MicroCare Community Development Solutions
Our Mission
To empower hardworking and overlooked communities to overcome financial barriers, build profitable businesses, and achieve economic self-reliance through access to affordable capital, financial education, and business training—driving economic growth across Arizona.
Our Vision
A vibrant economic landscape driven by empowered entrepreneurs who overcome financial barriers, build lasting businesses, and foster growth in their communities.
Title VI
At MicroCare, we are committed to inclusive practices in accordance with Title VI regulations. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under the law, has fair and equal access to our small business programs and services. We believe that diversity and inclusion are not only essential values but also catalysts for the success and advancement of our community. Our commitment to non-discrimination encompasses every aspect of our operations.
Our Objectives This Year
≥ 1000
Clients served
< $1 Million
In Micro-small business loans since 2006
>250
Disbursed loans
≥ 1500
Jobs created or retained
Our Current Program Areas
Tucson Office
5049 E Broadway STE 306, Tucson, AZ, 85711
Phoenix Office
951 E Calle Del Norte, Chandler,
AZ, 85225
Our Founder's Story
Ms. Yasmin Badri
Yasmin Badri is a entrepreneur of color and the founder and CEO of MicroCare Community Development Solutions, MicroCare, a community development and loan fund organization. As a U.S. immigrant, she has a wealth of experience in creating economic opportunities in underserved markets.
She is born in Germany, and comes from a mixed Sudanese (Father) and Ethiopian (Mother) background. Her heritage boasts strong ties to education and activism, as her great-grandfather, Mr. Babikr Bedri, pioneered women's education in Sudan, laying the groundwork for today's Ahfad University for Women, which still stands today. Yasmin Badri has a wealth of experience leading Federal and State programs, including Community Development Finance Institutions programs, Small Business Administration (SBA)—MicroLoans Program, Rural Microentrepreneur and Assistance Programs, Digital Literacy, and Refugee Microenterprise Programs.
Mr. Babiker Badri
Before starting MicroCare, she held executive management roles in microenterprise and digital literacy at organizations such as We Care Tucson, previously World Care, PPEP Micro-business & Housing Development Corporation, The International Rescue Committee, the World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and Ahfad University for Women at Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies.
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Ms. Badri holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, an M.S. in International Community Economic Development and Computer Information Systems from Southern New Hampshire University, an M.A. in Media Production and Documentary Film Directing from Sheffield Hallam University, U.K., and a B.S. B.S. in Organizational Management from Ahfad University for Women in Sudan.