World Relief

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

World Relief

World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals
Formation	1944; 81 years ago (1944)
Type	International NGO
Tax ID no.	23-6393344[1]
Legal status	501(c)(3)[1]
Purpose	Relief and Development
Headquarters	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates	39.289555°N 76.614657°W / 39.289555; -76.614657
Services	Advocacy, 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
[Chief People Officer]	Alexis Brown
Chief administrative officer	Kevin Sanderson[2]
Chief Financial Officer	Dick Oyieko
Parent organization	National Association of Evangelicals[3]
Subsidiaries	World Relief Global Development LLC (LLC), IMF Hekima Societe Civile (Congo), Turame Community Finance SA (Belarus)[3]
Website	worldrelief.org

History

World Relief 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 deiced 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; providing sewing machines and training to war widows, setting up TB clinics, and supporting orphanages and land reclamation projects.

World Relief is organized as a corporation, and the National Association of Evangelicals as the sole shareholder.^[3] Myal Greene is currently the President/CEO (2021–Present).^[5]

In January 2025, the Trump administration froze USAID pending a 90-day review. Waivers are planned to be available for some projects, but by mid-February World Relief has not yet received money for distributing seeds for planting season in Haiti or helping to provide malnourishment relief in civil-war-torn Sudan. And 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.^[6]

Refugee resettlement program

Refugees resettled by World Relief

• Clemantine Wamariya, author of The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story About War and What Comes After^[7][8]

Office Locations

U.S. Offices:

World Relief has multiple offices throughout the United States, providing refugee resettlement and other services in cities like Seattle, Chicago, and Baltimore.

International Offices:

Globally, World Relief operates in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean.

Leadership

• Myal Greene, president/CEO (2021–Present)
• Tim Breene, former chief executive officer
• Scott Arbeiter, former president
• Kevin Sanderson, chief administrative officer, chief financial officer
• Erin Donovan, chairperson
• Matt Gerkens, treasurer
• José Velázquez , secretary^[2]