Publications
Policy Brief: An Impact Investing Policy Agenda for Growing Employee Ownership to Support COVID-19 Recovery
By: Brenna McCallick, Sanjana Seth, Jacqulyn Washington, and Tom Woelfel PCV is excited to announce the release of a new Policy Brief: An Impact Investing Policy Agenda for Growing Employee Ownership to Support COVID-19 Recovery. With support from the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), PCV conducted in-depth research and interviews with experts from […]
Sep 17, 2021 – Good Jobs • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications •
The State of Small Business: PCV’s 2020 Impact Report
Times of crisis force us to dig deep in so many ways, and test us in new ways. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a magnifying glass over structural inequity that is generations’ old, and the fallout threatens yet another generation of businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color. The same entrepreneurs that have always had the […]
Jun 08, 2021 – PCV News • Publications •
Meeting The Moment: U.S. Impact Investing Policy, Inequality, and COVID-19 Recovery
By: Sanjana Seth, Jacqulyn Washington, Tom Woelfel, and Brenna McCallick Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) is excited to announce the release of Meeting the Moment: U.S. Impact Investing Policy, Inequality and COVID-19 Recovery. This discussion paper examines how impact investing policy can be leveraged at the federal level to support the impact investing ecosystem in harnessing […]
Oct 28, 2020 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications •
PCV and Other National Small Business Leaders Release Five-Point Plan to Save the Small Business Sector
With Congress at an impasse on a new stimulus package and permanent business closures rising by the day, a group of the country’s leading nonprofit executives, former senior federal officials, and top public policy experts today released “Big Ideas for Small Business,” a five-step plan outlining a path forward for America’s threatened small business sector. […]
Oct 20, 2020 – PCV News • Publications •
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 •
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 supported close to 5,000 jobs, seeded what […]
Mar 02, 2020 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
IRIS+ for Impact Due Diligence
Pacific Community Ventures has worked in partnership with The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) to develop IRIS+ for Impact Due Diligence. IRIS+ provides a solid foundation for investors to integrate impact performance into decision-making across the investment cycle, including the due diligence process. Adopting IRIS+ strengthens the integrity of investment decisions, leading to social, environmental, […]
Feb 10, 2020 – Impact Investing • Publications •
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 urgent need for more efficient agriculture to meet increasing […]
Sep 11, 2019 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
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 questionnaires and quantitative tools, integrating impact due diligence […]