United Way for Southeastern Michigan received support to lead Hope Starts Here's Imperative #5, focusing on data and systems integration for early childhood services. The grant enables implementation of the Connect4Care Community Information Exchange, creating a unified access point for early childhood enrollment, healthcare, and basic needs services, with a pilot program launching in Southwest Detroit through partnerships with community organizations. View Website

This grant supports the Movement Media Alliance, a coalition of social justice journalism organizations building a vibrant movement media ecosystem through shared infrastructure and collaboration. Kresge funding will expand arts and community coverage among coalition members and strengthen reporting on culture-based organizing that advances broader movement-building efforts. This investment recognizes the critical role of independent media in amplifying community voices, documenting creative placemaking strategies, and supporting the cultural narratives that drive social change and equity in urban communities. View Website

This grant provides project support to the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) to strengthen the economic and cultural vitality of Southwest Detroit's Vernor corridor through a community placemaking initiative and build out of a retail accelerator to support local, resident-owned small businesses. The work advances economic opportunity and community wealth-building in one of Detroit's vibrant neighborhoods by centering resident entrepreneurs and cultural assets. View Website

This grant supports Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University's participation in the Siyaphumelela ("We Succeed") initiative, expanding South Africa's national student success network from seven to 20 of the country's 26 universities. By joining Siyaphumelela, SMU will leverage evidence-based student success strategies to increase postsecondary attainment rates, enhance individual social mobility, and contribute to South Africa's prosperity while addressing the legacy of educational inequity. View Website

Second Nature will expand its long-standing leadership in higher education climate action through a new strategic plan that engages a broader range of campus leaders and institutions. With over 400 college and university members, the organization equips campuses to lead on climate solutions that benefit both their communities and the planet, especially in cities most impacted by climate change, while strengthening partnerships, piloting new initiatives, and scaling its impact to help higher education play a more powerful role in addressing climate and equity challenges. View Website

Public Agenda received support to launch a national mixed-methods research initiative examining how young men, particularly men of color, perceive higher education, economic opportunity, and civic engagement. Addressing stark disparities in college attainment—where only 37% of men aged 25-34 hold bachelor's degrees compared to 47% of women—the research will utilize focus groups, national surveys, and stakeholder engagement to develop actionable strategies for re-engaging young men in educational and democratic systems. View Website

This grant provides project support to Policy Equity Group (PEG) to serve backbone functions for implementing the Hope Starts Here framework in Detroit. PEG will facilitate coordinated action among initiative leads, develop and implement a policy agenda, and strengthen Hope Starts Here's long-term systems change approach. This investment supports the infrastructure needed to advance collective impact work that addresses systemic barriers facing Detroit families and children, ensuring that multiple stakeholders can work together effectively to create lasting change and expand opportunity in the city. View Website

This general operating support grant renews Kresge's commitment to People's Housing Plus (PH+), which works to address New Orleans' growing racial wealth gap and foster healthy and resilient communities. PH+ develops mixed-use, multi-family affordable housing; provides access to community health care and financial education services; manages one of the area's two community land trusts; and advocates for equitable housing policy that promotes equity and opportunity in the city. View Website

OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ Center for the Mid-South received cross-team support to serve Shelby County residents during a period of increased need and reduced public funding. The grant enables the organization to stabilize critical HIV-prevention and homelessness services, strengthen non-lobbying advocacy and public education capacity, and bolster organizational infrastructure to support LGBTQ individuals facing structural barriers to opportunity and well-being. View Website

Next City, Inc. received cross-team support to advance solutions-based journalism on urban issues. The grant sustains Next City's Detroit reporting hub, expands health-focused coverage, and highlights innovative approaches from place-based community development partners across Kresge's focus cities, amplifying stories of cross-sector collaboration that build just and equitable urban communities. View Website

The National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics (NAWRS) will establish a one-time scholarship fund to underwrite costs for fifteen former federal human services professionals who have experienced job loss stemming to participate in and advise the Association's 2025 annual learning program. This grant supports workforce continuity and knowledge preservation in the human services sector during a period of transition. View Website

Movement Strategy Center will partner with Kresge's Arts and Culture team to co-design a new initiative that includes regranting and peer learning opportunities for a cohort of grantees working to advance culture and creativity as catalysts for community transformation. This investment builds the capacity of arts and culture organizations to drive equitable community change by fostering collaboration, shared learning, and resource distribution among practitioners using creative placemaking strategies. View Website

Movement Strategy Center, a national intermediary supporting 40 fiscally sponsored partners and over 180 grantee collaborators, receives operating support to strengthen community-based initiatives working at the intersection of cultural strategy, racial justice, and movement building. This cross-team investment recognizes the organization's role in advancing equitable community change through creative approaches that center culture as a driver of social transformation. View Website

This general operating grant renews Kresge's support for Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative to advance housing justice in New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood through tenant advocacy, community organizing, and the development and stewardship of permanently affordable rental housing. The organization's work addresses critical housing equity issues in one of America's cities by empowering residents and creating lasting affordable housing solutions. View Website

Impact Experience Institute will design and facilitate a two-day community-led convening in New Orleans that brings together cross-sector leaders, entrepreneurs, and funders to develop locally grounded strategies for advancing equity and economic inclusion. The convening will focus on aligning institutional capital with community needs and exploring how federal policies and funding can support local priorities. View Website

Ikaso Consulting will serve as the learning partner for a cohort of grantee organizations in Memphis, Detroit, and New Orleans that help families access public benefits, secure quality employment, and increase income. Ikaso will monitor state-level policy changes affecting safety net programs (TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and childcare), develop strategies to reduce administrative burdens on families, and create a virtual hub sharing best practices for effective employer engagement. This investment strengthens pathways to economic opportunity for low-income families in urban communities by building the capacity of organizations that connect people to critical resources and employment. View Website

This renewal grant strengthens two complementary cohorts within Hawaii Investment Ready's Food Systems Accelerator: one focused on Indigenous entrepreneurs and another on mission-aligned funders from government, philanthropic, and private sectors. The accelerator brings together high-potential innovators across the food system value chain committed to building a viable and resilient local food system in Hawaii. The funding also supports a new "Food as Medicine" working group to accelerate systems mapping and design efforts aimed at cultivating ecologically diverse and resilient food systems that advance health equity by addressing food access, cultural food sovereignty, and community wellbeing. View Website

This grant provides continued support to Groundswell, which partners with communities to develop community solar projects and resilience hubs while operating a subscriber-management platform that enables low-wealth customers to seamlessly access and benefit from solar programs. Groundswell's work advances energy equity by removing barriers that have historically excluded low-income communities from clean energy opportunities. View Website

Girls Who Invest received support to transform the investment management industry by building a pipeline of mission-driven talent from low-income backgrounds. The organization provides college students with technical skills, professional networks, and mentorship through immersive education programs, paid internships, and career development, opening doors to high-impact careers in a historically exclusive field and advancing economic equity. View Website

First Peoples Fund received general operating support to advance its mission of empowering Native artists and culture bearers to embrace their creativity, Indigenous identities, and values while driving positive social and economic change in their communities. The organization provides fellowships, grants, and professional development training for Indigenous artists nationwide, strengthening the arts ecology and supporting cultural leadership that builds community assets and pathways to opportunity. View Website