Junior Achievement

international non-profit youth organization founded in 1919
Organization nonprofit_organization Q1153045
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Summary

Junior Achievement is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Junior Achievement is located in Boston[3].
  • Junior Achievement is in the country of United States[4].
  • Junior Achievement's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[5].
  • Junior Achievement's instance of is recorded as youth organization[6].
  • Junior Achievement's instance of is recorded as international organization[7].
  • Junior Achievement's founder is recorded as Horace A. Moses[8].
  • Junior Achievement's founder is recorded as Winthrop M. Crane[9].
  • Junior Achievement's founder is recorded as Theodore Newton Vail[10].
  • Junior Achievement's headquarters location is recorded as Colorado Springs[11].
  • Junior Achievement's child organization or unit is recorded as Junior Achievement Ukraine[12].
  • Junior Achievement's child organization or unit is recorded as Ung företagsamhet[13].
  • Junior Achievement's Commons category is recorded as Junior Achievement[14].
  • Junior Achievement's industry is recorded as financial services[15].
  • 1919 marks the founding of Junior Achievement[16].
  • Junior Achievement's location of formation is recorded as Springfield[17].
  • Junior Achievement's official website is recorded as https://www.jaworldwide.org/[18].
  • Junior Achievement's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Junior Achievement[19].
  • Junior Achievement's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[20].
  • Junior Achievement's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Junior Achievement'}[21].
  • Junior Achievement's different from is recorded as junior enterprise[22].
  • Junior Achievement's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+4827'}[23].
  • Junior Achievement's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5010'}[24].
  • Junior Achievement's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5960'}[25].
  • Junior Achievement's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6250'}[26].

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Founding

Founders include Horace A. Moses[8], Winthrop M. Crane[9], and Theodore Newton Vail[10]. 1919 marks the founding of Junior Achievement[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Springfield[17].

Operations

Junior Achievement's headquarters location is recorded as Colorado Springs[11]. Subsidiaries include Junior Achievement Ukraine[12], an educational organization[27], in Ukraine[28], founded in 1992[29] and Ung företagsamhet[13], an organization[30], in Sweden[31].

Industry

Junior Achievement's industry is recorded as financial services[15].

Why It Matters

Junior Achievement ranks in the top 7% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,299 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Junior Achievement'}
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