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New Borrowers in 2007
At the end of 2007, there were 864 investor accounts and 98 borrower accounts at RSF. We made a total of $28 million in new loans compared to $18...
More »Annual List of Grant Recipients
RSF's grants to socially beneficial organizations have been made possible by the generous support of our donors...
More »RSF Social Finance Participates in Loan to Finance New Leaf Paper
The paper industry is one of the most polluting and resource intensive industries in the world. It ranks second in energy consumption, and is responsible for over a third of worldwide timber harvest and over 40% of all landfill space...
More »RSF Social Finance and Odegard Partner to End Child Labor
Investors, donors, and borrowers at RSF Social Finance form a relationship with RSF because they know they are working with a financial services organization whose mission is aligned with their values...
More »Meet Our Grantee: Ecology Center-Indigenous Permaculture Program
A Holistic Approach to Agriculture Native communities and indigenous peoples have highly sophisticated knowledge of the natural world (land, water, plants, and animals) and have a legacy of sustainable environmental stewardship...
More »09.11.2007 - RSF Social Finance Provides Loan to Better Energy Systems
RSF Social Finance Provides Loan to Better Energy Systems Leading maker of portable solar hybrid charger, Solio, chooses RSF as lender SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RSF Social Finance provided a significant loan to Better Energy Systems, the award-winning company that designs and manufactures Solio, the first solar hybrid charger on the market for mobile devices such as cell phones, PDA's, MP3 players, and GPS navigation systems...
More »Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange (ENGAGE)
Harnessing the Study Abroad Experience to Create Lasting Change The Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange (ENGAGE), a grant recipient of the New Initiatives Fund of RSF Social Finance, is an innovative San Francisco-based non-profit that organizes returned study abroad students to turn their education abroad into grassroots action in the United States...
More »Social Innovation Fund Grantee, Sustainable Endowments Institute, Interviewed on PBS
This spring, Mark Orlowski, executive director of Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI) was interviewed on the Emmy Award-winning PBS newsmagazine NOW created by Bill Moyers and currently hosted by David Brancaccio...
More »Homeward Bound of Marin
Ending Homelessness through Training, Housing, and Hope Almost a year ago, Trista Amaya and her two young daughters were sleeping in a car in San Rafael...
More »EcoTimber
Financing Eco-friendly Timber According to the 2005 Global Forest Resources Assessment report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, deforestation continues at an alarming rate of about 13 million hectares (32 million acres) a year, an area roughly the size of England...
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