Resource Breaking Down Creative Placemaking April 19, 2016 This report looks at two examples of creative placemaking, both supported by The Kresge Foundation: the North Collinwood Waterloo Arts District in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Westside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky.
Resource Creative Placemaking introduction booklet April 19, 2016 This booklet explains the basic concepts of Creative Placemaking and offers examples of such work supported by Kresge.
News & Views Metro Detroit arts and cultural organizations invited to apply for operating support grants from The Kresge Foundation April 18, 2016 Detroit Arts Support grants provide unrestricted operating dollars to organizations in the performing, visual and literary arts. Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, May 18, for the grants, which range from $5,000 to $75,000 per year.
News & Views Prescribed burn keeps Kresge Foundation prairie healthy, invasives at bay April 17, 2016 Flames crackled within a few feet of The Kresge Foundation’s headquarters Saturday afternoon – and everyone was smiling. The prescribed burn of the foundation’s native prairie grass and wetland landscape is an annual event that helps invigorate native plant species and keep invasive species from crowding them out. Native plants have…
News & Views Regina R. Smith to lead Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program April 4, 2016 Regina R. Smith has been named managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture Program, President and CEO Rip Rapson announced today, following an extensive national search. Smith has been with the Foundation since 2008 as a program officer and senior program officer, working to advance the deliberate integration…
News & Views Kresge launches RFP to provide up to $30M in new flexible-use capital through a standardized loan product March 31, 2016 The Kresge Foundation today is launching Kresge Community Finance, a $30 million program-related investment (PRI) finance offering available to two key organizational types working to expand opportunities for low-income people in America’s cities. The foundation will select applications through a competitive Request-for-Proposals (RFP) process. The RFP is open exclusively to certified…
Resource In honor of Leni Sinclair, Kresge Eminent Artist for 2016 March 31, 2016 (Adapted from remarks delivered at a reception honoring Leni Sinclair’s selection as the 2016 Kresge Eminent Artist, held March 22, 2016 at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.) My thanks to all of you for being here this evening. In our Eminent Artists we honor exceptional lifelong achievements and contributions…
Resource Kresge Community Finance RFP March 31, 2016 Kresge Community Finance is a $30 million program-related investment (PRI) finance offering to certified Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI) and quasi-public or private Development Finance Agencies (DFA) expanding opportunities for low-income people in America’s cities. The foundation will select applications through a competitive Request-for-Proposals (RFP). Successful nonprofit applicants also will receive…
News & Views Kresge invests $2M in Living Cities to support new Blended Catalyst Fund March 30, 2016 The Kresge Foundation today announced a $2 million investment through its Social Investment Practice in Living Cities’ newly launched Blended Catalyst Fund, a $31 million impact investing debt fund that will test innovative approaches to solving urban problems. The Blended Catalyst Fund combines philanthropic and commercial debt under the premise…
News & Views Detroit revitalization advocate Laura Trudeau to retire after 40 year career March 29, 2016 The Kresge Foundation today announced that Laura Trudeau, managing director of its Detroit Program, will retire at the end of the year. Trudeau, 62, joined the foundation in 2001 and has played a central role in nearly every significant revitalization project in the city of Detroit over the past 15…