New CDVCA Website Coming Summer 2022
New CDVCA Website Coming Summer 2022
We are pleased to announce that Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) has received $50 million in New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) allocation to make business investments in underserved communities. The tax credit allocation is part of the highly competitive federal NMTC…
Ernesto Villarini Baquero evillarini@cdvca.org I was happy to read about Parallel 18’s latest group of startups and listen to each company pitch during their recent virtual kickoff event. Generation 8 is the accelerator’s first all Puerto Rican cohort and it…
“What is the role of Community Development Venture Capital (CDVC) in supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses and supporting a recovery that is inclusive of all communities and people.” This is a very uncertain and trying time. On a daily basis…
How much does worker churn cost your business? A large and growing body of research shows that turnover is a significant expense to firms. But how do you calculate this cost, and what do you do with what you learn? Putting a…
The March 9 deadline is fast approaching for members of the public to submit comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)…
The 18th Peer Group meeting has been confirmed for April 1 – 3, 2020 in San Juan Puerto Rico. This is a closed-group meeting of fund managers. Please email cdvca@cdvca.org for further information
All investors and companies create positive and negative effects on society and the environment. Impact investors seek to maximize the positive and minimize the negative by using the IRIS+ system to integrate social and environmental factors into investment decisions alongside…
A Q&A with the GIIN’s Co-Founder and CEO, Amit Bouri Amit Bouri is the CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), where he has championed the cause of impact investing over the past decade. Today, the impact investment market…
For two years, investors and neighborhood leaders in cities around the country have responded to economic Opportunity Zones (OZs) with hope and hesitation. The policy, part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, provides tax incentives for long-term investments in low-income…
As 2019 comes to a close, now is a great time to start thinking about preparing your organization for a fiscal year (FY) 2020 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) or Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Application.…