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National Mentoring Month At PCV
With January being National Mentoring Month, it causes me to reflect on all of the mentors I have had in my life and the important role they played. Whether for personal or professional advice, having the benefit of their lived experiences, wisdom, and guidance gave me the confidence needed to begin my journey toward becoming a […]
Jan 21, 2022 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Starbucks Invests In Pacific Community Ventures as Part of The Community Resilience Fund
Today Starbucks invested $3 Million in Pacific Community Ventures as one of the first seven Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to receive funding as part of the company’s Community Resilience Fund. With this first round, Starbucks is investing $21 million across these organizations to support equity and economic growth in the communities it serves. Pacific […]
Jan 11, 2022 – PCV News •
PCV’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
It is with profound gratitude and humility that we present PCV’s largest ever Small Business Gift Guide. With over 200 contributors from our vast network of business clients, you’ll be able to search for exactly what you need and purchase it from the communities you want to support. We encourage each and every one of you to support our […]
Nov 24, 2021 – PCV News •
Pacific Community Ventures Awards “Good Jobs Grants” To 37 Small Businesses
Pacific Community Ventures has issued $112,500 in “Good Jobs Grants” to 37 California small business owners who worked with the organization to retain their employees and improve job quality even during the last two difficult years. PCV doubled the size of their good jobs rebates this year in order to acknowledge the progress their borrowers […]
Oct 29, 2021 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Spurring Inclusive Economic Recovery Through Donor-Advised Funds
COVID-19 has drawn attention to systemic racial and economic injustice in the United States of America, yet over this unprecedented year, the racial wealth gap has widened even further. Too many BIPOC-owned small businesses have permanently shut down after being denied or simply not qualifying for sustaining capital and Federal stimulus. Now is the time […]
Oct 25, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Investing • PCV News •
Growing Michigan’s Good Food Future: An Evaluation of the Michigan Good Food Fund 2015-2019
Below is the foreword written by Capital Impact Partners, as part of the full impact evaluation and report which was conducted by PCV. For more than four decades, Capital Impact Partners—a nonprofit, national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)—has provided financing and capacity-building programs to advance racial and economic justice by facilitating access to quality health […]
Oct 05, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
California FreshWorks’ Social and Economic Impacts 2018 – 2020
More than one million Californians, many in low-income communities, live without access to grocery stores, or other sources of fresh and healthy food. California produces over half of the country’s fruits and vegetables, yet California faces a food insecurity rate of 23.7 percent. The food insecurity rates for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) […]
Oct 05, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
$56.5 Million in New Funding Available to Help California’s Smallest Businesses Build Back from COVID-19 Pandemic
California’s smallest businesses now have access to an additional $56.5 million through the California Rebuilding Fund, which offers flexible, low-cost loans to support long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. First announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom in November 2020, the California Rebuilding Fund is a public-private partnership that blends capital from private, philanthropic and public sector […]
Sep 20, 2021 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Policy Brief: An Impact Investing Policy Agenda for Growing Employee Ownership to Support COVID-19 Recovery
By: Brenna McCallick, Sanjana Seth, Jacqulyn Washington, and Tom Woelfel PCV is excited to announce the release of a new Policy Brief: An Impact Investing Policy Agenda for Growing Employee Ownership to Support COVID-19 Recovery. With support from the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), PCV conducted in-depth research and interviews with experts from […]
Sep 17, 2021 – Blog and News • Good Jobs • Impact Investing • PCV News •
PCV Awarded $500,000 From Citi Foundation
We’re excited to announce that we’ve been awarded $500,000 in unrestricted funding by the Citi Foundation to scale our work serving small businesses owned by people of color across California. The small businesses that line our streets, employ our neighbors, provide the goods and services we rely on everyday, and generally serve as the foundation […]
Jul 21, 2021 – PCV News •
0% Loans Now Available in San Francisco
San Francisco’s small business climate is symbolic of what many cities are facing — as COVID forced many office buildings and business and financial districts to shut down as workers went remote, small businesses reliant on office workers and tourism were hit especially hard. We’ve seen this play out through the eyes of hundreds of […]
Jul 08, 2021 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
PCV Receives $1.8 Million From CDFI Fund To Support CA Small Businesses
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today awarded $1.25 billion in COVID-19 relief funds to 863 community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The awards were announced today by Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen. The grants will be made through Treasury’s CDFI Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) and […]