Resource Primary Protection: Enhancing Health Care Resilience for a Changing Climate January 24, 2015 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes case studies from hospitals, nursing homes and other residential health facilities that have experienced or sustained damage from extreme weather events, and gathers together their collective responses into a set of emerging best practices. It is coauthored by John Balbus of…
Resource Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative learning event January 22, 2015 Kresge’s Environment Program hosts a peer-learning event in Berkeley, Calif. with grantees from its Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative Jan. 26-28. Participants include representatives from 17 nonprofit organizations awarded nine-month planning grants in late 2014. The grants support the development of multiyear work plans aimed at driving large-scale shifts…
News & Views Kresge CEO explores role in arts and culture in Detroit in Federal Reserve journal January 13, 2015 Along with publishing an issue dedicated to creative placemaking, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank is hosting a discussions with leaders in the field on Jan. 14, which will be livestreamed.
News & Views Kresge and Surdna foundations support community lenders’ integration of arts and culture in local revitalization efforts January 8, 2015 Projects being funded include affordable housing, incubator spaces for artists and creative entrepreneurs.
Resource Arts and Culture in Detroit: Central to Our Past and Our Future January 8, 2015 Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson wrote this article on the role of arts and culture in Detroit’s revitalization for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s journal Community Development Investment Review. See the complete issue of the Community Development Investment Review, volume 10, issue 2.
News & Views Public health teams around U.S. chosen for projects to help communities, enhance leadership January 6, 2015 Public health teams selected in nationwide, competitive process will receive up to $125,000 and technical assistance to implement projects in their communities.
Resource What Can Foundations Do to Foster Community Investment? 10 Roles for Philanthropy December 11, 2014 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 a series of publications on that subject. It is the work of Robin…
Resource What Detroit can teach us all December 11, 2014 Retired public employees and artwork: two civic assets rarely thought of in the same breath. But in Detroit – and, indeed, in countless cities across the country – the duo constitute an essential part of the city soul. Take Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals, a work as iconic as any on…
News & Views Early childhood education: Kresge pledges $20M to White House initiative December 10, 2014 Business, philanthropies and nonprofits invest in high-quality education for nation’s youngest individuals. The Kresge Foundation has committed $20 million over five years to help ensure Detroit’s youngest children have access to high-quality early childhood education and are well prepared for school. Today’s commitment is part of Invest in US, a…
Resource Cross-sector collaboration is vital to economic development November 13, 2014 Community and economic development presents a constellation of challenges so intertwined and complex that it will be the increasingly rare circumstance in which these challenges can be resolved through neat and tidy technical interventions instead of multifaceted adaptive solutions requiring changes in beliefs, priorities and behaviors of multiple parties. (Address…