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.

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from Kresge Foundation


Kresge Foundation grants $2 million for recovery efforts in Flint
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The Kresge Foundation awarded a $2 million grant to help protect children from the effects of lead poisoning and to strengthen the health and...more

Kresge Launches Memphis-Only Grant Program
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The Kresge Foundation Funding Opportunity in Memphis will offer grants to organizations “working in arts and culture, community...more

The Kresge Foundation grants $2 million to Flint lead poisoning recovery effort
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A $2-million grant from The Kresge Foundation will help protect Flint children from the effects of lead poisoning and strengthen the health and...more

$2M grant from Kresge to help fight the effects of lead in Flint children
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The Kresge Foundation is giving a $2-million grant that will be administered through the Community Foundation to help fight lead poisoning in...more

Funding Opportunity in Memphis
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

The Kresge Foundation is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for civic ... Through this funding opportunity, Kresge is primarily looking to...more

Placemaking program brings arts to city's downtown
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

In 2015, LISC awarded $170,000 in grants to 13 nonprofits across the ... the buildings, constructed in the mid-1800s, and to build an arts...more

Daily News Roundup: LeBron James Gives $2.5 Million for Ali Museum Exhibit
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

Opinion: Local Lessons Must Shape Philanthropy in Trump Era: Rip Rapson, president of the Kresge Foundation, reflects in a Detroit Free...more

Philanthropy's drive for 'better cities' needs data and collaboration boost: experts
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation

... contributions from organizations such as The Kresge Foundation, Ford Foundation and Community Foundation helped to save the Detroit Institute...more

FEATURE-Philanthropy's drive for "better cities" needs data and collaboration boost - experts
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation

... contributions from organisations such as The Kresge Foundation, Ford Foundation and Community Foundation helped to save the Detroit Institute...more

Philanthropy's drive for "better cities" needs data and deep urban knowledge
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation

"If you look at history you see that philanthropy is a largely, though not ... The number of philanthropic foundations is growing around the world,...more



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