With tiny loans, financial services and technology, Grameen Foundation helps the poor, mostly women, start self-sustaining businesses to escape poverty. Their global network of microfinance partners has already reached nearly 1.1 million families in 20 countries.

The Microfinance Gateway is an online resource for the microfinance industry. It includes research and publications, specialized resource centers, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events, and job opportunities in microfinance

PlaNet Finance’s actions focused on the following three main areas: 1.) Technical assistance, advice and training for those involved in microfinance – such as Microfinance Institutions, NGOs, Cooperatives, Banks or Financial Institutions, Governments or Central Banks.  2.) Assessing and rating Microfinance Institutions. 3.) Financing Microfinance Institutions.

Bay Area-based non-profit whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty in East Africa with training and seed capital for income-generating small businesses.

The Virtual Library on Microcredit is a repository of information on alternative, non-conventional financial systems and microfinance/microcredit issues.

The mission of ACCION International is to give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing "micro" loans and business training to poor women and men who start their own businesses, ACCION's partner lending organizations help people work their own way up the economic ladder, with dignity and pride. With capital, people can grow their own businesses. They can earn enough to afford basics like running water, better food and schooling for their children

UNCDF supports countries with emerging microfinance sectors by, 1) providing FUNDING in the form of grants and soft loans to help build and integrate sustainable microfinance into the broader financial sector, 2) offering technical & policy GUIDANCE to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and government partners, and 3) disseminating field-based knowledge of sound microfinance principles and practices to UNDP and other key stakeholders through training & information SERVICES.

FINCA provides financial services to the world’s poorest families so they can create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living. We deliver these services through a global network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions.

CGAP serves four groups of clients: development agencies, financial institutions including microfinance institutions (MFIs), government policymakers and regulators, and other service providers, such as auditors and rating agencies. These four groups are the architects of a vibrant microfinance sector, as it is being integrated into the formal financial systems of all countries. To each of these client groups, CGAP provides specialized advisory services, training, research and development, consensus building on standards, and information dissemination.

The Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) is the national association of organizations committed to microenterprise development. AEO provides its members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote enterprise opportunity for people and communities with limited access to economic resources.

Technoserve helps enterprising people in the developing world build businesses to alleviate poverty.