The immediate antecedent of this awareness is the Conference in August, but others note the work of other large foundations and advocacy groups to bring attention to rural America.
I still haven’t decided whether to go to Montana for the conference, but I think the attention of Senator Baucus to the rural, to the philanthropic divide, promises to increase the attention of the philanthropic world to rural needs. I anticipate good things.
There seems to be a whole lot of interest in making it increase. I mean if you [read] what I read every day, you’ve got Ford and Kellogg holding major convenings.
You got what is going to happen in Missoula in August, so I mean there is a lot of initial work I think to get funding on the same page.
To: Center for Rural Strategies and Stand Up for Rural America From: Anna Greenberg and David Walker
Full Paper: http://www.ruralstrategies.org/projects/philanthropy/RuralPhilanthropy2007UPD.pdf
(Thanks again to David Young at MSU for bringing this paper to our attention. Russ)
David M. Young, Professor Community Resource Specialist Extension Service Montana State University e-mail: dyoung@montana.edu Phone: 406-994-5552 Fax: 406-994-1756