Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps
FoundedNovember 1979; 45 years ago (1979-11) (as Save the Refugees Fund)
FoundersDan O'Neill & Ellsworth Culver
TypeNon-Profit Organization
501(c)(3)
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Melanie Thomas Armstrong, Carin Beumer, Kito de Boer, Vijaya Gadde, Alan J. Hartley, Lucy Lee Helm, Cecily Joseph, Emmanuel Lulin, John Makinson, Kristin A. Mannion, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Lesley Ndlovu, Stanley Wanyoike Njoroge, Kendi Ntwiga, Farah Pandith, Paul Y. Song, Ludovic Subran, Kofi Taha, Thierry Tanoh, Rebecca ("Becca") Van Dyck, Pepijn van Dijk
Key people
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna [1]
Revenue
US$ 488,000,000 (2023)[2]
ExpensesUS$ 434,817,000 (2016)[3]
Staff6,000[4]
Websitewww.mercycorps.org Edit this at Wikidata

Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities. The organization claims to have assisted more than 220 million people survive humanitarian conflicts, seek improvements in livelihoods, and deliver durable development to their communities.[5]

Mercy Corps proposes a mission to "alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities."[6] As of August 2021, the organization reports to be operating within 38 countries, including Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Myanmar and Yemen, with programs focused in a number of humanitarian sectors ranging from conflict management, children & youth to agriculture and food security.[7][8]

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  2. ^ "Mercy Corps | Company Overview & News". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Mercy Corps and Affiliates" (PDF). www.mercycorps.org. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2019.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Mercy Corps Who we Are".
  5. ^ "About Mercy Corps". Mercy Corps. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Our mission". Mercy Corps. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Our work". Mercy Corps. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ Mercy Corps "We Work" (n.d) Retrieved 18 August 2021.