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News on the latest loans and investments RSF Social Finance makes to leading social enterprises working in Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship.

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Loan Broadens Access to Certified Biodynamic Compost
“There was a total absence of any high-quality soil product,” says Ritchie. “That’s when we decided to enter a market that’s never been there before—biodynamic compost. It’s real. It’s truly organic. It’s living soil.”

On July 8, 2009, the duo founded Malibu Compost, and became the first-ever local producer and distributor of certified biodynamic compost. After years of demonstrating the strength of their business model, the company received a Program Related Investment (PRI) loan from RSF to help it expand.

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RSF Social Finance Loan to Froozer Helps Bring Whole Produce to Schools, Hospitals
Obesity and diabetes rates in the United States have hit an all-time high. More than two in three American adults are considered overweight today, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research center. Children are no better off, reporting skyrocketing increases in new Type-2 diabetes cases; a condition previously unheard of in people under 30.

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RSF Supports Microfinance with Loan to MCE Social Capital

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Seattle Historic Arts District Refinances for Future Success
The walls of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Historic District have long featured canvases splashed with elevating colors and dramatic shapes. Yet this neighborhood’s rich artistic and cultural tradition experienced a slump in the 1990s when market forces drove artists out of the area at an alarming rate.

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to Hudson Valley Harvest

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RSF Social Finance Purchases $9 Million in Solar Bonds from SolarCity

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to American Halal Company

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RSF Social Finance Extends Additional Financing to GREEN CREATIVE

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to Harmless Harvest

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RSF Social Finance Makes a Loan to Imagine Supported Living Services

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