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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.
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
Foundation RSS Feeds
News - feeds.feedburner.com/kresge-news
Blogs - feeds.feedburner.com/kresge-blog
Assets
$3,040,453,049 - 2011-12-31
$3,329,856,115 - 2006-12-31
Giving
$93,467,328 - 2011-12-31
$117,863,803 - 2006-12-31
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
Foundation RSS Feeds
News - feeds.feedburner.com/kresge-news
Blogs - feeds.feedburner.com/kresge-blog
Assets
$3,040,453,049 - 2011-12-31
$3,329,856,115 - 2006-12-31
Giving
$93,467,328 - 2011-12-31
$117,863,803 - 2006-12-31
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Irene Inouye, 71, Fund-Raising Champion of Japanese-Americans, Dies
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
... and who, as a philanthropic leader, helped leverage hundreds of millions of dollars to lift Detroit out of bankruptcy in 2014, ... In 2016, the University of Southern California's Center on...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation
... and who, as a philanthropic leader, helped leverage hundreds of millions of dollars to lift Detroit out of bankruptcy in 2014, ... In 2016, the University of Southern California's Center on...more
Virtual fundraisers, creative shifts: Nonprofits exchange ideas on navigating new reality
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Panelists discussed efforts from taking fundraisers online with innovative ... Living Arts is working with lead funders like Kresge Foundation, W.K. Kellogg ... while others that rely on program...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
Panelists discussed efforts from taking fundraisers online with innovative ... Living Arts is working with lead funders like Kresge Foundation, W.K. Kellogg ... while others that rely on program...more
The Week in impact investing: Sustainability disruption
Foundation: MetLife Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Agents of Impact offered up dozens of ideas for retooling finance in response to ImpactAlpha's What's Next series with the Global Impact...more
Foundation: MetLife Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Agents of Impact offered up dozens of ideas for retooling finance in response to ImpactAlpha's What's Next series with the Global Impact...more
$33 Million Guarantee Pool Launched For CDI
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
Backed by guarantee commitments from 10 U.S. philanthropic organizations and a large health care system, the Community Investment...more
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
Backed by guarantee commitments from 10 U.S. philanthropic organizations and a large health care system, the Community Investment...more
More Catalytic Capital: A New $33M Guarantee Pool Aims To Encourage Community Investment
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Annie E. Casey Foundation, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The effort started in 2017, when Kresge commissioned the Global Impact Investing Network to study the use of guarantees by impact investors...more
Foundation: Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Annie E. Casey Foundation, California Endowment, Kresge Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The effort started in 2017, when Kresge commissioned the Global Impact Investing Network to study the use of guarantees by impact investors...more
Human Services and Social Investment Practice
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation has released a Request for Information to gain a stronger understanding of the current and unmet demand for grant and...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation has released a Request for Information to gain a stronger understanding of the current and unmet demand for grant and...more
Kresge Foundation commits $3.3 million to advancing underserved solar + storage
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Foundation's investment represents the first time a U.S. foundation has committed to use both its grant-making and endowment resources in...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
The Foundation's investment represents the first time a U.S. foundation has committed to use both its grant-making and endowment resources in...more
Commentary: Strengthening Human Services Community-Based Organizations
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Those foundations are among the nation's largest philanthropic organizations. In an effort to address the chronic underfunding of grantees,...more
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation
Those foundations are among the nation's largest philanthropic organizations. In an effort to address the chronic underfunding of grantees,...more
Arctaris Impact Investors aims to bolster financing for area manufacturers
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
Arctaris said it is willing to commit $5 million to the fund, and the Gund ... in this case in the form of $15 million in grants from the Kresge...more
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
Arctaris said it is willing to commit $5 million to the fund, and the Gund ... in this case in the form of $15 million in grants from the Kresge...more
Why this nonprofit lender is shifting its focus to Detroit's neighborhoods
Foundation: Kresge Foundation
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Foundation: Kresge Foundation
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