Philanthropy
Rural Capacity-Building Tips from & for Funders
On April 8, 2022, around 90 community and economic development practitioners and community members gathered at a Thrive Rural Open...
Helping Rural Students Head to College in Uncertain Times
In early March, a group of experts and practitioners came together to discuss the challenges rural students face in pursuing...
Rural Service Structure Characteristics
This document, "Rural Service Structure Characteristics," created by The Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group, is a tool to help community foundations serving rural territories understand and compare different rural coverage structures.
Building Engines for Rural Endowment: An RDP Thinking and Action Framework
This file, "Building Engines for Rural Endowment: An RDP Thinking and Action Framework," is a "beta-test" version (January 2003) from The Aspen Institute's Rural Development Philanthropy Learning Network. It serves as a guide for community foundations to strategically build permanently endowed assets focused on vitalizing rural areas.
Urban Development Action Grants to Rural Communities
This report, "Urban Development Action Grants to Rural Communities" by Marie Howland and Ted Miller, examines the characteristics and impact of Urban Development Action Grants (UDAGs) in rural areas, using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a telephone survey, and on-site case studies.