Contact Us

For sponsorship inquiries or session proposals, please contact Shaolee Sen at Opportunity Fund at (408) 849-4386 or email shaolee@opportunityfund.org.

For all other inquiries (including registration questions and event details), please call Laura Sadai at Opportunity Fund at (408) 516-4702 or email conference@opportunityfund.org.

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Opportunity Fund
Kiva
Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
ACCION USA Network

Opportunity Fund is one of the largest providers of microloans in California and matched savings accounts in the nation. Since making our first loan in 1995, Opportunity Fund has directed $150 million in community investment into the San Francisco Bay Area’s economically challenged neighborhoods, improving the lives of 9,000 households. Our mission is to advance the economic well-being of working people by helping them earn, save, and invest in their future. Our mix of products and programs, including real estate lending, enables us to take a comprehensive approach to community economic development, providing opportunities for people at each stage of the progression from poverty to self-sufficiency.

Kiva
Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending. Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. In 2009, Kiva launched in the U.S. with two partner organizations, Opportunity Fund and ACCION USA, making person to person lending accessible to US entrepreneurs for the first time. Kiva will have facilitated loans totaling $100 million by 2010.

Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN)
The Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) is a grassroots organization for people in the SF Bay Area (and beyond) interested in learning about microfinance, microcredit, and related finance, economic, and development topics. Our mission is to mobilize the Bay Area’s resources to increase the impact of microfinance in reducing global poverty. We do this by connecting, educating, and engaging people in the field of microfinance.