Which charities actually spend your money on their mission? Top 100 ranked by program spending, CEO pay, red flags, and efficiency. Not marketing budgets.
The biggest nonprofits ranked by total annual revenue
Nonprofits with the largest asset holdings
Organizations with the highest executive compensation
Nonprofits with the strongest program expense ratios and donor efficiency signals
Organizations with the highest revenue growth
Newest tax-exempt organizations by ruling date
Highest mission scores based on AI analysis
Organizations with the most identified concerns
NonprofitSpending ranks organizations using data extracted directly from IRS Form 990 filings. Each ranking category isolates a key performance dimension:
Nonprofit rankings provide donors, researchers, and policymakers with a structured way to evaluate charitable organizations. Unlike for-profit companies where stock price or profit margin serve as universal benchmarks, nonprofits must be assessed across multiple dimensions — financial health, programmatic efficiency, governance quality, and mission alignment.
Our AI-powered approach goes beyond simple financial ratios. By analyzing the full text of 990 filings alongside quantitative data, we can detect patterns that single-metric rankings miss: organizations with excellent efficiency but declining revenue, charities with modest budgets but outsized community impact, or large institutions where executive compensation has grown faster than program spending.
No single ranking tells the complete story. We encourage users to explore multiple categories and review individual nonprofit profiles before making donation decisions. The Mission Score synthesizes these factors into one number, but the underlying data is always available for those who want to dig deeper.
Our rankings use a multi-factor scoring system that analyzes IRS 990 filings. Each ranking category focuses on a specific metric — such as total revenue, asset holdings, program expense ratio, or executive compensation — and orders qualifying nonprofits from highest to lowest. AI enrichment adds context like Mission Scores and red-flag detection.
The Mission Score is a proprietary 0–100 rating that evaluates how effectively a nonprofit pursues its stated mission. It combines program spending efficiency, revenue stability, governance transparency, executive compensation reasonableness, and growth trajectory into a single comparable number.
Rankings are refreshed as new IRS 990 filings become available, typically on a rolling basis. Most nonprofits file annually, so data is generally 1–2 fiscal years current. We process new filings within days of their public release by the IRS.
Yes. Each nonprofit has a dedicated profile page with financials, Mission Score, and AI analysis. You can open multiple profiles side-by-side or use the search feature to find specific organizations across any ranking category.
All financial data comes from official IRS Form 990 filings submitted by tax-exempt organizations. We source machine-readable filings from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File and individual e-filed returns, then enrich them with AI-powered analysis.