Our Mission

Pacific Community Ventures creates jobs and economic opportunity in low income communities through the direct support of small businesses as well as by advocating for systemic change to increase investment in these vulnerable communities.
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2011 Annual Report

With your support, in 2011 PCV stepped up our efforts to get people working again. And not just working, but prospering. Learn more by downloading our annual report.
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Latest News and Publications

May 15, 2012

Motivate Your Employees to Create Passionate Brand Ambassadors

Rethink making your employees "happy" and focus on turning them into passionate, motivated brand advocates. It's easier than you think, and your employees will thank you for it! Watch this short video clip about how monetary incentives may not be the answer to increasing creativity and productivity in the workplace, and how three simple things can make your employees jobs more fulfilling.

May 14, 2012

Join PCV for our Annual Fundraiser and Marketplace on June 6th!

Join PCV and LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, for our Annual Fundraiser & Marketplace of more than 40 local companies and 350 vibrant business and community leaders as we celebrate small businesses, the entrepreneurs who build them, and the jobs they create in lower-income communities. Tickets are selling fast. Be sure to register today! 

May 11, 2012

Find Mom the perfect gift for Mother’s Day

Don't forget about Mother's Day on Sunday. Celebrate mom by shopping local this year - you won't be alone!

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April 16, 2012

PCV Annual Report 2011

With your support, in 2011 PCV stepped up our efforts to get people working again. And not just working, but prospering. To prosper means to flourish;...

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March 16, 2012

The Impact Investor: Best Practices in Impact Investing

The Impact Investor is a project to build data-driven and practitioner-guided knowledge for the rapidly growing field of impact investing. It is a partnership between...

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February 10, 2012

Impact at Scale: Policy Innovation for Institutional Investment with Social & Environmental Benefit

The Global Impact Investing Policy Project is a collaboration between InSight and the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University, funded by The Rockefeller Foundation,...

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