The REDF Accelerator
The REDF Accelerator
REDF and our partners are helping build an economy that works. For everyone. We’re on a mission to make sure our country no longer misses out on the enormous talent and potential of over 10 million Americans who remain stuck — sidelined from access and opportunity — due to the trauma of homelessness, incarceration, and …
The REDF Accelerator
The REDF Accelerator
The REDF Accelerator
Employment social enterprises (ESEs) are businesses built to do good. They provide jobs, training, and support to people who are getting back on their feet after experiences like incarceration or homelessness. Employment social enterprises exist because they see this talent pool for the strengths they hold, not the barriers they face. And they build businesses …
The REDF Accelerator
Save the Date! Applications for the REDF Accelerator will open on Monday, September 13. Ready to take your employment social enterprise to the next level? Looking to build a community of peers? The five-month, highly interactive REDF Accelerator could be the right program for you. 22 Enterprises Selected to Prepare to Become SNAP Employment …
The REDF Accelerator
Meet our Inaugural Growth Portfolio From website development in New Jersey to solar panel installation in Los Angeles, the 13 employment social enterprise grantees in our Growth Portfolio are using the power of social enterprise to build a more inclusive economy. Over the next three years, these growth-stage enterprises will each receive $300K in catalytic …
The REDF Accelerator
By Saaleha Bey, Yodit Beyene, Lauren Taylor This year we welcome the REDF Accelerator cohort against the backdrop of an inequitable post-pandemic economic recovery and the continued reckoning of our country’s racial injustice. We’re hopeful about the future, despite all its challenges, because the forward-looking, impact-driven employment social enterprise (ESE) leaders in this year’s cohort …
The REDF Accelerator
One of the best parts of my job as REDF’s Portfolio Director is when we get to notify groups that they are receiving grants. A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of calling 13 employment social enterprise leaders to let them know that they had been accepted into the first cohort of REDF’s Growth …
The REDF Accelerator
REDF to Welcome Maria Kim as President We are thrilled to announce that Maria Kim will be joining REDF’s executive leadership team, alongside CEO Carla Javits, as President this summer. Maria currently serves as President & CEO of one of the nation’s premier employment social enterprises, and long-time REDF partner, Cara Chicago. She will bring …