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 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 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 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

Thrive New Orleans receives renewed support to strengthen the local green workforce and advance economic mobility through comprehensive training in stormwater management and green infrastructure. The grant enables the organization to develop a social enterprise strategy that will increase access to procurement opportunities, enhance financial sustainability, and generate mission-aligned revenue. View Website

The Works, Inc. receives general operating support to maintain and expand comprehensive neighborhood revitalization efforts in South and North Memphis. This support enables The Works to strengthen pathways to opportunity in historically underserved Memphis neighborhoods through integrated strategies that address both physical infrastructure and economic empowerment, advancing inclusive growth. View Website

This grant supports the Community Opportunity Alliance's 2025 People & Places Conference, a national event focused on affordable housing, economic development, and community sustainability. The conference brings together practitioners, advocates, funders, and policymakers to enhance partnerships and share strategies that strengthen place-based community development efforts in cities across the country. View Website

This one-year general operating support grant strengthens the Greater New Orleans Funders Network, an affinity group of 22 local and national philanthropies collectively advancing social and economic mobility in the Greater New Orleans region. The grant supports Katrina@20 initiatives commemorating Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary, plus the Katrina@20 Index. Funds will also support a special convening for GNOFN's 10th anniversary to mobilize investment in the region. Foundation for Louisiana provides fiscal sponsorship. View Website

This general operating grant sustains Knowledge Quest's community development work in South Memphis, focusing on economic opportunity through urban agriculture. The funding advances the operation of the Green Leaf Learning Farm as it expands income-generating opportunities for residents, and supports renovation of the farm's final building into an agricultural and culinary arts Career and Technical Education center. This investment strengthens pathways to employment while building community assets in South Memphis. View Website

This three-year grant supports the programmatic activities of Grantmakers in Health, a national organization that strengthens the capacity of health philanthropy to improve the health of all people. The funding will enable Grantmakers in Health to continue convening funders, sharing best practices, and advancing health equity strategies across the philanthropic sector, with particular attention to urban health challenges and innovative investment approaches that align with Kresge's commitment to expanding opportunity in America's cities. View Website

This general operating grant builds Community Desk Chicago's organizational capacity as it administers $3.5 million in grant funds on behalf of the City of Chicago to advance shared real estate ownership models in under-resourced neighborhoods through the Wealth Our Way (W.OW) program. The program will provide selected shared ownership projects with technical assistance, coaching, and capital for property acquisition and development, creating pathways to community wealth building and asset ownership in historically disinvested areas. View Website

This grant supports Civic Nation's Change Collective program, which trains up to 50 local leaders annually in the Memphis region through a six-month fellowship designed to strengthen civic infrastructure and foster cross-sector collaboration. The fellowship equips leaders from private, public, and nonprofit sectors with practical skills to work across lines of difference and address local challenges, culminating in the development of Civic Action Plans targeting specific community issues. Participants join a national alumni network spanning five cities, creating a place-based approach within a broader national framework that rebuilds civic capacity and promotes collaborative problem-solving in urban communities. View Website

This grant supports Brookings Metro's comprehensive work to advance equity, economic growth, and climate resilience in American cities through four interconnected strategies: promoting well-being in marginalized communities like Detroit and New Orleans through policy reforms and asset-based research; building transparency and local voice in state-level climate and infrastructure decisions; developing an innovative neighborhood-level climate resilience gap measurement tool; and providing general operating support. The initiative centers community self-determination while connecting local efforts to state and federal funding opportunities. View Website

This project support grant to the Aspen Institute will help its Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation play the role of backbone for the Community Foundation Business Model Project. View Website

This grant from the Health and American Cities programs will support Live Again Fresno expand its trauma-informed education, mentorship, community outreach, community employment, and health promotion and community safety programs for Fresno children and families living along Parkway Drive and in the Jane Addams neighborhood of Fresno. View Website

This grant will support convenings organized by the Build from Within Alliance, a national network of 16 community development organizations focused on increasing economic equity in neighborhoods through entrepreneurship. View Website

This grant will support Accelerator for America’s efforts to advance economic mobility by providing customized, intensive technical assistance to public sector leaders and community-based organizations in three cities: Riverside, CA; Philadelphia, PA; and St. Louis, MO. View Website

This grant seeks to strengthen the capacity of the nonprofit sector in Memphis by renewing general operating support to the Tennessee Nonprofit Network (TNN), formerly known as Momentum Nonprofit Partners. View Website

This general operating grant renews Kresge’s funding for the Southeast Asia Resource Center's national leadership development, technical assistance, and advocacy training for the Southeast Asian American community. View Website

This grant supports the third iteration of the Reimagining the Civic Commons, a joint initiative of the JPB, Knight, and Kresge Foundations to revitalize and connect civic assets in cities across the country by providing technical assistance, peer exchange, and financial resources to public space leaders committed to new models for collaborative cross-sector work. View Website