About Us

Our Impact

Since 1984, we’ve worked with thousands of investors, donors, and partners to channel more than $1 billion to social enterprises addressing the world’s most pressing issues. We believe money can be a tool for regeneration.

 

 We prioritize the following impact areas in our work.

 

 

Food and Agriculture

 

Climate and Energy

 

Education

 

Community Impact

 

By the numbers

 

RSF seeks to revolutionize how people relate to and work with money. Together with our community of values-driven investors, donors, and enterprise leaders, we commit to transforming an unjust and extractive economy to one that brings healing and regeneration.

 

$25M+

new financing to social enterprises in 2024 

66

Social enterprises financed in 2024

43%

of RSF’s borrowers were women- or nonbinary-led in 2024

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Impact Measurement and Management at RSF

 

In late 2024, RSF engaged the Sorenson Impact Institute to help us refine our approach to impact. In this blog post, we lay out the results of this project: the impact goals we defined, the tools we co-designed to achieve those goals, and the plan we’ve established for meeting these goals going forward.

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Our Annual Report

 

In 2024, the RSF community worked together to change finance and finance change. Learn more about our collective impact in our annual report.

RSF’s 2024 Annual Report

Social Investment Fund

 

RSF’s Social Investment Fund provides loans that help businesses and nonprofits address the world’s most urgent challenges. This fund is supported by a community of more than 1,300 investors around the world. 

 

$136M+

Social Investment Fund notes in 2024

1,284

SIF investors in 2024

100%

Investors repaid since 1984*


*Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Donor Advised Funds

 

RSF Donor Advised Funds allow donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants from the fund over time.

 

 

$60M+

Granted to nonprofits by DAF clients in 2024

5,482

charitable organizations supported by RSF’s DAF clients to date

74%

Payout rate in 2024 (compared to national rate of 24%)

Beyond the Numbers

 

Learn more about the social enterprises that RSF supports.

Heritage Rice Importer Lotus Foods Finds a True Mission-Aligned Partner in RSF

Lotus Foods promotes rice farming practices that simultaneously mitigate climate change, promote farmers’ resilience, and empower resilience. RSF has supported Lotus Foods through both challenges and periods of growth since 2013.

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Pioneering public Waldorf School nurtures community connections

The nation’s first accredited public Waldorf school, Sebastopol Charter School serves 283 current students on a 20-acre campus in Northern California. RSF provided loans for three major rounds of facilities development, including landscaping, a building renovation, and solar panels.

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Geos Institute gives communities the tools to weather climate change

Geos Institute helps communities develop climate resilience plans rooted in local needs. Patient capital from RSF helped the organization expand its programming and weather the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Who We Finance

RSF loans support dozens of nonprofits and businesses as they tackle the world’s most urgent issues. Take a look at the full list of organizations we partner with.

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Our partnership with RSF enables Sunwealth to remain catalytic with its community impact. RSF continues to demonstrate its leadership through thoughtful and innovative investments. We look forward to collaborating with them for years to come.

Omar Blayton, Sunwealth
Borrower