About Church World Service
Works with partners to end hunger, poverty and displacement and to promote peace and justice for vulnerable communities worldwide.
Focus Areas
Refugee resettlementAsylum & border servicesLegal servicesChild protectionHousing for newcomersDisaster responseFood security and nutritionWater, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)Climate resilience and adaptationAdvocacy and organizing
Who They Fund
refugeesinternally displaced persons (IDPs)asylum seekers
About Church World Service
Church World Service Inc centers its giving on service to displaced people, with recent grants repeatedly directed to refugee resettlement agencies and immigrant-serving organizations across the United States. The largest award in the recent list goes to Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services in New Haven, Connecticut, for $6,851,865, and other major grants support Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Lexington, Exodus Refugee Immigration Program in Indianapolis, and New American Pathways in Atlanta. That pattern points to a funder that backs direct service infrastructure rather than one-time projects. The foundation’s work aligns with its stated aim of helping end hunger, poverty, and displacement while promoting peace and justice for vulnerable communities worldwide. Its active programs include CROP Hunger Walks grants for local hunger-fighting organizations and the CWS Emergency Response Fund for disaster, conflict, displacement, shelter, and WASH response. Across the recent grant list, the same service category appears again and again, showing a strong emphasis on practical support for people who are newly arrived, seeking asylum, or otherwise uprooted.
What Church World Service Funds
Within displacement services, Church World Service Inc backs a network of resettlement providers with large operating grants. It awarded $5,852,739 to Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Lexington for service to the displaced, and another major grant to Exodus Refugee Immigration Program in Indianapolis for the same purpose. The foundation also supports organizations that help newcomers settle and integrate. New American Pathways in Atlanta received $4,993,116, while Refugeeone in Chicago received $3,734,601, both labeled service to the displaced. Its funding reaches child and family support through agencies such as Bethany Christian Service in Grand Rapids, which received $4,711,780 for service to the displaced. On the hunger side, the CROP Hunger Walks program directs grants to local hunger-fighting agencies and community organizations addressing food insecurity and related needs.
How Church World Service Gives
Church World Service Inc gives at a fairly broad range of sizes, with a p25 of $7,486, a median grant of $14,400, and a p75 of $47,011. The recent awards shown here are much larger than that middle range, which indicates a mix of many smaller grants alongside a smaller number of major operating grants. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not make program-related investments. Recipients also appear across multiple years: several organizations recur in 2024 and 2025, including Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Exodus Refugee Immigration Program, Opening Doors Inc, New American Pathways, Community Refugee Immigration Services, Refugeeone, and Journeys End Resettlement Services.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$59.4M
Total Assets
$80.6M
Total Revenue
$283.8M
Total Expenses
$279.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $47K, with a median of $14K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$14K
75th Percentile
$47K
Geographic Reach
National41 states funded
About 3% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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