2020 PCV holiday gift guidE

About Pacific Community Ventures

Under $50:

Unless otherwise indicated (by Local Only), national shipping or virtual experiences are available at all of these small businesses.

17 Berkshire

Memphis, TN

17 Berkshire is a local patisserie that specializes in European pastries meets Southern desserts. While we do not ship our perishables, our collection of teas and gift items are the perfect gift for you and your loved ones!

Featured Product: Holiday Tea Gift Box featuring Peppermint Twist Macaron, Apple Cinnamon Cream Cake, Vanilla Chai Shortbread, and Ginger Bread Cake

AB Unlimited Worldwide

Las Vegas, NV

Great Holiday Gifts, Branded With Your Logo! Contact Us For A Free Consultation For The Very Best Gift Ideas Of Holiday 2020!

Featured Product: High-end Drinkware, Apparel, Totes, Pens, Tech Accessories

Bear's Fruit

Brooklyn, NY

At Bear's Fruit we make kombucha made with whole organic fruit & herbs. No sugary juices, artificial flavors, or weird stuff.

Featured Product: Variety Pack - The Bear’s Fruit variety pack has 3 bottles of each of our 4 kombuchas: Blueberry Lavender, Pineapple Mint, Strawberry Jalapeño and Lemon Rosemary

Bread SRSLY

Berkeley, CA

At Bread SRSLY, we’re serious about reuniting people with sourdough when they thought good bread was off the table. We use organic gluten-free grains and the magic of wild fermentation to bake traditional sourdough bread that is not only delicious, nourishing, and comforting, but also safe and inclusive. All of our products are certified gluten-free and baked in a dedicated gluten-free facility, in addition to also being certified vegan, top 8 allergen-free, and sesame-free!

Featured Product: Classic Gluten Free Sourdough Loaf (3 Pack)

Casa Papel

Philadelphia, PA

Cecilia G. Torres is the Owner of Casa Papel, a Philadelphia-based graphic design and specialty print studio that specializes in creating custom paper goods for the holidays, weddings, and events for personal and businesses.

Featured Product: Our hand painted watercolor cards that can be personalized.

Coco Moon Hawaii

Kailua, HI

Coco Moon designs buttery soft baby essentials inspired by memories of a childhood in Hawaii. Founded by a mom of two boys, Coco Moon's silky-soft fabrics and vibrant modern designs help you create beautiful memories with your 'ohana.

Featured Product: Buttery Soft Muslin Quilt in our "Palm Party" print

Fortune Cookie Factory

Oakland, CA

Cheerful, chocolate dipped fortune cookies with your custom fortunes to send to friends and family. Original factory 1957 in Oakland, family owned business. As featured in New York Times.

Featured Product: Gift boxes of fortune cookies with holiday fortunes, each fortune cookie dipped in chocolate, decorated with crushed candy canes, peppermint chocolate.

Globally Exclusive

Fontana, CA

Globally Exclusive is a 21st century education center, providing individualized tutoring services for students of all ages.

Featured Product: 1:1 Online Tutoring

Harlem Cycle

New York, NY

Harlem Cycle specializes in unique fitness classes perfect for the whole family.

Featured Product: Our at home program and our clothing store

Muses Apothecary

Albany, CA

Natural skincare and grooming products for the whole family. Focusing on organic ingredients that are gentle on your skin and the planet.

Featured Product: Shampoo Bars, Face Masks, Mens shaving soap

Oaklandish

Oakland, CA

City pride by design. Oaklandish spreads “local love” with our Oakland pride-evoking tees and accessories, while creating quality inner city jobs for locals, and giving back to the people and places that maintain our city’s trailblazer spirit. So, wear it well. When you rock these roots, you're representing and supporting Oakland!

Featured Product: Roots SC Translation Tee

Olive Seed

Detroit, MI

Olive Seed is a certified woman-owned wellness company offering nutritional services, wellness workshops, and wholesome, sustainable products. Our products include loose leaf tea blends, infused honey, olive oils and vinegars, gourmet spices blends, handmade soap bars, and whole-food supplements.

Featured Product: Olive oil and vinegar gift set

Precocity, LLC

Whittier, CA (Local Only)

We are a wholesale packaging distributor in Southern California. We help companies save money and solve critical problems in their shipping and packaging process. We stock most common products and have next day delivery for you.

Featured Product: We specialize in custom printed boxes

Route 99 Hawaii

Waialua, HI

Route 99 was born on the North Shore of O’ahu where Kamehameha Highway becomes Route 99. We embroider each of our Hawaii-inspired designs one-by-one out of our Waialua home shop.

Featured Product: Be Kind Hats and Pineapple Pocket Vintage T-Shirts

Sift Dessert Bar

Santa Rosa, CA

Sift Dessert Bar is a modern dessert shop that specializes in gifting, celebrating, and treating! We love to make a Sift twist on a nostalgic treat. With 3 locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, we've been delivering delightful treats to your door since 2008!

Featured Product: Our Celebration Boxes are an assortment of the best gifts in one box this season!

The Philosopher's Stoneground

Santa Cruz, CA

Our philosophy in a jar: every bite of our craft nut butter should nourish you, the rest of Life, and the planet on which we live! Our stone ground coconut butter, sprouted almond butter, and chocolate versions of both are meticulously crafted in small batches. Our mission is to create delicious, nutritious, ethical, and ecological food that nourishes all Life through its cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and consumption.

Featured Product: Naked Creamy and Naked Crunchy sprouted almond butter. Ostara stone ground coconut butter and Cocotella (chocolate coconut butter).

Two Chicks in the Mix

Oakland, CA (Local Only)

From sourcing local, organic ingredients to making everything from scratch, Two Chicks in the Mix aims to create an experience that feels and tastes thoughtfully and lovingly made. Our seasonal menu is inspired by California produce, unique flavor combinations, and Black food culture. We are devoted to delivering customer service that is human, friendly and attentive.

Featured Product: Pies! We offer Salted Caramel Apple, Classic Pecan, and Brown Butter Sweet Potato during the Fall/Winter seasons.

Our mission

Pacific Community Ventures envisions a world of thriving communities where everyone has a fair shake. Our mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs for working people, and make markets work for social good. We achieve our mission through a “Good Jobs, Good Business” model that combines affordable loans with pro-bono advising; our BusinessAdvising.org platform, impact measurement, evaluation and research; and tools and small grants to create good-quality jobs that address racial and gender wealth gaps. Pacific Community Ventures is a 501c3 nonprofit social enterprise and community development financial institution (CDFI).