Funding & Capital Access
Appalachia – Fed Communities Case Study
Fed Communities
Appalachian Funders Network, an organization formed in 2010 to drive collaborative partnerships to support the region, works to accelerate an equitable Appalachian transition by convening and connecting funders for learning, analysis, and collaboration.
Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas
NPQ
What would it look like for rural civic infrastructure to thrive, not just survive, in the 21st century? Work in East Texas, where T.L.L. Temple and Communities Unlimited are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity.
THE “RIPPLE EFFECT” OF INVESTING IN RURAL AMERICA
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Projects may not touch the numbers of people or generate the returns of urban investments, but their effects are every bit as important, and ripple far and wide through the small, intricately connected networks of rural life.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
The University of Arizona Native Nations Institute
This report from Native Nations Institute tells a story of American Indians’, Alaska Natives’, and Native Hawaiians’ determination, progress, and hope for improved financial access and economic stability—and of their desire to build Native Communities that prosper for generations to come.
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.
Sustaining Momentum in Rural Development
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Anita Brown-Graham describes the key components of lasting development in rural communities. She shared these insights in her keynote at the...