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Community Development Tools
Arts Americans for the Arts Center for Arts and Culture Dance/USA Mid-America Arts Alliance Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation National Assembly of State Arts Agencies National Endowment for the Arts Southern Arts Federation
Best Practices Government Innovators Network Innovations Award Winners Promising Practices Network Stories of Grassroots Programs
Civic Education/Voting Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement National Alliance for Civic Education National Center for Learning and Citizenship Project Vote Smart
Community Planning and Development Toolboxes Community and Rural Development Community Development Toolbox Community Tool Box Connecticut Assets Network Florida Sustainable Communities Center New Tools for Community Design and Decisionmaking Quality Growth Toolkit U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Diversity/Tolerance/Race Relations The Birmingham Pledge Hope in the Cities Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies National Conference for Community and Justice Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity The Prejudice Institute Stop the Hate Teaching Tolerance William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
Federal Agencies Appalachian Regional Commission Bureau of Economic Analysis Delta Regional Authority Library of Congress Tennessee Valley Authority U. S. Census Bureau U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development U.S. General Accounting Office U.S. Government Printing Office U.S. Small Business Administration White House
Foundations Annie E. Casey Foundation Council on Foundations Ford Foundation Foundation for the Mid South Grantmakers in the Arts Southeastern Council of Foundations The Foundation Center Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Growth Issues American Farmland Trust American Planning Association Congress for the New Urbanism Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Lincoln Institute of Land Policy National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education National Trust for Historic Preservation Smart Growth America Smart Growth Network Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Sustainable Communities Network Trust for Public Land Urban Land Institute U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Housing Habitat for Humanity Housing Assistance Council Joint Center for Housing Studies KnowledgePlex National Council of State Housing Agencies National Housing Institute National Low-Income Housing Coalition NeighborWorks
Individual Development Accounts IDA Network State Asset Development Report Card
Leadership Development Community Leadership Association Ford Foundation Heartland Center for Leadership Development Institute for Educational Leadership W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Local Government Organizations International City/County Management Association National Association of Counties National League of Cities National Association of Towns and Townships U.S. Conference of Mayors
Microenterprises Association for Enterprise Opportunity Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, & Dissemination
Non-Profit Organizations America’s Promise Aspen Institute, Community Strategies Group Asset Based Community Development Institute Center for Community Change Corporation for Enterprise Development The Independent Sector MDC Mid South Delta Initiative National Association of Development Organizations National Center for Small Communities National Civic League National Community Development Association National Council of La Raza (Hispanic issues) National Main Street Center Pew Partnership for Civic Change Southern Consortium of University Public Service Org. Southern Poverty Law Center Southeastern Regional Vision for Education Southern Regional Education Board
Public Deliberation and Dialogue America Speaks Everyday Democracy International Association for Public Participation Kettering Foundation League of Women Voters Policy Consensus Initiative Public Agenda
Regional Collaboration Alliance for Regional Stewardship National Association of Regional Councils
Rural Development Center for the Study of Rural America National Rural Development Partnership Rural Assistance Center Rural Community Assistance Program Rural Policy Research Institute Southern Rural Development Center Southern Rural Development Initiative U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Rural Development Online
State Government Organizations Council of State Community Development Agencies Council of State Governments National Association of State Development Agencies National Conference of State Legislatures National Governors’ Association Southern Governors’ Association Southern Legislative Conference
Social Capital/Civic Engagement Better Together Bowling Alone
Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis EconData.Net U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Department of Commerce
Think Tanks The Brookings Institute National Center for Policy Analysis PolicyLink The Urban Institute
Volunteerism/Community Service Hands On Network Corporation for National and Community Service National Commission on Service Learning National Service-Learning Clearinghouse National Service-Learning Partnership Points of Light Foundation Volunteer Center National Network VolunteerMatch Youth Service America
Youth Development American Youth Policy Forum At the Table Forum for Youth Investment Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development National 4-H Council National Youth Development Information Center National Youth Leadership Council Taking IT Global What Kids Can Do Youth Leadership Initiative Youth On Board Youth Venture
