Impact Spotlight Archives – Ventures

Legislative Wrap Up 2022

Amy Hollander — Thu, 12 May 2022 20:28:56 +0000

Legislative Wrap Up 2022 For the fourth year in a row, Ventures entrepreneurs joined staff and community partners to advocate for the needs of micro and small business owners during Washington State’s legislative session. Our advocacy was once again virtual. Nevertheless, a committed and inspired group of people gathered for Advocacy Day and built momentum […]

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Applications Are Open for Ventures’ 2022 Spring Mini – Grants

Amy Hollander — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 21:56:27 +0000

Each spring since 2020, Ventures has deployed mini-grants to small businesses for support with start-up, growth, and recovery. The Spring Mini-Grant program started in 2020 as an emergency response to the COVID–19 pandemic. The initial Mini-Grant fund was created with generous support from individual donors. In 2021, thanks to a grant from Wells Fargo and […]

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Announcing Ventures’ Five Year Strategic Framework 2022 – 2026

Amy Hollander — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:40:38 +0000

In 2021, Ventures’ Board of Directors and staff team accomplished a bold task: the development of a Five Year Strategic Framework for the years 2022 – 2026. The new plan is ambitious, visionary, and committed to powerfully amplifying the impact of our mission: to empower aspiring entrepreneurs with limited resources and unlimited potential. To develop […]

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Latinx Heritage Month Partner Spotlight: NALCAB

Amy Hollander — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 17:43:22 +0000

In honor of Latinx heritage month, Ventures is proud to highlight NALCAB – one of Ventures’ foremost Latinx organizational partners. Based in San Antonio, Texas, NALCAB is a membership organization that strengthens the economy by advancing economic mobility in Latino communities by providing grants, loans and training to its’ member organizations across the US. NALCAB and Ventures have partnered since 2013 to advance […]

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$1 Million in Grants Deployed to Help Diverse Puget Sound Small Businesses Stay Open

Amy Hollander — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:41:10 +0000

Ventures is excited to announce that over $1,000,000 has been deployed to small businesses in grant funds since the start of the pandemic. In 2020, Ventures distributed $918,000 in direct cash assistance to 299 small and micro businesses in our community. With generous support from Wells Fargo and its Open for Business Fund, we closed […]

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Racism Wasn’t the Real Killer of Black Wall Street

Amy Hollander — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:58:20 +0000

[Written by Jenefeness Tucker, MBA, Certified Business Advisor] While we know that Black History is American History and we are unapologetically #black365, we still take February to commemorate as the official “Black History Month”. This is the month where we (black folks) are celebrated and recognized for our contributions that are otherwise ignored. We honor […]

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Ventures awarded $350,000 grant from Wells Fargo to help Puget Sound businesses stay open

Ventures — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:31:06 +0000

Open for Business Fund supports diverse entrepreneurs impacted by the pandemic SEATTLE – Feb. 23, 2021 – Ventures, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), has been awarded a $350,000 grant from Wells Fargo to help small businesses stay open and save jobs in the Seattle area. The funding will help Ventures provide 170 micro-grants, […]

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Vulcan Real Estate and Ventures Announce Partnership to Empower Aspiring Entrepreneurs to Lease Space in its Jackson Property

Ventures — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:26:38 +0000

Seattle-based body-care company QueenCare will be the first to occupy micro-retail space in the Central Area development’s retail pavilion SEATTLE, Wash. (January 12, 2021) – Vulcan, Inc. in partnership with Seattle-based, microenterprise development nonprofit Ventures today announced a partnership that secured a woman and minority owned business enterprise (WMBE) to rent one of its three […]

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Burien Stories of Small Business Resilience: Seeds & Sprouts

Amy Hollander — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:45:51 +0000

“I have the responsibility to do something different.” As an orphan, Iris Ruiz never felt like she was truly a part of a family. Growing up, Iris moved around a lot living with various family members in Oregon and California, and eventually moved back to El Salvador when she was 15 years old. It was […]

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Burien Small Business Stories of Resilience: Emerald City Mattress

Amy Hollander — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:19:39 +0000

“We are the owners of our own time. Having your own business gives you the opportunity to do that!” Eight years ago, Celina Aguiniga and her husband decided to stop making mattresses for other companies and start their own small business in Burien. “All of our lives, we have worked for someone else and we […]

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