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Women's World Banking is funded by people like you: generous individuals from around the globe who want to make a difference in the lives of poor women by supporting microfinance programs. Contributions to WWB in the United States are made through Friends of WWB/USA, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization.
Honorarium Gifts
Support the work of Women's World Banking as a way of honoring someone special or paying tribute to the memory of a loved one. At your request, we will send a gift card or letter acknowledging that you have made a donation to Women's World Banking in someone's name. Contact Yolanda Caldas at (212) 556-3165, and she can help you process your payment by phone or you can make your donation online and email Communications with the details of the person you wish to honor.
Charitable Bequests
You can remember WWB in your estate plan through a bequest in your will. Your gift will help us to provide poor women with the access they need to financial services, for decades and generations to come. For further information about remembering WWB in your estate plan, please contact Sarita Gupta, VP for Global Resources and Communications. Download the sample text and language you need on PDF
WWB LEAD-ers
The WWB LEADers are being established to build awareness about the power of microfinance to alleviate global poverty in general and the work of Women's World Banking in particular. The WWB LEADers seeks as members individuals who would be interested in and committed to the following:
- Engage in learning about microfinance and Women's World Banking by attending events, going on site visits abroad, and/or meeting with program staff.
- Help raise funds through personal influence with other individuals and institutions with a suggested target of $5,000 annually, raised either through personal giving, pro bono services or from others.
- Assist with the WWB Annual Benefit, and work to ensure its fundraising success.
Be an active, positive ambassador and advocate for WWB. For more information about the WWB LEADers, please contact Sarita Gupta, VP for Global Resources and Communications. Visit the WWB LEAD-ers page for detail information about the program.
Corporate Gift Matching
Many employers offer gift matching programs to augment their employees' charitable donations. If your employer has a gift matching policy, your contribution to support the work of Women's World Banking may be eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching by your company. Some companies will as much as triple their employees' charitable gifts. If your company offers gift matching, obtain a matching gift form from your Human Resources department and send the completed form, together with your donation, to:
Friends of WWB/USA, Inc.
8 West 40th Street, 9th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10018
We will notify you that your donation has been received and contact your employer regarding matching funds. For more information about corporate gift matching, please contact Yolanda Caldas at 212-768-8513 x1710.
What Your Donation Can do:
Sumitra, a mother of two children, lives with her husband in Ahmedabad, the largest city in the state of Gujarat, and the seventh largest in India. Nearly half of the city population lives in low-income settlements or “chawls”—one-room row houses—in unhygienic and dilapidated conditions.
Sumitra runs a bottle cap recycling business. In India, the majority of soft drinks are packaged in glass bottles with metal caps. Several years ago, Sumitra began roaming the streets collecting discarded caps which could be sold to middlemen who, using a specialized machine, straighten the caps and sell them back to soda manufacturers, such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and some popular local brands.
Sumitra received a loan of 50,000 (USD1,240) rupees to cover the cost of six bottle cap straightening machines (one for her and each of her five employees) plus working capital for the business. Since then, Sumitra has taken out three more loans to further develop the business, which she has paid back out of the business profits.
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