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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

Wayne State University

This grant provides two years of continued support for Bloomberg terminal subscriptions that equip students at the Mike Ilitch School of Business with the real-world tools to learn about investment fund management. Grant funds will enable WSU to expand the number of terminals from 12 to 24, enabling the SMIF program to keep up with the significant growth in student interest since the program was launched. View Website

Amount

338,464

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Program

Detroit

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

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

Marygrove Conservancy

This grant supports Marygrove Conservancy to engage an architect team to complete a campus framework plan. The campus framework plan will provide a foundational scope for future campus development that will inform the parameters for the design of Kresge's new HQ building and associated public spaces. View Website

Amount

197,000

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Mich.

Program

Detroit

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

CultureSource

The grant supports The Concert of Colors an annual, highly visible community-building event that celebrates the diversity of our region through free, immersive musical, artistic, and spoken word performances and programming, including neighborhood-based events organized by more than 60 cultural organizations. View Website

Amount

100,000

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

Arts and Culture Ecosystem

Community Action Partnership

This renewal grant will enable the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP) to continue and deepen its focus on bringing the clean-building and clean-energy transition to communities served by Community Action Agencies. This grant also includes sponsorship support for NCAP’s 2025 national conference in Detroit. View Website

Amount

100,000

Year

2025

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Detroit, Environment

Focus Area

Field Building

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

United Way for Southeastern Michigan

United Way for Southeastern Michigan received support to lead Hope Starts Here's Imperative #5, focusing on data and systems integration for early childhood services. The grant enables implementation of the Connect4Care Community Information Exchange, creating a unified access point for early childhood enrollment, healthcare, and basic needs services, with a pilot program launching in Southwest Detroit through partnerships with community organizations. View Website

Amount

$250,000

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

Southwest Detroit Business Association Inc.

This grant provides project support to the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) to strengthen the economic and cultural vitality of Southwest Detroit's Vernor corridor through a community placemaking initiative and build out of a retail accelerator to support local, resident-owned small businesses. The work advances economic opportunity and community wealth-building in one of Detroit's vibrant neighborhoods by centering resident entrepreneurs and cultural assets. View Website

Amount

$100,000

Year

2025

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Program

Detroit

Focus Area

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