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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: March 2025 Expires: March 2027

World Neighbors

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(800) 242-6387
5600 North May Avenue, Suite 160
Oklahoma City, OK, 73112
https://www.wn.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

World Neighbors meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to inspire people and strengthen communities to find lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and disease, and to promote a healthy environment."

Year, State Incorporated:
1951, OK

World Neighbors reports that it focuses on training and educating communities to find long-term solutions poverty and disease while working to improve the social, economic, and physical resources available to and controlled by the communities. The organization states that it stays in communities between eight to ten years, training local leadership and organizations to operate the programs when support ends. Programs include disaster risk reduction, community-based natural resource management, climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture, government and community capacity building, livestock management and breed improvement, and tree plantations. In 2024, World Neighbors states that its programs benefitted 375,000 individuals and operated in 14 countries.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, World Neighbors's program expenses were:

Public education: $238,412

Field programs: $4,366,002

Total Program Expenses: $4,604,414

Chief Executive
Kate Schecter, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$279,806

Chair of the Board
Beth McLaughlin

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Entrepreneur

Board Size
15

Paid Staff Size
62

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

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

Fundraising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $6,861,078, 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 World Neighbors's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions $3,237,142
In-kind contributions $3,033
Government funds $2,406,138
Private grants $1,214,765
Investment income, net $1,434,090
Other income $56,298
Total Income $8,351,466

Programs: 89% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 5%

Total Income $8,351,466
Total expenses: $5,162,007
  Program expenses $4,604,414
  Fundraising expenses $284,435
  Administrative expenses $273,158
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $3,189,459
Beginning Net Assets $13,556,394
Other Changes In Net Assets $-137,916
Ending Net Assets $16,607,937
Total Liabilities $569,332
Total Assets $17,177,269

Note 1: As noted in the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" refers to a change in value of split-interest agreements.

Note 2: According to World Neighbors' audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024, the organization received $3,033 in contributed goods and services.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance