In partnership with The Gilbert Foundation, this grant will support 10 Detroit-based BIPOC artist-led organizations to increase their capacity to support neighborhood-level projects and community-building efforts. View Website

The National Bankers Association - established 97 years ago as the Negro Bankers Association - serves as the voice of minority banking, representing 32 minority depository institutions, including the nation’s 19 Black-owned banks. This grant will support the NBA’s annual convening at $25,000 (Gold level), and fund research on mortgage lending from Minority Depository Institutions. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to The Boggs Center, a community organizing hub on Detroit’s east side that provides leadership development, political education, convening, and arts & culture organizing. View Website

This general operating grant to We the People of Detroit supports their efforts to advance civil rights, environmental justice, and water affordability through the community organizing, youth empowerment, participatory action research, and leadership development. View Website

This grant will enable the Detroit Historical Society (DHS) to work collaboratively with the Kresge Foundation to produce Kresge 100, a comprehensive exhibition and slate of community programs at the Detroit Historical Museum to commemorate 100 years of the Kresge Foundation. View Website

This grant provides project support to Detroit Champions for Hope to serve as an imperative lead focused on parent and family engagement and advocacy to implement the Hope Starts Here (HSH) framework. View Website

This general operating grant to Detroit Action supports their efforts to advance economic justice and workers’ rights for low-income Detroiters through relational organizing, coalition building, resident empowerment, and leadership development. View Website

Grant funding will be used to continue Detroit Future City’s stewardship of the Detroit Strategic Framework and expand its role in the equity ecosystem via land use and sustainability, community and economic development, economic equity, community engagement, and research initiatives. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to Mothering Justice, a national advocacy group focused on mothers and mothers of color, to advance the Mama’s Agenda in Detroit through organizing, leadership development and research. View Website

This cross-team grant provides general operating support to Force Detroit to address Detroit’s pervasive gun violence by implementing a neighborhood-based strategy that institutionalizes community violence intervention (CVI). View Website

This grant provides general operating support to Rising Voices in order to lead grassroots organizing in the metro Detroit region, with a focus on amplifying the voices and elevating priorities of Asian American women and youth. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) build a multiyear ethnic study organizing curriculum; 2) launch a youth organizing fellowship program; 3) increase AAPI participation in presidential and municipal elections; and 4) organize for greater language access across Michigan. View Website

This grant provides general operating support to the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion in order to shift from a role as a mediator of racial difference to an organizing hub in southeast Michigan. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) launch the Southeast Michigan Sankofa Alliance; 2) maintain the Mama Akua community house; 3) deliver racial equity and organizing trainings for justice-involved people; and 4) support their organizational transition to a co-executive directorship. View Website

This general operating grant to Detroit Justice Center supports their efforts to promote community-driven development and non-punitive forms of safety by providing legal infrastructure and technical assistance to frontline community organizations in Detroit. Among other things, funds from this grant will be used to 1) provide legal and technical support to frontline community organizations; 2) build the capacity of local community land trusts; 3) incubate restorative justice practices across the city; and 4) offer legal services and advocacy for Detroiters in the criminal legal system. View Website

This grant provides operating support to the Detroit Parks Coalition (DPC), an alliance of community members and park leaders working to support healthy, equitable and vibrant parks in Detroit, to sustain and develop its organizational capacity as an anchor for citywide parks funding and stewardship. DPC develops and facilitates citywide parks programming, raises money for park improvements, advocates for Detroit’s parks in local, regional and statewide spheres, and supports community organizations that care for Detroit’s parks through convening, investment, and capacity building. View Website

This general operating grant to Detroit Disability Power supports efforts to promote leadership, accessibility and visibility of the disabled community through coalition building, public education and community organizing. View Website

This general operating grant to Community Response Works (formerly known as Raheem.ai) supports their efforts to grow the field of community crisis response in Detroit by supporting the launch and scaling of community crisis response teams in the city. (After an initial payment of $100,000, this grant and additional scheduled payments were cancelled as Kresge became aware of allegations of serious financial irregularities, and a breakdown of governance and organization at Community Response Network rendered it ineligible for funding.) View Website

This project grant will allow Doing Development Differently Detroit to provide technical assistance to three identified pilot Community Investment Trust (CIT) projects, as well as explore various CIT scenarios and develop a CIT playbook tailored to Detroit. View Website

This grant provides project support to the Accounting Aid Society (AAS) to expand tax preparation capacity in Detroit’s neighborhoods as part of the Detroit Tax Credit Coalition. Kresge funding will ensure that non-filers who typically do not file taxes but are eligible for public benefits through the tax system can fully benefit from public resources by supporting AAS to extend tax prep capacity beyond the traditional tax season and to expand into neighborhood sites to provide tax prep services in locations most proximate to residents. View Website

This grant provides project support to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan to facilitate the Detroit Tax Credit Coalition, which coordinates tax preparation providers, community-based outreach partners and civic and corporate leaders to advance economic mobility for Detroiters by ensuring access to benefits available through federal and state tax filings. View Website

This grant aims to support the next phase of the partnership with the Economic Security Project (ESP), which is focused on activating and equipping the Guaranteed Income Community of Practice members to move from pilots to policy. This phase will likely include a national GBI summit in Detroit to catalyze existing efforts in Michigan. View Website