c. 1998 Religion News Service

WASHINGTON _ Here are the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s lists of top recipients of donations and gifts in 1997. In the list of 15 top religious groups, the number in parentheses is its overall ranking in the Chronicle’s list of 400 charities:

The 10 biggest recipients of charity donations in 1997:

1. Salvation Army, $1.2 billion

2. YMCA of the USA, $494 million

3. American Red Cross, $490 million

4. American Cancer Society, $489 million

5. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, $456 million

6. Harvard University, $428 million

7. Catholic Charities USA, $425 million

8. Second Harvest, $401 million

9. Boys & Girls Clubs of America, $383 million

10. Stanford University, $312 million

The 15 biggest religious group recipients of charity donations in 1997:

1. Campus Crusade for Christ International (16), $236.2 million

2. Trinity Christian Center (Trinity Broadcasting Network) (48), $132.4 million

3. Christian Broadcasting Network (59) $115 million

4. Jewish Communal Fund (69) $103.5 million

5. Focus on the Family (76) $97.6 million

6. Wycliffe Bible Translators (84) $92.9 million

7. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (94) $87.9 million

8. The Navigators (126) $64.9 million

9. Young Life (134) $63.2 million

10. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation (163) $53.2 million

11. National Council of Churches (165) $52.9 million

12. Christian and Missionary Alliance (201) $43.4 million

13. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago (209) $41.6 million

14. American Bible Society (250) $33.9 million

15. InTouch Ministries (264) $31.7 million

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