Best Charities for 2025

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Americans donated an estimated $557 billion to charity in 2023, an increase of nearly 2% in total giving. Our collective generosity supports many different causes each year, but donations are not keeping up with inflationary pressure. Despite the increase in total giving, charitable giving is still down year over year after adjusting for inflation.

There are thousands of charities, which can make it hard to decide which ones to donate to. Taking that fact into account, along with the impact of high inflation, we did the legwork to find the best options for you in various categories. We compared nearly 300,000 charities based on our proprietary SmileHub rating, which includes five categories: financial health, management overhead, fundraising efficiency, program efficiency and transparency. We also identified the best organizations to donate to overall, by size, and for each of the most popular causes.

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Best Charities Overall Best Charities By Size Best Charities By Category Methodology

Best Charities Overall

Charity Name SmileHub Rating Area Coverage Category Optica 94 National Research Aga Khan Foundation 91 National International Support Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 91 National Economic Development Nationwide Children's Hospital 91 National Health & Wellness American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 91 National Research The United States Olympic and Paralympic Endowment 90 National Sports & Recreation Research to Prevent Blindness 89 National Research Volunteers of America National Services 88 National Community Support Veterans United Foundation 88 National Veterans MAP International 87 National International Support ASTM International 87 National Research MedShare 87 National International Support EY Foundation 87 National Education WaterStone 87 National Economic Development Mather Foundation 87 National Health & Wellness Foundation Housing 86 National Community Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 86 National Health & Wellness Rockefeller Family Fund 86 National Economic Development American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) 85 National Sports & Recreation Friends of the Children 85 National Children

Best Charities By Size

Charitable Organization SmileHub Rating Area Coverage Category MEGA-SIZED - $25M+ in Revenue Optica 94 National Research Aga Khan Foundation 91 National International Support Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 91 National Economic Development Nationwide Children's Hospital 91 National Health & Wellness American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 91 National Research The United States Olympic and Paralympic Endowment 90 National Sports & Recreation Research to Prevent Blindness 89 National Research Volunteers of America National Services 88 National Community Support Veterans United Foundation 88 National Veterans MAP International 87 National International Support LARGE-SIZED - $2.5M to $25M in Revenue Guidestream Charitable Gift Fund 97 National Economic Development Sickle Cell Disease Association of America 96 National Health & Wellness The American Center for Philanthropy (ACP) 95 National Economic Development Kacyra Family Foundation 95 National Research Follow Your Dream Foundation 95 National Rights & Activism International Myeloma Society 94 National Research Interweave Solutions 94 National International Support Planes of Fame Air Museum 93 National Education Lydian Accelerator 93 National Research HAE International (HAEi) 93 National Research MEDIUM-SIZED - $500K to $2.5M in Revenue Ability Indiana 98 Indiana Health & Wellness St. Joseph's Villa 98 Virginia Children American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division 97 National Research League of Chicago Theatres Foundation 97 Chicago, IL Arts Midwest Central Railroad 97 Iowa Education Yamhill County Historical Society 97 Yamhill County, OR Education The Mooring Foundation 97 Appleton, WI Health & Wellness Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation 97 Grand Rapids, MI Education Food Allergy Fund 96 National Research Minnesota Military Family Foundation 95 Minnesota Veterans SMALL-SIZED - Less than $500K in Revenue ARA Foundation 94 National Economic Development The Sun House Guild 94 Ukiah, CA Education Friends of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center 91 Lafayette, CA Education California Planning Foundation 91 California Education Larimer County 4-H Foundation 91 Larimer County, CO Children Westfield Rotary Club Foundation 91 Westfield, NJ Economic Development Heart Chan 91 California Faith & Religious Support Mankato Clinic Foundation 91 Mankato, MN Health & Wellness Rotary Club of Lansing Foundation 91 Lansing, MI Economic Development Community Foundation for Oak Park 91 Oak Park, CA Economic Development

Best Charities By Category

Charitable Organization SmileHub Rating Area Coverage ANIMALS Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City Foundation 94 Kansas City, MO The Toledo Zoological Society Foundation 90 Toledo, OH Dallas Zoo 87 Dallas, TX Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) 87 National Nebraska Humane Society Foundation 87 Omaha, NE American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) 86 National National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation 85 National Elmwood Park Zoo 85 Norristown, PA Utah's Hogle Zoo 85 Salt Lake City, UT South Suburban Humane Society 84 Chicago, IL ARTS Maxwell C King Center for the Performing Arts 95 Melbourne, FL Foundation for the Flint Cultural Center 93 Flint, MI Paramount Theatre of the Arts 93 Oakland, CA Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust 93 St. Louis, MO The Denver Art Museum Foundation 93 Denver, CO Crocker Art Museum Foundation 92 Sacramento, CA Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC) Endowment Fund 91 Pine Bluff, AR The Pabst Theater Group 91 Milwaukee, WI Munson 90 Utica, NY Joslyn Art Museum Foundation 90 Omaha, NE CHILDREN Misericordia Foundation 97 Chicago, IL Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne 87 Fort Wayne, IN La Familia Counseling Center 87 Sacramento, CA Growth Works 87 Wayne County, MI Kidango 85 San Jose, CA; Fremont, CA; Union City, CA; San Leandro, CA; Hayward, CA; San Lorenzo, CA; Oakland, CA; Newark, CA; Dublin, CA; Concord, CA Friends of the Children 85 National Butler County Children's Center 85 Armstrong County, PA; Butler County, PA Child Care Resource Network 85 Erie County, NY Early Learning Indiana 85 Indiana Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Georgia 84 Brunswick, GA COMMUNITY SUPPORT Housing Catalyst 97 Fort Collins, CO St. Joseph's Center 94 Scranton, PA Wise & Healthy Aging 94 Los Angeles, CA South Bend Heritage 93 South Bend, IN SHARE (Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources) 92 Greenville County, SC; Anderson County, SC; Oconee County, SC; Pickens County, SC Maryvale 92 Los Angeles, CA Audubon Area Community Services 92 Kentucky Marquardt Management Services 92 Watertown, WI Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City (CAAGKC) 90 Jackson County, MO; Clay County, MO; Platte County, MO ENMRSH 90 Curry County, NM; De Baca County, NM; Roosevelt County, NM; Guadalupe County, NM; Quay County, NM DISASTER RELIEF Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department 85 Marvin, NC; Weddington, NC; Wesley Chapel, NC; Indian Trail, NC District 2 Fire and Rescue 84 Bexar County, TX Airbnb.org 84 National New Jersey EMS Task Force 83 New Jersey Operation USA 83 National Skyland Fire and Rescue Corporation 82 Buncombe County, NC Third District Volunteer Fire Department 81 River Ridge, LA Malteser International Americas 80 National MedForce Aeromedical Transport 79 West Burlington, IA; Colona, IL The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund 79 National ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Guidestream Charitable Gift Fund 97 National The American Center for Philanthropy (ACP) 95 National CCF Real Estate Holdings 94 Los Angeles County, CA Long Island Development Corporation (LIDC) 94 Long Island, NY Community Foundation for Brevard 93 Brevard County, FL Inland Southern California United Way (ISCUW) 93 Riverside County, CA; San Bernardino County, CA Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland (GICMH) 93 Battle Creek, MI Newark Development Partners 92 Newark, OH Goodwill Industries of San Diego County 92 San Diego County, CA Cleveland Development Advisors 92 Cleveland, OH EDUCATION Cincinnati Museums Foundation 93 Cincinnati, OH Array Education 93 National Cobell Board of Trustees 93 National State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) 93 Tennessee MEBA Training Plan 90 National Communities In Schools of the South Plains 90 Lubbock, TX Education Design Lab 88 National Conner Prairie Foundation 88 Fishers, IN The Community College Foundation (TCCF) 88 National Birmingham Promise 87 Birmingham, AL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail 91 Beacon, NY; Cold Spring, NY Pelican Coast Conservancy 90 Alabama Global Water Challenge 90 National Energize Delaware 90 Delaware Western Rivers Forestry 90 Washington, California, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, Nevada The Natomas Basin Conservancy 89 Sacramento, CA The Climate Trust 88 Oregon Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy 88 North Carolina, Tennessee Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation 88 Grand Rapids, MI Ala Kahakai Trail Association 87 Hawaii FAITH & RELIGIOUS SUPPORT First Presbyterian Church of Dallas Foundation 95 Dallas, TX Permanent Endowment Fund of the Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church 91 Galveston, TX Falun Dafa in Los Angeles Area 90 Los Angeles, CA CPPS Heritage Mission Fund 89 National Repairers of the Breach 88 National International Dominican Foundation 86 National Discovering The Jewish Jesus 85 National Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR!) 85 National Thru the Bible 84 National The Signatry 84 National HEALTH & WELLNESS Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation 97 Philadelphia, PA Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation 97 Visalia, CA VHC Health 94 Arlington, VA Mercy Care 94 Atlanta, GA North Carolina Baptist Hospital Foundation 93 Winston-Salem, NC Waupun Memorial Hospital 93 Waupun, WI Hospice of the Ozarks 93 Mountain Home, AR Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation 93 Riverhead, NY St. Luke's Regional Medical Center 92 Boise, ID St. Anthony Regional Hospital 92 Carroll, IA HOMELESS SUPPORT Sacramento Steps Forward 89 Sacramento, CA People's City Mission 86 Lincoln, NE SOCAYR 85 Louisville, KY Mobile Loaves & Fishes 85 Austin, TX Care Corps' Lifehouse 83 Fremont County, NE; Dodge County, NE Open Doors Kalamazoo 82 Kalamazoo, MI Emergency Shelter Services 82 Berrien County, MI SOS Community Services 82 Washtenaw County, MI Poverello House 81 Fresno, CA Good Samaritan Shelter 81 Santa Barbara County, CA INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT Interweave Solutions 94 National Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) 92 National Aga Khan Foundation 91 National Myriad USA 89 National Afrika Tikkun 89 National VSK Foundation 88 National MAP International 87 National MedShare 87 National Free Burma Rangers 85 National Hope for Haiti 85 National REDUCING POVERTY Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) 96 Butte County, CA; Glenn County, CA; Tehama County, CA; Shasta County, CA; Sutter County, CA; Yuba County, CA; Colusa County, CA The Freestore Foodbank Foundation 95 Cincinnati, OH Houston Area Community Development Corporation (HACDC) 93 Houston, TX SNAP Financial Access 92 Spokane, WA Christopher Community 91 Syracuse, NY Food Bank of Iowa 89 Iowa Alameda Food Bank 88 Alameda, CA Tri-Cities Food Bank 88 Kennewick, WA; Richland, WA; Benton City, WA Chattanooga Area Food Bank 87 Chattanooga, TN; Dalton, GA Greater Cleveland Food Bank 87 Cleveland, OH RESEARCH Kacyra Family Foundation 95 National Optica 94 National KidneyCure 91 National American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 91 National Astrophysical Research Consortium 91 Sunspot, NM Virginia Catalyst 91 Virginia National Institute of Building Sciences 90 National Research to Prevent Blindness 89 National CETI 87 National ASTM International 87 National RIGHTS & ACTIVISM Follow Your Dream Foundation 95 National Prison Law Office 85 California, Arizona Empire Justice Center 85 New York Chaldean Community Foundation 83 Sterling Heights, MI Austin Area Urban League 83 Austin, TX Ohio Access to Justice Foundation 83 Ohio Southerners On New Ground (SONG) 82 Birmingham, AL; Durham, NC; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) 82 San Francisco, CA Michigan Advocacy Program (MAP) 82 Michigan Center for Disability Rights 81 Albany, NY; Corning, NY; Geneva, NY; Rochester NY SPORTS & RECREATION TaxSlayer Gator Bowl 91 Jacksonville, FL The United States Olympic and Paralympic Endowment 90 National Cotton Bowl Athletic Association (CBAA) 89 Arlington, TX Soccer Association of Columbia (SAC) 89 Ellicott City, MD Delaware State Fair 88 Delaware Florida Strawberry Festival 87 Florida USSA Investment Fund 87 National Tampa Bay Sports Commission 86 Tampa, FL The Maryland State Fair 85 Maryland American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) 85 National VETERANS Louisiana National Guard Foundation 89 Louisiana DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Charitable Service Trust 88 National Veterans United Foundation 88 National Veterans Multi-Service Center (VMC) 84 Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey Travis Mills Foundation 79 National Vet Tix 77 National Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 77 National Army Emergency Relief (AER) 76 National Soldiers' Angels 76 National U.S.VETS 74 California, Arizona, Hawii, Nevada, Texas, District of Columbia

Methodology

To identify this year’s best charities, SmileHub compared nearly 300,000 U.S.-based charities using our proprietary SmileHub Rating (as of April 10, 2025), which covers 15 metrics across five categories: financial health, management overhead, fundraising efficiency, program efficiency and transparency. Using the SmileHub Rating, we scored each organization from 0 to 100, with 100 being the most trustworthy. We did not consider nonprofit organizations with an obvious political affiliation, school-related endowments, charities focused primarily on a politically divisive issue or those involved in legal investigations.

Based on the resulting final scores, we selected the best charities overall from the organizations with a national reach and at least $25 million in revenue.

For the best charities by size, we split charities into four categories: mega ($25M+ in revenue), large ($2.5M to $25M in revenue), medium ($500K to $2.5M in revenue) and small (less than $500K in revenue). For mega and large organizations, we only considered charities with a national reach, whereas for medium and small charities, we also took into consideration organizations focused on regional and local causes.

Lastly, for the best charities by category, we considered local and national organizations with at least $5 million in revenue.

SmileHub Rating - 100 Points Total

Financial Health: 40 Points

Revenue (6 Points) Revenue Growth over Prior Year (6 Points) Profit Margin (6 Points) Liabilities to Assets Ratio (6 Points) Net Asset Growth – the percentage by which net assets increased over the last year (6 Points) Liquid Sustainability Ratio – time in months a charity can sustain its spending with its net available liquid assets (6 Points) Years of Charity (4 Points)

Management Overhead: 20 Points

Board Payments (4 Points) Total Officer Compensation as % of Revenue (4 Points) Management Expenses as % of Total Expenses – the percentage of total expenses that goes toward a charity’s administration costs (12 Points)

Fundraising Efficiency: 15 Points

Fundraising Productivity Ratio – the ratio of total contributions received by a charity to its total fundraising expenses (15 Points)

Program Efficiency: 20 Points

Service Expenses as % of Total Expenses – the percentage of total expenses that goes toward a charity’s program(s) (16 Points) Volunteer-to-Employee Ratio (4 Points)

Transparency: 5 Points

CEO Listed on Form 990 with Salary (3 Points) Website URL Listed on Form 990 (2 Points)

Visit the following link to learn more about our SmileHub Charity Rating Methodology.

Sources: This report is based on SmileHub calculations, as well as data collected from the Internal Revenue Service.

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