Resource Tracking Transfer: Community College & 4-Year Institutional Effectiveness in Broadening Bachelor’s Degree Attainment March 21, 2024 A bachelor’s degree is increasingly necessary for securing a job that pays a family-supporting wage, yet while most community college students aspire to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree, too few make it through to this goal: Nearly 80% of community college students want to transfer and earn a bachelor’s…
News & Views Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund awards $1.5M in conservation grants March 21, 2024 The Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund partners have announced $1.5 million in grant funding for five projects that will benefit communities and wildlife habitats in southeast Michigan. The grants were awarded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and will leverage $900,000 in matching contributions to generate a total conservation…
News & Views Looking back: Six special initiatives set the stage for today’s modern program work March 20, 2024
News & Views Kresge Foundation name being used in scams; How to report fraudulent activity March 18, 2024 Individuals have been fraudulently posing online, in emails, in text messages and on social media, as “representatives” of The Kresge Foundation. These individuals are using the foundation’s name without authorization and have contacted people to suggest that funds may be forthcoming if personal identification and financial information is provided. These…
Resource Just Infrastructure campaign aims to bring billions of federal water dollars into neighborhoods March 13, 2024 The water we drink and the nature that nourishes us deserve meaningful investment. The good news is funding is available through the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help communities reach their water infrastructure goals. Yet, many organizations are not equipped to access these funds. To help ensure…
News & Views Jackson: Redevelopment without displacement? Here’s how it can happen. March 12, 2024 “It seems like whenever development comes to your neighborhood, they develop the people right out of the neighborhood.” Those words from restaurateur Marvin Smith were heard across the country recently in a report aired on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered (ATC) program. Smith was speaking specifically about Cincinnati’s Over…
Resource CCHE network partner wins to advance climate resilience and health equity March 11, 2024 Through the Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative (CCHE), The Kresge Foundation aims to build capacity in the health care and public health sectors to promote health equity and climate resilience in their operations and practices, mobilize health care and public health practitioner engagement in climate advocacy and strengthen community-based…
Resource Reflections on CBO partnerships with researchers and local government to advance climate resilience and health equity March 11, 2024 Through the Climate Change, Health & Equity (CCHE) initiative, The Kresge Foundation aims to build the capacity of health care and public health to promote equitable climate-resilience in their operations and practices, mobilize health care and public health practitioner engagement in climate advocacy, and strengthen community-based leadership to accelerate implementation…