REDF Publications
REDF invites you to look through our publications. They are listed in order of date published.
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Out of Philanthropy's Funding Maze
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Published in 2008 | Download [PDF] 1,019 KB
Roadmap #1: Strategic Co-Funding
This is the first article in REDF’s “Out of Philanthropy's Funding Maze” Series, which has developed out of our concern for the funding environment in which nonprofits carrying out critical social change work must operate. The series of three articles explores ways... More »
Nonprofit Profile - REDF
Published in 2008 | Download [PDF] 523 KB
San Francisco Business Times
REDF’s president, Carla Javits, was profiled in the San Francisco Business Times... More »
REDF’s Current Approach to SROI
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Published in 2008 | Download [PDF] 38 KB
This update summarizes what we’ve learned about SROI, and lays out the next steps that REDF will be taking to build on this earlier work... More »
Green Collar Jobs: Pathways Out of Poverty for Bay Area Residents with Barriers to Employment
Published in 2008 | Download [PDF] 150 KB
A REDF-commissioned paper
Written by Raquel Pinderhughes, Ph.D., and David Schecter, MCP
REDF engaged San Francisco State researcher Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes and David Schecter to write this paper on green collar job opportunities for low income people with multiple barriers... More »
Teach the Homeless to Work, and Then...
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Published in 2006 | Download [PDF] 240 KB
San Francisco Chronicle
An Open Forum article, written by Cynthia Gair, REDF’s Managing Director of Programs, offered a perspective in response to the Chronicle’s “Shame of the City” series... More »
Stepping Out of the Maze: Aligning to Improve the Nonprofit Capital Market
Published in 2006 | Download [PDF] 45 KB
Preview Published in 2006, series to be published during 2008
The types of funding available to nonprofit organizations and the processes for accessing funding are limited, restrictive, and confusing. The nonprofit capital market requires that nonprofit grant seekers... More »
If the Shoe Fits: Nonprofit or For-Profit? The Choice Matters
Published in 2005 | Download [PDF] 1.26 MB
Entrepreneurs who aim to combine social and financial goals in their new ventures often debate which legal structure — nonprofit or for-profit — is most appropriate. REDF’s newest publication addresses this question by drawing upon examples... More »
Social Impact Report
Published in 2005 | Download [PDF] 401 KB
REDF supports an ongoing assessment process that involves face-to-face interviews with every enterprise employee at the time they are hired. Follow-up interviews continue at six-month intervals for up to two years after hire... More »
An Information OASIS
Published in 2002 | Download [PDF] 803 KB
REDF published this paper on OASIS (Ongoing Assessment of Social ImpactS) as an invitation to other funders to examine their requirements and practices around social outcome measurement... More »
From Opening Doors to Closing Shop: A Case Study on Youth Industry’s Impact on Homeless Youth
Published in 2002 | Download [PDF] 960 KB
Why does an organization serving 100 homeless youth per year close? This case study is about Youth Industry, its origins and development, and ultimately how and why it closed its doors... More »
When is it Time to Say Goodbye? Exit Strategies and Venture Philanthropy Funds
Published in 2001 | Download [PDF] 162 KB
Writen by Kim Alter, Paul Shoemaker, Melinda Tuan, Jed Emerson
This paper discusses various exit strategies within the context of venture philanthropy... More »
Social Return on Investment (SROI) Collection
5 votes
Published in 2000
The term SROI has been used in various contexts to mean that nonprofits create social value. However, there have been limited efforts to date to quantify and monetize this social value creation... More »
REDF Box Set — Social Purpose Enterprises and Venture Philanthropy in the New Millennium
Published in 1999
REDF and its Portfolio members produced this three volume set to answer three questions. First, practitioners within social purpose enterprises were asked... More »
The Venture Fund Initiative: An Assessment of Current Opportunities for Social Purpose Business Development and Recommendations
Published in 1998 | Download [PDF] 436 KB
Writen by Jed Emerson
The Venture Fund Initiative was a six-month
strategy and mapping process in six cities. The goal was to support
community and regional efforts... More »
Beyond Welfare Reform: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality
Published in 1998 | Download [PDF] 59 KB
Writen by Jed Emerson
This is a briefing memo on unemployment, public assistance, and the role of business in creating exits from poverty... More »
New Social Entrepreneurs
Published in 1996
New Social Entrepreneurs: The Success, Challenge, and Lessons of Nonprofit Enterprise Creation was written to provide a report to the growing number of people interested in nonprofit business development... More »
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