RCF

What RCF does

RCF (一般社団法人RCF) is a Japanese general incorporated association founded in 2011 in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, headquartered at the Shinjuku Center Building, Tokyo, with field operations across Iwate, Fukushima, Kumamoto, Aomori, and Ishikawa prefectures. The organization's core offering is the '社会事業コーディネーター' (Social Business Coordinator) service model: a multi-stakeholder facilitation practice in which RCF staff embed in target communities, conduct needs assessment (e.g., the post-2011 assessment of 260 evacuation shelters — the first comprehensive such assessment in Japan), design intervention frameworks, coordinate across government, corporate, and civil-society actors, and withdraw only after local self-sustenance is established. Its principal clients are municipal and prefectural governments (Iwate Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Kamaishi City, Futaba Town, Minato-ku) seeking neutral coordination capacity, together with corporations and foundations pursuing structured regional-revitalization and disaster-recovery engagement.

RCF's revenue is generated through project commissions, professional-services fees, and grants rather than a product-pricing model. The flagship commercial franchise is the multi-prefecture 'Agriculture Future Project' series operated with Philip Morris Japan across Iwate, Kumamoto, and Aomori; complementary revenue is sourced from the Reconstruction Agency (復興庁), the UBS Kamaishi Community Support Project, Nippon Foundation's 'WORK FOR 東北', Airbnb Community Fund grants, IBM Impact Grants, Goldman Sachs pro-bono engagement, and Yahoo Japan donation platform activity. RCF also co-developed the Cabinet Office SIP push-type emergency-supplies logistics decision-support system with Hitachi, contributing necessity-quantification logic and field validation through Minato-ku workshops.

The organization delivers services via direct, consultative enterprise field sales — project-based engagement initiated through prefecture-level and CSR/CSV relationships and executed by embedded coordinators — and supports the work through content-marketing on rcf311.com, conference speaking, media appearances, and structured recruitment information sessions rather than through a traditional product distribution channel. As of 2025-2026, RCF remains an active operating nonprofit with an ongoing multi-prefecture expansion pattern anchored by Philip Morris Japan and a growing technology-enabled services surface area.

Name

RCF

Legal name

一般社团法人RCF

Website

https://rcf311.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

RCF is a Tokyo-based Japanese incorporated association (founded 2011) that acts as a neutral multi-stakeholder coordinator, embedding field staff in disaster-affected and declining regions to design and operate public-private recovery and agricultural revitalization projects for municipal governments and corporate partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Consulting and Community Development Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Coordination & Camp Management (CCCM) (BPADADAB)

Keywords

• Disaster recovery coordination
• Regional revitalization consulting
• Public-private partnership facilitation
• Social business coordination
• Community development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. 官民連携プロジェクト事業 (Public-Private Partnership Project Services): RCF receives funding and commissions from corporations (e.g., Philip Morris Japan) and government bodies to design and operate social issue resolution projects. RCF serves as the project operator, receiving funds to coordinate stakeholders and execute initiatives in disaster recovery and regional revitalization.
2. コーディネート・コンサルティング料 (Coordination and Consulting Fees): Fees for providing social business coordination services to municipalities, corporations, and NPOs engaged in regional revitalization and disaster recovery efforts.
3. 復興庁・各省庁連携事業 (Government-Linked Recovery Projects): Funding from national government programs such as the Reconstruction Agency (復興庁) and Reconstruction Agency initiatives for disaster-affected areas.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RCF provides Social Business Coordinator (社会事業コーディネーター) services in which its staff embed in disaster-affected or economically challenged regions, coordinate multi-stakeholder partnerships across government, corporations, NPOs, and local residents, and drive social issue resolution projects toward local self-sustenance. Its portfolio spans post-disaster recovery coordination, regional revitalization, agricultural support projects (Iwate, Kumamoto, Aomori), career education programs, and contributed logic design for a government emergency supplies logistics system.

Product overview

RCF operates as a social coordination organization offering multiple interconnected services centered around disaster recovery support and regional revitalization. The core offering is the '社会事業Coordinator' (Social Business Coordinator) service model, supplemented by regional agricultural future projects in Iwate, Kumamoto, and Aomori prefectures, disaster recovery coordination, and technology-enabled solutions like the SIP logistics system developed with Hitachi. The organization serves as a bridge between government, corporations, NPOs, and local communities to identify social issues and create sustainable solutions through multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Business Coordinator Services (社会事業コーディネーター services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported 21 agricultural producers and facilitated employment for approximately 800 workers in the Iwate northern region through spot-work models.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• フィリップ モリス ジャパン合同会社 (Philip Morris Japan LLC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023RCF and Philip Morris Japan operate the 'Agriculture Future Project' (農業未来プロジェクト) series in Iwate, Kumamoto, and Aomori prefectures. PMJ provides funding while RCF serves as the project operator, supporting farmers and regional agriculture through branding, human resources, and smart agriculture initiatives. This is RCF's flagship corporate partnership.
• UBSグループ (UBS Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUBS Group partnered with RCF on the 'UBS Kamaishi Community Support Project,' a multi-year community revitalization initiative in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, starting approximately 2012. RCF coordinated on-the-ground activities, stakeholder engagement, and project implementation for the 5-year program.
• AirbnbcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF coordinated with Airbnb on community-based tourism projects in Kamaishi City and Suzu City (Noto Peninsula), including an Airbnb Community Fund grant supporting the 'Suzu Yasatsu Project' for post-earthquake recovery in Ishikawa Prefecture.
• 株式会社日立製作所 (Hitachi, Ltd.)coreTechnology or IntegrationRCF partnered with Hitachi on the Cabinet Office SIP program to develop a disaster emergency supplies logistics system. Hitachi handled system development and estimation logic, while RCF designed the logic for necessary goods categories and quantities. The collaboration combines RCF's field expertise with Hitachi's technology capabilities.
• 東京都港区 (Minato-ku, Tokyo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinato-ku collaborated with RCF on disaster preparedness workshops to test and validate the SIP emergency supplies system prototype, providing real-world municipal use case data.
• プライズウォーターハウスクーパース (PwC Japan Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF, PwC Japan, and Iwate Prefecture signed a three-party agreement to support post-disaster industrial recovery, providing comprehensive advisory and coordination services to approximately 20-30 local businesses in affected areas.
• 日本財団 (Nippon Foundation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF collaborated with the Nippon Foundation on the 'WORK FOR 東北' program, matching business professionals with disaster-affected municipalities in Tohoku, and on general recovery initiatives.
• IBM Impact GrantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF received IBM Impact Grant support, providing technology expertise for reconstruction and social innovation projects in disaster-affected areas.
• Yahoo! Japan (Yahoo!基金)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF partnered with Yahoo! Japan's donation platform for fundraising related to the Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery and child food support programs.
• 新公益連盟 (Shinkou Koekiren / New Public Welfare Federation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF's representative serves as secretariat for the New Public Welfare Federation (新公益連盟), a coalition of over 80 social enterprises in Japan promoting collective impact approaches to social issues.
• ETIC. (公益社団法人energetic)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF participated in ETIC.'s 'Right-hand' matching fair for recovery leaders, connecting with skilled professionals for disaster recovery projects and cross-sector collaboration.
• ゴールドマン・サックス (Goldman Sachs)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCF collaborated with Goldman Sachs on social impact projects including the 'NPO work and childcare balance project,' leveraging Goldman Sachs' pro-bono support and social investment expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nippon Foundation: One of Japan's largest philanthropic foundations, supporting disaster recovery, social welfare, and maritime causes. Already an RCF partner, and represents the institutional-scale version of RCF's coordination work.
• Japan NPO Center: Established cross-sectoral support organization for the Japanese NPO sector, with broader scope across civil society infrastructure. Comparable to RCF's nonprofit intermediary role but at sector-wide scale.

Emerging players

• Re:Public: Japanese nonprofit supporting public-interest journalism and civic innovation, with overlap to RCF's work on social infrastructure and cross-sector coordination in regional contexts.
• Social Value Hub Japan: Platform and community focused on measuring and creating social value across Japanese organizations. Operates in adjacent space to RCF's regional revitalization and social impact coordination work.

Direct peers

• Japan Platform (JPF): Japan's largest pooled humanitarian aid fund coordinating NGOs, government, and business for emergency response and disaster recovery. Directly comparable to RCF's disaster coordination model and government-corporate-NPO stakeholder bridging.
• Peace Winds Japan: NGO providing disaster relief and recovery support across Japan and Asia, with logistics expertise and field-embedded operations. Comparable to RCF's disaster response work and on-the-ground coordination approach.
• Civic Force: Japan-based emergency response NGO that mobilizes corporate and civic resources for disaster relief. Operates in a similar niche of bridging private-sector resources with disaster-affected communities.
• ETIC. (Social Entrepreneur Support): Nonprofit supporting social entrepreneurs and recovery leaders in Japan through matching programs and capacity building. Already an RCF partner, with overlapping focus on connecting skilled professionals to social issue sites.

Others

• Code for Japan: Civic-tech organization applying technology to social issues in Japan. Adjacent to RCF's SIP logistics partnership with Hitachi, sharing the public-sector technology and civic infrastructure space.
• PwC Japan Foundation: Corporate foundation of PwC Japan, partnering with RCF on Iwate industrial recovery. Represents the corporate philanthropy ecosystem that RCF coordinates between, comparable as a partner and adjacent actor in disaster recovery advisory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rcf_coordinator

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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