2011/04/07

Fw: RSF Office Expansion, Queen of the Sun, and Cool New Events!


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主題: RSF Office Expansion, Queen of the Sun, and Cool New Events!
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日期: 2011年4月5日,星期二,下午8:04

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IN THIS ISSUE >

Walk Out Walk On

BALLE Community Capital Series

RSF Office Expansion

  Recent Grant Making Activity

  SVN Social Innovation Awards

  Queen of the Sun

  Disaster Giving

  Slow Money Showcase

  Upcoming Events

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WHAT WE VALUE >

“Every financial transaction contains the rudiments of social healing. When we wake up to this and begin to pour our spiritual capacities and values in to every transaction, the world will change for the better...We want to bring the emerging human consciousness into a responsible relationship with money and to see how we can use it to change the way the world works with money.” - Siegfried Finser, Money Can Heal

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April 2011

This month we take a look at colony collapse disorder and the mysterious world of bees with an award-winning film produced by Seed Fund grantee Collective Eye.  We also discuss the effectiveness of disaster giving. Plus, RSF hosts a release party for Walk Out Walk On, an inspiring new book sharing stories of individuals rediscovering and recreating community!

RSF Hosts Walk Out Walk On Book Release

Come learn about the people authors Meg Wheatley and Deborah Frieze met in seven communities around the world who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need...Read more in the RSF Newsroom.

BALLE's Accelerating Community Capital Series

In our work here at RSF, we regularly meet people who are ready to see a change in our financial system and who are eager to see their money at work in their local communities. For this reason, RSF is proud to sponsor BALLE’s Accelerating Community Capital Series, consisting of monthly webinars (through December 2011) and an all-day intensive at BALLE’s Annual Conference on June 14th.

Series participants will learn about innovative strategies to:

• Connect local businesses with local lenders, investors and donors,
• Earn a “living rate of return” while supporting the local economy, and
• Create jobs by strengthening family farms, local manufacturing,
and independent business.

...Read more in the RSF Newsroom

RSF Office Expansion!

Last month, RSF made an exciting move to expand our offices by taking over the second side of the Presidio building where we are housed. We’ve bid adieu to our former tenants, Liberty and Justice, and now have more (and more comfortable) conference rooms and workspaces to make us all the more at home, as our staff expands to meet the growing need for RSF’s work...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.

Recent Grant Making Activity

One of February’s grantees was Sustain Dane, a non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, committed to creating a community that deeply enjoys, cares for, and is sustained by its unique environment.   It seeks to establish such a community by staying in touch with what is happening locally and globally, identifying opportunities, building networks and relationships and acting as a catalyst for big ideas and partnerships in the region of South-Central Wisconsin...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.

Call for Applications: SVN 2011 Innovation Awards!

Over the past 4 years Social Venture Network’s Innovation Awards have honored some of the next generation’s most talented, passionate and effective leaders: the new pioneers of socially responsible business.  Past Innovation Award Winners include Tom Szaky (TerraCycle), Morgan Simon (Responsible Endowments Coalition), Brent Baker (Tri-State Biodiesal LLC), William Foote (Root Capital), Brenda Palms Barber (Sweet Beginnings) and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Green For All)...Read more in the RSF Newsroom.

Queen of the Sun

In 2009, RSF provided a Seed Fund grant to Collective Eye to produce a film exploring the world of bees and their mysterious disappearance. In an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner’s prediction, QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? examines the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.

How Effective is Disaster Giving?

The question of unrestricted gifts has been a hot topic in the field of Philanthropy. For a long time Foundations preferred to fund specific projects of non-profits, which would often leave non-profits struggling to meet their operating needs. In recent best practices documents more and more professionals have urged Foundations to make grants for general operating support. What they are discovering is that non-profits who have their organizational needs met are better at directing successful projects...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.

Slow Money Northern California Entrepreneur Showcase

Slow Money Northern California seeks ten food or farming entrepreneurs to present business plans to a wide range of attendees including potential funders and investors, sustainable food and farming organizations, and business development organizations. The Showcase will spark a range of investment conversations, helping to develop funding channels for local and sustainable food enterprises...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog.

Upcoming Events

RSF Social Finance will be participating in the following upcoming events. Visit our "Where We'll Be" page or follow the links below to learn more.

April 6 - Go Green Austin - Austin, TX
April 7 - SVN Spring 2011 - Stevenson, WA
April 11 - Walk Out Walk On - Berkeley, CA
April 27 - GIIN Investors' Council - New York, NY
April 28 - SVN Local Gathering - Altanta, GA
May 2 - Investors' Circle Spring 2011 - San Francisco, CA

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