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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Recent News from Kresge Foundation


Driving Social Impact: 1-On-1 With Kresge Foundation on Opportunity Zones
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

Kresge Foundation committed $22 million in investments to two goal-aligned investment managers.Kresge has authorized up to $25 million of its total $150 million in guarantee capacity to this single...more

Strong Detroit Neighborhood Proposals Lead Kresge to Boost Grant Round to $2.4 Million For 25 ...
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit initiative relaunched with $6 million for three years.25 organizations earn up to $150,000 for projects.Projects include a combined art gallery-cafe in Mexicantown...more

Detroit's New Waterfront Porch
Foundation: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Kresge Foundation

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan launched its Greenways Initiative that had raised $25 million to be given away in grants...more

Capital Grants: Do You Know the Five Essential Elements?
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

According to the Foundation Center, capital grants represented about 21 percent of all funds awarded to nonprofits in 2011. That's up by a...more

Foundations could present path to funding for DPSCD's capital needs
Foundation: Kresge Foundation

The philanthropic guarantee model is something Kresge is looking at to ... "Guarantees are a less-utilized, but powerful tool by philanthropy (that) are highly efficient at crowding in capital...more

Foundations give $2.5 million to improve early childhood education facilities in Detroit
Foundation: Kresge Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

The Kresge Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and PNC Foundation Wednesday morning announced $2.5 million in joint grants to...more

Early childhood programs in Detroit get $2.5 million boost from foundations
Foundation: Kresge Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

The Kresge Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the PNC Foundation awarded a joint grant to support improvement to early...more

Foundations give $2.5 million to improve early childhood education facilities in Detroit
Foundation: Kresge Foundation, Kellogg Foundation

Kresge, Kellogg Foundation and PNC foundations' effort advances Hope Starts Here framework; Nonprofit IFF administering grants, has invested...more

Opportunity Zones: Can Philanthropy Provide Accountability When the Law Does Not?
Foundation: Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation

Opportunity Zones: Can Philanthropy Provide Accountability When the Law Does ... A central goal of Rockefeller's initiative is to provide...more

UBS and Wells Fargo Wealth Unit Suspect Investors Won't Mind New Complications to Popular Tax ...
Foundation: Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation

“A good market needs data,” says John Cochrane, manager of policy and programs at U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, a Washington, D.C....more



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