Online Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are Raising
June 10, 2004 | Read Time: 6 minutes
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Amount raised via the Internet in 2002 | |
Amount raised via the Internet in 2003 | |
Percentage change | |
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| Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) | n/a | $785 | — | |||
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| Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) | $49,431 | $87,983 | +78.0% | |||
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| Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) | $11,605 | $38,586 | +232.5% | |||
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| Columbia University (New York) | $229,743 | $765,532 | +233.2% | |||
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| Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) | $371,941 | $924,663 | +148.6% | |||
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| Duke University (Durham, N.C.) | $1,007,807 | $1,524,731 | +51.3% | |||
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| Emory University (Atlanta) | $41,148 | $27,478 | -33.2% | |||
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| Georgetown University (Washington) | $162,426 | $477,800 | +194.2% | |||
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| Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) 1 | $486,208 | $664,402 | +36.6% | |||
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| Hillsdale College (Mich.) | $6,352 | $13,228 | +108.2% | |||
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| Indiana University System (Bloomington) | $42,260 | $74,915 | +77.3% | |||
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| The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) | $36,181 | $170,229 | +370.5% | |||
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| Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pa.) | $15,578 | $52,983 | +240.1% | |||
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) | $339,967 | $499,694 | +47.0% | |||
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| Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) | $30,447 | $241,489 | +693.1% | |||
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| Ohio State University (Columbus) | $105,701 | $141,307 | +33.7% | |||
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| Oregon Health & Science University (Portland) | $11,883 | $25,450 | +114.2% | |||
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| Pennsylvania State University (University Park) | $142,010 | $222,642 | +56.8% | |||
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| Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) | $77,105 | $363,355 | +371.2% | |||
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| Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) | $71,554 | $75,629 | +5.7% | |||
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| Santa Clara University (Calif.) | $38,630 | $48,120 | +24.6% | |||
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| Smith College (Northampton, Mass.) | $151,277 | $112,252 | -25.8% | |||
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| Southern Methodist University (Dallas) | $8,005 | $66,809 | +734.6% | |||
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| Stanford University (Calif.) | $1,095,884 | $1,441,643 | +31.6% | |||
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| Syracuse University (N.Y.) | $15,645 | $17,401 | +11.2% | |||
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| Temple University (Philadelphia) | $5,650 | $12,295 | +117.6% | |||
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| Trinity College (Hartford, Conn) | $59,222 | $89,560 | +51.2% | |||
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| Tulane University (New Orleans) | $56,468 | $116,140 | +105.7% | |||
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| University of California at Berkeley | $264,498 | $443,517 | +67.7% | |||
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| University of California at San Francisco | $15,067 | $32,891 | +118.3% | |||
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| University of Cincinnati | $7,771 | $33,318 | +328.7% | |||
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| University of Colorado System (Boulder) | $54,932 | $26,888 | -51.1% | |||
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| University of Connecticut (Storrs) | $12,000 | $19,000 | +58.3% | |||
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| University of Florida (Gainesville) | $38,946 | $34,499 | -11.4% | |||
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| University of Georgia (Athens) | $219,973 | $169,219 | -23.1% | |||
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| University of Iowa (Iowa City) | $178,601 | $337,413 | +88.9% | |||
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| University of Kentucky (Lexington) | $11,885 | $9,087 | -23.5% | |||
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| University of Maryland at College Park | $30,900 | $23,892 | -22.7% | |||
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| University of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.) | $25,264 | $70,692 | +179.8% | |||
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| University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) 2 | $37,824 | $73,053 | +93.1% | |||
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| University of Missouri at Columbia | n/a | $15,155 | — | |||
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| University of Notre Dame (Ind.) | $378,229 | $1,265,995 | +234.7% | |||
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| University of Oklahoma (Norman) | $40 | $26,906 | +67,165.0% | |||
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| University of Oregon (Eugene) | $138,668 | $166,448 | +20.0% | |||
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| University of Pittsburgh | $18,995 | $73,624 | +287.6% | |||
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| University of Rochester (N.Y.) | $9,239 | $30,265 | +227.6% | |||
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| University of Tennessee System (Knoxville) | n/a | $14,837 | — | |||
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| University of Texas at Austin | $25,146 | $43,652 | +73.6% | |||
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| University of Virginia (Charlottesville) | $114,964 | $244,886 | +113.0% | |||
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| University of Wisconsin at Madison 3 | $85,091 | $154,016 | +81.0% | |||
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| Vanderbilt University (Nashville) | $90,704 | $180,709 | +99.2% | |||
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| Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) | $39,753 | $62,847 | +58.1% | |||
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| Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) | $15,950 | $42,627 | +167.3% | |||
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| Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.) | $175,737 | $265,211 | +50.9% | |||
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| Washington State University (Pullman) | $42,240 | $60,556 | +43.4% | |||
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| Washington University in St. Louis | $1,304,780 | $1,334,332 | +2.3% | |||
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| Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) | $262,966 | $314,247 | +19.5% | |||
| Environment and Animals | ||||||
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Amount raised via the Internet in 2002 | |
Amount raised via the Internet in 2003 | |
Percentage change | |
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| The Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.) | $40,255 | $51,475 | +27.9% | |||
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| Conservation International (Washington) | $47,965 | $65,717 | +37.0% | |||
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| National Wildlife Federation (Reston, Va.) | $245,000 | $448,157 | +82.9% | |||
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| Natural Resources Defense Council (New York) | $341,000 | $1,100,000 | +222.6% | |||
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| Trust for Public Land (San Francisco) 4 | $75,463 | $123,496 | +63.7% | |||
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| Wildlife Conservation Society/New York Zoological Society | $653,779 | $840,608 | +28.6% | |||
| Health | ||||||
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Amount raised via the Internet in 2003 | |
Percentage change | |
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| Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (Chicago) 5 | $396,031 | $759,898 | +91.9% | |||
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| American Diabetes Association (Alexandria, Va.) | $489,000 | $804,637 | +64.5% | |||
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| American Heart Association (Dallas) | $1,060,863 | $5,807,700 | +447.5% | |||
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| American Lung Association (New York) | $345,000 | $437,500 | +26.8% | |||
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| Children’s Hospital Foundation (Washington) | $131,122 | $153,266 | +16.9% | |||
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| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | $2,254 | $61,874 | +2,645.1% | |||
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| Children’s Memorial Hospital Foundation (Chicago) | $52,423 | $252,353 | +381.4% | |||
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| Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Mo.) | $3,620 | $6,127 | +69.3% | |||
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| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Bethesda, Md.) | $190,000 | $306,000 | +61.1% | |||
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| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) | $153,656 | $1,279,068 | +732.4% | |||
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| Easter Seals (Chicago) | $28,997 | $122,771 | +323.4% | |||
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| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (White Plains, N.Y.) | $240,000 | $1,306,000 | +444.2% | |||
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| March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.) | $189,000 | $927,000 | +390.5% | |||
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| National Kidney Foundation (New York) | $111,000 | $156,000 | +40.5% | |||
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| National Multiple Sclerosis Society (New York) | $2,500,000 | $4,994,000 | +99.8% | |||
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| Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York) | $621,720 | $874,709 | +40.7% | |||
| International | ||||||
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Amount raised via the Internet in 2003 | |
Percentage change | |
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| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York) | n/a | $23,500 | — | |||
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| American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (New York) | $2,000 | $2,000 | 0.0% | |||
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| AmeriCares Foundation (New Canaan, Conn.) | $312,171 | $111,911 | -64.2% | |||
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| Amnesty International USA (New York) | $600,000 | $870,000 | +45.0% | |||
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| Brother’s Brother Foundation (Pittsburgh) | $1,710 | $12,410 | +625.7% | |||
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| CARE USA (Atlanta) | $603,350 | $750,000 | +24.3% | |||
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| Catholic Medical Mission Board (New York) | $19,999 | $32,186 | +60.9% | |||
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| Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore) | $635,609 | $762,534 | +20.0% | |||
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| Children International (Kansas City, Mo.) | $228,894 | $626,057 | +173.5% | |||
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| Children’s Hunger Fund (Mission Hills, Calif.) | $11,080 | $71,425 | +544.6% | |||
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| Christian Children’s Fund (Richmond, Va.) | $980,149 | $1,085,850 | +10.8% | |||
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| Compassion International (Colorado Springs) | $1,099,000 | $1,976,000 | +79.8% | |||
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| Doctors Without Borders USA (Médecins Sans Frontières USA) (New York) | $1,348,935 | $1,701,046 | +26.1% | |||
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| Food for the Hungry (Scottsdale, Ariz.) | $99,721 | $164,049 | +64.5% | |||
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| Food for the Poor (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) | $200,000 | $275,000 | +37.5% | |||
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| Heifer Project International (Little Rock, Ark.) | $5,100,000 | $8,200,000 | +60.8% | |||
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| International Aid (Spring Lake, Mich.) | $90,907 | $77,308 | -15.0% | |||
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| International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Chicago) | $325,000 | $447,000 | +37.5% | |||
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| International Rescue Committee (New York) | $239,956.59 | $239,246.56 | -0.3% | |||
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| Jewish National Fund (New York) | $635,000 | $1,150,000 | +81.1% | |||
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| MAP International (Brunswick, Ga.) | $21,496 | $55,301 | +157.3% | |||
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| Northwest Medical Teams International (Portland, Ore.) | $61,169 | $47,946 | -21.6% | |||
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| Project Hope/People-to-People Health Foundation (Millwood, Va.) | $23,995 | $58,599 | +144.2% | |||
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| Samaritan’s Purse (Boone, N.C.) | $1,300,000 | $2,100,000 | +61.5% | |||
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| Save the Children (Westport, Conn.) | $489,700 | $572,700 | +16.9% | |||
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| United Nations Foundation (Washington) | $65,000 | $103,000 | +58.5% | |||
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| United States Fund for Unicef (New York) | $1,047,576 | $1,341,929 | +28.1% | |||
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| World Vision (Federal Way, Wash.) | $2,879,327 | $3,473,106 | +20.6% | |||
| Social Services | ||||||
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Amount raised via the Internet in 2003 | |
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| American National Red Cross (Washington) | $65,940,736 | $1,889,058 | -97.1% | |||
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| The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore 6 | $500 | $6,000 | +1,100.0% | |||
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| Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta) 5 | $39,110 | $50,299 | +28.6% | |||
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| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | $21,451 | $56,727 | +164.4% | |||
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| Disabled American Veterans (Cold Spring, Ky.) | $150,000 | $250,000 | +66.7% | |||
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| Girls Incorporated (New York) | n/a | $11,526 | — | |||
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| Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.) 5 | $1,600,000 | $1,700,000 | +6.3% | |||
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| Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (New York) | $140,444 | $79,431 | -43.4% | |||
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| Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | n/a | $1,284 | — | |||
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| Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles | $127,845 | $81,623 | -36.2% | |||
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| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta | $6,245 | $55,543 | +789.4% | |||
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| Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago 7 | $605,598 | $882,418 | +45.7% | |||
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| Junior Achievement (Colorado Springs) | $146 | $20,749 | +14,111.6% | |||
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| Make-A-Wish Foundation (Phoenix) | $1,765,000 | $2,200,000 | +24.6% | |||
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| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (Quantico, Va.) | $313,538 | $392,431 | +25.2% | |||
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| Prison Fellowship Ministries (Reston, Va.) | $602,836 | $771,363 | +28.0% | |||
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| Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.) | $3,000,000 | $5,000,000 | +66.7% | |||
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| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York | $207,902 | $241,824 | +16.3% | |||
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| United Jewish Communities (New York) 8 | n/a | $793,656 | — | |||
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| United Way Community Services (Detroit) 4 | n/a | $20,000 | — | |||
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| United Way of Central Alabama (Birmingham) | $263,937 | $1,063,353 | +302.9% | |||
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| United Way of Massachusetts Bay (Boston) | $26,535 | $35,780 | +34.8% | |||
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| United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta | $9,684,350 | $11,017,712 | +13.8% | |||
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| Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.) | $8,250 | $29,000 | +251.5% | |||
| Other | ||||||
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| American Bible Society (New York) | $60,000 | $60,000 | 0.0% | |||
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| Baton Rouge Area Foundation (La.) | $2,580 | $2,035 | -21.1% | |||
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| The Bible League (Chicago) | $277,382 | $241,587 | -12.9% | |||
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| California Community Foundation (Los Angeles) | $8,000 | $18,400 | +130.0% | |||
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| Campus Crusade for Christ International (Orlando, Fla.) | $2,500,000 | $4,500,000 | +80.0% | |||
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| Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers) (Maryknoll, N.Y.) | $9,513 | $66,105 | +594.9% | |||
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| Christian and Missionary Alliance (Colorado Springs) 5 | $50,661 | $98,914 | +95.2% | |||
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| Coral Ridge Ministries Media (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | $301,552 | $422,448 | +40.1% | |||
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| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Foundation (Chicago) | $14,767 | $18,738 | +26.9% | |||
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| Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Kansas City, Mo.) | $20,093 | $33,650 | +67.5% | |||
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| Foundation for the Carolinas (Charlotte, N.C.) | $15,668 | $15,336 | -2.1% | |||
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| Heritage Foundation (Washington) | $80,344 | $262,134 | +226.3% | |||
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| International Lutheran Laymen’s League (St. Louis) | $30,000 | $40,000 | +33.3% | |||
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| InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Madison, Wis.) | $238,702 | $1,119,681 | +369.1% | |||
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) | $593,379 | $561,000 | -5.5% | |||
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| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | n/a | $95,380 | — | |||
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| New York Public Library | $33,577 | $59,170 | +76.2% | |||
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| Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.) | n/a | $400 | — | |||
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| Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, N.H.) | $204,377 | $271,965 | +33.1% | |||
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| San Francisco Opera Association | $538,491 | $504,815 | -6.3% | |||
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| Special Olympics (Washington) | $271,977 | $349,716 | +28.6% | |||
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| WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston) | $657,406 | $948,428 | +44.3% | |||
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| WNET/Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York) | $620,175 | $740,767 | +19.4% | |||
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| WTTW/Window to the World Communications (Chicago) | $238,087 | $376,572 | +58.2% | |||
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| Wycliffe Bible Translators (Orlando, Fla.) | $282,561 | $463,806 | +64.1% | |||
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| Young Life (Colorado Springs) | $375,512 | $1,060,839 | +182.5% | |||
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| Note: Figures for 2003 may be estimated or unaudited. | ||||||
| Unless otherwise noted, figures are based on each organization’s fiscal year ending in 2002 and 2003. | ||||||
| n/a=not available | ||||||
| 1 Figures are for the undergraduate college only. | ||||||
| 2 Figures are for the University of Minnesota Foundation only. | ||||||
| 3 Figures are for the University of Wisconsin Foundation only. | ||||||
| 4 Figures are for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2003 and 2004. | ||||||
| 5 Figures are for the national office only. | ||||||
| 6 Figures are for the organization’s capital campaign only. | ||||||
| 7 Figures are for the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago only. | ||||||
| 8 United Jewish Communities is a national umbrella group for 156 Jewish federations. Figures are for 31 federations and do not include the Jewish federations listed separately on this chart. | ||||||
