Oregon · Nonprofit
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,697,313 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($4,213,300). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Rural Development Initiatives Inc does
Mission
Rdi strengthens rural people, places, and economies in the pacific northwest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Resilient rural economies - services that support communities and regions in implementing innovative strategies to build local wealth, jobs, and long-term prosperity. Rdi's rural economic development services help teams of local leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs assess their economic landscape and build on their natural, cultural, and economic assets. Our work results in stronger local economy building efforts and support systems, successful small businesses, increased investment in rural enterprises, and resilient, place-based strategies that reduce disparities in economic opportunity.
$1,040,731 spentof which $152,500 as grants$250,892 earned by the program57% of program spendingCollective rural leadership - services that build local capacity and provide education for individuals in rural communities. Rdi's leadership development efforts foster a shared sense of purpose, build trust and connection among locals, and increase the number and diversity of people actively engaged in community change. Our work results in a network of skilled, engaged local leaders who can collaborate across differences, address complex challenges, and strengthen community life.
$316,884 spentof which $15,000 as grants$34,125 earned by the program17% of program spendingInclusive rural policy & equitable resources - services that close the rural resource gap and advance political equity for rural people and places. Rdi's policy and resource work educates, activates, and connects rural leaders and networks to drive systems change. Our efforts grow civic participation and representation, strengthen rural networks, elevate rural priorities, and increase access to public and private funding through capacity-building and expanded investment in rural communities.
$484,361 spent$108,143 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,841,976.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $2.0M (+37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 18% · 2021 26% · 2022 25% · 2023 36% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (71% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Heidi Khokhar
Executive director
Board chair
Taylor Sarman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income fell $786k → $739k.
9 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 49% · 2019 53% · 2020 54% · 2021 25% · 2022 74% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
39% of RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
68% of RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 612 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 612 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record — $290k federal, $1.5M state.
- Department of Agriculture$290k
- DISTRIBUTION TO FOR-PROFIT SUBRECIPIENT$702k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$568k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$181k
- PROF DEV INSTATE TUITION/REGISTRATION$7k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$7k
- OUT-OF-STATE LODGING$7k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC?
- RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,697,313 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($4,213,300). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $8,697,313 in grants to RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC?
- The Ford Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,213,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing