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Acumen
A global community changing the way the world tackles poverty. They believe “that neither the markets nor aid alone can solve the problems of poverty and that every person deserves...
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
A research centre that applies its expertise and network to promote global peace, poverty eradication, youth and women empowerment, justice, and human rights. It believes sustainable development is achieved through...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Is an American, private foundation dedicated "to enhancing healthcare, reducing extreme poverty across the globe, and expanding educational opportunities and access to information technology in the U.S." Publications: Annual Reports...
Brown, Lester R.
Lester R. Brown (b.1934) is well-known as the founder of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington in 1974, where he served as president until 2000. Worldwatch is known for its annual...
Business Fights Poverty
Description: Uses “challenges” to engage an expanding network of 20,000+ professionals with poverty-related issues with products developed in 3 to 9 months. Projects are supported by specific donor organizations. Examples of...
Anti-Poverty, Business and Sustainability, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Development and Business
Center for Global Development
Is a nonprofit think tank that provides research and development services in Washington, D.C. and the United Kingdom. It focuses on the links between developing countries and the governments, institutions,...
Center for International Development (CID)
CID works to advance the understanding of development challenges and offer viable solutions to problems of global poverty. They are focused on resolving the dilemmas of public policy associated with...
Cordaid
The Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid is an international development organization “fighting poverty and exclusion in fragile and conflict areas.” It aims to “create flourishing, self-reliant communities in...
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Human Security, Humanitarian Aid, Justice, Poverty, Resilience
Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
It is a national coalition committed to bringing a “balanced, Biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development.” Its network of experts conducts “research on current...
Food Tank: The Food Think Tank
A non-profit organization striving to reform the food system by focusing on sustainable ways of tackling the most pressing food-related issues. It strives to “bridge the domestic and global food...
FXB International
It is an non-governmental organization that "has been fighting against extreme poverty for over 30 years." It strives to "bring about lasting change in the countries where it operates in...
Global Campaign Against Poverty
It aims to "build a strong and progressive global action against poverty and inequalities with a Southern leadership to ensure that nobody is left behind". The growing alliance with national...
Global Citizen
An “advocacy organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2030.” It “encourages people to learn and take action on its platform; those actions apply pressure on world leaders to make...
Global Innovation Fund
A nonprofit innovation fund investing "in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world." It supports "breakthrough solutions to global...
Green for All
The program fights "for a world that is green for all, not green for some." Their work is at the "intersection of the environmental, economic, and racial justice movements to...
Green World Campaign
An international working to reforest the planet, raise "the living standards of the rural poor, and combat global climate change." Helps "struggling communities to thrive using nature-based solutions." Their work...
Heifer International
Heifer International is a "global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development." It's model works through community mobilization, training, connection to markets, impact investing...
International Food Policy Research Institute
The International Food Policy Research Institute provides "research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries" in order to improve the understanding of national...
Nourish International
It is a global movement through which "students make a sustainable impact on extreme poverty and create opportunities for change." The community-based program nurtures "the skills, self-awareness, & confidence of...
Oxfam International
Is a “global movement of people working together to build a future where everybody enjoys equal rights and has enough to eat every day.” It comprises 20 member organizations working...