access to capital

Principal Ideas: How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity?

This Thrive Rural Field Perspective offers a call to action to restructure and reorient public, private and philanthropic capital in ways that increase their impact across rural America.

December 16, 2021

The Economic Recovery Of Women Entrepreneurs Will Take More Than PPP Loans

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

January 6, 2021
Shavon Marley of Marley Trucking who received a CDFI loan from Carolina Small Business Development Fund. CNote provides funding to Carolina Small Business Development Fund. Source: Marley Trucking

A More Inclusive Approach to Venture Capital: Action Steps for Venture Capitalists, Ecosystem Builders, and Philanthropies

A guide for creating a more inclusive venture capital ecosystem. Includes action steps, organized both by type of actor and by time frame for implementation.

July 10, 2018

Access to Capital for Urban Innovators: Report to the Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Urban innovators share a commitment to using new approaches, and often new technologies, to tackle long-standing challenges that seem unsolvable to others and that affect a large number of cities.  

June 22, 2018