REDF Leverages First Social Innovation Fund Grant

August 3, 2010 – 11:11 am

We are feeling a combination of tremendous optimism and significant responsibility as we gear up to do all we can to launch successful implementation of our Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grant. I will be sharing more here about that as we move ahead. Last week I had the chance to write a guest post on [...]

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Pictures and video from the Social Innovation Fund announcement in Washington, DC

July 26, 2010 – 2:10 pm

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.

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REDF Receives $3 Million Social Innovation Fund Grant

July 22, 2010 – 6:36 am

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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My Day in Washington: First Lady Michelle Obama Talks Innovation

June 1, 2010 – 1:07 pm

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, [...]

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Notes from Israel

May 4, 2010 – 2:55 pm

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 [...]

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Where is the Trust?

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’ [...]

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Seizing the opportunity for real innovation

September 21, 2009 – 3:30 pm

Sonal Shah, President Obama’s inaugural Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation, was here in the heartland of innovation for a whirlwind trip beginning with her appearance at SoCAP 2009 at Ft. Mason, and then meeting with a REDF-assembled group of leaders from REDF’s board and advisory council, social enterprise, business, foundations, and [...]

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Reflections on SOCAP 2009

September 10, 2009 – 12:01 pm

While it would have been in the category of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” a few years ago – there is now a White House Office of Social Innovation led by the savvy Sonal Shah, who recently moved to D.C. after working at Google right here in the San Francisco Bay Area.  The dictionary definition [...]

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A chain reaction

June 25, 2009 – 11:03 am

On the heels of President Obama’s launch of the United We Serve campaign – calling on all Americans to volunteer to rebuild our communities – media trucks and police crammed San Francisco’s Howard Street, blocks from REDF’s office, awaiting the late afternoon arrival of Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver.  The First Ladies, had spent the [...]

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Opportunities in the midst of a changing economy

May 29, 2009 – 10:09 am

As the economy continues to stumble, federal spending ramps up, and California government melts down, the buzz in the air is about the respective roles and effectiveness of the public and private sectors in solving social problems. Some are concerned that we might take a step backwards from the current emphasis on private-public partnership – [...]

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