Geography: United States
Founded: 1994
Address:318 West 39 Street
New York, NY 10018
Unique among micro-lenders, the Women's Venture Fund, Inc. builds on the life experience of each client to:
- develop her self-confidence
- expand her understanding of business opportunities
- provide the skills, training and resources to assume ownership of progressively more complex enterprises
Some of WVF's many accomplishments include:
- a five-year grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide training and technical assistance
- certification as a Community Development Institution by the U.S. Department of Treasury
- a $100,000 challenge grant from Board member Abigail Disney
- participation in a roundtable discussion with Vice President Al Gore on micro-finance and with President and Mrs. Clinton at the Women's Economic Leadership Conference
- vision 2000 State Model of Excellence presented by the Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
- Hispanic Entrepreneur Award (awarded to Maria Otero) sponsored by Hispanic Magazine and Bloomberg