Market Shares: A Catalyst for Innovation, Impact and Mobilization in New Orleans Farmers Markets
Transforming New Orleans and surrounding Gulf Coast communities through market shares? Read about a new investment strategy that’s energizing and expediting change in communities rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.

Finding Rural America’s Prosperous Communities
Economist Andrew Isserman redefined prosperity in rural communities as low poverty and drop-out rates, jobs and affordable housing. Learn how rural communities fared throughout the United States.

Pathways to Progress - Effective Communities
Effective Communities, Inc. has developed a new website to help philanthropies, nonprofits and communities assess their progress in achieving racial equity and social justice. The site also provides promising practices from the field.

Race Matters Series - Annie E. Casey Foundation
Explore this resource toolkit for community activists interested in achieving community change for children, families and communities of color.

NRFC Supports a Broad Spectrum of Rural Strategies for Investment and Best Practices.
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NRFC:  Working to Close the Gap
Read a message from our Executive Director, Jim Richardson about where NRFC has been and where we are going.  Join us for our rural focused events at the COF's Leadership Summit.

Local Artists Infuse Assets into the Blackfeet Community Endowment Fund
NRFC continues to highlight philanthropic efforts where we currently have investments. This month, we feature the Blackfeet Community Foundation in East Glacier, MT.

Women's Business Training Program Launches in Watsonville
The El Pajaro Community Development Corporation launches a "getting your business off the ground" training program designed to promote economic equity for low-income and minority women, in collaboration with a community foundation and local banks.

Council on Foundations - Philanthropy's Vision: A Leadership Summit
May 4-7, 2008, National Harbor, MD

Grassroots & Groundworks
May 28-30, Bloomington, MN

Rebuilding Hope, Reclaiming History and Culture, Restoring Health: Stories of Success from Tribal and Native-Serving College
The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development is rebuilding, retooling and restoring hope to the community and tribal college system.

Strategic Lessons for Reducing Persistent Rural Poverty: A Social Justice Approach to Funding Rural Community Transformation
NRFC's 10-year initiative seeks to reduce and overcome rural poverty while addressing race, class and power as conditions to be mitigated.