Mission

Founded in 1979, the Trickle Up empowers people living on less than $1 a day to take the first steps up out of poverty, providing them with resources to build microenterprises for a better quality of life. We provide business training, seed capital grants, and relevant support services. Trickle Up offers grants, not loans, to our entrepreneurs because we are committed to working with the extreme poor - people who are unable to obtain a microloan. We work in eight countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and in 2007, Trickle Up launched 11,141 micro businesses. Trickle Up believes in people and their capacity to make a difference. We empower the world's poorest people to develop their potential and strengthen their communities.