REDF Impact Investing Fund Deploys nearly $5 Million in 5 Years, including $1.65 Million in Capital to Employment Social Enterprises in 2022 January 17, 2023 By REDF Admin
Request for Proposals: REDFworkshop Website Redesign January 13, 2023 By REDF Admin Project Overview Introduction REDF invests exclusively in employment social enterprises (ESEs) – businesses achieving transformative social impact – providing jobs, training, and support to people breaking through barriers to employment. We partner with the social entrepreneurs who lead these businesses – amplifying their success and the success of the people they employ. Our programs combine … Continue reading Request for Proposals: REDFworkshop Website Redesign
Inspiring Work – Adriana Rueda, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business January 5, 2023 By REDF Admin My passion is to serve other people through my work. As an MBA student at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, I have been purposeful with my career choices, including where I focus my time and energy during my summer fellowship. When I accepted REDF’s offer to be a Farber Summer Fellow, I was certain … Continue reading Inspiring Work – Adriana Rueda, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Introducing the 13 Growth-Stage Employment Social Enterprises Selected for Our 2023 Growth Portfolio January 4, 2023 By REDF Admin Capital investment is a core component of our work to build a more inclusive economy powered by the proven power of employment social enterprises. Today, we’re thrilled to announce $3.9 million in grants to 13 high-impact employment social enterprises through our Growth Portfolio program. Of the businesses selected for funding, 69% are led by people … Continue reading Introducing the 13 Growth-Stage Employment Social Enterprises Selected for Our 2023 Growth Portfolio
REDF Awards $3.9 Million to 13 Growth-Stage Employment Social Enterprises to Expand Fair-Chance Hiring Opportunities January 4, 2023 By REDF Admin
Reflections on home December 20, 2022 By REDF Admin “Home is where the future is.” That was the mic drop response shared by Noubar Afeyan (the inventor and entrepreneur who co-founded Moderna) during a fireside chat at the Clinton Global Initiative conference earlier this year. He was responding to a question about the lived experience of refugees and asylees, and about how fleeing one … Continue reading Reflections on home
In Good Company: An Employment Social Enterprise Partnership that Works December 12, 2022 By REDF Admin San Francisco Bay Area social enterprises discover common ground and shared purpose in delivering nutritious meals to wildland firefighters In June 2022, 150 employment social enterprise leaders in the REDF Community gathered for their first in-person retreat in three years. Over the course of a week in Portland, Oregon, social entrepreneurs connected with peers, learned … Continue reading In Good Company: An Employment Social Enterprise Partnership that Works
Witnessing the Power of Proximate Leadership – Liz Kanovsky, Haas School of Business December 8, 2022 By REDF Admin This August, before starting my second year at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, I re-visited the gigantic Google doc where I had taken notes on my internship search. In the middle of pages of bullets on REDF and the Farber program – I had done my research! – was a list of the different … Continue reading Witnessing the Power of Proximate Leadership – Liz Kanovsky, Haas School of Business