Impact Investing
Spurring Inclusive Economic Recovery Through Donor-Advised Funds
COVID-19 has drawn attention to systemic racial and economic injustice in the United States of America, yet over this unprecedented year, the racial wealth gap has widened even further. Too many BIPOC-owned small businesses have permanently shut down after being denied or simply not qualifying for sustaining capital and Federal stimulus. Now is the time […]
Oct 25, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Investing • PCV News •
Growing Michigan’s Good Food Future: An Evaluation of the Michigan Good Food Fund 2015-2019
Below is the foreword written by Capital Impact Partners, as part of the full impact evaluation and report which was conducted by PCV. For more than four decades, Capital Impact Partners—a nonprofit, national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)—has provided financing and capacity-building programs to advance racial and economic justice by facilitating access to quality health […]
Oct 05, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
California FreshWorks’ Social and Economic Impacts 2018 – 2020
More than one million Californians, many in low-income communities, live without access to grocery stores, or other sources of fresh and healthy food. California produces over half of the country’s fruits and vegetables, yet California faces a food insecurity rate of 23.7 percent. The food insecurity rates for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) […]
Oct 05, 2021 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
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 – Blog and News • Good Jobs • Impact Investing • PCV News •
An Urgent Call to Biden-Harris Administration: Create White House Initiative on Inclusive Economic Growth
Today the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, B Lab and a coalition of more than 50 impact-oriented organizations are calling for the creation of a White House Initiative on Inclusive Economic Growth to coordinate federal policies that will reshape and rebuild our economy so that it works for all of us. The proposed Initiative’s bold approach […]
Apr 07, 2021 – Impact Investing • PCV News •
Meeting The Moment: 3 Approaches to Public Sector Leadership and Coordination
In 2009, the U.S. created the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. Its mission was to advance opportunity, equality, and justice, and to elevate the impact investing industry. As administrations changed hands in subsequent years, the office was ultimately dismantled, which led to a current lack of specified-issue area knowledge transference within […]
Dec 17, 2020 – Impact Investing •
Meeting The Moment: Policy Landscape for Impact Investing, Market Infrastructure
Market Infrastructure policy can reshape the conditions that guide how private capital works, promote impact investing at a larger scale, and drive more capital toward enterprises with a positive social and environmental impact. In 2011, Pacific Community Ventures released Impact Investing: A Framework for Policy Design and Analysis, mapping the policy environment. With government involvement […]
Dec 11, 2020 – Impact Investing •
Meeting The Moment: 3 Initiatives For Building A Sustainable Community
Access to economic opportunities that can build wealth for a family year in and year out, generation after generation, and a vibrant civic life, is out of reach for many rural and industrial communities. These communities have persistently dealt with climate change, social injustice, and income inequality. And to add insult to injury, the COVID-19 […]
Dec 03, 2020 – Impact Investing •
Meeting The Moment: 3 Ideas to Develop Quality Jobs and a Reliable Workforce
Employers spend time and resources to recruit and train employees, making their employees a vital investment — so retaining employees is priceless. However, keeping all of your employees during an economic fallout is challenging. The unemployment rate abruptly rose to 14.7% in April 2020. At the same time, the pandemic has shown that many small […]