e-Rewards, Inc. has partnered with Kiva Microfunds to become Kiva's exclusive market research survey partner. This relationship will further the work and recognition of Kiva, and leverage the breadth of relationships that e-Rewards has with its 1,200 employees, over 3,000 clients and millions of active survey respondents in 38 countries around the world. As part of this partnership, e-Rewards has made an initial charitable contribution and established a loan fund, which will be funded with a minimum of $450,000, to provide microloans in support of entrepreneurs in developing countries. e-Rewards officially kicked off its partnership by issuing $25 Kiva credits to its entire global employee workforce, encouraging staff to use the Kiva.org website to distribute the credits to entrepreneurs of their choice in impoverished locations. Employee involvement represents the first step in a broader program that e-Rewards plans to expand to include millions of its panel members who respond to research surveys on a regular basis.