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End poverty

No one on Earth lives in extreme poverty.

13 organizations tracked  ·  1 vetted

The goal in brief

GoalNo one on Earth lives in extreme poverty.

people living on under $3 a day1
837 million
children in extreme poverty3
412 million
people living on under $8.30 a day (2022)4
≈3.8 billion
days of school our members have funded
402,564Live

Why it matters

About 837 million people still live on less than $3 a day, and progress against poverty has slowed over the last decade.1 Poverty decides whether children eat, stay in school and see a doctor, and 412 million children grow up in households living on less than $3 a day.3

How we’ll know it’s done

Finish line
No one living in extreme poverty anywhere, the end state SDG target 1.1 sets for 2030.2
What counts
Every person living on at least $3 a day, the World Bank’s extreme poverty line, and staying there.
How it’s checked
Household surveys of income and spending, compiled by the World Bank.
Our part
Our campaign reports the days of education it funds each month.

What follows

  • Families who can afford enough nutritious food.H-01Eliminate global hunger and malnutrition
  • Children who stay in school instead of working to support the household.H-12Establish universal access to high-quality education
  • Households that can pay for medicine and a visit to a clinic.H-08Establish universal access to high-quality healthcare
  • More children surviving past age 5, with food, clean water and care within reach.H-11Reduce the child mortality rate to under 1% globally

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How it can be solved

The approaches to this goal, and how many of the organizations taking each one we’ve vetted.

  • Education out of poverty

    Keeping children in school so they can earn their way out of poverty.

    1 organization · 1 vetted

  • Cash and graduation programs

    Direct cash and step-by-step support that lift families out of extreme poverty.

    2 organizations

  • Skills and enterprise

    Training, mentoring and finance for small businesses and farmers.

    4 organizations

  • Community development

    Health, schooling and services delivered with communities in extreme poverty.

    3 organizations

  • Jobs and second chances

    Paid work and training for people rebuilding their lives.

    3 organizations

Who’s working on it

We only call a solution proven, measurable and scalable once our vetting team has vetted it. Everything else here, the team is tracking.

Vetted1 organizationReviewed by our vetting team, and passed all three tests.

  • Proven

    It has worked, with results to show.

  • Measurable

    Its impact can be counted.

  • Scalable

    It can grow toward the size of the goal.

Not vetted12 organizationsTracked by our vetting team. Not vetted yet, so we make no claims about them.

Listing an organization isn’t an endorsement. Not vetted means just that: our vetting team is tracking it, and we make no claims about it yet. Last reviewed October 2026.

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Sources

  1. 1. World Bank, “Poverty: Overview,” World Bank (2026) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2. UN DESA, “Sustainable Development Goal 1: targets and indicators,” United Nations (2015) (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3. World Bank and UNICEF, “Child Poverty: Global, Regional and Select National Trends,” World Bank (2025) (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4. World Bank, “June 2025 Update to Global Poverty Lines,” factsheet, World Bank (2025) (opens in a new tab)