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Current Portfolio

We have the power to end joblessness. Doing so requires strategic investment, a long-term commitment, sharing knowledge, and capacity building for effective organizations. These are the hallmarks of REDF’s approach.

REDF works in different ways with a variety of organizations. We are most highly engaged with our current portfolio of nonprofit organizations (listed below), which we offer a combination of business assistance, access to networks and financial support. All of our current portfolio organizations have been selected to receive REDF Social Innovation Fund subgrants through a highly competitive RFQ process, and all organizations directly contribute towards REDF’s 2011-2015 employment and job retention goals. REDF also provides past portfolio members with occasional targeted funding, networking, and issue-specific convenings to learn from one another and collaborate.

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2010

www.buckelew.org

Buckelew Programs is a nonprofit organization operating in Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties in California. Founded in 1970, the organization helps individuals with mental illness to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities. Buckelew’s core belief is that any one of us can be impacted by a mental illness, and that if we are, we still deserve the opportunity for full participation in all aspects of our society.

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Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

www.ceoworks.org

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) provides immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. CEO has created immediate paid transitional job opportunities for thousands of people that have led to over 14,000 full-time job placements for formerly incarcerated individuals.Their program helps people acquire the workplace skills and experience that allow them to become self-sufficient, productive members of society. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

www.changelives.org

Chrysalis is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a pathway to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals by providing the resources and support needed to find and retain employment. With a staff of 51 employees and a dedicated volunteer base of over 300 community members, Chrysalis has assisted over 35,000 men and women on the path toward regaining their dignity and becoming self-sufficient at centers in downtown Los Angeles on Skid Row, Santa Monica, and Pacoima in the San Fernando Valley. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

www.coalitionrcd.org

The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) is a neighborhood-based community development corporation serving the Vernon-Central neighborhood of South Los Angeles. CRCD works with residents, businesses, community organizations, and civic leaders to foster a safe and economically vibrant community – a place where young people have opportunities to thrive and to contribute their talents and energy to neighborhood revitalization. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2007

www.chp-sf.org

Community Housing Partnership is the only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing permanent, supportive housing to formerly homeless individuals and families. Community Housing Partnership owns or manages twelve affordable residential properties comprising over 1000 units. These supportive residences address the needs of seniors, families with young children, emancipating foster youth, and adults with physical or cognitive disorders. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

(in partnership with Manpower)

www.communityresourcecenter.org
http://us.manpower.com

Community Resource Center (CRC) provides victims of domestic violence and families in need with safety, stability, and a path to self-sufficiency. Since its inception in 1979, CRC has grown from providing basic household needs for families in crisis, to providing a wide range of programs for low-income and episodically homeless households – including domestic violence survivors and their children. As the primary provider of social services and domestic violence programs in coastal North County San Diego, CRC serves more than 2,500 households annually, equating to over 9,000 individuals. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2013

www.goodwillsv.org

Goodwill of Silicon Valley's mission is to support our employees, our customers, and people with challenging barriers to employment; to raise their standard of living and improve their lives through our services and social enterprise. Founded in Santa Clara County in 1926, Goodwill of Silicon Valley (GWSV) is part of Goodwill Industries International, a federation of over 200 autonomous, community-based Goodwill organizations worldwide. Together we are one of the largest social service organizations in the world. GWSV is dedicated to improving employment opportunities, increasing standards of living, providing economic independence, and restoring our clients sense of self value. We do this through workforce creation, vocational training and environmental stewardship.

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Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

www.tallersanjose.org

Taller San Jose (TSJ) walks marginalized youth (ages 18-28) out of poverty through job training and support services that offer the hope of a productive and self-reliant future. TSJ strives to create systemic change for troubled young people in Orange County by providing them with the skills and services that they need to find and keep employment with a living wage and health benefits.

TSJ offers paid training programs for:

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Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

(in partnership with McCormack, Baron, Ragan)

www.urbanstrategiesinc.org
www.mccormackbaron.com/MBR/home.html

Urban Strategies helps communities build safe neighborhoods, good schools, and a wide range of comprehensive human service supports. Their goal is to lead distressed, urban-core residential communities and low-income families toward positive social and economic mobility. More »

Joined REDF Portfolio:

2011

www.weingart.org

The Weingart Center Association serves homeless and at-risk individuals and families in Los Angeles. Their residential homeless programs supplies men and women with a place to live for up to two years while they address all the barriers that led to their homelessness. They offer solutions that lead to self-sufficiency and new beginnings with the goal of breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty by transforming lives.

Their primary activities are:

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