Top 10 - 10 Super-Sized Charities

This Top 10 list contains some heavy hitters in the nonprofit sector. Each of these charities had total expenses greater than $1.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year. Their combined total expenses are approximately $23.5 billion. We offer this list because we believe it is enlightening for donors to realize just how large many of America's charities are and why we believe it is important that our country establish a federal regulatory agency to monitor and regulate charities.

Rank Charity

Total Expenses

1. American Red Cross

$3,173,497,781

2. University of Pennsylvania

$3,082,002,000

3. Johns Hopkins University

$2,712,507,000

4. Harvard University

$2,586,908,607

5. Stanford University

$2,491,332,418

6. Columbia University

$2,349,325,000

7. New York University

$2,154,830,217

8. California Institute of Technology

$2,126,025,000

9. Vanderbilt University

$2,041,990,732

10. Cornell University

$1,997,365,000

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