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12 funders with a record of paying for “microfinance”
Where the money went Kasperick Foundation → Entrepreneurs Du Monde: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Many Rivers Microfinance Limited: $596K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Central Iowa → Iowa Community Capital: $223K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Give Back Foundation → Womens Microfinance Initiative Corporation: $92K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dame Family Foundation → Women's Microfinance Initiative: $67K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Xcel Energy Foundation → Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Vesaf Nfp → Truong Trong Khanh - Chairman Hearts of Hue: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Globalgiving Foundation Inc → Women's Microfinance Initiative: $46K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lillian Feder Foundation Inc → Women's Microfinance Initiative Cor: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Keltner Family Foundation → Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Trio Foundation of St Louis → Microfinancing Partners in Africa: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Sam S Bloom Foundation → Rocky Mountain Microfinance Inst: $23K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Friendship Bridge: $600K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → European Microfinance Network: $552K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Central Iowa → Isiserettes: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Kasperick Foundation → New Horizon Association: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute: $460K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Caurie-Mf: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Africaworks Para Comunidades Rurais: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Kasperick Foundation → Working Capital for Community Needs: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Centro De Servicios Financieros Aka Funder: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kasperick Foundation → Inkomoko: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Centro De Servicios Financieros Aka Funder Col Miramontes: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Global Fund for Widows: $187K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Microfinance Center: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kasperick Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Kasperick Foundation $3.8M Jpmorgan Chase Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation $1.7M United Way of Central Iowa: $254K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Central Iowa $254K Give Back Foundation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder. Give Back Foundation $92K Dame Family Foundation: $67K on this topic. Open the funder. Dame Family Foundation $67K Xcel Energy Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Xcel Energy Foundation $50K Vesaf Nfp: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Vesaf Nfp $46K Globalgiving Foundation Inc: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Globalgiving Foundation Inc $46K Lillian Feder Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Lillian Feder Foundation Inc $40K Keltner Family Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Keltner Family Foundation $40K Trio Foundation of St Louis: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Trio Foundation of St Louis $38K The Sam S Bloom Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sam S Bloom Foundation $23K Entrepreneurs Du Monde: received $1.0M on this topic Entrepreneurs Du Monde $1.0M Friendship Bridge: received $600K on this topic Friendship Bridge $600K Many Rivers Microfinance Limited: received $596K on this topic Many Rivers Microfinance Limited $596K European Microfinance Network: received $552K on this topic European Microfinance Network $552K Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute: received $550K on this topic Rocky Mountain Microfinance Ins… $550K New Horizon Association: received $500K on this topic New Horizon Association $500K Caurie-Mf: received $300K on this topic Caurie-Mf $300K Africaworks Para Comunidades Rurais: received $300K on this topic Africaworks Para Comunidades Ru… $300K Working Capital for Community Needs: received $250K on this topic Working Capital for Community N… $250K Iowa Community Capital: received $223K on this topic Iowa Community Capital $223K Centro De Servicios Financieros Aka Funder: received $200K on this topic Centro De Servicios Financieros… $200K Inkomoko: received $200K on this topic Inkomoko $200K Centro De Servicios Financieros Aka Funder Col Miramontes: received $200K on this topic Centro De Servicios Financieros… $200K Global Fund for Widows: received $187K on this topic Global Fund for Widows $187K Microfinance Center: received $120K on this topic Microfinance Center $120K Women's Microfinance Initiative: received $113K on this topic Women's Microfinance Initiative $113K Womens Microfinance Initiative Corporation: received $92K on this topic Womens Microfinance Initiative… $92K Truong Trong Khanh - Chairman Hearts of Hue: received $46K on this topic Truong Trong Khanh - Chairman H… $46K Women's Microfinance Initiative Cor: received $40K on this topic Women's Microfinance Initiative… $40K Microfinancing Partners in Africa: received $38K on this topic Microfinancing Partners in Afri… $38K Isiserettes: received $31K on this topic Isiserettes $31K Rocky Mountain Microfinance Inst: received $23K on this topic Rocky Mountain Microfinance Inst $23K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “microfinance” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $375,000 to ENTREPRENEURS DU MONDE — microfinance: myanmar, burkina faso
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Largest: $300,402 to MANY RIVERS MICROFINANCE LIMITED — in support of underserved small business expansion
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Largest: $80,000 to IOWA COMMUNITY CAPITAL — solidarity microfinance program
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Largest: $26,926 to WOMENS MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE CORPORATION — program support
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Largest: $20,000 to WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE — financial aid for developing countri
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Largest: $10,000 to Women's Microfinance Initiative Cor — for loans to women in developing countries.
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Largest: $10,000 to MICROFINANCING PARTNERS IN AFRICA — microfinance services of the bukoba women's empowerment association (buwea)
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Largest: $18,450 to TRUONG TRONG KHANH - CHAIRMAN HEARTS OF HUE — microfinance for 29 families (round 1) in huong van commune, thua thein hue province
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Largest: $6,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INST — support services business develop
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Largest: $20,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTE — community vitality
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Largest: $19,902 to WOMEN'S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE — funds raised by globalgiving and disbursed to meet donor expectations
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Largest: $15,000 to ROCKY MOUNTAIN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTE — general operating
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