Building Wealth

"Growing Philanthropy Through Giving Circles: Lessons Learned from Start-up to Grantmaking"
Author: Tracey A. Rutnik and Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz. The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
October 2003

"New Ventures in Philanthropy: Giving Together. A National Scan of Giving Circles and Shared Giving"
A Guidebook to Giving Circles
Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers’ Giving Forum website.

"Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda"
Author: Michael Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Harvard Business School
February 25, 2004.

Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy
Excerpts: Chapter 8: Toward a Theory of Welfare Based on Assets
Author: Michael Sherraden, Ph.D. Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development Director, Center for Social Development

Black Wealth/ White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
Excerpt from Introduction
Author: Melvin Oliver & Thomas Shapiro

Building Natural Assets: New Strategies for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection
Report from the National Assets Project, a collaborative initiative of the Ford Foundation and the Political Economy Research Institute
Author: James K. Boyce and Manuel Pastor, Political Economy Research Institute, U. of Mass

Building Wealth
A presentation given to the NRFC Annual Assembly, September 2003
Author: Michael Sherraden, Ph.D. Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development Director, Center for Social Development

Building Wealth / Asset-Building Resources
A Selected Bibliography and Resources for the NRFC Annual Assembly Learning Theme: Wealth Creation
Author: F.B. Heron Foundation

Community Endowments for Community Futures
CFED: Ideas in Development (1999)
Author: Janet Topolsky and the Corporation for Enterprise Development

Entrepreneurship

• Bizpathways.org (internet connection required)
  Bizpathways.org is an on-line tool for entrepreneurs and those providing technical and financial assistance to entrepreneurs. Bizpathways.org connects those looking for information with those that do!
  A service provided by: Minnesota Rural Partners, Inc.
  
  
• Energizing Entrepreneurs Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  
  
• Entrepreneur Development in Native American Communities
  Effective state policy and practice bulletin
  Published by: Corporation for Enterprise Development
  
  
• Entrepreneurship Development in Native American Communities
  This bulletin provides background on the challenges that Native American entrepreneurs face and highlights the organizations that currently provide quality entrepreneurship development services to Native American communities.
  Published by: Corporation for Enterprise Development
  
  
• Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  
  
• Outcomes Measurements: Tools for Energizing Entrepreneurship Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  
  
• Public Entrepreneurship Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  
  
• Rural Revival Strategies Series
  Six strategies for revitalization of agricultural communities on the rural great plains
  
  • Strategy 1: A Federal Rural Policy
  • Strategy 2: Small Entrepreneurship
  • Strategy 3: Niche Markets
  • Strategy 4: Land Grant Universities
  • Strategy 5: Desirable Places to Live
  • Strategy 6: Regional Cooperative
    Author: Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs
  
  
• Understanding Entrepreneurial Talent: Tools for Entergizing Entrepreneurship Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  
  
• Why Entrepreneurship Monograph of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
  Author: Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship