Funding & Capital Access
The “Ripple Effect” of Investing in Rural America
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
We need to look at the impact of investing in rural community development on its own terms, argues Suzanne Anarde, outgoing vice president and director of Rural LISC in an essay for Shelterforce.
CDFI LOCATOR
Opportunity Finance Network
Use the search filters to locate and learn more about Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) member CDFIs based in rural, urban, and Native communities across America.
PARTICIPATORY INVESTING TOOLKIT
Common Future
Explore Common Future’s playbook for power-shifting in philanthropic investment.
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Resources from RWJF on transforming neighborhoods to improve health and wellbeing.
GET HELP APPLYING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
Just Transition Fund
The Federal Access Center is a one-stop resource hub to help coal communities secure public funding for local economic solutions.
GIVING FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Inside Philanthropy
Explore the foundations, major donors, and corporations that are making grants to nonprofits for rural communities.
IRA Pocket Guides
USDA Rural Development
A quick-reference tool to aid stakeholders in their search for funding opportunities.
Learning to Seize the Moment with Regional Collaboration
Event recap blog with resources and big-picture insights on working regionally to increase capacity to drawn down federal funding.
PHILANTHROPY MUST CHANGE SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN KEEP CHANGING FOR THE BETTER
Inside Philanthropy
Foundations should build on their success in supporting multisector, multifield collaborations to establish a consensus on development that centers race and people.
Honing in On Home: Breaking Barriers in BIPOC Homeownership
Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT)
A cornerstone of the “American Dream” is owning a home. For many in rural America, this vision seems nearly impossible, especially for people of color. PRT and HOPE examine policies and lending practices to help address the challenges they face and close homeownership gaps.
Commentary: Challenging Everything We Know about Funding as a Path to Thriving Rural Communities
In an op-ed for Daily Yonder, Bonita Robertson-Hardy of the Community Strategies Group writes on how rural communities, funders, and other stakeholders’ approach to economic development can mean the difference between success and stagnation.
Translating Federal Opportunities into Local Resources: Ada Jobs Foundation
This short case study has insights and tips on how rural communities with limited staffing and resources can understand, prepare for, and compete for finite federal funds.