Home › United States Human rights and equality: charities in United States Registered 24,272 charities
Total income $18.78bn latest returns
Median income $255k per charity
Top-10 share 14% of income
Overview United States has 24,272 registered charities working on human rights and equality on the current register extract, of which 9,611 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $18.78bn of income. The median charity took in $255k, while the largest tenth reported $3.3m or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.
Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities working on human rights and equality account for 14% of the total. Across the whole group, 401 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.
2,918 of the charities with reported income (30%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 6,504 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.
Largest by income # Charity Location Income 1 Legal Services Corporation Washington, DC $595.8m 2 Legal Aid Society New York, NY $376.6m 3 Caring People Alliance Philadelphia, PA $312.6m 4 Vera Institute of Justice Inc Brooklyn, NY $263.2m 5 Justice Resource Institute Inc Needham, MA $239.9m 6 American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc New York, NY $185.1m 7 Southern Poverty Law Center Inc Montgomery, AL $169.9m 8 The 85 Fund Fort Worth, TX $143.1m 9 American Arbitration Association Inc New York, NY $139.6m 10 American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education Chicago, IL $124.6m 11 Legal Services of New Jersey Inc Edison, NJ $106.5m 12 National Center for State Courts Williamsburg, VA $104.3m 13 Justice Innovation Inc New York, NY $102.6m 14 Alliance Defending Freedom Scottsdale, AZ $101.8m 15 Native American Heritage Association Black Hawk, SD $101.5m 16 American Jewish Committee New York, NY $88.1m 17 Defender Association of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA $83.9m 18 The Trevor Project Inc W Hollywood, CA $83.8m 19 Childrens Advocacy Centers of Texas Inc Austin, TX $82.4m 20 Massachusetts Legal Assistance Boston, MA $81.1m 21 Nexus Family Healing Plymouth, MN $80.8m 22 Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Chicago, IL $80.4m 23 Community Resources for Justice Inc Boston, MA $80.3m 24 Brooklyn Defender Services Brooklyn, NY $75.6m 25 Kind Inc Washington, DC $74.4m 26 Oriana House Inc Akron, OH $72.4m 27 Florida Bar Foundation Inc Maitland, FL $70.8m 28 Community Firm Denver, CO $69.4m 29 Prison Fellowship Ministries Lansdowne, VA $68.4m 30 Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc Atlanta, GA $67.9m 31 Equal Justice Initiative Montgomery, AL $67.3m 32 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Alexandria, VA $65.2m 33 FJC New York, NY $62.3m 34 Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Inc Mercedes, TX $60.5m 35 Center for Disability Rights Inc Rochester, NY $59.6m 36 The Bronx Defenders Bronx, NY $58.8m 37 Amikids Inc Tampa, FL $58.5m 38 Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers Inc Monterey Park, CA $57.5m 39 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA $57.5m 40 Center for Reproductive Rights Inc New York, NY $56.3m 41 Northwest Justice Project Seattle, WA $55.8m 42 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Boston, MA $52.4m 43 Village Network Wooster, OH $52.3m 44 Individual Advocacy Group Inc Romeoville, IL $52.2m 45 Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc Raleigh, NC $51.4m 46 National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Decatur, GA $51.0m 47 Wisconsin Community Services Inc Milwaukee, WI $49.9m 48 Institute for Justice Arlington, VA $49.9m 49 Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, CA $47.9m 50 Legal Foundation of Washington Seattle, WA $46.8m 51 Centro Legal de LA Raza Inc Oakland, CA $46.2m 52 Center for American Progress Washington, DC $46.1m 53 Just Trust for Education Durham, NC $45.4m 54 Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles, CA $44.9m 55 Disability Rights California Sacramento, CA $43.6m 56 NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc Baltimore, MD $43.6m 57 Skillsright Inc Montclair, NJ $42.7m 58 Child Crisis Arizona Mesa, AZ $41.1m 59 Lone Star Legal Aid Houston, TX $40.7m 60 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Harrisburg, PA $40.5m
Charities by income band $under 10k 13th pct
583 charities
$10k-100k 54th pct
2,335 charities
$100k-1m 100th pct
4,327 charities
$1m-10m 47th pct
2,016 charities
$10m-100m 8th pct
335 charities
$100m+ 1st pct
15 charities
Registrations by year 0 575 1,150 1,724 2,299 00 New registrations: $248 00 01 New registrations: $248 01 02 New registrations: $622 02 03 New registrations: $260 03 04 New registrations: $268 04 05 New registrations: $228 05 06 New registrations: $288 06 07 New registrations: $290 07 08 New registrations: $234 08 09 New registrations: $367 09 10 New registrations: $333 10 11 New registrations: $397 11 12 New registrations: $357 12 13 New registrations: $355 13 14 New registrations: $754 14 15 New registrations: $705 15 16 New registrations: $732 16 17 New registrations: $780 17 18 New registrations: $853 18 19 New registrations: $1,003 19 20 New registrations: $978 20 21 New registrations: $1,143 21 22 New registrations: $1,494 22 23 New registrations: $1,567 23 24 New registrations: $2,299 24 25 New registrations: $2,296 25 26 New registrations: $1,719 26 New registrations