Grameen America is a microfinance organization with a mission to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship. Grameen America provides loans, savings programs, credit establishment and other financial services to the working poor, especially women, in the United States.
Grameen America is built upon the success of the Grameen Bank. Founded by Professor Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, the Grameen Bank is the most widely recognized microfinance company in the world. This success earned both Professor Yunus and the Grameen Bank the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
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| Grameen America |
Grameen America is a microfinance company whose mission is to help alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship by providing loans, savings programs, credit establishment, and other financial services Read More
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| How We Work |
Grameen America uses the Grameen group lending and savings model that has been developed and refined over the past thirty years by Grameen Bank. See How We Work
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| FAQs |
Learn the answers to commonly asked questions about Grameen America and how we empower low-income people in the United States through microfinance. Read More
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| Origins |
Grameen Bank began with a simple but revolutionary concept: loan poor people money on terms that are reasonable, teach them sound financial principles, and they will achieve financial self-sufficiency. Read More
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| Board, Management & Staff |
Grameen America has assembled a top management team, including Professor Muhummad Yunus himself, to establish and expand microfinance programs for the poor in the United States. Read More
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| Leadership Council |
The Leadership Council is comprised of devoted friends who share a strong commitment to Grameen America’s mission to alleviate poverty through microfinance. Read More
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| Our Supporters |
Grameen America is grateful for our institutional supporters. Together they have provided generous seed capital to help us establish microfinance operations in New York. Read More
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| Other Grameen Organizations |
The success of the Grameen Bank has led to the creation of other Grameen affiliated businesses aimed at helping disadvantaged populations in Bangladesh and around the world. Read More
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About Us 