JA Worldwide Ranks Among Most Impactful NGOs for the Second Year in a Row

February 25, 2020

In 2019, Geneva-based media organization NGO Advisor ranked JA Worldwide among the most influential nonprofits in the world. NGO Advisor just announced that JA Worldwide remains among the best, retaining our number-seven ranking. With NGOs like BRAC and Doctors Without Borders topping the list, it's an honor to be ranked among the most impactful, influential nonprofits on the planet.

NGO Advisor began ranking NGOs in 2009 in an effort to showcase the best practices and newest ideas in the nonprofit sector. Those efforts continue today in its annual ranking of the 500 most influential NGOs around the world. Highlighting innovation, impact, and governance in the nonprofit sector, the rankings seek to showcase the diversity and scale of organizations; compare NGOs using criteria that transcend geography and field of activity; stimulate inquiry and debate about the impact, innovation, and sustainability of NGO activity; and present a wide range of exemplary NGO work so that sector-wide trends can be observed year to year and annual rankings adjusted over time. Read more about the methodology and criteria used for NGO Advisor’s ranking.

In addition to BRAC and Doctors without Borders, JA Worldwide ranks among MercyCorps (5) and Skoll Foundation (6) in the top ten. The 500 World list also includes Ashoka (13), Save the Children (14), Partners in Health (17), Greenpeace (24), and Heifer International (25) in the top 25. JA Worldwide is honored to receive this distinction for the second year in a row and to be on this prestigious list of global NGOs for 2020.