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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2025 Expires: May 2027

Mennonite Central Committee

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
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(888) 563-4676
21 South 12th Street, Post Office Box 500
Akron, PA, 17501
https://mcc.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Mennonite Central Committee meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to share God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice."

Year, State Incorporated:
1937, PA

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a ministry of Anabaptist churches in the United States working in 45 countries around the world in disaster relief, sustainable community development, and justice and peace building. The organization reports that it works with and through churches and other partner groups to respond to the needs of all people, regardless of ethnicity or religious affiliation. MCC's program focuses include: education, health, food security and sustainable livelihoods, humanitarian relief and disaster recovery, migration and resettlement, restorative justice and peace building.

For the year ended March 31, 2024, Mennonite Central Committee's program expenses were:

Disaster relief: $14,480,724

Sustainable community development: $17,885,987

Justice and peacebuilding: $7,680,837

Total Program Expenses: $40,047,548

Chief Executive
Ann Graber Hershberger, Executive Director

Compensation*
$154,000

Chair of the Board
Gilberto Perez Jr.

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students, Goshen College

Board Size
15

Paid Staff Size
208

*2025 compensation, as reported by the organization, includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events

Fundraising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $44,274,688, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Mennonite Central Committee's audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions $38,633,673
Grants $905,188
Investment earnings $7,978,166
Other program and miscellaneous $1,455,605
In-kind contributions $4,735,827
Total Income $53,708,459

Programs: 81% Fundraising: 7% Administrative: 12%

Total Income $53,708,459
Total expenses: $49,517,131
  Program expenses $40,047,548
  Fundraising expenses $3,300,680
  Administrative expenses $6,168,903
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $4,191,328
Beginning Net Assets $81,906,662
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $86,097,990
Total Liabilities $3,863,721
Total Assets $89,961,711

Note: According to the organization's audited financial statements - consolidated - for the year ended March 31, 2024, MCC received in-kind contributions totaling $4,735,827 in the form of food ($1,912,436), bedding ($1,213,087), school kits ($508,216), relief kits ($426,005), health kits ($305,809), clothing ($301,802), medical supplies ($45,600), and grocery bags ($22,872).

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Report completed by:
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