Rural Philanthropy Remains Flat for CDCs
Foundation: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Hearst Foundation, Sandy River Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Foundation grants to groups in two rural development networks rose modestly since 2006, the year Sen. Max Baucus issued his challenge to double rural philanthropy. These findings will be part of a...more

Babcok Foundation names new executive director
Foundation: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
David A. Jackson, a 25-year veteran of government, philanthropy and nonprofits who has focused on affordable housing and on workforce and economic development, has been named executive director of...more

Grants for Rural Development in Decline
Foundation: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, California Endowment, Ford Foundation
The Foundation Center's online database includes, reportedly, the grants of more than 100000 grantmakers: more than 2.2 million grants. It shows that “rural development” (domestic, not...more

Focus: The 'Invisible' and 'Underfunded' - Strategic Giving
Foundation: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
A thread of quotes to help explain our ToolBox Grants, define capacity building, and explain why non-profit infrastructure is important to the Community Foundation of North Texas.Strategic Giving -...more