Kiva Zip in the US, 2013 Review

Together, our small team, and our epic community of thousands of users, have achieved a lot in 2013.

In this holiday season we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of these collective successes.

2013

In 2013, 15,558 people

Crowdfunded

$1,663,705 of loans

To 410 financially excluded U.S. entrepreneurs looking to make a positive social impact in our world.

Entrepreneurs like

Gerald…Kyle…

Robert… and Chris.

Gerald is the proud owner of Young G’s Barbecue Sauce, based out of Waterloo, Iowa.

During his time in Afghanistan, he told four of his fellow soldiers that if he made it back home, he would start his own business using his family’s secret recipe.

With the help of his trustee, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Gerald took out a $2,000 Kiva Zip loan…

…to purchase a new computer and new parts and labor for his service truck.

He has now repaid 67% of his loan to his 32 lenders, on time.

Kyle is the entrepreneur behind Indosole, based in San Francisco.Indosole saves tires from landfill sites in Indonesia, and turns them into shoes and sandals.

To-date, they have saved over 8,000 tires, and provided jobs to over 40 Balinese artisans.

Kyle took out a $5,000 Kiva Zip loan in 2012, paid it back on time, and then took out a $10,000 loan in October.

…and crowdfunded by 349 lenders from around the world.

Kyle was endorsed by his trustee, long-time Kiva lender, Justin Curzi…

Robert’s business, Paper Clouds Apparel, raises funds for special needs schools, while showcasing the creative minds and artistic abilities of individuals with special needs. Robert takes artwork created by individuals with special needs, and transfers it to a shirt. 50% of the profit from every shirt sold goes to the special needs school or organi-zation that gave him the art.Robert’s Kiva Zip loan was endorsed by his trustee SEED SPOT, a social enterprise incubator located in Phoenix.

Over the last year, SEED SPOT have endorsed 11 Kiva Zip loans for $50,000 with a 98% repayment rate.

For Chris, organic farming started as a hobby, became a passion, and has been an obsession ever since.

Little Rock Urban Farming has a new vision for agric-ulture in Arkansas. They are actively engaging their com-munity about the need to address public health with sustainable agriculture.

Chris’ $10,000 Kiva Zip loan was funded by 126 lenders, as part of our Little Rock Kiva City launch in March.

These 368 loans were

endorsed by 270 trustees

Throughout 40 states

And are paying back with an

87% repayment rate.

All Kiva Zip loans have an interest rate of:

0%

It’s been a great year for getting the word out about Kiva Zip…

Senator Mark Warner helps to launch Kiva Zip in Richmond, VA in

July

P. Kevin Morley/Times-Dispatch

Kiva Zip borrower Anna Tvelova on the front page of the SF

Chronicle

Oakland Local celebrates the City of Oakland becoming a Kiva Zip

trustee

Forbes announces a partnership between Kiva Zip

and Etsy

Bill Clinton announces Kiva Zip’s launch in Little Rock, Arkansas

Senator Cory Booker & Kiva President Premal Shah launch Kiva Zip in

Newark

NBC coverage of Kiva Zip’s first loans in Flint, Michigan

…And a great year for our borrowers getting the word out about their small businesses to our community of lenders.

Countless new customers, business advisers and brand ambassadors

for Kiva Zip borrowers.

40,537 connections

made between borrowers and lenders…

11,671

comments exchanged between

Kiva Zip users

…that’s

99per loan

So from all of us on the Kiva Zip team…

THANK YOU!!!

To all of you in our community…

Our lenders

Our trustees

Our borrowers

Our funders

Help us grow our impact in 2014

Make a $25 loan

To one of the financially excluded and socially impactful entrepreneurs on Kiva

Zip.

Take a loan

To help launch or grow your business. First loans can be up to $5,000, at 0%

interest.

Become a trustee

Vouch for an entrepreneur in your community, and enable them to access a

Kiva Zip loan.

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