Community Impact

 

We can build a world where all communities have the resources they need to thrive.

The communities in which people live, work, and play impact their physical, social, and economic well-being. But due to centuries of persistent discrimination by government policy and economic institutions, low- and moderate-income communities lack equal access to health and social services, employment and workforce development opportunities, arts institutions, affordable housing, and community spaces.

By supporting the institutions that promote thriving communities, we can create a more equitable society.

RSF finances social enterprises that increase access to health and social services, employment and workforce development opportunities, affordable real estate for homes and businesses, community-centered arts institutions, and more. By investing in these vital institutions, RSF supports long-term health, wealth, and well-being.

Belay Enterprises: Creating businesses that employ people rebuilding their lives.

RSF financing helped this workforce development nonprofit move into a larger building.

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Drive Change: Giving young people jobs, skills, and community after incarceration

RSF financing gave Drive Change the working capital it needed to ramp up its programming.

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Camphill Communities California: A strong relationship and human-centered capital helped this organization grow

RSF financing allowed this intentional community to expand into new properties as the need arose.

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Invest in community impact

 

By purchasing an RSF Social Investment Fund note, you’ll support organizations pursuing community impact through the arts, healthcare, housing, workforce development, and more. 

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Whatever the mission of your community-centered business or nonprofit, RSF can provide the financing you need to grow.

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Latest news

RSF’s 2024 annual report

In 2024, the RSF community – investors, donors, social enterprise leaders, and all who share our vision for a regenerated world – worked together to change finance and financing change. Learn more about our collective achievements in our 2024 annual report!

From winning to thriving, maximizing to healing: Investing is ripe for its own abundance agenda

“Act from abundance” is one of RSF’s core principles of regenerative finance. Inspired by this principle and Ezra Klein and Derek Johnson’s new book Abundance, RSF CEO Jasper van Brakel encourages us to imagine a financial system rooted in abundance and regeneration instead of scarcity and zero-sum thinking.

Now is the time to double down on building resilient brands

In this article in Sustainable Brands, RSF President & CEO Jasper van Brakel explores how regenerative finance can bolster the brands achieving genuine social and environmental impact – and why now is the perfect time to double down on these partnerships.