“Philanthropy and Rural America:  An Agenda for the 21st Century”:

An Executive Summary from the August 2007 convening in Missoula, Mt.

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2007 Conference on “Philanthropy and Rural America”: 

In August of 2007, the Council on Foundations along with the Montana Community Foundation, the Northwest Area Foundation and others convened a “Conference on Philanthropy and Rural America:  A 21st Century Agenda.”

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2007 Advanced Practice Institute: How Philanthropy Can Help Rural Communities Build Their Own Assets & Resources 

Read about last year’s API and background resources of various groups.

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NATIONAL RURAL FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE / NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS GROUP
Launch Rural Philanthropy Network

The National Rural Funders Collaborative and the Neighborhood Funders Group are working together to create and provide a “gathering space” for small and middle-sized funders—community foundations, family foundations and others—working in and supporting rural communities and regions. The Rural Philanthropy Network will focus on new ideas, best practices and effective funding strategies for building assets in rural areas.

Council on Foundations Leadership Summit
National Harbor, MD
Tuesday, May 6
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

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PAY DAY LENDING: THE HOLE IN THE BUCKET
OF RURAL ECONOMIC SUCCESS

Funders and community leaders across rural America are working to improve the economic well-being of low–income families and struggling communities. But even as they invest in efforts to ‘fill the bucket' – to increase income and assets and expand economies – holes in the bottom threaten to drain it even faster than it is being filled.

An Advanced Practice Institute for Funders Interested in Asset Building in Rural America
2 – 5 p.m., May 7, 2008

Council on Foundations National Leadership Summit
National Harbor, MD

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