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World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals’ recent giving is dominated by refugee resettlement and processing, with one of the largest single grants going to Arrive Ministries for that work in 2025. The pattern is consistent across multiple years and multiple partners, showing a funder that uses sizable, repeat awards to support the infrastructure around refugee reception, integration, and early self-sufficiency. Salem for Refugees appears alongside Arrive Ministries in the largest awards, also funded for resettlement and processing in both 2024 and 2025. Other grants extend the same work to organizations serving especially vulnerable refugees, clients already resettled, and refugee families navigating initial needs after arrival. The foundation’s program list points to a broader humanitarian frame that includes forced migration, disaster response, child protection, health and nutrition, and church partnership, but the grant record is anchored most clearly in refugee assistance. It also makes program-related investments, and its active Matching Grant Program is designed to help eligible refugee and immigrant families and individuals become self-sufficient within 120 to 180 days by supporting employment and initial resettlement needs.
Refugee resettlement is the clearest center of gravity in the recent grant record. In 2025, the foundation gave $429,635 to International Welcome Center for the resettlement and integration of especially vulnerable refugees, and $425,215 to Alliance for Refugees to provide services for clients resetttled. It also supported First 90 with $396,762 and Mission Adelante with $342,134 for directly funded resettlement and processing work. Ukrainian displacement appears as a separate emergency line of support: Infused Impact Inc received $884,700 in 2023 for Ukrainian refugees support, while Baptist World Alliance received $250,000 for emergency support to refugees arriving in Moldova and Poland from Ukraine. Beyond resettlement, the foundation funded Christian Connections for International Health for community-based reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services through training, supervision, and mentoring of community-based health workers.
$4M
$82.6M
$205.9M
$192.6M
Most grants fall between $62K and $426K, with a median of $167K.
25th Percentile
$62K
Median
$167K
75th Percentile
$426K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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Typical awards are substantial: the 25th percentile is $61,922, the median is $166,998, and the 75th percentile is $426,320. The grant record shows repeat awards to the same partners across 2023, 2024, and 2025, especially in refugee resettlement and processing. That pattern suggests ongoing operating support rather than one-off project-only grants. World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it also makes program-related investments. The Matching Grant Program accepts unsolicited applications and is aimed at eligible refugee and immigrant families and individuals in the United States.
Giving is national, and all recorded recipient grants in the dataset went to U.S. organizations. Washington appears most often by recipient location, with Lutheran Community Services NW in Seatac and Mother Africa in Kent among the named recipients there. Other repeated recipient hubs include Minnesota, Oregon, and Connecticut, reflecting a spread across resettlement partners rather than concentration in one metro area. No grants in the recent list went to recipients in Maryland, the foundation’s headquarters state.
The clearest focus is refugee resettlement and processing. Multiple large awards went to organizations such as Arrive Ministries and Salem for Refugees for directly funded resettlement and processing, and the pattern repeats across 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Yes. The active Matching Grant Program accepts unsolicited applications and is designed to help eligible refugee and immigrant families and individuals in the United States become self-sufficient within 120 to 180 days.
The grant-size distribution is fairly large: the 25th percentile is $61,922, the median is $166,998, and the 75th percentile is $426,320. That places many awards in the low six-figure range, with several much larger grants as well.
Grantmaking is national, with all recorded recipient grants going to U.S. organizations. Washington is the top state by grant count, but the recipients are spread across multiple states, including Minnesota, Oregon, Connecticut, and Washington.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years, including Arrive Ministries and Salem for Refugees, both funded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Bethany Christian Services, Christian Connections for International Health, International Welcome Center, Pathways to Citizenship, Lutheran Community Services NW, and Mother Africa also reappear.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARRIVE MINISTRIES | RICHFIELD, MN | $1,336,885 | 2026 | CASE MANAGEMENT AND DIRECT CLIENT ASSISTANCE |
| SALEM FOR REFUGEES | SALEM, OR | $839,704 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| FIRST 90 | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $368,315 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER | AKRON, OH | $328,922 | 2026 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEES | PLAINSBORO, NJ | $311,664 | 2026 | CASE MANAGENENT & CLIENT DIRECT ASISTANCE |
| MISSION ADELANTE | KANSAS CITY, KS | $266,693 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| BIRMINGHAM CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS | TRUSSVILLE, AL | $189,349 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| RISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION | TULSA, OK | $129,505 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| MOTHER AFRICA | SEATAC, WA | $100,381 | 2026 | IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE |
| TRANSFORM MINNESOTA | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $44,154 | 2026 | IMMIGRATION LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE REFUGEESS |
| PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP | SOLANA BEACH, CA | $44,150 | 2026 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $32,710 | 2026 | WELCOME REFUGEES AND IMMIGRATION ASISTANCE |
| GOOD SAMARITAN HAITIAN ALLIANCE CHURCH | LAWRENCEVILLE, GA | $10,000 | 2026 | RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITIAN CHURCH MEMBERS |
| CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF WEST LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO IRANIAN CHURCH MEMBERS |
| SEND RELIEF | ALPHARETTA, GA | $7,425 | 2026 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| ARRIVE MINISTRIES | RICHFIELD, MN | $2,573,780 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| SALEM FOR REFUGEES | SALEM, OR | $2,068,380 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER | AKRON, OH | $429,635 | 2025 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEES | PLAINSBORO, NJ | $425,215 | 2025 | PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS RESETTLED |
| FIRST 90 | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $396,762 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| MISSION ADELANTE | KANSAS CITY, KS | $342,134 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY | WILMINGTON, DE | $253,859 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| SEND RELIEF | ALPHARETTA, GA | $115,400 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| MOTHER AFRICA | KENT, WA | $113,825 | 2025 | IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE |
| PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP | SOLANA BEACH, CA | $105,400 | 2025 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| BIRMINGHAM CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS | TRUSSVILLE, AL | $100,469 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| RANCHO SANTIAGO CCD | SANTA ANA, CA | $71,250 | 2025 | CITIZENSHIP INSTRUCTION SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES |
| RISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION | TULSA, OK | $42,937 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF FLORIDA | WINTER GARDEN, FL | $11,250 | 2025 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| WAY OF SALVATION CHURCH | — | $7,520 | 2025 | SHELTER, FOOD, BASIC NEEDS, PASTORAL CARE TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALSON BORDER |
| ARRIVE MINISTRIES | RICHFIELD, MN | $1,080,250 | 2024 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| SALEM FOR REFUGEES | SALEM, OR | $1,029,604 | 2024 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY | WILMINGTON, DE | $412,927 | 2024 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF FLORIDA | WINTER GARDEN, FL | $249,750 | 2024 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| CHRISTIAN CONNECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $205,884 | 2024 | TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH WORKERS. |
| INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER | AKRON, OH | $190,095 | 2024 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP | SOLANA BEACH, CA | $143,900 | 2024 | RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES |
| MOTHER AFRICA | KENT, WA | $74,714 | 2024 | IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE |
| LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW | SEATAC, WA | $42,192 | 2024 | REFUGEE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM |
| MUNDEKE GOSPEL MISSION | GREENSBORO, NC | $26,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS |
| ARRIVE MINISTRIES | RICHFIELD, MN | $958,938 | 2023 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| INFUSED IMPACT INC | ORANGE, CT | $884,700 | 2023 | UKRAINIAN REFUGEES SUPPORT |
| SALEM FOR REFUGEES | SALEM, OR | $612,844 | 2023 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| CHRISTIAN CONNECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $517,450 | 2023 | REACH OF COMMUNITY-BASED TO EXTEND THE REACH OF COMMUNITY-BASED REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES VIA TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH WORKERS. |
| BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE | FALLS CHURCH, VA | $250,000 | 2023 | PROVIDE EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO REFUGEES ARRIVING IN MOLDOVA AND POLAND FROM UKRAINE |
| LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW | SEATAC, WA | $104,459 | 2023 | REFUGEE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $68,250 | 2023 | DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES |
| SLAVIC MISSIONARY SERVICE | ASHFORD, CT | $40,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT CHURCHES IN WESTERN UKRAINE AS THEY RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF DISPLACED UKRAINIANS |
| UNITED WORLD MISSION | CHARLOTTE, NC | $30,000 | 2023 | UKRAINIAN REFUGEES SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $24,506 | 2023 | DEVELOP A COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO LEARN AND ENGAGE TANGIBLY IN BIBLICAL HOSPITALITY TOWARD IMMIGRANTS |
ARRIVE MINISTRIES
$1,336,885CASE MANAGEMENT AND DIRECT CLIENT ASSISTANCE
SALEM FOR REFUGEES
$839,704DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
FIRST 90
$368,315DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER
$328,922RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEES
$311,664CASE MANAGENENT & CLIENT DIRECT ASISTANCE
MISSION ADELANTE
$266,693DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
BIRMINGHAM CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
$189,349DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
RISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION
$129,505DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
TRANSFORM MINNESOTA
$44,154IMMIGRATION LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE REFUGEESS
PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP
$44,150RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
GOOD SAMARITAN HAITIAN ALLIANCE CHURCH
$10,000RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITIAN CHURCH MEMBERS
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF WEST LOS ANGELES
$10,000RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO IRANIAN CHURCH MEMBERS
SEND RELIEF
$7,425DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
ARRIVE MINISTRIES
$2,573,780DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
SALEM FOR REFUGEES
$2,068,380DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER
$429,635RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEES
$425,215PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS RESETTLED
FIRST 90
$396,762DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
MISSION ADELANTE
$342,134DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY
$253,859DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
SEND RELIEF
$115,400DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP
$105,400RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
BIRMINGHAM CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
$100,469DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
RANCHO SANTIAGO CCD
$71,250CITIZENSHIP INSTRUCTION SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
RISING VILLAGE FOUNDATION
$42,937DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF FLORIDA
$11,250DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
WAY OF SALVATION CHURCH
$7,520SHELTER, FOOD, BASIC NEEDS, PASTORAL CARE TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALSON BORDER
ARRIVE MINISTRIES
$1,080,250DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
SALEM FOR REFUGEES
$1,029,604DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY
$412,927DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF FLORIDA
$249,750DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH WORKERS.
INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER
$190,095RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP
$143,900RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE REFUGEES
MUNDEKE GOSPEL MISSION
$26,000SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
ARRIVE MINISTRIES
$958,938DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
INFUSED IMPACT INC
$884,700UKRAINIAN REFUGEES SUPPORT
SALEM FOR REFUGEES
$612,844DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
REACH OF COMMUNITY-BASED TO EXTEND THE REACH OF COMMUNITY-BASED REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES VIA TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH WORKERS.
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
$250,000PROVIDE EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO REFUGEES ARRIVING IN MOLDOVA AND POLAND FROM UKRAINE
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES
$68,250DIRECTLY FUNDED THE RESETTLEMENT AND PROCESSING OF REFUGEES
SLAVIC MISSIONARY SERVICE
$40,000SUPPORT CHURCHES IN WESTERN UKRAINE AS THEY RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF DISPLACED UKRAINIANS
UNITED WORLD MISSION
$30,000UKRAINIAN REFUGEES SUPPORT
DEVELOP A COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN WHO DESIRE TO LEARN AND ENGAGE TANGIBLY IN BIBLICAL HOSPITALITY TOWARD IMMIGRANTS