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VP Harris Announces Record Lending to Small Businesses in 2024
SBA backed over 100,000 small business financings this year—the most in over 15 years Today, Vice President Harris announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) provided a record $56 billion through more than 100,000 [...]
Why Helping Small Businesses Succeed Should Be a Philanthropic Priority
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth's Sandy Fernandez shares in the Chronicle of Philanthropy that "To help these businesses succeed and build a more inclusive economy, philanthropy can make complementary investments in small-business training providers [...]
Rockefeller Foundation’s Economic Opportunity Coalition Announces New Chair & 3 Additional Fortune 500 Companies
John W. Rogers Jr., Chairman and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, LLC, to join the EOC Management Committee as Chair, plus Edison International, Exelon Corporation, and Southern Company join Xcel Energy, Micron, and Air Products [...]
California Economic Development Leaders Launch New Tool Connecting Business Owners with Trusted Lenders
California Small Business Loan Match makes it easier for entrepreneurs to discover loans from responsible lenders, at no cost. SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California Small Business Loan Match, a new lender match tool for business owners [...]
The Middle Market Research Report in the Media
Published in November 2023, JPMorgan Chase in collaboration with Next Street developed “The Middle Matters” research report to provide insights into the midsize businesses that power our economy. Several media outlets featured our research, [...]
EOC Announces Historic Plan To Expand Access to Capital and Opportunity for Underserved Individuals, Communities and Businesses
Washington, D.C. | October 24, 2023 ― During today’s 2023 Freedman’s Bank Forum, the Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC) announced a new goal to reach $3 billion in committed deposits from the nation’s largest corporations for community lenders known as [...]