Humanitarian nonprofit Mercy Corps is undergoing a major rebrand as it navigates one of the biggest funding shocks in its history.
Like many international NGOs, the organization has been hit hard by the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development under President Donald Trump, losing roughly two-thirds of its government funding, with additional contracts now facing renewal uncertainty, and having to reduce staff by approximately 40% in the last year.
Against that backdrop, Mercy Corps is changing its name to Prosper Global, part of a broader effort to rethink how it communicates its mission and engages donors. The organization will continue operating under the Mercy Corps name for the next six months before officially transitioning in September.
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Sophie Edwards
Sophie Edwards is a Devex Contributing Reporter covering global education, water and sanitation, and innovative financing, along with other topics. She has previously worked for NGOs, and the World Bank, and spent a number of years as a journalist for a regional newspaper in the U.K. She has a master's degree from the Institute of Development Studies and a bachelor's from Cambridge University.
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