A global community of lenders is mobilizing local impact on Kiva Zip. By supporting small business owners ready to change their communities, we all have the ability to make an impact.

1. 3 Minute Impact Investing:
How A Global Community Mobilizes Local Impact
Elizabeth, Quincy, CA

2. If you could make an impact on your
community and the world in three
minutes, how would you do it?

3. The world relies on a financial system increasingly
based on numbers, averages and algorithms…
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4. The Kiva Zip
community envisions a
world where human
relationships are
restored into the heart
of the financial system
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5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 2) Support a cause you
care about – like
Sustainable Agriculture
or Returning Veterans
– in an easy way
Paula, Redwood Valley, CA

11. 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

12. 4) Connect with small
business owners on a
personal level
Become a customer or
brand ambassador
Send a message of
encouragement
Ahmed, Portland, OR

13. 5) Become a part of the
movement
Join a global community of
50,000 lenders in over 100
countries
DB, Detroit, MI

14. 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!

15. 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

16. Potential Life Changing Impact
Rixi, San Francisco, CA

17. 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

18. 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.”

19. “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

20. 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!

21. Engage and Share On Twitter!

22. “Knowledge will give you power, but
character respect” -Bruce Lee
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23. Thank you for being the change
you want to see in the world
Sebastian, Detroit, MI

25. 3 Minutes of Lending Can
Change Everything