Walker-Miller Energy Services 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 Amount $200,000 Year 2025 Location Detroit, MI Program Environment Focus Area Field Building
Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition 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 Amount $300,000 Year 2025 Location Detroit, MI Program Environment Focus Area
Louisiana Green Corps This grant will support the Louisiana Green Corps (LAGC) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local level that help communities in New Orleans better prepare for and respond to the health and economic effects of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. LAGC is one of 32 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website Amount $650,000 Year 2025 Location Program Environment Focus Area
Fresno Building Healthy Communities This grant will support Fresno Building Healthy Communities (FBHC) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local level that help communities in Fresno better prepare for and respond to the health and economic effects of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. FBHC is one of 32 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website Amount $375,000 Year 2025 Location Fresno, CA Program Environment Focus Area
Faith in the Valley This grant will support Faith in the Valley (FIV) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local level that help communities in Fresno better prepare for and respond to the health and economic effects of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. FIV is one of 32 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website Amount $375,000 Year 2025 Location Stockton, CA Program Environment Focus Area
Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative This grant will support the Fairmount Indigo CDC (FICC), to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local, regional, and state level 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. Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location Boston, Massachusetts Program Environment Focus Area
Center for Transforming Communities This grant will support the Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions at the local level that help communities in Memphis better prepare for and respond to the health and economic effects of climate disruption by partnering with health and other multi-sector partners. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2025 Location Memphis, Tennessee Program Environment Focus Area
Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative This grant will support the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) in mobilizing health care and public health professionals to advance climate-related strategies, practice, and program implementation by supporting place-based community-driven solutions that help communities better prepare for and respond to the health and economic effects of climate disruption. BARHII is one of 32 organizations recommended for implementation funding as part of Kresge’s Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) initiative. View Website Amount $675,000 Year 2025 Location Oakland, California Program Environment Focus Area
US Water Alliance This grant will support the 2026 CREWS Grant Partner Convening which will be held in New Orleans, LA, in March 2026. The grant will fund strategic facilitation, event-planning, and logistics support by the US Water Alliance (Alliance) and Catalyst Collaboratives LLC, as well as lodging, meals, transportation, site visits, honorariums, and vendors. This grant also funds a grantee networking event at the Alliance’s 2025 One Water Summit. View Website Amount $303,500 Year 2025 Location Washington, D.C. Program Environment Focus Area
RE-volv This grant will support RE-volv, a solar + storage developer and current Kresge PRI loan and guarantee recipient, in its efforts to engage with community action agencies and the National Community Action Partnership. View Website Amount $70,000 Year 2025 Location San Franscisco Program Environment, Social Investment Practice Focus Area Field Building
Partnership for Southern Equity This grant will support Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) to implement place-based community-driven climate interventions in Southwest Atlanta 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 Atlanta, Georgia Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Environment, Health Focus Area
Marin Community Foundation This grant will support the Community Foundation Climate Collaborative in its efforts to help community foundations across the country advance local climate action. Roughly half of this grant will support work in Kresge’s focus cities, and half will support the national membership network. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2025 Location Program American Cities, Environment Focus Area
Just Solutions Collective This grant provides continued support for the Just Solutions Collective, a national organization working to enable equitable and effective climate action at the state and local level. Community Initiatives provides fiscal sponsorship. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2025 Location Program Environment Focus Area Field Building
Inclusive Prosperity Capital, Inc. This grant will provide general operating support to Inclusive Prosperity Capital (IPC), a current PRI investee, as it seeks to stabilize from recent claw backs of federal funding aimed at expanding access to solar energy for communities with low income. View Website Amount $100,000 Year 2025 Location Program Environment, Social Investment Practice Focus Area Field Building
Healthy Gulf This grant will renew general operating support to Healthy Gulf, whose staff will support robust community engagement in New Orleans and coastal Louisiana to strengthen climate-resilience planning and decision-making at the local level, including consideration of economic, environmental, and social justice factors. View Website Amount $125,000 Year 2025 Location New Orleans, Louisiana Program Environment Focus Area
Green the Church Renewable Energy Development Dev Co, LLC This renewal grant will support capacity-building efforts for Green the Church – Renewable Energy Development (GTC-RED), a Kresge PRI loan recipient and a solar+storage developer working with houses of worship to develop comprehensive resiliency and decarbonization hubs that leverage EV charging as a source of revenue. View Website Amount $100,000 Year 2025 Location Program Environment, Social Investment Practice Focus Area Field Building
Grants Awarded The renewal grant will continue support for the CDFI Climate Crisis Working Group (CCWG), a network of over 800 CDFI staff and stakeholders. Amount $50,000 Year 2025 Location Program Environment, Social Investment Practice Focus Area Field Building
Earth Economics Earth Economics (EE) makes the case for the multiple co-benefits of equitable green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). With renewed support, EE will provide 15 community-based organizations, including Kresge CREWS grant partners, with GSI research, valuation, and tools tailored to help communities advocate for local water projects and climate resilience policies centered on community needs. View Website Amount $550,000 Year 2025 Location Tacoma, Washington Program Environment Focus Area
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