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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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Vision To Learn

This grant in partnership with the Detroit Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health will provide support and expand overall clinical and general operations, as well as contracted optometry professionals in providing eye exams and glasses for all children within the 66 Head Start programs in Detroit. View Website

Amount

400,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

Ubuntu Village NOLA

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

Amount

400,000

Year

2025

Location

New Orleans LA

Program

American Cities, Health

Focus Area

Three Frame Media

This grant supports "The Class," a six-part PBS docuseries premiering in 2025 that highlights educational innovation. View Website

Amount

175,000

Year

2025

Location

Santa Monica, California

Program

Education

Focus Area

Outlier Media

This general operating grant will support Outlier Media, a nonprofit news organization focused on information needs in Detroit communities. View Website

Amount

150,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

This grant supports the 2025 Just Economy Conference, an annual convening of leaders from community, business, foundation, policy and government that are involved in economic justice. View Website

Amount

10,000

Year

2025

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

National Center for Inquiry and Improvement

This grant supports the National Center for Inquiry and Improvement’s (NCII) second collaboration with the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the Ohio Student Success Center, to scale Ohio’s successful Leadership Academy. View Website

Amount

500,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Education

Focus Area

Michigan Community College Association Foundation

The Michigan Center for Student Success will use this funding to strengthen capacity building initiatives for community colleges across the state. View Website

Amount

650,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Education

Focus Area

Metro Solutions Inc.

This cross-team grant provides seed funding to launch the first phase of Detroit Youth Organizing for Power (DYOP), a two-phase, four-year collaborative initiative aimed to strengthen the field of community organizing in the Detroit area. View Website

Amount

250,000

Year

2025

Location

Southfield, MI

Program

Arts & Culture, Detroit

Focus Area

Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

This grant supports the Institute to convene representatives from local environmental justice organizations and media outlets in Detroit to establish relationships between the two sectors and to prioritize key stories for climate action and impact. View Website

Amount

90,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Detroit, Environment

Focus Area

Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange

This grant enables the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange, a network of 560+ municipal water utility leaders, to share knowledge and advance advocacy in addressing climate-driven, urban flooding. View Website

Amount

440,000

Year

2025

Location

Towson, MD

Program

Environment

Focus Area

Environmental Protection Network

This grant supports the Environmental Protection Network, Lawyers for Good Government, and National Resources Defense Council (the Coalition) to aid non-profit organizations who have been awarded climate-related funding from the federal government, but whose funding is under threat of rescindment, delay, and/or investigation. View Website

Amount

150,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Environment

Focus Area

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

This grant supports the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) in scaling Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) investments in cities through innovative local funding approaches, such as Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund programs, Pay for Success contracting, and GSI incentives. View Website

Amount

100,000

Year

2025

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Environment

Focus Area

Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

This grant provides funding to Enterprise Community Partners (ECP) for the Key Corridor Fund, which will provide operating and resource support to community development organizations stewarding key commercial corridors in Detroit, including Jefferson East, Inc., Vanguard CDC, Live6 Alliance and Midtown Detroit, Inc. View Website

Amount

750,000

Year

2025

Location

Columbia, Maryland

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

Early Childhood Funder’s Collaborative

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), a national coalition of foundations committed to supporting early childhood priorities across the United States. View Website

Amount

38,000

Year

2025

Location

Falls Church, Virginia

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan

The grant will strengthen the legal infrastructure in Michigan to protect civil rights and support community organizing efforts. View Website

Amount

300,000

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

America’s Promise Alliance

This grant supports the participation of college access and success programs to enhance educational pathways for students. View Website

Amount

650,000

Year

2025

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Education

Focus Area

Urban Consulate

This grant will provide project support for the Urban Consulate to promote community dialogue and urban development initiatives in Detroit. View Website

Amount

300,000

Year

2025

Location

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

One Million Degrees

This grant funds a new partnership between One Million Degrees to enhance educational capacity building and student support services. View Website

Amount

335,000

Year

2025

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Program

Education

Focus Area

National Parent Leadership Training Institute

This grant will provide continued support to the National Parent Leadership Training Institute to advance public policy and field building initiatives. View Website

Amount

400,000

Year

2025

Location

Wilton, Connecticut

Program

Human Services

Focus Area

Inclusive Action For The City

Inclusive Action for the City

This grant will strengthen efforts led by Inclusive Action for the City to develop community-centered health programs in urban neighborhoods. View Website

Amount

300,000

Year

2025

Location

Los Angeles, California

Program

Health

Focus Area

Community Health Ecosystems

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