Resource Qualities that guide our future work April 1, 2007 Welcome to the April version of the President’s Corner. In trying to build on, and out from, the well-established Kresge tradition of capital-challenge grants, we have found it helpful to articulate some basic qualities we hope will guide our foundation’s future work. There is nothing particularly original or surprising about…
Resource This is a whole new ballgame February 1, 2007 The basic contours and values of The Kresge Foundation’s grantmaking tradition have remained remarkably constant. It has been challenging and energizing to revisit that tradition, exploring how we can carry forward those qualities of greatest value while relinquishing practices that serve less well in a world that is changing so…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation Welcomes Elaine Rosen as Board of Trustees Chair January 17, 2007 DETROIT, MICHIGAN – The Kresge Foundation has selected Elaine D. Rosen, CLU, as the Chair of its Board of Trustees, a distinction shared by eight people over the course of the Foundation’s 83-year history. A Trustee of the Foundation since 2003, she most recently served as Co-Chair of the Search…
Resource 2006 Kresge Annual Report January 1, 2007 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.
Resource A year of change January 1, 2007 For the January 2007 installment of the President’s Corner, I am pleased to share a letter from the outgoing and incoming chairs of our Board of Trustees, Irene Y. Hirano (2003-06) and Elaine D. Rosen (2007): The Kresge Foundation is changing. We realize that is something that can – indeed,…
News & Views Kresge Leadership Transition Complete June 30, 2006 TROY, MICHIGAN – The leadership transition is now complete with Rip Rapson assuming the position of president and CEO as of July 1, 2006. He succeeds John E. Marshall III who retired after 27 years of leadership at The Kresge Foundation. Rip Rapson was most recently President of the McKnight…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation Returns to a Greener Headquarters February 22, 2006 TROY, MICHIGAN – The Kresge Foundation has returned to its newly-renovated headquarters on West Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan. The 82-year-old Foundation has added a 19,500-square-foot structure, restored a prairie landscape, and maintained and restored 19th century farm buildings on its three-acre site. The new office building is an…
Resource 2005 Kresge Annual Report January 1, 2006 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.
Resource 2004 Kresge Annual Report January 1, 2005 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.
Resource Changing the Odds: Lessons Learned from the Kresge HBCU Initiative January 1, 2005 By Schulze, B. S. (2005). Troy, Mich.: The Kresge Foundation. The Kresge HBCU Initiative was a five-year, $18 million program created and funded by The Kresge Foundation. The goal of the initiative was to help five historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) develop comprehensive advancement programs. The Initiative provided each…