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Lending Teams: Connect with Kiva's lender community

Join a Lending Team and get to know Kiva's vibrant community of active and inspiring lenders.

Lending Teams are self-organized groups where members connect with each other and rally around shared lending goals.

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25,404 lending teams in all categories
  • Netherlands

    Netherlands

    1,129 members have lent $1,279,500 in 45,079 loans
    Netherlands Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: het mensen helpt een zelfstandig bestaan op te bouwen.
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  • India

    India

    2,122 members have lent $1,524,475 in 41,222 loans
    Indians and India Lovers Worldwide Category: Common Interest Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: "What we should aim at is the creation of people power, which is opposed to the power of violence and is different from the coercive power of state." - Vinoba Bhave
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  • New York

    New York

    2,651 members have lent $1,186,300 in 41,085 loans
    New York City Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: New York is full of entrepreneurs so we want to support others around the world, and give them the opportunity to alleviate themselves out of poverty.
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  • Late Loaning Lenders

    Late Loaning Lenders

    1,408 members have lent $1,244,700 in 37,410 loans
    Anywhere Category: Common Interest Team since: Jul, 2009
    We loan because: We hate to see loans being left unfunded on Kiva. Although most of these loans are pre-funded by the Field Partners, the Field Partners lose out on the capital if a loan doesn't get funded on Kiva. We believe that…
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  • Catholic Kiva

    Catholic Kiva

    1,355 members have lent $943,725 in 32,904 loans
    Worldwide Category: Religious Congregations Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: It is the right thing to do.
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  • Sweden

    Sweden

    1,217 members have lent $955,625 in 32,269 loans
    Sweden Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
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  • Finland

    Finland

    1,718 members have lent $805,100 in 30,522 loans
    Finland Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
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  • women empowering women

    women empowering women

    2,892 members have lent $727,725 in 26,572 loans
    global Category: Common Interest Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: empower a woman, change the world.
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  • KivaFriends.org

    KivaFriends.org

    1,358 members have lent $736,625 in 25,232 loans
    All Over The World Category: Common Interest Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: we are a diverse group of people with diverse reasons for participating on Kiva.org, but with a unifying desire to alleviate poverty around the world through making microloans to the hard working poor.
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  • Washington State

    Washington State

    686 members have lent $691,650 in 24,635 loans
    Washington State Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: Each of us has a responsibility to all of us.
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