Grameen Foundation

About Grameen Foundation

Grameen Foundation’s (GFUSA) mission is to enable the poor, especially women, to create a world without poverty and hunger. Vision A world without poverty. History Founded in 1997, Grameen Foundation was created to extend and adapt the pioneering microfinance model of Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank beyond Bangladesh, in response to growing global demand for inclusive financial solutions. Approach GFUSA partners with local organizations to deliver women-centered programs that expand access to safe digital financial services, strengthen smallholder farmer resilience, and support entrepreneurship. Goals To increase income, resilience, and agency among women. Reach Since its inception, GFUSA has positively impacted over 29 million individuals across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Strategic Alliance In 2025, Grameen Foundation formed a strategic alliance with Yunus Social Business (YSB) to expedite locally led initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty and hunger by merging their complementary strengths in nonprofit programming and impact investing. Rooted in the shared legacy of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, this Alliance combines Grameen's extensive field presence, digital innovation, and capacity-building expertise with YSB's ability to mobilize capital and scale social enterprises. Together, this partnership broadens access to finance, enhances livelihoods—especially for women—and offers sustainable, market-based solutions across Africa, Asia, and beyond. The Alliance embodies a more integrated and scalable approach to combatting global poverty.