PCV News
Letter: Debt Ceiling and Proposed Cuts
Press release published May 10, 2023 by Public Private Strategies Dear Speaker McCarthy, Leader Jeffries, Majority Leader Schumer, and Leader McConnell: We write to you on behalf of American businesses — large, small, women and minority-owned — urging you to take immediate action to avoid the United States government from defaulting and avert an imminent […]
May 12, 2023 – PCV News • Uncategorized •
Introducing Pacific Community Ventures’ Good Jobs Entrepreneurs Fellowship: Co-Creating a Path Towards High-Quality Jobs for Small Business Owners
By: Charles Fisher-Post, Associate Director, Good Jobs Innovation Lab Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) is thrilled to announce the launch of our very first Good Jobs Entrepreneurs Fellowship! The program is designed to bring together a cohort of 14 outstanding PCV clients who have demonstrated a commitment to providing their employees with high-quality jobs towards racial […]
Apr 04, 2023 – Good Jobs • PCV News •
$2.5 Million Investment to Help Minority-Owned Businesses Thrive in Oakland
Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) is working with JPMorgan Chase, The Rockefeller Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and several Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in an initiative to expand the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (EOCF) program in Oakland. The $2.5 million commitment over two years will support diverse-led small businesses and provide them with opportunities […]
Dec 15, 2022 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications •
PCV’s CEO Bulbul Gupta Selected to Serve on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Inaugural Advisory Committee on Racial Equity
25-member committee will advise Secretary, Deputy Secretary on efforts to advance racial equity WASHINGTON – Pacific Community Ventures’ CEO, Bulbul Gupta, has been appointed to serve as a member of the inaugural Department of Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, announced today by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, at an event marking […]
Oct 04, 2022 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Publications •
4 Reasons PCV is Focused on Good Jobs for Small Businesses
Today, Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), one of the first impact investing organizations in the US, announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) their commitment to launch the Good Jobs Innovation Lab, to help improve job quality for the 50% of Americans employed at small businesses across the country.
Sep 21, 2022 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Publications •
PCV Announces GOOD JOBS INNOVATION LAB at Clinton Global Initiative
Today, Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), one of the first impact investing organizations in the US, announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) their commitment to launch the Good Jobs Innovation Lab, to help improve job quality for the 50% of Americans employed at small businesses across the country.
Sep 19, 2022 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Publications •
Decolonizing Capital For Racial & Economic Justice: Pacific Community Ventures 2021 Social Impact Report
PCV is committed to making sure our entrepreneurs who have historically been left out of the traditional financial system gain access to the capital and resources they need to meet their ambition. PCV was one of America’s first impact investors – and CDFIs like us were created out of the Civil Rights Movement with the purpose of getting capital to low-income and communities of color.
Jun 20, 2022 – PCV News • Publications •
CDFIs Exist To Align Capital With Justice
Childcare – and the struggles of daycare owners to stay open, daycare workers to get the pay and benefits they deserve, and working parents to afford the cost of childcare with no help from the Federal government – has come to define the last two years. La Plazita preschool in Oakland is a true Spanish […]
Mar 11, 2022 – PCV News •
The Alliance and Pacific Community Ventures Join Forces to Advance Racial Justice in the CDFI Industry
The African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (“The Alliance”), and Pacific Community Ventures (“PCV”) announced today they entered a partnership to recenter Civil Rights within the CDFI industry and elevate industry practice, through policy changes, to ensure CDFIs work toward racial equity and economic justice with greater intentionality, transparency, and accountability to their communities, meeting […]