July 14, 2010
Global Partnerships’ first fund provided five years of double-bottom-line returns Seattle – Today, Global Partnerships (GP), a Seattle-based nonprofit that invests in high-performing, socially focused microfinance institutions in Latin America, announced that the cycle of its first $2 million microfinance investment fund has been completed, less than five years after the fund was closed. As ...
Tags: Central America, double-bottom-line, fund, global partnerships, latin america, micro-finance, microfinance, Rick Beckett, social investingNews and Commentary
June 18, 2010
Once a quarter, Global Partnerships hosts breakfast, as an opportunity to spend a morning with their staff, learning the basics about their microfinance programs. The next quarterly breakfast will be held on Thursday, June 24, and they still have some open spots. Coffee and bagels will be served and there will be plenty of time ...
Tags: Central America, global partnerships, latin america, micro-finance, microcredit, microfinance, South AmericaEvents
June 11, 2010
Bellevue, WA – On Tuesday, June 8, a crowd of 175 people gathered at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, to hear about Global Partnerships’ track record with microfinance investment funds, a business strategy that has allowed the nonprofit microfinance lender to increase its impact on people living in poverty while giving a fixed-income-return to ...
Tags: Central America, global partnerships, Latin American, micro-finance, microfinance, social investor, social investor forum, South AmericaNews and Commentary
