Fair loans that grow together.
Remember the tienda on the corner, the pupusería that smelled like Sunday, the señora who sewed your school uniform? 2PISTO gives the owners behind those businesses fair-rate group loans — and every repayment funds the next one.
$ 2,500.00
Example group loan · 5 members
Fair rates
Transparent, affordable terms designed for real small businesses — not profit.
Groups of five
Business owners apply together and share responsibility for the group loan.
Money that circulates
Repayments go straight back into the fund to make future loans possible.
One leader, one simple payment.
Each group picks a designated leader who collects every member's payment and repays the charity in one go. It keeps things simple and builds trust within the group.
- Received +$105.00
María — bakery
Payment to group leader
- Received +$105.00
José — repair shop
Payment to group leader
- Sent -$525.00
Group repayment
Leader pays 2PISTO
Illustrative example only.
Your gift can be part of more than one story.
From the tienda on the corner to the morning pan dulce, your connection to El Salvador can help the people who keep our communities working.
You give
When giving opens, your support will help grow a community loan fund for small business owners in El Salvador.
A business grows
Selected groups of five share responsibility for fair-rate loans that can help their businesses move forward.
Money returns
The group leader collects payments and repays 2PISTO. Repayments help make the next group's loan possible.
Women first.
Women in El Salvador run many of the small businesses that hold our communities together, yet they are the ones most often shut out of fair credit. That's why women come first when we choose our borrowers — most of our loans go to them. But anyone with a solid business and a trustworthy group of five can count on us: we back the groups we believe in.
For those who carry El Salvador in their heart.
If you left home but never stopped missing it — the sound of the market, the smell of café de palo, the neighbors who were family — your support helps keep that El Salvador alive.
Money returns. Opportunity grows.
A gift can support more than one business as loans are repaid and the fund lends again. Clear reporting will show what comes back, what it costs, and where losses occur.
Two charities, one mission.
2PISTO Inc. is a US public charity. Fundación 2PISTO El Salvador works on the ground with borrowers. Together we make fair credit accessible.