racial wealth gap

Scaling Lending to Entrepreneurs of Color: Part II – Strategies and Operational Tactics for High-Volume Originations

This paper shares key lessons on microloan origination, including practices of CDFIs that are originating thousands of loans annually.

March 14, 2023
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Scaling Lending to Entrepreneurs of Color: Part I – Core Operational Challenges

Providing loans and grants to diverse entrepreneurs has been seen by many as an important way to address the racial wealth gap.

November 17, 2021
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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap by Supporting Black-Owned Banks

The National Black Bank Fund and Foundation (NBBF) are leading in the racial justice movement through economic justice.

July 27, 2021

To Build Back Better, Job Quality Is the Key

We must build an economy where people can work with dignity, support themselves and their loved ones, and contribute to a healthy and thriving society.

April 14, 2021
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The Future of Boards: Three Next Moves for Directors

The COVID-19 pandemic and America’s reckoning on racial justice and equity have amplified demands for companies to do more to solve deep systemic problems.

June 30, 2020

America’s Corporate Governance System Is Racist Too

Corporate governance may not commit physical violence against people of color, but its very design causes real harm.

June 29, 2020

How Do Rich Neighborhoods Exist So Close to Poor Ones?

The research of Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that the scale of inequality is incredibly small.

June 26, 2019
A crowded city street.