We are an institution that is deeply committed to sharing the lessons that result from our work with grantees and partners through storytelling, research and convenings.
Our programs seek to expand opportunity for low-income people so they can gain the tools and supports needed to lead self-determined lives and join the economic mainstream.
We deploy an array of grantmaking and social investing tools – usually in partnership with nonprofit, public, private and philanthropic organizations – to address society’s most intractable problems.
We are a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit.
The New Florida Majority-Education Fund is an independent nonpartisan 501(c)3 multiracial, community-centered racial justice organization dedicated to creating an inclusive, equitable and just Flor
Housed at the Public Justice Center, the National Coalition for Civil Right to Counsel provides strategic and technical assistance to advocates nationally seeking to create laws and policies to exp
Detroit poet, activist and educator Gloria House has been named the 2019 Kresge Eminent Artist . The announcement came Thursday evening at the Masonic Temple’s Jack White Theater at the conclusion of a program honoring the first 10 Kresge Eminent Artists...
A 13-year partnership between the Kresge Foundation and Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, helped eight universities and one teaching hospital double, triple, and in some cases, quadruple private fundraising between 2006 and 2019. This week, Kresge Education Program Managing...
Sheryl Madden has been named deputy CFO and controller at The Kresge Foundation. A certified public accountant, Madden has more than 20 years of finance, accounting, investment, tax and budget experience. She joined Kresge in 2009 as controller. In her newly expanded role, Madden will lead the...
