Our 2025 in-person member meeting in the Rio Grande Valley focused on the creative power of rural communities – and how that creativity forms the...

Did you know that there are over 1,200 cities in Texas? Or that the vast majority of cities have populations below 10,000 people? Bennett Sandlin...

cdcb is one of the largest non‐profit producers of single‐family housing for homeownership in Texas. It also operates as a community development financial institution to...

Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN) is a national nonprofit working to transform the way organizations work together across the health, community development, and finance sectors....

Opportunity youth are young adults, 16-24 years of age, who are engaged in neither work nor education. Across the country, there are at least 5...

Good data on rural communities can come from unexpected partners. Founded in 1968 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Urban Institute is one of America’s...

In Texas there’s no one-size-fits-all way to partner and coordinate, but there are regional approaches to our shared challenges and opportunities. The Texas Association of...

What are the energy needs, challenges, and perspectives of people that make up the communities we serve? Synthesizing survey data from over 6,500 Texas households...

How much could rural communities save on healthcare if we built out broadband to every location that needs it? Building off the findings from their...

Texas Rural Funders has developed a series of tools for rural areas working to connect to broadband. Texas Rural Funders and Connie Casson, Founder &...

In many rural communities, the food system looks like a broken loop: food is grown in rural areas, but that doesn’t always mean food is...

Preparing and growing the next generation of teachers is crucial to rural education, but what does the rural teacher pipeline in Texas look like? To...

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serve communities traditionally underserved by banks and other lenders. In rural spaces, where access to credit and other financial services...

Leadership Training: The LeadRural Fellowship is an initiative designed to catalyze rural education leaders who are seeking to bring innovation to their communities, learn new...

The Rural Hospital Data Program provides data resources to 112 rural Texas hospitals and clinics free of charge. Learn from TORCH and their data partner,...

Legacy Institute for Financial Empowerment (LIFE) is a non-profit, organization in Lufkin, Texas that invests in the potential of individuals and creates opportunities to strengthen...

Christa Vinson, Program Officer, shares insights from Rural LISC’s Broadband and Infrastructure work, which includes: Working with and through communities to identify the best connectivity...