Kiva

org · in 26 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 5 · 2009: 2 · 2011: 5 · 2012: 8 · 2013: 6

Threads

John asks Nerdfighters to make loans through Kiva.org (2007) — ask, reported back, 2007–2007
Hank: link his Kiva borrower on Brotherhood2.com so viewers complete her loan (2007) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2007–2007
John asks Nerdfighters to recruit more nerdfighters and more Kiva lenders (2007) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2007–2007
John asks Nerdfighters to lend to entrepreneurs through Kiva.org (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2013
P4A 2011 edition — stage, result, 2011–2012
Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team — stage, milestone, 2011–2013
John asks non-members to join Kiva via his link and make a free $25 trial loan funded by a LinkedIn co-founder (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2013
Hank asks viewers to join the Nerdfighteria Kiva lending team so it becomes the biggest group (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John's Kiva deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the 1,000th vlogbrothers video, viewers may challenge both brothers to clear their outstanding punishments (2012) — stage, result, 2012–2012
John asks Nerdfighters to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans to celebrate one million subscribers (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2013

What the videos say

2007

2007-06-28 · June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier — John recommends Kiva.org, which lets anyone be a microfinancier: you give money directly to someone in extreme poverty and they pay you back. (00:02:36)
2007-06-28 · June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier — John proposes that over the next week he and Hank give several gifts to Kiva.org, and hopes the Nerdfighters may join. (00:02:36)
2007-06-28 · June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier — John sums up Kiva lending as like charity that costs you nothing. (00:02:36)
2007-06-29 · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 — On camera Hank goes to Kiva.org and lends $200 to a clothing saleswoman who needs $575, leaving $375 to raise. (00:02:31)
2007-06-29 · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 — Hank says he will put a link to the borrower he sponsors on Brotherhood2.com so that together they get her the loan. (00:02:31)
2007-06-29 · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 — Hank enthusiastically promotes Kiva.org: it is loaning, not donating, yet feels like donating, and you get your money back; 'It's that easy!' (00:03:00)
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John reports that he, Hank and the Nerdfighters raised many, many thousands of dollars for Kiva.org over the weekend. (00:00:29)
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John says they have funded many loans and will keep funding loans 'like crazy' over the next week, for bakeries and shoe stores; they recently helped a man start a lasso factory. (00:01:28)
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John proposes mass promotions: nerdfighters to senior executive nerdfighters, nits to nerdfighters, the unaware to nits, who must then be told to lend money to Kiva.org. (00:02:36)
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — Hank says he could not keep up with the nerdfighters: he had Brotherhood 2.0 sponsor a new person on Kiva and the loan was fully funded almost at once. (00:00:37)
2007-10-25 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING — John says Nerdfighters have supported Kiva.org for months, a website that lets regular people be microfinanciers. (00:02:42)
2007-10-25 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING — John tells viewers that borrowers are back on the site, so everyone can go back to making loans at Kiva.org. (00:03:12)
…and 1 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2009

2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Molly Lewis (SweetAfton23) sent hilarious commentary on Elizabethan bunnies and one of the few two-dimensional gifts: a gift certificate to Kiva.org. (00:02:36)
2009-10-12 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — John says this is why microfinance works: through Kiva, people like him lend to developing-world entrepreneurs, who start small businesses and repay from the revenue. (00:02:34)
2009-10-12 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — John says lending to poor entrepreneurs almost never costs the lender anything: loans are repaid 99% of the time, so the same $25 can be lent over and over. (00:02:48)
2009-10-12 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — John tells Nerdfighters who want to see a 'made of awesome' free market in action to go to Kiva.org. (00:03:15)

2011

2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — At the cocktail party John told the man he took for Mortenson about Nerdfighters' pond sand filters, Kiva loans and the school, talking for twelve minutes without letting him speak. (00:01:33)
2011-09-27 · Awesome Bankers? — John presents Kiva.org as letting anyone be a banker for developing-world entrepreneurs they choose, with a 98.5% chance of repayment; lenders can relend or withdraw, and earn no interest (as with banks these days). (00:02:26)
2011-09-27 · Awesome Bankers? — John has lent through Kiva since 2007 with a 100% payback rate, but found $913 he was not lending, says he had become the scared banker, and re-lent it to entrepreneurs. (00:02:26)
2011-09-27 · Awesome Bankers? — John encourages Nerdfighters to check out and join the Kiva.org Nerdfighter group and lend, from as little as $25, saying they can do even better. (00:02:55)
2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John reports Nerdfighters have loaned more than $55,000 to entrepreneurs in the developing world through Kiva, and says Nerdfighters are made of awesome. (00:00:24)
2011-11-17 · Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME — John's description reports that the Nerdfighter Kiva bank has passed $106,000 in loans. (00:00:00)
2011-12-27 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). (00:00:00)
2011-12-27 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Kiva's share will be split: half to running and maintaining Kiva.org, half to loans for entrepreneurs in the developing world. (00:00:00)

2012

2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says more than $16,500 went to each of five charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: Kids in Need of Desks, This Star Won't Go Out, the HP Alliance, Water.org and Kiva. (00:00:59)
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John explains Kiva.org lets regular people lend to developing-world entrepreneurs (he lent to a farmer in Peru and a shopkeeper in South Sudan), who repay, giving them cheap credit others take for granted. (00:01:24)
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John reports the Nerdfighter Kiva group grew from $75,000 to $239,000 in loans last quarter, an increase he puts at 319% after checking with resident mathematician Daniel Biss. (00:01:54)
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John's best news: the next 20,000 people to join Kiva through the link in the description get a free $25 loan to make to a developing-world entrepreneur. (00:02:23)
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John announces that the Nerdfighter Kiva group has hit $500,000, and celebrates with a champagne popper. (00:00:44)
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. (00:02:39)
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. (00:01:56)
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — Nerdfighteria blew past John's goal: a million dollars raised for Kiva before Hank even made his first video promoting it. (00:03:02)
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. (00:01:04)
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says the Nerdfighter Kiva group had just passed $1 million in loans at the last report and is now about to pass $1.6 million. (00:01:27)
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John tells non-members to click the link and make a first Kiva loan for free; the inviter, here a raffle-winning Nerdfighter from Arizona, also gets a free loan. (00:02:07)
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that, often as the inviter, he has lent more than $64,000 through more than 2,000 Kiva loans, and 100% of borrowers have repaid him so far. (00:02:07)
…and 8 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013

2013-01-16 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the Nerdfighter Kiva group is at about $1.76 million, and that every day he makes two loans from the Foundation to Decrease World Suck's rotating $8,000 of Kiva credit. (01:56:15)
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — The Nerdfighters of Kiva are approaching two million dollars in loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world. (00:03:06)
2013-03-06 · The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying — To celebrate a million subscribers, John asks viewers to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans. (00:00:00)
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank lists his day: Twitter, filming SciShow, readying P4A perks, a Hank's channel video, folding mug boxes with Katherine at the warehouse, a DFTBA Records video, editing Hank Games Live, Tumblr, a Kiva loan. (00:00:00)
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank asks viewers to help reach a third milestone this week, $2 million loaned through Kiva's Nerdfighter group, now at about $1.976 million, using balances already in their accounts. (00:02:02)
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John recalls that in 2007, with a few hundred regular viewers, the Nerdfighter community did interesting things: Nerdfighters made their first thousand dollars in Kiva loans with under a hundred subscribers. (00:01:53)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Nerdfighter group on Kiva has made more than $3.2 million in loans to students and entrepreneurs around the world. (00:02:31)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — Recent Nerdfighter loans include college tuition for a student in Bolivia, a restaurant in Samoa and a furniture business in Uganda, among tens of thousands of others. (00:02:39)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — Through Kiva one can lend as little as $25 to students and entrepreneurs in the developing world, and 99% of the time they pay you back. (00:02:49)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John jokes that Kiva lending is like a savings account with a negative 1% interest rate, only 1% less than his bank offers, plus you watch businesses grow. (00:02:58)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says a first Kiva loan is entirely free for new users, with the link in the doobly-doo. (00:03:08)