Loan
Matching
With a revolving loan fund on Kiva.org, organizations and individuals can maximize their impact in the sectors and countries of their choice. Loan matchers can re-lend their funds again and again, multiplying their impact and helping Kiva.org borrowers get funded twice as fast.
How It Works
Benefits
A matching loan account allows individuals and companies to tailor and multiply impact on kiva.org.
Tailored impact
Choose the sectors and geographies you care most about.
Rapid response
Deploy funds efficiently to meet your chosen lending criteria.
Public acknowledgment
Visibility of your loan matching publicly displayed on Kiva.org.
Integrated analytics
Comprehensive data reporting.
Partner Spotlight
Through a national partnership with Kiva, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) sponsors a one-to-one matching fund that helps business owners reach their crowdfunded loan goal on Kiva’s platform. Borrowers must work with a LISC Trustee to qualify for the matching funds. As of 2020, LISC has funded ~300 borrowers through ~$750,000 in loans.
Grameen Foundation, as part of the Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) Consortium, has partnered with Kiva to provide micro-loans to women entrepreneurs through a loan matching fund. The fund will empower nearly 10,000 women entrepreneurs associated with three socially-focused microfinance institutions in El Salvador and Honduras. Along with the fund, the WAGE Consortium is addressing broad issues of financial inclusion, gender-based violence, and the laws and policies that impact women’s economic empowerment.
Bank of America partners with Kiva to match loans to women entrepreneurs around the world. Bank of America’s support of Kiva is part of the company’s broader efforts to advance women’s economic empowerment and reflects its commitment to being a diverse and inclusive company. Through participating in Kiva initiatives such as International Women’s Day Matching Campaign, Bank of America has helped catalyze $2,000,000 in fully funded loans to women.
