HB Towing | Beneficial State Bank's Share Your Beautiful ProgramMost people aren’t happy to see a tow truck operator. But to Josh Hettrick, owner of HB Towing, the happiness and well-being of his truck operators is the top priority for his business, including its financial decisions.
Beneficial State bank is proud to support HB Towing!
Kern Central Credit Union: A Legacy of Serving Workers in the FieldsIn 1974, Kern Central Credit Union was formed in Bakersfield, California for the employees of the Kern County Refinery and other nearby employer groups. With the mission, “A Key to a Better Tomorrow,” Kern Central expanded its membership beyond oil field workers to serve individuals, especially the underserved in Kern County.
In 1995 Kern Central merged with the Farm Workers Credit Union, which was founded in 1963 by civil rights activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. When the Farm Workers CU started, agricultural workers had little or no access to mainstream financial institutions. The Farm Workers CU helped improve the lives of farm workers by offering them new savings tools and access to loans. Helen Chavez, Cesar Chavez’s wife, served as the credit union’s manager, overseeing a business that grew to serve 100,000 farm worker members.
This documentary includes interviews with credit union members and community leaders who remember the early days of both Kern Central and the Farm Workers CU. The timeline goes through the merger with Self-Help Federal Credit Union, which occurred in 2010. Today Self-Help maintains its tradition as a “sí se puede” credit union by working to create economic opportunities for underserved families throughout California’s southern central valley.
Self-Help is a family of nonprofit organizations working to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all. Since 1980, Self-Help has grown to include two credit unions, a loan fund, and a research and policy group.
SELF-HELP RESOURCES
Self-Help | http://www.self-help.org
Self-Help Federal Credit Union | http://www.self-helpfcu.org
Center for Responsible Lending | http://www.responsiblelending.org
SELF-HELP SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/SelfHelpCU
Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/CenterForCommunitySelfHelp
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/39580/
Invest in the Mendocino Wool Mill | DPOThrough a historic new community-based Local Social Impact Investment Note, California residents can harness the power of local investment and help launch the Mendocino Wool Mill project. Economic Development & Financing Corporation (EDFC) offers investors an opportunity to shift their money from Wall Street to "Main Street" with the first Direct Public Offering of its kind in the state of California.
Spearheaded by local sheepshearer, Matt Gilbert, the wool mill will help revive a traditional industry that has huge potential to support local ranchers and artisans, and create new jobs while producing many fine locally-processed wool products.
EDFC is a 501(c)3 non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), that has been operating in Mendocino County since 1995, with extensive lending history. Our mission is to connect money and ideas with entrepreneurs to create sustainable prosperity. We believe in building a healthy community that encourages resourcefulness, creativity and abundance for future generations. If you share this vision, we want to know you.
Details: The DPO mitigates risk by matching investments with grant funding and portfolio insurance. Each note has a 6-year term with a 2% annual interest rate. We are aiming to raise a minimum of $250,000 by February 2016. We have raised over $100k to date, see website to track our progress!
Please contact EDFC for more information and an investor packet. invest@edfc.org www.edfc.org
Northern California Community Loan Fund: Celebrating 25 Years!Based in San Francisco, the Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF) provides financing and expertise to strengthen low-income neighborhoods and enable disadvantaged people to build a better future.
Our 25-Year Anniversary Video interweaves a few heartfelt stories from the communities we serve, and conveys our dedication to strengthen the economic base of low-income communities by assisting community-based organizations and enterprises that promote housing, economic development, human services, and models of participatory ownership and management.
For more information, go to:
www.ncclf.org
Find out how you can help at:
http://www.ncclf.org/how-you-can-help/
La Plazita PreschoolLa Plazita Preschool has worked with Pacific Community Ventures small business mentorship program to grow their business and create new jobs for the community in Oakland.
(special thanks to BAYCAT.org for working to create this video series)
Bread SRSLYBread SRSLY has worked with Pacific Community Ventures small business mentorship program to grow their business and create new jobs for the community in San Francisco.
(special thanks to BAYCAT.org for working to create this video series)
How CDFIs are Changing Small BusinessSuccessful small businesses are the lifeblood of a thriving community. Learn how VEDC in Los Angeles and other CDFIs across the country can help businesses through lending and education.
Sargent Shriver award Fresno CDFISargent Shriver Fresno CDFI
Building Better Credit -- and a Better Lifehttp://www.self-help.org
Salvador Terrones of San Diego is thriving as a college student and licensed Realtor, but he didn't reach this point easily. Raised in the foster care system, Salvador grew up in an impoverished community with few opportunities. He was fortunate to connect with a local nonprofit and a mentor who helped him build a better life. Watch this video to hear Salvador’s story of overcoming adversity and—recently—finding ways to build strong credit at Self-Help Federal.
Self-Help is a family of nonprofit organizations working to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all. Since 1980, Self-Help has grown to include two credit unions, a loan fund, and a research and policy group.
SELF-HELP RESOURCES
Self-Help | http://www.self-help.org
Self-Help Federal Credit Union | http://www.self-helpfcu.org
Center for Responsible Lending | http://www.responsiblelending.org
SELF-HELP SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/SelfHelpCU
Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/CenterForCommunitySelfHelp
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/39580/
Bringing Quality Health Care to the HomelessFor a variety of reasons, homeless individuals do not visit health clinics to seek care. To bridge that gap, the staff at OLE health visit local shelters to meet these individuals where they are.
Providing Housing and Healthcare to FarmworkersAfter noticing farmworkers living under bridges, Angel Calderon created a center to provide housing and food for these individuals. He also teamed up OLE Health to provide on-site health care, ensuring equitable access to a host of critical social services that benefits the entire community.
Together Tomorrow - Clearinghouse CDFI - 2018 DVD - High ResClearinghouse CDFI finances projects that create jobs & services to help people work, live, dream, grow, & thrive in healthy communities.
www.ccdfi.com
These are the faces of opportunity :: Opportunity FundAward-winning and innovative, Opportunity Fund is California's leading microfinance provider.
Opportunity Fund believes that small amounts of money and financial advice can help people make permanent and lasting change in their own lives, driving economic mobility and building stronger communities. We say “Yes!” to small business owners, low-income students, and families because entrepreneurship, education, and sound financial habits are proven pathways to greater economic opportunity.
Our strategy combines microloans for small business owners and microsavings accounts to help students pay for college and families save for a rainy day. As California’s leading microfinance provider, our team has deployed $76 million and helped more than 8,000 people since 1994.
Mission
To advance the economic well-being of working people by helping them earn, save and invest in their future.
Vision
Opportunity Fund believes that everyone should have the chance to build a dignified life, regardless of their economic background. Our role is to help working families realize their dreams and move beyond worrying about how to live day to day. By investing in those who don’t have ready access to financial resources, we strive to break the cycle of poverty for good.
Join us at www.opportunityfund.org
The TELACU Education Foundation: The Third Decade: 2003-2013The third of three videos produced by Tribesmen Pictures to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the TELACU Education Foundation.
This video is not intended for commercial screening or commercial distribution in any medium. Copyright owners of any of the music clips used in this informational video can contact the producers at
info@tribesmenpictures.com regarding music they believe has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement. Per the guidelines of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the producers will arrange for immediate removal of the music in question.
Northern California Community Loan Fund: 25th Anniversary VideoBased in San Francisco, the Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF) provides financing and expertise to strengthen low-income neighborhoods and enable disadvantaged people to build a better future.
Their 25-Year Anniversary Video interweaves a few heartfelt stories from the communities they serve, and conveys their dedication to strengthen the economic base of low-income communities by assisting community-based organizations and enterprises that promote housing, economic development, human services, and models of participatory ownership and management.
Find out how you can help at:
ncclf.org/how-you-can-help/
Video Credits:
Produced, Directed & Filmed by Naomi Ture, Ture Productions
Edited by Chris Faber
Animation by Jan Heiman
