World Vision International

World Vision International
Founded	1950
Founder	Rev. Bob Pierce
Type	Religious nonprofit organization
Tax ID no.	95-3202116
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Focus	Well-being of all people, especially children.
Location	Monrovia, California, U.S. (administrative center, World Vision International board); London, U.K. (executive office and international headquarters); ;
Area served	100 countries
Method	Transformational Development through emergency relief, community development and policy and advocacy
President, Chief Executive Officer	Andrew Morley
Board Chair, Australia	Donna Shepherd
Board Chair, Colombia	Maria Consuelo Campos
Board Chair, Mali	Soriba Joseph Camara
Revenue	USD $3.14 billion
Employees	33,000
Website	www.wvi.org
Formerly called	World Vision Inc.

World Vision International is an ecumenical^[5]^[6] Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea. In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision's objectives.^[7] It is active in over 100 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of USD $3.14 billion.

^ see entry "World Vision International" in California Secretary of State Business Database Archived March 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Group exempt letters from IRS to World Vision International and World Vision, Inc. Feb. 13, 2009, (accessed on Aug. 11, 2011)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "World Vision International Inc. Archived July 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine" Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Our Leadership Archived June 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine". World Vision International. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
^ Swartz, David R. (March 16, 2020). "World Vision's Forgotten Founder". Christianity Today.
^ "Time to review law for foreign funding of NGOs". The Sunday Guardian. June 22, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference Hamilton1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] see entry "World Vision International" in California Secretary of State Business Database Archived March 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[worldvision.planyourlegacy.org-2] "Group exempt letters from IRS to World Vision International and World Vision, Inc. Feb. 13, 2009, (accessed on Aug. 11, 2011)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2012.

[irseos-3] "World Vision International Inc. Archived July 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine" Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

[leadership-4] "Our Leadership Archived June 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine". World Vision International. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

[christianitytoday-5] Swartz, David R. (March 16, 2020). "World Vision's Forgotten Founder". Christianity Today.

[6] "Time to review law for foreign funding of NGOs". The Sunday Guardian. June 22, 2019.

[Hamilton1980-7] Cite error: The named reference Hamilton1980 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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