About This Resource

This was our Spring 2024 CE Focus Session

Session Description

As leaders of Employment Social Enterprises (ESEs), many of you are often thinking about the balance between the business of your enterprise and the social impact that you generate. Do you sometimes wish you could understand how financially healthy each of these parts of your organization are? Double Bottom Line (DBL) financial analysis is a great skill to understand the financial sustainability of your business and employee programs within your ESE.

We invite you to dive into what a DBL analysis is, what information it surfaces, and how your ESE can utilize this information to strengthen both sides of your enterprise. Throughout this workshop, we will feature real world examples from your ESE peers to help illustrate just how impactful this tool can be!   

 

Below is the session recording and accompanying materials

About the Facilitator

Rony Cepeda Mekosh, is a capacity building senior manager at REDF. He delivers tailored capacity building services and technical assistance to REDF’s employment social enterprise (ESE) partners. His work includes helping to lead the annual Baseline Assessment for all incoming Growth Portfolio grantees, which establishes organizational strengths and opportunities for capacity building support over their grant period with REDF.

Rony believes deeply in the power of venture philanthropy and ESEs to drive innovation and create stronger, healthier communities. He witnessed first-hand the devastating impacts of an exclusive, inequitable economy in his hometown – and knows the boundless positive impact of employment on individuals and communities.

Prior to joining REDF, Rony worked as a consultant to urban school districts across the nation with Education Resource Strategies (ERS). In this work, he promoted more equitable investments for students with higher needs.

Rony holds an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business and a BA in Economics from Harvard University. Outside of work, you can find him hiking, reading fantasy novels, hosting board game nights, or visiting a National Park.