Resource Category: Access to Capital

  • April 21, 2020
    The poll, conducted by Chesapeake Beach Consulting for Small Business Majority, surveyed California small business owners between April 7 and…
  • March 13, 2020
    CDFI Friendly America: A White Paper Introducing the CDFI Friendly Strategy for Smaller Cities and Towns By Mark A. Pinsky…
  • March 6, 2020
    This handbook shines a spotlight on an emerging generation of practical, intelligent activists who are reinventing local financial systems. Even…
  • January 29, 2020
    U.S. banks play an integral role as credit suppliers to small businesses. Small businesses comprise of nearly all employer firms…
  • cover page of report on advancing gender equality in venture capital

    December 3, 2019
    This research report describes the current state of gender equality in the U.S. venture capital (VC) industry and offers a…
  • October 23, 2019
    The Richmond Fed’s recent report, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) by the Numbers, provides findings from the 2019 Federal Reserve CDFI…
  • October 21, 2019
    FUND CI conducted research to identify the best practices of CDFIs that are recognized as being ahead of the curve…
  • October 4, 2019
    Agri-FoodTech is an emerging category within the food startup universe with enormous potential to impact critical issues from climate change…
  • September 4, 2019
    Better-qualified black and Hispanic testers who shopped for small business loans at Los Angeles area bank branches were treated worse…
  • July 23, 2019
    This report explores ways business ownership can serve as a wealth-building tool for women, explains the systemic barriers impeding women’s…