Grameen Foundation

Grameen Foundation "mission is to empower the world's poorest people to lift themselves out of poverty with dignity through access to financial services and to information.

"With tiny loans, financial services and technology, we help the poor, mostly women, start self-sustaining businesses to escape poverty. Founded in 1997 by a group of friends who were inspired by the work of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, our global network of microfinance partners reaches over 4 million families in 25 countries."

2006 Supporters
$1,000,000+
 * John and Ann Doerr
 * Omidyar Network

$500,000 - $999,999
 * Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
 * Blue Sky Foundation
 * Chiapas Project
 * Fund for the Poor, Inc.
 * Janet McKinley and George Miller

$250,000 - $499,999
 * Anonymous (1)
 * Abdul Latif Jameel Group
 * Cisco Systems Foundation
 * Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
 * Nokia

Lifetime $1,000,000+
 * Abdul Latif Jameel Group
 * Citigroup Foundation
 * John and Ann Doerr
 * Fund for the Poor
 * Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
 * Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation
 * Janet McKinley and George Miller
 * Omidyar Network
 * USAID

Other selected 2006 funders include USAID, John C. Whitehead, Tides Foundation, United Nations Foundation, Pfizer Foundation, Prudential Foundation.

Directors
Accessed December 2007:


 * Paul Maritz, Chair - Former Senior VP, Microsoft
 * Yvette Neier, Vice-Chair - Marketing and management consultant
 * Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Treasurer - Former CFO, Marketing and Advertising, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup
 * Robert G. Ottenhoff, Secretary - President, GuideStar
 * Alex Counts - President, Grameen Foundation
 * Lucy Billingsley - Partner, Billingsley Company
 * Peter Cowhey - Dean, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
 * Susan M. Davis - Senior Advisor, International Labor Organization and Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
 * John Doerr - Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
 * Jennifer Drogula - Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
 * Robert Eichfeld - Division Executive, (Retired) Citibank, N.A.
 * Vikram Gandhi - Managing Director of Credit Suisse
 * James L. Greenberg - Chairman/Founder, DevCorp International
 * Richard S. Gunther - Private Investor
 * Christopher Pascucci - President, Duck Pond Corp.
 * Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. - President, Educational Adventures
 * David Russell - Founder, Dalcomp Inc.
 * D. Wayne Silby - Founding Chair, Calvert Funds
 * Janet Thompson - Corporate Community Reinvestment Director, (Retired) Citibank
 * Muhammad Yunus - Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank

Grameen Foundation Advisory Council

Contact

 * Web: http://www.grameenfoundation.org

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