The Seven Bar Foundation is a non-profit organization and the philanthropic brand dedicated to the empowerment of women through microfinance. The Seven Bar logo represents the extension of "ladders" to women to help them out of poverty and into business via microfinance.
As a social enterprise–an organization that applies corporate strategies to achieve philanthropic goals–we are non-donor dependent. We rely on the power of branding, commercial markets, and cause-marketing to fuel our initiatives.The Foundation focuses on enabling women in need to start or grow their own small businesses, breaking the cycle of poverty for their children.
To reach a critical mass with the brand, the Foundation hosts the top couture and luxury lingerie shows and partners with corporations through cause-marketing campaigns to raise funds for microfinance.
The foundation is being spearheaded by founder Renata M. Black and President, Kim Hoedeman.To date they have hosted Lingerie Miami 2009, Lingerie New York and have two upcoming shows in London and Shanghai. They have partnered with Sephora and Diageo in cause-marketing initiatives to impact over 2,350 women both locally and world-wide.
Specialties
Women's Empowerment, Cause-marketing, Luxury Lingerie, Microfinance
