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The Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation is a private, national foundation based in Detroit was established since 1924 by Sebastian Spering Kresge.
The foundation supports seven specifically defined programs: Arts and Culture, Community Development, Detroit, Education, Health, and Human Services. They partner with those organizations and individuals commited to the needs of poor people and communities.
The hallmark of their work as a foundation is creating opportunities for low-income people.
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www.kresge.org
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Blog - www.kresge.org/kresge-blog
Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheKresgeFoundation
Twitter - @kresgefdn
YouTube - www.youtube.com/user/TheKresgeFoundation
The foundation supports seven specifically defined programs: Arts and Culture, Community Development, Detroit, Education, Health, and Human Services. They partner with those organizations and individuals commited to the needs of poor people and communities.
The hallmark of their work as a foundation is creating opportunities for low-income people.
Web Address
www.kresge.org
Social Media Links
Blog - www.kresge.org/kresge-blog
Facebook - www.facebook.com/TheKresgeFoundation
Twitter - @kresgefdn
YouTube - www.youtube.com/user/TheKresgeFoundation
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$50K grant awarded to Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project in Milwaukee
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
MILWAUKEE — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $50,000 Our Town grant on Thursday, May 10 to the Beerline...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
MILWAUKEE — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $50,000 Our Town grant on Thursday, May 10 to the Beerline...more
Apply a racial lens, and other lessons from Living Cities' impact investments
Foundation: AARP Foundation, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, McKnight Foundation
That's the biggest lesson from Living Cities' 10 years of impact investing. We have been making impact investments for a decade through two structured debt funds, the Catalyst Fund and Blended...more
Foundation: AARP Foundation, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, McKnight Foundation
That's the biggest lesson from Living Cities' 10 years of impact investing. We have been making impact investments for a decade through two structured debt funds, the Catalyst Fund and Blended...more
Renovations continue for future youth center in Millersburg
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
H15 has also submitted a grant to the Kresge Foundation, a private, national organization which gives out $120-150 million in grant money each year to ... This is the journey of Andy and Tammy Shafer...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
H15 has also submitted a grant to the Kresge Foundation, a private, national organization which gives out $120-150 million in grant money each year to ... This is the journey of Andy and Tammy Shafer...more
Knight Foundation grant to help project amplify Detroit voices
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation
the decision-making process." Thanks to early stage support from the Kresge Foundation, the Office of the Vice President for Research,...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation
the decision-making process." Thanks to early stage support from the Kresge Foundation, the Office of the Vice President for Research,...more
Philanthropic funding to SA universities increases by almost R1-billion in four years
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
South African trusts, foundations, corporations and individuals are donating more to local universities than ever before – but the vast majority of funding is still being channelled to so-called...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
South African trusts, foundations, corporations and individuals are donating more to local universities than ever before – but the vast majority of funding is still being channelled to so-called...more
Philanthropic funding to SA universities reach new highs
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
These are key findings in the latest (2017) Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education (ASPIHE), based on 2016 figures. ... Philanthropic income of these South African universities increased...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
These are key findings in the latest (2017) Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education (ASPIHE), based on 2016 figures. ... Philanthropic income of these South African universities increased...more
Detroit's grants team grows, pull dollars into city
Foundation: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
To help strengthen and coordinate its fundraising muscle, the Ford, Kresge and Skillman foundations made a $1.1 million grant to the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 2014 to support an...more
Foundation: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
To help strengthen and coordinate its fundraising muscle, the Ford, Kresge and Skillman foundations made a $1.1 million grant to the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 2014 to support an...more
On the Same Page: An Early Childhood Education Collaborative With Some Big Backers
Foundation: Stranahan Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Trust for Learning's wise words of warning come at a time of growing philanthropic investment in early childhood learning. ... The Walton Family Foundation is another big name in education...more
Foundation: Stranahan Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Trust for Learning's wise words of warning come at a time of growing philanthropic investment in early childhood learning. ... The Walton Family Foundation is another big name in education...more
Smithsonian Spotlights Giving in Culture and the Arts
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Culture and the arts philanthropy takes center stage at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History beginning March 22 when the museum...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Culture and the arts philanthropy takes center stage at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History beginning March 22 when the museum...more
What an Equity Lens in Health Philanthropy Requires
Foundation: California Endowment, Colorado Trust, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
A new report finds that, broadly speaking, health legacy foundations “are expanding the scope of their grant making and initiatives to focus on the social determinants of health…[seeking] to...more
Foundation: California Endowment, Colorado Trust, Johnson Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Wellness Foundation
A new report finds that, broadly speaking, health legacy foundations “are expanding the scope of their grant making and initiatives to focus on the social determinants of health…[seeking] to...more
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