CARD MRI provides microfinance and engages in community-based activities to alleviate poverty and otherwise improve the lives of socially and economically challenged women and families. Begun in 1986 as a social development foundation, CARD MRI has since reorganized as a group of mutually reinforcing institutions. The CARD MRI network reaches many regions of the Philippines. Since January 2015, CARD MRI has served over 2.6 million clients, and in January 2015 there were around 1.5 million active clients with loans. CARD MRI employs 9,932 people and operates 1,647 offices.