Largest Advocacy & Civil Rights charities by reported annual revenue

Dues, litigation funding, and large policy campaigns put some advocacy charities in a different financial league than a local grassroots campaign will ever reach, and visibility or mobilizing capacity, not the merit of a cause, tends to explain the gap. This list only includes organizations that publish annual figures, so many smaller advocacy groups, and those operating where disclosure requirements are lighter, are simply not represented in the figures. Where a charity lands here reflects funding reach and organizing scale, not whether its position on an issue is right.

Largest Advocacy & Civil Rights charities by reported annual revenue

Ranked by reported annual revenue, of the organizations with published figures. Size is a fact, not a recommendation.

  1. 1. National Philanthropic Tr 🇺🇸 15,875,636,840
  2. 2. Gates Foundation Trust 🇺🇸 10,160,927,058
  3. 3. Donor Advised Charitable Giving 🇺🇸 9,661,652,588
  4. 4. Gates Foundation 🇺🇸 8,084,056,958
  5. 5. Pivotal Philanthropies Opportunity Foundation 🇺🇸 7,604,936,235
  6. 6. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc 🇺🇸 6,592,899,306
  7. 7. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program 🇺🇸 6,410,999,905
  8. 8. Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation 🇺🇸 5,930,032,620
  9. 9. Silicon Valley Community Foundation 🇺🇸 4,889,245,872
  10. 10. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation 🇺🇸 4,273,133,138
  11. 11. National Christian Charitable Foundation 🇺🇸 3,300,091,756
  12. 12. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc 🇺🇸 3,082,075,235
  13. 13. A D F Community Outreach Foundation Inc 🇺🇸 2,690,940,620
  14. 14. Gordon e and Betty i Moore Foundation 🇺🇸 2,663,649,577
  15. 15. The Chicago Community Trust 🇺🇸 2,455,691,801
  16. 16. Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc 🇺🇸 2,436,033,430
  17. 17. Opportunity Finance Network 🇺🇸 2,333,785,289
  18. 18. American Online Giving Foundation Inc 🇺🇸 2,065,545,703
  19. 19. Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc 🇺🇸 1,918,181,862
  20. 20. Merck Patient Assistance Program Inc 🇺🇸 1,911,974,863
  21. 21. Inclusiv Inc 🇺🇸 1,897,878,390
  22. 22. American Endowment Foundation 🇺🇸 1,891,313,285
  23. 23. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation 🇺🇸 1,717,825,889
  24. 24. Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund 🇺🇸 1,664,401,095

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