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03.31.2008 - RSF 2007 Year-End Review
RSF Ends 2007 with Growth and Financial Sustainability At the end of 2007, RSF’s consolidated assets totaled more than $120 million helping us approach our three-year sustainability goal one-year ahead of schedule...
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 »09.25.2007 - RSF Social Finance Appoints New CEO and New Board Chair
RSF Social Finance Appoints Don Shaffer As President and CEO; Mark A. Finser to Become Chair of the Board San Francisco, CA - RSF Social Finance announces that its Board of Trustees has named Don Shaffer (shown at left) as president and CEO...
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 »Support Innovative Projects Through RSF and Organic Bouquet Partnership
Eco-friendly Flowers Support Innovative Projects and Organic Agriculture When you purchase any items from Organic Bouquet using this special link, www...
More »08.03.2007 - RSF Investors Help Support 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...
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 »2006 Year-In-Review
The Q1 2007 issue of the RSF Quarterly or 2006 Year-In Review is now available to download. Read about the projects we fund and program highlights...
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