Annual Report – 2010

For more than 28 years, Grassroots International has offered a progressive alternative to U.S. foreign policy by working to create a just and sustainable world. We provide grants to our Global South partners and join them in advocating for social change. Our primary focus is on land, water and food as human rights and nourishing the political struggle necessary to achieve these rights.

Since 1983 we have worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, concentrating our efforts in areas where U.S. foreign policy has been an obstacle to positive change and where creative movements build solutions to global problems from the grassroots up.

Here are some highlights from Grassroots International's fiscal year 2010:

• Provided partners and grantees with over $1.7 million in cash grants in addition to our advocacy work on their behalf.

• Continued to maximize the impact of donations received, devoting more than three-quarters of our spending to program services.

• Participated in the launch of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance as a founding member.

• Provided emergency and ongoing support to our partners in Haiti following the devasting earthquake.

• Facilitated cross-border learning exchanges and gatherings in Africa, South America and Asia.

In addition to our Annual Report, please refer to our Financial Report and our Form 990.