Resource A growing movement centered in climate resilience and urban opportunity September 26, 2018 Good evening everyone and thank you so much for joining us this week for the final gathering of such a remarkable group of people and organizations doing groundbreaking work in cities across the country When we began this journey in 2014, Lois (DeBacker, managing director of Kresge’s Environment Program) sought…
News & Views Kresge awards $1.4 million in COVID-19 response grants August 13, 2020 This fifth round of funding brings Kresge’s total COVID-related grant investments to an estimated $11.7M The Kresge Foundation announced today a fifth round of grantmaking commitments – totaling more than $1.4 million – to support nonprofit organizations that are on the frontlines of community-based and national responses to the COVID-19…
Resource Why Kresge Supports the Working Cities Challenge: Reach, Impact and Strengthened Capacity September 13, 2018 It’s a privilege to be here with you, Dr. (Gary) Gottlieb (CEO of Partners in Health), Gov. (Charles) Baker and President (Eric) Rosengren (of the Boston Fed) – alongside so many mayors and civic and community leaders who have driven the transformational achievements of Round 1 of the Working Cities…
Resource Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson discusses new values-centered grantmaking June 20, 2008 TROY, Mich. – For more than 83 years, the Detroit-based Kresge Foundation has helped build the country’s nonprofit infrastructure, from libraries and schools to food banks and community centers. This $3.9 billion private foundation recently unveiled a new values-centered approach to its grantmaking as its way of responding to the…