Reports Resilient Communities and Affordable Energy: Charting Roles for Community Finance February 11, 2026 Environment, Social Investment Practice
Digital Media Webinar: CDFIs at a Crossroad: Taking Stock & Taking Action January 22, 2026 Social Investment Practice
Reports A Century of Impact: Lessons From The Kresge Foundation’s Transformative Urban Approach October 9, 2025 American Cities
Digital Media Pay for Success Early Childhood Education Toolkit Pay for success (PFS) offers an alternative approach to investing in the future, including early childhood education (ECE). An innovative mechanism for public-private partnership, PFS scales an evidence-based social program through up-front… Digital Media January 17, 2017 Detroit, Social Investment Practice
Reports Integrated Transactions: An Emerging Focus For Community Development This paper prepared for Kresge by the Low Income Investment Fund and The Reinvestment Fund and examines development models that intentionally integrate elements from two or more sectors, the capital challenges… Reports January 13, 2017 Social Investment Practice
Reports Capital and Collaboration – Strengthening Community Investment in Smaller, Postindustrial Cities This paper discusses use of the Capital Absorption Framework to understand and strengthen the community investment systems supporting 21 smaller, postindustrial cities in Massachusetts. The Capital and Collaboration project, a… Reports September 19, 2016 Social Investment Practice
Reports Capital and Collaboration – An In-Depth Look at the Community Investment System in Massachusetts Working Cities This publication presents the work of the Capital & Collaboration Initiative, a cross-sector effort designed to increase the scale, efficiency and impact of investments in Massachusetts cities of more than 35,000 people… Reports September 7, 2016 Social Investment Practice
Funding Information Kresge Community Finance Nonprofit CDFI Financial Covenants These are the financial covenants we will use for nonprofit CDFIs who recieve financing through Kresge Community Finance. Covenants for for-profit CDFIs or DFAs will be similarily structured. One of the key… Funding Information June 23, 2016 Social Investment Practice