About Spartan Global Development Fund

The Spartan Global Development Fund recruits Michigan State Spartans who are socially minded, intellectually curious, and driven to make an impact in the world. With this talented group of people, we use the sourcing of funds, research of microcredit investment opportunities, and management of our microcredit loan portfolio, both as a conduit for social change and an educational tool to bring the global issues we deal with to the surface in our local community.

By utilizing the strength and breadth of the network establish by Kiva.org, we are able to find and fund hardworking entrepreneurs who have previously been denied the access sustainable capital that doesn't come tied to usurious rates of interest. Our entrepreneurs truly are the core of our organization. It is based on their hard work, reliability, and determination that we can count on repayment rates in excess of 98% so we can continuously redeploy our capital to other entrepreneurs who are eager for the opportunity to grow their micro-enterprise.

The most common aspiration that our entrepreneurs have in developing countries such as Ghana, Samoa, El Salvador, and Peru, is to make enough money with their new business to send their children to school.