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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Guidelines for 2026 Kresge Artist Fellowships are now available. Detroit artists can apply for awards in Live Arts and Film & Music on Dec 1. There will be 20 awards—10 Artist Fellowships at $50,000 each & 10 Gilda Awards at $5,000 each. kresgeartsindetroit.org/announcement...
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Guidelines for 2026 Kresge Artist Fellowships are now available. Detroit artists can apply for awards in Live Arts and Film & Music on Dec 1. There will be 20 awards—10 Artist Fellowships at $50,000 each & 10 Gilda Awards at $5,000 each. kresgeartsindetroit.org/announcement...
Kresge has awarded $18.6M to 32 organizations working at the intersection of climate justice & health equity. This 2nd phase of our Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative supports orgs that address how climate change disproportionately harms low-wealth communities. kresge.org/news-views/k...
Kresge launches next phase of Climate Change, Health & Equity Initiative with $18.6M investment - Kresge Foundation
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October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kresge has awarded $18.6M to 32 organizations working at the intersection of climate justice & health equity. This 2nd phase of our Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative supports orgs that address how climate change disproportionately harms low-wealth communities. kresge.org/news-views/k...
We are tremendously excited to share the news that Saunteel Jenkins has officially rejoined Kresge’s Board of Trustees. A lifelong Detroiter, Jenkins has dedicated her entire career to underserved populations and communities through nonprofit leadership and public service. kresge.org/news-views/s...
Saunteel Jenkins rejoins Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees - Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees today announced the re-appointment of Detroit nonprofit leader Saunteel Jenkins to serve on the private, national foundation’s governing body. A lifelong Detroi...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We are tremendously excited to share the news that Saunteel Jenkins has officially rejoined Kresge’s Board of Trustees. A lifelong Detroiter, Jenkins has dedicated her entire career to underserved populations and communities through nonprofit leadership and public service. kresge.org/news-views/s...
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Cities across the U.S. face worsening storms and flooding, and traditional infrastructure can’t keep up. GIH Funding Partner @kresge.org highlights how green infrastructure offers solutions, with lessons from a project featured at GIH’s 2025 Annual Conference. Read the article:
Green infrastructure: Cities turn to nature to solve urban flooding - Kresge Foundation
As cities across the U.S. grapple with increasingly severe and more frequent flooding from intense storms and climate change, a growing number of municipalities are recognizing that the century-old…
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August 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Cities across the U.S. face worsening storms and flooding, and traditional infrastructure can’t keep up. GIH Funding Partner @kresge.org highlights how green infrastructure offers solutions, with lessons from a project featured at GIH’s 2025 Annual Conference. Read the article:
Last year alone, Americans endured 27 major weather disasters costing $180 billion and claiming 568 lives. This sobering reality demands we move beyond resilience as a buzzword to meaningful action. But true resilience means something more profound: nonprofitquarterly.org/moving-beyon...
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Last year alone, Americans endured 27 major weather disasters costing $180 billion and claiming 568 lives. This sobering reality demands we move beyond resilience as a buzzword to meaningful action. But true resilience means something more profound: nonprofitquarterly.org/moving-beyon...
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Our Senior Director of Environmental Finance Erangi Dias joined fellow climate financing experts Aaron Seybert of @kresge.org and Amir Kirkwood of Justice Climate Fund for a powerful panel on mobilizing climate capital.
Thank you to JCF for hosting and Theresa Bedeau for opening the panel!
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Thank you to JCF for hosting and Theresa Bedeau for opening the panel!
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September 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Our Senior Director of Environmental Finance Erangi Dias joined fellow climate financing experts Aaron Seybert of @kresge.org and Amir Kirkwood of Justice Climate Fund for a powerful panel on mobilizing climate capital.
Thank you to JCF for hosting and Theresa Bedeau for opening the panel!
📸: JCF
Thank you to JCF for hosting and Theresa Bedeau for opening the panel!
📸: JCF
NEW JOB POSTING: Kresge has a job opening for a Senior HRIS, Benefits & Payroll Specialist. The position is responsible for the administration of health & welfare benefits, HRIS, Learning Management System, data analytics, supporting the compensation program & review and back up payroll. Learn more:
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The Kresge Foundation is one of the top 20 private foundations in the U.S. Our employees are mission-driven and value-based in all they do.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEW JOB POSTING: Kresge has a job opening for a Senior HRIS, Benefits & Payroll Specialist. The position is responsible for the administration of health & welfare benefits, HRIS, Learning Management System, data analytics, supporting the compensation program & review and back up payroll. Learn more:
“This is probably the largest commitment that has ever been made to a neighborhood in the city of Detroit.” – Kresge President Rip Rapson on its $180M investment. In this special PathBreakers podcast, Rapson discusses Kresge’s decision to move its HQ to Marygrove. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFR...
PathBreakers podcast: Rip Rapson is leading Kresge into a new chapter
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September 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This is probably the largest commitment that has ever been made to a neighborhood in the city of Detroit.” – Kresge President Rip Rapson on its $180M investment. In this special PathBreakers podcast, Rapson discusses Kresge’s decision to move its HQ to Marygrove. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFR...
🚨 HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT: The Kresge Foundation is moving our headquarters to Detroit's Marygrove Campus and investing $180 million in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods over the next five years.
Building Our Future Together. Four neighborhoods. One unprecedented commitment. kresge.org/news-views/k...
Building Our Future Together. Four neighborhoods. One unprecedented commitment. kresge.org/news-views/k...
Kresge Foundation investing $180M in neighborhoods, plans new headquarters in Detroit - Kresge Foundation
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September 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨 HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT: The Kresge Foundation is moving our headquarters to Detroit's Marygrove Campus and investing $180 million in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods over the next five years.
Building Our Future Together. Four neighborhoods. One unprecedented commitment. kresge.org/news-views/k...
Building Our Future Together. Four neighborhoods. One unprecedented commitment. kresge.org/news-views/k...
LIVE NOW: The Kresge Foundation announces our headquarters move to Detroit's Marygrove Campus and a historic $180 million investment in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods. Join Detroit Mayor @michaelduggan.bsky.social, Kresge President & CEO Rip Rapson and more: www.youtube.com/live/Vp1ZWL0...
The Kresge Foundation is live!
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September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
LIVE NOW: The Kresge Foundation announces our headquarters move to Detroit's Marygrove Campus and a historic $180 million investment in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods. Join Detroit Mayor @michaelduggan.bsky.social, Kresge President & CEO Rip Rapson and more: www.youtube.com/live/Vp1ZWL0...
Detroit, we've got unprecedented news for you! 🎉 Join our livestream at 10 a.m. EDT for a historic announcement about Kresge's future in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods. Link live at 10 a.m. EDT: www.youtube.com/live/Vp1ZWL0...
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Detroit, we've got unprecedented news for you! 🎉 Join our livestream at 10 a.m. EDT for a historic announcement about Kresge's future in Northwest Detroit neighborhoods. Link live at 10 a.m. EDT: www.youtube.com/live/Vp1ZWL0...
Recognized by @timemagazine.bsky.social as one of 18 "Closers" of the racial wealth gap, @darrickhamilton.bsky.social of @racepowerpolicy.org is revolutionizing how we understand wealth inequality by centering race and power in analysis of financial systems. pathbreakers.kresge.org/story/dr-dar...
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Recognized by @timemagazine.bsky.social as one of 18 "Closers" of the racial wealth gap, @darrickhamilton.bsky.social of @racepowerpolicy.org is revolutionizing how we understand wealth inequality by centering race and power in analysis of financial systems. pathbreakers.kresge.org/story/dr-dar...
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. @kresge.org has featured 12 "PathBreakers" who've "cut through the noise, the red tape, and all the other barriers to progress." Among them are 2 #HeinzAward winners,
@monahanna.bsky.social of Rx Kids & Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: pathbreakers.kresge.org
@monahanna.bsky.social of Rx Kids & Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: pathbreakers.kresge.org
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Meet thePathBreakers In America’s cities, progress doesn’t happen by accident. It takes courageous individuals to challenge systems, vision to imagine better futures, trust to bring along communities,...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
. @kresge.org has featured 12 "PathBreakers" who've "cut through the noise, the red tape, and all the other barriers to progress." Among them are 2 #HeinzAward winners,
@monahanna.bsky.social of Rx Kids & Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: pathbreakers.kresge.org
@monahanna.bsky.social of Rx Kids & Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: pathbreakers.kresge.org
The @nytimes.com recently ran an enthusiastic piece about Detroit. The remarkable progress made in the city is the result of steady, consistent investments – from the private, public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors in the city’s building blocks of revitalization and quality of life.
Downtown Detroit Is Back
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September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The @nytimes.com recently ran an enthusiastic piece about Detroit. The remarkable progress made in the city is the result of steady, consistent investments – from the private, public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors in the city’s building blocks of revitalization and quality of life.
In the two decades since Hurricane #Katrina, Kresge has engaged deeply in #NewOrleans, supporting recovery and restoration alongside dedicated, innovative partners. In this special edition of our American Cities Program newsletter, we examine lessons learned as we look ahead to the next 20 years.
August 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In the two decades since Hurricane #Katrina, Kresge has engaged deeply in #NewOrleans, supporting recovery and restoration alongside dedicated, innovative partners. In this special edition of our American Cities Program newsletter, we examine lessons learned as we look ahead to the next 20 years.
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans faces a dual challenge: persistent climate threats & rising economic barriers making it increasingly unaffordable. 2 orgs—Sankofa & Thrive New Orleans—show that climate resilience & economic opportunity can work in tandem to build a more equitable city.
Preserving place, creating opportunity: New Orleans’ path forward 20 years after Katrina - Kresge Foundation
As New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, climate threats remain an undeniable reality in the Gulf South. But equally pressing are the economic challenges that have made New Orleans incre...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans faces a dual challenge: persistent climate threats & rising economic barriers making it increasingly unaffordable. 2 orgs—Sankofa & Thrive New Orleans—show that climate resilience & economic opportunity can work in tandem to build a more equitable city.
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Our new report REALIZING RESILIENCE documents progress, setbacks, and opportunities in several key areas—climate resilience, equity and climate, energy, climate and health, and cities and the built environment.
Read and download for free here: islandpress.org/real... @kresge.org
Read and download for free here: islandpress.org/real... @kresge.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our new report REALIZING RESILIENCE documents progress, setbacks, and opportunities in several key areas—climate resilience, equity and climate, energy, climate and health, and cities and the built environment.
Read and download for free here: islandpress.org/real... @kresge.org
Read and download for free here: islandpress.org/real... @kresge.org
As New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Kresge President Rip Rapson reflects on the foundation's enduring commitment to the city & its people. He highlights the renewal happening across neighborhoods & reaffirms our commitment to standing with New Orleans.
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From crisis to community-led renewal post-Katrina: Kresge’s long view in New Orleans - Kresge Foundation
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August 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
As New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Kresge President Rip Rapson reflects on the foundation's enduring commitment to the city & its people. He highlights the renewal happening across neighborhoods & reaffirms our commitment to standing with New Orleans.
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American research science is facing an unprecedented crisis as federal grants get canceled & scientists are being laid off. A new @ssir.org article outlines how foundations can deploy their resources through social investments to stabilize research while building a more resilient system.
Philanthropy’s Sputnik Moment (SSIR)
A new toolkit to reinforce and reinvent American research science in a time of crisis.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
American research science is facing an unprecedented crisis as federal grants get canceled & scientists are being laid off. A new @ssir.org article outlines how foundations can deploy their resources through social investments to stabilize research while building a more resilient system.
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Powerful episode of @kresge.org’s Pathbreakers series featuring @monahanna.bsky.social!
Data has shown us that when families have proper support, it improves economic stability & reduces health disparities. I love how she talks about the importance of this.
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Data has shown us that when families have proper support, it improves economic stability & reduces health disparities. I love how she talks about the importance of this.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Powerful episode of @kresge.org’s Pathbreakers series featuring @monahanna.bsky.social!
Data has shown us that when families have proper support, it improves economic stability & reduces health disparities. I love how she talks about the importance of this.
pathbreakers.kresge.org/story/dr-mon...
Data has shown us that when families have proper support, it improves economic stability & reduces health disparities. I love how she talks about the importance of this.
pathbreakers.kresge.org/story/dr-mon...
The Advancement League brought together health professionals for the 2025 Young Health Leader Summit, where they participated in a 48-hour "Impact-a-Thon" and collaborated on innovative solutions to health challenges, including a mobile mental health bus for children, a school garden initiative.
The Advancement League reimagines health care at the Young Health Leader Summit - Kresge Foundation
The future health care leaders and innovators are already here. Hundreds of early-career professionals, graduate students and health care leaders gathered in Atlanta to attend the Young Health Leader ...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Advancement League brought together health professionals for the 2025 Young Health Leader Summit, where they participated in a 48-hour "Impact-a-Thon" and collaborated on innovative solutions to health challenges, including a mobile mental health bus for children, a school garden initiative.
As communities face more frequent flooding due to climate change, many are embracing green stormwater infrastructure—rain gardens, porous pavement, green spaces—that work with nature to capture & slowly release rainwater. A recent @gihealth.bsky.social conference highlighted projects: bit.ly/4mThVGw
Green infrastructure: Cities turn to nature to solve urban flooding - Kresge Foundation
As cities across the U.S. grapple with increasingly severe and more frequent flooding from intense storms and climate change, a growing number of municipalities are recognizing that the century-old approach of mainly channeling rainwater into underground pipes and sewers is not enough. Adding to their flood fighting toolkit, they’re embracing green stormwater infrastructure — systems … Continue reading Green infrastructure: Cities turn to nature to solve urban flooding
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August 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As communities face more frequent flooding due to climate change, many are embracing green stormwater infrastructure—rain gardens, porous pavement, green spaces—that work with nature to capture & slowly release rainwater. A recent @gihealth.bsky.social conference highlighted projects: bit.ly/4mThVGw
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Free college/promise programs have been around for two+ decades. Admin who work with and implement the promise have learned a lot. Amy Li, Denisa Gandara, and I asked them about their recs for policy and practice. Here’s what they said with commentary from us: www.brookings.edu/articles/adm...
Administrators push to improve free college access | Brookings
College staff share insights to improve free college programs, reduce barriers, and support student success.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Free college/promise programs have been around for two+ decades. Admin who work with and implement the promise have learned a lot. Amy Li, Denisa Gandara, and I asked them about their recs for policy and practice. Here’s what they said with commentary from us: www.brookings.edu/articles/adm...
At 14, Nyiesha Mallett joined UPROSE Brooklyn through a summer youth program. Now 24, she's teaching the next generation that climate justice needs both strategy AND soul.
Her wisdom: "We need art in the revolution."
Read a Q&A with Nyiesha Mallett: bit.ly/4oukTmx
Her wisdom: "We need art in the revolution."
Read a Q&A with Nyiesha Mallett: bit.ly/4oukTmx
Q&A: Youth organizer combines her art and activism to advocate for climate justice - Kresge Foundation
Nyiesha Mallett is a 24-year-old climate activist, artist, educator and community organizer at UPROSE, a Brooklyn-based organization promoting environmental justice, sustainability and resilience. Thi...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At 14, Nyiesha Mallett joined UPROSE Brooklyn through a summer youth program. Now 24, she's teaching the next generation that climate justice needs both strategy AND soul.
Her wisdom: "We need art in the revolution."
Read a Q&A with Nyiesha Mallett: bit.ly/4oukTmx
Her wisdom: "We need art in the revolution."
Read a Q&A with Nyiesha Mallett: bit.ly/4oukTmx
Hey Detroiters (and those living nearby who love parks!) The Detroit Parks Coalition's Pocket Guide to Detroit Parks is a helpful resource for exploring parks throughout the city. What's your favorite green spot in the city?
Pocket Guide to Detroit’s Parks — Detroit Parks Coalition
From neighborhood pocket parks to regional destinations, there's plenty to explore in Detroit's over 300 parks. We are proud to share a guide to exploring and enjoying all our city's greenspace has to...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Hey Detroiters (and those living nearby who love parks!) The Detroit Parks Coalition's Pocket Guide to Detroit Parks is a helpful resource for exploring parks throughout the city. What's your favorite green spot in the city?