Aspen CSG partners with Rural Development Hubs across the country to strengthen local leadership, align funding, and build regional capacity. Through research and peer learning, we support Hub leaders to refine strategies and apply what works across regions.
In New Mexico, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Anchorum Health Foundation
Service area: New Mexico.
Rural Development Hub Funder
Anchorum Health Foundation is dedicated to improving the conditions that have the greatest influence on the health of communities and people in northern New Mexico. They are committing their resources to strengthening community-based partners tackling critical local issues.
Visit organization: anchorum.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: The Power of Connection: Rural Development Hubs in Action.
Change Labs
Service area: Navajo and Hopi Nations.
Change Labs is a Native-led organization rooted on the Navajo Nation, created to help Native entrepreneurs strengthen and grow their work. We offer the tools, resources, and community support needed to navigate the unique challenges of doing business in Native communities.
Visit organization: nativestartup.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: The Power of Connection: Rural Development Hubs in Action, Through Natural Disaster to Prosperity: A Call to Action, 40 Years of Advancing Rural and Indigenous Prosperity, and more.
Chicanos Por La Causa
Service area: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and California.
Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) began with a group of student and community activists who pushed back against racial discrimination. Today, they provide services to people of all backgrounds while honoring our Mexican American roots. Their programs give individuals and families a seat at the table.
Visit organization: cplc.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Building Power Towards an Equitable Rural Economy and Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure.
Chinle Planting Hope
Service area: Navajo Nation.
Chinle Planting Hope (CPH) is a grassroots organization headquartered in Chinle, Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Chinle Planting Hope practices asset-based community development and invests in projects that build up the physical, social, educational and spiritual health of all community members. CPH tries both to identify regional strengths and to meet community needs in ways that strengthen dignity, empowerment and cooperation.
Visit organization: chinleplantinghope.com
Public Health Institute, Center for Health Innovation
Service area: New Mexico.
The Center for Health Innovation advances community health, resilience and social justice in New Mexico and beyond through advocacy, public policy, and innovative public and behavioral health programs and services.
Visit organization: chi-phi.org
Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)
Service area: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1978, dedicated to supporting underserved rural and Indigenous communities across the Western U.S. through technical assistance, training, financial resources, and advocacy. RCAC’s work spans environmental infrastructure, affordable housing, community resilience and disaster planning, economic and leadership development, and community finance. RCAC acts as the Western hub for the national Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) network.
Visit organization: rcac.org
