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  "name": "figures",
  "description": "Headline figures with their sources.",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Cite “Charitology (charitology.org)”.",
  "generated": "2026-10-26",
  "data": {
    "_note": "Headline figures used across the site. Every figure carries its source. Update a figure here and every page that uses it changes.",
    "usGiving": {
      "year": 2025,
      "billions": 617.2,
      "growth": "5.7% over 2024 in current dollars",
      "label": "Given to U.S. charities in 2025",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Giving USA: charitable giving rose to $617.20 billion in 2025",
          "publisher": "Giving USA Foundation",
          "year": 2026,
          "url": "https://givingusa.org/giving-usa-charitable-giving-rose-to-617-20-billion-in-2025-surpassing-the-600-billion-mark-for-the-first-time/"
        }
      ]
    },
    "bySource": {
      "year": 2025,
      "rows": [
        {
          "name": "Individuals",
          "billions": 394.2,
          "share": 64
        },
        {
          "name": "Foundations",
          "billions": 117.15,
          "share": 19
        },
        {
          "name": "Bequests",
          "billions": 62.19,
          "share": 10
        },
        {
          "name": "Corporations",
          "billions": 43.67,
          "share": 7
        }
      ],
      "note": "Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release."
    },
    "byRecipient": {
      "year": 2025,
      "rows": [
        {
          "name": "Religion",
          "billions": 151.58
        },
        {
          "name": "Human services",
          "billions": 99.5
        },
        {
          "name": "Education",
          "billions": 92.01
        },
        {
          "name": "To foundations",
          "billions": 79.05
        },
        {
          "name": "Public-society benefit",
          "billions": 72.06
        },
        {
          "name": "Health",
          "billions": 61.43
        },
        {
          "name": "International affairs",
          "billions": 33.02
        },
        {
          "name": "Arts, culture and humanities",
          "billions": 27.31
        },
        {
          "name": "Environment and animals",
          "billions": 24.57
        }
      ],
      "note": "Giving USA 2026 estimates for all nine recipient subsectors, classified by type of organization. Giving to individuals and unallocated giving are separate categories, so these rows do not sum to the headline total. These are not depth classifications.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Giving USA: charitable giving rose to $617.20 billion in 2025",
          "publisher": "Giving USA Foundation",
          "year": 2026,
          "url": "https://givingusa.org/giving-usa-charitable-giving-rose-to-617-20-billion-in-2025-surpassing-the-600-billion-mark-for-the-first-time/"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "year": 2024,
      "assetsBillions": 326.45,
      "grantsBillions": 64.89,
      "contributionsBillions": 89.64,
      "payoutRate": 25.3,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Annual DAF Report 2025, Table 3 and data methods",
          "publisher": "Donor Advised Fund Research Collaborative",
          "year": 2025,
          "url": "https://scholarworks.indianapolis.iu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/8f309b9f-da38-433e-8c33-bc1b3d1f9a1a/content"
        },
        {
          "title": "Report // Annual DAF Report 2025",
          "publisher": "Johnson Center for Philanthropy",
          "year": 2025,
          "url": "https://johnsoncenter.org/resource/report-annual-daf-report-2025/"
        }
      ],
      "note": "Fiscal year 2024 estimates across sponsors with different year-end dates. Some 2024 figures are imputed. The aggregate payout rate divides current-year grants by previous year-end assets; it does not describe every account."
    },
    "costPerLife": {
      "low": 3000,
      "high": 5500,
      "label": "GiveWell’s typical modeled cost to save a life at its top charities",
      "asOf": "February 2024 version",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "How Much Does It Cost to Save a Life?",
          "publisher": "GiveWell",
          "year": 2024,
          "url": "https://www.givewell.org/how-much-does-it-cost-to-save-a-life"
        }
      ]
    },
    "registered": {
      "label": "IRS-listed 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S.",
      "text": "more than a million",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract",
          "publisher": "Internal Revenue Service",
          "url": "https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-business-master-file-extract-eo-bmf"
        },
        {
          "title": "Systemic Altruism registry (built from the IRS Business Master File)",
          "publisher": "Systemic Altruism",
          "url": "https://charities.systemicaltruism.com/"
        }
      ]
    }
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}