Foundry Collective

Foundry Collective empowers small and rural communities by fostering innovation, accelerating entrepreneurship, and creating economic opportunities through local partnerships. We offer comprehensive support to small businesses, including:*Technical assistance *Startup accelerator training through the CO.STARTERS program *Business planning with the IdeaBuddy platform *Access to capital via Kiva In 2022, Foundry Collective became a Kiva Trustee, providing pre-application guidance to borrowers. This initiative resulted in over in funded Kiva U.S. loans. Building on this success, in February 2024, we partnered with Kiva U.S. to launch Kiva Oregon. By November 2024, Kiva Oregon had facilitated 20 loans totaling targeting underserved small businesses. Kiva Oregon Highlights:*The first Kiva Hub in Oregon and the first hub focused on rural areas in the U.S.*Serves rural communities by addressing critical funding gaps for systemically underserved populations.*Provides crowdfunded loans with 0% interest and no fees, enabling small business growth and economic resilience.*65% female borrowers