Who Benefits from RPD? The Whole Community!

Civic Leaders and Elected Officials

In addition to providing an opportunity to connect with your own community's leaders and committed citizens, RPD also helps city and county officials to make connections with rural Colorado's primary investors. As state and local tax revenues remain unpredictable, public leaders can use RPD to connect with dozens of potential philanthropic investors.  City Council members, County Commissioners, School Board leaders, Mayors, Town Managers and Superintendents all reap tremendous benefit from attending RPD.

Funders: State and Federal Agencies, Private and Community Foundations

Rural Philanthropy Days is the state's premiere opportunity for funders to connect with hundreds of rural constituents, and with each other.  Discover new community partners in rural Colorado, and explore new opportunities to leverage your resources with other institutions. Come to Rural Philanthropy Days and learn about the region from those leaders who are closest to it -- those involved in the challenges and opportunities, problems and solutions which make each region unique. Funders attending Rural Philanthropy Days will also build direct relationships with nonprofits in the community, thereby helping their own organization advance their grantmaking mission. Program Officers, Agency Directors and staff, Foundation CEOs and Trustees all benefit from attending Rural Philanthropy Days.

Nonprofit Professionals and Volunteers

Rural Philanthropy Days provides a wide variety of professional development and fundraising opportunities for rural nonprofits. In no other event in the state of Colorado can a nonprofit professional access everything offered by RPD: take part in dozens of nonprofit-specific workshops and trainings, learn about successful collaborations taking place in your own community, build new partnerships across the nonprofit and government sectors, and network network network! Nonprofit representatives attending RPD walk away with stronger skills, better networks, and solid leads for  new funding sources.