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A blue brick background with the text: The Kresge Foundation PathBreakers 2024 Annual Report, and an illustration of a diverse group of twelve community leaders.

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Introducing: 2024 Annual Report, ‘PathBreakers’, and Kresge podcast

June 17, 2025

General Foundation News

Featured Stories

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Feature Story

Bridging innovation: New Orleans BioDistrict leaders learn alongside Memphis Medical District

June 23, 2025

American Cities

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25 artists named 2025 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award winners

June 26, 2025

Detroit

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Commentary

The climate crisis is a public health crisis – we need to treat it like one

April 9, 2025

Environment, Health

Feature Story

CCHE, CREWS partners deepen collaboration, connections to address climate issues

October 29, 2024

Environment

Feature Story

Coalition of Communities of Color cultivates justice in a changing climate

July 29, 2024

Environment, Health

A quote card with a photo of Katie Huffling and her quote: In a world awash with misinformation about healthand climate change, nurses are well-positioned to provide reliable, evidence-based information on both. - Katie Huffling, Executive Director, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Commentary

Op-ed: In a warming world, nurses heal people and the planet

June 25, 2024

Environment, Health

A graphic with text and a photo: Congratualtions! Shamar Bibbins, Managing Director Environment Program (Effective Sept. 30)

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National climate leader Shamar A. Bibbins promoted to managing director of Kresge’s Environment Program

June 17, 2024

Environment

A graphic with text and photo of: Congratulations on your retirement and thank you! Lois DeBacker, Managing Director, Environment Program

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National climate funder Lois DeBacker to retire after 33 years in environmental philanthropy

June 3, 2024

Environment

A quote card with the photo, name and title of Kresge President & CEO Rip Rapson, and the quote: "Nothing in the vicissitudes of the emergent political environment changes our commitment to (our) values. We will work as we have, understanding full well that we may need to … meet the particulars of a new reality and provide our community partners with support different in kind or magnitude from what we’ve provided before now."

Commentary

Anchored in shared values: How we all move forward together

November 4, 2024

From the President

Quote card: “At Kresge, we imagine a future where everyone is protected from the short- and long-term effects of climate change because their communities have proactively transitioned to renewable energy, prepared for climate change impacts, and done so by elevating equity as a critical priority. We view climate change as a threat to opportunity, particularly for people of low wealth and people of color." - Lois DeBacker, Managing Director, Environment Program

Feature Story

Looking back: The evolution of Kresge’s environmental funding

May 15, 2024

Centennial, Environment

Feature Story

Looking Back: More than medicine: A commitment to community health

May 7, 2024

Centennial, Health

Quote card: "I see community and economic development as foundational to climate action. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law, there are gobs of new resources available to households and businesses. Still, the implementation of those laws will require local action on a monumental scale — especially if we want those resources to flow to the people who need them most." - Andrew Rumbach, Urban Institute

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Q&A: How to address climate impacts, reduce silos and blend practices with Urban Institute

April 24, 2024

American Cities, Centennial, Environment, Health

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