation (Gaithersburg, Md.)	$40,685,000	-34.4%
76	William J. Clinton Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.)	$151,000,000	-34.8%
305	Oxfam America (Boston)	$45,735,175	-35.1%
365	Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.)	$35,206,755	-35.7%
343	Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)	$37,945,264	-36.2%
248	Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)	$52,927,112	-39.2%
338	Santa Clara University (Calif.)	$35,903,356	-40.1%
317	Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego	$37,529,367	-44.0%
398	Gleaning for the World (Concord, Va.)	$26,458,000	-44.9%
207	Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)	$50,300,000	-51.1%
236	University of California at Santa Barbara	$40,821,839	-54.7%
378	University of Denver	$23,340,400	-55.9%
261	Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pa.)	$35,226,801	-57.5%
147	Ayco Charitable Foundation (Albany, N.Y.)	$41,415,500	-70.6%
167	Los Angeles County Museum of Art	$34,000,000	-73.0%
332	Seattle Foundation	$15,000,000	-75.5%
260	Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, Okla.)	$4,682,000	-94.3%
* Organization acquired a related entity in its 2009 fiscal year, which accounts for the one-time increase in private support.