Trickle Up helped start or expand 10,162 businesses in 2006, an increase of 17% from the prior year. Each business supports an average of six people, typically a Trickle Up entrepreneur and her family.

We completed a successful fundraising year to support growth in our program of seed capital grants, business training, and other services in 14 countries, as well as providing the resources for expanding our own program and development capacity for the future.