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Center for Rural Strategies Inc. Grant
Organization - Center for Rural Strategies Inc.
Grant Amount - $400,000
Foundation - Ford Foundation
Grant Purpose - For research, communications and media efforts to improve public discourse about rural America and to build consensus around rural policy as a follow-up to the National Rural Assembly
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