The strength of the RDRC program lies in its partnerships and networking reciprocity. Regional groups, formed grassroots more than a decade ago, are at the helm of developing programs and services requested from entrepreneurs and development leadership seeking to provide them with services and product to encourage and increase entrepreneurial activity.

Primary Funding Sources for the RDRC include:

Community Vitality Center
United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development
Iowa Department of Economic Development
ISU Extension
Southwestern Community College
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
and Iowa Telecom.

The following organizations have also provided funding for the RDRC

Commercial Federal Bank –SHELBY COUNTY;
Midstates Bank –POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY;
Treynor State Bank –POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY;
Great Western Bank - OAKLAND;
Tri-Valley Bank –PAGE COUNTY;
Great Western Bank - RED OAK;
Houghton State Bank –MONTGOMERY COUNTY;
State Savings Bank –TAYLOR COUNTY;
Exchange State Bank - EXIRA;
Shelby County State Bank –SHELBY COUNTY;
Citizen State Bank –POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY;
Defiance State Bank –SHELBY COUNTY;
U.S. Bank, NA –RINGGOLD COUNTY;
Farmers Merchant State Bank –POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY;
Bank Iowa –MONTGOMERY COUNTY;
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank - EARLING;
Great Western Bank –TAYLOR COUNTY;
State Bank of Brooks –ADAMS COUNTY;
Union Bank –TAYLOR COUNTY;
Midstates Bank –SHELBY COUNTY;
United Bank of Iowa –SHELBY COUNTY;
Tier One Bank –MONTGOMERY COUNTY;
Wells Fargo Bank –CASS COUNTY;
Whitney Bank and Trust –CASS COUNTY;
Rolling Hills Bank –CASS COUNTY.