This grant will support two projects at the Urban Institute. The first, the Transformative Climate Accelerator, will: 1) equip community economic development organizations in three cities with tools, technical support and data to integrate climate into their missions and capacities; and 2) identify models to be implemented elsewhere. The second, the Center for Local Finance and Growth, will provide CDFIs and related community development organizations with data-driven insights, advising, and convening opportunities. View Website

The Project uses regranting, coalition-building, and communications to amplify climate justice solutions led by grassroots organizations. View Website

This general operating support grant enables Smart Growth America to help create healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live for all people through research, advocacy, and direct support to community-based organizations, practitioners, and government at the intersection of transportation, climate, creativity, and housing issues. This cross-team investment reflects the importance of integrated approaches to tackling these issues and helping combat climate change, improve health outcomes, and connect residents to economic opportunity while uniquely applying arts and cultural methodologies for community engagement, research, and capacity-building. View Website

This grant will support the People's Climate Innovation Center (PCIC) to continue as the peer learning and capacity-building partner for Kresge's Climate Change, Health & Equity Initiative (CCHE). PCIC will design and execute place-based and national convenings, manage a flexible fund, and coordinate peer learning and capacity-building efforts with technical assistance partners to foster a strong community of learning and practice among grantees within the CCHE network. This grant also includes funds for PCIC's facilitation support at a Kresge-hosted event during the 2026 National Adaptation Forum in Pittsburgh, PA. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. will be the fiscal organization for this grant. View Website

This grant renews support for the People’s Solar Energy Fund, which pairs non-extractive financing with technical assistance and community organizing to scale community-led and community-serving solar energy projects. View Website

This grant supports the Initiative for Energy Justice, which provides frontline advocates—including in Kresge’s focus cities—as well as city and state policymakers with energy law and policy analysis and tools grounded in equity. Their ability to navigate within and between the worlds of law, policy, regulation, advocacy, and organizing lends them an invaluable role in helping to bring about a more equitable, just, and sustainable energy system. View Website

This will fortify the ability of community advocates to influence the equitable development of stormwater infrastructure investments through New Jersey Future’s Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers Campaign. View Website

This renewal grant supports ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability USA to advance its Communities Leading on Climate Mobility Initiative, strengthening local government capacity to plan for and respond to climate‑driven displacement in ways that advance resilience, equity, and shared prosperity. ICLEI will deepen and expand local pilot projects (including exploratory pilots in Detroit and New Orleans), broaden cohort‑based learning and peer exchange, and strengthen cross‑sector coordination. View Website

This grant will renew general operating support to Healthy Gulf to advance community-led climate resilience and coastal advocacy in New Orleans East and coastal Southeast Louisiana. Healthy Gulf will implement the New Orleans East Community Water Plan, strengthen resident leadership and coalition advocacy, and elevate community priorities in local and state infrastructure and coastal restoration decisions to help ensure climate investments advance racial and economic justice. View Website

GreenLatinos will leverage its national platform, policy expertise, and community partnerships to expand advocacy, strengthen Latino environmental leadership, and build durable organizational infrastructure. View Website

Freshwater Future will assist community-based organizations in Southeast Michigan to address flooding and other water equity issues by providing tools and technical assistance to develop and advocate for local and state policies that support community-driven solutions. View Website

The Center will expand its Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) investments in three cities - including Memphis - through innovative long-term local funding approaches, expanding place-based partnerships, and creating data-driven policies and implementation roadmaps. View Website

Environmental Community Action, Inc. (ECO-Action) will expand adult and youth programs of the Atlanta Watershed Learning Network to build the capacity of community leaders to advocate for stronger, more equitable stormwater management practices in metro-Atlanta, as well as convene community liaisons and residents to identify environmental, water, and climate justice priorities to strengthen statewide action through the Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN). View Website

This grant provides funding for Live6 Alliance to join the Detroit Home Repair Fund (DHRF) as a Non-Profit Partner and to complete 15 homes in the Livernois- McNichols geography. There is a great need for home repair in Fitzgerald, but existing resources have been limited in scope. Home repair was elevated as a strategy for stabilization in every planning study over the last decade, including the Action Agenda Plan. Supporting Liv 6 Alliance's inclusion in DHRF will have allow for homeowners to receive more comprehensive repairs and address a longstanding issue identified by residents. View Website

Collectrify awards grants to frontline organizations working to shift homes and communities to clean electricity by increasing the amount and percentage of funding going to community-based organizations grounded in equity-focused approaches. Windward Fund will be the fiscal organization for this grant. View Website

This project grant supports Building Bridges Across the River to continue partnering with communities across the country to develop anti- displacement strategies, strengthen cultural resilience, and advance equitable creative place-keeping modeled after its 11th Street Bridge Park. This grant supports continued thought partnership in Detroit on the Black Bottom/I-375 project. View Website

This general operating grant supports Alternate ROOTS, an Atlanta‑based national partner and regional intermediary for Southern artists and cultural organizers advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice through the arts. It works across 14 Southern states in support of a network of 350 members to provide artist fellowships, leadership development, convenings, movement partnerships, and youth programs that center culture as a driver of social change. View Website

This renewal grant supports Walker-Miller Energy Services, a nationally recognized Black-and woman-owned firm based in Detroit with deep expertise in energy efficiency, workforce development, and community engagement. Funding will support three climate justice initiatives: (1) sponsorship for RECESS 2025: Resilience and Equity in the Clean Energy Sector Summit, (2) advanced heat pump trainings, and (3) solar + storage site-assessment planning, to advance their vision of creating an Emerald Corner eco-district in New Center, in partnership with the NAACP. View Website

This grant supports the Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition (SWCBC) and partners in implementing place-based, community-driven climate and health interventions in the state’s industrial-transportation corridor. Building on longstanding partnerships in environmental health and justice, youth leadership, and policy advocacy, SWCBC aims to reduce climate and health risks, expand neighborhood resilience, and strengthen community capacity. View Website

This renewal grant expands Kresge’s support for two initiatives of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund preserves important sites of Black cultural heritage. RePurpose Capital provides lower-cost capital to adaptive-reuse projects in disinvested communities. View Website