Archives: Resources

  • Building Immigrant Financial Security

    August 6, 2018
    The California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) consulted nonprofit members, partners, and allies, including financial services providers, to develop recommendations for banks…
  • Improving Small Business Financing

    August 6, 2018
    The report starts with background and context on the importance of small businesses to the U.S. economy as well as…
  • The State of Independence 2018

    July 11, 2018
    The MBO Partners State of Independence report, the industry’s longest running comprehensive study of the American independent workforce, serves as…
  • Small Business Perspectives on Online Lenders

    June 10, 2018
    This report discusses findings of a study conducted by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland…
  • The Real Cost Measure in California 2018

    June 7, 2018
    The United Ways of California released “Struggling to Stay Afloat: The Real Cost Measure in California 2018,” a new statewide…
  • Advancing Minority Small Business Capital Access

    May 30, 2018
    Through the Milken Institute and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM) initiative, we are…
  • The Business Case for Racial Equity

    May 29, 2018
    This report makes a compelling economic argument for the social justice imperative of racial equity. Beyond an increase in economic output,…
  • 2017 Employer Firms Credit Survey

    May 22, 2018
    The Federal Reserve released “2017 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Employer Firms.” Learn more about how small business owners…
  • Why Do Businesses Close?

    May 10, 2018
    Over the last 25 years, about 7–9 percent of employer firms close every year and a slightly higher share open.…
  • Access to Markets for Women Entrepreneurs

    May 10, 2018
    The goal of this report is to support the council in establishing a knowledge base about women business owners’, leaders’,…