BRAC UK

Who we are

About BRAC

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and today is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based poverty innovations in extremely poor, conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. These include programmes in education, healthcare, microfinance, girls’ empowerment, agriculture, human and legal rights, social enterprises, a bank, a university, and the world’s largest mobile money platform.  BRAC employs more than 100,000 people in 11 countries, with a total global expenditure of about $1.2 billion.

BRAC is also unique among the world’s major non-profits in that its overall budget is majority self-financed. In Bangladesh, where BRAC was founded and is the location of its global headquarters BRAC self-funds 80% of its annual budget from its own socially-responsible businesses. BRAC has been ranked as the number one NGO in the world for five consecutive years by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC’s programmes are implemented by BRAC country offices in 10 countries and BRAC also supports partners, including governments and civil society organisations in 5 other countries through BRAC’s Ultra Poor Graduation Initiative.

About BRAC UK

BRAC UK was founded in 2006 and is one of the four members of the BRAC Global group – also including BRAC Bangladesh, BRAC International and BRAC USA. It is a very exciting time of transition for BRAC at the moment, with a new, ambitious global strategy in place which aims to reach over 250 million people by 2030. A new Global Board was formed in 2019 to oversee the global strategy and in 2020 concluded agreements with these four BRAC entities to define its role and mandate. BRAC UK supports BRAC’s development work around the world through fundraising, contract management and donor relationship management. BRAC UK plays a key role in BRAC’s work engaging with and influencing policy makers and practitioners to tackle extreme poverty.