Impact Investing
2004 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
Companies financed by PCV are committed to hiring individuals from LMI communities. Between April 2000 and December 2004, PCV financed portfolio companies employed a cumulative total of 1,173 designated employees. Throughout the course of 2004, 543 designated employees worked in the eight active PCV financed businesses in a range of skilled and semi-skilled positions. Designated […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
2003 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
PCV is a double bottom line investor, working to achieve social as well as financial returns on its investments. PCV believes that clear, ongoing measurement is critical to articulating the impact of its work. As there are no “industry standards” for measuring and reporting on social return, PCV has developed its own standards and methodology […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
2002 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
In 1999, Pacific Community Ventures (formerly known as Silicon Valley Community Ventures) became the first community development venture capital organization in California. Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) seeks to strengthen companies in traditionally overlooked areas to help develop the communities around them. They do this primarily by working with companies that provide good jobs with marketable […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
2001 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
In 1999, Silicon Valley Community Ventures (SVCV) brought together the principles of “venture capital” and “community develop” to create the first community development venture capital fund in California. SVCV’s goal is to strengthen businesses in low-income neighborhoods of the San Francisco Bay Area in order to help develop the communities around them.
Jul 23, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
What’s New In Impact Investing? June Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive idea: markets and money for good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Financing Social Innovation: Our New Report On Domestic Impact Investing Policy In The U.S.
Pacific Community Ventures and our convening partners on the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) project are excited to announce our latest publication: Financing Social Innovation: Analyzing Domestic Impact Investing Policy in the United States. The AI3 project is a collaborative effort between Enterprise Community Partners, the Initiative for Responsible Investment, and InSight at Pacific Community […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
What’s New In Impact Investing? May Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive idea: markets and money for good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
The Economic Vitality Grant Program
Economic Vitality Grant recipients are recognized at PCV’s Annual Luncheon on May 4th, 2015 for their commitment to creating economic opportunity in low-income communities. Pictured from left to right: Daniel Brett (PCV InSight), Joshua Townsend (PG&E), Gwyneth Galbraith (Opportunity Fund), Chris Benjamin (PG&E), Galen Silvestri (United Roots), Gino Pastori-Ng (Youth Impact Hub), Juana Flores (Mujeres […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Measuring CommCap’s Social Impact
Carolyn Gonzalez, head of business development at the Community Capital Fund (CommCap), knew that for her organization to survive it had to diversify its funding base. But in every meeting with potential investors — foundations, banks, and government lenders— she kept hearing iterations of the same question: “How did CommCap know if it was actually […]