October 2026
Iowa's $77B Nonprofit Sector Lacks Rural Empowerment Investments
Iowa has 24,217 federally recognized tax-exempt organizations holding $76 billion in assets. The wealth concentrates in metro hospitals, universities, and credit unions; rural Iowa lacks the civic-voice infrastructure that organizes policy power. A Rural Desk working paper.
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October 2026
Building a Constituency in Rural America
Who's already at the table — and who isn't — when civic work meets the rural workforce. A research report from The Rural Desk for RuralOrganizing.org.
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October 2026
The 2022 Midterms in Rural America
A post-election look at the 2022 midterms in rural America, measured against the last race in the same places: Democrats lost the most ground in rural counties and rural districts, and in the most rural districts Republican nominees outspent Democrats more than three to one.
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