PCV News
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 provides an on-ramp to setting and streamlining impact strategies. Led by SPTF, this […]
Jul 10, 2018 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
An Important Message Regarding BusinessAdvising.org
We have some exciting news. As you know, BusinessAdvising.org is a project of our larger nonprofit, Pacific Community Ventures. We’re happy to announce that Pacific Community Ventures has updated our entire web presence, and brought our family of websites together into one platform. How does this affect our Business Advising program? For the most part, […]
Jun 18, 2018 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
20 Years Of Investing In Small Business And Big Ideas
Too many people struggle to make ends meet because they’re denied opportunities to prosper. Over our 20-year history, Pacific Community Ventures has given people a fair shake and access to the things that make communities strong, like good jobs, affordable housing, and healthy food. Our unique combination of fair lending, free mentorship, skilled volunteerism, and […]
Jun 06, 2018 – PCV News • Publications •
Pacific Community Ventures Receives $3.2M from the Quality Jobs Fund
We’re excited to announce that we’ve been awarded a $3.2M impact investment from The Quality Jobs Funds. The Fund, seeded with a charitable donation of $100M, has made the investment with Pacific Community Ventures, a nationally-recognized CDFI, to support Bay Area small businesses. Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) will leverage this investment to deploy more than $5 million in loans […]
Apr 30, 2018 – Good Jobs • PCV News •
Mary Jo Cook Profiled On Aspen Institute’s Quality Jobs Fellows
Pacific Community Ventures’ President & CEO Mary Jo Cook has an awesome new profile from the Quality Jobs Fellowship at the Aspen Institute. Mary Jo Cook is our mission-driven leader who’s passionate about using business as a force for good. She believes that amidst widening income and wealth inequality, the decline of jobs that afford […]
Apr 30, 2018 – Good Jobs • PCV News •
Pacific Community Ventures Receives $500,000 from Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Fund
This $500,000 investment in core operating support will enable Pacific Community Ventures to strengthen communities by investing in more small businesses and create good jobs for more working people. The Citi Foundation announced that Pacific Community Ventures was selected as the recipient of a $500,000 grant as part of the 2018 Community Progress Makers Fund. The Fund […]
Apr 26, 2018 – Good Jobs • PCV News •
Announcing The Principles for Investment in Sustainable Wild-Caught Fisheries
Although billions of public and private dollars are invested in fisheries every year, more often than not, sustainability is neither the driver nor the intended outcome of those investment dollars. Pacific Community Ventures is excited to be one of the founding endorsers of the Principles for Investment in Sustainable Wild-Caught Fisheries. These principles will forward the impact- […]
Mar 08, 2018 – Impact Investing • PCV News •
San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund
Thanks to a new partnership with JP Morgan Chase, San Francisco entrepreneurs of color have a new source of capital: The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund. San Francisco has one of the highest concentrations of small businesses owned by people of color; there are about 46,000 such small businesses in the city. The fund is designed […]
Feb 14, 2018 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
New Source Of Capital For Small Business Owners of Color in Contra Costa County
Pacific Community Ventures – a nonprofit small business lender that’s fueled small businesses in San Francisco and Oakland for 20 years – has just announced a new expansion to provide small business owners in Contra Costa County access the funding and business advice they need to grow their businesses, create jobs, and support the local […]