Movement Strategy Center will partner with Kresge's Arts and Culture team to co-design a new initiative that includes regranting and peer learning opportunities for a cohort of grantees working to advance culture and creativity as catalysts for community transformation. This investment builds the capacity of arts and culture organizations to drive equitable community change by fostering collaboration, shared learning, and resource distribution among practitioners using creative placemaking strategies. View Website

Movement Strategy Center, a national intermediary supporting 40 fiscally sponsored partners and over 180 grantee collaborators, receives operating support to strengthen community-based initiatives working at the intersection of cultural strategy, racial justice, and movement building. This cross-team investment recognizes the organization's role in advancing equitable community change through creative approaches that center culture as a driver of social transformation. View Website

Ikaso Consulting will serve as the learning partner for a cohort of grantee organizations in Memphis, Detroit, and New Orleans that help families access public benefits, secure quality employment, and increase income. Ikaso will monitor state-level policy changes affecting safety net programs (TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and childcare), develop strategies to reduce administrative burdens on families, and create a virtual hub sharing best practices for effective employer engagement. This investment strengthens pathways to economic opportunity for low-income families in urban communities by building the capacity of organizations that connect people to critical resources and employment. View Website

This grant continues support for the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund, a regranting intermediary that strengthens frontline organizations' capacity to advance equitable climate regulations across 13 states. The Equity Fund combines sustained funding with expert policy analysis and narrative strategy to build authentic power in communities most impacted by climate change and energy transitions. View Website

This three-year unrestricted capacity-building grant supports The Center for Equitable Higher Education (CEHE), California's only research center exclusively focused on higher education basic needs. CEHE conducts research and evaluation to address food insecurity, housing instability, and inadequate healthcare and childcare access among college students. The center's work aims to drive California's higher education systems to prioritize student basic needs and implement equitable, effective programs that enable students to thrive and graduate, removing structural barriers to educational opportunity. View Website

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum advances health equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through community-driven, multisector partnerships across the U.S. and its territories. The Forum leverages its national partner network to expand access to culturally competent care, strengthen grassroots health initiatives, and advocate for policy changes that embed community-centered models into funding and service delivery systems. This investment supports the Forum's work to dismantle barriers to health access and build more equitable health ecosystems for historically underserved communities. View Website

This grant will provide general operating support for the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), the premier network through which local government sustainability practitioners across the U.S. access resources and collaborate to advance their work. View Website

The Aspen Institute Congressional Program was created in 1983, to help Congress govern more effectively by giving members a unique opportunity to engage each other and experts, fostering open, civil discourse in pursuit of the national interest. View Website

This grant provides operating support to Non-Profit Enterprise at Work (NEW), one of five intermediaries that form a collaborative committed to strengthening nonprofit sector capacity in Detroit. View Website

This grant renewal will support the ability of the National Council of Urban Indian Health's (NCUIH) to advocate on behalf of its 41 member organizations for parity in federal funding formulas and to increase awareness of the most pressing health concerns of urban Native communities. View Website

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 project grant will fund Green Living Science to support a city of Detroit Green Task Force research trip to Philadelphia, PA to build foundational knowledge across the multi-sector attendees to advance and implement renewable energy, recycling, composting, transportation, stormwater management, and climate resilience practices in Detroit. 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 the 2025 Kresge Arts in Detroit (KAID) program, which provides awards and professional development resources to individual artists across metro Detroit. The grant funds will sustain the program's three signature awards: the Kresge Eminent Artist Award (EA), Kresge Artist Fellowships (KAF), and Gilda Awards (GA). It will also support supplemental activities, such as communication efforts, public celebration events, and professional development resources. View Website

The grant will support Civilla with further integration of Human Centered Design within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). 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 provides general operating support to the Detroit bureau of Chalkbeat. Kresge’s funding for Chalkbeat supports its efforts to highlight community voices and impacts on early childhood, education equity, and educational outcomes for children in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support The Big Cities Health Coalition’s goals to support the local public health ecosystem, be a resource to members, and foster leadership development amidst future public health challenges. View Website

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

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