NRFC Documents and Reports

Reports

NRFC Learning Events

• NRFC Assembly of Network Partners Offers Promising Strategies for "Rural Community Transformation"
• Annual Event Report, September 2003 (pdf file)
• NRFC Mid-term Learning Event, January 2003 (pdf file)
• Challenges, Roles and Relationships for Regional and National Funders Investing in Rural, October 2002 (pdf file)
• Building the Network: Convergence of Efforts: Finding a Collective Voice, Report from 1st Annual Learning Network Event, June 2002 (pdf file)
• Notes from the Field

Original Research

• Year One (Regional Collaborative) Performance Reviews, September 2003 (pdf file)
• The Mid South Delta Collaborating for Change in the Delta, April 2003 (pdf file)
  • "Building a Foundation for the Future: A Review of Economic Development and Human Capital Investment in the Mid-South Delta during the 1990's", May 2003
• Strategic Readiness Framework - Site Visit Preparation, March 2003 (pdf file)
• Building Wealth: A presentation given to the NRFC Annual Assembly, September 2003 (pdf file)

Policy Development

• NRFC Fact Sheet: Proposed Federal Budget and Policy Changes
• NRFC Interagency Forum on Wealth Creation
• Working Differently in Rural Communities: A Public-Private Conversation, June 2003
• NRFC Policy Event: Washington, D.C.: Report and Recommendations, May 2003 (pdf file)

Presentations

• "Working Differently: The Challenge and Value of Collaboration": A presentation given by Jim Richardson, NRFC to Rural Community College Alliance, October 2003
• Building Family Economic Success: A presentation given by Miriam Shark, The Annie E. Casey Foundation to the NRFC Annual Assembly, September 2003
• Building Wealth: A presentation given by Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development Director, Center for Social Development to the NRFC Annual Assembly, September 2003
• Lean Manufacturing Training: A presentation given by John Molinaro, West Central Initiative to the NRFC Annual Assembly, September 2003
• NRFC Overview: A presentation given by Jim Richardson, NRFC, to HRSA at the All Programs Meeting, August 2003
• "Some Facts and Figures on the South and the Mid-South Mississippi Delta Region": A presentation given by Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center at the Mid South Delta Convening, May 2003
• Rural Community College Alliance Meeting, October 2002 (pdf file)
• "NRFC: Early History and New Directions": A presentation given by Jim Richardson, NRFC to Ford Foundation, January 2002
• Policy Discussions Presentation: A presentation given by the Henry A. Wallace Center for Agriculture & Environmental Policy at the NRFC Mid-term event, January 2002
• Entrepreneurship Discussion Presentation: A presentation given by the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship at the NRFC Mid-term event, January 2002
• Outcomes Discussion Presentation: A presentation given by Cornelia Butler Flora, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology, Iowa State University and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development at the NRFC Mid-Term event, January 2002

Publications

• Rural Connections Issue 1 - Rural America: Our Crown Jewel, by The Honorable James A. Joseph, August 2001
• Rural Connections Issue 2 - Inviting Strategic Engagement: The Multi-Regional, Multi-Layered Experiment of the National Rural Funders Collaborative, Spring 2003
• Rural Connections Issue 3, Annual Review: Strategic Investments 2003
• Working Differently: Collaboration for Community Change (pdf file)
• NRFC's Three Year Report: Transforming Rural America: Many Faces, Diverse Voices, Distant Places, Common Choices. Reflections from the first three years: 2002-2005 National Rural Funders Collaborative
• Lessons from the Field — Our First Three Years
• Transforming Rural Poverty - Feature Story Series
  • Building Family Self-Sufficiency in Northeastern New Mexico
  • Grassroots Leadership Plays Major Role in South Carolina's Progress
  • Community Philanthropy Builds Wealth for Appalachian Ohio