While the COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis, it is also causing economic ripple effects, particularly for the most vulnerable folks in our community. Food-insecure populations are at high risk as we practice social distancing and enact shelter-in-place. This page is intended to collect …
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EAEF Inaugural Impact Report
PCV’s Research & Consulting team is proud to have worked on the inaugural impact report of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund (EAEF). This report is the culmination of a year-long effort to analyze EAEF’s developmental impact in Egypt from its inception in 2013 through 2019. The EAEF has …
How CDFIs and Impact Investors Can Walk The Talk On ‘Good Jobs’
At Pacific Community Ventures, we’ve seen firsthand though our work with small businesses and impact investors that job creation alone is insufficient to create lasting economic change in underinvested communities. We view the advancement of good-quality jobs as an important avenue to better support …
Nuveen Farmland Sustainability Report
Pacific Community Ventures spent much of the summer working with Nuveen, a global investment manager and subsidiary of TIAA, in developing their annual Farmland Sustainability Report. As the world population and global consumption continue to rise at a rapid pace, Nuveen understands that there is an …
The Impact Due Diligence Guide
We’re pleased to announce the release of The Impact Due Diligence Guide. The Guide is a how-to for engaging in impact due diligence and contains actionable advice and guidance for both novices as well as seasoned experts in IMM, covering topics such as building impact-focused due diligence …
Impact Due Diligence: Emerging Best Practices
By Daniel Brett We at Pacific Community Ventures are thrilled to announce the publication of Impact Due Diligence: Emerging Best Practices, a report which surfaces the shared impact due diligence approaches employed by leading impact investors. The report examines trends and offers insights …
What We’ve Learned: Impact Investing Conference Roundup
Pacific Community Ventures’ Research and Consulting team has been busy these past few months attending several conferences across the US – and even one in Paris. We’re pleased to share what we've learned from these opportunities to grow our knowledge of trends in the impact investing …
Everything You Need To Know About Opportunity Zones
At Pacific Community Ventures we look for systemic-change initiatives that empower small business owners, underinvested communities, and the larger ecosystems that serve them. Opportunity Zones are a new tool to empower more capital to flow to underserved communities across America. We’re optimistic …
PCV Contributes To The Navigating Impact Project
We have some exciting news: the new financial inclusion theme of the our partner the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s Navigating Impact project is live! Created in consultation with several hundred industry experts, impact investors, and standards setters, the Navigating Impact project …