Our Mission

Extending Financial Inclusion to Organizations

Financial inclusion has transformed billions of lives by giving individuals and businesses access to banking through mobile money, microfinance, and digital banking.

But the journey isn’t complete.
While individuals continue to gain access, grassroots and community-based organizations remain stuck because they lack the financial tools and transparency needed to earn donor trust and sustain funding.

Accountable Partners was founded to change that — helping organizations build credibility, accountability, and access to the resources they need to thrive.

We’re pioneering Grassroots FinTech—financial infrastructure for community-based organizations that enables access to scalable funding.

What We Know

We know because we’ve lived it—on the ground, every day, from Afghanistan to Mozambique.

We know that:

• Donors need accurate, transparent financial reports to fulfill fiduciary responsibilities
• Small partners struggle to meet donor requirements
• Each donor has different reporting requirements
• Small partners have multiple donors simultaneously or sequentially
• This struggle blocks billions in funding from reaching grassroots communities

But we also know:
 

• With the right infrastructure, CBOs can manage funds accurately and transparently
• The bottleneck isn’t capacity—it’s infrastructure
• Training alone doesn’t solve this—automated systems do
• This is solvable

What We Believe

We believe:

• Organizational size shouldn’t determine access to funding
• Transparency should be automatic, not arduous
• Small partners deserve professional financial infrastructure, not just training
• The development sector needs an infrastructure layer it doesn’t yet have
• Just as we don’t accept individuals being “unbanked,” we shouldn’t accept organizations being “unfunded”

What We’re Building

We’re creating the Grassroots FinTech category—the organizational equivalent of mobile money.

Our work includes:
 

1. Lychee Platform
   The first Grassroots FinTech solution—automated transparency for CBOs
2. Universal Standards
   Defining what transparent, accountable grassroots organizations look like
3. Grassroots FinTech Alliance
   Building the ecosystem with foundations, INGOs, and capacity builders
4. Certification Program
   “Grassroots FinTech Certified”—the trust mark for organizational transparency
5. Advocacy & Policy
   Making organizational financial inclusion a development priority

Our Founder

Leadership

Suzanne Smith

Founder & CEO

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