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Kresge Foundation Annual Reports

2023: A Century of Impact, A Future of Opportunity

Our special centennial edition annual report chronicles the 100 years of The Kresge Foundation through a collection of 100 moments of impact from throughout the foundation’s history. The impact stories trace the foundation’s origins, the 80+ years of capital challenge grantmaking and the shift to today’s work to expand equity and opportunities in America’s cities. In the book of this annual report, we present a unique experience: four pop-ups that bring to life iconic landmarks from the cities of Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans and Fresno.

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2022: People + Places, Now + Then

Our 2022 annual report highlights the work of our partners through five multimedia stories of how investing in people and places expands opportunity in America’s cities. And we peer into the past and share how our modern-day Programs and Practices sprouted from grantmaking that, in some cases, traces all the way back to the organization’s founding in 1924.

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2021: Regeneration

Our 2021 annual report features eight video stories of Kresge partners that showcase how the nonprofit sector is best suited to take action that will lead to an equity-centered recovery from the economic downturn and the global pandemic.

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2020: Our Common Purpose

Our 2020 annual report explores stories of eight partners and their work to dismantle structural racism in all its facets through organizing, advocacy, power building and more.

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2019: Inside Out & Outside In

The 2019 report charts how Kresge adopted a sixth value — equity — to infuse the principles of fairness and justice into every facet of our grantmaking, social investing and operations.

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2018: Momentum

The 2018 report describes how Kresge uses its institutional resources to promote the expansion of leadership, the strengthening of organizations and the advancement of equity to effect change in America’s cities.

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2017: Perspectives

The 2017 report examines how the foundation puts its values into practice, deploying its resources in flexible mixes to yield the most effective outcomes.

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2016: InterCHANGE

The 2016 report outlines the variety of methods the foundation uses with its grantees and partners to expand opportunity in America’s cities.

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2015: Using the Right Tools for Social Change

The 2015 report highlights the foundation’s strategy of using a wide array of funding tools to expand opportunity in America’s cities.

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2014: A Bold Urban Future

The 2014 report highlights the core beliefs that guide the foundation’s efforts to expand opportunity in America’s cities and foster a bold urban future.

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2013 Annual Report

The 2013 report graphically employs data points to show how partners, dollars and other resources come together to advance goals, leverage additional investment and improve lives.

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2012 Annual Report

The 2012 report describes how the foundation began concentrating its efforts in America’s cities. The threads that align our programs with our mission also connect us with our partners and extend to those most in need.

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2010-11: Today & Tomorrow

The 2010-11 report highlights the foundation’s desire to serve as a connector that brings together agents of change with new and often unexpected partners and disparate groups, all seeking to build strong, vital communities.

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