Resource The Great Cost Shift Continues: State Higher Education Funding After the Recession April 2, 2014 In a little more than two decades, the United States has developed a debt-for-college-diploma system. States disinvested in higher education during economic downturns without restoring funding during times of economic expansion. Low- and middle-income households, at the same time, have experienced stagnant or declining income. Students increasingly use loans to…
Resource A toast to Kresge Eminent Artist Bill Rauhauser March 27, 2014 Shooting Detroit’s lunch counters and auto shows, parks and grocery stores – decisive moment by decisive moment, Bill Rauhauser captured his times, and our city, for eternity. (Remarks at an event at the Detroit Institute of Arts honoring The Kresge Foundation’s 2014 Eminent Artist.) Delivered on March 24 at a…
Resource Creative placemaking: The next phase for ArtPlace March 4, 2014 When you’re dealing with the wickedly difficult problems of our time, the potential of arts and culture to drive economic development, sensitive placemaking and the kind of long-term visioning that a community needs in order to remain vital must be at the center of the conversation. (Address to the ArtPlace…
News & Views Projects exemplify Kresge commitment to Detroit Future City February 4, 2014 Development framework gains traction with projects in neighborhoods across Detroit. A year ago, the long-awaited Detroit Future City framework was released to rousing applause from a room of 250 Detroiters, a cross-section of leaders from politics and business to community activism and philanthropy. Looking back, Laura Trudeau, Kresge Foundation senior…
News & Views Kresge Foundation thanks Trustee David W. Horvitz for eight years of service February 4, 2014 Horvitz cited as leading advocate of expansion of Kresge’s in-house investment office. The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees and staff thank David W. Horvitz for eight years of service. Horvitz is the chairman, president and CEO of WLD Enterprises, a private investment firm. He joined the foundation in December 2005…
Resource City Energy Project gives cities tools to establish vital, self-sustaining markets for energy efficiency January 29, 2014 The Kresge Foundation is proud to join with our colleagues at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies in support of a landmark initiative designed to create healthier, more prosperous American cities by targeting their largest source of energy use and pollution: buildings. We at The Kresge Foundation are…
News & Views Kresge among philanthropies helping Detroit honor its commitments to retirees and preserve art assets January 13, 2014 Foundation working group says participation in judge’s proposal is a complement to, not a replacement for, ongoing philanthropic initiatives. A foundation working group, which includes the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, William Davidson Foundation, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hudson-Webber Foundation, Kresge Foundation, John S.…
News & Views Photographer Bill Rauhauser selected as 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist January 9, 2014 Iconic Detroit photographer and educator Bill Rauhauser has been named the 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist. Rauhauser has devoted more than 60 years to “being there” – being present and engaged on the city’s streets, inside the studio and inside the classroom. He joins five other artists who have since 2008…
News & Views We hope for a swift and fair resolution,’ Kresge CEO says in response to Detroit’s eligibility to file for bankruptcy December 3, 2013 Foundation’s Rip Rapson issues a statement following federal court ruling For the city of Detroit, the decision issued today by U.S. Judge Steven Rhodes that the city is eligible to pursue Chapter 9 bankruptcy is a watershed event. The judge weighed weeks of testimony, voluminous filings and the human consequences…
Resource David DiChiera: 2013 Kresge Eminent Artist November 16, 2013 A monograph on the life and work of David DiChiera, founder and longtime music and general director of the Michigan Opera Theatre and the 2013 Kresge Eminent Artist. Prepared and published by The Kresge Foundation (2013). To accompany the monograph, Kresge supported the recording of DiChiera’s “Four Sonnets.” DiChiera set…