peace church relief organization
Mennonite Central Committee
Industry Religion
A Mennonite and Brethren in Christ relief, development, and peace organization working through aid, disaster response, migration support, and peacebuilding. It scores very well because the institution combines practical solidarity with comparatively low extraction and nonviolent commitments, while still remaining a donor-governed religious nonprofit.
Why this matters: MCC is one of the clearest positive religious anchors in the directory.
Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.
Strengths
- Extraction9/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
- Loss-Bearing Fidelity7/7
Penalties
- Reversibility-5
- Identity Capture-1
- Ideological Disavowal-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims17
- Direct axis claims17
- Coverage17/17
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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6 / 10 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 6 on Ownership because mennonite Central Committee is governed as an institutional religious body rather than by worker, member-consumer, or affected-community ownership.. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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6 / 10 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 6 on Governance because mCC is governed through Anabaptist church sponsorship and nonprofit structures rather than investor control, though affected communities still do not directly own the organization.. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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9 / 10 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 9 on Extraction because mennonite Central Committee's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 5 on Labor Sovereignty because mennonite Central Committee's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with… Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 7 on Solidarity Unemployed because mennonite Central Committee's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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7 / 7 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 7 on Loss Bearing Fidelity because mennonite Central Committee's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 4 on Market Conduct because mennonite Central Committee is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 5 on Product Integrity because mCC provides disaster response, food, health, education, migration support, and peacebuilding with strong service integrity and low market extraction.. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
Mennonite Central Committee sits at 5 on Scale Integrity because mennonite Central Committee's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Reversibility
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Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders,
founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather
than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.
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-5 |
Mennonite Central Committee is penalized at -5 on Reversibility because mennonite Central Committee's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or… Linked evidence
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Identity Capture
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Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Mennonite Central Committee is penalized at -1 on Identity Capture because mCC has a clear Mennonite identity, but its peace-and-relief orientation is less identity-capturing than high-control or conversion-centered religious institutions.. Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Mennonite Central Committee is penalized at -1 on Ideological Disavowal because mennonite Central Committee presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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2 / 3 |
Mennonite Central Committee gets limited positive credit on Openness To Dissent because mennonite Central Committee's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but… Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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2 / 3 |
Mennonite Central Committee gets limited positive credit on Constitutional Spirit because mennonite Central Committee's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal religious governance is not equivalent to public constitutional accountability.. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Mennonite Central Committee gets limited positive credit on Good Deal because mennonite Central Committee provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Mennonite Central Committee gets limited positive credit on Cost Transparency because mennonite Central Committee's public materials disclose some institutional information, but donations,… Linked evidence
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Anti-Scapegoating Culture
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Credit for documented non-punitive practices that prevent scapegoating,
mobbing, and isolate-and-expel dynamics. Ordinary civility, peer
support, or anti-bullying branding is not enough; the practice must also
avoid public shaming, punitive pile-ons, and scapegoating of alleged
scapegoaters.
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1 / 3 |
Mennonite Central Committee gets limited positive credit on Anti Scapegoating Culture because mennonite Central Committee's current record does not document a robust, non-punitive anti-scapegoating practice strong enough for credit on this axis.. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 89/100
17 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 17/17 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
17 verified linked claims
Source quality 16/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
17 direct claims across 17 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 14, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
17/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Mennonite Central Committee is governed as an institutional religious body rather than by worker, member-consumer, or affected-community ownership.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
2MCC is governed through Anabaptist church sponsorship and nonprofit structures rather than investor control, though affected communities still do not directly own the organization.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
3Mennonite Central Committee's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
4Mennonite Central Committee's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with limited worker sovereignty compared with co-determined or worker-owned institutions.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
5Mennonite Central Committee's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
6Mennonite Central Committee's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
7Mennonite Central Committee is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
8MCC provides disaster response, food, health, education, migration support, and peacebuilding with strong service integrity and low market extraction.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
9Mennonite Central Committee's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
10Mennonite Central Committee's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but dissent remains bounded by religious authority and institutional control.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
11Mennonite Central Committee's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal religious governance is not equivalent to public constitutional accountability.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
12Mennonite Central Committee provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
13Mennonite Central Committee's public materials disclose some institutional information, but donations, assets, internal costs, or affiliated finances are not fully transparent to affected people.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
14Mennonite Central Committee's current record does not document a robust, non-punitive anti-scapegoating practice strong enough for credit on this axis.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
15Mennonite Central Committee's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
16MCC has a clear Mennonite identity, but its peace-and-relief orientation is less identity-capturing than high-control or conversion-centered religious institutions.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
17Mennonite Central Committee presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.
- Mennonite Central CommitteeGeneral web source · 58%
- MCC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- MCC financial reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%
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