Inside Philanthropy: The Trust for Civic Life tackles polarization in rural America

In an October feature story, Inside Philanthropy looked at how far the Trust for Civic Life has come since it launched last year. The Trust for Civic Life’s executive director, Charlie Brown, shared why the collaborative is drawing funders in and the opportunity in front of us:

From the article:

“Part of the reason the trust’s work has attracted so many funders is because of a growing interest in rural America. But the larger reason is a growing interest in being closer to what’s happening on the ground. Local civic action can be part of the antidote to what we are experiencing at a national level.”

“If we want to see our country head in the direction that we all desire, we have to have a much higher level of coordination and a much higher level of partnership to be able to do that,” Brown said. “At a national level, a regional level and a community-level philanthropy, it’s happening, but it’s happening in pockets. We’re building this as a core part of our strategy. We need to go faster.”

Read the full article in Inside Philanthropy.