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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 [...]
America’s New Industrial Revolution
Read Co-CEO Charisse Conahan Johnson’s latest op-ed in Fortune, co-authored with Xavier De Souza Briggs of Brookings Metro, and Bruce Katz of Drexel University. The op-ed focuses on how America’s new industrial revolution is [...]
Pay Principles of an Anti-Racist Company
We recently shifted our compensation policy to be more in line with our anti-racist values. That means consistent compensation bands across our firm, merit-based promotions, and radical transparency. Learn more in Chief of Staff [...]
Columbus Foundation loans $2.6 million to 5 black businesses
The foundation reported that the loans are a part of the foundation’s approach to address inequities in business. To fulfill its mission, the foundation partnered with the national organization Next Street, which has worked with [...]
Charisse Conanan Johnson sees small biz in a big way
Charisse Conanan was promoted to the Co-CEO role, wrote a book and changed how she communicated with her team and their small business clients during the pandemic. In the process she gained a lot [...]