Each year Renaissance serves over 1,500 very low-to-moderate income women and men start or grow their businesses who reflect the social, cultural, and economic diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area: 90% are low-to-moderate income; 72% are women; 75% are people of color; and nearly one in eight have disabilities, including people living with HIV/AIDS.
Our entrepreneurial programs are offered in both English and Spanish at our three locations: South of Market and Bayview/Hunters Point in San Francisco, and East Palo Alto on the mid-peninsula.
Since our launch in 1985 with a single business planning class, Renaissance has served approximately 18,250 very low-to-moderate income women and men who have created and grown over 4,700 sustainable new businesses and over 10,550 new jobs, in addition to employment for the business owner him/herself. In 2008, Renaissance graduate businesses generated approximately $27.5 Million in annual revenues.
Renaissance Clients in the News:
Gail Lillian, Liba in the NY Times
Willo O'Brien, Willo Toons in Working Every Day Woman
Paula Tejada, Mi Chile Lindo in Mission Mission
Neal Gottlieb, Three Twins in the Examiner
Lori Shannon, See Jane Run in the Small Biz Times
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