Your support enables us to reach millions of underserved people globally with responsible financial solutions that help reduce poverty — and create opportunity for individuals, families and communities. 

Every day, the global financial system fails nearly two billion people. They are predominantly low-income small business owners, smallholder farmers, and women — the people most impacted by climate change, economic instability, and conflict. 

Your philanthropy powers our work to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. 

Join us to create a world with economic opportunity for all. 

Paulina, a small business owner in Ecuador

I’ve evolved, innovated, and grown. I have invested in things that are very helpful for my business. I feel I am financially sound for my children.

Paulina, small business owner, Ecuador

Donate to Accion

You can contribute online, by phone, or by mail. Please call our office at 202.393.5113 and press option 1, or mail your check or money order to:  

Accion International 
P.O. Box 411531 
Boston, MA 02241-1531 

Please make checks and money orders payable to “Accion International.”  

Please contact us for more information.

By making an automated, monthly donation to Accion, you’ll help provide us with a consistent foundation of support. We’ll provide you with an annual donation receipt at the close of the year, cutting down on paper, processing, and ensuring more of your gift goes to helping those in need. Monthly donors are members of the Sustainers Society. 

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.  

Remembering Accion with a bequest from your estate will help sustain and strengthen Accion for years to come. You can make a gift to Accion by including language in your will or living trust, leaving a portion of your estate to Accion, or designating Accion as a beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance policy.

If you have already named Accion as a beneficiary in your will or trust, please let us know so we can thank you! Contact Erika Eurkus at donate@accion.org or call 202.393.5113 and press option 1.  

Please contact us for more information.  

Accion accepts distributions from traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, and life insurance policies. 

If you would like to donate through non-probate assets that are not covered in your will or trust will need to be prepared separately. You can designate Accion as a beneficiary of these types of assets and your gift will help to build a more financially inclusive world.   

If you are aged 70.5 or older, you can make a tax-free gift to Accion directly from your traditional IRA! Your gift can also help you reach your required minimum distribution (RMD) for this year.    

To get started, contact us for guidance on how to make or update your plans and set up with your broker. 

Accion welcomes tax-deductible contributions in the form of securities. This is a particularly powerful way to support our work by contributing appreciated assets without incurring capital gains taxes.

If you would like to make a gift of stock or mutual funds, simply download the electronic securities transfer instructions and provide them to your financial institution. Notify us of the stock gift to ensure timely processing. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Megan Rast at donate@accion.org or call 202.393.5113 and press option 1.

Accion accepts donations through donor-advised funds (DAF). 

If you would like to contribute to Accion through a DAF, please send it to: 

Accion International 
Attn: Resource Development Department 
P.O. Box 411531 
Boston, MA 02241-1531 

Our Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 13-2535763 

Please contact us for more information.  

Financial knowledge sets the tone for health, education, economic opportunity, and community success, especially for women and girls and refugees. Accion provides access to financial services and creates opportunities for people to set up new businesses and invest in themselves and their communities.

Accion donor Liz Stern

Giving Societies

Join our giving societies to support Accion’s mission.

The Sustainers Society is a special group of loyal supporters who demonstrate their commitment to financial inclusion by making monthly gifts to Accion, providing a consistent foundation of support.  Please contact us for more information.  

We acknowledge donors who have notified and named Accion as a beneficiary in their estate plans as members of the Recife Society. This unique group of donors helps Accion build and prepare for the next generation of financial tools that will enable more fair and just economic opportunities for low-income individuals. To join the Recife Society, please contact Erika Eurkus at donate@accion.org or call 202.393.5113 and press option 1.

The President’s Circle members are the leading donors to Accion’s annual fund. Members provide vital philanthropic support allowing Accion to guide, influence, and expand progress on behalf of the financially underserved. Members enhance Accion’s visibility and base of support by championing Accion to their colleagues, friends, and communities. We ask that members contribute an annual gift of at least $5,000. To learn more, please contact Erika Eurkus at donate@accion.org or call 202.393.5113 and press option 1.

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Accion’s central mission is to find creative ways to help people help themselves, in particular, to help people improve their standard of living, to also do it in a way that gives them and treats them with dignity.

Accion donor Joe Hamilton

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