Investors & Donors

With support from over a dozen governments, foundations and private individuals, GBF successfully closed a $47,000,000 private investment fund and have raised an additional $12,000,000 in grants from donors to benefit the non-profit arm of GBF. This positions us well to pursue our mission to build and support High Impact Businesses, while also generating a financial return to the private investment fund. Together, the fund and non-profit help our clients scale, and provide sustainable economic opportunities to millions of people at the Base of the Economic Pyramid.

GBF would like to recognize and thank the following investors and donors for their continued support and guidance.

• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• DEG — Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
• FMO — the Netherlands Development Finance Company
• Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• OeEB — The Development Bank of Austria*
• Calvert Foundation
• Deutsche Bank, USA
• Government of Canada
• Adelson Family Foundation
• T&J Meyer Family Foundation
• Barend Van der Vorm
• Cecilia Chan
• Charly and Lisa Kleissner (KL Felicitas Foundation)
• Dalip Pathak
• ​Sir David Scholey
• David Dunn and Tamara Dunietz
• George Doty and Lee Spellman
• George Rohr*
• Geri and Mason Haupt
• Harold Rosen and Susan Wedlan
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)*
• Jane Eddy
• James Wolfensohn (Wolfensohn & Company)
• Jim Hornthal (Hornthal Investment Partners)
• Jeff and Leah Kronthal
• Joshua Mailman (Joshua Mailman Foundation)
• Judson Berkey
• Ken Inadomi and Melinda Wolfe
• Lawrence Newman
• Luxembourg Ministry of Finance*
• Marc and Leigh Cohen Family Foundation*
• Maurizio Caio
• ​Mwaghazi Mwachofi
• Omidyar Network*
• Peter Braffman and Elizabeth Wedlan
• Prashant Jhawar
• Robert Caruso
• Ron Cordes (Cordes Foundation)
• Sari Miller (Sari Sue Miller Family Trust)
• Serge Kremer
• Seth Meisel
• Stephen Brenninkmeijer
• Sudhir Maheshwari (AIM to Zero Foundation)
• Suzanne Biegel (Biegel Maskit 2002 Revocable Trust)

* Donors beginning from 2008