Working Solutions CDFI

Working Solutions is excited to announce the launch of our new?five-year strategic plan! Central to our strategy is the ambitious goal to double all-time deployment to reach $100 million in small business financing by 2029. Over the past five years, we have scaled our small-dollar lending and honed our client-centric approach. Now, Working Solutions is expanding our reach statewide?to increase capital access for historically marginalized entrepreneurs in under-invested communities throughout California. Read more about our plan to advance a financial system that creates economic opportunity for all Californians: https://lnkd.in/g7QbN59f #FirstToBelieve

#CollectiveImpact: In this season of #gratitude, we send a heartfelt thank you to our community for partnering with us to advance a financial system that creates economic opportunity for all Californians. With your support, Working Solutions is on track to double our all-time deployment to reach $100 million in small-dollar financing for small businesses by 2029. Read more in our FY25-29 Strategic Plan: https://lnkd.in/ghkP_xsv

#SmallBusinessSaturday is coming up on November 30?and every dollar makes a big difference for small businesses in our communities. Browse the Working Solutions Client Directory, where you can search for businesses near you and find unique gifts from local Black-Owned, AAPI-Owned, Latinx-Owned, and Women-Owned businesses. #ShopSmall on #SmallBizSat and all season long: https://lnkd.in/gb5BciY

#MondayMotivation: Thinking about starting a food business, whether making, distributing, or importing products? Join us for two upcoming webinars focused on the essential information that every food entrepreneur should know: 1?? The Regulatory Basics - Tuesday, December 3 at 10 AM - Register at bit.ly/Food-Basics 2?? Start a Food Business in Your Kitchen (Cottage Food Laws) - Tuesday, December 10 at 10 AM - Register at bit.ly/Food-Home-Kitchen

"It takes courage to be an entrepreneur, to follow your dream. To say, 'I have a passion, I want to make a difference.'" This #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek, we are reflecting on these words from Will Jackson, Business Access Advisor at U.S. Bank and Working Solutions Board Member. We are inspired by all who take the leap into entrepreneurship, and whose resilient and innovative businesses are the backbone of our?communities. Thank you to Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center for inviting Working Solutions to be a part of the Passion to Profit Conference, emcee'd by our very own Anita R.!

#FunderAppreciation: Working Solutions is thrilled to be a 2024 AHEAD Program Grantee with thanks to Bank of San Francisco in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Grant funds will support our work in California as the #FirstToBelieve in small businesses across our newly expanded statewide service area, with a particular focus on technical assistance to help entrepreneurs in low- and moderate-income communities launch and grow successful businesses. Thank you! #AHEAD #EconomicDevelopment #CommunityDevelopment?

#StrategySpotlight: Working Solutions is scaling toward $100MM in capital deployed by FYE29 by investing in our client experience and streamlining operations to reach this ambitious goal. As we scale, we will innovate through strategic partnerships to maximize our footprint across California while investing in the well-being and professional growth of our team. Learn more in our new FY25-29 Strategic Plan: https://lnkd.in/ghkP_xsv

Last week, Working Solutions' CEO Sara Razavi and CFO Gasper Patten Magallanes traveled to San Diego to attend CAMEO Network's 30th Anniversary Celebration, "Equity in Action: Innovating the Small Business Ecosystem” and present about our experience as part of the inaugural cohort of CAMEO’s #CDFI Shared Services Center alongside Accessity, Access Plus Capital, Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), and PALM BEACH COUNTY BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION. Thank you, CAMEO, for 30 years of commitment to the California microlending landscape!

#GoodNewsFriday: Thank you to Bank of America for highlighting Working Solutions and our client Tarts de Feybesse at last week's San Francisco-East Bay Neighborhood Builders Celebration! Bank of America's long-term partnership helps #CDFIs like Working Solutions support businesses like Tarts de Feybesse, which has grown from a cottage/wholesale business to a brick-and-mortar patisserie opening soon in Oakland: https://lnkd.in/ghQruaXH #FirstToBelieve

#FunderAppreciation: Thank you to HSBC Bank for supporting Working Solutions and our work to make affordable capital and responsive business consulting available to small businesses in San Francisco. #FirstToBelieve