Nonprofit

Bottom Billion Fund


  • About Us

    Bottom Billion Fund is a new nonprofit that economically empowers the extremely poor at the bottom of the pyramid through proven microfinance solutions.

    Our mission is:

    1. to invest in sustainable, scalable and replicable market-based microfinance solutions that effectively include those living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day: the Bottom Billion
    2. to provide financial incentives to MFIs to include Bottom Billion people and document measurable client progress
    3. to build awareness and advocacy for best-of-class microfinance solutions that can effectively help the Bottom Billion leverage their own skills and leave extreme poverty

    Our vision is a world free of extreme poverty where everyone has access to client appropriate high-quality financial services that help them improve their lives.

    Bottom Billion Fund is a new nonprofit that economically empowers the extremely poor at the bottom of the pyramid through proven microfinance solutions.

    Our mission is:

    1. to invest in sustainable, scalable and replicable market-based microfinance solutions that effectively include those living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day: the Bottom Billion
    2. to provide financial incentives to MFIs to include Bottom Billion people and document measurable client progress
    3. to build awareness and advocacy for best-of-class microfinance solutions that can effectively help the Bottom Billion leverage their own skills and leave extreme poverty

    Our vision is a world free of extreme poverty where everyone has access to client appropriate high-quality financial services that help them improve their lives.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Microfinance
    • Philanthropy
    • Poverty
    • Women

    Location

    • Chicago, IL, United States
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