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Directory
of Rural Organizations
This page
links to organizations that deal with multiple rural issues,
rural issues in general, or issues that do not have a separate
page in the Reporting Resources directory.
Please let the Institute
know about links that do not work, or about sources we should
add. If a resource here helped you in covering a story, please
let us know by emailing al.cross@uky.edu.
NATIONAL
Aspen Institute,
http://www.aspeninstitute.org
202-736-5848 Janet Topolsky jt@aspeninst.org
1 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20036
Brownfield Network,
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com
Brushy Fork Institute,
http://www.berea.edu/brushyforkinstitute
859-985-3858 fax 3903 Peter Hille peter_hille@berea.edu
CPO2164 Berea KY 40404 Donna Morgan donna_morgan@berea.edu
The Building
Community Institute, http://www.cliftontaulbert.com/
918-584-0414 president Clifton Taulbert 4870 S. Lewis Avenue, Suite 203,
Tulsa OK 74105
Federal Reserve
Bank of Kansas City's Regional, Public and Community
Affairs Division, incorporating the former Center for the Study
of Rural America; publishes The Main Street Economist
http://www.kc.frb.org/
800-333-1010
Center for Rural
Strategies, http://www.ruralstrategies.org/default.html
606-632-3244 Dee Davis, president dee@ruralstrategies.org
46 E. Main,Whitesburg KY 41858
Coalition for
Rural America, http://www.8055.org
916-254-7621
Michelle Basso Reynolds
5101 San Francisco Blvd., Sacramento CA 95820 mreyn@surewest.net
The Conservation
Fund, http://www.conservationfund.org
304-876-2815 Marten Jenkins m.jenkins@freshwaterinstitute.org
1098 Turner Rd., Shepherdstown WV 25443
League of Rural
Voters, http://www.leagueofruralvoters.org
612-879-7578 fax 612-879-7567 Niel Ritchie nritchie@leagueofruralvoters.org
Box 80259, Minneapolis MN 55408
Local Initiatives
Support Corp., http://www.lisc.org
New York 212-455-9800 or Washington 202-739-9275
National Association
of Counties, http://www.naco.org
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,
http://www.nreca.org
Patrick Lavigne,
media relations 703-907-5732 patrick.lavigne@nreca.coop
National Rural
Funders Collaborative, http://www.nrfc.org
214-824-4450 James Richardson jr@nrfc.org
402 N. Good Latimer Expwy, Dallas, TX 75204
Rural Community
Assistance Corp., www.rcac.org
916-447-2854 fax 916-447-2878 swills@rcac.org3120 Freeboard Dr. #201, West Sacramento CA 95691
Rural Development
Initiatives Inc., www.rdiinc.org
Craig Smith, executive director rdi@rdiinc.org
941 Lawrence St., Eugene OR 97401 541-684-9077
Rural Policy
Research Institute, http://www.rupri.org
573-882-0316 Chuck Fluharty cfluharty@rupri.org
214 Middlebush, Columbia MO 65211
Rural Sociological
Society, http://ruralsociology.org
W. K. Kellogg
Foundation, www.wkkf.org
1 Michigan Ave. East, Battle Creek MI 49017 269-968-1611
REGIONAL
Appalachian Regional
Commission, http://www.arc.gov/index.do
202-884-7660 fax 7693
Appalshop media
and arts cooperative, Whitesburg, Ky. http://www.appalshop.org
Campaign to Protect
Rural England, http://www.cpre.org.uk
Carsey Institute
at the University of
New Hampshire http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/
603-862-2821 Susan Colucci carsey.institute@unh.edu
Central Appalachian
Network, www.cannetwork.org/
can@cannetwork.org CAN Coordinator, 775 Haywood Road, Suite K, Asheville, NC28806
Christian Appalachian
Project, http://www.chrisapp.org
Federation of
Southern Cooperatives, http://www.federationsoutherncoop.com/
404-765-0991 Ralph Paige rpaige@mindspring.com
2769 Church St., East Point GA 30344
Handmade in America,
arts and crafts organization http://www.handmadeinamerica.org
828-252-0121 Gwynne Rukenbrod, executive director 111 Central Ave., Asheville
NC 28802 grukenbrod@handmadeinamerica.org
Heartland Center
for Leadership Development, http://www.heartlandcenter.info/
402-474-7667 Milan Wall mwall@heartlandcenter.info
3110 N. 40th Street, Suite A, Lincoln, Nebraska 68504
Heartland Institute,
libertarian think tank based in Chicago http://www.heartland.org
Northern Great
Plains Inc. www.ngplains.org
Southern Good
Faith Fund, http://www.goodfaithfund.org
Southern Rural
Development Initiative, http://www.srdi.org
828-285-9230, Alan McGregor, executive director
alanmcg@bellsouth.net SRDI
says it “works to build just and sustainable communities
in places challenged by poverty and racism.”
STATE
Alabama Giving
& Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation, 115 Office
Park Dr., Bimingham 3522 www.alabamagiving.org
205-879-0799 Jera Stribling jstribling@jsbcf.org
(Arkansas) Winthrop
Rockefeller Foundation, http://www.wrockefellerfoundation.org
501-376.6854 Sherece West swest@wrfoundation.org
225 E. Markham St., Suite 200, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Foundation
for Appalachian Ohio, http://www.appalachianohio.org
740-753-1111 fax 3333 Cara Dingus Brook, president cbrook@ffao.org 36 Public Square, Nelsonville OH 45764
(Maine)
Coastal Enterprises, a Community Development Corporation
www.ceimaine.org
207-882-7552 Ronald
Phillips rlp@ceimaine.org Box 268, Wiscasset ME 04578
(Minnesota)
Center for Small Towns, a data and analysis research
outfit at the University of Minnesota www.centerforsmalltowns.org
(320) 589-6451 murphyrw@morris.umn.edu
600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267
Minnesota Rural
Partners Rural Round-Up, http://mnruralpartners.wordpress.com/
651-303-5263 Jane Leonard minntwin@comcast.net
1533 Grantham St., St. Paul MN 55108
(Ohio) Rural
Action, http://www.ruralaction.org
740-767-4938
(Texas)
Llano Grande Center, http://www.llanogrande.org
Box 340 Edcouch TX 78538 956-262-4474 Francisco Guajardo chairman
f_guajardo@yahoo.com
Western (Maine) Mountains Alliance, www.westernmountainsalliance.org
207-778-7274
Wisconsin
Rural Partners, http://www.wirural.org
608-967-2322, PO Box 27, Hollandale, WI 53544-0027
OTHER NATIONS
Commonwealth Journalists
Association, http://www.commonwealthjournalists.com/,
for working journalists in the 54 countries of the
(British) Commonwealth, with headquarters in Trinidad.
Swaziland Institute
of Mass Communications, http://www.icscpd.org/swaziland-institute-for-mass-communication
Pakistan Press Foundation,www.pakistanpressfoundation.org
Rural Media Network
of Pakistan: http://online-rmnp.tripod.com
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