Women's economic ventures (wev) provides small business loans, business training, and technical assistance to help primarily low-income women start or expand a small business. Wev is a community development financial institution (cdfi) and provides micro enterprise loans of up to $25,000 to startups and business expansion loans of up to $150,000 to pre-bankable businesses. Wev serves both men and women in all programs. In 2021 wev provided training and technical assistance, including 2,038 sessions of individual consulting to 698 clients and provided 21 business loans totaling $500,500.