Unitus is an international nonprofit organization that works to reduce global poverty by increasing access to life-changing microfinance services.
We seek out and partner with young, high-potential microfinance institutions (MFIs), helping them build capacity, attract capital, and achieve exponential growth. Through this leveraged approach, Unitus seeks to empower millions of the world’s working poor while transforming the financial systems now left out of their reach.
The Unitus portfolio reaches more than 9 million families through 23 MFI partners in Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania.
Unitus has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, PBS, and National Public Radio. We received Fast Company magazine's Social Capitalist award for 2006, 2007, and 2008, and were awarded the prestigious 4-star rating for sound fiscal management from Charity Navigator in 2007 and 2008. Unitus is a 501(c)3 with offices in Seattle, USA; Bangalore, India; and Nairobi, Kenya.