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 Washington and Tribes in the North Olympic Peninsula region, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Craft3
Service area: Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Craft3 is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to strengthening the Pacific Northwest by investing in people, businesses, homeowners, and communities—particularly those underserved by traditional lenders. Through its integrated approach of combining flexible capital with relationship-building and amplifying community voice, it addresses systemic challenges like racial inequities, the climate crisis, and rural and tribal economic disparities.
Visit organization: craft3.org
Innovia Community Foundation
Service area: Washington and Idaho.
As the community foundation for Eastern Washington and North Idaho, the Innovia Community Foundation envisions vibrant and sustainable communities, where every person has the opportunity to thrive. They work with donors to invest in long-term solutions, supporting opportunities that make the region vibrant and healthy.
Visit organization: innovia.org
North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation & Development Council
Service area: Washington.
The North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation & Development Council (NODC) empowers the North Olympic Peninsula to invest in and pursue its own economic and environmental destiny. As the federally-designated Economic Development District for Jefferson and Clallam counties, NODC is a collaborative, innovative effort among member governments, community organizations, Tribes and businesses to advance economic, environmental and quality of life initiatives in the region.
Visit organization: noprcd.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Through Natural Disaster to Prosperity: A Call to Action
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
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. Serving communities in states such as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, RCAC acts as the Western hub for the national Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) network.
Visit organization: rcac.org
Rural Development Initiatives
Service area: Idaho, Oregon, Washington.
Since 1991, Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) has trained more than 8,000 leaders in hundreds of rural communities throughout rural Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Their staff continues to support and partner with this network of leaders as they create community and economic vitality in these small towns and ultra-rural regions.
Visit organization: rdiinc.org
Walla Walla Community College
Service area: Washington.
Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) removes barriers to access and provides high-quality educational experiences that promote equitable learning and student success, with the goal of strengthening rural communities. Its vision is to be a national leader in producing a well-educated, highly skilled workforce while fostering vibrant, thriving communities.
Visit organization: wwcc.edu
