Corporate Social Responsibility
Profile
ACCION International
56 Roland Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02129
USA
www.accion.org
For More Information Contact
Bruce MacDonald
617-625-7080
Description
ACCION International is a private, nonprofit organization with the mission
of giving people the financial tools they need―microenterprise loans,
business training and other financial services―to work their way out of
poverty. A world pioneer in microfinance, ACCION was founded in 1961 and
issued its first microloan in 1973 in Brazil. ACCION International's
partner microfinance institutions today are providing loans as low as $100
to poor men and women entrepreneurs in 25 countries in Latin America, Asia,
Africa and the United States. In the last decade alone, ACCION partners
have disbursed more than 17.9 million loans totaling more than $12.3
billion; 97 percent of the loans have been repaid. Selected for the
fourth consecutive year for its pioneering approaches to poverty
alleviation, ACCION was among 43 organizations awarded the 2007 Social
Capitalist Award by Fast Company magazine. ACCION has also been
awarded Charity Navigator's highest rating―four stars―for efficiency
and sound fiscal management. For more information, visit www.accion.org.
ACCION International: CSR News, Events and Reports
