News

May #2 Newsletter: 2019 Impact Report + Additional COVID-19 Funding

2019 Impact Report While we remain focused on supporting our social enterprises and their employees during COVID-19, we want to celebrate what this...

5.21.20

News, REDF Programs

REDF’s COVID-19 Response: Deploying Emergency Funding

REDF is committed to responding to the needs of and advocating for the employment social enterprise sector. When the COVID-19 crisis began, we surveyed...

5.20.20

News

May Newsletter: 74 New Grants Awarded in Response to COVID-19

15 COVID-19 Relief Grants Awarded When the COVID-19 crisis began, we surveyed our partners and had candid conversations to determine how to best support...

5.4.20

News, REDF Programs

REDF Partners with County of LA to Award $500K in Grants to 59 Small Businesses and Social Enterprises

We are proud to announce that REDF has partnered with the County of Los Angeles Workforce Development, Aging & Community Service (WDACS) to distribute...

5.4.20

News, REDF Programs

15 Social Enterprise Businesses Receive REDF COVID-19 Relief Grants

Today, REDF awarded COVID-19 Relief Grants totaling $450,000 to 15 of our social enterprise partners located across the country. These $30,000 general...

5.1.20

Community Stories

Resilience During Coronavirus: Updates from the Employment Social Enterprise Field

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is severely impacting small businesses and their employees across the country. And social enterprise...

4.7.20

CEO Insights, REDF Programs

COVID-19 Update: How Social Enterprise Will Emerge Stronger Than Ever

We could all use some good news to motivate us during these tough times and I wanted to share some with you today, along with our response to the current...

4.6.20

By Carla Javits

News

March Newsletter: A Letter of Support to Our Partners

A Letter of Support to Our Partners At REDF, we are continually inspired by the dedication of our social enterprise partners and the people they serve,...

3.20.20

CEO Insights, REDF Programs

COVID-19 Update: A Letter of Support to our Inspirational Leaders

At REDF, we are thinking of our social enterprise partners and grantees during this challenging time. The current situation is causing economic ripples...

3.20.20

By Carla Javits

CEO Insights, Gov. Partnerships & Policy

An Equity Dashboard for California’s Workforce

Employment social enterprise proponents offered ample fresh ideas about catalytic policies during a Town Hall that I convened with fellow Commissioner...

3.3.20

By Carla Javits

Community Stories

Bridging Gaps in Between Burpees | Coss Marte, CONBODY

When Coss Marte entered prison, doctors warned that with his former lifestyle and current high cholesterol he could be dead within five years. Determined...

2.27.20

CEO Insights

A Birthday Present for Dr. King

In a powerful speech at Stanford University in 1967 on “The Other America,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rang an alarm bell: “But we must see that the...

1.15.20

By Carla Javits