- March 31, 2021HOPE and SurveyMonkey released the findings of the inaugural HOPE Minority Small Business Index survey which examines the sentiments and…
- March 1, 2021As the pandemic disproportionately affects small businesses and communities of color, the new administration and Congress are currently debating a…
- February 2, 2021The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program provided forgivable loans to help businesses survive the COVID-19 economic collapse. But that wasn’t…
- October 8, 2020San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund: Creating a Continuum of Capital and Consulting The Aspen Institute First published October 2020…
- August 5, 2020Given the financial sector’s history of systemic exclusion and discrimination, the San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) and the…
- August 5, 2020The effects of the pandemic on small businesses amid forced closings, modified re-openings, and weakened demand, are well documented. Black…
- July 15, 2020Since March 2020, businesses in the U.S. have been struggling to continue operations in the face of a global pandemic.…
- July 7, 2020NCRC developed a new ratings system for quantitative measures on banks’ community development financing under CRA. Our suggested ratings could…
- June 30, 2020This fact sheet shows that across the United States, businesses owned by Black, Latinx, and Asian people have closed down…
- May 29, 2020Whether by necessity or ingenuity, minority-owned small businesses may be giving us an early sign of how US businesses will…
