Supporters

Some of the organizations that have supported our work:

Foundations

Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Ford Foundation
German Marshall Fund of the United States
Lumina Foundation
Golden Leaf Foundation
Joyce Foundation
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Northwest Area Foundation
The Rapides Foundation
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Local and State Government

Advantage Valley, Inc. (West Virginia)
Economic Development Corporation of Erie County, Pennsylvania
Empire State Development Corporation
Gloucester County Economic Development Authority (Virginia)
Kentucky Science and Technology Council, Inc.
Louisiana Department of Economic Development
Louisiana Recovery Authority
MetroVision Regional Partnership (Louisiana)
Midlands Workforce Development Board (South Carolina)
MIssissippi Arts Commission
Mississippi Development Authority
Montana Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission
North Mississippi Industrial Development Authority
Oklahoma Center For The Advancement Of Science And Technology
The Pennsylvania Economy League
Piedmont Triad Partnership
Region 2000 Economic Development Partnership (Virginia)
Technology Leadership Council of Cleveland Tomorrow
Town of Carrboro, North Carolina
Vermont Department of Education
Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technologies
Western Indiana Workforce Investment Board
Workforce Alliance of Palm Beach County, Florida

Federal Agencies

Appalachian Regional Commission
Economic Development Administration
Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
National Science Foundation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Small Business Association
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Education

Community Colleges and Statewide Systems

Mississippi State Board for Community Colleges
North Carolina Community College System
Oregon Dept. of Community Colleges & Workforce Development
Sheridan College
South Carolina Policy Council

Other Institutions

Arts Council of Colorado
Center for Community Change
Center for Community College Research at Teachers College
Concurrent Technologies Corporation/Public Benefit Corporation
Fayetteville/Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce (North Carolina)
National Governors Association
North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc
North Carolina Arts Council
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Pennsylvania’s Lumber Heritage Region
Strategic Action Council of Northwest Louisiana
World Bank