For over 20 years, the Community Resource Center (CRC) has partnered with rural communities throughout Colorado to increase their access to funding, relationships, and skill building opportunities through the Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) event. 

Typically, a RPD event involves grant makers from Front Range communities traveling to a rural region for three days of activities with rural grantseekers. These activities include networking opportunities, panel presentations, skill building sessions, discussions, and a series of roundtables during which grantmakers and grantseekers have the opportunity to exchange information and search for a “mutual fit”. The activities are chosen and coordinated by local steering committees, which are comprised of rural nonprofit, government, and business leaders, CRC, and Front Range funders.

In the years following a RPD event, regional leaders work closely with the CRC to continue to meet the needs of rural communities through initiatives such as community newsletters and trainings. 

Direct and indirect benefits of RPD include:

• Increased support from grant makers to rural communities,
• Elevated recognition by rural community members of the value of the nonprofit sector,
• Improved collaboration between rural nonprofits, local government, and businesses,
• Enhanced skills and knowledge of rural nonprofit professionals, and
• Improved understanding of rural Colorado by grant makers.

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