September 8, 2010 – 10:58 am
Dropping my son and daughter at college for their respective Freshman years, I not only experienced the unique mixture of sadness, pride, and elation that accompanies these fraught moments; but also spent some time thinking about the job market that will await them next summer, and four years from now. I thought about how the [...]
As I wrote about in my previous post, REDF was honored to be chosen as one of the recipients of the first annual Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grant. Jason Trimiew and I went to Washington, DC for the announcement. Below are a few photos and a short video from our trip. Share this: Share Email [...]
Click here to read REDF’s official press release about the grant. Learn how Ramses turned his life around after being hired at a REDF-supported social enterprise. …………………………………………………………………… Today REDF was elated to receive news of a two year $3 million federal Social Innovation Fund grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The [...]
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In this guest post, Jason Trimiew, REDF’s Director of Fund and Business Development, presents a picture of what nonprofit social enterprise looks like at scale. Like most effective programs of this size and scope, the NISH/AbilityOne example requires the kind of cross-sector partnerships I have discussed in previous posts. It’s an inspiring example that calls [...]
A White House invitation spurred a quick trip to Washington, D.C. for an inspiring meeting convened by First Lady Michele Obama, with Patrick Corvington, who heads up the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and Melody Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It was heartening to witness the commitment of the First Lady, [...]
In Israel with a small visiting committee on Evaluation and Performance Management. We have met with nonprofits large and small, philanthropy – Israeli and US-based, corporations and banks, and the people and organizations that measure nonprofit performance. A lot of philanthropy here has historically been US-based, but because of more recent economic growth, there is [...]
April 20, 2010 – 10:38 am
According to a new report on National Public Radio, “Americans’ trust in government and its institutions has plummeted to a near-historic low, according to a sobering new survey by the Pew Research Center. Only 22 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew say they can trust government in Washington ‘almost always or most of the time’ [...]
February 1, 2010 – 10:24 am
Continuing on this year’s theme: positive change: what works….. During his State of the Union message, President Obama outlined incentives for small businesses to hire more workers, and for investors to provide more capital. But the next day when the President was asked in a Tampa, Florida town hall meeting about job opportunities for one [...]
January 5, 2010 – 11:20 am
Holiday greetings! A resolution for 2010: Make positive change. And the corollary: Focus on the positive. Searching for ‘how to’ …some great guides below: Dan Pallotta’s always interesting blog suggests a new name for the “nonprofit” sector — just about anything is better than a word that starts with “non”. A hot new book coming [...]
December 8, 2009 – 2:45 pm
After more than a decade of learning from success, as well as from the school of hard knocks, the time is ripe for dramatic expansion of the social innovation that REDF has been privileged to pioneer with our extraordinary partners. Over the next several years, REDF’s new strategy will accelerate the growth of job-creating social [...]
