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As the social impact hub of Mastercard, we bring together the company’s business assets in service of people and planet.

Our Approach
FOCUS AREAS
Three pillars supporting inclusive growth
Since our founding in 2014, we have built a body of knowledge around inclusive growth, mobilized a global community of practice and forged cross-sector partnerships to test and replicate effective solutions focusing on three areas.
Learn more about inclusive growth
Data.org celebrates 5 years of social impact
Data.org celebrates 5 years of social impact
Economic inclusion and the entrepreneurial spirit
Economic inclusion and the entrepreneurial spirit
Celebrating 10 years of global social impact
Celebrating 10 years of global social impact
Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth
Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth
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Financial security
Financial security

We’ve reached more than 4.5 million workers and students with support and tools to increase their financial security and economic mobility.

Small business
Small business

We’ve helped connect more than 40 million small businesses—61 percent of which are women-owned—to financial services, tools or other resources to support their resilience and growth.

Impact data science
Impact data science

Through our partners, we’ve connected more than 1650 social impact organizations with data tools to help build their capacity to drive equitable outcomes using data science.

Featured Stories

FINANCIAL HEALTH

Accelerating financial health for garment workers

Responsible wage digitalization, along with gender-responsive financial capability training holds the potential to contribute to social and economic progress.

CLIMATE CHANGE

5 ways to propel inclusive climate change

From food and water security to safe, secure housing, climate change disproportionately affects the hardest-to-reach populations in the world — those underserved for geographic, administrative or social reasons.

INCLUSIVE GROWTH

How to spark a revolution in inclusion

Figuring out how to empower billions of people to harness the power of the digital economy is tough stuff. Still, the people at last week’s summit, hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, had no shortage of tangible plans to turn their ideas into reality.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Building financial resilience with climate-smart innovation

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the CIFAR Alliance launch a new resource to advance fintech innovation for climate resilience and adaptation.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Designing for 
financial resilience

Insights from the Center’s partnership with Common Cents Lab demonstrate an opportunity for digital platforms to better support independent workers and entrepreneurs.

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Jon Huntsman
2024 IMPACT DATA SUMMIT
Mark Barnett
Michael Miebach
Shamina Singh
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Jon Huntsman
2024 IMPACT DATA SUMMIT
Mark Barnett
Michael Miebach
Shamina Singh
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Featured insights
 
MASTERCARD STRIVE EU
4m

Small businesses in the EU are deeply embedded in local communities and are more likely to hire workers from underserved groups

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Fostering innovation for small businesses
 
MASTERCARD STRIVE
96%

of women entrepreneurs surveyed described being confident in their ability to manage and run their operations

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Despite high levels of confidence, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers
 
CLIMATE CHANGE
80%

of the world's unbanked population resides in the most climate-vulnerable economies

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Building financial resilience with climate-smart innovation
 
MASTERCARD STRIVE
$45m

invested in Mastercard Strive through the Mastercard Impact Fund

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How small merchants can help drive sustainable consumption
 
IMPACT DATA SCIENCE
$22m

Project for women and minority-owned businesses in Erie supported by IGS data

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The inclusive growth toolkit helps Erie rebuild
 
MASTERCARD STRIVE
70%

of businesses served through Connect2Capital in 2021 were BIPOC, women, veteran or LGBTQIA-owned

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How a digital marketplace is disrupting small business lending
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MASTERCARD STRIVE EU
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MASTERCARD STRIVE
96%
CLIMATE CHANGE
80%
MASTERCARD STRIVE
$45m
IMPACT DATA SCIENCE
$22m
MASTERCARD STRIVE
70%
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Lessons from Birmingham: 
How to build up Black-owned 
small businesses
PHILANTHROPY
Making global investments in social impact
2025 GLOBAL INCLUSIVE GROWTH SUMMIT
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