Charitology

State of Charity: a new source capture

State of Charity · fixed capture 1 · editorial draft

State of Charity: a new source capture

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Captured
Declared publication day
Unknown / not declared
Source label
Edition 0 source label
Scope
Dated U.S. financial estimates and a census of the Charitology project; not a worldwide charity census.
Geography
United States and the Charitology project
Source baseline
d98f9560b866055971ddea7176c8e5e1028ec58d
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  • This project has not measured worldwide giving, allocation by depth, counterfactual impact or sector-wide change.
  • Stocks, annual flows and ratios with different source periods cannot be added or read as an impact ranking.
  • A fixed edition records its stated sources and scope; it does not establish a staffed institution, independently reviewed research or an annual publication cadence.

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Edition state-of-charity-initial-capture · final hash 4a5a68de964e0d75ca5573cdc373b9aadc9c0af3ab94a09437143eabb9746236
Content core e78b0488fd833fe789ecfb27f4b20410a057507ffef9f78362c296bb2778bf97

The captured project census

Counts describe this project. Draft declarations and availability do not establish independent review or operating institutions.

CollectionEntriesDeclared drafts
conditions1515
programs2626
tools2020
record2121
interventions1515
charities1616
encyclopedia2626
cases1313
myths88
disagreements88
traditions88
principles1010
journal33
problems2323

Diagnosis evidence labels

  • Established: 1
  • Documented: 3
  • Debated: 5
  • Hypothesis: 6

Catalog availability

  • live: 67
  • seeded: 0
  • designed: 0
  • partners: 0

Effective problem states from the pinned ledger

  • open: 23
  • partial: 0
  • solved: 0
  • under-review: 0

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Ledger edition:2026-10-27-initial · 63af9ab52aa86652f81ea1fac0b7c40aaad46cd8623865918d41ec347f9b2cd3

Literal source status declarations

These are frontmatter assertions, distinct from the ledger's qualified effective states.

  • open: 23
  • partial: 0
  • solved: 0
  • under-review: 0
Member identity and provenance

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393 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Given to U.S. charities in 2025

617.2 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 5.7% over 2024 in current dollars
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Individuals

394.2 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Individuals: rounded share

64 percent

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
ratio
Denominator
Estimated annual U.S. giving
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Foundations

117.15 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Foundations: rounded share

19 percent

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
ratio
Denominator
Estimated annual U.S. giving
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

giving-source-share-2 · cd7adb75c16ceb3f61f519d2fe04fe460dd871cc1949b07f1463c5f458487e36

1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Bequests

62.19 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Bequests: rounded share

10 percent

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
ratio
Denominator
Estimated annual U.S. giving
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

giving-source-share-3 · 96d0d188e5dc3ebe615f0bb82a0c5a2b585b9de6495a46c4658d5ac9c3e0a221

1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Corporations

43.67 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

giving-source-4 · a3f58aa16151b71c279081a219adb85433ba36c95c2ba45a81caa237baf25ce7

1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Corporations: rounded share

7 percent

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
ratio
Denominator
Estimated annual U.S. giving
  • Giving USA 2026 estimates. Shares are rounded from the amounts in its 2026 press release.
Member identity and provenance

giving-source-share-4 · bd06ef54fba762ba565c6fc99499004fa6a07357b2ef166ffe1796c7ea6187fe

1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Religion

151.58 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Human services

99.5 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Education

92.01 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

To foundations

79.05 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Public-society benefit

72.06 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Health

61.43 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

International affairs

33.02 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Arts, culture and humanities

27.31 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Environment and animals

24.57 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2025
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Donor-advised fund assets

326.45 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2024
Measure
stock · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Donor-advised fund grants

64.89 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2024
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Donor-advised fund contributions

89.64 billion USD

Scope
United States
Source period
2024
Measure
flow · USD
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

Aggregate donor-advised fund payout rate

25.3 percent

Scope
United States
Source period
2024
Measure
ratio
Denominator
Previous year-end assets
  • 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.
Member identity and provenance

daf-payout-rate · 97a4fef4f777375148250ecf01f6076725035a54c56ac7d5337c3cf927255171

1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

GiveWell’s typical modeled cost to save a life at its top charities: low modeled estimate

3000 USD per modeled life saved

Scope
United States
Source period
February 2024 version
Measure
ratio · USD
Denominator
Modeled lives saved
  • Model estimates are not observed impact or a Charitology rating.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

GiveWell’s typical modeled cost to save a life at its top charities: high modeled estimate

5500 USD per modeled life saved

Scope
United States
Source period
February 2024 version
Measure
ratio · USD
Denominator
Modeled lives saved
  • Model estimates are not observed impact or a Charitology rating.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

IRS-listed 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S.

Unknown / source description

Scope
United States
Source period
Unknown / not supplied
Measure
source-description
Denominator
Not supplied / not applicable
  • more than a million
  • This is the preserved source description, not a newly counted registry total.
Member identity and provenance

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1 exact retained source pins. The complete edition manifest contains their identities and hashes.

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Text artifacts

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