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Houston Innovation Week 2017 Agenda Announced

Community Lender Partners with Houston Office of Business Opportunity for Free Entrepreneurship Training Houston – In support of National Small Business Week, May 1st through 5th, PeopleFund and the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity, along with several community partners, will host Innovation Week. The free event, to be held at…

Community Lender Partners with Houston Office of Business Opportunity for Free Entrepreneurship Training Houston – In support of National Small Business Week, May 1st through 5th, PeopleFund and the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity, along with several community partners, will host Innovation Week. The free event, to be held at…

PeopleFund Supports Local Food Pantry

By Noelle Darilek This holiday season, the PeopleFund staff has helped donate to the Bastrop Food Pantry. The donation drive was organized by PeopleFund’s Lending Support Officer Preston Anderson, who encouraged the staff at PeopleFund to donate food. Overall 84 pounds of food, which will serve a total of 67 meals, was…

By Noelle Darilek This holiday season, the PeopleFund staff has helped donate to the Bastrop Food Pantry. The donation drive was organized by PeopleFund’s Lending Support Officer Preston Anderson, who encouraged the staff at PeopleFund to donate food. Overall 84 pounds of food, which will serve a total of 67 meals, was…

PeopleFund Receives New Markets Tax Credit Allocation

PeopleFund Awarded $30 million in New Markets Tax Credit Allocation U.S. Treasury Program aims to stimulate employment, growth, and revitalization in low income communities Austin, Texas – On November 17th, PeopleFund was awarded a $30 million New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to support community development in low income areas throughout Texas….

PeopleFund Awarded $30 million in New Markets Tax Credit Allocation U.S. Treasury Program aims to stimulate employment, growth, and revitalization in low income communities Austin, Texas – On November 17th, PeopleFund was awarded a $30 million New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to support community development in low income areas throughout Texas….

PeopleFund & Generations Federal Credit Union Announce Partnership

San Antonio based credit union provides innovative investment in economic development nonprofit Austin – On March 4th, Generations Federal Credit Union (GFCU) announced a financial investment in PeopleFund, a nonprofit community development financial institution. The investment is a five year term loan with a low fixed interest rate. PeopleFund will use the…

San Antonio based credit union provides innovative investment in economic development nonprofit Austin – On March 4th, Generations Federal Credit Union (GFCU) announced a financial investment in PeopleFund, a nonprofit community development financial institution. The investment is a five year term loan with a low fixed interest rate. PeopleFund will use the…

PeopleFund Intern Welcome: Sarah Parvaresh

by Sarah Parvaresh, Communications & Operations Intern My name is Sarah Parvaresh and I am the Communications and Operations Intern at PeopleFund for the Fall of 2015. I am a Radio-Television-Film major at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on Media Studies. I am interested in understanding problems that…

by Sarah Parvaresh, Communications & Operations Intern My name is Sarah Parvaresh and I am the Communications and Operations Intern at PeopleFund for the Fall of 2015. I am a Radio-Television-Film major at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on Media Studies. I am interested in understanding problems that…

Press Release: Gail Warrior to be Featured Speaker of PeopleTalk Entrepreneur Education Series

Warrior Elements CEO, philanthropist, to headline Aug. 5 PeopleFund event geared toward local entrepreneurs DALLAS, Texas – July 24, 2015– Giving back to the community has long been a tenet of Gail Warrior’s business acumen. So it comes as no surprise that the CEO and founder of Warrior Elements, a luxury active-wear…

Warrior Elements CEO, philanthropist, to headline Aug. 5 PeopleFund event geared toward local entrepreneurs DALLAS, Texas – July 24, 2015– Giving back to the community has long been a tenet of Gail Warrior’s business acumen. So it comes as no surprise that the CEO and founder of Warrior Elements, a luxury active-wear…

PeopleFund Board Member Honored by Texas Legislative Black Caucus

The following is an article from the Houston Forward Times. Congratulations to Forward Times Associate Editor Jeffrey L. Boney, who was honored this past Tuesday, March 3rd at the 2015 African American Legislative Summit, hosted by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus (TLBC) in Austin, Texas. Boney was nominated by State Rep. Ron…

The following is an article from the Houston Forward Times. Congratulations to Forward Times Associate Editor Jeffrey L. Boney, who was honored this past Tuesday, March 3rd at the 2015 African American Legislative Summit, hosted by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus (TLBC) in Austin, Texas. Boney was nominated by State Rep. Ron…

PeopleFund Intern Welcome – Emily Neie

by Emily Neie, Development & Communications Intern My name is Emily Neie and I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2014 with a B.A. in English and Rhetoric and Writing. During my last two years of study, I interned at the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned arts and…

by Emily Neie, Development & Communications Intern My name is Emily Neie and I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2014 with a B.A. in English and Rhetoric and Writing. During my last two years of study, I interned at the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned arts and…

PeopleFund visits Cryo Body Works Grand Opening

by Zach Mayer Austin entrepreneur Caulen Lauria opened Cryo Body Works this year, using his athletic background to tailor the experience to the unique needs of clients. Lauria specializes in cryosauna treatments, a unique therapy originally developed in Japan in 1978 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Lauria has worked with a…

by Zach Mayer Austin entrepreneur Caulen Lauria opened Cryo Body Works this year, using his athletic background to tailor the experience to the unique needs of clients. Lauria specializes in cryosauna treatments, a unique therapy originally developed in Japan in 1978 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Lauria has worked with a…