West Harlem Environmental Action Inc. This grant will support West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT), to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location New York, New York Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
UPROSE Inc. This grant will support UPROSE to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Brooklyn, New York Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Results for America This project grant will support Results for America’s Information and Navigation track within the Local Infrastructure Hub technical assistance initiative. This initiative helps cities win and implement competitive federal infrastructure grants that deliver local projects conceived with equity and climate goals in mind. View Website Amount 400,000 Year 2025 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area
Race Forward This grant provides continued general operating support for Race Forward, which works to build a multiracial democracy and a racially equitable society through interlocking strategies of narrative, power building, and institutional practice. The organization works nationally while grounding each of its initiatives in particular communities. View Website Amount 1,425,000 Year 2025 Location New York, New York Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health, Human Services Focus Area Field Building
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles This grant will support Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles (PSR-LA), as lead partner of the LEAP-LA coalition, to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels. These efforts will help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. PSR-LA is one of 31 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative (CCHE 2.0). View Website Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location Los Angeles, California Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Partners for a Healthier Community This grant will support the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts (PHIWM), which convenes the Live Well Springfield coalition to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Springfield, Massachusetts Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
National Association of Community Health Centers Inc. This grant will support National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) experts to provide technical coaching and regional/topic area peer learning cohorts in a variety of subject matters including but not limited to emergency management, environmental health, data systems, policy advocacy, clinic resilience hubs, and heat-health monitoring. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Bethesda, Md. Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability This grant will support Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability (LCJA) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. LCJA is one of 31 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative (CCHE 2.0). View Website Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location Fresno, California Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA This grant will support ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA in implementing the Communities Leading on Climate Mobility Initiative, a national, multi-sector effort to address climate-driven migration. This initiative aims to build a climate mobility ecosystem by developing local infrastructure and policies that foster resilient, inclusive communities equipped to support those displaced by climate impacts. View Website Amount 150,000 Year 2025 Location Boston, Massachusetts Program American Cities, Detroit, Environment Focus Area Field Building
Essential Hospitals Institute This grant will support the Essential Hospitals Institute (EHI) mobilize health care and public health professionals, and advance policy, practice and program implementation by supporting place-based community-driven solutions that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Environmental Health Coalition This grant will support the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. EHC is one of 31 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative (CCHE 2.0). View Website Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location National City, Calif. Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Eastside Community Network This grant will support ECN to advance affordable and resilient energy solutions; deepen partnerships with healthcare institutions to better link environmental conditions with health outcomes; invest in resident leadership development; and work to influence city policy to address the climate and health challenges facing Detroit’s east side. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Detroit, Michigan Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Catalyst Miami This grant will support Catalyst Miami to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Miami Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Asian Pacific Environmental Network This grant will support the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state levels that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. APEN is one of 31 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity Initiative (CCHE 2.0). View Website Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location Oakland, California Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments This grant will support the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, (ANHE) mobilize health care and public health professionals, and advance policy, practice, and program implementation by supporting place-based community-driven solutions that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic impacts of climate disruption. Virginia Organizing, Inc. provides fiscal sponsorship. View Website Amount 675,000 Year 2025 Location Mt. Rainier, Maryland Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inc. This grant will support Initiative for a Competitive Inner City's research to examine whether improved well-being, as measured by the Social Progress Index, should be the focus of economic development policy and practice instead of job or income growth. This research may indicate that the economic development field should allocate more resources and attention to well-being factors such as health, safety, housing, inclusion, and environmental quality, which are often underemphasized in comparison to economic growth. View Website Amount $120,000 Year 2025 Location Boston, Massachusetts Program American Cities Focus Area National Community and Economic Development
People’s Housing+, Inc. 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 Amount $400,000 Year 2025 Location New Orleans, LA Program American Cities Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ Center for the Mid-South 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 Amount $500,000 Year 2025 Location Memphis, Tennessee Program American Cities, Health Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
Next City 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 Amount $500,000 Year 2025 Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Health Focus Area
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative 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 Amount $250,000 Year 2025 Location New Orleans, LA Program American Cities Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans