Resource Empowering Prosperity: Strengthening Human Services Impacts Through Asset Integration October 14, 2015 Billed as a “Guidebook to Stimulate Discussion and Action,” this publication of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy and the National Human Services Assembly outlines key approaches to asset development and work in that field by U.S. human services agencies. Among other topics, the publication is intended to familiarize…
News & Views Kresge Foundation initiative to fund more innovative neighborhood projects across Detroit October 13, 2015 Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit grants are already having an impact in neighborhoods around the city. Applications for a second of three rounds of grant funding will be due in November, and awards will be announced in March 2016.
News & Views Smart money: Report finds building for climate resilience can leverage strong financial returns on investment October 9, 2015 The report released by the Urban Land Institute, with funding from The Kresge Foundation, found an array of benefits from climate-smart designs in addition to their strength against climate unpredictability, such as improved energy efficiency, greater sale and leasing success, and lower insurance rates.
Resource Returns on Resilience: The Business Case October 8, 2015 The Urban Land Institute has released Returns on Resilience: The Business Case. The Kresge Foundation-funded report identifies real estate projects designed to perform well in the face of climate-related threats and illuminates ways in which investments in resilience strategies provide financial and other returns.
Resource Funding the Extraordinary: An Evaluation of The Kresge Foundation Arts and Culture Program’s Institutional Capitalization Grantmaking October 7, 2015 A series of Kresge Foundation grants desiged to help arts-related nonprofits better undersand their financial situation and improve their balance sheets resulted in positive changes within organizatonal practices, according to an analysis by the Nonprofit Finance Fund.
News & Views Kresge grantmaking initiative holds lessons, guidance for arts groups seeking to build stronger capitalization practices October 6, 2015 A series of Kresge Foundation grants designed to help arts-related nonprofits better understand their financial situation and improve their balance sheets resulted in positive changes within organizational practices, according to an analysis by Nonprofit Finance Fund released today. The Kresge-commissioned analysis focused on 36 grants made through Kresge’s Arts &…
News & Views Kresge powers new investment course at Oakland University September 30, 2015 The student-management investment fund was created to bolster a talent pipeline of candidates to fill local investment jobs. "We are optimistic that we will be able to retain our locally trained talent, who typically head to New York City for their first professional experience, to explore and fill the many…
Resource Student-managed investment fund a way to nurture local talent, connect to local opportunity September 30, 2015 Delivered Sept. 30, 2015, at a press conference at Oakland University announcing the formation of a $2 million student-managed investment fund carved out of The Kresge Foundation’s $3.5 billion investment portfolio and intended to provide real-world investment experience to OU undergraduates while exposing them to local career opportunities in investment management. …
News & Views Public housing as a platform for social services can contribute to low-income families’ stability, independence September 28, 2015 Successful coordinating of services rests on the ability of families to find services close to home, and the ability of developers and managers to provide platforms on which residents can build stable, healthy lives, according to the analysis by the Urban Institute's HOST program, a grantee of The Kresge Foundation’s…
Resource Building Public Housing Authority Capacity for Better Resident Services September 28, 2015 A review by the Urban Institute concludes that public housing facilities are ideal locations for on-site services that help low-income and vulnerable families achieve stability and independence. Partnerships between public housing agencies and human services providers that offer relevant and accessible counseling, parenting skills, health and other supportive services is…