Community Vision is proud to have a AAA1 CARS™ rating!

CARS™ is a CDFI Assessment and Ratings System and is the only comprehensive, third-party assessment of a CDFI’s financial strength and performance and, most importantly, level of community impact. Community Vision is one of only five CDFIs to receive a AAA1 rating, the highest rating possible. A CARS™ assessment includes past performance, current financial position,…

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Center for New Music Ready to Work and Play

The Center for New Music (CNM) is a community center for participants of new music in San Francisco. The Center serves the practitioners of creative, non-commercial music by providing the resources they need, including space to work, rehearse, and perform, and access to a like-minded community. Through these services, the Center seeks to support and…

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Community Vision’s 10th Annual Event Celebrates Arts in the Community

Community Vision hosted our 10th Annual Event on Thursday, May 9 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. The theme of the event, “Artifacts: What Makes a Community Healthy?” celebrated the positive impact arts organizations have on the local community. Research has shown that community focused arts organizations enhance the economic development within low-income communities and are…

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Community Vision Community Facilities Challenge Winners are Announced

The winners of Community Vision’s second annual Community Facilities Challenge were announced Wednesday, April 24. The Challenge, in partnership with California State University Fresno, gave students the opportunity to apply their educational skills and prepare a real estate feasibility analysis for a proposed community facility real estate project to benefit a low-income community in Fresno…

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CompassPoint: Supporting Nonprofits for Over 35 Years

Since 1976, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services has guided nonprofits to better manage their organizations, become more fiscally sound, and achieve higher impact. With the belief that nonprofit organizations and leaders need relevant support that builds on their strengths, experiences, and achievements, CompassPoint increases the leadership and management capabilities of nonprofits. CompassPoint reaches out to more than…

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Haas Students Present Mid-term Findings to Community Vision

The Haas School of Business graduate students presented their mid-term findings to Community Vision on Friday, March 22nd. Community Vision was selected to be a participant of the Social Sector Solutions 2013 program, which is part of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley in partnership with…

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Destiny Arts Center Finds Their Way Home

Destiny Arts Center – Destiny standing for De-Escalating Skills Training Inspiring Non-violence in Youth – is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 that offers violence prevention and arts education through dance, theatre and martial arts. For the past five years, Destiny has been renting space from the North Oakland Community Charter School for its on-site…

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A Free Screening Fixing the Future in Fresno

Don’t miss our FREE screening of Fixing the FutureThursday, March 28 2013California State University of Fresno University Business Center Auditorium Room 192 5245 N. Backer Avenue – Fresno, CA 93740-8001 Would you like to learn more about how to improve our community with local economic solutions? David Brancaccio (of public radio’s Marketplace and NOW on…

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