News & Views Climate Change, Health & Equity convening brings together grantees, partners to connect, collaborate February 20, 2020 From record-setting wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is impacting people in real ways – today. The world’s leading health journals have identified climate change as among the most critical public health priorities of this century. While everyone’s health is at risk, climate change takes its greatest toll on…
News & Views Kresge investing $14 million to community finance institutions serving low-income people December 18, 2016 The Kresge Foundation announced today $14 million in investments to six Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and Development Finance Agencies (DFAs) working to expand opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities through an initiative called Kresge Community Finance (KCF). KCF invited proposals from qualifying CDFIs and DFAs working in American…
Resource Food as a Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization March 12, 2018 Food plays a central role in economic development, health and culture. The growing movement toward healthy regional food systems produces benefits for local producers and consumers, but largely overlooks low-income communities of color. This are the slides from the session at SXSW that highlighted examples of how diverse communities are using…
News & Views Mission, Money & Markets: The best kept secrets of the CDFI sector May 22, 2019 The default image of a CDFI is a nonprofit, unregulated loan fund. In fact, half of the 1,100 certified CDFIs are not nonprofit, unregulated loan funds. Almost 30% are credit unions and about 20% are for-profit banks, bank holding companies, or venture capital funds.
News & Views Arts & Culture team names new senior program officer January 24, 2018 The Kresge Foundation is pleased to welcome Tatiana Hernandez as senior program officer with the foundation’s Arts & Culture Program. Hernandez was most recently the Arts Director at the Hemera Foundation in Boulder, Colorado where she developed a program exploring the intersection of creativity and reflective practices. Previously, as program…
News & Views Kresge grants $2.6 million to organizations confronting COVID-19 in Detroit, New Orleans and Memphis April 16, 2020 Foundation also waives $1M in interest payments for 6 months on active PRIs The Kresge Foundation announced a combined $2.6 million in grants in Detroit, New Orleans and Memphis in a round of funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday. Among other uses, $1.55 million in Detroit grant…
Resource The Saving Power of Community Creativity July 15, 2021 As communities begin shifting from COVID-19 immediate response efforts to long-term recovery, now is the time to recognize the true value that arts, culture and Creative Placemaking organizations bring to community revitalization. In a report from the Center for Community Progress and Metris Arts Consulting titled The Saving Power of Community Creativity, community leaders who…
Resource ‘101 Ways to Save the Planet’ podcast featuring Stacey Barbas November 10, 2020 In an episode of the podcast “101 Ways to Save the Planet” Stacey Barbas, senior program officer for health at The Kresge Foundation, talks about the foundation’s Fresh, Local & Equitable initiative (FreshLo). FreshLo seeks to improve access to healthy food, ignite entrepreneurship, spur economic development and integrate arts, culture and community-engaged…