CONTACT: Jay Tilton – (859) 208-7600
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 – The Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT) Thursday released its annual Year in Review, where we reflect on 2025 and look forward to what the Partnership will accomplish in the new year.
Across our Partners in 2025, we provided more than $809 million in loans to rural communities across the country, and nearly 75 percent of all loans went to low-income borrowers. This included more than $290 million into persistent poverty communities that face discrimination, extractive economies, and chronic disinvestment.
You can read our annual Year in Review here.
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Partners for Rural Transformation is a coalition of six community-rooted organizations with national reach and more than 250 years of experience in rural development. We are working to build a future where rural America is no longer defined by persistent poverty, but by opportunity so people can live, work, learn, and raise a family in the communities they call home. Our Partnership spans some of the most diverse and underinvested regions in the country – from the Mississippi Delta to Appalachia to Native American Communities, the Deep South, The Rio Grade Valley, and beyond. We share a common history of chronic disinvestment that leads to persistent poverty and impacts health, education, and economic opportunity in the communities we call home. Learn more here.