News & Views BUILD Health Challenge awards second round of grants September 11, 2017 The BUILD Health Challenge this week announced a second round of grants supporting 19 community collaborations around the country that aim to transform health in low-income communities. The challenge, funded by 12 organizations including The Kresge Foundation, seeks to: promote health equity; reduce per capita health spending; shift resources and attention from…
Resource Detroit’s Bold Urban Future: Connecting downtown and the neighborhoods June 25, 2015 Welcome. You come to Detroit at a fascinating time, as an iconic American city is being reimagined and recalibrated. This has profound implications for other cities seeking to establish their own pathways to confront the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The Bankruptcy Who knew that Machiavelli had Detroit in…
Resource In honor of Ruth Adler Schnee, Kresge Eminent Artist for 2015 September 2, 2015 Delivered on Sept. 2 at a community celebration of 2015 Kresge Eminent Artist Ruth Adler Schnee. The celebration at the Carr Center in Detroit coincided with the release of the Kresge Eminent Artist monograph on Schnee’s life and work, and the opening of an exhibition of her work at the…
News & Views Life and work of photographer-activist Leni Sinclair on exhibit and in new Kresge-published book October 19, 2016 “Detroit is a survivor, Detroit doesn’t give up, Detroit never stops,” Kresge’s 2016 Eminent Artist Leni Sinclair told a crowd of well-wishers Tuesday night at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History as she was presented with a Kresge-produced monograph detailing her life and career. What was implied…
News & Views Life after prison: Operation Restoration founder supports formerly incarcerated women facing barriers April 13, 2022 NOLA-based grassroots organization, led and staffed completely by formerly incarcerated women, restores the whole woman financially, educationally, socially and artistically Editor’s note: Read an article on Operation Restoration published by Inside Philanthropy August 26, 2022. In the world that Syrita Steib inhabits, her name is a near synonym for second…
News & Views 66 metro Detroit arts and cultural organizations receive Kresge grants September 19, 2016 Sixty-six arts and cultural organizations in the Detroit metropolitan area will share $5.1 million for their operations from The Kresge Foundation Detroit Program over the next three years. The new grants bring unrestricted operating support through Kresge’s Detroit Arts Support initiative to more than $24 million since its inception in…
News & Views Rapson: DeVore will bring his experience as ‘ardent champion’ of kids, region to CFSEM February 11, 2022 The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan brought a protracted search for a new president to an end today when they chose Ric DeVore to take the helm this spring. This is extraordinarily good news for the community foundation, for the region, and for Kresge. Ric has been executive vice president…
News & Views 22 cities announced as FAFSA Completion Challenge Grant winners May 24, 2016 The 22 cities that received funding through the NCAN FAFSA Cities Challenge The National College Access Network (NCAN) announced Tuesday the 22 U.S. cities selected to receive up to $55,000 each from the Kresge Foundation-supported FAFSA Completion Challenge Grant program. The program’s goal is to strengthen urban higher education ecosystems by…
News & Views Regina R. Smith to lead Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program April 4, 2016 Regina R. Smith has been named managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture Program, President and CEO Rip Rapson announced today, following an extensive national search. Smith has been with the Foundation since 2008 as a program officer and senior program officer, working to advance the deliberate integration…