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As we mark the mid-year point of a turbulent 2020, we want to recognize that we have accomplished amazing things with the help of some wonderful people! Opportunity Fund’s Southern California Regional Board has played a vital role in expanding the organization’s reach into a new market since June 2015 and making this region the…

Tennis icon and fashion designer Serena Williams is launching Unstoppable, a special edition jewelry capsule to benefit Accion Opportunity Fund

Despite its profound impact, the program has been up for renewal on a periodic basis, and after the current 1-year extension, the NMTC program is, once again, at risk of being eliminated. It’s crucial now, more than ever, that Congress moves to make the New Markets Tax Credit program permanent. 

The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Investment in Washington will support the construction of a new community health clinic serving low-income and/or uninsured residents.

On May 28, 2020, Andy Cohen of Watch Happens Live with Andy Cohen hosted Eat. Drink. Give., benefiting America’s small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For those of us fortunate enough to be able to work from home, everyday life is complicated, difficult, and worrisome. However, we still get to mobile order our favorite pizza or Chinese food for dinner. We still get to stop by and grab coffee at a drive-through on the way home from picking up groceries.…

Many Opportunity Fund small business clients like Tamales Los Mayas, which sells thousands of tamales at Golden State Warriors games, to a local school district and at most of the Bay Area’s biggest tech companies, will require support as they suffer a drop in consumer demand.

Learn more about our project with Union Gospel Mission of Salem, the largest provider of meals and shelter for the homeless in Salem, Oregon.

National leaders, Accion U.S. Network and Opportunity Fund, come together to scale U.S. microlending and advance economic opportunities for underserved small businesses.

Earlier this week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released their plan to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The two governing bodies are soliciting feedback on their proposals, due mid-February. This is our first statement on the proposed changes; we will be submitting a…