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PCV Profiled In Bay Area For Sale
Fun news! As part of their great series on local nonprofits doing good work in California, Bay Area For Sale has profiled PCV! Read the article here: Pacific Community Ventures: Empowering Small Businesses to Combat Economic Inequality [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h1″ looks_like=”h2″]About Bay Area For Sale[/custom_headline] BayAreaForSale.com is a full service brokerage firm serving all of […]
Aug 18, 2015 – PCV News •
Introducing PCV’s New President
I am excited to announce that after a comprehensive and methodical executive search process, we have selected Mary Jo Cook as our next President and C.E.O. We are grateful for the wonderful legacy that Beth Sirull leaves behind which includes nearly 4,000 entrepreneurs and small businesses that have created and maintained 25,000 jobs for the […]
Aug 17, 2015 – PCV News •
OFN Small Business Finance Forum: Promoting High-Quality Jobs
Last month, several colleagues and I attended the Opportunity Finance Network’s Small Business Finance Forum in Chicago, an event dedicated to strengthening the capacity and networks of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs, like PCV) that invest in small businesses in underserved communities throughout the United States. Over 150 representatives from CDFIs, banks, foundations, research organizations […]
Aug 03, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Small Business Loans •
Your Credit Score May Soon Be Changing
If you think you “know” what affects your credit score as a small business owner — and how your score is calculated — think again. Since 2009, the Fair Isaac Company scoring model, FICO 8, has been the credit-score industry standard when determining many credit scores. But it’s soon being replaced by FICO 9. This […]
Aug 03, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
What’s New In Impact Investing? July Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple idea: markets and money for good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through investments […]
Jul 30, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
California Initiative 2014 Report
The tenth annual report examining CalPERS’ California Initiative, a $1 billion private equity, economically targeted investment (ETI). The California Initiative seeks to invest in companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity benchmarks. As […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
CalPERS For California 2014 Report
The fifth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $25.7 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2014. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. CalPERS is […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV’s 2014 Impact Report
Pacific Community Ventures has fueled the economic recovery for low-income communities over the past five years. We’ve empowered small businesses on the ground to create quality jobs by providing working capital combined with expert business advice. At the same time, we know that fostering one small business at a time isn’t enough to combat economic […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News •
Financing Social Innovation: Analyzing Domestic Impact Investing Policy in the United States
The convening partners on the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) project are pleased to present a new discussion paper, “Financing Social Innovation: Analyzing Domestic Impact Investing Policy in the United States.” The AI3 project is a collaborative effort between Enterprise Community Partners, the Initiative for Responsible Investment, and InSight at Pacific Community Ventures to research, identify […]