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.
Resource 2009 Kresge Annual Report January 1, 2010 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation and its grantmaking.
Resource ‘A different view of Detroit’ November 6, 2009 Focusing too intensively or too long on Detroit’s grittier challenges obscures a very different perspective – one that projects forward the assets and opportunities available for the city to capitalize on. (Closing plenary at the Independent Sector/ Council of Michigan Foundation annual conference.) Good afternoon, everyone. It has been an…
News & Views Profile of an artist: Marcus Belgrave, master jazz trumpet player October 8, 2009 A peripatetic performer, recording artist, jazz ambassador, and teacher, Belgrave has captivated audiences and inspired young musicians worldwide. “Music was all around me. I heard music and grew up in it. I was designed to be a musician. I can see no other way.” With these words, master jazz trumpeter…
News & Views Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave named 2009 Kresge Eminent Artist October 8, 2009 Detroit’s premier jazz musician and educator receives $50,000 prize from The Kresge Foundation. TROY, Mich. – Master jazz trumpet player Marcus Belgrave – who has enthralled audiences world-wide with his musical virtuosity and mentored scores of aspiring young musicians – has been named the 2009 Kresge Eminent Artist by The…
News & Views Detroit News Heralds Kresge As a Local Leader for Urban Revitalization August 6, 2009 Reporter says Kresge’s “fingerprints” appear on nearly every major venture in the city. TROY, MICHIGAN – In a front-page newspaper story, the Detroit News heralded The Kresge Foundation, led by President Rip Rapson, as “one of the largest and most-active donors among charitable foundations in Detroit.” News writer and author…
Resource Kresge acts to alleviate pressures of economic downturn July 16, 2009 My last post in February about the foundation’s response to the economic downturn described our plan to review requests from our capital-challenge grantees to help them complete their capital campaigns. We have since extended additional assistance in a number of forms – from providing more time to complete the campaign…