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Charities in District of Columbia

Registered10,956charities
Total income$52.89bnlatest returns
Median income$755kper charity
Top-10 share29%of income

Overview

District of Columbia has 10,956 registered charities on the current register extract, of which 4,923 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $52.89bn of income. The median charity took in $755k, while the largest tenth reported $13.7m 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 account for 29% of the total. Across the whole group, 315 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.

910 of the charities with reported income (18%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 3,903 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

#CharityLocationIncome
1American National Red CrossWashington, DC$3.22bn
2Gavi AllianceWashington, DC$2.63bn
3Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$1.92bn
4Smithsonian InstituteWashington, DC$1.88bn
5Childrens HospitalWashington, DC$1.56bn
6Howard UniversityWashington, DC$1.27bn
7American UniversityWashington, DC$933.9m
8American Chemical SocietyWashington, DC$711.0m
9New Venture FundWashington, DC$669.1m
10Legal Services CorporationWashington, DC$595.8m
11Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance CompanyWashington, DC$538.4m
12Paypal Charitable Giving FundWashington, DC$504.4m
13Association of Universities forWashington, DC$420.9m
14National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DC$415.5m
15Pew Charitable TrustsWashington, DC$415.2m
16Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC$388.3m
17Medical Faculty Associates IncWashington, DC$380.8m
18Blood Cancer United IncWashington, DC$378.3m
19Patient Access Network FoundationWashington, DC$374.4m
20World Wildlife Fund IncWashington, DC$372.8m
21National Endowment for DemocracyWashington, DC$363.0m
22World Resources InstituteWashington, DC$357.8m
23Population Services InternationalWashington, DC$349.7m
24Forgood IncWashington, DC$342.2m
25National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC$324.6m
26National Public Radio IncWashington, DC$302.5m
27John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC$286.4m
28Association of American Medical CollegesWashington, DC$281.5m
29Assets Under MovementWashington, DC$273.8m
30International City Management Association Retirement CorporationWashington, DC$269.0m
31United Negro College Fund IncWashington, DC$250.9m
32World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC$241.5m
33Gallaudet UniversityWashington, DC$239.4m
34Neighborhood Reinvestment CorpWashington, DC$232.4m
35The Aspen Institute IncWashington, DC$232.1m
36National Geographic SocietyWashington, DC$232.0m
37International Baccalaureate OrganizationWashington, DC$224.7m
38Kipp DC Public Charter SchoolsWashington, DC$212.6m
39Windward FundWashington, DC$212.4m
40Southeastern Universities Research Association IncWashington, DC$210.2m
41United States Holocaust Memorial CouncilWashington, DC$193.1m
42Health Services for Children with Special Needs IncWashington, DC$190.2m
43Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation IncWashington, DC$182.0m
44AARP FoundationWashington, DC$175.2m
45Humane World for Animals IncWashington, DC$175.0m
46DKT International IncWashington, DC$173.4m
47American Near East Refugee Aid IncWashington, DC$173.3m
48National Democratic Institute for International AffairsWashington, DC$171.4m
49Rfe-Rl IncWashington, DC$170.9m
50Unity Health Care IncWashington, DC$167.9m
51Consortium for Elections and Political Process StrengtheningWashington, DC$165.1m
52NCRC Community Development Fund IncWashington, DC$164.7m
53Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS FoundationWashington, DC$162.3m
54Hopewell FundWashington, DC$157.7m
55Pact IncWashington, DC$156.3m
56Childrens NationalWashington, DC$155.7m
57Special Olympics IncWashington, DC$152.2m
58National Park FoundationWashington, DC$151.6m
59United States Association for UnhcrWashington, DC$147.7m
60Friendship Public Charter SchoolWashington, DC$146.9m