Fund vehicle
Kiva Refugee Investment Fund
The Kiva Refugee Investment Fund (KRIF) is an impact-first debt fund managed by Kiva Capital Management, a subsidiary of Kiva.org. KRIF provides capital to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other financial service providers (FSPs) to scale ethical lending to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), host communities, and populations at risk of forced migration. The fund aims to address the financial exclusion faced by these communities, enabling them to access the resources needed to start businesses, create jobs, and rebuild their lives. KRIF challenges the perception that lending to displaced populations is high-risk, providing an evidence base for their creditworthiness and modelling a new and inclusive way of creating economic opportunity. The fund also includes capacity building for FSPs to ensure effective delivery of services.
- Manager
- Kiva Capital Management, LLC
- Vintage
- 2021
- Strategy
- Private Credit
- Target size
- $32.5m
- Size
- $32.5m
- Status
- Closed
Disclosed limited partners
- Ceniarth LLC
- Hamilton Community Foundation
- ImpactAssets Inc.
- Mercy Investment Services
- Sobrato Philanthropies
- Soros Economic Development Fund
- The Dunn Family Charitable Foundation
- The Fairmount Foundation
- The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- The Shapiro Family Foundation
- The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Tiedemann Advisors
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026