Resource New directions, venerable traditions: A case study of change at The Kresge Foundation July 12, 2007 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – What a pleasure it is to talk with you. The institutions in this room have been front-line innovators in so many dimensions. By creating bridges between higher education and the broader community through efforts such as Campus Compact, Alternative Spring Break or any number of…
News & Views Kresge Foundation Joins The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa June 6, 2007 NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa is pleased to announce the addition of The Kresge Foundation to its team of partnering foundations. “We very warmly welcome the Kresge Foundation into the partnership and are delighted with the prospect of working more closely with, and…
Resource Working beyond the fence line: The changing roles of philanthropy June 6, 2007 As the effects of globalism, immigration, economic restructuring, terrorism and climate change ricochet with unprecedented complexity throughout our society, the need for new organizational linkages becomes increasingly acute. The challenges are simply too complex for one sector to take on by itself. (Remarks at the Nonprofit Awards Luncheon of the…
Resource Qualities that guide our future work April 1, 2007 Welcome to the April version of the President’s Corner. In trying to build on, and out from, the well-established Kresge tradition of capital-challenge grants, we have found it helpful to articulate some basic qualities we hope will guide our foundation’s future work. There is nothing particularly original or surprising about…
Resource This is a whole new ballgame February 1, 2007 The basic contours and values of The Kresge Foundation’s grantmaking tradition have remained remarkably constant. It has been challenging and energizing to revisit that tradition, exploring how we can carry forward those qualities of greatest value while relinquishing practices that serve less well in a world that is changing so…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation Welcomes Elaine Rosen as Board of Trustees Chair January 17, 2007 DETROIT, MICHIGAN – The Kresge Foundation has selected Elaine D. Rosen, CLU, as the Chair of its Board of Trustees, a distinction shared by eight people over the course of the Foundation’s 83-year history. A Trustee of the Foundation since 2003, she most recently served as Co-Chair of the Search…
Resource A year of change January 1, 2007 For the January 2007 installment of the President’s Corner, I am pleased to share a letter from the outgoing and incoming chairs of our Board of Trustees, Irene Y. Hirano (2003-06) and Elaine D. Rosen (2007): The Kresge Foundation is changing. We realize that is something that can – indeed,…
Resource 2006 Kresge Annual Report January 1, 2007 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.
News & Views Kresge Leadership Transition Complete June 30, 2006 TROY, MICHIGAN – The leadership transition is now complete with Rip Rapson assuming the position of president and CEO as of July 1, 2006. He succeeds John E. Marshall III who retired after 27 years of leadership at The Kresge Foundation. Rip Rapson was most recently President of the McKnight…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation Returns to a Greener Headquarters February 22, 2006 TROY, MICHIGAN – The Kresge Foundation has returned to its newly-renovated headquarters on West Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan. The 82-year-old Foundation has added a 19,500-square-foot structure, restored a prairie landscape, and maintained and restored 19th century farm buildings on its three-acre site. The new office building is an…