San Francisco, CA (December 15, 2025)— Impact finance leader RSF has issued $19.275 million in loans over the past few months to help seven mission-driven businesses expand their markets and their impact.
The loans—to companies providing healthy food, sustainably produced wellness products, recycled construction materials, and community solar power—come from RSF’s Social Investment Fund, an impact investing vehicle supported by over 1,200 investors.
“These borrowers exemplify regenerative thinking, pursuing positive social and environmental impacts while providing goods that contribute to personal and community health,” said Michael Jones, vice president of lending business development at RSF. “We’re happy to partner with them as they grow.”
CPG borrowers bring regeneratively produced and filler-free goods to market
Shea Radiance crafts clean, effective skincare products from all-natural materials sourced sustainably from women farmers. Raised in the U.K. and Nigeria, Funlayo Alabi founded the business to bring shea butter, a Nigerian skincare staple, to American consumers while creating opportunities for shea producers in Nigeria.
Shea Radiance has worked directly with hundreds of women shea farmers, supplying them with the equipment and training they need to truly benefit from their connection to the U.S. market. A $550,000 loan from RSF enables the company to invest in growth and ensures it can pay farmers in full and on time.
Artisan Tropic creates and sells healthy, delicious snacks from ingredients grown regeneratively in Colombia. The company sources from cassava and plantain farmers that eschew industrial agriculture practices in favor of preserving biodiversity and soil health.
RSF’s $2.5 million loan will bring down the cost of capital for Artisan Tropic, giving the company access to affordable growth funding.
“Our partnership with RSF marks a pivotal moment for our company,” said Juan Guzman, co-founder and CEO of Artisan Tropic. “RSF shares our commitment to social, environmental, and financial impact, and their support will be a true catalyst as we enter this next chapter of growth.”
Apothékary creates clean, effective herbal remedies that target the root causes of health imbalances. All Apothékary products are made with real, whole plants, with no GMOs, fillers, artificial chemicals, or additives.
The company is experiencing exceptional growth and turned to RSF for a second round of mission-aligned financing. Apothékary will leverage a $4 million loan from RSF to support its expansion into major retailers, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Ulta Beauty.
Creative reuse companies give old materials new life
Gen2 turns materials that are usually thrown away—such as old tires, plastics, and organic waste—into fuels including diesel and hydrogen. The company is working to move beyond zero waste into a “net positive waste” cycle, in which a product creates more energy than was used to produce it.
In 2020, Gen2 acquired Stockton Tri Industries, a metal and piping factory in Stockton, to convert it into a processing facility. RSF’s $5.725 million in combined financing for the two businesses will help them divert more waste from landfill and use those materials to produce fuel as well as metal products for businesses like solar developers and recycling facilities.
Glavel manufactures foam glass gravel, a recycled-glass insulation product used in bridges, buildings, parking lots, and more. The business also provides meaningful job training and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated people at its Burlington, Vermont‒area production facility.
RSF’s $2.75 million loan—its second to the company—will help Glavel purchase the production equipment it needs to grow operations.
Clean energy provider brings low-cost solar power to American communities
Plankton Energy installs and operates solar energy systems for schools, houses of worship, nonprofits, and small businesses. To date, the company’s 125-plus solar projects have generated more than 300,000 lifetime megawatt hours of clean, affordable energy—enough to power tens of thousands of homes.
RSF’s $3.75 million loan to Plankton Energy—its fourth to the company—will support five new solar projects in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
About RSF
RSF’s mission is to change finance and finance change. By offering investment notes, donor-advised funds, and loans, the San Francisco‒based impact leader mobilizes money for positive impact. Since 1984, RSF has invested over $1 billion in healthier food systems, climate solutions, whole-child education, community impact, and more through grants and loans.
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