News & Views Seasoned investment leader Debra Kozole joins Kresge as investment director May 26, 2022 Debra Kozole has joined The Kresge Foundation’s Investment Office as an investment director. With more than two decades of financial services experience, Kozole has broad experience in managing private equity and debt. Kozole most recently served as a manager of domestic equities at Stellantis, where she managed a $2.5 billion…
News & Views Registration open for webinar on braiding philanthropic funding with ARPA, Infrastructure funds May 26, 2022 Registration is open now for a webinar that will detail the latest news and practices for philanthropic or nonprofit practitioners interested in braiding investments alongside historic federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The two federal initiatives bring an unprecedented scale…
Resource Health Program shares insights on strategy, focus in new webinar May 24, 2022 The Health Program at The Kresge Foundation helps build equity-focused systems of health that create opportunities for all people to achieve well-being. In a new 30-minute webinar, the team shares more about its strategy, approach to grantmaking and three focus areas of investment: Community-Driven Solutions, Community Health Ecosystems and Community…
Award American Flood Coalition Inc G-2009-289914 American Flood Coalition, Inc. (AFC) is a nonpartisan group of cities, elected officials, military leaders, businesses, and civic groups that have come together to drive adaptation to the reality of higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding through national solutions that support flood-affected communities and protect our nation’s residents,…
News & Views Major philanthropic effort launched to help U.S. cities access federal infrastructure funding May 17, 2022 Bloomberg Philanthropies unveils the Local Infrastructure Hub delivered by U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities and Results for America with support from Emerson Collective, Ford Foundation and Kresge Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the Local Infrastructure Hub: Support for U.S. Cities and Towns to Put Federal Funding to Work…
News & Views Kresge’s climate change funding to BIPOC-led organizations more than triples in last decade May 17, 2022 In February 2021, The Kresge Foundation was among the first climate change funders to take the Climate Funders Justice Pledge launched by the Donors of Color Network (DOCN). The DOCN is the first cross-racial community of donors committed to building the collective power of people of color, driving systems change,…
News & Views Rapson: The cavalier use of racist ideology and the horrific massacre in Buffalo May 16, 2022 Our hearts are sick, our emotions spent, our anger and disgust difficult to contain. A deeply mentally disturbed young man meticulously planning and carrying out a massacre of beautiful and innocent souls. A white supremacist spewing a vile and incomprehensibly fearful ideology onto the pages of a “manifesto.” An act…
News & Views $2.5M available to finance green energy updates for Detroit residents, nonprofits May 16, 2022 Loans from Michigan’s only green bank Michigan Saves available via partnership with The Kresge Foundation A new program from Michigan Saves will help low-to-moderate income Detroiters and nonprofit organizations more easily access financing to update aging electrical systems to greener, cleaner and more cost-effective technologies. Funded through a $2.5 million…