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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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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

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