Make a Difference in Rural America
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The Center for Rural Affairs works to establish strong rural communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and genuine opportunity for all while engaging people in decisions that affect the quality of their lives and the future of their communities.
Since its inception, the Center has resisted the role of advocating for the agenda of any particular group. Instead, we have chosen to advance a set of values - responsibility, opportunity, and stewardship - values that reflect the best of Rural America. Ultimately, we believe it is in the interest of all to create a future reflecting those values. Read our full Mission and Values Statement.
For more than 30 years the Center for Rural Affairs has fought the battles that matter. Our policy team stood up and continues to stand up for limits to corporate farming, and we are moving to close farm bill payment loopholes with our 2007 Farm Bill work. Our media team shapes the debate with a reach that extends to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and hundreds of daily and weekly papers throughout rural America. Our direct service work helps beginning farmers and ranchers, and our small business assistance program continues to help launch new rural businesses with microloan support. Your financial support makes all of this possible.
However, We cannot claim any of these victories, because they belong to you - the courageous men and women who make their voices heard every single day in the debate over the future of rural America. These victories belong to you and all who seek justice for rural America. By joining in support of our work you make it possible for this work to go on.
Your individual donations provide a valuable income stream to pay for programs and services not fully funded by grants and other funding sources. Individual donations provided the Center with the resources to move quickly to meet new challenges and respond immediately to opportunities as they arise. When you contribute to the Center for Rural Affairs you become an important part of our work, and working together is the only way we will achieve our goal of strong, just, and sustainable rural communities.
We may not win every battle, but make no mistake, our voice is being heard. We are winning, and every day that we fight on, every day that we persist, brings us closer a just, vibrant, and sustainable future for our rural communities.
Thank you for supporting the Center for Rural Affairs.
Additional Giving Options
Give by Check
To make a donation by check please print and complete the following form. Mail the completed form along with your donation to: Center for Rural Affairs, 145 Main Street, PO Box 136, Lyons NE 68038. Form in PDF | Form in Word
Give Monthly by Bank Draft
Sustaining donors are key the the Center's work. We can now process monthly contributions by monthly bank draft. There is a $10 per monthly minimum for this option. Please fill out the following form and return it to the Center to establish a recurring contribution by bank draft. Form in PDF | Form in Word
Granary Foundation
The Granary Foundation was created by the Center for Rural Affairs to serve the financial needs of the Center. It is a "support corporation," with the sole purpose of benefiting the Center for Rural Affairs. Its board of directors has fiduciary responsibility for the Granary Endowment Fund. Visit the Granary Foundation page for more information.
Donor Services
The Center for Rural Affairs Development Office is ready to assist prospective and established donors in fulfilling their charitable giving needs. Donor services include assistance in locating estate planning counsel, gift planning, establishing charitable gift annuities, and providing timely information about charitable gift options. Free and confidential gift planning services are available through the Center for Rural Affairs Development Office. For information about charitable giving, please contact Chuck Hassebrook, Executive Director, at (402) 687-2100 or chuckh@cfra.org.
As a qualified 501 c (3) non-profit agency, all donations to the Center for Rural Affairs are eligible for tax-deductibility to the fullest extent of the law. Please consult your tax adviser about your personal situation.
Revenue generated through development provides a needed income stream to pay for programs and services not fully funded by grants and other funding sources. This "unrestricted" money allows the Center to move quickly to meet new challenges and respond immediately to opportunities as they arise.
