RIIF Receives $2 Million PRI from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Representing Largest Investment To Date We are excited to announce that RIIF has closed a $2 million Program-Related Investment (PRI) from our valued partner the Annie E. Casey Foundation. With this loan, RIIF can deepen its impact and accelerate the growth of the social …
“You’re working with a nonprofit? During a RECESSION?” This was a common refrain from family members and friends afraid of how pandemic uncertainty and an economic downturn may impact my summer experience. However, if my background in emergency management taught me anything, it is that resilience does not come from a specific business model — …
Just two years ago, I hopped off my call with Lalu Bere (Kellogg MBA ‘19) after learning about her MBA and Farber Fellow experience. I was in the middle of a long-winding MBA application journey that felt endless. Ultimately, I made the decision to come to Berkeley-Haas to pursue the intersection of finance and social …
Watch REDF President & CEO Carla Javits in conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams during a Well-Being in the Nation (WIN) panel on the role business can play in building a better future (their exchange begins at 47:16).
Last year, I attended a REDF information session where a Farber alum described the experience as one that “changed her life.” I’d heard numerous students recount their internship stories, but rarely with so much enthusiasm. Instantly, I knew this is where I wanted to spend my summer. Of course, being an MBA student, I did …
Employment social enterprises are mission-driven, revenue-generating businesses that reinvest their profits into helping people overcome barriers to employment. It’s this revenue-generating approach that makes them so effective — and that fuels their ability to grow, expand, and deepen their impact on society. Southern California-based enterprise Doing Good Works is the perfect example. Recently named an …
I wanted to spend my summer ingrained in an organization making a direct social impact. Coming from consulting prior to business school, I was looking for an experience that would blend business and impact, and quickly realized that working in social enterprise would be the most rewarding way to do this. During my Farber Summer …
In this most consequential election, as we await the outcome of the presidential race, I have been thinking about the resonance and many meanings of the word ‘count’. It’s a pretty elemental concept — one of the first things we learn to do as our child brain grows. There’s something really satisfying, neat and tidy …