anti-poverty
adjective
an·ti-pov·er·ty
ˌan-tē-ˈpä-vər-tē 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antipoverty
: opposing poverty : designed or intended to relieve poverty
anti-poverty efforts/policies
… the legislation severely restricts eligibility for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits, cutting $56 billion from antipoverty programs.—
Ellen L. Bassuk et al.
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According to a press release, the Bezos family has donated a whopping $100 million to Robin Hood, a major anti-poverty nonprofit in New York, to set up the Jackie Bezos Endowment for Early Childhood.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 13 May 2026
This book tells his story, including the founding of a one-of-kind art center that is, as Bill says, an anti-poverty job training program that doesn't look like poverty.
—Time, 12 May 2026
Workers’ groups, retiree organizations, and Democratic lawmakers spent months fighting a proposal that would have dismantled the most successful anti-poverty program in American history.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Newsom was joined by Baby2Baby co-executives Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein, HHS Secretary Kim Johnson and San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, the heir to the Levi Strauss denim fortune who ran the Tipping Foundation, an anti-poverty nonprofit before entering office last year.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
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Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 13 May 2026
This book tells his story, including the founding of a one-of-kind art center that is, as Bill says, an anti-poverty job training program that doesn't look like poverty.
—Time, 12 May 2026
Workers’ groups, retiree organizations, and Democratic lawmakers spent months fighting a proposal that would have dismantled the most successful anti-poverty program in American history.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Newsom was joined by Baby2Baby co-executives Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein, HHS Secretary Kim Johnson and San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, the heir to the Levi Strauss denim fortune who ran the Tipping Foundation, an anti-poverty nonprofit before entering office last year.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
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“Anti-poverty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-poverty. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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