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Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)
MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) is an association of business women and men who invest in the lives of families living in poverty around the world. MEDA offers affordable credit, together with marketing and business training, to low income entrepreneurs. MEDA's target group...
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) provides microfinance services - microcredit and savings products - to the world's poorest families through a global network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions.
Trickle Up Program
Based in New York City, the Trickle Up Program helps the poorest of the poor (with special focus on women, youth and other disadvantaged groups) take their first step up out of poverty through microfinance. Trickle Up helps them start their own businesses by providing capital and teaching them...
Banking With The Poor Network
The Banking With The Poor Network (BWTP) is a network of some 20 national policy institutions, commercial banks and NGOs involved in microfinance and microcredit from eight countries in Asia - namely Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Its...
Ashoka
Ashoka's mission is to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. It does so through stipends and professional services that allow "Ashoka Fellows" to focus full time on their ideas for leading social change in education and youth development, health care, environment,...
TechnoServe
TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world capitalize on business opportunities that create jobs and income for poor people. Our advisors impart critical skills and knowledge that promote a thriving private sector. The resulting economic growth helps people improve...
Global Alliance for Africa
Global Alliance for Africa focuses on providing education and care for children who have lost one or both of their parents due to HIV/AIDS. It works in close partnership with local African groups to identify and place orphans in extended family and foster care family homes. To provide...
Virtual Foundation
The Virtual Foundation is an online philanthropy programme that supports grassroots initiatives around the world. Carefully screened, community improvement projects (range $100 - $5000) run by NGOs are in the fields of environment, health and sustainable development. These projects can then be...
Proshika
Proshika, a NGO is dedicated to training, education and action within poor districts through a broad range of programmes. The programmes are supported by research activities and advocacy campaigns PROSHIKA's mission is to conduct an extensive, intensive, and participatory process of sustainable...
Japan Foundation Centre
The Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) Grants Program provides financial assistance for conservation programmes carried out by NGOs both in Japan and in developing countries. It also provides support for NGO programmes working for the conservation of the global environment.
Third World Network Africa
Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world’s resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil...
Asian Rural Institute
This NGO aims to build a sustainable and peaceful society by training rural leaders from developing countries. the Asian Rural Institute (ARI) is an international training ground for grassroots rural leaders. Each year we conduct a nine-month Rural Leaders Training Program on Sustainable...
Asian Women's Empowerment Project
Women's NGO that aims to empower female immigrant workers from Southeast Asia and reduce their exploitation within the sex industry
Romanian Aid Foundation
The Romanian Aid Foundation works with Romanian people to bring help to the needy. They distribute clothing, furniture, food, kitchen equipment, bedding and basic medical equipment, to improve the lives of people in rural communities. Projects include supporting hospitals and clinics, schools and...
CHF International
CHF International aims to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.
Eurasia Foundation (EF) - Russia
New Eurasia Foundation (FNE) is a Russian nonprofit organization that works to consolidate the efforts and resources of the public, private, and nongovernmental sectors and implement social and economic development programs at the regional and local levels that are based on the most advanced...
Association of Youth Support
The Association of Youth Support - Kazakhstan provides assistance to young adults in finding employment or starting their own businesses. It also helps youth locate opportunities for professional development or continuation of secondary education, and conducts workshops on leadership skills.
Initiative Support Foundation
The Initiative Support Foundation was created in September 1996 to help support civic initiatives in the areas of democratization, small business development, and human rights. It also supports projects addressing the preservation of cultural history and the protection of national minorities.
Helping Hands Outreach
Helping Hands has emerged as one of the leading organization in Georgia, U.S., dedicated to providing health care education to the community at large. Helping Hands has partnered with local government, school systems, health clinics, businesses, faith base institutions, non-profits, and community...
Pragma Corporation
Pragma Corporation provides technical and management consulting services for development projects worldwide. It focus on helping countries develop the foundation for economic growth through areas including small and medium enterprise development, banking, trade and investment facilitation and...