Total amount raised
$14.67M
Latest funding date
2025-09-10
Location
What Is Kiva?
Kiva, founded in 2005 by Jessica Jackley and Matt Flannery, is an international nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. The organization operates a global marketplace platform to crowdfund microloans for financially excluded entrepreneurs, farmers, and students around the world.
With offices in San Francisco, Portland, New York, Nairobi, and Bangkok, Kiva combines the culture and technological passion of an internet start-up with the compassion and empathy of a nonprofit. The organization has over 100 employees and 400 volunteers worldwide.
Kiva's mission is to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive, providing crowdfunded loans to those who need them most. This innovative approach has made a significant impact on communities globally.
How Much Funding Has Kiva Raised?
- Grant — Skoll Foundation
- Amount Raised: $1,000,000
- Date: 2007
- Lead Investors: Skoll Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: Recognizing Kiva as one of the world's best social enterprises and supporting its early-stage growth.
- Grant — Omidyar Network
- Amount Raised: $5,000,000
- Date: August 2010
- Lead Investors: Omidyar Network
- Motivation Behind the Round: To help expand Kiva's field partners, support due diligence, and grow microfinance in underserved markets.
- Grant — Reid Hoffman
- Amount Raised: $1,000,000
- Date: March 2012
- Lead Investors: Reid Hoffman
- Motivation Behind the Round: To empower people to improve their circumstances and become self-reliant by enabling 40,000 individuals to lend $25 for free.
- Grant — Google Global Impact Award
- Amount Raised: $3,000,000
- Date: December 2013
- Lead Investors: Google.org
- Motivation Behind the Round: To launch Kiva Labs, aimed at adding more flexibility to microlending and reaching the 2.5 billion people who lack access to capital.
- Grant — Walton Family Foundation (NWA Kiva Hub Launch)
- Amount Raised: $100,000
- Date: December 2019
- Lead Investors: Walton Family Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: To launch the Northwest Arkansas Kiva Hub, providing matching funds for zero-interest microloans to small business owners in Washington and Benton counties.
- Grant — Walton Family Foundation (NWA Kiva Hub Renewal)
- Amount Raised: $470,000
- Date: November 2022
- Lead Investors: Walton Family Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: Three-year grant to continue facilitating the NWA Kiva Hub, expanding capacity and no-interest microloan access for entrepreneurs.
- Grant — Boundless Futures Foundation (Her Village)
- Amount Raised: $100,000
- Date: March 2025
- Lead Investors: Boundless Futures Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: To support a social enterprise impact study and establish a revolving loan fund empowering female founders addressing social issues.
- Grant — Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Amount Raised: $3,000,000
- Date: March 2025
- Lead Investors: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: To support refugees' financial inclusion through lending, capacity building, and measuring impact across South America.
- Grant — Walton Family Foundation (NWA Kiva Hub Expansion)
- Amount Raised: $1,000,000
- Date: September 2025
- Lead Investors: Walton Family Foundation
- Motivation Behind the Round: Three-year commitment to renew and expand support for the NWA Kiva Hub loan match fund, with multi-language support planned for the program.
Kiva has raised at least $14.67 million based on disclosed grant funding to date across all tracked rounds. Note: Additional grants from Chevron, Visa, Sam's Club, American Express, and numerous foundation grants are documented but specific dates are not all publicly confirmed.
Key Investors
- Walton Family Foundation
- Details: The Walton Family Foundation has been Kiva's most consistent recent funder, committing $100,000 in 2019, $470,000 in 2022, and $1 million in September 2025 to the Northwest Arkansas Kiva Hub loan match fund, enabling zero-interest microloans for small business owners.
- Investment Focus Areas: Economic opportunity, community development, education, environmental conservation.
- Notable Investments: Kiva NWA Hub (2019, 2022, 2025), various community and education initiatives.
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Details: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded Kiva a $3 million grant in March 2025 to support refugees' financial inclusion through lending and capacity building in South America through December 2028.
- Investment Focus Areas: Refugee support, financial inclusion, humanitarian initiatives.
- Notable Investments: Kiva (2025, refugee financial inclusion), Khan Academy, GiveDirectly.
- Boundless Futures Foundation
- Details: Awarded Kiva a $100,000 Her Village grant in March 2025 to support female founders committed to addressing social issues and to establish a revolving loan fund.
- Investment Focus Areas: Female entrepreneurship, social enterprise, financial inclusion.
- Notable Investments: Kiva Her Village Grant (2025).
- Omidyar Network
- Details: Founded by eBay's Pierre Omidyar, Omidyar Network awarded Kiva a $5 million grant in 2010 to expand field partners, support due diligence, and grow microfinance in underserved markets.
- Investment Focus Areas: Financial inclusion, education, property rights.
- Notable Investments: Kiva, Bridge International Academies, Landesa.
- Skoll Foundation
- Details: Founded by Jeff Skoll, the first president of eBay, the Skoll Foundation granted Kiva $1 million in 2007, recognizing Kiva as one of the world's best social enterprises.
- Investment Focus Areas: Social entrepreneurship, health, environmental sustainability.
- Notable Investments: Kiva, One Acre Fund, Water.org.
What's Next for Kiva?
As Kiva looks to the future, the launch of Kiva Labs, funded by a $3 million grant from Google's philanthropic arm, presents a significant opportunity. This initiative aims to enhance the flexibility of microlending, potentially reaching the 2.5 billion people who still lack access to capital. The high repayment rate of 99% underscores the reliability of Kiva's model, making it an attractive option for future investors.
Future fundraising efforts could see increased participation from high net-worth individuals and possibly governments, inspired by the success of previous donations like Reid Hoffman's $1 million contribution. However, scaling operations to manage the increased volume of loans and participants, along with ensuring the sustainability of Kiva Labs, will be critical challenges. Additionally, navigating potential political hurdles if governments adopt similar programs will require careful strategy.
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