PCV News
August CEO Notes: Reparative Capital Is An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Dear PCV Community, We are coming up on six months of the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down cities and states across our country, and forcing America’s small businesses to the brink. We’ve seen stories of resiliency and hope, but at this milestone we know communities and small business owners across the country are barely hanging on, […]
Jul 30, 2020 – PCV News •
PCV Receives A Grant From The Tipping Point Fund to Advance Policy Ideas That Mobilize Private Capital for Public Good
Black and Brown business owners need affordable loans and accessible, free advice. They also need markets to support them at all levels. For centuries, the finance industry has not only been complicit in racist policies like redlining, underinvesting in Black-owned businesses, and profiting off of bad mortgages to Black homeowners, but many fortunes were built out […]
Jul 08, 2020 – Good Jobs • Impact Investing • PCV News •
July CEO Notes: CDFIs Need Help to Show Up for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs
Good morning, PCV community, In times of turmoil, Mr. Rogers told kids to “Look for the helpers.” Given what we do at PCV, organizations like us that are economic first responders to the most vulnerable communities are best positioned to be those helpers. At the 3-month anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and the first shelter-in-place orders, […]
Jul 06, 2020 – PCV News •
PCV Partners With Kaiser Permanente to Fight Racism and Promote Equity
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated health system, announced a series of actions — including $60 million in joint investments and $40 million in grant funding — to address systemic racism and lack of economic opportunities that have persisted for far too long and prevented communities of color, and especially Black communities, from achieving total […]
Jun 26, 2020 – PCV News •
Pacific Community Ventures Receives Google.org Grant From OFN to Support Small Business Recovery In The Bay Area
Today, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced that Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) was one of six CDFIs in the first round of CDFIs to receive grants from Google.org. The grant will help PCV better serve minority-owned small businesses. Pacific Community Ventures helps small business owners grow and create good local jobs through a “Good Jobs, Good Business” […]
Jun 17, 2020 – PCV News •
June CEO Notes: Shaping an Inclusive Recovery with a Good Jobs Agenda
Good morning, PCV community, This past week has brought the plight of our already distressed communities to the center of the national dialogue, with the twin crises of pandemic and economic realities worsened by racial injustice and killings in the black community. Our neighborhoods, our black-owned businesses, are especially hurting right now. PCV stands with […]
Jun 05, 2020 – PCV News •
The Good Jobs Agenda: Pacific Community Ventures 2019 Good Jobs Report
Pacific Community Ventures’ work has never been more crucial to the communities we serve. The coronavirus pandemic wiped out 22 million jobs — 10 years of job growth — in the first four weeks, with an additional 37 million jobs vulnerable to layoffs and tens of millions of small businesses in danger of closing. The […]
Jun 04, 2020 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
PCV Stands With The Black Community
This past week has brought the plight of our already distressed communities to the center of the national dialogue, with the twin crises of pandemic and economic realities worsened by racial injustice and killings in the black community. Our neighborhoods, our black-owned businesses, are especially hurting right now. PCV stands with the black community, as […]
Jun 01, 2020 – PCV News •
It Takes A Village: New Grants and Partnerships
Good news: Pacific Community Ventures has received a Project Innovation Award from NBC Bay Area, Telemundo, and the Comcast NBCUniversal Community Impact. We’re going to use the funding to support our Good Jobs Agenda and deliver services and programs that address the needs of those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. We’ve also received a new […]