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
May 11, 2010
Grameen Foundation, Unitus, Vittana, Global Partnerships, and Washington CASH will share their insights on how they entered the field of microfinance, challenges they encountered, successes they’ve enjoyed, and recommendations that they have for those interested in the field.
Tags: Foster School, Global Business Center, global partnerships, grameen, microfinance, microfinance careers, microfinance jobs, seamo, seattle, Seattle Microfinance, unitus, University of Washington, uw, vittana, washington cashEvents, Featured
April 28, 2010
Seattle – Global Partnerships (GP), a Seattle-based nonprofit that expands opportunity for people living in poverty by investing in microfinance programs in Latin America, announced today that Mark Coffey has been named chief investment officer. Coffey is a veteran financial executive who most recently served as president of ShoreBank Pacific, the first commercial bank in ...
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February 12, 2010
Global Partnerships (GP), a Seattle-based nonprofit that supports microfinance programs and other sustainable poverty solutions in Latin America, announced that it has expanded its programs to Mexico.
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April 28, 2009
Seattle-based Global Partnerships just led a group of travelers on a nine-day trip to Peru to see microfinance programs in action. What did they learn? A lot, including why FONDESURCO loan officers needs stamina and strong lungs.
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April 19, 2009
Chris Megargee, of Global Partnerships, will be sending updates from his trip to Peru, where he is leading a group to visit local microfinance institutions.
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