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Centering student voices: What we learned partnering with Listen4Good

July 17, 2025

As a program officer, I’m always asking my team: how can we ensure our investments truly reflect the needs, requests and voices of the communities we aim to support? As the former executive director of a nonprofit focused on higher education access and success, I saw firsthand that while we…

"My experience with Listen4Good has affirmed what I’ve always believed: when we truly center community voice, trust deepens, relationships grow stronger, and outcomes improve." - Ashley Johnson, Program Officer, Education Program

Rapson: Kresge Trustee Robert Storey was strong champion of HBCUs and Detroit

July 17, 2025

Robert “Bob” Storey, whose distinguished legal career as a partner at several law firms also included serving as a trustee at The Kresge Foundation, died June 11, 2025, at age 89. Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson issued the following statement. It is with deep sadness that I share news…

Robert Storey, third from left in back row, was the foundation’s first Black trustee, elected to the board in 1993. This picture shows the 2008 board members, including President and CEO Rip Rapson, front row, second from left.

Realizing Resilience: Toward a fairer, greener future

July 15, 2025

Ten years ago, The Kresge Foundation partnered with Island Press to answer a critical question: How do we make communities more resilient to climate change and other major disruptions? The result was the 2015 publication, “Bounce Forward: Urban Resilience in the Era of Climate Change,” which defined resilience as our…

Realizing Resilience: Toward a Fairer, Greener Future

Katie Van Dusen

Katie Van Dusen (she/they) is a program officer with the American Cities Program at The Kresge Foundation. Katie supports partners and stewards grants that align with the practice’s focus on expanding opportunity by promoting effective and inclusive community development practices in American cities. They joined the foundation in 2025.   In…

Kelly Bailiff

Kelly Bailiff (she/her) is the executive assistant to the VP, CFO, Chief Administrative Officer, and to the General Counsel at The Kresge Foundation. She joined the foundation in 2025. Previously, she served as a consultant at Accenture where her work spanned various aspects of project management, including change management, training…

25 artists named 2025 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award winners

June 26, 2025

Kresge Arts in Detroit today announced the 2025 Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Awards recipients. Twenty-five artists received the no-strings-attached prize from the program, administered by the College for Creative Studies (CCS) on behalf of The Kresge Foundation. For the first time, each Kresge Artist Fellow will…

A large group photo of 15 artists with several standing and ithers sitting on chairs and a movable metal staircase.