Structural inequities—both historical and current—have created barriers for entrepreneurs of color to build wealth and grow their businesses. The San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (SFEOCF) sought to address these inequities by creating a more accessible and seamless continuum of capital and services for entrepreneurs of color in San Francisco. SFEOCF, funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co., was a collaborative effort among three community development financial institutions: Working Solutions, Pacific Community Ventures, and ICA. The Aspen Institute’s Business Ownership Initiative partnered with the collaborative members to conduct an evaluation of the Fund. This report documents the experiences, lessons, and outcomes from the collaborative, and offers insights for other organizations to consider in their approach to this work.
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Tweet Report: “San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund: Creating a Continuum of Capital and Consulting.” Featuring @ws_microloans, @ICAfund, and @PCVtweets. Written by Sarah Alvarez and Joyce Klein at @Aspen_BOI.
Tweet Structural inequities create barriers for entrepreneurs of color to build wealth and grow their businesses. The San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund sought to address this by creating a more accessible and seamless continuum of capital.
Tweet The San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, funded by @jpmorgan @chase, was a collaborative effort by @ws_microloans, @ICAfund, @PCVtweets to expand lending to local business owners of color. Learn more in this report by @Aspen_BOI.
Tweet This report by @Aspen_BOI documents the experiences, lessons, and outcomes from the San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, and offers insights for other organizations to consider in their approach to this work.
Tweet Reaching and serving entrepreneurs of color means building trust with people who have long been excluded from capital and wealth. See how members of the San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund advanced this work.
Tweet San Francisco’s history of racial segregation and current economic inequalities impact where people of color live and work, and what they own – factors that often affect their experiences and challenges as business owners today.
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