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100 STORIES BY PROGRAM TYPE

AGRICULTURE, FARMING AND GARDENING

  • Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
  • Community Farm Alliance, Kentucky.
  • Farm Share Inc., Florida.
  • Farmworkers Self-Help, Florida.
  • Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Georgia.
  • Fresh Start Farms, California.
  • Heifer Project International - Urban Project, Illinois.
  • Homeless Garden Project, California.
  • Idaho Rural Council, Idaho.
  • Janus Farms Institute, North Carolina.
  • The Land Institute, Kansas.
  • Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assn. (MOGFA), Maine.
  • Native Seeds/SEARCH, Arizona.
  • Organic Gardening Training Program, South Dakota.
  • Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Oregon.
  • Rural Action, Ohio.
  • The Rural Advancement Foundation International USA (RAFI-USA), North Carolina.
  • Rural Affairs Center, Nebraska.
  • Rural Development Center, California.
  • San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), California.
  • Sin Fronteras Border Agricultural Workers Project, Texas.
  • Slim Buttes Community Farming Project, South Dakota.
  • From the Wholesaler to the Hungry, California.
  • Zuni Sustainable Agriculture Project, New Mexico.

    AMERICAN INDIAN

  • First Nations Development Institute, Virginia.
  • The Gathering Place, New Mexico.
  • KILI Radio, South Dakota.
  • The Lakota Fund, South Dakota.
  • Miccosukee Wellness Center/Health Department, Florida.
  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi.
  • Native Seeds/SEARCH, Arizona.
  • Organic Gardening Training Program, South Dakota.
  • Slim Buttes Community Farming Project, South Dakota.
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Food Distribution Program, North Dakota.
  • Wicahpi Vision Arts Cooperative, Nebraska.
  • Zuni Sustainable Agriculture Project, New Mexico.

    COMMUNICATIONS

  • Community Technology Institute (Community Voice Mail), Washington.
  • Erik Bendl, Kentucky.
  • KILI Radio, South Dakota.

    COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • Appalachian Center For Economic Networks (ACENet), Ohio.
  • ASSETS (A Service for Self-Employment, Training and Support), Pennsylvania.
  • Association for Better Community Development Inc. (ABCD), Ohio.
  • Bethel New Life, Illinois.
  • The Calumet Project, Indiana.
  • Center for Economic Options, West Virginia.
  • Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Georgia.
  • Good Faith Fund, Arkansas.
  • Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), California.
  • Heifer Project International - Urban Project, Illinois.
  • The ICA Group, Massachusetts.
  • Idaho Migrant Council Inc., Idaho.
  • InDios Cooperative, Florida.
  • Madison Park Development Corp., Massachusetts.
  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi.
  • Neighbor For Neighbor, Oklahoma.
  • Neighborhood Development Corp. Of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
  • Neighborhood Development Project of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • New Community Inc., New Jersey.
  • New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Inc., New Hampshire.
  • Northwest Baltimore Corporation, Maryland.
  • Rural Action, Ohio.
  • Rural Affairs Center, Nebraska.
  • Rural Development Center, California.
  • Rural Opportunities, Inc., New York.
  • San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), California.
  • Southern Development Bankcorp., Arkansas.
  • Voice of Calvary Ministries, Mississippi.
  • Warren-Conner Development Coalition, Michigan.
  • Watermark Association of Artisans Inc., North Carolina.
  • Wicahpi Vision Arts Cooperative, Nebraska.

    COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

  • The Calumet Project, Indiana.
  • El Centro de la Raza, Washington.
  • Coalition For A Better Acre, Massachusetts.
  • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), California.
  • Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS), Texas.
  • Community Action Coalition, Wisconsin.
  • Community Campaign for Housing Now, Minnesota.
  • Community Farm Alliance, Kentucky.
  • Cranks Creek Survival Center, Kentucky.
  • Farmworkers Self-Help, Florida.
  • Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Georgia.
  • Grassroots Leadership, North Carolina.
  • Eau Claire Shalom, South Carolina.
  • Helping Hands Center, North Carolina.
  • Highlander Research and Education Center, Tennessee.
  • Homeless Organizing Project, Minnesota.
  • Idaho Citizen's Network, Idaho.
  • Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement (CCI), Iowa.
  • Men Stopping Violence, Georgia.
  • La Mujer Obrera (The Woman Worker), Texas.
  • Poverty Resistance Inc., Wyoming.
  • Salt Lake Community Action Program, Utah.
  • South Carolina United Action, South Carolina.
  • Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA), Louisiana.
  • U.S. Mexico Border Program (Border Watch), California.

    CREDIT

  • The Lakota Fund, South Dakota.
  • New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Inc., New Hampshire.
  • Self-Help, North Carolina.
  • Southern Development Bankcorp., Arkansas.
  • Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC), Philadelphia.

    DISABILITY RIGHTS AND ACCESS

  • Access Alaska, Alaska.
  • Access to Real Choices (ARC) Unlimited, Louisiana.
  • The Disabled Rights Action Committee (DRAC), Utah.
  • Idaho Citizen's Network, Idaho.
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Michigan.

    EDUCATION

  • The Carver Promise, Virginia.
  • Cities in Schools of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
  • Community of Readers, North Carolina.
  • Focus: HOPE, Michigan.
  • Food Works, Vermont.
  • L.A.'s Best, California.
  • Memphis Culinary Academy - Prison Program, Tennessee.
  • Men Stopping Violence, Georgia.
  • Organic Gardening Training Program, South Dakota.
  • Project R.A.P. (Responsible Adolescent Parenting), Tennessee.
  • Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing Systems, West Virginia.
  • The University of Richmond, Virginia.

    ELDERLY

  • Life Enrichment Center Inc., Alabama.

    EMERGENCY FEEDING

  • Bean's Cafe, Alaska.
  • Central City Cafe, New York.
  • Charleston Crisis Ministries, South Carolina.
  • Community Action Coalition, Wisconsin.
  • EARTH, Alaska.
  • Nutrition And Child Development Inc. (NCD), Wyoming.
  • Ohio Hunger Task Force, Ohio.
  • Poverty Resistance Inc., Wyoming.
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Food Distribution Program, North Dakota.
  • Stewpot Community Services, Mississippi.

    EMERGENCY SHELTER

  • Abused Adult Resource Center, North Dakota.
  • Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Illinois.
  • Charleston Crisis Ministries, South Carolina.
  • The Institute for Human Services, Hawaii.
  • Los Angeles Men's Project (LAMP), California.
  • Martin Luther King Center, Washington.
  • The Open Shelter, Ohio.

    ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Appalachian Center For Economic Networks (ACENet), Ohio.
  • ASSETS (A Service for Self-Employment, Training and Support), Pennsylvania.
  • Center for Economic Options, West Virginia.
  • CFLS/Third and Eats, District of Columbia.
  • Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club, California.
  • Detroit Self-Employment Project, Michigan.
  • Food From the 'Hood, California.
  • Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), California.
  • InDios Cooperative, Florida.
  • Neighborhood Development Project of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Oomingmak Musk Ox Cooperative, Alaska.
  • Rural Development Center, California.
  • Small Business Development Center, Michigan.
  • Southern Development Bankcorp., Arkansas.
  • Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore (WEB), Maryland.
  • Women's Entrepreneurial Growth Organization (WEGO), Ohio.
  • Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC), Philadelphia.
  • Worker Ownership Resource Center (WORC), New York.

    ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERISM

  • Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
  • Backwoods Solar Electric Systems, Idaho.
  • Boston Can, Massachusetts.
  • EARTH, Alaska.
  • ReCYCLE North, Vermont.
  • Rural Action, Ohio.
  • Solar Box Cookers International, California.

    FOOD BANKS

  • Foodlink, New York.
  • Oregon Food Bank, Oregon.
  • South Plains Food Bank, Texas.

    FOOD SECURITY

  • California Emergency Foodlink, California.
  • Community Farm of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Crescent City Farmer's Market, Louisiana.
  • Farm Share Inc., Florida.
  • Hartford Food System, Connecticut.
  • Shop & Ride, Tennessee.
  • From the Wholesaler to the Hungry, California.

    HEALTH AND WELLNESS

  • The Church Health Center, Tennessee.
  • Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero, California.
  • Columbia Road Health Services, District of Columbia.
  • Crossover House, Alaska.
  • Downtown Clinic/Service Center, Tennessee.
  • The Gathering Place, New Mexico.
  • Health Care Center for the Homeless, Florida.
  • Miccosukee Wellness Center/Health Department, Florida.
  • Young & Healthy, California.

    HOMELESSNESS

  • Angel Network Charities, Hawaii.
  • Berkeley Cares, California.
  • Boston Can, Massachusetts.
  • Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Illinois.
  • The Bridge, Arizona.
  • Cafe 458, Georgia.
  • Community Campaign for Housing Now, Minnesota.
  • Community Technology Institute (Community Voice Mail), Washington.
  • Crossover House, Alaska.
  • Delancey Street Foundation, California.
  • Downtown Clinic/Service Center, Tennessee.
  • Fresh Start Farms, California.
  • The Garden Project, California.
  • Homebase of the Virginia Peninsula, Virginia.
  • Homeless Garden Project, California.
  • Homeless Organizing Project, Minnesota.
  • The Initiative Inc., Mississippi.
  • The Institute for Human Services, Hawaii.
  • Lakefront SRO, Illinois.
  • Lazarus House, Massachusetts.
  • Los Angeles Men's Project (LAMP), California.
  • Martin Luther King Center, Washington.
  • The Open Shelter, Ohio.
  • Room in the Inn, Tennessee.
  • Sisters of the Road Cafe, Oregon.
  • Trinity Ministry to the Poor, Texas.

    HOUSING

  • Brothers Redevelopment Inc., Colorado.
  • Charleston Affordable Housing Inc. (CAH), South Carolina.
  • Coalition For A Better Acre, Massachusetts.
  • Habitat For Humanity International Inc., Georgia.
  • Hawaii Self Help Housing, Hawaii
  • Homeward Bound, Arizona.
  • The Initiative Inc., Mississippi.
  • Inner City Christian Federation
  • Lakefront SRO, Illinois.
  • Light Street Housing Corp., Maryland.
  • National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor (NCALL), Delaware.
  • Neighbor For Neighbor, Oklahoma.
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Jacksonville Inc., Florida.
  • Neighborhoods Inc. of Battle Creek
  • New Community Inc., New Jersey.
  • New Directions Housing, Kentucky.
  • New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Inc., New Hampshire.
  • Projecto Azteca, Texas.
  • Trinity Housing Corp.
  • Upper Sand Mountain Parishes, Alabama.

    HUNGER ADVOCACY

  • Food Works, Vermont.
  • Maryland Food Committee, Maryland.
  • Ohio Hunger Task Force, Ohio.
  • Project Bread, Massachusetts.

    IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION

  • Casa de Maryland, Maryland.
  • Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero, California.
  • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, California.
  • Farmworkers Self-Help, Florida.
  • Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), California.
  • Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
  • Idaho Migrant Council Inc., Idaho.
  • InDios Cooperative, Florida.
  • Latin American Youth Center, District of Columbia.
  • Maura Clarke-Ita Ford Center, New York.
  • Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Oregon.
  • Redlands Christian Migrant Association, Florida.
  • Rural Development Center, California.
  • Rural Opportunities, Inc., New York.
  • U.S. Mexico Border Program (Border Watch), California.
  • Worker Ownership Resource Center (WORC), New York.

    JOB TRAINING

  • Access to Real Choices (ARC) Unlimited, Louisiana.
  • Association for Better Community Development Inc. (ABCD), Ohio.
  • Boston Can, Massachusetts.
  • California Emergency Foodlink (CEFL), California.
  • Center for Economic Options, West Virginia.
  • Chrysalis, California.
  • Cleveland Works, Ohio.
  • Colorado Women's Employment and Education, Colorado.
  • DC Central Kitchen, District of Columbia.
  • Delancey Street Foundation, California.
  • The Education and Employment Ministry Inc. (TEEM), Oklahoma.
  • Esperanza Unida, Wisconsin.
  • Focus: HOPE, Michigan.
  • Fresh Start Farms, California.
  • Homeless Garden Project, California.
  • Light Street Housing Corp., Maryland.
  • Maura Clarke-Ita Ford Center, New York.
  • Oklahoma Bean Project Inc. (Grateful Bean Cafe), Oklahoma.
  • Prison Ministries With Women, Georgia.
  • Project Quest, Texas.
  • Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing Systems, West Virginia.
  • San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), California.
  • Sisters of the Road Cafe, Oregon.

    LABOR

  • Casa de Maryland, Maryland.
  • Helping Hands Center, North Carolina.
  • Idaho Migrant Council Inc., Idaho.
  • La Mujer Obrera (The Woman Worker), Texas.
  • Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Oregon.
  • Sin Fronteras Border Agricultural Workers Project, Texas.

    LITERACY

  • Community of Readers, North Carolina.
  • The Literacy Project Inc., Massachusetts.
  • Literacy South, North Carolina.

    PRISONS & PRISONERS

  • The Garden Project, California.
  • Memphis Culinary Academy - Prison Program, Tennessee.
  • Prison Ministries With Women, Georgia.

    RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

  • The Heartland Center, Indiana
  • Institute for Research On Poverty, Wisconsin.
  • The Land Institute, Kansas.
  • Rural Affairs Center, Nebraska.

    RURAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
  • Appalachian Center For Economic Networks (ACENet), Ohio.
  • Center for Economic Options, West Virginia.
  • Community Farm Alliance, Kentucky.
  • Cranks Creek Survival Center, Kentucky.
  • Farmworkers Self-Help, Florida.
  • Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Georgia.
  • Idaho Rural Council, Idaho.
  • Life Enrichment Center Inc., Alabama.
  • National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor (NCALL), Delaware.
  • Native Seeds/SEARCH, Arizona.
  • Oomingmak Musk Ox Cooperative, Alaska.
  • The Rural Advancement Foundation International USA (RAFI-USA), North Carolina.
  • Projecto Azteca, Texas.
  • Rural Action, Ohio.
  • Rural Affairs Center, Nebraska.
  • Rural Development Center, California.
  • Rural Opportunities, Inc., New York.
  • Self-Help, North Carolina.
  • South Carolina United Action, South Carolina.
  • Southern Development Bankcorp., Arkansas.
  • Southern Mutual Help Association, Louisiana.
  • Watermark Association of Artisans Inc., North Carolina.
  • Worker Ownership Resource Center (WORC), New York.

    TRANSPORTATION

  • Shop & Ride, Tennessee.
  • Suburban Job-Link, Illinois.

    URBAN ANTI-POVERTY AND SELF-RELIANCE

  • Angel Network Charities, Hawaii.
  • The Bernardine Center (Supercupboard), Pennsylvania.
  • El Centro de la Raza, Washington.
  • Charleston Crisis Ministries, South Carolina.
  • The Cooperative Ministry, South Carolina.
  • Downtown Clinic/Service Center, Tennessee.
  • Eau Claire Shalom, South Carolina.
  • Grace Hill Neighborhood Services, Missouri.
  • Hope House, Louisiana.
  • Hosea House, Missouri.
  • L.A.'s Best, California.
  • The Love Center, Maryland.
  • Martin Luther King Center, Washington.
  • Neighbor For Neighbor, Oklahoma.
  • Northwest Baltimore Corporation, Maryland.
  • Operation Shoestring, Mississippi.
  • Poverty Resistance Inc., Wyoming.
  • Sabathani Community Center, Minnesota.
  • Salt Lake Community Action Program, Utah.
  • Stewpot Community Services, Mississippi.
  • Supercupboard II, Pennsylvania.
  • Trinity Ministry to the Poor, Texas.

    WELFARE REFORM

  • Single Parent Employment Demonstration (SPED)

    YOUTH, DAYCARE, AFTER-SCHOOL

  • Atlanta Inn for Children, Georgia.
  • The Carver Promise, Virginia.
  • The Children's Cabinet, Nevada.
  • Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club, California.
  • Computer Clubhouse, Massachusetts.
  • The Elephant Men, Tennessee.
  • Food From the 'Hood, California.
  • Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), California.
  • The Gathering Place, New Mexico.
  • Genessee Area Skills Center, Michigan.
  • L.A.'s Best, California.
  • Latin American Youth Center, District of Columbia.
  • The Love Center, Maryland.
  • New Hope Community/Holy Cross School, Florida.
  • Nutrition And Child Development Inc. (NCD), Wyoming.
  • Operation Shoestring, Mississippi.
  • Project R.A.P. (Responsible Adolescent Parenting), Tennessee.
  • Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), Pennsylvania.
  • Redlands Christian Migrant Association, Florida.
  • SPARK (Support Program of Arts and Reading for Kids), Oklahoma.
  • Voice of Calvary Ministries, Mississippi.
  • United H.O.P.E. Community Organization, Maryland.
  • The University of Richmond, Virginia.
  • Young & Healthy, California.

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