World Emergency Relief alleviates the suffering of human beings by providing humanitarian Relief and developmental aid to people who have been marginalized by geography or harmed by natural disaster, war, armed conflict, exploitation, physical or mental abuse or economic deprivation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 1 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $472K a year · 2% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$135K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
7
named funders · $4.3M
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$59K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$20.3M
+85% vs prior year
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$20.3M
FY2024▲ +85%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$17.7M
FY2022$38.0M
FY2023$11.0M
FY2024$20.3M
Expenses
—
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$17.2M
FY2022$38.1M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
—
FY2024
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$251K
FY2021$946K
FY2022$868K
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024Not on file

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1986.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990-EZ; $135K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO/President
$134,991Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
CEO/President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristy Scott’s $135K as CEO/President is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 167 <$100K international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Kristy Scott$134,991$122,872$115,559$109,463

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides humanitarian aid and relief to those harmed by disaster, war, or deprivation.

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3 programs · $20.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

International Relief

Humanitarian aid - provides safe water to strengthen public health and welfare, food to starving children and vulnerable populations, medicines to hospitals and clinics, and mixed relief supplies to poor, orphaned and refugee populations as well as for disaster response WORLDWIDE.FINANCIAL assistance supports various international…

$9.8Mprogram expense
02

US Relief

World emergency RELIEF/CHILDREN'S food fund - provides financial assistance as well as food, medicine and other essential goods to those that would otherwise do without.

$7.4Mprogram expense
03

Native American Emergency Relief

Provides financial and gifts-in-kind relief to native american populations where poverty and third-world conditions are often overlooked.

$3.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 9 grants · $335K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$104,829
Sol Communications INCCA · FY2024$36,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$28,755
Sol Communications INCCA · FY2023$22,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$42,023
Sol Communications INCCA · FY2022$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$66,328

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$20.3M
Gifts and grants$20.3M
Investment income$2K
Owns and owes
Cash and savings$1.3M
Liabilities$59K
People
10
listed
Paid1
Voting board5
Independent4
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$20.3M
Investment income$2K
Total revenue$20.3M
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$1.3M
Liabilities$59K
Operations
Employees3
Volunteers1
Fiscal year endsDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Records policyYes

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $20.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $11.0M$10.0M$945K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $38.0M$38.1M−$68K$868K 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.7M$17.2M$538K$946K 990 PDF
FY2020 $0$251K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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