JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE NIGHT
WesGold Fellows & Founders' 2024 Around the World Gala
Our Fellows embark on a special and unique adventure when they enter the WesGold Fellows program. They are presented with experiences and opportunities to "stamp their life passport" as they journey through the program. After the Fellows complete their eight-week internship, we connect at our gala to celebrate this milestone accomplishment. We take this moment to stop and honor our Founders, while we celebrate our future!
B-Smart Pitch & Present
Built to Last—From Vision to Resilience!
The B-Smart Pitch & Present is the culminating event of the 12-week B-Smart Entrepreneurship Program. On Thursday, November 7, Cohort 11 entrepreneurs will showcase their business models to a panel of investors and community partners. It's an opportunity for entrepreneurs to secure startup funding for their early-stage businesses.
Be part of an exciting evening filled with dynamic presentations, networking opportunities, and cheer on the next generation of small business owners! You don’t want to miss this!
Our Neighborhoods, Our Businesses, Our Stories
ONOBOS Program
Our Neighborhoods, Our Businesses, Our Stories” is a project which will highlight selected commercial corridors and neighborhood businesses through video. These videos will showcase the business owners who make up these diverse corridors and the products and services within them.
News & Updates
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Who We Are
Fully committed to being the link that connects business, community and you.
VestedIn provides capital and other resources to support Businesses, uplifts and offers opportunities and resources to maintain and expand the vitality of the Community, which creates a strong foundation for You and your family for generations to come.
Same Partner, New Name
We believe in reciprocal relationships. When you serve your community, it will serve you back.
You may have known us as West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution, WPFSI, or West Philly Financial. For 25 years we have served West Philadelphia as the “Economic Engine” that provides capital to small businesses and entrepreneurs and the bridge that connects financial literacy and wealth building within the community.
Today we are known by a different name…VestedIn. Our name has changed, but our mission to break the cycles that cause poverty and build generational wealth remains the same.
Testimonial
Jim Burnett
Executive Director
“VestedIn was founded as West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution to provide economic development leadership and resources to the West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone. Since our founding, we have expanded our reach to seven counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, but we will always remain committed to the goals of enriching the lives and businesses of West Philadelphia.”
Our Services
Championing growth through our services.
Business.
VestedIn is a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) lender that provides loans of up to $100,000 to businesses and entrepreneurs in Philadelphia as well as six other counties within Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware for the purposes of business expansion, equipment purchases, inventory and to support overall business growth.
Is your business as fiscally healthy as it can be?
VestedIn believes in equipping entrepreneurs and business owners with the skills and tools necessary to run a successful small business. Every client receives a minimum of 1.5 hours of free technical assistance, as well as post-financing technical assistance. We are here to strategize with you, answer your questions and assist you in taking your business where you dreamed it would be.
The Facts
Since our inception, VestedIn has provided:
$
5500000
Direct Financing
Leading to an increase of sale, and customer satisfaction.
$
70000000
Leverage Capital
Through VestedIn financial partners.
1600
+
Jobs Created
Relating to finance and economic development.
Community.
WesGold Fellows
WesGold Fellows is a comprehensive youth development program for underrepresented, underserved students between the ages of 14 and 21. VestedIn provides a paid personal and professional development opportunity for high school and college youth focused on financial literacy, real estate, and entrepreneurship.
B-Smart
(B-Smart) is an entrepreneurship program created in partnership with Drexel University and the West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative. The program takes local entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through an intensive 10-week training on core business topics such as marketing and operations, technology for small businesses, business planning, and finance and capital.
GET TO KNOW OUR
Partners
You.
Community begins with the individual staring back at you when you gaze at the mirror. Each of us is a small fragment of something larger, that holds each of us and shapes us. Community is the foundation and each of us is a cornerstone. When a community understands who they are and what they care about, a power begins to bloom that no one can uproot.
The power that makes our community unique and strong comes from within. Whether it’s educating and empowering the youngest members of the community or providing pre/post financing technical assistance and the funds for the businesses within the community, VestedIn is a hands-on organization that is devoted to ensuring the stones thrown in our community have the greatest ripple effect possible.
More than just a lender, VestedIn is a community partner ready to work with you!