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RSF Makes a Loan to Regional Access
May 6, 2013

 

SAN FRANCISCO (May 6, 2013) RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a new loan to Regional Access Inc., a wholesale food distributor focused on creating a sustainable …

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Impact Investment: Money Management + Social Action
April 23, 2013

This article was originally published on Chronogram.com

by Anne Pyburn Craig

It’s safe to say that a great many of us would love to see a better world, and work …

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RSF Spring Quarterly: Can Finance Be Restorative?
April 8, 2013

Hope springs eternal in our latest edition of the RSF Quarterly. Read about next-economy leader Judy Wicks’ vision, where heart-based entrepreneurs, investors and consumers thrive. Hear from investors and accomplished

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RSF Makes a Loan to Frontier Pro Services
March 26, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (March 26, 2013) RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a new loan to Frontier Pro Services, LLC. Frontier Pro provides innovative operations, maintenance, and condition assessment …

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to DePaul Industries
February 26, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (February 26, 2013) RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a new loan to DePaul Industries, a social enterprise providing job training and employment opportunities for people …

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RSF Social Finance: Making Money, Making Change
February 25, 2013

Originally Published on GreenBiz.com

By Marc Gunther

If you have a few extra dollars in savings, and you’d like to earn more than 0.00001 percent interest or whatever it is …

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to Lotus Foods
February 11, 2013

RSF Social Finance is pleased to announce a new loan to Lotus Foods, an organic, fair-trade rice company. RSF financing will help Lotus Foods strengthen its relationships with rice growers …

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RSF Seed Fund open for applications; deadline March 15th
January 30, 2013

We love our Seed Fund, it’s small and mighty like us. The RSF Seed Fund provides grants from $500 – $5,000 to projects that provide innovative solutions to further the …

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RSF Announces a New Loan to EcoScraps
January 28, 2013

RSF Social Finance (RSF) is pleased to announce a $500,000 loan to EcoScraps, a provider of organic, chemical and manure-free lawn and garden products. RSF financing will help fund EcoScraps’ …

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RSF Winter Quarterly: What is the Nature of Education?
January 4, 2013

In this winter’s edition of the RSF Quarterly, we return to nature for the development of creative and intellectual capacities. Richard Louv expounds on the “hybrid mind” in a

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News from the Field

Celebrate the B Corp Best for the World list today!
April 17, 2013

As a proud member of B Corp, today we are taking a moment to honor the Best of the Best: 67 businesses who scored in the top 10% of all …

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Fish 2.0: Seafood Business Competition
February 1, 2013

The increase in demand for sustainable seafood is creating new markets and opportunities for business growth in fishing and aquaculture, but finding sound investment opportunities can be challenging. On January …

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New Impact Investing Research from the Global Impact Investing Network
January 10, 2013

J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), of which RSF is a contributing member, released this week Perspectives on Progress, a report that reveals the experiences, expectations, …

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New Book on Slow Investing
December 10, 2012

LILIPOH Publishing, Inc. has recently released Slow Investing: How Your Money Can Transform the World. This is the second book in in their Taking it SLOW series.

Slow Investing

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From Movement to Marketplace: Investors’ Circle Venture Fair & Forum
August 23, 2012

Investors’ Circle Venture Fair & Forum – October 24-25, New York, NY

This fall in New York, hear from inspiring leaders, attend interactive workshops with seasoned professionals, and enjoy lots of networking …

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New Book by Siegfried Finser
May 14, 2012

Founding Trustee of RSF, Siegfried Finser, and author of Money Can Heal, has just released a new book, Footprints of an Angel. It is the story of a …

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Social Enterprise Roundup
March 30, 2012

On the heels of California’s passage of Benefit Corporation legislation, which provides legal status for social enterprises,  ‘companies with a conscious’ have been making a splash in the news in …

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B Corporations & “Companies with a Conscience” on PBS Newshour!
March 5, 2012

Last week, PBS Newshour, featured an eight minute piece on RSF borrower and partner, B Lab.  The segment, titled, “Benefit Corporations Aim to Make a Profit –and a Positive

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Evol Foods & Uncle Matt’s on Dr. Oz’s Grocery List
February 3, 2012

This week, two new RSF borrowers, Evol Foods and Uncle Matt’s Organic, were named on Dr. Oz’s list of 99 approved healthy foods to put on your shopping list. …

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Forbes’ Impact 30 List
December 1, 2011

Social enterprise is continuing to garner attention and praise among mainstream business and financial audiences. For the first time, Forbes’ has released its list of the Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs

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