Resource Accomplishments of the partnership for higher education in Africa, 2000–2010: Report on a decade of collaborative foundation investment September 1, 2010 By Grant Lewis, S., Friedman, J., & Schoneboom, J. (2010). New York, NY: Partnership for Higher Education in Africa.
Resource Lessons from a 10-year funder collaborative: A case study of the partnership for higher education in Africa September 1, 2010 By Parker, S. (2010). New York, New York: Partnership for Higher Education in Africa.
Resource Rapson describes key role of mass transit in area revitalization efforts August 4, 2010 An official announcement of federal support for the M-1 Rail project offers an opportunity to detail the importance of light rail in stimulating development in the heart of Detroit and introducing residents to a new level of mobility. Thank you, Secretary Raymond LaHood and Administrator Peter Rogoff, for coming to…
News & Views U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Federal Support for Light Rail Along Detroit’s Woodward Avenue August 3, 2010 Local, state, philanthropic and federal officials gathered in Detroit for an announcement that initiated the federal government’s environmental impact statement process. DETROIT, MICHIGAN – An audience of about 150 people gathered on the steps of the Detroit Institute of Arts to hear U.S. Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood announce that the…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation awards $450,000 In fellowships to Detroit area literary and performing artists June 30, 2010 18 artists receive $25,000 each The Kresge Foundation is pleased to announce the 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowships in the literary and performing arts. Each of the 18 fellowships includes an unrestricted prize of $25,000 rewarding creative vision and commitment to excellence within a wide range of artistic disciplines. This is…
Resource At Washington forum, Rapson outlines the partnership between philanthropy and Detroit May 19, 2010 Philanthropy is helping crystallize a coherent municipal picture for Detroit – one that blends the public sector’s core competencies and responsibilities with philanthropy’s willingness to invest in the requisite preconditions for an improved quality of life, in new trajectories of economic opportunity and in community support structures for children and…
News & Views Kresge Foundation Announces New Grantmaking Strategies To Address Climate Change And Its Impacts March 30, 2010 TROY, MICHIGAN – The Kresge Foundation has announced new grantmaking strategies aimed at assisting society in mitigating the severity of climate change and proactively addressing its unavoidable impacts. Climate change is considered to be one of the most serious challenges facing the planet and its people. To implement Kresge’s multifaceted…
News & Views Kresge Gives More Than $1 Million To Help Double the Number of College Graduates in Michigan by 2025 January 5, 2010 With only one in three working-age adults in Michigan possessing a college degree, effort will help to strengthen the workforce and make the state more economically competitive. Troy, Michigan – The Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan, has thrown its grantmaking support squarely behind the state’s efforts to make postsecondary education…
Resource Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-open: A Free Press for a New Century January 1, 2010 By Lee C. Bollinger. (2010). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Resource Charles McGee: 2008 Kresge Eminent Artist January 1, 2010 By The Kresge Foundation, a monograph on the life, art and community contributions of the visual artist and 2008 recipient of the Kresge Eminent Artist Award. (2010). The Kresge Foundation.