This grant to the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) will support their continued efforts to align people and resources, coordinate community-based services through a Two-Generation and person-centered approach that supports economic and social mobility. Foundation funding will support their development of a more comprehensive understanding and implementation of a two-generation approach, allowing them to realize their Vision 2025 Strategic Plan to expand investments and increase the impact of partners working to increase social and economic mobility for women and their families. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to Rising Voices in order to lead grassroots organizing in the metro Detroit region, with a focus on amplifying the voices and elevating priorities of Asian American women and youth. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) build a multiyear ethnic study organizing curriculum; 2) launch a youth organizing fellowship program; 3) increase AAPI participation in presidential and municipal elections; and 4) organize for greater language access across Michigan. View Website

This grant will continue the partnership with Power by Shakti to work directly with the human services team and partners by providing 2Gen technical assistance specifically aimed at identified state and federal lever of opportunities for change and improvements. A key body of work in 2024 will be focused on supporting the 2024 TANF Innovation and Action Community of Practice. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion in order to shift from a role as a mediator of racial difference to an organizing hub in southeast Michigan. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) launch the Southeast Michigan Sankofa Alliance; 2) maintain the Mama Akua community house; 3) deliver racial equity and organizing trainings for justice-involved people; and 4) support their organizational transition to a co-executive directorship. View Website

This general operating grant to Detroit Justice Center supports their efforts to promote community-driven development and non-punitive forms of safety by providing legal infrastructure and technical assistance to frontline community organizations in Detroit. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) provide legal and technical support to frontline community organizations; 2) build the capacity of local community land trusts; 3) incubate restorative justice practices across the city; and 4) offer legal services and advocacy for Detroiters in the criminal legal system. View Website

This grant will support a journalism fellowship program at the Association of Healthcare Journalists that gives scholarships to 10 journalists each year for two years, with a focus on Black, Indigenous and other journalists of color in Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans and Fresno. As part of their fellowship, selected journalists will receive one year of AHCJ membership and have the full cost of their attendance at the AHCJ yearly conference covered. View Website

This grant will enable SeaChange, which provides grants, loans, consulting and research for nonprofits facing complex financial and organizational challenges, to expand the Transformational Partnerships Fund (TPF), a $3m pooled fund providing postsecondary institutions flexible support to explore and form long-term strategic partnerships or mergers. The TPF provides referrals, small grants and a confidential space for higher education leaders to rethink how to make their institutions more financially sustainable. View Website

This cross-team grant (Education, Health, and Arts & Culture), aimed towards democracy and student voting, will support the Jolt Initiative to address the underrepresentation of young Texas Latinos in civic engagement. Focused on cultivating youth leadership and community organizing, Jolt's unique approach is rooted in Latino arts and culture and empowers a Latino-led movement through civic participation and storytelling. View Website

This grant will enable the bipartisan Hunt Institute to equip state policymakers and elected leaders with learning opportunities and platforms for cross-state collaboration to improve underrepresented student postsecondary education success. The Institute serves as a state policy information and expertise hub, and it offers evidence-based policy guidance to legislators. View Website

This grant provides operating support to the Detroit Parks Coalition (DPC), an alliance of community members and park leaders working to support healthy, equitable and vibrant parks in Detroit, to sustain and develop its organizational capacity as an anchor for citywide parks funding and stewardship. DPC develops and facilitates citywide parks programming, raises money for park improvements, advocates for Detroit’s parks in local, regional and statewide spheres, and supports community organizations that care for Detroit’s parks through convening, investment, and capacity building. View Website

This general operating grant to Detroit Disability Power supports efforts to promote leadership, accessibility and visibility of the disabled community through coalition building, public education and community organizing. View Website

This grant, aims to bolster student civic participation and engagement by supporting the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE). Housed at the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), IDHE aims to increase student voting effectiveness, empower student voices, and increase philanthropic support for higher education's role in strengthening democracy. View Website

This grant from the Health and American Cities programs will support Ubuntu Village expand its trauma-informed education, training, community outreach, cultural programming, mentorship, and advocacy programs that support New Orleans residents impacted by violence, including those served through the University Medical Center hospital-based violence intervention program and Seeds of NOLA Trauma Recovery Center. View Website

This grant will provide support to the Health Affairs journal (Health Affairs) in its efforts to be more intentional about the content it publishes on health equity and the multiple factors that impact it, such as discrimination, workforce diversity, health disparities, and the social determinants of health. View Website

This grant will support the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, a membership organization that develops and implements equitable strategies to achieve zero carbon emissions from the Midwest building sector by 2050. The organization convenes stakeholders and allies to advance a coordinated, regional strategy that centers racial and economic equity. View Website

This grant supports the 2024 National Adaptation Forum, which is the premier conference for climate change adaptation knowledge exchange and field building. Kresge funds will support the hosting of the event and subsidize travel and registration costs for speakers and participants from underrepresented groups. View Website

This project grant will allow Doing Development Differently Detroit to provide technical assistance to three identified pilot Community Investment Trust (CIT) projects, as well as explore various CIT scenarios and develop a CIT playbook tailored to Detroit. View Website

This grant will enable Inclusiv and its Puerto Rican partner to organize, develop and submit a collective application for $6 million in Mitigation Community Development Block Grant funding to fund up to 30 resiliency centers and use learnings to inform a collective response to a request for information from the Department of Energy about how best to deploy $1 billion set aside for roof-top and microgrid solar in Puerto Rico. View Website

This grant will enable Greenprint Partners to invest in staff development as it grows from 10 to 20 full-time employees in 2023. View Website

This grant will fund Kresge’s membership in the GIIN Investors Council for 2023. View Website