News & Views CatchLight Local fellow documents how Salinas farmworkers survive amid California’s escalating housing crisis August 13, 2020 Sebastian Hidalgo’s award-winning visual storytelling is shifting conversations about inequity Mark your calendar: CatchLight will take over Kresge’s social channels on Tuesday, Aug. 18! Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to support our grantee partners as they #TakeoverKresge. Salinas, California is home to an $8.5 billion farming industry and is one…
News & Views Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit grants engage neighborhoods across city August 6, 2020 Grants totaling $1.9 million support both the implementation of projects and the creation of new plans Kresge’s Detroit Program today announced 28 grants across the city in the sixth round of the initiative, which was announced in 2014 and made its first grants in 2015. These 28 – the largest cohort to…
News & Views $4.2M in new grants to equip national nonprofit response to COVID-19 pandemic May 14, 2020 This second round of funding support brings Kresge’s total COVID-related investments to nearly $7M to date The Kresge Foundation announced today a suite of new grants – totaling $ 4.2 million – to support nonprofits confronting the historic and unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 epidemic. These new grants and grant amendments…
News & Views FreshLo grantees share stories of food, culture and community revitalization at October convening October 31, 2019 Food is more than what we eat. Food has a unique power to bring people together, celebrate cultural expression and catalyze equitable economic development in neighborhoods around the country. For more than three years, 23 grantee partners in The Kresge Foundation’s FreshLo initiative have been working on innovative approaches that blend…
News & Views Improving access to services, empowering residents is goal of inaugural Arts, Culture and Transportation fellows July 9, 2019 Integrating resident-driven arts and cultural practices into cities’ transportation systems can help empower residents, improve access to services and ensure that the needs of traditionally under-resourced communities are met. That’s the philosophy behind Smart Growth America’s (SGA) first class of Arts, Culture and Transportation (ACT) fellows, funded by Kresge’s Arts…
News & Views Arts and culture fellow eager to advance equity centered work July 24, 2018 For Samuel Coons, equity is at the center of everything he does. He constantly looks for ways to incorporate equity into his academic and career work. That’s why he knows serving as Kresge’s Arts and Culture Program’s Summer Fellow puts him right where he’s supposed to be. “I’ve always had…
News & Views Access to arts linked to better health, safety, education in low-income neighborhoods April 6, 2017 Low-income residents who live in neighborhoods with more arts and cultural amenities are healthier, better educated and safer than those in similar communities with fewer arts and cultural opportunities, according to the results of a study released last week. Researchers from the School of Social Policy and Practices at the…
News & Views Kresge Foundation launches new grantmaking initiative in Memphis November 29, 2016 The Kresge Foundation announced today a new funding opportunity for the city of Memphis, which seeks to support nonprofit organizations to expand opportunity for Memphis residents with low incomes. Since 2013, Kresge has made a suite of investments in Memphis totaling more than $2.5 million to support efforts that spur…