Entrepreneurship

Introducing the 2025 Henry Crown Fellowship Class. The Henry Crown Fellowship mobilizes a new breed of leaders, all between the ages of 30-46, to tackle the world’s most intractable problems.

Rocio Pinto is the co-founder of Multiverse, a Guatemala-based organization that harnesses entrepreneurship as a catalyst to the country’s development.

This paper shares key lessons on microloan origination, including practices of CDFIs that are originating thousands of loans annually.

SFEOCF seeks to create a more accessible and seamless continuum of capital and services for entrepreneurs of color in San Francisco.

Providing loans and grants to diverse entrepreneurs has been seen by many as an important way to address the racial wealth gap.

Women entrepreneurs deserve equitable access to financial and technical support so they can bring climate innovations to market.

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

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

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.