Communication Resources
Enlisting Kresge to help share your news
Please notify us if we can help you spread your news through our our many communication channels. We're particularly interested in stories and photos that demonstrate how your work is making a difference. Contact media@kresge.org.
How to use the Kresge name
Our name is The Kresge Foundation. Please use all three words – and capitalize “The” – on first reference. Kresge or Kresge Foundation is fine on second reference.
Kresge boilerplate
The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, seeking to dismantle structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice. Using a full array of grant, loan, and other investment tools, Kresge invests more than $160 million annually to foster economic and social change. For more information visit kresge.org.
The Kresge URL
Our URL is kresge.org.
Some of our grantees and partners find it useful to link to kresge.org from their own websites and social media channels when publishing content that references Kresge. Please feel free to do so.
Logos for download
Our logo is available for your use to complement news and promotion of your work. Please do not alter our logos. If options provided do not fit your needs, please contact media@kresge.org.
One line (generally for print use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF
Stacked (generally for digital use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF
Stacked, reversed (generally for digital use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF
Transparency policy
We are a transparent organization and have achieved the Foundation Center’s Glass Pockets designation. This includes publishing information on grants awarded since 2009 and social investment made since 2008. A searchable listing is available in the Grants & Social Investments section of this website. There you will find the relevant information on the organization, the amount of our investment and the rationale for our support.
We encourage our partners to be equally forthcoming when questioned by media about Kresge partnerships and/or funding. You also may also refer Kresge-related media inquiries to media@kresge.org.
Staff biographies and photos
Biographies and photos of Kresge staff are available on the Staff page of our website. To adjust or shorten a bio, please contact media@kresge.org.
For your convenience, bios for Kresge officers are provided below:
- Rip Rapson, President and CEO
- Benjamin S. Kennedy, Vice President for Place-Based Programs, Managing Director American Cities Program
- Robert J. Manilla, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
- Amy B. Robinson, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Ariel H. Simon, Vice President and Chief Program and Strategy Officer
Trustee biographies and photos
Biographies and photos of our trustees are on the Board of Trustees page of our website; for your convenience, the bio for our board chair is listed below:
Sharing your photos with Kresge
We invite you to share high-qulity photos with Kresge. Please provide caption information with the photo including name of organization, date, location and photo credit. If appropriate, we will use partner photos proudly on our website, through our social media channels and in our publications. Please send images and captions to media@kresge.org.
Re-using Kresge content
We regularly publish original news, feature stories, photos, reports and other digital content. If you would like to republish or request Kresge content, please notify media@kresge.org. Feel free to share and link to Kresge content via social media.
