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Year in Review - Economic Opportunities Program

We are grateful for and proud of the conversations, ideas, and outcomes the EOP team has advanced – and optimistic about the opportunities ahead.

BY Maureen Conway

12.21.2021
Employment and Jobs

Let's Choose to Improve Job Quality

Job quality is a choice, and we can choose to make it better.

BY Maureen Conway

09.03.2021
Small Business

Women Entrepreneurs Need Access to Capital

While the Paycheck Protection Program was intended to help small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, it failed to deliver on its promise.

BY Geri Stengel, Forbes

01.06.2021
Small Business

A New Tool to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

Businesses owned by people of color tend to be in less profitable industries because of the effects of systemic inequality and racism.

BY Joyce Klein Tim Ogden

12.18.2020
Small Business

Making Small Business Lending Work for More People Without Anyone Noticing

There’s no equivalent for Fannie Mae when it comes to microloans — until now.

BY Oscar Perry Abello, Next City

12.15.2020
Small Business

Using Loans to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

CDFIs have shown that they can provide a financial lifeline to Black, Hispanic, and female business owners who have been neglected by mainstream banks.

BY Marc Gunther, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

12.10.2020
Employment and Jobs

Protecting Businesses from Harmful Loans

Borrowing is a routine part of a business’s life cycle, but harmful loans don’t have to be.

BY Joyce Klein

08.03.2020
Employment and Jobs

Statement on Racial and Economic Justice

Racism was embedded in our system from the start, and systemic racism requires systemic solutions.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

06.04.2020
Employment and Jobs

Introducing the Business Ownership Initiative

Over the last two decades, we've worked to promote business ownership as a path to boosting income and wealth.

BY Joyce Klein Business Ownership Initiative

06.26.2019
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