coronavirus
How To Safely Reopen Your Small Business After COVID-19
As COVID-19 restrictions are slowly lifted, non-essential businesses are able to resume their operations. However, before reopening your small business, it’s crucial that you take the necessary steps to ensure that your employees and customers will be safe and to reduce their risk to exposure. Here are 7 key factors to consider when reopening your […]
Dec 10, 2020 – Small Business Resources •
Announcing The FOUND/LA Small Business Recovery Fund
COVID-19 has devastated small business communities across the country, hitting hardest in big states and cities like New York, our backyards of San Francisco and Oakland, and FOUND/LA’s hometown of Los Angeles. We know entrepreneurs of color face the greatest challenge, as long-standing issues like inequitable access to access to capital have only been amplified […]
Dec 08, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Announcing The California Rebuilding Fund
California small businesses are drivers of economic growth – creating two-thirds of new jobs and employing nearly half of all private sector employees. California is home to 4.1 million small businesses, representing 99.8 percent of all businesses in the state and employing 7.2 million workers in California, or 48.5 percent of the state’s total workforce. […]
Nov 20, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Meeting The Moment: 3 Ways That Federal Policy Can Help Small Business Build Back Better From COVID-19
Small business owners have suffered devastating losses due to the COVID pandemic, forcing many to permanently close, relocate, or quickly pivot their business model or move online. As the culture-keepers of our community and backbone of the U.S. economy who employ nearly 50 percent of the nation’s workforce, small business owners need support. In response […]
Nov 10, 2020 – Impact Investing •
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 – Blog and News • Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
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 – Blog and News • PCV News •
Respond and Rebuild: Inclusive Recovery and The Good Jobs Agenda
Good morning, PCV community, In the last two weeks, we saw the first federal relief effort to help small businesses burn through all of its funds, to a fraction of those in need. Of the 30 million small businesses who were eligible for support, only a small percentage were able to get approved. Our friend […]
May 05, 2020 – PCV News •
Small Business Stories: Responding To COVID-19
Nzilani Glass Conservation embodies everything great about Oakland. Established in 2003 by Ariana Makau, a woman of color who both lives and bases her business in Oakland, Nzilani is a highly specialized stained glass conservation and new art glass fabrication company that gives back to its community. Nzilani’s core values are “Be Safe. Have Fun. […]
May 04, 2020 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
April is National Volunteer Month – Advise a Small Business from Home!
More than 37 million in jobs in the United States are vulnerable to layoffs right now, and the most vulnerable workers are those who can’t afford it. The restaurant industry has ground to a halt across much of the country, with businesses being ordered to shutter entirely and social distancing keeping people at home. The […]
Apr 01, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
April Note From Our CEO: We’re Here To Help
Good morning, PCV community, I want to start by saying that although our office doors are currently closed, PCV very much remains open for business, and are here to help you through this uniquely challenging time as best we can. Most importantly, if you are a small business owner, our patient lending capital remains available, […]
Apr 01, 2020 – PCV News •
How To Access Healthy Food In The Bay Area During COVID-19
While the COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis, it is also causing economic ripple effects, particularly for the most vulnerable folks in our community. Food-insecure populations are at high risk as we practice social distancing and enact shelter-in-place. This page is intended to collect resources that can help Bay Area residents access healthy food […]
Mar 25, 2020 – Impact Consulting • Small Business Resources •
How To Get Started With SBA Disaster Loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Small business owners should apply now for federal disaster loans, even if they think they don’t want or need them, since it’s […]