Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
Report
Tool
Intercultural Development Continuum
Intercultural Development Inventory
The Intercultural Development Inventory assesses individuals' and groups’ mindset towards cultural differences and similarities. A tool for supporting welcoming and belonging.
Event
ADDRESSING THE NEWS: INFORMATION GAP IN RURAL AMERICA
Oct. 7th, 2022, 1PM
How is your community thinking and acting on the issue of access to quality news coverage in rural communities and Native nations, as well as building trust and accurate rural narratives through national media?
Blog
Charging Ahead: Rural Workforce For Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles
With the recent funding boost and equity lenses in mind, we’ve highlighted two ways climate and infrastructure policies offer exciting opportunities for rural.
Research Brief
The Potential of the CHIPS and Science Act for Rural America
Brookings Institution
The CHIPS and Science Act passed with bipartisan support and marked a major investment in America’s scientific research and technology leadership. What benefits could the legislation have for rural places?
Blog
IRSG Rural Organizing Dialogue Series
Neighborhood Funders Group
In a dialogue series hosted by the Integrated Rural Strategies Group, funders come together to learn from rural leaders — and each other — about recent developments and best practices in equitable rural development.
Tool
Raising the Roof: Solar on Rural and Tribal Housing
Rural LISC
Despite its many benefits, communities still face numerous challenges to financing and installing solar. Hear from housing solar experts on their experience deploying solar in rural and tribal communities using a nonprofit development model, and from a Rural LISC partner on shared lessons from a recent solar feasibility study.
Blog
Four Learnings to Improve Rural Capital and Credit Access
What are some of the major capital and credit trends right now for rural practitioners?
Tool
Rural Playbook
Playbook of rural hospitals pioneering creative partnerships with community development that pave the way for further investments in their communities.
Tool
Research Report Findings: Investing in Dismantling Structural Racism and Economic Inequity in Rural America
Report authors provide recommendations to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for development of a network to help to dismantle structural racism and economic inequity in rural America.
Tool
The Rural Aperture Project: Leveraging data to gain new insights into rural America
The Rural Aperture Project from the Center on Rural Innovation is intended to provide all those advancing rural prosperity — from practitioners...
Tool
National association of counties HOUSING SOLUTIONS MATCHMAKER TOOL
The housing policy matchmaker aspires to be a resource for local officials, providing information that assists in understanding the elements...
Tool
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can help renters and landlords pay rent, cover utilities, and make up for a loss in...