The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International)

Unverified non-profit organisation

The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International) is a not-for-profit microfinance organization providing financial services to the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. FINCA seeks to break the cycle of poverty in the world’s most desperate communities by providing small loans, savings programs, insurance protection and other financial services to the working poor. Their clients include women, who make up 70 percent of the world’s poor; individuals unable to find work in the formal sector; families displaced by war and internal conflict; the rural poor; and those affected by chronic poverty.Volunteers’ generous donation of time in the areas of Human Resources, Administration, Finance, Legal, Marketing, or Information Technology helps advance FINCA’s mission to alleviate poverty worldwide.

Website

http://www.finca.org/

Year established

1984

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

1 million - 100 million

About this organisation

Partnership types

Provision of services / personnel

Regions / countries / territories

Americas: United States

Global issues

Financial accessibility and management