Global Partnerships

Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunities for people living in poverty. Our affiliated funds make early-stage investments in social enterprises that deliver products and services that empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. Since GP’s founding in 1994 and the launch of its first fund in 2005, GP and its affiliated funds have invested in sustainable solutions that empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. GP and its affiliated funds have deployed $774.8 million in impact investments to 198 social enterprise partners, bringing meaningful impact to an estimated 34.1 million lives in 33 countries. Impact-first investing means investing in a way that seeks the highest possible social impact, while seeking to preserve capital for investors. Impact-first investing is distinctly different from return-first investing, which seeks the highest possible financial return (often without consideration of social or environmental consequences), and from philanthropy, which seeks the highest social impact without any preservation of capital. We believe that impact-first investing has an essential role to play in advancing sustainable solutions to poverty for millions of people worldwide.