Annual Report 2019 FOR MCC IN THE UNITED STATES “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 Byler MCC 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. 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.
Relief Development Peace $15,963,000 $39,449,000 $13,217,000
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MCC U.S. Board Sponsoring Milton Borntrager, MCC Great Lakes denominations Ed Diller, Treasurer, Mennonite Church USA MCC U.S. is grateful for the support of our sponsoring Rosie Epp, MCC Central States denominations and their congregations and members: Virgo Handojo, Member-at-large Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, Member-at-large Ruth Lesher, MCC East Coast Brethren in Christ Church in the U.S. Sunoko Lin, Secretary, West Coast MCC CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference) Karl McKinney, LMC: a fellowship of anabaptist churches Fellowship of Evangelical Churches Tim Miller, Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches LMC: a fellowship of anabaptist churches Gabriela Ochoa, Vice-chair, Member-at-large Mennonite Church USA Hugo Saucedo, Member-at-large U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Jill Schellenberg, U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Jon Showalter, CMC (Conservative Mennonite Conference) Gwen White, Chair, Brethren in Christ Church in the U.S. MCC AT WORK IN THE U.S.
WELCOMING NEWCOMERS ADDRESSING MASS INCARCERATION BUILDING PEACE MCC educates about migration issues, advocates MCC provides resources and opportunities MCC offers peace camps and resources on topics for sensible, humane immigration laws and helps to learn about and address the high rates of such as conflict transformation, healthy dialogue, migrants navigate a complex immigration system. incarceration in the U.S. Photo: Packing prisoner gun violence and more. Photo: Supporting those Photo: “We are all one family” mural, Tucson, care kits, Philadelphia. affected by gun violence, Chicago. Arizona.
LENDING YOUR VOICE KITS, COMFORTERS, CANNED MEAT THRIFT SHOPS, RELIEF SALES Learn how you can speak up for peace and Volunteers across the U.S. donate kits, sew Networks of MCC Thrift shops and relief sales justice and explore current issues and legislation comforters or can meat for people in need raise millions of dollars for MCC’s work around through the MCC U.S. Washington Office. Photo: around the world. Photo: Meat canning, North the world. Photo: MCC Thrift shop, Wichita, Volunteer advocacy coordinators network, Newton, Kansas. Kansas. Washington, D.C.
MCC Central States A LOOK AT MCC U.S. FINANCES MCC Great Lakes MCC 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 18-19 TOTAL 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 West Coast MCC * Includes cost to operate material resources centers. Audited financial statements for MCC U.S. available at mcc.org and upon request. MCC East Coast SERVING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST
United States Africa 207 workers 157 workers 54,161 people gain an Canada Asia improved water source 1,190 472 workers MCC workers 189 workers around the world
Latin America Europe and and the Caribbean the Middle East 118 workers 47 workers 144,956 MCC FINANCIAL INFORMATION people receive emergency MCC U.S. and MCC Canada jointly operate and share financial responsibility food assistance 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 18-19 Cash gifts $37,824,000 Material resources 4,718,000 Thrift shops 14,689,000 Relief sales 4,457,000 25,652 Nongovernmental grants 4,083,000 people hone skills in conflict Governmental grants* 7,344,000 Other income 4,634,000 transformation and peacebuilding TOTAL INCOME $77,749,000
EXPENSES FY 18-19 Program/material resources $68,629,000 Relief 15,963,000 Development 39,449,000 Peace 13,217,000 Administration 10,393,000 Fundraising 3,745,000 137,369 TOTAL EXPENSES $82,767,000 people benefit from health or *A portion of these funds is for programming not yet begun by the end of the fiscal year. hygiene awareness sessions Numbers reflect MCC’s work for the fiscal year that runs from April 2018 through March 2019. Multiregion Africa $8,069,000 $14,849,000
Canada $8,866,000 $68.6m Asia $10,516,000 United States spent on program around the world 22,029 $8,210,000 relief kits help families facing conflict or disaster Latin America Europe and and the Caribbean the Middle East $6,102,000 $12,017,000 INFORMATION BY COUNTRY PROGRAM EXPENSE (including material resources) Afghanistan $2,978,000 Bangladesh 1,163,000 Bolivia 832,000 63,560 Burkina Faso 561,000 hygiene kits offer Burundi with Rwanda needed supplies Cambodia 688,000 Canada 8,866,000 Chad 420,000 China 97,000 Colombia 1,134,000 Cuba 73,000 Dem. People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) 704,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,260,000 Ecuador with Colombia Egypt 374,000 22,629 El Salvador with Guatemala people gain access to a new or Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) with South Africa improved latrine or sanitation facility Ethiopia 2,151,000 France 251,000 Guatemala 379,000 Haiti 1,393,000 Honduras 456,000 India 1,555,000 Indonesia 302,000 Iraq 1,214,000 Jordan 1,537,000 53,198 Kenya 1,749,000 comforters sent to Lao People’s Democratic Republic 606,000 12 countries Lebanon 1,940,000 Lesotho with South Africa Malawi with Zambia Mexico 651,000 Mozambique 861,000 Myanmar (Burma) 64,000 Nepal 1,543,000 Nicaragua 373,000 Nigeria 616,000 667,839 Palestine and Israel 779,000 pounds of canned meat provide Paraguay with Bolivia protein and nutrients Republic of Korea (South Korea) 266,000 Rwanda 1,243,000 Somalia 75,000 South Africa 515,000 South Sudan 1,137,000 Sudan with South Sudan Syria 3,854,000 Tanzania 429,000 Uganda 697,000 55,478 Ukraine 1,329,000 students participate in MCC- United States 8,210,000 Vietnam 490,000 supported education programs Zambia 672,000 Zimbabwe 1,298,000 When we talk about immigration, we are talking about health, we are talking When we bring food and clothing about food and we are talking and relief supplies to people, about human dignity.” they cry because people haven’t - Gregoria Flores-Nuñez, Bronx, New York forgotten about them.”
MCC worker Gregoria Flores-Nuñez, originally from - Sergey Panasovich, Honduras, uses her migration experience and role New Life Mennonite Church, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine 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 MCC continues to meet the urgent needs of people forest fires, Montana, 1940s. 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.
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Paraguay African countries, not just in schools, but in Mozambique As Christians South communities, churches and Africa we can’t stand by Eswatini and watch these children refugee camps.” Lesotho get sick and die when we know - Issa Ebombolo, Lusaka, Zambia I sell some goats when they that we could help.” are ready and then I can buy Over more than a decade, MCC has provided - MCC nurse Adeline Sainvilus, support as Issa Ebombolo, now a coordinator vegetables and rice Artibonite Department, Haiti for MCC's peacebuilding work throughout and seeds…” Africa, and others in Zambia developed school- and community-based peace clubs, - Mathilda Burwa, Sandalki, India MCC staff nurses Exaus Andrène, Adeline Sainvilus and as peace clubs spread to other countries. and Marius Kerline run an MCC mobile child Inset photo: Meeting after Episcopal church malnutrition clinic in remote communities in central service, Dhieukuei, Sudan (now in South Through an MCC-supported project, Mathilda Burwa, Haiti. Inset photo: Nurse Ann Eby at MCC-supported Sudan), 1995. a widow in Sandalki, India, began raising goats that she hospital, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Haiti, 1961. 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.
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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. Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Edited by Marla Pierson Lester. Designed by Abby Dixon. Photographs by: Andrew Bodden (Philadelphia); Carly Brock (Wichita, Kansas); Brenda Burkholder (executive 21 South 12th St., PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501 directors); Cherelle M. Dessus (Washington D.C.); Paul Shetler Fast (Haiti); Laura Kalmar 717.859.1151 or toll free 888.563.4676 (Ukraine); Allan Reesor-McDowell (Zambia); Matthew Sawatzky (Bolivia); Sarah Severns MCC Central States (Chicago); Katherine Smith (Arizona); Colin Vandenberg (Chad, India); Josh Voth (North 121 East 30th St., PO Box 235, North Newton, KS 67117 Newton, Kansas); Frederick Yocum (New York). Historic photos provided by Bert Lobe, 316.283.2720 Edgar Nafziger and Howard Zehr. MCC East Coast 900 E. Howell Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149 215.535.3624 Facebook MCC Great Lakes Mennonite Central Committee - MCC 1013 Division Street, Goshen, IN 46528 574.534.4133 Instagram @MCCpeace West Coast MCC 1010 G Street, Reedley, CA 93654 YouTube 559.638.6911 Mennonite Central Committee mcc.org