Partner with Kiva to fund entrepreneurs around the world, create systemic change, and support community-based organizations through a model that multiplies the impact of every dollar.
Your capital. Our platform. Real impact.
Deploy capital that keeps working.
Why partner with Kiva?
Most philanthropy funds one-time programs. Kiva partnerships work differently.
Through Kiva’s unique model, partner capital is put into action to support entrepreneurs and local partners globally. Through more than 300 strategic partnerships with corporations, foundations, and individual donors, Kiva’s community has created real change in more than 90 countries around the world, while simultaneously meeting each partner’s internal priorities and goals. Together, our focus on the world's most pressing challenges means partners create lasting and sustainable change in the lives of people worldwide.
Three ways organizations partner with Kiva
Whether your goal is engaging audiences, directing capital towards communities, or launching innovative new programs, or a bit of each, Kiva partnerships can be tailored to your goals. And with our unique revolving loan fund model, deployed capital goes further.
Direct impact
REAL RESULT: An initial $50k fund resulted in $180k in impact
Revolving loan funds channel capital toward the communities and issues that matter most to your organization. Kiva partnerships scale our crowdfunded model to put your capital into the hands of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and underserved communities globally.
Engage your audiences
REAL RESULT: 82% employee participation in kiva campaign
Turn social impact into a meaningful experience for your employees or customers. Kiva programs invite audiences to fund entrepreneurs directly, participate in impact campaigns, and see the results of their support.
Build capacity
Real result: Invested $500K to strengthen refugee financing
Join us to create innovative and sustainable programs that build the capacity of Kiva and our partners around the world. Help us design financial products, improve operations, and scale impact that creates systemic change for communities.
Let's build something together.
The world needs bold partners. Kiva is looking for organizations ready to go further.
Click the link to fill out our inquiry form and share a little about your work and your goals. Our team will follow up to find the right path forward together. No commitment, just a conversation.
How revolving loan funds work
Real results, independently measured. And impact that keeps building.
Most charitable dollars are spent once. At Kiva, yours keep moving. When an entrepreneur repays their loan, that capital flows back into the fund, ready to back the next bold idea. One contribution can reach more people over time, doubling or tripling its impact without any additional investment from you. Here's how it works: partners make an initial contribution to launch their fund. From there, you can automatically direct capital toward causes aligned with your mission, or put the choice in your audience's hands, letting them select an entrepreneur whose story resonates with them directly. The entrepreneur puts that capital to work, repays the loan, and the cycle begins again. More people reached. More impact made. More return on every dollar you invest.
Interested in making a transformational gift to Kiva?
Individuals can support Kiva’s mission by donating to help expand access to capital for entrepreneurs worldwide.
More reasons to partner with Kiva
Real-time data
Partners can track impact through data, dashboards, and borrower stories. Explore a demo of our impact dashboards.
Measurable impact
Kiva has facilitated billions in loans supporting entrepreneurs worldwide. Understand our global impact and rigorous monitoring.
Global footprint, local partners.
Kiva’s impact reaches over 90 countries through more than 300 local partners. Learn more about where Kiva works.
Trusted nonprofit
Trusted by millions of individuals and organizations for 20 years. Browse our charity reviews, awards, and recognitions.
Here are a few of the organizations partnering with Kiva
Learn more about Kiva's innovative partnerships
Kiva and USWNTPA partnership wins 2023 Gold Halo Award
Read about the partnership between Kiva and the U.S. Women's National Team Player's Association and how a focus on U.S. systemically marginalized business owners rose to the top at this year's HALO Awards. Read more →
85% engagement rate across global employees
After the most successful employee engagement campaign in Kiva’s partnership history resulted in $1.2 million in loans deployed to over 19,000 businesses around the world, Visa and Kiva have a lot to celebrate. Read more →
How Zuora inspires its clients to become Kiva lenders
To amplify their investment in positive change, Zuora's leaders recognized that becoming a Kiva Strategic Partner provided access to a suite of tools that would engage employees and customers in microlending. Read more →
Join us in opening financial access for all
If you're in the U.S. and seeking a Kiva loan, start here or email borrowers@kiva.org with further questions. For loans outside the U.S., contact Kiva’s Lending Partners directly. If you’re a microfinance institution interested in becoming a Lending Partner, please start here.