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…
Resource Creating Healthier Places with Art and Artists October 26, 2022 Leaders value equitable policies for improved well-being in communities. With new funding available at all levels of government, now is the time to build on the proven practice of creative placemaking — community planning and development initiatives with art and artists playing an integral role that can lead to systems…
Resource Cultivating Community Across the Country September 24, 2020 Findings from a Multi-year Evaluation of the National Fresh, Local, and Equitable Initiative In the report “Cultivating Community Across the Country,” social sector consulting group Learning for Action shares the findings from its independent evaluation of The Kresge Foundation’s Fresh, Local & Equitable (FreshLo) Initiative. FreshLo is a grantmaking initiative that seeks to improve access…
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 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 Rapson & Smith outline four steps to engage artists and community voices in infrastructure planning May 31, 2022 The history of U.S. urban renewal is laced with tragedy: Federal infrastructure projects meant to reimagine our cities for the better instead deepened racial divides, sundering once-vibrant Black and brown neighborhoods and facilitating disastrous commuter sprawl. Look no further than the destruction of once-vibrant Black neighborhoods like Black Bottom and Paradise…