Funding Rural

Funding Rural: A podcast that explores how philanthropy can better serve rural and Indigenous communities. Join host Erin Borla, Executive Director of the Roundhouse Foundation in Sisters, Oregon, as she engages with folks on all sides of philanthropy to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing funders and the folks they hope to serve and support.

Funding Rural is a business podcast hosted by Roundhouse Foundation, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Roundhouse Foundation hosts Funding Rural, a business show with 64 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  JT Flowers: Coming Home to Build Community

  Sep 29, 202642 minS4

  Rhodes Scholar, lifelong Portlander, and community visionary JT Flowers draws the parallels between urban and rural communities. Born and raised in NE Portland’s historic Black neighborhood, the Albina District, Flowers recently served as Senior Advisor and Director of Government Affairs at Albina Vision Trust, the largest community-led redevelopment effort in America. The Trust was created to buy back land, rebuild community, and reestablish a prosperous Black neighborhood in the heart of Portland’s central city.

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  Episode #2

  Mel Butterfield: Promoting Hope

  Sep 29, 202630 minS4

  Mel Butterfield asks, ‘if adults aren’t modeling healthy behaviors, why does it surprise us when youth behavior suffers?’ She is a fourth-generation Central Oregonian and the director of Central Oregon YouthLine, a peer-to-peer crisis, help and support line nationally available. Young people don’t always want to talk to adults when it comes to their mental health, so YouthLine is staffed by young people who have gone through training to support their peers. They say “It’s OK to not be OK” - because we all need to talk about mental health more. Youth experiencing a crisis can call 877-968-8491 or text "teen2teen" to 83983.

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  Rev. Dr. Ryan M. Eller: Action is the Oxygen of Organizing

  Sep 29, 202639 minS4

  Rev. Dr. Ryan M. Eller is a ninth-generation Appalachian who deeply understands his region—and where generations of their wealth went. As Executive Director of Appalachia Funders Network, Eller leads a coalition of more than 80 funders who are committed to socio-economic transition in Central Appalachia. Eller began his career in community organizing and wishes more funders had that valuable experience, which taught him that thoughtful action is the oxygen needed to effect change and help remedy longstanding issues.

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  Funding Rural

  Here comes Season 4!

  Sep 22, 20263 minS4

  We're back with a new season of Funding Rural! This fall, we bring you more fresh, heartfelt conversations about philanthropy and how it can better serve rural and Indigenous communities. The folks you'll hear this season will showcase the power of local work and investing in the grassroots organizations that are making systemic change from the ground up.

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  Episode #21

  Charlie Brown: Don’t Run from the Mess

  Jan 20, 202638 minS3

  When people don’t know where to begin when it comes to funding rural America, collaborative funds are a great way to start. Charlie Brown is the executive director of the Trust for Civic Life, which is an example of one of those funds. They’re made up of 20 different funders from across the country all working together to empower people to get involved in shaping the future of their communities and everyday democracy . They prioritize listening and learning instead of coming in with a top-down approach.

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