Center for Rural Affairs
The Center for Rural Affairs is one of the nation’s leading rural organizations known for its pioneering work to rebuild rural America and its national work to reform federal policy. 

Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is committed to connecting economic development practitioners and policy makers across rural America to the resources needed to energize entrepreneurs and to implement entrepreneurship as a core rural economic development strategy.

Glynwood Center                                                                                                                 Glynwood Center helps communities integrate their natural resources, cultural heritage, and economic development potential to create a brighter future that is distinctively theirs.

Land Stewardship Project
The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture and to develop sustainable communities.

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center with statewide programs to develop sustainable agricultural practices that are both profitable and conserve natural resources.

Minnesota Rural Partners 
Minnesota Rural Partners (MRP) is Minnesota's rural development organization and works with organizations throughout the state and beyond to create, promote, and sustain initiatives that will increase the visibility of rural communities and help rural communities thrive in today's economic environment.

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is a diverse nationwide partnership of individuals and organizations cultivating grass roots efforts to engage in policy development processes that result in food and agricultural systems and rural communities that are healthy, environmentally sound, profitable, humane and just. 

National Center for Small Communities
The mission of the National Center for Small Communities is to provide the elected leaders of America's small communities with tools to govern effectively.

National Governors Association
The National Governors Association--the bipartisan organization of the nation's governors--promotes visionary state leadership, shares best practices and speaks with a unified voice on national policy.

Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) conducts policy-relevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs. Many policies which are not explicitly "rural policies" nevertheless have substantial implications for rural areas, and RUPRI is dedicated to understanding and articulating these implications.