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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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Amid a crisis of inequality, $2 trillion of tax-free investing in Opportunity Zones could benefit both ...
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
Nor does it require serving one or more of the United Nations' 17 “Sustainable Development Goals,” a global framework for impact investing. “The...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
Nor does it require serving one or more of the United Nations' 17 “Sustainable Development Goals,” a global framework for impact investing. “The...more
MDC Launches Passing Gear Philanthropy Institute to Reshape Southern Philanthropy
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Duke Endowment, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Family foundations have long been a philanthropic mainstay on the Southern landscape, making pathbreaking investments to advance a region...more
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Duke Endowment, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Family foundations have long been a philanthropic mainstay on the Southern landscape, making pathbreaking investments to advance a region...more
School notes - May 5
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund will use a $500,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to develop a pilot program to help students of...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund will use a $500,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to develop a pilot program to help students of...more
New Detroit apartments for rent for $750? Here's how that happened
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The program was funded with a $135,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation and is believed to be one of the first of its kind in Detroit. It got its start...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The program was funded with a $135,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation and is believed to be one of the first of its kind in Detroit. It got its start...more
New Ventures is accelerating impact entrepreneurs in Mexico and Latin America (video)
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
New Ventures' mission: Find, support and back the firms driving social and environmental innovation in Mexico and Latin America. Says Villar,...more
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
New Ventures' mission: Find, support and back the firms driving social and environmental innovation in Mexico and Latin America. Says Villar,...more
GoATL fund backs LIIF's charter school finance program in Atlanta
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – The impact investment fund of Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta put $1 million into the Low Income Investment...more
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – The impact investment fund of Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta put $1 million into the Low Income Investment...more
Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Apr. 19
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Kahn launched the Mumbai-based impact investment firm with Jinesh Shah, ... The Global Impact Investing Network seeks a summer associate for...more
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Kahn launched the Mumbai-based impact investment firm with Jinesh Shah, ... The Global Impact Investing Network seeks a summer associate for...more
Clínicas del Azúcar's one-stop diabetes centers marry health innovation with affordability (video)
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
The company has leveraged a unique financing model, called social impact incentives (SIINC), to drive low-income patient intake and to raise...more
Foundation: Dell Foundation, Kresge Foundation
The company has leveraged a unique financing model, called social impact incentives (SIINC), to drive low-income patient intake and to raise...more
Global Investment Firms Adopt Ifc Principles Seeking A Market Standard For Impact Investing
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
"Investors sometimes wonder if their impact investment was actually living up to its name," says Le Houerou.The Brief's Big 7: Global investment firms adopt IFC principles seeking a market standard...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
"Investors sometimes wonder if their impact investment was actually living up to its name," says Le Houerou.The Brief's Big 7: Global investment firms adopt IFC principles seeking a market standard...more
Maine's universities, long shrinking, have traded places with community colleges
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
It was awarded a Kresge Foundation grant in 2016 to join Achieving the Dream, a national nonprofit focused on improving community...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
It was awarded a Kresge Foundation grant in 2016 to join Achieving the Dream, a national nonprofit focused on improving community...more
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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.