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A Black man in a yellow shirt is smiling and standing outside of his house next to a blue front door with a window.

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Resilient Neighborhoods: Empowerment program helps seniors age in place with home repair grants and education

May 7, 2025

Detroit

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A large group of students and fraternity members are gathered on a stage with a sign behind them that reads From Detroit 2 the Yard.

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Lee: College Decision Day provides a moment of validation for student achievement and aspiration

May 14, 2025

Education

Four people sit at a table with one speaking and holding a microphone. Behind them is a screen that reads Strengthening Whole Child Communities: Raising the Bar from Cradle to Career.

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Helping children thrive: Community of practice links local programs supporting kids and families from birth to career

April 22, 2025

Detroit, Education

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Quote from Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson: " "Gilda Jacobs has been a fierce advocate for children, for equity and for justice, pushing the state of Michigan to live to its responsibilities and values to better support economically vulnerable families. "

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Statement from Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson on the retirement of Gilda Jacobs

June 10, 2021

From the President

A open window sframes a suburban house and neighborhood from inside a construction project.

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Mission, Money & Markets: Is 2021 a turning point for the Opportunity Zones incentive?

June 10, 2021

Social Investment Practice

The image is of a man wearing a light green short-sleeved shirt and a mask receiving a shot in his left arm from a man wearing blue medical scrubs, purple medical gloves and a mask.

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Kresge awards $2.1 million in grants to boost vaccination efforts, address health disparities

June 9, 2021

American Cities, COVID-19, Detroit, Health

News

New Collaborative announces grants to improve postsecondary transfer pathways in LA County

June 3, 2021

Education

Picture of Detroit Program Managing Director Wendy Lewis Jackson with quote: "The Michigan Justice Fund is addressing some of the most vexing and pernicious obstacles to true justice and sustainable safety.”

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Justice system reform projects receive over $2 million from joint philanthropy fund

June 3, 2021

Detroit

This image showcases a flooded neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, captured by the U.S. Geological Survey. Four houses are shown in the photograph. Flood waters rise above the porch level of each home. In some cases, stairwells are completely covered by stormwater.

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New Navigate the Flood guide offers tools to manage urban stormwater and climate-induced flooding

June 2, 2021

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

The aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 where white mobs murdered hundreds of Black citizens and burned down a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The black and white photo depicts a street in the Greenwood area with the charred remains of multiple homes and businesses and smoke rising from the ashes in the background.

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Rapson: Acknowledging the horror of the Tulsa Race Massacre is only a first step to addressing racial reconciliation

June 1, 2021

From the President

Collage of photos of early Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit efforts, including men with shovels working near a cement mixer, lawn mowers set out for a community cleanup, a woman cutting a ribbon for park exercise equipment, picture of teen at piano at a boxing gym, etc.

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Evaluation is moment to look back and ahead for Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit

June 1, 2021

Detroit

A colorful mural on a brick wall honoring the life of George Floyd. It has the words George Floyd and his image in the middle with a flower behind that has a dark center with the words ‘Say our names’ and a list of names of people who lost their lives at the hands of the police. There are images of people raising their fists in the letters of George Floyd’s name. There are images of hearts in chalk on the wall and tributes of flowers, balloons and signs below the mural on the sidewalk.

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Rapson: Reflecting on George Floyd’s murder and the continued pursuit of full racial justice

May 25, 2021

From the President

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