The Aspen Institute, Inc. 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 Amount $50,000 Year 2024 Location Washington, DC Program American Cities Focus Area
Live Again Fresno 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 Amount $150,000 Year 2024 Location Program American Cities, Health Focus Area
Build From Within Alliance 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 Amount $60,000 Year 2024 Location St. Paul, MN Program American Cities Focus Area
Accelerator for America 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 Amount $550,000 Year 2024 Location Program American Cities Focus Area
Momentum Nonprofit Partners 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 Amount $400,000 Year 2024 Location Memphis, Tennessee Program American Cities Focus Area
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) 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 Amount $300,000 Year 2024 Location Program American Cities Focus Area
Miami Foundation 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 Amount $570,000 Year 2024 Location Miami, Fla. Program American Cities Focus Area
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art This grant provides support to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art for the construction of a cultural space and outdoor public park in downtown Memphis. View Website Amount $500,000 Year 2024 Location Program American Cities Focus Area
Every Neighborhood Partnership This grant will support Every Neighborhood Partnership’s expansion of a Community Land Use Academy (CLUA) in Fresno. View Website Amount $200,000 Year 2024 Location Fresno, CA Program American Cities Focus Area
Urban Institute Through this grant, over the course of three years, the Urban Institute will work on comprehensive community development strategies with cross-sector teams in 3-5 chronically underinvested cities. The work will encompass reparative strategies and community benefits agreements; place-based community development finance ecosystems and cooperative business models; and equitable preparedness via Community Disaster Resilience Zones. View Website Amount $2,000,000.00 Year 2024 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area
Southwest Fresno Development Corporation This general operating grant will support Southwest Fresno Development Corporation (SWFDC)’s community development efforts focused on homeownership education programs, affordable housing development, and community engagement in Southwest Fresno. View Website Amount $160,000.00 Year 2024 Location Fresno, CA Program American Cities Focus Area
Ubuntu Village NOLA 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 Amount $175,000 Year 2024 Location New Orleans LA Program American Cities, Health Focus Area
Local Initiatives Support Corporation This grant supports Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in expanding the capacity of community development organizations nationwide and promoting social and economic mobility and opportunities through arts and culture. View Website Amount $900,000 Year 2023 Location New York, New York Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Human Services Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Economic Security Project This grant aims to support the next phase of the partnership with the Economic Security Project (ESP), which is focused on activating and equipping the Guaranteed Income Community of Practice members to move from pilots to policy. This phase will likely include a national GBI summit in Detroit to catalyze existing efforts in Michigan. View Website Amount $900,000 Year 2023 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities, Detroit, Human Services Focus Area Supporting Public Policy and Field Building
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative This grant provides general operating support to Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, a neighborhood community land trust and housing justice organization focused on tenant advocacy and developing and stewardship of permanently affordable rental housing in the New Orleans Mid-City neighborhood. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2023 Location New Orleans, LA Program American Cities Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
Local Initiatives Support Corporation – Memphis This grant will support LISC's efforts to create equitable, safe, and resilient communities of opportunity in Memphis. Kresge funds will help to staff LISC's Memphis office and fund two programs: the Greater Memphis Community Violence Intervention Program and the 901Help home repair program. View Website Amount $800.000 Year 2023 Location Memphis, TN Program American Cities, Health Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
Thrive New Orleans This grant renews support for Thrive New Orleans’ Thrive Works Green and Thrive Green Business Academy programs. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2023 Location New Orleans, Louisiana Program American Cities Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
Central Valley Community Foundation Kresge support will build on CVCF’s capacity to provide technical assistance, facilitation, data analysis, and more for the community-based organizations leading DRIVE(Developing the Region's Inclusive and Vibrant Economy) initiatives. View Website Amount $1,050,000 Year 2023 Location Fresno, California Program American Cities, Education Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans
The Equity Alliance This grant will support the Equity Alliance to improve civic engagement and increase voter participation rates in Memphis and other cities in Tennessee. View Website Amount $400,000 Year 2023 Location Nashville, TN Program American Cities, Human Services Focus Area Supporting Public Policy and Field Building
Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation This general operating grant provides organizational support for Propeller’s BIPOC entrepreneur and small business accelerator programs, including its new Impact Fund II, a $3 million venture fund capitalized by the United States Department of Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2023 Location New Orleans, LA Program American Cities Focus Area Fresno, Memphis & New Orleans