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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25,579 lending teams in all categories
  • Team Japan

    Team Japan

    760 members have lent $611,125 in 21,934 loans
    Japan Category: Local Area Team since: Sep, 2008
    We loan because: we feel that we can help the world, one person at a time.
  • Kiva Walk

    Kiva Walk

    515 members have lent $601,475 in 23,067 loans
    United States of America Category: Other Team since: Sep, 2009
    We loan because: We all have what it takes to be healthy - happy - contributing members of our communities. Check out our Colorado walking community at Walk2Connect.com and our 2010 walk across the USA at KivaWalk.com
  • Denmark

    Denmark

    508 members have lent $590,300 in 21,899 loans
    Denmark Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
    (Article 1 of United Nations…
  • Give Green - Environmental Loans

    Give Green - Environmental Loans

    1,513 members have lent $560,950 in 19,756 loans
    International Category: Common Interest Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: We want the world to be a better place.
  • Kiva Austin Texas

    Kiva Austin Texas

    680 members have lent $547,000 in 16,498 loans
    Austin, TX Category: Local Area Team since: Sep, 2008
    We loan because: We are big-hearted Texans and citizens of the world who enjoy sharing our prosperity and making a positive difference in the world.
  • Quebec

    Quebec

    325 members have lent $519,550 in 18,621 loans
    Quebec Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: We want to help.
    Nous voulons aider.
  • Calgary, Canada

    Calgary, Canada

    601 members have lent $506,000 in 18,212 loans
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada Category: Local Area Team since: Sep, 2008
    We loan because: Living in such a great city as Calgary with all the opportunities that entails, surely we can make an effort to help others less fortunate. We all can make a big difference with just a small loan.

  • Unitarian Universalists

    Unitarian Universalists

    734 members have lent $505,200 in 15,150 loans
    worldwide Category: Religious Congregations Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: We believe in:
    **The inherent worth and dignity of every person
    **Justice, equity and compassion in human relations
    **Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our…
  • Dermalogica

    Dermalogica

    830 members have lent $502,150 in 16,172 loans
    Worldwide Category: Businesses Team since: Jul, 2010
    We loan because: We believe in the multiplier effect of supplying capital to women - supporting a woman in opening or growing a business enables her to buy food and housing for her family, send her children to school, and contribute to…
  • España - Spain

    España - Spain

    577 members have lent $501,550 in 17,984 loans
    España (Spain) Category: Local Area Team since: Aug, 2008
    We loan because: Kiva ofrece un medio ideal para participar activamente en el apoyo a emprendedores sin recursos que no pueden acceder a los canales normales de financiación y que, gracias a los micro-créditos, pueden desarrollar una…