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World Relief

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World Relief
World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals
Formation1944; 82 years ago (1944)
TypeInternational NGO
23-6393344[1]
Legal status501(c)(3)[1]
PurposeRelief and Development
HeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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ServicesAdvocacy, Agriculture, Community Development, Disaster Response, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Immigration Legal Services, Maternal and Child Health, Peace Building, and Refugee Resettlement
President & Chief Executive Officer
Myal Greene
Alexis Brown
Kevin Sanderson[3]
Dick Oyieko
Parent organization
National Association of Evangelicals[2]
SubsidiariesWorld Relief Global Development LLC (LLC),
IMF Hekima Societe Civile (Congo),
Turame Community Finance SA (Belarus)[2]
Websiteworldrelief.org

World Relief (officially World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals) is a global Christian humanitarian organization.

History

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World Relief, originally named the War Relief Commission, was founded as a commission in 1944 by the National Association of Evangelicals to send clothing and food to victims of World War II.[4] After the war, the War Relief Commission decided to continue working in post-war Europe and around the world. In 1950, the agency was renamed World Relief and began to focus on other areas, such as providing sewing machines and training to war widows, setting up TB clinics, land reclamation projects, and assisting post-Korean War Korean children by establishing clinics and providing food and clothing.[5][non-primary source needed] They have also resettled refugees such as author Clemantine Wamariya.[6][7]

World Relief is organized as a corporation, and the National Association of Evangelicals is the sole shareholder.[2][non-primary source needed] Myal Greene has served as President/CEO since 2021.[8]

In January 2025, the Trump administration froze USAID funding pending a 90-day review. Waivers are planned to be available for some projects, but by mid-February, World Relief had not yet received money for distributing seeds for planting season in Haiti or helping to provide malnutrition relief in civil-war-torn Sudan. More broadly for both international efforts and legal refugee resettlement within the United States, World Relief has raised an additional $4.5 million from churches and private donors, although some employees have been furloughed and a funding gap of $3.5 million remains as of mid-February.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "World Relief Corp Of National Association Of Evangelicals". Tax Exempt Organization Search Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals. Internal Revenue Service. September 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Leadership". World Relief. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore agencies bring aid to religious minorities in Middle East, as genocide is declared, baltimoresun.com, USA, March 26, 2016
  5. ^ https://worldrelief.org/blog-working-with-refugees
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