News & Views Q&A with Kresge’s new Education Program Officer Ashley Johnson July 29, 2021 Kresge’s Education Program recently welcomed Ashley Johnson as a new program officer. Johnson most recently served as the founding executive director of the Detroit College Access Network (DCAN), an organization that provides critical college access and success programming in the city of Detroit. Communications Officer Tracey Pearson asked Johnson a few questions…
News & Views From small island to global finance and philanthropy, Kresge summer intern explores investment world July 28, 2021 The Kresge Foundation recently kicked off the sixth year of its summer internship program after a break in 2020 due to COVID-19. Every summer Kresge welcomes a cohort of interns and fellows to work at the foundation for approximately 10 weeks. Internships are designed for undergraduate students, while fellowships are…
News & Views Kresge joins new coalition to modernize and advance the U.S. public health system July 28, 2021 The Kresge Foundation has joined a new coalition of organizations working together to develop a five-year roadmap for public health leaders and elected officials that influences strategic investments and decision-making to build a more robust and sustainable public health system. Other members include the de Beaumont Foundation, the CDC Foundation,…
News & Views Resilience for all: Building health equity infrastructure for climate-driven disasters July 26, 2021 In the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve experienced a wave of climate-driven disasters in recent years. This includes the most destructive wildfire season in California history, which arrived during an unprecedented heatwave that led utilities to conduct rolling power shut-offs in communities vulnerable to fire. That was on top of…
News & Views Kresge joins effort to revitalize Hamtramck Stadium, one of five remaining Negro League ballparks July 22, 2021 The Kresge Foundation’s Detroit Program announced today that it is joining a large collaborative effort to revitalize Hamtramck Stadium, one of five remaining Negro Leagues Home Parks, with the aim of transforming the stadium into a shared community asset. Kresge is committing $200,000 to this project. Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing…
News & Views Public health leader Patty Hayes shares reflections on leadership, recommendations for the field July 22, 2021 When COVID-19 began to spread in early 2020, Seattle, Washington was the country’s first epicenter, with communities of color being hit hardest by the virus. Less than 18 months later, King County was the first among the country’s most populous counties to hit a 70 percent vaccination rate. That success…
News & Views Kresge summer intern pursues passion in finance and social impact July 21, 2021 The Kresge Foundation recently kicked off the sixth year of its summer internship program after a break in 2020 due to COVID-19. Every summer Kresge welcomes a cohort of interns and fellows to work at the foundation for approximately 10 weeks. Internships are designed for undergraduate students, while fellowships are…
News & Views More than a name: Rebranding effort crucial to help Evident Change communicate mission, connect with community July 21, 2021
News & Views Rapson: New Memphis Investment Fund shows how small bets, long-term partnership add up July 20, 2021 So much of Kresge’s work entails a long-term, multi-faceted, sequential build. Constructing multiple grants to create a portfolio taking aim at a particular dimension of a challenge – think the spectrum of grants that form our Education team’s access and success strategy. Combining grantmaking with learning networks – think our…