5 Biggest Non-Profit Organizations in the United States

​By definition, non-profit organizations are those who care about the cause, rather than money. This means that all kinds of charities belong to this group, but also the organizations looking to fight for the rights of disempowered people. Right now, there is a huge number of non-profit organizations in the US, but the biggest ones are the following five!

5. YMCA

​According to the Forbes, YMCA of the USA has received over 1.2 billion dollars in private donations. The Young Men's Christian Association as its official name is, was founded in mid-19th century and has become of the most important non-profit organizations in the world. It has been shaping America’s youth for more than 150 years, but this nonprofit also operates abroad. In fact, there aren’t many places in the world where YMCA is not helping the young people by setting fitness facilities, funding scholarships, etc.

4. Salvation Army

​Here’s another charity organization with a long tradition. Same as YMCA, the Salvation Army was also founded by a religious organization. In 1865, the members of Protestant Church in London founded this organization. Although it started in the United Kingdom, the Salvation Army became one of the biggest charities in the United States as well. In fact, in 2016, the Salvation Army of the USA received $1,904 billion in donations.

3. Feeding America

Headquartered in Chicago, Feeding America is a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating hunger. Right now, there are over 46 million people involved in the organization. Feeding America is providing shelters, soup kitchens, and food pantries all across the United States.
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Because of this, the organization is constantly in a need of supplies, so the companies that deal with food have an open b2b opportunity. Feeding America is just one of a huge number of similar charities, all of which you can find at the non-profit list provided by nonprofitlists.com.

2. The Task Force for Global Health

As the name implies, this non-profit organization is aimed at making the whole world a better place. It was established by Dr. William Foege from Iowa, in 1984. The organization quickly became one of the biggest charity organizations on the planet due to the fact that they have been doing their job very well. In fact, the Task Force for Global Health was responsible for combating various tropical diseases by providing vaccines and improving public health informatics in more than 150 different countries.  

1. United Way Worldwide

The charity organization which received the largest donations in 2016 was United Way Worldwide. The non-profit organization has the headquarters in Alexandria, a city in US state of Virginia. The organization is proud of its 130-years-long history, during which it did a lot to improve the income, health, and education of people from all over the world.
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Last year, the organization received $3.708 billion in private donations. Apart from the United States, the organization is also active in more than 25 other countries, including France and New Zealand, whose branches proved to be very active in the recent couple of years.