Mission

REDF creates jobs and pathways to employment for people facing the greatest barriers to work.

Vision

Jobs transform lives and communities. We believe the opportunity to work should be available to everyone, everywhere.

Values

Solution-oriented
We use creativity and analysis to solve hard problems, while measuring impact to identify what works and what doesn’t. We communicate those lessons to improve practice for the field at large.

Engaged
Our high-impact, hands-on, venture philanthropy approach achieves results. We actively cultivate alliances, identify aligned interests, foster mutual accountability and ignite positive change.

Excellence
We bring all of our skill, knowledge and compassion to our work, and work with well-run social ventures and other businesses to efficiently use the resources entrusted to us.

Respect
By striving to listen and learn, we demonstrate respect for the organizations with which we work and the people who are employed by their businesses.