Charity profile · Historical source record

World Vision

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Building a better world for children
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, World Vision serves alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.15Overall score
out of 100
80.42Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,038,784,414
Total expenses · USD$999,702,678

Program expenses

$847,747,870.94 recorded amount
84.8%

Fundraising expenses

$92,972,349.05 recorded amount
9.3%

Administrative expenses

$57,982,755.32 recorded amount
5.8%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader
Richard E. Stearns
Recorded compensation
$456,503.00
Recorded compensation percentage
0.04%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for World Vision
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
International
description
Mission & description
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, World Vision serves alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
ein
EIN
95-1922279
tot_exp
Total expenses
999702678.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.057999999999999996
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.09
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.09300000000000001
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.848
fscore
Financial score
80.42
leader
Recorded leader
Richard E. Stearns
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
456503.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0004
motto
Tagline
Building a better world for children
name
Charity name
World Vision
tot_rev
Total revenue
1038784414.0
score
Overall score
86.15
state
State code
WA
subcategory
Subcategory
Development and Relief Services
size
Source size label
big
program_exp
Program expenses
847747870.944
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
92972349.05400002
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
57982755.32399999

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.