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Our Strategic Plan for 2017

Our Strategic Plan for 2017

At Ventures, we hope the future will be full of opportunities, growth, and impact. Through the process of creating our 2017-2018 Strategic Plan, staff and board members at Ventures analyzed our priorities as a national leader in microenterprise development. From that...

Dreams Realized

Dreams Realized

Today Hawa is closer to achieving her American Dream because of the support of generous donors. This December, we shared Hawa’s story with you through our holiday fundraising campaign. We received close to $5,000 in donations to invest in the dreams of hardworking...

What is “Capacity Building?”

What is “Capacity Building?”

If you’ve been working in or with nonprofit organizations lately, chances are good you’ve heard the buzz word “capacity building”… chances are also good that you are wondering what does this mean for the charitable causes I support? Nonprofit organizations run on...

2016 A Year of Growth and Impact

2016 A Year of Growth and Impact

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