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$25-$15K
Kiva Refugee Investment Fund provides loans through Kiva’s microfinance and crowdfunding model to help people improve their livelihoods and support businesses. The opportunity is aimed at entrepreneurs, with a featured focus on refugee borrowers, and Kiva also highlights women, climate-affected borrowers, and U.S. entrepreneurs. Existing data indicates typical loan participation sizes of $25 to $15K and a Pan-Africa geographic focus.
Loans
Kiva provides loans to help people improve their livelihoods and support businesses.
Refugees
Featured category highlighting refugee borrowers.
Climate advocates
Featured category highlighting people threatened by climate change and climate-related lending.
Women
Featured category highlighting women borrowers.
U.S. entrepreneurs
Featured category highlighting entrepreneurs in the United States.
Refugee microloans via crowdfunding
Business advisory, financial management training
Review interest rates and collateral requirements. Check prepayment penalties. Understand covenants.
Apply through Kiva’s Borrow section using the "Apply now" path. Applicants should clearly explain how the loan will improve livelihoods or support a business, and refugee entrepreneurs should make that status visible because refugees are a featured borrower category.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple portfolio companies