Synergos is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 with a mission to reduce global poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...

 through “inclusive partnerships” that bring together government, business, civil society

Civil society

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 and local communities.

History

Peggy Dulany

Peggy Dulany

Peggy Dulany Rockefeller is a philanthropist and the fourth child of David Rockefeller. She is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her siblings are Abby, Richard, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, Eileen Rockefeller Growald, and David Rockefeller, Jr...

 founded Synergos in 1986 and Robert H. Dunn is the organization’s President and CEO. Synergos is headquartered in New York

New York

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 and has regional offices in Latin America

Latin America

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 and Southern Africa

Southern Africa

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.

Syngergos' Global Philanthropists Circle is an international network of philanthropists focused on global poverty.

See also

• Philanthropy
  Philanthropy
  Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
  
  
• Rockefeller Foundation
  Rockefeller Foundation
  The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
  
  
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
  
• Rockefeller family
  Rockefeller family
  The Rockefeller family , the Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller , is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th...
  
  
• David Rockefeller
  David Rockefeller
  David Rockefeller, Sr. is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His five siblings were...
  
  
• Peggy Dulany
  Peggy Dulany
  Peggy Dulany Rockefeller is a philanthropist and the fourth child of David Rockefeller. She is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her siblings are Abby, Richard, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, Eileen Rockefeller Growald, and David Rockefeller, Jr...