Editing Mercy Corps (section)

{{Short description|American humanitarian aid NGO founded 1979}}
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{{Infobox organization
| logo_size                = 250
| image                    = Mercy Corps Logo.png
| type                     = [[Non-Profit Organization]]<br />[[501(c)(3)]]
| headquarters             = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
| board_of_directors = {{nblist|Kito de Boer|Vijaya Gaddtsion|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 <ref name=ap/>
| name                     = Mercy Corps
| founders                 = Dan O'Neill & [[Ellsworth Culver]]
| staff                    = 6,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercycorps.org/who-we-are|title=Mercy Corps Who we Are}}</ref>
| founded                  = {{start date and age|1979|11}} (as Save the Refugees Fund)
| revenue                  = US$ 488,000,000 (2023)<ref name="forbes.com/">{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/companies/mercy-corps/?sh=654b3a4658a3 |website= www.forbes.com|access-date=2023-12-14|title= Mercy Corps &#124; Company Overview & News}}</ref>
| expenses                 = US$ 434,817,000 (2016)<ref name="mercycorps.org">{{cite web |url= https://www.mercycorps.org/sites/default/files/2016MercyCorpsAuditedFS.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180404202251/https://www.mercycorps.org/sites/default/files/2016MercyCorpsAuditedFS.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 April 2018|title=Mercy Corps and Affiliates |date=30 June 2016 |website= www.mercycorps.org|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>
| website                  = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Mercy Corps''' is a global [[Non-governmental organization|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercycorps.org/about-us|title=About Mercy Corps|date=2011-08-18|work=Mercy Corps|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref>

Mercy Corps proposes a mission to "alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercycorps.org/about-us/our-mission|title=Our mission|date=2011-08-18|work=Mercy Corps|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercycorps.org/about-us/our-work|title=Our work|date=2013-01-24|work=Mercy Corps|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref><ref>Mercy Corps "[https://www.mercycorps.org/where-we-work|Where We Work]" (n.d) Retrieved 18 August 2021.</ref>