NRFC works with a number of organizations and institutions seeking to influence policy change at every level that affects the availability and allocation of resources to reverse historic trends of rural poverty and effect long-term transformation and asset-building of rural communities and regions:
Aspen Institute
Community Strategies Group
Roundtable on Community Change
Carsey Institute – University of New Hampshire
Center for Community Change
Center for Rural Affairs
Center for Rural Strategies
Corporation for Enterprise Development
Council on Foundations
First Nations Development Institute
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
Neighborhood Funders Group
Rural LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)
Rural Policy Research Institute (RuPRI)
Rural Schools and Community Trust
Southern Rural Development Institute (SRDI)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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