Special Olympics

Summary

Special Olympics is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Special Olympics's field of work was sports competition^[3].
• Special Olympics's field of work was intellectual disability^[4].
• Special Olympics is in the country of United States^[5].
• Special Olympics's image is recorded as 2003 Special Olympics Opening Crowd.JPG^[6].
• Special Olympics's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[7].
• Special Olympics's founder is recorded as Eunice Kennedy Shriver^[8].
• Special Olympics's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[9].
• Special Olympics's ISNI is recorded as 0000000115181762^[10].
• Special Olympics's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167927864^[11].
• Special Olympics's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2006021188^[12].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Hellas^[13].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114827750^[14].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114836291^[15].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Spain^[16].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q114956436^[17].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics France^[18].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Hungary^[19].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Cyprus^[20].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q115033614^[21].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Latvia^[22].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Albania^[23].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Bharat^[24].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Q115088331^[25].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Belarus^[26].
• Special Olympics's child organization or unit is recorded as Special Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina^[27].

Body

Founding

Special Olympics's founder is recorded as Eunice Kennedy Shriver^[8].

Operations

Special Olympics's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[9]. Subsidiaries include Special Olympics Hellas^[13], a sports governing body^[28]; Q114827750^[14]; Q114836291^[15], an organization^[29], in Liechtenstein^[30]; Special Olympics Spain^[16], an organization^[31], in Spain^[32]; Q114956436^[17], a nonprofit organization^[33], in Germany^[34]; and Special Olympics France^[18], an organization^[35].

Industry

Fields of work include sports competition^[3], a form of event^[36] and intellectual disability^[4], a class of disease^[37].

Why It Matters

Special Olympics ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]