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Volunteers in Service to America (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Poverty-related organizations based in the United States" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan. [1] Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. [2] The organization also manages the Poverty Probability Index.
The troubled economy of the mid-to-late 1970s, brought on by the energy crisis and the Early 1980s recession was especially hard on America’s poor. Between 1973 and 1983, the national poverty rate rose from 11.1% to 15.2%. Another decade later, in 1993, the poverty rate was virtually unchanged at 15.1%, just a 0.1% decrease from 1983. [4]
Poverty is a generational problem and it’s one that we can and should solve, but to do so will require holistic and generational approaches that fully take into account how wealth-building works.
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave every family with children on welfare in New York State $200 to buy school supplies. [6]
Invisible People, Invisible People is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working for homeless people in the United States.[1] The organization educates the public about homelessness through storytelling, educational resources, and advocacy. Top of page
Save the Children identifies its ambassadors as high-profile individuals that are widely-recognized as prominent members of their field and demonstrate a commitment to the organization's mission. [13] [non-primary source needed] Ambassadors promote the organization's work, raise funds, and advocate to create lasting change for children in need.
Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2017. The US. In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. Based on poverty measures used by the Census Bureau (which exclude non-cash factors such as food stamps or medical care or public housing) America had 37 million people in poverty in 2023; this is 11 percent of population. [1]