New York · Nonprofit
WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,091,794 to it, the largest being THE HAROLD C SMITH FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE CHRISTIANITY ($1,200,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $378k
What World Evangelical Alliance does
Mission
The World Evangelical Alliance exists to foster christian unity and to provide a worldwide identity voice and platform to evangelical christians. Seeking empowerment by the holy spirit they extend the kingdom of god by proclamation of the gospel to all nations and by christ centered transformation within society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global initiatives: middle east and turkey relief activities expenses $171,491 including grants of $159,083. The organization helped churches and ministries in the middle east to provide emergency care to the individuals injured and displaced by the earthquakes in these regions. The wea also continued to provide assistance to churches and ministries in ukraine and neighboring regions to help support the victims of the war.
$397,381 spentof which $334,683 as grants26% of program spendingThe wea religious liberty advocacy monitors the religious liberty situation in more than 100 nations defending persecuted christians informing the global church challenging believers to pray and giving all possible assistance to those who are suffering. In 2024 prayer resources for the persecuted were produced and all material was translated into french spanish russian portuguese and arabic. The theme of the 2024 conference "courageous faith" celebrated the resilience and bravery of persecuted christians worldwide. Over 100,000 christians worldwide came together in prayer for the persecuted church.
$337,652 spentof which $118,736 as grants22% of program spendingThe mission commission is a missional network of hundreds of mission leaders around the globe promoting fellowship mutual learning training and cooperation. In 2024 leaders participated in the 4th lausanne congress on world evangelization global consultation was successful and impactful to south korean mission leaders. This impact has also spread to other majority world missions leaders and several other conferences where the team was able to engage in conversations about the current state challenges and opportunities of the expansion of culturally-informed christianity around the world. The a newly formed network called coala collaboration of asian and latin american associations coala convened in south korea.
$17,912 spent1% of program spendingPeace and reconciliation network: the network envisions a world living in peace reconciled in jesus christ and inspires to equip the church and people of peace to enable communities to live life in its fullness.
$33,719 spentof which $32,132 as grants$33,719 earned by the program2% of program spendingCommission on womens concerns: the commission is a network of women seeking to identify and address the unique needs of women around the world.
$36,461 spentof which $41,388 as grants$35,475 earned by the program2% of program spendingProgram staff support: program staff support includes direct support and oversight to each of weas programs bringing cohesion to these programs in support of the mission of wea.
$727,882 spentof which $100,191 as grants47% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,551,007.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $218k to $1.7M (+657%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dr Thomas Shirrmacher
Sec general and CEO - until march 2024
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $246k → $664k.
10 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
73% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 56% · 2019 60% · 2020 69% · 2021 31% · 2022 53% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
64% of WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.5M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE?
- WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,091,794 to it, the largest being THE HAROLD C SMITH FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE CHRISTIANITY ($1,200,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $5,091,794 in grants to WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE?
- THE HAROLD C SMITH FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE CHRISTIANITY is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing