FOR MCC IN THE UNITED STATES

Annual Report 2019

“Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11 NRSV)

In 2020, MCC celebrates 100 years of ministry in the name of Christ — beginning in 1920 as churches in the U.S. and Canada came together to help people facing conflict and starvation in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine). As we do now, we partnered with local churches and people to share God’s love and compassion for all by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice.

Today, the generosity and prayers of generations of faithful supporters like you have grown MCC into a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches at work in some 50 countries.

In the past year, MCC responded to 31 disasters and emergencies. Your gifts bring hope to uprooted families in Syria. They encourage thousands of farmers, including Maheshwar Pujari, pictured, who benefits from a new irrigation system in Sinisingi, India.

Interwoven into all these efforts — from disaster response to education, health or agriculture — are intentional efforts to build stronger communities where peace and understanding flourish.

At home in the U.S., we followed Christ’s call to welcome newcomers by supporting immigration law trainings and providing legal aid and hospitality for those seeking asylum.

Thank you for partnering with us to encourage one another in the name of Christ.

J Ron BylerMCC U.S. executive director

MCC executive directors in the U.S.Left to right: Eric Kurtz, MCC Great Lakes; Michelle Armster, MCC Central States; J Ron Byler, MCC U.S.; Nate Yoder, West Coast MCC; Bruce Campbell-Janz, MCC East Coast.

Sponsoring denominationsMCC U.S. is grateful for the support of our sponsoring denominations and their congregations and members:

Beachy Amish Mennonite ChurchesBrethren in Christ Church in the U.S.CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference)Fellowship of Evangelical ChurchesLMC: a fellowship of anabaptist churchesMennonite Church USAU.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

MCC U.S. BoardMilton Borntrager, MCC Great LakesEd Diller, Treasurer, Mennonite Church USARosie Epp, MCC Central StatesVirgo Handojo, Member-at-largeJeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, Member-at-largeRuth Lesher, MCC East CoastSunoko Lin, Secretary, West Coast MCCKarl McKinney, LMC: a fellowship of anabaptist churchesTim Miller, Beachy Amish Mennonite ChurchesGabriela Ochoa, Vice-chair, Member-at-largeHugo Saucedo, Member-at-largeJill Schellenberg, U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren ChurchesJon Showalter, CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference)Gwen White, Chair, Brethren in Christ Church in the U.S.

Relief$15,963,000

Development$39,449,000

Peace$13,217,000

53countries

453partners

648projects

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches, shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. MCC envisions communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another and creation.

MCC AT WORK IN THE U.S.

WELCOMING NEWCOMERS

LENDING YOUR VOICE

ADDRESSING MASS INCARCERATION

KITS, COMFORTERS, CANNED MEAT

BUILDING PEACE

THRIFT SHOPS, RELIEF SALES

MCC educates about migration issues, advocates for sensible, humane immigration laws and helps migrants navigate a complex immigration system. Photo: “We are all one family” mural, Tucson, Arizona.

Learn how you can speak up for peace and justice and explore current issues and legislation through the MCC U.S. Washington Office. Photo: Volunteer advocacy coordinators network, Washington, D.C.

MCC provides resources and opportunities to learn about and address the high rates of incarceration in the U.S. Photo: Packing prisoner care kits, Philadelphia.

Volunteers across the U.S. donate kits, sew comforters or can meat for people in need around the world. Photo: Meat canning, North Newton, Kansas.

MCC offers peace camps and resources on topics such as conflict transformation, healthy dialogue, gun violence and more. Photo: Supporting those affected by gun violence, Chicago.

Networks of MCC Thrift shops and relief sales raise millions of dollars for MCC’s work around the world. Photo: MCC Thrift shop, Wichita, Kansas.

A LOOK AT MCC U.S. FINANCESMCC U.S. and MCC Canada jointly operate MCC’s work around the world and share financial responsibility for it. This chart represents the MCC U.S. portion of income and expenses for MCC’s international programs and all MCC work in the U.S.

FY 18-19TOTAL INCOME $34,872,000 Program expenses

Relief* 5,660,000 Development 18,380,000 Peace 6,435,000

Administration 4,173,000 Fundraising 2,414,000 TOTAL EXPENSES 37,062,000 Increase in net assets (2,190,000) Total net assets 45,963,000

* Includes cost to operate material resources centers.Audited financial statements for MCC U.S. available at mcc.org and upon request.

MCC Central States

MCC East Coast

West Coast MCC

MCC Great Lakes

MCC FINANCIAL INFORMATIONMCC U.S. and MCC Canada jointly operate and share financial responsibility for MCC’s work around the world, and each carries out MCC’s ministry in their respective countries. This financial information represents all combined operations of MCC.

INCOME FY 18-19Cash gifts $37,824,000 Material resources 4,718,000 Thrift shops 14,689,000 Relief sales 4,457,000 Nongovernmental grants 4,083,000 Governmental grants* 7,344,000 Other income 4,634,000 TOTAL INCOME $77,749,000

EXPENSES FY 18-19Program/material resources $68,629,000

Relief 15,963,000 Development 39,449,000 Peace 13,217,000

Administration 10,393,000 Fundraising 3,745,000 TOTAL EXPENSES $82,767,000

*A portion of these funds is for programming not yet begun by the end of the fiscal year.Numbers reflect MCC’s work for the fiscal year that runs from April 2018 through March 2019.

SERVING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST

22,029relief kits help families facing

conflict or disaster

144,956people receive emergency

food assistance

137,369 people benefit from health or hygiene awareness sessions

25,652people hone skills in conflict

transformation and peacebuilding

54,161 people gain an

improved water source

United States

$8,210,000

Canada

$8,866,000

Multiregion

$8,069,000

Latin America and the Caribbean

$6,102,000

Europe and the Middle East

$12,017,000

Asia

$10,516,000 $68.6m

spent on programaround the world

Africa

$14,849,000

Canada

472 workers

United States

207 workers

Latin America and the Caribbean

118 workers

Europe and the Middle East

47 workers

Asia

189 workers

1,190MCC workers

around the world

Africa

157 workers

667,839 pounds of canned meat provide

protein and nutrients

22,629 people gain access to a new or

improved latrine or sanitation facility

55,478 students participate in MCC- supported education programs

53,198 comforters sent to

12 countries

63,560 hygiene kits offer needed supplies

INFORMATION BY COUNTRY PROGRAM EXPENSE

(including material resources)

Afghanistan $2,978,000Bangladesh 1,163,000Bolivia 832,000Burkina Faso 561,000Burundi with RwandaCambodia 688,000Canada 8,866,000Chad 420,000China 97,000Colombia 1,134,000Cuba 73,000Dem. People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) 704,000Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,260,000Ecuador with ColombiaEgypt 374,000El Salvador with GuatemalaEswatini (formerly Swaziland) with South AfricaEthiopia 2,151,000France 251,000 Guatemala 379,000Haiti 1,393,000Honduras 456,000India 1,555,000Indonesia 302,000Iraq 1,214,000Jordan 1,537,000Kenya 1,749,000Lao People’s Democratic Republic 606,000Lebanon 1,940,000Lesotho with South AfricaMalawi with ZambiaMexico 651,000 Mozambique 861,000Myanmar (Burma) 64,000Nepal 1,543,000Nicaragua 373,000Nigeria 616,000 Palestine and Israel 779,000Paraguay with BoliviaRepublic of Korea (South Korea) 266,000Rwanda 1,243,000Somalia 75,000South Africa 515,000South Sudan 1,137,000Sudan with South SudanSyria 3,854,000Tanzania 429,000Uganda 697,000Ukraine 1,329,000United States 8,210,000Vietnam 490,000Zambia 672,000Zimbabwe 1,298,000

Democratic Republicof the Congo

Cuba

NigeriaSouth Sudan

EthiopiaSomalia

Kenya

Uganda

Rwanda

Burundi

Mozambique

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Eswatini

Lesotho

SouthAfrica

Tanzania

Egypt

Paraguay

Bolivia

Colombia�

Haiti

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Honduras

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

United States

Canada

FranceUkraine

Lebanon

Palestine and Israel

Syria

Jordan

Afghanistan

Indonesia

Iraq

India

Nepal

China

Myanmar (Burma)

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Vietnam

Cambodia

Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (North Korea)

Bangladesh

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Burkina Faso Chad

Sudan

Malawi

53 countries 453 partners 648 projects mcc.org

When we bring food and clothing and relief supplies to people,

they cry because people haven’t forgotten about them.”

- Sergey Panasovich,New Life Mennonite Church, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

MCC continues to meet the urgent needs of people displaced by conflict in Ukraine, working through partners such as pastor Sergey Panasovich of New Life Mennonite Church in Zaporizhzhia. MCC’s work began in southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) in the 1920s. Inset photo: Feeding kitchen, Trans-Volga District, circa 1922.

Now more than 650 peace clubs exist in 14 African countries, not just in schools, but in

communities, churches and refugee camps.”

- Issa Ebombolo, Lusaka, Zambia

Over more than a decade, MCC has provided support as Issa Ebombolo, now a coordinator for MCC's peacebuilding work throughout Africa, and others in Zambia developed school- and community-based peace clubs, and as peace clubs spread to other countries. Inset photo: Meeting after Episcopal church service, Dhieukuei, Sudan (now in South Sudan), 1995.

When we talk about immigration, we are talking about health, we are talking

about food and we are talking about human dignity.”

- Gregoria Flores-Nuñez, Bronx, New York

MCC worker Gregoria Flores-Nuñez, originally from Honduras, uses her migration experience and role with MCC and the New York Mennonite Immigration Program to support and guide recently arrived immigrants. This is just one of the ways we touch lives in the U.S. Inset photo: Civilian Public Service, fighting forest fires, Montana, 1940s.

I sell some goats when they are ready and then I can buy

vegetables and riceand seeds…”

- Mathilda Burwa, Sandalki, India

Through an MCC-supported project, Mathilda Burwa, a widow in Sandalki, India, began raising goats that she can sell to have income for other food and necessities. Inset photo: Farmer Ram Saran Sahu and MCC worker Bert Lobe, agricultural assistance, India, 1969.

As Christianswe can’t stand by

and watch these childrenget sick and die when we know

that we could help.”- MCC nurse Adeline Sainvilus,

Artibonite Department, Haiti

MCC staff nurses Exaus Andrène, Adeline Sainvilus and Marius Kerline run an MCC mobile child malnutrition clinic in remote communities in central Haiti. Inset photo: Nurse Ann Eby at MCC-supported hospital, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Haiti, 1961.

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Front cover: In Montero, Bolivia, MCC Serving and Learning Together (SALT) participant Joia McManus of Philadelphia helps Maria Elena Zurita Garcias with homework at El Comedor de Niños, an MCC partner that has two children’s community centers and whose name translates as The Children’s Dining Room.

Edited by Marla Pierson Lester. Designed by Abby Dixon. Photographs by: Andrew Bodden (Philadelphia); Carly Brock (Wichita, Kansas); Brenda Burkholder (executive directors); Cherelle M. Dessus (Washington D.C.); Paul Shetler Fast (Haiti); Laura Kalmar (Ukraine); Allan Reesor-McDowell (Zambia); Matthew Sawatzky (Bolivia); Sarah Severns (Chicago); Katherine Smith (Arizona); Colin Vandenberg (Chad, India); Josh Voth (North Newton, Kansas); Frederick Yocum (New York). Historic photos provided by Bert Lobe, Edgar Nafziger and Howard Zehr.

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