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Kresge’s grant database allows you to search for grants awarded since 2009. You can search and filter by program area, focus area, year and location.

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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

Build From Within Alliance

This grant will support an in-person convening of people from Build from Within Alliance's 16 member organizations, key partners, and funders to share ideas and best practices that support micro-entrepreneurs and inclusive community and economic development. View Website

Amount

$40,000

Year

2023

Location

St. Paul, MN

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Communities First Infrastructure Alliance

This grant will enable the Communities First Fund to coordinate regional convenings to foster greater coordination and accountability among local, state and federal government officials, capacity builders, technical assistance providers, practitioners and community partners around spending ARPA and IIJA federal infrastructure funds. It will also support its work to incorporate arts and cultural strategists as an element of infrastructure planning and to strengthen the capacity of regional groups and movement intermediaries by providing general operating support. View Website

Amount

$1,250,000

Year

2023

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Greater Washington Partnership

This grant will enable the Greater Washington Partnership to create a transferable model to bring a region’s private and public sector stakeholders together to prioritize, apply for, and win federal funding for regionally significant infrastructure projects and share this model with private sector leaders throughout the U.S. View Website

Amount

$100,000

Year

2023

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

National League of Cities Institute Inc.

This grant will support the Local Infrastructure Hub Bootcamp program. Small and mid-sized cities apply to participate in the bootcamp to improve their applications to competitive grant programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). View Website

Amount

$1 million

Year

2023

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Freedman Consulting, LLC

This grant will support What Works Plus (WW+) to coordinate philanthropic actors, think tanks, policy organizations, technical assistance providers, community intermediaries, and federal and local actors as they work towards equitable distribution and implementation of federal infrastructure, climate, and economic development funding. View Website

Amount

$250,000

Year

2023

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Communities First Infrastructure Alliance

This grant will enable the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance (CFIA) to provide a range of supports to BIPOC communities and community-based organizations trying to direct IIJA dollars in ways that mitigate climate harms and expand economic opportunity for marginalized communities. View Website

Amount

$1,000,000

Year

2022

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

This grant will provide general operating support to the Mayors’ Innovation Project. In 2022, the Mayors’ Innovation Project plans to host two convenings of US mayors, at which they will share best practices on ARPA/IIJA implementation and economic development, among other issues. View Website

Amount

$24,000

Year

2022

Location

Madison, Wisconsin

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Urban Institute

This grant provides project and general operating support to the Urban Institute, with the goal of advancing urban practice that prioritizes inclusive and equitable growth. View Website

Amount

$1,805,000.00

Year

2021

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Urban Institute

The nonpartisan economic and social-policy research institute disseminates its findings to a broad audience and informs community development to promote social, civic, and economic well-being. This two-year grant supports efforts to advance policies and practices which accelerate shared prosperity in American Cities View Website

Amount

$2,165,000

Year

2019

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

Urban Institute

The policy-research organization identifies, measures, assesses and evaluates responses to social problems such as segregation and poverty. This two-and-a-half year grant funds work to address issues of economic and social inclusion in Detroit’s revitalization by funding analysis, discussion and creation of a policy playbook on inclusive recovery. View Website

Amount

$660,000

Year

2015

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

University of Southern California

Housed at the university’s Keck School of Medicine, the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center spearheads research on traffic-related health impacts. This 16-month grant supports a research project, discussion series and major forum on Detroit's turnaround to be administered and hosted by the University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy. View Website

Amount

$751,700

Year

2015

Location

Los Angeles, California

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

University of Chicago

The university’s Office of Civic Engagement is a leading urban research institution working to improve the quality of life for residents of the Mid-South Side of Chicago through research, free-standing youth programs, and helping expand economic opportunity for residents of the city through hiring and procurement. This grant supports a series of symposia on the state of urban civil rights in America. View Website

Amount

$35,000

Year

2015

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

University of Chicago

The university’s Office of Civic Engagement is a leading urban research institution working to improve the quality of life for residents of the Mid-South Side of Chicago through research, free-standing youth programs, and helping expand economic opportunity for residents of the city through hiring and procurement. This grant supports the development of a two-day conference that convenes community-based practitioners, urban policy experts, applied researchers, scholars and representatives of philanthropy for a discussion of place-based interventions. View Website

Amount

$190,000

Year

2019

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

The New School

Geography Served: Chicago, Illinois

Project:

This grant seeks to advance shared prosperity in Chicago by contributing to the Color of Wealth study, led by the Chicago Community Trust. View Website

Amount

$145,000

Year

2020

Location

New York, New York

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

The Brookings Institution

Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program conducts research and policy analysis focusing on the health and vitality of cities and metropolitan areas. This three-year grant supports the program’s research, policy, practice and practitioner network building. View Website

Amount

$2.3 million

Year

2014

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

The Brookings Institution

Geography Served: Washington, D.C.

Project:

The public-policy think tank's Metropolitan Policy Program focuses attention on the vital role cities play as engines of economic growth and global competitiveness. This grant supports the Metropolitan Policy Program’s engagement in the Shared Prosperity Partnership—a collaboration of the Kresge Foundation, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Urban Institute, and Living Cities that seeks to support and accelerate local inclusive economy efforts by adding resources and connecting local leadership with national practitioners and researchers. View Website

Amount

$1,255,000

Year

2018

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

The Brookings Institution

The public-policy think tank's Metropolitan Policy Program focuses attention on the vital role cities play as engines of economic growth and global competitiveness. This grant supports the Metropolitan Policy Program’s engagement in the Shared Prosperity Partnership – a collaboration of the Kresge Foundation, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Urban Institute and Living Cities that seeks to support and accelerate local inclusive economy efforts by adding resources and connecting local leadership with national practitioners and researchers. View Website

Amount

$1.255 million

Year

2018

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

SDSN Association, Inc.

Geography Served: New York, New York

Project:

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) aims to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. This grant will support the development of the US Sustainable Development Goals Cities Index as well as the creation of a partnership between the SDSN and the City of New Orleans to evaluate the city’s alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). View Website

Amount

$300,000

Year

2018

Location

New York, New York

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

SDSN Association, Inc.

The U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) aims to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. This grant supports the development of the U.S. Sustainable Development Goals Cities Index as well as the creation of a partnership between the SDSN and the City of New Orleans to evaluate the city’s alignment with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. View Website

Amount

$300,000

Year

2018

Location

New York, New York

Program

American Cities

Focus Area

Knowledge Exchange

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