Social Venture Funding Examples by Ray Dinning

Roberts Enterprise Development Fund: Implementing a Social Venture Capital Approach to Philanthropy by Daniel Kessler, Jed Emerson, Melinda T. Tuan, Lauren Dutton 25 pages.  Publication date: Oct 01, 1998. Prod. #: E45-PDF-ENG Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) transformed its philanthropic practice into a social venture capital practice in 1997 with a portfolio of nonprofit enterprises in the San Francisco Bay Area. This case presents REDF’s analysis of the changing needs of the nonprofit marketplace.