The Next Step in Impact Investing: Breaking the Shackles of Extractive Thinking
Investments aligned with positive social and environmental impact are on the rise. Yet the impact part is oriented around capital preservation and profits when it should do just the opposite. In a Stanford Social Innovation Review article, RSF’s Stu Fram reflects on whether current impact investing practices solve or perpetuate the challenges its practitioners aim to address.
Staffing Agency Steps Ahead in Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Atlanta-based First Step Staffing is striving not only to place homeless individuals into jobs, but also equip them with a sustainable path out of homelessness. Using a loan from RSF to refinance a groundbreaking acquisition, the nonprofit staffing agency has taken a big leap forward in its mission.
Integrated Capital in Action: Guayakí Yerba Mate
In this Reimagine Money blog post, we share the story of how our integrated capital approach helped Guayakí bring its iconic yellow cans of Yerba Mate to corner stores near you while restoring the Amazon rainforest and empowering small-scale farmers.
Announcing 2018 Seed Fund Grantees
This year, our Seed Fund program received more than 130 proposals from across the U.S., from small fishing villages in Alaska to the neighborhoods of New Orleans. A review committee composed of RSF staffers was tasked with selecting a handful of finalists from this incredible applicant pool.