GWC Partners
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Acumen Fundhttp://www.acumenfund.orgAcumen Fund is a nonprofit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Our investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services – like water, health, housing and energy – through innovative, market-oriented approaches. |
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Ashoka
Ashoka is leading a profound transformation in society. In the past three decades, the global citizen sector, led by social entrepreneurs, has grown exponentially. Just as the business sector experienced a tremendous spurt in productivity over the last century, the citizen sector is experiencing a similar revolution, with the number and sophistication of citizen organizations increasing dramatically.
Rather than leaving societal needs for the government or business sectors to address, social entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions, delivering extraordinary results, and improving the lives of millions of people. |
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Blue Planet Run Foundationhttp://www.blueplanetrun.org or http://www.peerwater.orgBlue Planet Run Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to ensure that every person on the planet has access to safe drinking water - a problem afflicting more than 1 billion people globally today. Through the foundation'srevolutionary Peer Water Exchange (PWX) program, 100 percent of money donated to BPRF by individuals is distributed to grassroots rural water projects. PWX's online community manages water-project funding and oversight with maximized, shared problem solving and little overhead. BPRF's goal is to provide safe drinking water to 20 million people for the rest of their lives by 2015. In its signature awareness-building and fund-raising event, The Blue Planet Run 2007, 21 runners carried the message about the water crisis around the world on foot relay style through 16 countries over 15,200 miles in 95 days. The foundation will continue addressing the issue and raising funds through programs including its sponsorship of a large-format photo book and creation of a 24-hour trail relay series. More information is available at the web site http://blueplanetrun.org.
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CAREhttp://www.careusa.org CARE fights root causes of poverty in the world's poorest communities. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. |
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The Cargill Foundation and Cargill Citizenship Committeehttp://www.cargill.com |
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The Case Foundationhttp://www.casefoundation.org The Case Foundation, created by Steve and Jean Case in 1997, supports individuals and organizations that have the strategy, leadership, and commitment to make positive, widespread social change. |
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Catholic Relief Serviceshttp://www.crs.org Catholic Relief Services has water and sanitation activities in over 40 countries and in all major regions of the developing world. CRS activities are targeted to assist the poorest and most vulnerable communities to achieve safe levels of drinking water, sanitary means of excreta disposal, and accessible opportunities to use water to improve livelihoods, produce food crops, and raise the standard of living for all. Current annual expenditures on the water sector exceed $40 million, with the vast majority of these funds supporting low cost technologies that are easy to maintain and operate by the communities themselves. CRS works through national partners at the local level and through international partners at the global level in order to share resources, experiences and comparative strengths. |
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The Coca-Cola Companyhttp://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/index.html The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company. Every day, more than 1 billion servings of the Company's wide range of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages refresh people in over 200 countries around the world. The Coca-Cola Company has long been committed to using our resources and capabilities to help improve the quality of life in the communities where we operate. Through strategic partnerships with public, private and governmental organizations we strive to create value in the marketplace, enrich the workplace, preserve and protect our environment and make a positive difference and effective contribution to our shared world. |
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Dowhttp://www.dowattainability.com Dow is a diversified chemical company that harnesses the power of science and technology to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. Dow offers a broad range of innovative products to customers in more than 175 countries, helping them to provide everything from fresh water, food and pharmaceuticals, to paints, packaging and personal care products. Built on a commitment to its principles of sustainability, Dow has annual sales of $46 billion and employs 42,000 people worldwide. Dow recently announced a set of 2015 Sustainability Goals that include, among others, a commitment to achieving at least three breakthroughs to address the world's ability to solve the challenges of affordable and adequate food supply; decent housing; sustainable water supplies; or improved personal health and safety. We invite you to track our progress at www.dowattainability.com . |
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Emory Center for Global Safe Waterhttp://www.sph.emory.edu/CGSW/ The Center for Global Safe Water (CGSW) is a partnership among Emory University, CARE USA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Population Services International (PSI). Its mission is to improve access to safe drinking water globally, with special emphasis on vulnerable populations in developing countries. |
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Millennium Water Alliancehttp://www.mwawater.org The Millennium Water Alliance is a cooperating group of humanitarian and faith-based agencies working to assist poor communities in the developing world gain access to safe water and sanitation. |
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Population Services Internationalhttp://www.psi.orgPopulation Services International (PSI) harnesses the vitality of the private sector to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations. With programs in child survival, reproductive health, and HIV, PSI promotes products, services and healthy behaviors that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives.
PSI social markets three different household water treatment products in over twenty countries. PSI’s safe water communication strategies, which include both commercial marketing and community mobilization, generate awareness of the link between contaminated water and disease, and hence the value of disinfecting drinking water. Products and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away in order to motivate commercial sector involvement. |
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Procter & Gamblehttp://www.pghsi.com P&G is working with a diverse group of partners to provide our PUR Purifier of Water technology in the developing world. Our goal is to reduce the sickness and death in children that results from drinking contaminated water. Our program includes not-for-profit social marketing and emergency relief components. |
UNICEF |
UNICEFhttp://www.unicefusa.org The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports child survival, protection and development worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising. |
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United Nations Foundation and Better World Fundhttp://www.unfoundation.org The United Nations Foundation, and its sister organization, the Better World Fund, were founded by Ted Turner. The United Nations Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges, through advocacy, building innovative public-private partnerships and grant making. |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionhttp://www.cdc.gov U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases or deaths that result from interactions between people and their environment. |
Wallace Genetic Foundation |
Wallace Genetic Foundationhttp://www.wallacegenetic.org The Wallace Genetic Foundation is committed to funding a variety of interests including agricultural research, preservation of farmland, ecology, conservation and sustainable development. |
Water Advocates |
Water Advocateshttp://www.wateradvocates.org Water Advocates is a new U.S. based nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing American support for worldwide access to safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water and adequate sanitation. |
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Water for Peoplehttp://www.waterforpeople.org Water For People is an international nonprofit development organization that helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting locally sustainable drinking water, sanitation, and health and hygiene. To achieve this goal, the organization partners with local and international nongovernmental organizations, municipalities, and local communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Water For People envisions a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation; a world where no one suffers or dies from a water- or sanitation-related disease. |
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WaterAidhttp://www.wateraid.org WaterAid is a leading independent organization that enables the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. We partner with local organizations and provide them with the skills and support to help communities set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that are responsive to their needs. We also campaign locally and internationally to change policy and practice and ensure water and sanitation’s vital role in reducing poverty is recognized. |
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WaterPartners Internationalhttp://www.water.org WaterPartners International is a U.S.-based non-profit that provides safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. WaterPartners' WaterCredit Initiative™ makes loans to individuals and communities for water projects as part of a revolving fund in areas where credit is not readily available. By offering both grants and credit, WaterPartners provides maximum flexibility in meeting the needs of communities, and enables more people to be reached per donated dollar. |
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Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Councilhttp://wash-cc.org/index.html The Council seeks to accelerate the achievement of sustainable sanitation, hygiene and water services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration and coordination of all sector stakeholders, nationally and internationally. |