Annual Report 2017FOR MCC IN THE UNITED STATES

“…Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. …Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39)

These two calls are at the core of MCC’s work in the U.S. and across the globe. We are motivated by our love for God and our desire to be a part of the church’s ministry. And we’re inspired by how our supporters and partners are living out Christ’s call to love God and neighbors.

I love the joy and connection that student Diane Nyonshuti (at left in photo) shares with sewing teacher Floride Musabyimana at the Mwana Nshuti (My Child, My Friend) vocational training center in Bugesera District, Rwanda. I see this caring in so much of MCC’s work around the world.

Over the past year, with your support, we made a difference in some 56 countries — meeting urgent needs for food in places like South Sudan, increasing our food security initiatives and expanding water- and soil-conservation efforts.

We responded to the devastation of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and continued multimillion dollar efforts to respond to the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq.

Here at home, tours and resources on mass incarceration highlighted injustices in the prison system, while new prisoner care kits helped meet immediate needs for those currently incarcerated or restarting their lives after leaving prison.

Thank you for partnering with us to share God’s love and compassion for all.

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 Churches

Brethren in Christ Church in the U.S.

Conservative Mennonite Conference

Fellowship of Evangelical Churches

Mennonite Church USA

U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

MCC U.S. BoardMilton Borntrager, MCC Great Lakes

Ed Diller, Treasurer, Mennonite Church USA

Leonard Dow, Vice-chair, Member-at-large

Rosie Epp, MCC Central States

Virgo Handojo, Member-at-large

Ann Graber Hershberger, Chair, Member-at-large

Ruth Lesher, MCC East Coast

Sunoko Lin, West Coast MCC

Adin Miller, Conservative Mennonite Conference

Tim Miller, Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches

Gabriela Ochoa, Member-at-large

Hugo Saucedo, Member-at-large

Jill Schellenberg, U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

Gwen White, Secretary, Brethren in Christ Church in the U.S.

Relief$15,238,000

Development$35,103,000

Peace$12,311,000

56countries

515partners

767projects

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.

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 16-17TOTAL INCOME $34,611,000 Program expenses

Relief* 5,556,000 Development 15,217,000 Peace 5,974,000

Administration 3,414,000 Fundraising 2,141,000 TOTAL EXPENSES 32,302,000 Increase in net assets 2,309,000 Total net assets 43,109,000

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

MCC AT WORK IN THE U.S.

MCC CENTRAL STATES

WEST COAST MCC

MCC EAST COAST

MCC U.S. PROGRAM

MCC GREAT LAKES

WASHINGTON OFFICE

Regional office: North Newton, Kansas, with other staff in Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota and Texas. Also 9 Thrift shops, 12 relief sales and 1 material resources center.Photo: Returning citizen care kits

Regional office: Reedley, California, with other staff in southern California, Arizona and Oregon. Also 3 Thrift shops, 5 relief sales and 2 material resources centers.Photo: Immigration education border tour

Regional office: Philadelphia, with other staff in Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Puerto Rico and Virginia. Also 24 Thrift shops, 6 relief sales and 3 material resources centers. Photo: Immigration services

In the U.S., MCC programs address and offer resources in immigration education; restor-ative justice; anti-racism and anti-sexism; and peace education.Photo: Doctrine of Discovery and Loss of Turtle Island exercise

Regional office: Goshen, Indiana, with other staff in Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Also 13 Thrift shops, 7 relief sales and 2 material resources centers.Photo: Sharing With Appalachian People (SWAP)

As an Anabaptist presence on Capitol Hill, the MCC U.S. Washington Office offers ways to advocate for U.S. government policies for a more peaceful, just world.Photo: Syrian church leader visit to the U.S. State Department

MCC Central States

MCC East Coast

West Coast MCC

MCC Great Lakes

16,787relief kits help families facing

conflict or disaster

224,887people benefit from emergency and seasonal food assistance

26,944people hone skills in conflict

transformation and peacebuilding

8,090 households gain an

improved water source

51,062 comforters sent to

seven countries

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

INCOME FY 16-17Cash gifts $37,321,000 Material resources 5,129,000 Thrift shops 15,531,000 Relief sales 4,641,000 Nongovernmental grants 2,436,000 Governmental grants* 14,358,000 Other income 7,550,000 TOTAL INCOME $86,966,000

EXPENSES FY 16-17Program/material resources $62,652,000

Relief 15,238,000 Development 35,103,000 Peace 12,311,000

Administration 9,993,000 Fundraising 3,868,000 TOTAL EXPENSES $76,513,000

*A portion of these funds are 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 2016 to March 2017.

Europe and the Middle East

$12,514,000

Asia

$9,192,000

Africa

$13,239,000

United States

$5,836,000

Canada

$9,746,000

Multiregion

$6,046,000

Latin America and the Caribbean

$6,079,000

$62.6mspent on programaround the world

SERVING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST

Europe and the Middle East

46 workers

Asia

193 workers

Africa

154 workers

1,118MCC workers

around the world

Canada

413 workers

United States

194 workers

Latin America and the Caribbean

118 workers

INFORMATION BY COUNTRYPROGRAM EXPENSE

(including material resources)

Angola with MozambiqueAfghanistan $2,288,000Bangladesh 1,100,000Bolivia 777,000Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,544,000Burkina Faso 483,000Burundi with RwandaCambodia 655,000Canada 9,746,000Chad 463,000China 182,000Colombia 1,131,000Cuba 20,500Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) 362,000Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,082,000Ecuador with ColombiaEgypt 449,000El Salvador with GuatemalaEthiopia 2,191,000 France 187,000Guatemala 501,000Haiti 1,753,000Honduras 323,000India 1,530,000Iran 58,000Iraq 2,098,000Jordan 1,311,000Kenya 1,391,000Kosovo with Bosnia and HerzegovinaLao People’s Democratic Republic 630,000Lebanon 2,117,000Lesotho with South AfricaMexico 469,000Mozambique 568,000Myanmar (Burma) 212,000Nepal 1,074,000 Nicaragua 373,000Nigeria 562,000Palestine and Israel 768,000Paraguay with BoliviaRepublic of Korea (South Korea) 245,000Rwanda 1,094,000Serbia with Bosnia and HerzegovinaSomalia 140,000South Africa 583,000South Sudan 1,134,000Sudan with South SudanSwaziland with South AfricaSyria 3,114,000Tanzania 610,000Uganda 751,000Ukraine with Bosnia and Herzegovina United States 5,836,000Vietnam 438,000Zambia 515,000Zimbabwe 1,637,000

579,643 pounds of canned meat provide

needed protein and nutrients

2,265 gardens are planted by families or communities

10,335 people receive heaters and/or heating fuel for cold weather

57,159 students participate in MCC- supported education programs

55,115 hygiene kits offer needed supplies

Democratic Republicof the Congo

Kosovo

Cuba

NigeriaSouth Sudan

EthiopiaSomalia

Kenya

Uganda

Rwanda

Burundi

Mozambique

ZambiaAngola

Zimbabwe

Swaziland

Lesotho

SouthAfrica

Tanzania

Egypt

Paraguay

Bolivia

Colombia 

Haiti

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Honduras

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

United States

Canada

France

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Serbia

Ukraine

Lebanon

Palestine & Israel

Syria

Jordan

Afghanistan

IranIraq

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

I know myself better now and

I know that I’m resilient in the

trauma I’m going through.” - Dalia Said, Aleppo, Syria

I have seen a difference in the health of my community.”

- Sapana Tamang, Lalitpur District, Nepal

Now the whole family eats well and we have enough

food for everyone.” - Etienne Tiendrébeogo, Yé, Burkina Faso

MCC-supported trauma healing trainings help give Syrian church leaders and first responders like Dalia Said, right, and Dalia Dali, both of Aleppo, Syria, tools and techniques they can use to reach out to people grappling with the effect of years of trauma and war.

Through an MCC-supported program of MCC partner Rural Institution for Community Development, Sapana Tamang of Lalitpur District, Nepal, volunteers as a peer educator, using the training she received to help other women better nourish their children, grow more nutritious vegetables and better care for their own health.

New agricultural techniques taught by MCC partner Office of Development of Evangelical Churches have transformed the life of farmer Etienne Tiendrébeogo. The new methods have increased his crop yield, improving his family’s health and boosting his income which he can use to pay school fees and meet other needs.

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Through Summer Service I learned it’s okay to be a woman and a minority, and I’m able to lead a program. That was very empowering.”

- Ana Alicia Hinojosa, Brownsville, Texas

MCC’s Summer Service program lasts only a few weeks each summer, but it can have a positive impact for years to come. Ana Alicia Hinojosa, now an immigration education coordinator for MCC in Brownsville,Texas, still credits her Summer Service experience 20 years ago with helping empower her as a woman, a person of color and a leader.

Having MCC here in solidarity with us is a blessing from God.”

- Emmanuel Boisrond, Wondo-Bikèt, Haiti

In Wondo-Bikèt, Haiti, when crops were devastated by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, MCC distributed locally purchased food and fast-growing seedlings. MCC also is supporting a longer-term project to help farmers work together to revitalize their land.

Kosovo

Cuba

NigeriaSouth Sudan

EthiopiaSomalia

Kenya

Uganda

RwandaDemocratic Republicof the Congo

Burundi

Mozambique

ZambiaAngola

Zimbabwe

Swaziland

Lesotho

SouthAfrica

Tanzania

Egypt

Paraguay

Bolivia

Colombia 

Haiti

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Honduras

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

United States

Canada

France

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Serbia

Ukraine

Lebanon

Palestine & Israel

Syria

Jordan

Afghanistan

IranIraq

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

Relief, development and peacein the name of Christ

Mennonite Central Committee U.S.21 South 12th St., PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501717.859.1151 or toll free 888.563.4676

MCC Central States121 East 30th St., PO Box 235, North Newton, KS 67117316.283.2720

MCC East Coast900 E. Howell Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149215.535.3624

MCC Great Lakes1013 Division Street, Goshen, IN 46528574.534.4133

West Coast MCC1010 G Street, Reedley, CA 93654559.638.6911

Front cover: As an MCC worker in Iraq from 2014 to 2017, Kaitlin Heatwole of Durham, N.C., visited project locations like Dubardan, Iraq. Here, she meets with, from left, resident Abdulsalam Hussein Younus and Hashim Doski and Abid Hassan of MCC partner Zakho Small Villages Project.

Edited by Marla Pierson Lester. Designed by Tasha Friesen. Photographs by: Nerieda Babilonia (East Coast); Kathryn Boyd Batstone (Central States); James Bergen (West Coast); Pete Broersma (Great Lakes); Brenda Burkholder (executive directors, U.S. program); Joel Carillet (Iraq); Mayra Cerda (U.S. photo on map); Cherelle M. Dessus (Washington Office); Paul Shetler Fast (Haiti); Dave Klassen (Bangladesh); Matthew Sawatzky (Syria); James Souder (Rwanda, Burkina Faso); Colin Vandenberg (Nepal)

Through an MCC-supported food security project in northwest Bangladesh, participants such as these learn more about good farming and gardening practices, as well as nutrition and new opportunities to earn income.

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