Strategic Partnerships with Funding Agencies
The partnerships are an acknowledgement of ASA-GV’s achievements over the last two decades, and the prospects of growth in the future.

Partnership with Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation, which has been supporting the development initiatives of ASA for almost the last two decades, has also extended support for the transformation efforts of the microfinance programme during 2004-05, with the prospects of partnering with ASA-GV for future growth. The partnership with Ford Foundation comes with a support of Rs.100 lakhs over two years, which will be used to improve the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of GV. Ford Foundation has also provided grant support for transformation training to staff as well as members, as well as for election of SHG leaders, and for preparation of account books and accounting statements for the SHGs.

Strategic Partnership with SIDBI
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), one of the foremost financial institutions supporting microfinance in the country, has been one among the major supporters of ASA-GV’s microfinance programme, with SIDBI’s loans for onward lending forming the highest proportion of ASA-GV’s total portfolio, during the past two years. During 2004-05 the partnership with SIDBI reached new heights with their generous support for onward lending at lower interest rates, soft loan for transformation as well as additional support for capacity building.

High-Growth Partnership with Grameen Foundation
Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) is a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance, new technologies, and innovative thinking to empower the world's poorest people to escape poverty. Grameen Foundation has been a strategic partner for a long time, actively supported investment in transformation and the relationship was strengthened further through a “high growth partnership” agreement signed between ASA-GV and GFUSA. The support for high growth will be in the form of funds for onward lending, and support for capacity building.

Partnership with Unitus
Unitus is a not-for-profit organisation based in US, with the mission of accelerating the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs) across the world. The Unitus partnership with ASA-GV comes with support for software, training and staff development and other capacity building support in addition to facilitating transformation.