Impact Consulting
2003 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
PCV is a double bottom line investor, working to achieve social as well as financial returns on its investments. PCV believes that clear, ongoing measurement is critical to articulating the impact of its work. As there are no “industry standards” for measuring and reporting on social return, PCV has developed its own standards and methodology […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
2002 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
In 1999, Pacific Community Ventures (formerly known as Silicon Valley Community Ventures) became the first community development venture capital organization in California. Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) seeks to strengthen companies in traditionally overlooked areas to help develop the communities around them. They do this primarily by working with companies that provide good jobs with marketable […]
Jul 23, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
2001 Social Return Assessment Executive Summary
In 1999, Silicon Valley Community Ventures (SVCV) brought together the principles of “venture capital” and “community develop” to create the first community development venture capital fund in California. SVCV’s goal is to strengthen businesses in low-income neighborhoods of the San Francisco Bay Area in order to help develop the communities around them.
Jul 23, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Financing Social Innovation: Our New Report On Domestic Impact Investing Policy In The U.S.
Pacific Community Ventures and our convening partners on the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) project are excited to announce our latest publication: 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 […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
The Economic Vitality Grant Program
Economic Vitality Grant recipients are recognized at PCV’s Annual Luncheon on May 4th, 2015 for their commitment to creating economic opportunity in low-income communities. Pictured from left to right: Daniel Brett (PCV InSight), Joshua Townsend (PG&E), Gwyneth Galbraith (Opportunity Fund), Chris Benjamin (PG&E), Galen Silvestri (United Roots), Gino Pastori-Ng (Youth Impact Hub), Juana Flores (Mujeres […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Measuring CommCap’s Social Impact
Carolyn Gonzalez, head of business development at the Community Capital Fund (CommCap), knew that for her organization to survive it had to diversify its funding base. But in every meeting with potential investors — foundations, banks, and government lenders— she kept hearing iterations of the same question: “How did CommCap know if it was actually […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Measurement in Practice
By Tom Woelfel, Pacific Community Ventures Rigorous impact measurement – while widely recognized as critical to the growth of impact investing and core to its definition – is still relatively new and less prevalent than one might imagine. While impact measurement standards and systems like IRIS and GIIRS have emerged to support the efforts of […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
A New National Imperative: Promoting Economic Mobility Through Quality Job Creation
By Brenna McCallick and Tonusree Basu Last week, President Obama delivered his State of the Union address and spoke at length about the growing income inequality in the United States. The availability of jobs was a prominent theme; the hour-long speech included over 25 mentions of jobs, wages or worker benefits. The President cited several […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Lessons Learned From 10 Years Of Mission Investing
Since 2004, the Northwest Area Foundation has pursued mission investments to further their grantees’ work to build assets, wealth, and opportunity. A comprehensive case study conducted by our InSight consulting practice has measured the social impact of the past eight years of their mission investments. Check out the summary below: You can read the full report here. […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Measurement and Creating Jobs Through Mission Investing
Impact measurement is central to the practice of mission investing, allowing mission investors to understand if their investments are meeting their goals and furthering their mission. The Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) has worked with PCV InSight for eight years to evaluate and understand the impact of its mission-related investment, Invest Northwest. In our newly-released white […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 101: Impact Measurement
By Jane Ren, Lisa Ruskin, and Brenna McCallick, Pacific Community Ventures Impact investing practitioners and advocates constantly strive to find the most effective ways of deploying capital for good. The struggles inherent to this process are many: finding attractive investible opportunities, structuring investments appropriately for their recipients (while not compromising returns), using the existing policy environment advantageously―the […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
New Case Studies: Pioneers in Philanthropic Impact Investing
Our latest report, Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds, has become an amazing resource for individuals and organizations that are involved with, or wish to be involved with, the world of impact investing. The newest case studies that have been released as part of this report focus on two […]