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 York, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Adirondack Community Foundation
Service area: New York.
Adirondack Community Foundation is stewarding a new vision and a plan to connect residents. Acting as the connective tissue among neighbors, the Lake Placid, NY-based foundation is taking a thoughtful, community-centered approach to address economic distress, poverty, and displacement. In its 27-year history, the foundation has distributed more than $72 million back to the community to build new childcare, address domestic violence and homelessness, improve access to community college and trades programs, and supply food and fuel to households.
Visit organization: adkcommunityfoundation.org
Appalachian Community Capital
Service area: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Appalachian Community Capital is a non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that is focused on attracting new sources of capital for small businesses, including minority and women-owned business owners, in underserved places in Appalachia and similar energy communities nationally.
Visit organization: appalachiancommunitycapitalcdfi.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Resources for Rural Communities, Aspen CSG in Action, How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity?, and more.
Northern Forest Center
Service area: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
The Northern Forest is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, and it is mostly privately owned. When big timber and paper operations moved out of the region, locals kept their communities going and built a new economy grounded in forest stewardship. The Center is proud to be the region’s advocate and to partner with communities and businesses to build the New Forest Future.
Visit organization: northernforest.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Climate Solutions for Rural Regions, Learnings on Rural Migration and Displacement, Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure, and more.
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Service area: Southeast Michigan and Western New York.
The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation is a 20-year limited-life foundation dedicated to improving the quality of life in the communities founder Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. loved and called home – Southeast Michigan and Western New York. Their strategic investments are guided by community voice, powered by strong partnerships, and rooted in a commitment to inspire and drive meaningful change beyond our closing in 2035.
Visit organization: ralphcwilsonjrfoundation.org
