News & Views Kresge and M-1 RAIL partners pledge to resolve last issues surrounding Detroit light rail project June 4, 2012 Leaders of M-1 RAIL, a long-planned light rail project in Detroit, today released a statement following a meeting with local, state and federal officials. The M-1 group includes Roger Penske of Penske Corp., Dan Gilbert of Quicken Loans, M-1 RAIL CEO Matt Cullen and Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip…
News & Views Kresge’s Arts and Culture team will integrate its grantmaking framework under the concept of ‘creative placemaking’ May 22, 2012 The Kresge Foundation’s Arts and Culture team plans to roll out a new program that unifies the elements of the three-part framework that has guided its grantmaking since 2010. The aim – helping communities use arts and culture to create healthy, vibrant places – is unchanged. But where recent grantmaking…
News & Views Kresge president discusses findings from Center for Effective Philanthropy’s grantee perception report April 23, 2012 A recent Center for Effective Philanthropy report finds nonprofit organizations much more positive about The Kresge Foundation than a few years ago. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Grantee Perception Report ranked The Kresge Foundation higher in understanding of fields, communities, and organizations; clarity of written guidelines and program goals; and…
Resource Center for Effective Philanthropy surveys Kresge grantees to assess the foundation’s overall effectiveness, identify areas for improvement April 23, 2012 A Grantee Perception Report produced for The Kresge Foundation by the Center for Effective Philanthropy told us much of what we knew about our performance – and a good deal of what we didn’t. The first time we enlisted the Center for Effective Philanthropy to produce a Grantee Perception Report was in…
News & Views The Kresge Foundation makes multi-year commitment to bolster higher education in South Africa April 17, 2012 The plan builds on efforts to promote access and success in higher education in the U.S. The Kresge Foundation today announced it is renewing its commitment to South African higher education and expects to invest at least $15 million in the effort through 2018. That includes a continuation of its…
Resource Supporting South African higher education through student access and success April 17, 2012 Thank you, Shelagh, for that very kind introduction, and good evening to all of you. As always, we at Kresge cannot thank enough Shelagh Gastrow and all of her team at Inyathelo for all of their hard work putting this event together this evening, and for the years of extraordinary work they…
Resource Kresge Special Initiative in South Africa 2006-2010: Bolstering private giving for higher education April 16, 2012 This is the first in a series highlighting a five-year effort to build the capacity of higher education in South Africa. In a partnership with Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, the Kresge Special Initiative in South Africa 2006-2010 helped institutions boost private giving threefold. Other narrated slideshows in…
Resource Climate Adaptation as an Evolutionary Process: A White Paper April 6, 2012 A synthesis of information and ideas exchanged at a February, 2012, Kresge workshop focusing on different approaches to problems as well as other lessons in the field of climate-change adaptation. By Ron Brunner and John Nordgren
Resource Community health centers: Leveraging the social determinants of health March 27, 2012 A first-ever examination of community health centers’ role in addressing the social, economic, and physical conditions that contribute to poor health among the patients they serve. The work included the development of a database of 176 initiatives launched by 52 community health centers as well as 10 case studies. By…
Resource 2010-2011 Kresge Annual Report March 1, 2012 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.