Lending Teams

Connect with Kiva's lender community

Lending teams are self-organized groups built around common interests, school affiliation or location.

Join as many teams as you'd like, and rally around shared lending goals by counting each of your loans at checkout toward the team's impact.

To get started, simply join an existing team or create a new one and invite your friends!

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Team Listing

318 lending teams in the "Sports Groups" category

Cheeseheads For Change

604 members have funded $597,800 in loans

Green Bay, WI Category: Sports Groups Team since: Sep, 2008

We loan because: If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Now in the modern world, you can give that same man a loan to buy a fishing pole, he catches fish with his new pole to feed his family, his community improves because…

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Mountain bikers!

51 members have funded $353,175 in loans

Usa Category: Sports Groups Team since: Jun, 2012

We loan because: Mountain bikers care.

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Leeds United Fans

112 members have funded $236,975 in loans

Worldwide Category: Sports Groups Team since: Dec, 2010

We loan because: We want to make a difference. We will make the world a better place by helping one person at a time.
Marching On Together!!!

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New England Patriots Fans

217 members have funded $177,400 in loans

Foxborough Category: Sports Groups Team since: Sep, 2008

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scuba divers

111 members have funded $167,275 in loans

global Category: Sports Groups Team since: Sep, 2008

We loan because: It's the right thing to do.

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New York Giants Fans

145 members have funded $141,175 in loans

Giants Stadium Category: Sports Groups Team since: Aug, 2008

We loan because: Dallas fans won't.

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Runners Who Love to Lend

141 members have funded $103,625 in loans

United States Category: Sports Groups Team since: Sep, 2008

We loan because: it feels awesome to lend money to someone who is working hard to carve out a better life. We've been given so much, it's time to give back.

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Boston Red Sox Fans

138 members have funded $100,950 in loans

Red Sox Nation Category: Sports Groups Team since: Aug, 2008

We loan because: this is wicked more important than beating the Yankees.

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Geocachers

73 members have funded $75,125 in loans

Anywhere Category: Sports Groups Team since: Sep, 2008

We loan because: We are interested in all the places and people of the planet. We are searching for ways to make the world better. "Cash in, Poverty out".

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Surf Travelers

83 members have funded $71,100 in loans

Worldwide Category: Sports Groups Team since: Jul, 2009

We loan because: We love to surf, we love to travel and we want to give something back to the places we visit.

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