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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I have for some other things, but Charity Navigator doesn't appear to track the micro lending sites either because of how they work or their age, I don't recall atm.
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That's unfortunate, but not too surprising. Kiva has a good reputation, although they have had a little trouble recently for not being 100% open about their loan policies. I was afraid it would sink them, but the bad publicity appears to have not been as bad as feared.
The microlending org I like is Grameen, unfortunately they don't do any real fundraising anymore (they did make a start two years ago, but due to some turmoil and turnover didn't really continue). Yunnus is the man, lol.
ETA: The Grameen foundation does raise funds, but not like Kiva does. Completely different structure- I wish they did do that at Grameen!