Editing World Vision International (section)

{{Short description|Christian humanitarian organization}}
{{For|the unrelated defunct television distribution company of the same name|Worldvision Enterprises}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                = World Vision International
| logo                = World Vision logo 2017.svg
| logo_size           = 200px
| status              = [[501(c) organization|501(c)(3)]]<ref name= irseos>"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=12043624&ein=953202116&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=5&names=World+Vision+International&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States World Vision International Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715132336/https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=12043624&ein=953202116&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=5&names=World+Vision+International&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States |date=July 15, 2020 }}" ''Tax Exempt Organization Search''. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. Retrieved August 11, 2019.</ref>
| type                = Religious nonprofit organization<ref>see entry "World Vision International" in [http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ California Secretary of State Business Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315010639/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ |date=March 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="worldvision.planyourlegacy.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldvision.planyourlegacy.org/advisors/pdf/tax-exempt.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330195457/http://www.worldvision.planyourlegacy.org/advisors/pdf/tax-exempt.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Group exempt letters from IRS to World Vision International and World Vision, Inc. Feb. 13, 2009, (accessed on Aug. 11, 2011)|archivedate=March 30, 2012}}</ref>
| founded_date        = 1950
| formerly            = World Vision Inc.
| tax_id              = 95-3202116<ref name= irseos/>
| founder             = [[Robert Pierce|The Rev. Bob Pierce]]
| leader_name         = [[Andrew Morley (humanitarian)|Andrew Morley]]<ref name= leadership>"[https://www.wvi.org/about-us/our-leadership Our Leadership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627190737/https://www.wvi.org/about-us/our-leadership |date=June 27, 2020 }}". ''World Vision International''. Retrieved August 11, 2019.</ref>
| leader_title        = President, Chief Executive Officer
| leader_name2        = Donna Shepherd<ref name= leadership/>
| leader_title2       = Board Chair, Australia
| leader_name3        = Maria Consuelo Campos<ref name= leadership/>
| leader_title3       = Board Chair, Colombia
| leader_name4        = Soriba Joseph Camara<ref name= leadership/>
| leader_title4       = Board Chair, Mali
| location            = {{plainlist|
* [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]], [[California]], U.S. (administrative center, World Vision International board)
* [[London]], U.K. (executive office and international headquarters)
}}
| area_served         = 100 countries
| focus               = Well-being of all people, especially children.
| method              = Transformational Development through emergency relief, community development and  policy and advocacy
| revenue             = USD $3.14 billion
| employees           = 33,000
| purpose             = Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
| website             = {{URL|http://www.wvi.org}}
}}

'''World Vision International''' is an [[Ecumenism|interdenominational]] [[Christian humanitarian aid]], [[Social change|development]], and [[advocacy]] organization.<ref name=christianitytoday>{{cite web |last1=Swartz |first1=David R. |title=World Vision's Forgotten Founder |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/april/world-vision-kyung-chik-han-forgotten-founder.html |publisher=[[Christianity Today]] |date=March 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Time to review law for foreign funding of NGOs |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/time-review-law-foreign-funding-ngos |publisher=[[The Sunday Guardian]] |date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Hamilton1980"/> It is active in over 100 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of USD $3.14 billion.