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1331 North Commerce Street
Stockton,CA 95202
www.katalysis.org
information@katalysis.org

Katalysis was founded in 1984 and helped pioneer the microcredit model of economic development: the "Bootstrap Banking" model that the organization still practices today.

Instead of offering handouts that increase dependency and yield short-term results, Katalysis nurtures sustainable self-help enterprises, providing microloans and training to small businesspeople who already have tiny businesses, but lack the resources to make them profitable and sustainable -- thereby building self-sufficiency and self-confidence.

Headquartered in Stockton, the heart of California's agricultural region, Katalysis works in partnership with eight community-based organizations who bring Bootstrap Banking to those who need it most: the rural poor of Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.