"My vision is one where everyone has access to the resources they need to do the things they want. This is what sociologist Fred Wherry calls "Financial Justice". Specifically, I hope to be part of shifting commercialized finance to recognize and develop intersectional products that meet people where they are, putting "community finance" on the same level as 'mainstream finance'." ??Meet 2024 #CamelbackFellow David Henderson, Founder of Giving Credit, who is tapping into technology to amplify community finance by mapping, supporting, and capitalizing social credit networks in communities. ??Learn more about David's founder journey: https://lnkd.in/gzp8QidU . . . . . #entrepreneur #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #socialgood #socialimpact #socialentrepreneur #socialentrepreneurship #inspiration #tech #techforgood #conscioustech #finance #credit #camelbackfellowship #camelbackfam #camelbackfellow2024 #socialimpactinvestment #investment #venturecapital
关于我们
Giving Credit is a social credit network that amplifies community finance by bringing transparency to informal lending networks, protecting peer-lenders against loan loss through loan guarantees, reporting informal loan repayment to credit bureaus, and enabling lenders to deduct loan-loss from Federal income taxes.
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https://about.givingcredit.org
Giving Credit的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 金融服务
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Philadelphia，PA
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2022
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主要
获取路线
US，PA，Philadelphia
Giving Credit员工
动态
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Over the last few months an incredible team ?? of user researchers, designers, and content writers worked with us to redesign our new user flow! Jennie Lai is the mastermind between bringing all of these talented individuals together! Grateful to the team for joining us on the journey to recognize and reward peer-lending!
In times of uncertainty, I want to shine a spotlight on a special team who has been volunteering their time to amplify peer-lending for the low-income community. Giving Credit is founded by David Henderson and Ashley Sherwin to make finance accessible by recognizing and rewarding peer-lending via a web-based social credit network. I had the privilege of working with David & Ashley during my Google.org Fellowship in 2018 and have been advising on UX strategy for their important mission on GC. Most of all, I feel incredibly grateful to work with a powerhouse of UX & data pros who joined me on the journey to design the First Time User Experience for Giving Credit. ??Design: Jeena Jung and Alex Park led the redesign of the sign-up experience by focusing on the critical needs of lenders and highlighting the benefits of using GC for both lenders & borrowers. ?? Content: Ana Petras and Prairie Park tackled the challenge of complex financial jargons by transforming it into easy-to-understand content and making finance accessible to those who need it the most. ?? Data: Coco Gong spearheaded the effort to surface insights from anonymized user data that deepen our understanding of lenders and help make their lending experience even better. ?? A very special thanks to Aris Chen, Jen Hofer, and Neha Gupta for lending a hand on this journey that elevated content and design. It has not only been fulfilling for me but an immense joy to work with friends who have been incredibly generous in sharing their talents for social good. Let’s remember that each of us can make a difference in our own way - especially when the outlook feels grim. We have kind, generous, talented people all around us to join forces together.
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Dropping 12.10.24 — Press Play: Radical Tracks by Camelback Ventures Fellows Vol. 6 ?? Get ready for the premiere of video features showcasing the latest cohort of Camelback Fellows and their radical social impact ventures in education and conscious tech (including Giving Credit founder David Henderson). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEejcRMN
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We are officially in the 4th quarter of 2024, and time is flying by. We spent the summer deep in strategy and are clearer than ever about the opportunity to create access to commercial credit products through social underwriting. With that vision in mind, the last two months have kept us busy wrapping up and launching various accelerators and fellowships, traveling to multiple conferences and meetings, engineering product features, and scoping new partnerships with financial institutions. This is a quick photo dump of only some of our adventures, meetings, and events! Visible Hands Princeton Entrepreneurship Council Prosperity Now Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE)
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?? Exciting Update ?? Giving Credit has been accepted into the Fall 2024 Center for Accelerating Financial Equity (CAFE) Accelerator! We have refined our focus on building partnerships with financial institutions to use peer-lending data to underwrite commercial wealth-building products. The opportunity to join CAFE and its suite of partners for support, guidance, and new banking relationships is coming at the perfect time. We look forward to working with the other companies and the team at CAFE this fall! If you'd like to learn more about our refined focus, feel free to reach out to schedule time! Kristen Castell David Henderson
Announcing the CAFE Fall 2024 Fintech Accelerator cohort of companies! CAFE is looking forward to working with these incredible founders and companies with products in market to advance financial wellness for LMI starting at our launch next week on Sept 30th: Carvertise Giving Credit Kredit Academy Odynn Prismm Salus Read more about the companies in our press release here: https://lnkd.in/esJygdQp Company Founders & Leadership: Greg Star Ashley Sherwin David Henderson Evan Leaphart Mike Gross John Taylor Garner Yohan Mehary Martha Underwood Shella Sylla James Chemplavil Ryan Barrett Thanks to our sponsors for making this possible Best Egg Discover Financial Services Wolf & Company, P.C. American Bankers Association Siegfried Advisory Delaware Prosperity Partnership deBanked #fintechcafe #accelerator #startups #businessgrowth #impact #community #banking #fintech #technology #innovation
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Exciting News from Giving Credit! ?? We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming Rewards Center, designed to reward communities for the social impact they are making through peer-to-peer lending on Giving Credit.? Think about it - when you make a financial transaction with your bank or credit card company, you earn points or rewards. Community lenders and borrowers deserve the same for supporting one another. Communities flourish as members support each other through peer loans. Now, with our new Rewards Center, users can earn cash rewards by redeeming points they earn from lending, borrowing, and extending credit.? We are turning to our community of friends, family, and colleagues to help us expand our rewards fund. Will you join us and donate today? ?? 100% of every gift will go to our Rewards fund, and 100% of the rewards fund will go directly to Giving Credit’s users! Every donation, no matter the size, puts more funds directly into the hands of community members. To contribute and learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/ge9GYkF7. Thank you for your continued support and belief in our mission. Together, we transform the financial system to be more inclusive for everyone! ?? #CommunityFinance #PeerLending #FinancialInclusion #GivingCredit #RewardsCenter #FinancialWellness #FinancialCommunity
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?? Join us at Prosperity Now's #ProsperitySummit2024 next week. Join David Henderson and Ashley Sherwin at our session "Unveiling Peer-to-Peer lending: Driving Financial Inclusion on Friday, September 6th.
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?? Partnership Announcement ?? We are excited to announce that Giving Credit is now partnering with MustWants. MustWants is the premier home search platform for military and veteran families. They are streamlining the homebuying and renting experience for military families. We have partnered together to offer Giving Credit to military families to secure a 0% interest peer loan to ease the cash flow burden during a military move. Learn more about our partnership here: https://lnkd.in/eGmqZi7Q If you are a military family, check out @MustWants for your next move! #peerloans #communityfinance #militaryfamilies
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Congratulations to Giving Credit's co-founder, Ashley Sherwin, for being selected to join the 2024 VHBOS Founder Fellowship. #VHBOS Barr Foundation Visible Hands David Henderson
Co-Founder at Giving Credit, Non-Profit Strategist, Partnership Builder, and Fundraiser
?? ???? I am excited to share that VHBOS has selected Giving Credit and me to be part of its 2024 founder fellowship cohort! I am honored to join the other nine founders and support one another on our journeys. The Barr Foundation and Visible Hands are working together to provide financial and hands-on support and empower 10 Boston-based founders in this cohort. You can read and learn more about each founder here : https://lnkd.in/gG8en96A #VHBOS Barr Foundation Visible Hands
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?? ?? Exciting Update ???? We are excited to share that Giving Credit has been selected to participate in the 2024 MassChallenge U.S. Early Stage Cohort. We are honored to be chosen out of 1,300 applications and to be one of the 128 startups participating this year. We are proud to be a nonprofit startup joining this community! Ashley Sherwin David Henderson Jessica Angeles Jessica Davis Gaurav Manchanda
?? Announcing the NEW 2024 MassChallenge U.S. Early Stage Cohort: We have invited 128 #startups to participate in the 2024 U.S. Early Stage Program.?Meet the Founders ?? https://hubs.li/Q02GftwD0 ? ??? These #Founders were selected out of 1,300 applications?? ?? ?? Experienced #Judges in the MassChallenge community contributed to 2 rigorous rounds of evaluation?? ?? ?? The 2024 U.S. Early Stage cohort features startups from pre-revenue companies, to those with millions in lifetime revenue?? ??? The founders will benefit from:??? ????? ?? Unrivaled access to 40+ global corporate partners including BAE Systems, Mitsubishi Corporation, International Space Station National Laboratory, and more???? ????? ?? World-class mentoring from 400+ industry experts with tailored, evidence-based curriculum?????? ????? ?? Market Access: Founders will be flown to get connected into MassChallenge's global network?????? ????? ?? Opportunities to compete for cash prizes + in-kind awards???? ???????? Congratulations everyone! #MC24??? ????? Spread the good news! ???? ????? #earlystagestartups #accelerators #startupsuccess ???? Jessica Davis David Meyer Robby Bitting Ernesto C. Martinez-Villalpando, Ph.D. Will Magruder Gaurav Manchanda
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