Catholic Relief Services

global non profit organization
Organization nonprofit_organization Q2942152
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Summary

Catholic Relief Services is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Silver Anvil Award[3]
  • Member of: Caritas Internationalis[4], Start Network[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Baltimore[6]
  • Country: United States[7]
  • Instance of: aid agency[8], Catholic organization[9]
  • Founder: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops[10]
  • Headquarters location: Baltimore[11]
  • Part of: Catholic Church in the United States[12]
  • Commons category: Catholic Relief Services[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1943[14]
  • Official website: https://www.crs.org[15]
  • Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[16]
  • Short name: CRS[17], C.R.S[18]
  • Total revenue: 919,628,631 US dollars[19]
  • Donations: 469,978,968 US dollars[20]
  • Social media followers: 81,094[21], 79,672[22], 83,098[23], 85,796[24], 66,300[25]
  • Official observer status in organization: International Organization for Migration[26]

Why It Matters

Catholic Relief Services has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Catholic Relief Services receive?

Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . apps.prsa.org. Retrieved . apps.prsa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . startnetwork.org. Retrieved . startnetwork.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . iom.int. iom.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Legal form → 501(c)(3) organization
    Founded by → —
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+81094'}, {'amount': '+79672'}, {'amount': '+83098'} +2
    Member of → Caritas Internationalis, Start Network
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