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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Olivestone Jewish Federations of North America SF Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles
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 KIEDF Program in Focus
Initiative for the Development of the Negev and Gilboa


Over the next seven years the KIEDF will facilitate NIS 600,000,000 of bank credit via Bank Leumi for new and expanding small and medium-sized businesses in the Negev and Gilboa Regions.


Koret Video Released

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KIEDF Survey of Small and Micro Loans

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KIEDF Small Business Loan Funds

"When I was stuck, Koret was the only one who helped me get financing and helped me get back on my feet."


KIEDF Microenterprise Loan Funds

KIEDF has been facilitating financing to viable businesses in Sderot and the western Negev areas under fire.


KIEDF Micro Finance Programs

"With heart, and support of their families, their village, and KIEDF, this women's collective will realize its dreams."


KIEDF-Olivestone Israeli Arab Loan Fund

"Three entrepreneurial brothers left their Arab village to set up shop in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. KIEDF helped."


SAWA - Direct Non-Bank Loans

"With a loan from SAWA, Wudha, mother of 8, bought five sheep to start a flock of her own."

 
The Koret-Milken Institute Fellows Program

NIS600m fund launched to boost business in the periphery
The $162 million fund is dedicated to helping small- and medium-sized businesses located in the Negev and Gilboa.
The Jerusalem Post, 1.8.10
 
KIEDF 2009 results released

From sheep dairies to shops
Israel21c reports on the SAWA Negev Bedouin Loan Fund.
 
KIEDF announces emergency funding to small businesses in southern Israel
(links to Hebrew program description)
 
Koret expands small business assistance
Koret and Bank Otsar Hachayal respond to recession with expanded credit. (The Marker, 12.21.08, in hebrew)
 
Koret: Creating Self-Sufficency
Laura Goldman in Israel's Globes: Koret should be "the first stop for any entrepreneur."
 
Peres Praises Koret
In a letter to Chairman Eival Gilady, Israel's President says Koret has made a "world of difference" in moving the country toward a free market economy.
 
AACI aids would-be entrepreneurs
Haaretz reports on Koret's new partnership with the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI)
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