News & Views Centennial blog: Early focus on work with young people results in first six-figure grant to the YMCA March 14, 2024
Resource Just Infrastructure campaign aims to bring billions of federal water dollars into neighborhoods March 13, 2024 The water we drink and the nature that nourishes us deserve meaningful investment. The good news is funding is available through the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help communities reach their water infrastructure goals. Yet, many organizations are not equipped to access these funds. To help ensure…
News & Views Jackson: Redevelopment without displacement? Here’s how it can happen. March 12, 2024 “It seems like whenever development comes to your neighborhood, they develop the people right out of the neighborhood.” Those words from restaurateur Marvin Smith were heard across the country recently in a report aired on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered (ATC) program. Smith was speaking specifically about Cincinnati’s Over…
Resource CCHE network partner wins to advance climate resilience and health equity March 11, 2024 Through the Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative (CCHE), The Kresge Foundation aims to build capacity in the health care and public health sectors to promote health equity and climate resilience in their operations and practices, mobilize health care and public health practitioner engagement in climate advocacy and strengthen community-based…
Resource Reflections on CBO partnerships with researchers and local government to advance climate resilience and health equity March 11, 2024 Through the Climate Change, Health & Equity (CCHE) initiative, The Kresge Foundation aims to build the capacity of health care and public health to promote equitable climate-resilience in their operations and practices, mobilize health care and public health practitioner engagement in climate advocacy, and strengthen community-based leadership to accelerate implementation…
News & Views $1.3M in grants available for community organizations through Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit Plus March 5, 2024 Applications now open in funding round designed for projects to be completed within 24 months At least $1.3 million in Implementation grants will be available for resident-led community organizations to launch transformative projects supporting the vision and creativity of residents in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park to improve the quality…
Resource Petersburg Resiliency Hub solar case study March 5, 2024 Learn how the United Parents Against Lead (UPAL), a nonprofit, created the Petersburg Resiliency Hub. Its 1940s-era headquarters now includes solar panels and battery backups, so it can keep the doors open even if the grid comes down. It managed to finance the project thanks to the support of Clean…
News & Views Smith: Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program refines its funding focus areas, reflects on investments March 5, 2024 This commentary is adapted from the February edition of ReFrame. ReStore. ReImagine., the Kresge Arts & Culture Program’s newsletter. Sign up for it and other Kresge newsletters here. As a national funder that supports place-based initiatives, Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program positions culture and creativity as drivers of more just…