The 2021 NPT 100

<p>MacKenzie Scott's billions of dollars in mega gifts and American donors' response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) fueled the largest charities in the United States last year.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/report/the-2021-npt-100-donors-stood-tall-led-with-big-gifts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em><strong>The 2021 NPT 100</strong></em></a> ranks the largest nonprofits in the U.S. that derive at least 10% of total revenue from public support. Colleges and universities are not included in the study and neither are donor-advised funds (DAF).</p> <p><a href="https://candid.org/about/staff-leaders#modal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jacob Harold</a>, executive vice president of <a href="https://candid.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Candid</a>, joins the discussion in this episode to talk about the 2020 numbers and what it could mean for charities moving forward. Candid helps provide data for <em><strong>The NPT 100</strong></em>. Also playing a part in this year's report were <a href="http://www.grantthornton.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grant Thornton</a>, which helps to compile and analyze the data, and <a href="https://www.data-axle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Data Axle</a>, which designed the charts that appear in the November print edition.</p> <p>"How is it that during a crisis like this, the sector as a whole, or at least this group as a whole, was able to come away with not having to dip into reserves, ultimately, actually strengthening balance sheets," Harold said during the conversation. "I think that's a question that has a number of different dimensions to it that we should explore."</p> <p>Total revenue was an estimated $79.88 billion, an increase of 3% from the previous year for these 100 organizations but public support was up more than 6% to $48.568 billion. Other revenues that increased were government, almost 15% to $10.919 billion, and investment income, 11.2% to $3.327 billion. Program