"The Borgen Project is an incredible nonprofit organization that is addressing poverty and hunger and working towards ending them."
The Huffington Post
IN THE NEWS
In a Nutshell: The Borgen Project fights global poverty.
Mission Statement: The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. We're the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.
THE PRESIDENT
History: It all began with one person, a laptop, and a belief that the United States should be doing more to address global poverty.
In 1999, while working as a young volunteer in refugee camps during the Kosovo War and genocide, Clint Borgen saw the need for an organization that could bring U.S. political attention to severe poverty. In 2003, after graduating from Washington State University, Borgen began developing the organization. In need of startup funding, the former United Nations intern took a job living on a fishing vessel in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. From this humble beginning, in one of the most remote locations on earth, The Borgen Project was developed and launched by one person with a laptop and a budget that came from his Alaska paychecks. Today, The Borgen Project is headquartered in Seattle and one man's project has turned into a national, web-based campaign aimed at making leaders of the most powerful nation on earth do right for the world's poor.
Trademark: The Borgen Project is known for being tech savvy, nonpartisan, secular, and having access to congressional leaders on a national level.
Our Persona: Forget every notion you have of a poverty-reduction organization. We're wonderfully different. Behind The Borgen Project is a core belief that the same calculated and relentless tenacity used in the corporate world should be used to improve the plight of the world's poor. The gloves are off. We think big and we go big. Poverty reduction has a dire need for a focused catalyst and The Borgen Project was designed to fulfill that need.
HOW WE OPERATE
Advocate: We meet with U.S. leaders to secure their support for crucial poverty reduction legislation.
Mobilize: We mobilize people across the globe behind efforts to make poverty a political priority.
Educate: We teach basic advocacy skills that allow citizens to communicate with their government.
Issue Messaging: We build awareness of global issues and innovations in poverty-reduction.
WATCH THE STORY BEHIND THE BORGEN PROJECT(4-Minutes)
THE BORGEN PROJECT TIMELINE (2010).pdf
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Formed: 2003
Headquarters: Seattle
U.S. Volunteers: 130
Cities with volunteers: 81
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