December Newsletter: Gift Guide, Impact Lending Updates, and More!

This giving season, invest in an economy that works. For everyone. Your gift to REDF fuels our investments in businesses that break down barriers to employment nationwide.

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Shop the Social Enterprise Gift Guide

This holiday season, give meaningful gifts that move the needle on the issues that move you. Featuring products from our partners around the country, each item in the REDF Social Enterprise Gift Guide is handcrafted by an individual striving to reenter the workforce after experiences like homelessness or incarceration. Shop now and help support an economy that works. For everyone.

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REDF’s Impact Investing Fund Attracts New Investments

REDF’s Impact Investing Fund (RIIF) recently received two exciting investments. RIIF was selected as part of the University of San Francisco’s Community Investment pilot, receiving $1M to invest in Bay Area businesses that employ and equip people overcoming barriers to work. The fund was also awarded a $1M loan from CommonSpirit Health‘s Community Investment Program (CIP). The CIP helps address social determinants of health by issuing loans that support affordable housing, health clinics and social services, arts and education, the environment, small business and microlending, and other community service organizations. Sign up for RIIF’s quarterly newsletter here.

Maria Kim: How Milestones Nudge Us Into Who We Are Becoming

After five months as REDF’s President, Maria Kim is walking into 2022 – a milestone year for her and REDF – with three key lessons on why we should bet on social entrepreneurs, the assets they bring to the table, and the importance of cultivating community.

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Apply to be a 2022 Farber Summer Fellow

Each summer, MBA candidates from around the country spend 10 weeks working on a mission-critical project at a REDF-supported social enterprise. Applications for 2022 Farber Summer Fellows will open Thursday, December 9 through Tuesday, January 18. Want to use your business skills for good? Learn more about the experience from Farber alumni and apply!

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REDF & Partners in the News

• Opinion: A Solution to the US Worker Shortage and Inequity is Hiding in Plain Sight (REDF CEO Carla Javits in The Hill)
• A Brief But Spectacular Take on Rebuilding and Diversifying the Appalachian Economy (Coalfield Development on PBS Newshour)
• ‘Made in America’ Brownie Bakery Creates Sweet New Hiring Opportunities (Greyston Bakery on ABC News)
• Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Fire Crew Protecting California from Wildfires (The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program in The Los Angeles Times)

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