Unitus, a US nonprofit organization supporting microfinance internationally, was founded in 2000 by Bob Gay, Mike Murray, Joseph Grenny and Todd Manwaring with the goal of fighting global poverty through increasing access to microfinance. Unitus provides capital investments and consulting services to financially sustainable MFIs worldwide. As of May 2006, Unitus has ten MFI partners in Mexico (Pro Mujer), Argentina (FIS) and India (ASA-GV, Bandhan, BSS, Grameen Koota, SKS, Swadhaar, Ujjivan) that, as of March 31, 2006, combined to have a total gross portfolio of USD 49.6 mn.
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