Fw: 2010 RSF Annual Report, Rudolf Steiner Festival, ImpactAssets 50!

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年7月6日 星期三，RSF Social Finance <news@rsfsocialfinance.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: RSF Social Finance <news@rsfsocialfinance.org> 主題: 2010 RSF Annual Report, Rudolf Steiner Festival, ImpactAssets 50! 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2011年7月6日,星期三,下午8:07 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. IN THIS ISSUE > 2010 Annual Report Released Rudolf Steiner Festival Save the Date! April & May Grant Making Activity ImpactAssets 50 HappyBaby Award RSF Quarterly Pricing Meeting SVN Innovation Award Finalists Social Media for Nonprofits Discount Balle Community Capital Scholarship Recipients Upcoming Events WHAT WE VALUE > "To this end it is necessary, by direct human experience, to take hold of the economic process, as it were, in its nascent state—to be within it all the time. However, the individual alone can never do this...It can only be done by associations growing out of the economic life itself, and able therefore to work out of the immediate reality of economic life." - Rudolf Steiner, Economics: The World as One Economy July 2011 It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but we are pleased to announce the publication of the 2010 RSF Social Finance Annual Report. After taking a look at our year in review, check out what we've been up to in the past month - our most recent quarterly pricing meeting and celebratory dinner at Summerfield Waldorf School, RSF is named one of the Inaugural ImpactAssets 50, and HAPPYBABY is awarded Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Also, save the date for the upcoming Rudolf Steiner Festival, being held on September 25th here in San Francisco! A Year in Review: RSF 2010 Annual Report We are pleased to announce the publication of our 2010 Annual Report. It has been incredibly exciting to reflect on all that has been accomplished in the past year. Building upon the momentum of the 2009 Annual Report, this publication features even more dynamic photos, testimonials, and narrative to illustrate our work. Catch up on highlights from each of our program areas -Investing, Lending, and Giving- accompanied by some inspiring stories from the organizations we support. Also learn more about how we are working to transform the way the world works with money through high touch engagement with the RSF community and our innovative uses of capital. Click here to download the 2010 Annual Report. We love hearing from you, please send your feedback to jillian.mccoy@rsfsocialfinance.org. Celebrate Rudolf Steiner: 150 Years Transforming the World In honor of Rudolf Steiner's 150th birthday, RSF Social Finance is hosting a festival in San Francisco on Sunday, September 25, 2011 to commemorate his life and legacy. Through food & wine tastings, educational workshops, and art activities, we'll pay tribute to Steiner's accomplishments in the fields of eduation, farming, art, social and natural sciences, and economics. Formal invitations will be sent out shortly. If you have any questions please contact Melinda Cheel, Senior Associate, Partnerships & Communications at melinda.cheel@rsfsocialfinance.org. April and May 2011 Grant Making Activity One of May’s grantees was Every Person Has a Story (EPHAS), www.ephas.org, an organization dedicated to bringing voice to underserved or overlooked groups through photography and creating cross-cultural communities through the sharing of vision and imagery of our own individual worlds. EPHAS brings opportunities to learn, practice, communicate and connect through media arts to students worldwide by funding and facilitating photography clinics in the US and in developing nations...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog. RSF Social Finance Named in Inaugural ImpactAssets 50 List RSF Social Finance has been named one of the 2011 ImpactAssets 50, a global database of leading private debt and equity fund managers that deliver social and environmental value in addition to financial returns. These managers represents $8.9 billion of capital invested across multiple asset classes, geographies, and impact areas...Read more in the RSF Newsroom. HAPPYBABY wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, NY Region This is a prestigious award, now in its 25th year and in 50 countries, which rewards companies that set the bar in innovation, financial performance and commitment to business and community. Serving on the judging panel are private investors, regional business leaders and previous award winners. Past winners include Starbucks’ Howard Schultz and eBay’s Pierre Omidyar...Read more in the RSF Newsroom. RSF Quarterly Pricing Meeting: Embracing Community Last month RSF held the most recent pricing meeting at the Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm in Santa Rosa, CA. Not only did we have a spirited meeting with RSF staff, borrowers and investors, we also had a phenomenal community dinner on Summerfield’s campus. Twenty-one individuals gathered for this pricing meeting including representatives from current borrowers Indigenous Designs, Equal Access, New Leaf Paper, Summerfield Waldorf School, Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association and the Sonoma Ashram. They were joined by nine investors from the Bay Area and six RSF staff and board members (who are also investors)...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog. Two RSF Borrowers Chosen as SVN Innovation Award Finalists Two members of the RSF community have been chosen as finalists in the 2011 SVN Innovation Award competition. Julie Davies O’Shea of Farmers Conservation Alliance, and Thaleon Tremain of the Pachamama Coffee Cooperative are among 11 finalists recognized as the most promising social ventures and innovative entrepreneurs working to create a more sustainable world...Read more in the RSF Newsroom. Social Media for Nonprofits Discount Earlier this year, RSF Social Finance provided support to help produce Nonprofit Management 101 a resource guide delivering easy to implement solutions for organizations seeking to meet mission and maximize impact. In conjunction with the recent book release, we're able to offer a discount to an upcoming conference series. Get $20 off Social Media for Nonprofits conferences with the "RSF" discount code in Washington, DC (7/14), New York City (8/4), Los Angeles (8/22), Seattle (10/14), Chicago & Atlanta. Keynotes by Beth Kanter, Guy Kawasaki, Idealist.org’s Ami Dar & Reddit's Alexis Ohanian. The program will feature practical tips & tools for fundraising, marketing & advocacy, and will be followed by book release parties for Nonprofit Management 101. Sign up for either or both at http://bit.ly/ke9YCV BALLE Community Capital Scholarship Recipients RSF provided six Community Capital Scholarships for the recent BALLE ‘Place Matters’ Conference held June 14-17 in Bellingham, WA. This is the second year RSF has worked with BALLE to offer scholarships for individuals who are transforming the way their communities work with money. We were again thrilled to assist in making the conference more accessible to people doing exceptional work. Catherine Covington, RSF’s Philanthropic Services Program Associate met with five of the six recipients at the conference to hear more about their projects, passions and what’s ahead...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money blog. Upcoming Events July 12 - Pachamama Alliance Luncheon - San Francisco, CA September 6 - SOCAP11 - San Francisco, CA September 9 - Opportunity Green Business Conference - Los Angeles, CA September 25 - Rudolf Steiner Festival - San Francisco, CA You are receiving this email because you signed up at www.rsfsocialfinance.org. Unsubscribe incubator.hou@gmail.com from this list. Update your profile Our mailing address is: RSF Social Finance 1002A O'Reilly Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129 Our telephone: 415.561.3900 Copyright (C) 2009 RSF Social Finance All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend