News & Views Report shares insights and lessons on two community-arts pilot initiatives March 11, 2015 Lessons and insights from pair of Kresge efforts should be of value to other funders and to the field at large.
Resource Community Investment – Focusing on the System Worksheets March 11, 2015 The Kresge Foundation and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are sponsoring a project designed to improve the ability of cities to attract and deploy socially motivated investment capital at scale. These worksheets, from “Community Investment: Focusing on a Solution,” are part of an ongoing series of publications on…
Resource Community Investment – Focusing on the System March 11, 2015 The Kresge Foundation and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are sponsoring a project designed to improve the ability of cities to attract and deploy socially motivated investment capital at scale. This paper is part of an ongoing series of publications on capital absorption, resulting from the work of…
News & Views Paula Pretlow joins Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees March 9, 2015 Kresge’s 12-member board gains a retired investment executive with deep commitment to civic leadership and volunteerism.
News & Views ‘The Other College Guide’ takes a fresh approach to guiding students to success March 4, 2015 While traditional guides rank colleges using opinion surveys and data that generally fail to consider outcomes, the new bookfocuses on data such as graduation rates, student loan default rates, the percentage of students receiving Pell grants and the percentage of applicants admitted.
News & Views Report points to priorities and needs of low-income people in climate-resilience planning March 2, 2015 The report challenges the notion of “bouncing back” in the wake of disruptions accompanying changes in climate, and makes the case for advancing efforts to end the inequities and unsustainable resource use the contributors see as the heart of climate crisis.
Resource Insights and Lessons | Community Arts and College Arts March 2, 2015 In a report for The Kresge Foundation, Ann McQueen and Julia Gittleman examine two pilot initiatives launched at the time of the Great Recession in the U.S. The foundation’s Arts and Culture Program undertook a pair of initiatives – Community Arts and College Arts – as a way to challenge…
News & Views Health Program sharpens focus on improving conditions that affect community health February 25, 2015 The Developing Healthy Places focus area emphasizes place-based, community-driven aspects of efforts to improve healthy housing and neighborhoods, food systems, equitable land-use and transportation. The Accelerating Community-Centered Approaches to Health focus area calls on hospitals, clinics, providers, payers and others to work together in addressing the social and physical conditions…
News & Views Expanded Arts and Culture grant opportunity stresses cross-sector efforts February 24, 2015 Proposals that win support under the program’s Strong, Healthy Places theme will integrate arts and culture in community revitalization by bringing together disciplines such as health, environment, human services, education, arts and culture and community development.
Resource Kresge Foundation peer-learning event | Conversation with Rip Rapson February 23, 2015 Representatives of nonprofit organizations awarded grants through Kresge’s Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative, and other foundation partners, gathered to discuss ways to strengthen climate-resilience in low-income communities. This conversation was part of a two-day convening. Rip Rapson, Kresge’s president and CEO, spoke with Marian Urquilla as part of the…