Roots of Renewal and its related programs were supported, in part, with grants from
- Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs;
- Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for Humanities;
- the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
- Grinnell Tourism Group; and by the
- Grinnell College Program on the Liberal Arts and Vocation, which is funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., Programs on the Theological Exploration of Vocation.

The original music composed for Roots of Renewal has been commissioned through the American Composers Forum's Continental Harmony program, which links communities with composers. The program is a partnership of American Composers Forum and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funds provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and from Marshall Field's Project Imagine with support from the Target Foundation.

Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication do
not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.