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Foundation Grants to Rural Development Networks Steadily Grow
Foundation: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Hearst Foundation, Sandy River Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Rick Cohen, a contributor to the Daily Yonder, mentions that private foundation grants to rural community development organizations have grown slowly in the last five years.
Cohen will present the report and the results of a larger study on rural grantmaking at an all-inclusive session of the National Rural Assembly in Bethesda on June 25.
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