Events and Webinars
State of Microenterprise. What does data from the 2011 U.S. Microenterprise Census tell us about how microenterprise programs have reacted since the "great recession" started in 2008? This webinar explores how microenterprise programs have expanded services to business owners newly closed out of mainstream capital markets, assisted traditionally disadvantaged microentrepreneurs survive downswings in demand, and adapted to the changing economy.
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MicroTracker.org, a website for the U.S. microenterprise field, helps programs, donors, researchers and media track the performance and client outcomes of microenterprise organizations nationwide.
MicroTracker helps your organization tell the story of its results. The benefits are simple, powerful, and timely:- Raises the awareness of your organization and the field to media, funders and entrepreneurs
- Allows custom report creation; benchmarking performance across key data like loan volume and performance, or entrepreneur diversity and training performance
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Asset Building Pilot
FIELD, in partnership with Justine PETERSEN and with support from the Citi Foundation, has launched a pilot program with five microenterprise organizations across the country to test the effectiveness of secured credit cards in building credit among microentrepreneurs. Read more about the evaluation design and our partners.
News
- FIELD and Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) Announce Data Sharing Partnership
February 24, 2012
- Lend For America takes students to frontlines of economic recession
January 30, 2012
- Microfinance Focus highlights students spearheading microfinance movement in United States.
January 11 , 2012
- Campus Microfinance Alliance announces its Lend for America program, offering a summer internship for university students in partnership with FIELD.
December 10, 2011
- Elaine Edgcomb blogs about Starbucks’ "Create Jobs for USA" initiative at the Huffington Post.
November 3, 2011
- Elaine Edgcomb discusses domestic microenterprise at Clinton Global Initiative panel.
September 20, 2011
- Fast Company features FIELD/Citi Foundation pilot program to help entrepreneurs build credit.
September 28, 2011
- Huffington Post features FIELD Director and discusses launch of national pilot program focusing on credit building.
September 28, 2011
- Mott Foundation calls attention to Scale Academy members' innovative approaches in microenterprise.
August 2, 2011
- CNN Money uses FIELD U.S. Microenterprise Census data to highlight top 10 domestic microlenders.
July 15, 2011
- Wharton article discusses challenges of scaling microfinance in the US, FIELD data featured.
June 17, 2011
- Inside Microfinance highlights FIELD publication on For-profit microlenders
June 15, 2011
- Five Microenterprise Organizations Selected for Scale Academy
May 4, 2011
