Trickle Up
Helping women in extreme poverty build businesses and lasting economic security
Our editorial assessment
Trickle Up focuses on the people conventional development often misses: women living in extreme poverty, frequently in remote areas or marginalised groups. Its "graduation approach" — combining seed capital, coaching, and savings groups — has a growing evidence base for durably lifting families out of extreme poverty. Charity Navigator awards it a four-star rating, with a program-expense ratio right around the 70% mark. For donors drawn to women's economic empowerment and evidence-informed poverty reduction, it is a thoughtful choice.
The problem they're solving
People in extreme poverty often lack both the capital to start earning and the coaching to sustain it. Trickle Up's graduation approach provides both at once, and studies of similar programmes show lasting gains in income, assets, and food security years after the support ends.
About Trickle Up
Trickle Up partners with women in extreme poverty — often in remote or marginalised communities — providing seed capital, coaching, and savings-group support to help them start businesses and move toward lasting economic inclusion.
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How this score was produced
The GiveWise score is our own editorial assessment, produced with a weighted rubric covering program spending, transparency and governance, evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and leadership. It draws on publicly available reports from independent evaluators such as GiveWell, Charity Navigator, and CharityWatch, but it is not a rating issued or endorsed by any of those organisations. Read the full methodology →