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Funding Rural

Roundhouse Foundation

Funding Rural: A podcast that explores how philanthropy can better serve rural and Indigenous communities. Join host Erin Borla, Executive Director of the Roundhouse Foundation in Sisters, Oregon, as she engages with folks on all sides of philanthropy to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing funders and the folks they hope to serve and support.

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Season 3 is heading your way!

Funding Rural ·

2025/09/10

Funding Rural is coming back this fall, starting on September 23, 2025 and we can't wait to share the new episodes. Your host, Erin Borla of The Roundhouse Foundation in Sisters, Oregon has been talking with a lot of change agents, steadfast funders, and proud rural advocates in preparation for this season. We think you'll enjoy their perspectives and hope you'll stick around for all the third season episodes. Be sure to head over to our hub, FundingRural.com, for more information.

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00:35:44

Ben Winchester: The Rural Brain Gain

Funding Rural ·

2025/04/08

Narrative plays a critical role in what funders support, and unexamined narratives can create unintended consequences. We often hear about the brain drain in communities as young talent leaves, but Rural Sociologist Ben Winchester offers facts around an alternative narrative—the brain gain— a demographic that is moving back into rural communities. Ben works in the Department of Community Development at the University of Minnesota Extension and he’s fascinated by all things rural.

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00:30:51

Robert Duehmig: Building Rural Healthcare

Funding Rural ·

2025/04/01

Across vast stretches of rural America and particularly in the West, emergency care—or even basic routine healthcare—can be hard to come by. People drive hours for eye exams, to give birth, have their teeth cleaned, or get therapy. Robert Duehmig, director for the Oregon Office of Rural Health, works towards solutions that fit rural and remote communities in Oregon. He discusses what’s working, what needs work, and how philanthropy can support healthcare in these communities.

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00:28:05

Sunny Spicer: Sparking Early Learning

Funding Rural ·

2025/03/25

The Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon in Medford, which operates a dynamic museum and expansive preschool program, is a beacon of connection for children and families. They are scaling up their museum and preschool operations and expanding to another rural Southern Oregon community. Executive director Sunny Spicer speaks to the value of these ‘third spaces’ in a community, places curating connections like schools, museums, and libraries, and how philanthropy can best support them.

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00:32:47

Bobbie Conner: Handmaidens of our Ancestors

Funding Rural ·

2025/03/18

Bobbie Conner is a cultural leader and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). For nearly 30 years, she has been the director of the Tamaslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Reservation in Eastern Oregon. She works to preserve the languages and rich cultural heritage of the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Nez Perce and other Indigenous nations from this region of the west. She offers funders insights into funding Native American causes and

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00:29:43

Dreama Gentry: Demographics are not Destiny

Funding Rural ·

2025/03/11

When we talk about pathways to success for young people in rural and Indigenous communities, what does that look like? Dreama Gentry of Partners for Rural Impact shares that it can look many different ways. Dreama grew up in Appalachian Kentucky and has had a long career working with young people. Today, her organization works to empower and uplift young people across several regions of the US.

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00:39:17

Andy Mink: Belonging Insecurity

Funding Rural ·

2025/03/04

The Smithsonian Institution has a long history as an iconic museum and hub of research, knowledge, and history in our Nation’s Capital and beyond. Nowadays, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums, 40 research centers and the National Zoo. It’s the world’s largest education and research community - and now they are working with communities across the country, collaborating with rural America, and giving back. Andy Mink is their first director of rural initiatives and he joins the show to

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00:31:24

Gina Zottola: We Need More Magic

Funding Rural ·

2025/02/25

There are food deserts and childcare deserts throughout America—places where services are few and far between and in much of rural America, there are similar gaps with philanthropy. With so few philanthropic organizations based in rural parts of the country the geographic responsibility for each organization can be vast. Gina Zittola of Humboldt Area Foundation and the Wild Rivers Community Foundation knows this space well. Her regional footprint stretches broad areas of rural southern Oregon into

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00:26:12

Lee Kounovsky: Career Technical Education Supports...

Funding Rural ·

2025/02/18

In recent decades, we’ve seen a steep drop off of young people going into the trades, but that trend has started to reverse. Lee Kounovsky has played a big role in steering young people in Oregon toward meaningful and lucrative careers in tradework - from construction to electrical work and beyond. He is the Lane County Construction Trades Specialist, working with students at the community college, high school and middle school levels. After the devastating wildfires of 2020, he inspired

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00:27:04

Greg Weatherford: Fostering Service

Funding Rural ·

2025/02/11

There’s a stereotype these days that young people don’t get involved and serve their communities—that they’re not volunteering; they’re on their phones or computers all the time instead. If you talk to Greg Weatherford, that stigma couldn’t be further from the truth. Greg started his first nonprofit when he was just 12 years old, and it was that work that inspired his career in philanthropy. He is now the Managing Director of the AllState Foundation Social Impact Team and oversees their

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00:25:21

Bill Griesar, PhD: The Science of Curious Brains

Funding Rural ·

2024/11/05

When artists and scientists put their minds together, novel things can happen. Participants in these gatherings benefit from a heightened sense of curiosity — a trait that can spark innovation in communities. Recognizing the combined potential of the arts and sciences, neuroscience professor Bill Griesar, PhD and his colleague, artist Jeff Leake, formed an all-volunteer run nonprofit twelve years ago called Northwest Noggin’. Griesar offers ideas on how philanthropists can get more curious and

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00:28:07

Kate Kinder: Community Colleges as Rural Economic...

Funding Rural ·

2024/10/29

Community colleges are meeting a growing set of needs: boosting economic development, providing education equity, and training skilled workers. Kate Kinder, executive director at the National Council for Workforce Education, discusses how community colleges reflect and amplify the economies where they’re located with programs designed to support the needs of local industries. They play a critical role in sustaining communities through education efforts that reflect the economies of the regions they

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00:23:29

Shirod Younker: Putting Things in Balance

Funding Rural ·

2024/10/22

Indigenous artist and educator, Shirod Younker, reminds philanthropists that investing in art is much more than art for art’s sake. Younker is a traditional carver and sculptor originally from Coos Bay, Oregon and is an enrolled member of the Coquille Indian Tribe. He’s an asset to Indigenous Youth, offering programs through universities as well as the Changing Currents Tribal Water Leadership Program. His work illuminates the interconnectedness of art, environment and community.

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00:26:30

Uriel Aguilar Torres: Youth Development to Bridge...

Funding Rural ·

2024/10/15

Oregon Institute of Technology student Uriel AguilarTorres has his sights set on starting a managed service provider that serves small-to-medium rural agribusinesses. In high school, Uriel was selected as an Oregon FFA state sentinel—a state officer for the program formerly known as (and what many people remember as) the Future Farmers of America. That experience gave him skills such as public speaking, leading mixed-aged groups, and competition experience that most future business leaders learn

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00:25:46

Stephanie Chase: Libraries as Democracy Drivers

Funding Rural ·

2024/10/08

Stephanie Chase is the Executive Director of nonprofit Libraries of Eastern Oregon, which serves and supports 39 public libraries in rural Oregon. She also serves on the executive board of the American Library Association and has spent years learning about community programming and library systems. She recognizes the critical role a library plays in its community by curating informed citizens, providing a place to gather, and offering much more than books on the shelves.

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00:28:11

Chris Estes: Housing as the Hub of the Wheel

Funding Rural ·

2024/10/01

In the world of philanthropy and sustainability, the Aspen Institute has been a thought-leader for decades. Chris Estes, co-executive director of the Community Strategies Group at the Aspen Institute, shares his background in housing and how he’s worked to elevate rural people and places. He and several others helped to develop the Thrive Rural Framework: a tool for communities to support their own equitable rural prosperity.

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00:27:50

Casey Pearlman: Find the Folks Moving Mountains

Funding Rural ·

2024/09/24

Less than 1% of national philanthropic dollars go to Indigenous communities, programs and projects in the United States. How can philanthropy show up for these communities in a manner that is meaningful, lasting, and respectful? Casey Pearlman, the new executive director of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians - Economic Development Corporation, shares her experience making connections with Tribal leaders, and offers advice on honoring cultural protocols and leveraging more philanthropic tools

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00:26:38

Allison Myers, PhD: Building Communities for Health

Funding Rural ·

2024/09/17

Allison Myers, PhD leads the community health program at Oregon State University Extension based in Corvallis, but her work takes her across the state. Allison has a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in Health Behavior - and is passionate about serving people and bringing health knowledge to rural, underserved communities. This episode delves into mental health topics and suicide prevention. If you or someone you know are experiencing thoughts of suicide, call or text the national helpline at 988

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00:26:01

Tim Marema: Everybody’s Gotta Play

Funding Rural ·

2024/09/17

One of the key vital signs of any community is its local journalism, but as we have all heard, the newspaper industry has consolidated and retreated from much of rural America. Journalists and news outlets are now mainly concentrated in urban places. That has led to so many downstream effects - division, mistrust, and lack of accountability at the level of local leadership. In this episode, Tim Marema, founding editor of the Daily Yonder discusses the news site which focuses on the people, places

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00:21:37

Jaime Arredondo: Giving Your Gift Away

Funding Rural ·

2024/09/17

When we close our eyes and envision ‘rural’ often-times we think of an idyllic setting with a cute downtown or an open field with a tractor. With that, there can be a misconception that rural America looks a certain way - namely that it’s predominantly white. That’s certainly not the case in many rural communities. In this episode, Jaime Arredondo speaks about the work his organization, CAPACES, is doing to reconnect LatinX folks in Oregon with their traditional foods and culture while building

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