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- EIN 54-2132153
- info@redf.org
- 415-561-6677
- 631 Howard Street, Suite 320 Suite 320 San Francisco CA 94105 USA
- www.redf.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Job Training, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy
Mission: REDF creates job opportunities and pathways to employment for people with the greatest barriers to work.
Geographic areas served: San Francisco Bay Area
Programs: Portfolio relationships: redf funds and supports nonprofit organizations in a hands-on, engaged partnership. The portfolio organizations own and operate social enterprises to employ individuals with barriers to work. During 2014, redf continued to increase the scale and diversity of its portfolio. During 2014, redf provided grant support to 12 organizations and provided ongoing business assistance and funding to a portfolio of eight organizations.
field advancement: redf seeks to advance the field of social enterprise, workforce development and venture philanthropy in order to:*develop more effective social enterprise and workforce development structures *generate more sound philanthropic funding of employment strategies *identify "breakthrough" approaches that could significantly increase employment.
learning and impact and program strategies: *collaborating with internal and external partners to collect quantitative and qualitative data to benchmark success, demonstrate impact, and capture best practices. *leading the prioritization, identification, creation, dissemination, and integration of knowledge for model development and to expedite organizational learning. *taking advantage of existing planning and review processes to champion organizational learning and integration of lessons and innovations from the social enterprise field and other related/supporting disciplines to guide the overall direction for organizational and programmatic strategy.