3 minute impact investing
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3 Minute Impact Investing: How A Global Community Mobilizes Local Impact
Elizabeth, Quincy, CA
If you could make an impact on your community and the world in three
minutes, how would you do it?
The world relies on a financial system increasingly based on numbers, averages and algorithms…
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The Kiva Zip community envisions a
world where human relationships are
restored into the heart of the financial system
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Kiva Zip is a community of people crowdfunding 0% interest microloans to
small business owners.
Many small business owners often do not qualify for conventional loans.
With Kiva Zip, you can change that!
Chancey, Greenville, SC
Kat, Racine, WI
At Kiva Zip, entrepreneurs are economically empowered by the strength of their character, rather than financially excluded by their
lack of collateral
Taku, Astoria, NY
Hundreds of people lend in small increments of $5 or more and step
forward to create opportunities.
People pay it forward because they care about making a difference in
their communities.
Chris, Little Rock, AR
Loans are not just about money. They mobilize and connect borrowers with a supportive
network of hundreds of business advisers, brand ambassadors,
customers and friends
Why be a lender on Kiva Zip?
1) Build the economy that you want to live in
Fund the launch and growth of hard-working small business owners
in your community
Toussaint, Oakland, CA
2) Support a cause you care about – like
Sustainable Agriculture or Returning Veterans
– in an easy way
Paula, Redwood Valley, CA
3) Recycle your money over time
Multiply your impact without any additional
investment
Kiva Zip’s repayment rate on loans is over
90%Leeretta, Pittsburgh, PA
4) Connect with small business owners on a
personal level
Become a customer or brand ambassador
Send a message of encouragement
Ahmed, Portland, OR
5) Become a part of the movement
Join a global community of 50,000 lenders in over 100
countries
DB, Detroit, MI
Matt, Washington, DC
(On stage with Bill Clinton)
At Kiva Zip you are making a loan, not a
donation!
The small business owner you supported
promises to repay you.
Once repaid, you can relend and continue making an impact!
Make A Social Impact In 3 Minutes
Nadine, Washington D.C.
156 lenders
Supporters in 11 countries and 5
continents
Community trustee endorsed
100% re-paid
Potential Life Changing Impact
Rixi, San Francisco, CA
Victor, San Francisco, CA
What success looks like
When Victor opened his first coffee shop in San
Francisco, he struggled to access conventional loans
67 Kiva Zip lenders came together to make him a
$5,000 interest-free, crowdfunded loan
Victor, San Francisco, CA
What success looks like
A year later, Victor paid them back and borrowed
$10,000 from 129 Kiva Zip lenders to open a 2nd shop
Victor now has three coffee shops around San Francisco, employing 15,
and bringing cultural vibrancy to communities
“People have put their trust in me and I don’t
want to let them down.”
“With Kiva Zip, I feel like I can be a part of an entrepreneur’s success.”
Suzanna, Kiva Zip lender
“As a small business owner myself, I know how hard it can be to make it work. I hope that, in a small way, my lending on Kiva Zip is an encouragement to the borrowers I lend to.”
Nate, Kiva Zip lender
Join them today!
Hear Bill Clinton talking about Kiva Zip in Little Rock
Watch a video introducing Kiva Zip
Join the movement by becoming a lender today!
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect” -Bruce Lee
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Thank you for being the change you want to see in the world
Sebastian, Detroit, MI
