Mission

Global Partnerships is dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty and providing leadership in the fight against global poverty.

Today half of the world’s population lives on less than $2 a day, and more than 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day. We believe that poverty is at the root of some of the world’s greatest challenges. And we believe that those living in poverty can lift themselves and their families from it, if they are given the chance to do so.

Helping the poor to help themselves
Microfinance is a proven, market-based solution that helps people to help themselves. Access to microfinance has a profound effect in the lives of borrowers and their families. A loan as small as $100 can give someone living in poverty the boost they need to start or expand their own business, a key to a better life. As their enterprises grow, borrowers are better able to feed their families, send their children to school and access basic health care. Global Partnerships supports the expansion of microfinance by investing capital and management expertise in microfinance institutions (MFIs), which in turn make financial services available to people living in poverty.

Leading innovation in microfinance
Of the 540 million poor people who would benefit from access to microfinance, only a small fraction are being served. Global Partnerships is one of a handful of organizations that are leading the innovation necessary to dramatically expand global access to microfinance. Strategies like our microfinance funds, which leverage philanthropic giving with the investment of socially motivated private capital, enable our partner institutions to accelerate growth and expand the reach of microfinance so that millions more people can be served.

Global Partnerships is an officially recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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