Kiva - Micro Loans

Superfactory is giving back to the global community by supporting Kiva. Kiva works with small banks and other lenders to provide micro loans to thousands of individuals worldwide.

Superfactory has created and funded a substantial micro loan portfolio on Kiva, with the loans designated toward entrepreneurs trying to start business and especially manufacturing related enterprises.

View the status of Superfactory's portfolio here.

You can also help us add to our portfolio by making as little as a $10 donation by clicking here. You can change the quantity in increments of $10.

Please note that although Kiva is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Superfactory is not. 100% of your donation will be transferred to Superfactory's Kiva account. Superfactory will not withdraw any funds, nor will it collect any interest, therefore Superfactory also considers its investment to be a donation. If the tax consequences are important to you, please consult your tax professional or create your own Kiva account.

More about Kiva:

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.

The people you see on Kiva's site are real individuals in need of funding - not marketing material. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else in need.

Kiva partners with existing expert microfinance institutions. In doing so, we gain access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities world-wide. Our partners are experts in choosing qualified entrepreneurs. That said, they are usually short on funds. Through Kiva, our partners upload their entrepreneur profiles directly to the site so you can lend to them. When you do, not only do you get a unique experience connecting to a specific entreprenuer on the other side of the planet, but our microfinance partners can do more of what they do, more efficiently.

Kiva provides a data-rich, transparent lending platform. We are constantly working to make the system more transparent to show how money flows throughout the entire cycle, and what effect it has on the people and institutions lending it, borrowing it, and managing it along the way. To do this, we are using the power of the internet to facilitate one-to-one connections that were previously prohibitively expensive. Child sponsorship has always been a high overhead business. Kiva creates a similar interpersonal connection at much lower costs due to the instant, inexpensive nature of internet delivery. The individuals featured on our website are real people who need a loan and are waiting for socially-minded individuals like you to lend them money.