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California fundraising campaigns

What a paid campaign brought in under a charity's name, and what reached the charity — per campaign, as California published it. The IRS Form 990 reports paid fundraising only as a yearly total, so this view has no federal equivalent.

Read the campaign type before the money. A commercial coventurer is a business promising that a purchase benefits a charity, and a CF thrift store is a shop trading under a charity's name. Both file their own sales — not money raised for the charity, and not something the charity was ever going to receive. Only a commercial fundraiser or a vehicle donation programme solicited on a charity's behalf. Sales and solicitations are not comparable, which is why no percentage is shown between the columns.

The figures also do not add up: a coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it, so summing a column counts the same money more than once — and the same amount appearing on several consecutive rows is that, not a mistake.

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Campaigns, largest first

  • INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC.

    $456,868 raised

    MDS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$316,214 to charity

  • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

    $452,875 raised

    RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$256,463 to charity

  • THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE

    $449,624 in sales

    CREATIVE GENIUS LLC 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $29,290 to charity

  • JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO

    $443,500 raised

    JILL BORG SPITZER 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $395,125 to charity

  • CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION INC.

    $438,904 raised

    MIDWEST PUBLISHING-DN INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $57,058 to charity

  • CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

    $421,123 raised

    DCM INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $267,867 to charity

  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

    $421,000 in sales

    NORDSTROM INC. 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $5,000 to charity

  • AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND

    $420,101 raised

    DONOR SERVICES GROUP LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $373,109 to charity

  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

    $408,618 raised

    TSM DONOR ENGAGEMENT TEAM INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$119,370 to charity

  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH

    $402,540 raised

    INFOCISION INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $197,458 to charity

  • THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

    $399,625 raised

    AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC 2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $333,750 to charity

  • CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION INC.

    $398,812 raised

    INNOVATIVE TELESERVICES INC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $47,857 to charity

  • THE CIRCLE OF CONCERN INC.

    $398,021 in sales

    ARM ASSOCIATES INC. 2020 CF Thrift Store - Mgmt Commission/Fee

    $20,500 to charity

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.

    $397,347 raised

    RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $177,345 to charity

  • NATIONAL CANCER ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC.

    $397,301 raised

    CRF INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $47,676 to charity

  • AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC.

    $392,500 raised

    MIDWEST PUBLISHING-DN INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $58,875 to charity

  • COVENANT HOUSE

    $382,583 raised

    PUBLIC OUTREACH FUNDRAISING LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$216,766 to charity

  • UNITED CANCER SUPPORT FOUNDATION

    $380,338 raised

    MIDWEST PUBLISHING-DN INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $38,034 to charity

  • THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK

    $375,867 raised

    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS INC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $321,408 to charity

  • HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC.

    $375,184 raised

    DONOR SERVICES GROUP LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $314,240 to charity

  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

    $373,863 raised

    DONOR SERVICES GROUP LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $302,605 to charity

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES U.S.A. INC.

    $371,414 raised

    ASCENTA GROUP INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$571,482 to charity

  • CHILD WATCH OF NORTH AMERICA INC.

    $368,440 raised

    CRF INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $44,213 to charity

  • VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC.

    $362,896 in sales

    ECO THRIFT CORPORATION 2020 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $332,942 to charity

  • ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC.

    $358,824 raised

    AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC 2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $193,520 to charity

  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER

    $357,976 in sales

    NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC. 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $357,976 to charity

  • INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC.

    $357,754 raised

    MDS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$152,760 to charity

  • JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION

    $349,865 raised

    INNOVATIVE PHILANTHROPY LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $157,865 to charity

  • CALIFORNIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FOUNDATION

    $348,991 raised

    PUBLIC APPEAL INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $69,798 to charity

  • AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS

    $339,620 in sales

    WEST COAST CLOTHING & SHOES INC 2020 CF Thrift Store - Cost of Goods

    $28,930 to charity

  • HONOR BOUND FOUNDATION INC.

    $336,100 raised

    AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC 2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $84,430 to charity

  • CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

    $335,297 raised

    DCM INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $204,435 to charity

  • FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC.

    $335,197 raised

    PUBLIC APPEAL INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $53,632 to charity

  • THE NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC.

    $323,406 in sales

    CREATIVE GENIUS LLC 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $23,740 to charity

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES U.S.A. INC.

    $318,251 raised

    NEW CANVASSING EXPERIENCE INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $73,222 to charity

  • PACE UNIVERSITY

    $314,482 raised

    RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $262,983 to charity

  • SMILE TRAIN INC

    $310,383 raised

    INFOCISION INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$57,586 to charity

  • SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE

    $308,025 raised

    NICHELLE LYONS 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $94,379 to charity

  • WHEN WE ALL VOTE

    $306,477 in sales

    NORDSTROM INC. 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $25,000 to charity

  • INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC.

    $306,189 raised

    DONOR SERVICES GROUP LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $274,783 to charity

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES U.S.A. INC.

    $305,187 raised

    PUBLIC INTEREST COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $149,761 to charity

  • SUICIDE AWARENESS VOICES OF EDUCATION

    $301,744 in sales

    CREATIVE GENIUS LLC 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $18,332 to charity

  • THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF POLICE AND CONCERNED CITIZENS INC.

    $297,930 raised

    MIDWEST PUBLISHING-DN INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $35,752 to charity

  • CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK

    $283,969 in sales

    ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $283,969 to charity

  • ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION

    $282,800 raised

    INNOVATIVE PHILANTHROPY LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $163,733 to charity

  • THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP AND POLITICAL PHILOSPHY

    $276,436 raised

    EMISSARY RELATIONS LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $215,674 to charity

  • THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION

    $274,946 in sales

    CREATIVE GENIUS LLC 2020 Commercial Coventurer

    $19,790 to charity

  • OPEN DOORS USA

    $273,887 raised

    GATEWAY COMMUNICATIONS INC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $193,884 to charity

  • SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

    $271,092 raised

    ARTSMARKETING SERVICES INC. 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $156,435 to charity

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FBO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

    $267,870 raised

    RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC 2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $129,514 to charity

6 years of California's published reports, 10 pages deep. Narrow with the filters above, or use the API for the whole set — it is free and the key is issued on the spot.