National Resources
Leadership Development
Development Leadership Network
http://www.developmentleadership.net/
Rural Community College Alliance
http://www.ruralcommunitycolleges.org
Heartland Center for Leadership Development
http://www.heartlandcenter.info/
Rural Development Leadership Network
http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/
Rural School and Community Trust
http://www.ruraledu.org/index.cfm
Philanthropy
Neighborhood Funders Group
http://www.nfg.org
Council on Foundations
http://www.cof.org
Policy
The Brookings Institution
http://www.brook.edu
Center for Rural Affairs
http://www.cfra.org/
Congressional Rural Caucus
http://www.house.gov/emerson/crc/
Institute on Race and Poverty
http://www1.umn.edu/irp/index.html
National Conference of State Legislatures' Database on State Rural Legislation
http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/scag/stateruraldesc.htm
Policy Link
http://www.policylink.org
Rural Policy Research Institute
http://www.rupri.org/
Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy
http://www.winrock.org/what/wallace_center.cfm
Race, Culture, Power
Annie E. Casey Foundation – Race Matters Toolkits
http://www.aecf.org/publications/racematters.htm
Rural Economies
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
http://www.ruraleship.org
Community Development Fund Initiative (CDFI) Fund
http://www.cdifund.gov/
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
http://www.fhlbatl.com
First Nations Development Institute
http://www.firstnations.org/
Housing Assistance Council
http://www.ruralhome.org/
The Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
http://www.nw.org/network/home.asp
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
http://www.hhs.gov/
Regional Resources
Alaska
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
http://www.mhtrust.org/
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
http://www.anthc.org/
Denali Commission
http://www.denali.gov/
Rasmuson Foundation
http://www.rasmuson.org/
Tanana Chiefs Conference
http://www.tananachiefs.org/
Appalachia
Appalachian Regional Commission
http://www.arc.gov/
The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACENet)
http://www.acenetworks.org/
Appalachian Sustainable Development
http://www.appsusdev.org/
Brushy Fork Institute of Berea College
http://www.berea.edu/BrushyFork
The Center for Economic Options
http://www.centerforeconomicoptions.org
Central Appalachia Network
http://www.cannetwork.org
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
http://www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/benedum/
Community Collaborative, Inc.
http://www.cciwv.org/
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley
http://www.cfnrv.org/
The Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD)
http://www.coadinc.org/
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
http://www.appalachianohio.org/
Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development (ILGARD)
http://www.ilgard.ohiou.edu
Lightstone CDC
http://www.lightstone.org/
Ohio Arts Council's Appalachian Program
http://www.oac.state.oh.us/
Rural Action
http://www.ruralaction.org/
West Virginia Consortium of Community Foundations
http://www.pacfwv.com/
West Virginia Development Office
http://www.wvdo.org;
West Virginia Rural Development Council
http://www.wvrdc.state.wv.us/
Midwest
Community Alliances of Interdependent AgriCulture
http://www.caia.net
Nebraska Community Foundation
http://www.nebcommfound.org/
Ready 4 Kids
http://www.orgainizeforchildren.com/
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
http://www.semif.org/
Northeast
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI)
http://www.cemaine.org/
The Jessie B. Cox Trust
http://www.agmconnect.org/cox.html
Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP)
http://www.mecep.org/
Maine Community Foundation
http://www.mainecf.org
Mountain Counties Heritage (MCH)
http://www.mainemountains.org/
Sandy River Charitable Foundation
http://www.baldwinim.com/srindex.htm
Western Mountains Alliance (WMA)
http://www.westernmountainsalliance.org/
Northern Great Plains
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
http://www.indianlandtenure.org/
Northwest Area Foundation
http://www.nwaf.org
Northwest
Beartooth RC&D
http://www.wtp.net/bearrcd/
Central Montana RC&D
http://www.midrivers.com/~cmrcd/
Fannie Mae
http://www.fanniemae.com/
First Interstate Bank
http://www.firstinterstatebank.com/
Four Times Foundation
http://www.ftf.org
Headwaters RC&D
http://www.headwatersrcd.org/
Heritage
http://www.heritagemontana.com/
HUD
http://www.hud.gov/local/hel/index.html
Humboldt Area Foundation
http://www.hafoundation.org/
Initiative Foundation
http://www.ifound.org/
Montana Board of Housing
http://commerce.state.mt.us/housing.Hous_Home.html
Neighborhood Housing Services of Great Falls
http://www.nw.org/
Northwest Regional
http://www.northwestregionalrcd.com/
Northwest Regional Development Commission
http://www.nwrdc.org/
Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc.
http://www.rrfi.org/
Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mt/
Stockman Bank
http://www.stockmanbank.com/
US Bank
http://www.usbank.com/
Wells Fargo
http://www.wellsfargo.com/
West Central Initiative
http://www.wcif.org/
South/Southeast
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
http://www.aradvocates.org/
The Arkansas Public Policy Panel
http://www.arpanel.org/
The Conservation Fund
http://www.conservationfund.org/
Duke Center for Leadership and Public Values @ Duke
led by Jim Joseph
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/
Enterprise Corporation of the Delta
http://www.ecd.org/
Foundation for the Mid South
http://www.fndmidsouth.org/home.asp
The Good Faith Fund
http://www.arenterprise.org/public_policy
IBERIABANK
http://www.iberiabank.com/
Marketumbrella
http://www.marketumbrella.org
MDC
http://www.mdcinc.org/
Progress Energy
http://www.progress-energy.com/
The Rapides Foundation
http://www.rapidesfoundation.org/
South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
http://www.communitydevelopmentsc.org/
South Carolina Department of Commerce
http://www.myscgov.com/SCSGPortal/static/home_tem4.html
South Carolina Department of Social Services
http://www.state.sc.us/dss/
Southern Development Banc Corporation
http://www.southerndevelopmentbancorp.com/
Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc.
http://www.southernmutualhelp.org/
Southern Philanthropy Consortium
http://www.rag.org/about/profile_southernconsortium.html
Southern Rural Development Initiative
http://www.srdi.org
Wachovia Bank
http://www.wachovia.com/
Warner Foundation
http://www.dmwf.org/
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation
http://www.zsr.org/
West/Southwest
ACCION Texas
http://www.acciontexas.org
ACCION New Mexico
http://www.accionnewmexico.org
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association
http://www.albafarmers.org
The James Irvine Foundation
http://www.jamesirvinefoundation.org/
New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund
http://www.nmcdlf.org/
New Mexico Community Foundation
http://www.nmcf.org/
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
http://www.rmfu.org
Sacramento Valley Organizing Community
http://www.sacvoc.org
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