The Social Fund was created by Presidential Decree No. 009/2002 of February 05, 2002, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 05/063 of July 22, 2005, in the form of a public establishment of a social nature, endowed of legal personality. He is placed under the High Authority of the President of the Republic who is the Honorary President.

As an Executing Agency of the Government, the mission of the FSRDC is to participate in the reconstruction effort of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by contributing to:

• improving the living conditions of the Congolese population and their access to social services through the rehabilitation and reconstruction of community economic and social infrastructure;
• the creation of income and jobs in rural and urban areas by the execution or the establishment of micro-projects generating income to alleviate poverty and promote economic and social development.