With waves of COVID-19 spreading dangerously around the globe, 2021 was a year of deep uncertainty and hardship. Yet it was also one of the most consequential for RESULTS’ work to end poverty. Read on to learn about the historic breakthroughs made with donor support.
2021 was a year of historic breakthroughs in anti-poverty policy and one of the most consequential ever for RESULTS’ advocacy. When we look at our impact and its ripple effects on reducing poverty, it’s inspiring.
At the end of 2020, inequity and hardship were escalating as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the United States, more than 3 million people had been pushed into poverty, food insecurity was spiking, and people owed billions of dollars in back rent. Globally, malnutrition and deaths from preventable pandemics like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis were on the rise, reversing decades of progress. Nearly 100 million people worldwide had fallen further into extreme poverty.
In this incredibly challenging time, RESULTS helped to achieve some of the most consequential victories against poverty in our history — thanks to your support.
Building on decades of transformational advocacy and organizing, RESULTS’ staff, international partners, and nationwide network of dedicated constituent activists were ready for the challenge. Coordinated and nimble campaigns focused on child poverty, housing, nutrition, global health, and education helped counter the catastrophic pandemic fallout. By June of 2021, legislation passed by Congress drove the steepest one-year decline in child poverty in history. In addition, we helped to secure billions of dollars in new U.S. funding to fight HIV, TB, malaria, malnutrition, and maternal and child deaths.
Perhaps when we look back at 2021, we’ll remember it not only as a time of deep uncertainty and hardship for many, but also as the turning point when the country realized that, in fact, we can end poverty if the political will exists.
Much of what we helped achieve, however, is temporary and precarious. Now we must move from shaping the emergency response to solidifying lasting systemic change.
Our work to end poverty would not be possible without our passionate advocates and generous donors. We’re grateful for all the ways this community helps to support the critical work to end poverty.
Dr. Joanne Carter
Executive Director
Kul Chandra Gautam
Board Chair
“Even though my efforts at anti-poverty lobbying and donating seem insufficient to the task, it is what I can do. In this time of pandemic, great loss, and political rage and racism, I can still express generosity and connection through this path with RESULTS.”
Sue Oehser
By Rayna Castillo, Tempe, Arizona
“My personal understanding of poverty motivates me to help make sure no one else goes through the kinds of struggles that my family and I went through.”
By Kazmyn Ramos, Indianapolis, Indiana
“I didn’t think that I could have so much access to policymakers… It feels good to know that my voice can contribute to change.”
“To truly end poverty, we must have the voices of those most impacted at the table, helping to destroy false narratives, and coming up with and implementing real solutions.”
Thank you to all our generous donors, including those not listed here. Your financial partnership in 2021 was essential to our collective work and impacted the lives of millions of people around the world.
Below we recognize all those who contributed to RESULTS in 2021 with a donation of $1,000 or more.
“Our desire to witness a world without hunger, disease and poverty remains as strong now as it did over 40 years ago when we first volunteered for RESULTS. We hope others will join us in investing in RESULTS.”
Ken and Linda Schatz
FY2021 Total Budget: $9,881,075
* October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021
Kul Gautam
Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Lily Callaway
Grassroots Board Member
Joanne Carter
Ex Officio
Executive Director, RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund
Sam Daley-Harris
Founder, RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund
Jennn M. Koo
Grassroots Board Member
Ernie Loevinsohn
Issues Committee Chair
Executive Director, Fund for Global Health
Lindsay K. Saunders
Grassroots Board Member
Maxine Thomas
Grassroots Board Member
Qiana Torregano
Grassroots Board Member
Jan Twombly
Treasurer
Finance and Audit Committee Chair
President, The Rhythm of Business
Pankaj Agarwal
Managing Director, ReCubed Consulting
Nikki Eberhardt, Ph.D.
Professor of Business, Minerva University
Roger Hudson
Fundraising Committee Chair
Scott Leckman
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Marian Wright Edelman
President, Children’s Defense Fund
Professor Muhammad Yunus
Founder, Grameen Bank
Ashish Bali
Advisor and Consultant
Former Global CFO, Deloitte
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