Rural Support Partners, mission-driven management consultants with a participatory approach to create lasting, equitable change in rural areas. Rural community and economic development.

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Nonprofit Leadership in the Rural Southeast

Nonprofit Leadership in the Rural Southeast

Nonprofits in rural places receive far less funding per capita than their urban counterparts, so they have to do more…
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What is a Social Enterprise?

What is a Social Enterprise?

Social enterprise is about solving old problems in new ways. In persistently distressed communities, social enterprises can explore and grow…
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Core Elements of a Network

Core Elements of a Network

Rural Support Partners identified the building blocks of successful networks in rural-based organizations for wealth creation and how their experiences…
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So You Want to Build a Collective Impact Network?

So You Want to Build a Collective Impact Network?

RSP developed a toolkit to guide groups of organizations intending to build effective and sustainable collective impact networks. Start your…
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Rural Networks for Wealth Creation

Rural Networks for Wealth Creation

Rural Support Partners conducted an in-depth study of collective impact networks working to create wealth that sticks in rural communities.…
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A Look at Entrepreneurial Appalachia

A Look at Entrepreneurial Appalachia

Throughout Appalachia, entrepreneurs are forging a new economic model — one based on local investment and local ownership. Their impact…
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