This grant will provide general operating support for the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), the premier network through which local government sustainability practitioners across the U.S. access resources and collaborate to advance their work. View Website

The Aspen Institute Congressional Program was created in 1983, to help Congress govern more effectively by giving members a unique opportunity to engage each other and experts, fostering open, civil discourse in pursuit of the national interest. View Website

This grant provides operating support to Non-Profit Enterprise at Work (NEW), one of five intermediaries that form a collaborative committed to strengthening nonprofit sector capacity in Detroit. View Website

This grant renewal will support the ability of the National Council of Urban Indian Health's (NCUIH) to advocate on behalf of its 41 member organizations for parity in federal funding formulas and to increase awareness of the most pressing health concerns of urban Native communities. View Website

This two-year implementation grant from the Health and American Cities teams will enable Live Again Fresno to expand its trauma-informed education, community outreach and safety programs in the Jane Addams neighborhood as a member of the Fresno Building Healthy Communities collaborative that promotes health in economically disadvantaged Fresno communities with high exposure to violence and limited access to health promoting resources. View Website

This project grant will fund Green Living Science to support a city of Detroit Green Task Force research trip to Philadelphia, PA to build foundational knowledge across the multi-sector attendees to advance and implement renewable energy, recycling, composting, transportation, stormwater management, and climate resilience practices in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support the Collective Impact Forum, a partnership between FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, to increase the effectiveness of collective impact efforts in cities across the country. View Website

This grant supports the 2025 Kresge Arts in Detroit (KAID) program, which provides awards and professional development resources to individual artists across metro Detroit. The grant funds will sustain the program's three signature awards: the Kresge Eminent Artist Award (EA), Kresge Artist Fellowships (KAF), and Gilda Awards (GA). It will also support supplemental activities, such as communication efforts, public celebration events, and professional development resources. View Website

The grant will support Civilla with further integration of Human Centered Design within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). View Website

This grant supports ChangeLab Solutions to host their Accelerating Policy Change series in communities interested in partnering with regions where health inequalities persist to help educate and use tools of law and policy to support health. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to the Detroit bureau of Chalkbeat. Kresge’s funding for Chalkbeat supports its efforts to highlight community voices and impacts on early childhood, education equity, and educational outcomes for children in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support The Big Cities Health Coalition’s goals to support the local public health ecosystem, be a resource to members, and foster leadership development amidst future public health challenges. View Website

This grant in partnership with the Detroit Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health will provide support and expand overall clinical and general operations, as well as contracted optometry professionals in providing eye exams and glasses for all children within the 66 Head Start programs in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support Ubuntu Village to amplify its violence prevention work through expanded collaborations with the Office of Violence Prevention, University Medical Center, and the Seeds of NOLA Trauma Recovery Center to improve health outcomes in economically disadvantaged New Orleans neighborhoods. View Website

This grant supports "The Class," a six-part PBS docuseries premiering in 2025 that highlights educational innovation. View Website

This general operating grant will support Outlier Media, a nonprofit news organization focused on information needs in Detroit communities. View Website

This grant supports the 2025 Just Economy Conference, an annual convening of leaders from community, business, foundation, policy and government that are involved in economic justice. View Website

This grant supports the National Center for Inquiry and Improvement’s (NCII) second collaboration with the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the Ohio Student Success Center, to scale Ohio’s successful Leadership Academy. View Website

The Michigan Center for Student Success will use this funding to strengthen capacity building initiatives for community colleges across the state. View Website

This cross-team grant provides seed funding to launch the first phase of Detroit Youth Organizing for Power (DYOP), a two-phase, four-year collaborative initiative aimed to strengthen the field of community organizing in the Detroit area. View Website