Resource Primary care 2025: A scenario exploration February 7, 2012 A project developed by the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) with support from The Kresge Foundation to explore how Americans could select, pay for and receive primary care, and how patient-doctor relationships may change in the near future. The scenarios are meant to enable leaders in health care to make…
News & Views Detroit’s Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett named 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist January 27, 2012 ‘Godmother of African-American poetry’ credited with fostering young talent. Award-winning poet, editor, and educator Naomi Long Madgett – who nurtured aspiring Detroit poets through her teaching, annual poetry award, and publishing company – has been named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist. The award and $50,000 prize recognize Madgett’s decades of…
Resource Constancy in an Environment of Change: The Continuing Case for Detroit January 12, 2012 Address delivered at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
News & Views Kresge remains committed to light rail project on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue December 16, 2011 Light rail and bus rapid transit can work together to revitalize the urban core and improve regional transit. Rip Rapson, the president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, today issued a statement formally responding to this week’s announcement that a long-planned light rail project in Detroit would be abandoned in…
Resource Weaving Success: Voices of Change in African Education December 1, 2011 A digital book by Megan Lindow. Published by the Institute of International Education. The book documents the impact of the investment by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, Collectively, seven foundations invested $440 million in African higher education over the partnership’s 10-year life. (A limited number of physical books…
Resource Catalyst, A Publication of the American Architectural Foundation November 28, 2011 A special issue on rebuilding industrial cities looks at a resurgence of hope and pride in America’s cities. Kresge President and CEO Ripson is featured in an article that discusses design as a revitalization strategy. That story, by Ronald Bogle, president and CEO of the American Architectural Foundation, begins on…
Resource Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants: Electricity’s Thirst for a Precious Resource November 15, 2011 The Kresge-funded research by the Energy and Water in a Warming World initiative represents the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources in the U.S. and the information available to help guide public- and private-sector decision-makers. By Averyt, K., J. Fisher, A. Huber-Lee,…
Resource 2011 Kresge Eminent Artist Bill Harris November 2, 2011 2011 Kresge Eminent Artist Bill Harris talks about writing and teaching “the Detroit way.” The Eminent Artist recognizes an exceptional artist for professional achievements and contributions to the cultural community. The award also encourages that individual’s pursuit of a chosen art form and an ongoing commitment to metropolitan Detroit. (Videographer:…
Resource How philanthropy can respond to a new set of economic ground rules November 2, 2011 The Kresge Foundation’s strategies for grantmaking increasingly seek to protect against the kind of harm wrought by economic contractions and policy reconfiguration. Double-dip recession. European bank meltdown. Erosion of consumer confidence and consumption. Washington gridlock. The state of things is precarious and perilous. And that doesn’t begin to reach the…
Resource Smart money: Informing higher education philanthropy October 27, 2011 The Kresge-funded research by the Institute for Higher Education Policy focuses on metropolitan areas and identifies distinct postsecondary education funding strategies based on data about degree completion and other factors. (October 2011)