Funding search · EIN 381359217 · Troy, MI
The Kresge Foundation
Foundation website ↗Full IRS filings ↗
- $498.4M
- in grants paid
- 2,401
- grants
- 997
- recipients
- 2022–2024
- filing years
Recent grants
The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.
- $5.0M
Foundation for Detroits Future · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support for the detroit retiree- art trust
- $4.4M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Matching gift
- $2.8M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $2.7M
Vose River Charitable Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Project support grant to support university of south florida college of public health (coph) to serve as the new national program office (npo)
- $2.4M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project support grant to support the obama foundation
- $2.1M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Project support to aid operating support to the center for community investment.
- $2.0M
Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support to co.act detroit to for kresge innovative projects: detroit round 9.
- $2.0M
Marygrove Conservancy Support Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to the marygrove conservancy support corporation (mcsc) to fund the new market tax credits transaction for the marygrove early education center.
- $2.0M
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support grant toward the collection of oral histories and establish a permanent collection of artifacts.
- $1.8M
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to contribute to the vibrancy of detroit communities by providing critical support to individual artists in the tri-county region.
- $1.8M
Culturesource · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support to aid support to culturesource for the 2024 and 2025 implementation of key programmatic functions for the detroit arts support initiative
- $1.7M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Project support to aid provides support to enterprise community partners for its cdo fund
- $1.6M
M-1 Rail · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $1.4M
Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to support its land use and sustainability, community and economic development, community engagement, and research initiatives and expand team capacity.
- $1.1M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities
- $1.1M
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $1.0M
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project support to aid supports one nation/one project, a two-year initiative to improve social cohesion and community well-being through arts and culture
- $800,000
Living Cities Blended Catalyst Fund Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $745,000
Community Services Unlimited · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project support grant to the equitable food oriented development (efod)
- $739,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $725,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $704,885
Daisa Enterprises Llc · South Hadley, MA · 2024
Project grant will support the backbone staffing and facilitation of the equitable food oriented development efod collaborative.
- $700,000
The Center for Cultural Innovation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project support grant to continue the implementation of ambitious
- $700,000
Economic Security Project · New York, NY · 2024
Project grant support for the next phase of the partnership with the economic security project (esp).
- $700,000
The Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support grant for the constellations culture change fund and initiative to support its 2025-2030 planned expansion
- $700,000
Mdc · Durham, NC · 2024
Project support grant for the continued partnership with mdc focusing on advancing social and economic success
- $700,000
Historic Clayborn Temple · Memphis, TN · 2024
Project support grant to assist operations and programs in south memphis neighborhood, citywide and beyond.
- $700,000
Race Forward · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to aid democracy and an equitable society
- $650,000
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support for the 2024 eminent artist fellowship
- $650,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant for the continuation of the new economy initiative's work.
- $650,000
Education Commission of the States · Denver, CO · 2024
Project support grant to assist higher education systems to implement developmental education reform practices.
- $650,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to strengthen the capacity of grassroots leaders to advance equitable climate and clean energy guidelines
- $646,000
Emerging Markets Development Corporation · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
Project support to aid the establishment of neighborhood real estate investment trusts.
- $620,000
Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant for the second round of funding for the detroit strategic neighborhood fund
- $600,000
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support grant to build the capacity of organizations to advance climate and clean energy practices
- $600,000
Human Impact Partners · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support to strengthen relationships between local health departments and community power building organizations that promote community safety, climate resilience and health equity.
- $600,000
Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $600,000
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support the local infrastructure hub to provide technical assistance to cities applying for and deploying federal funding for infrastructure
- $600,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project project grant support to serve as the intermediate for a funder collaborative.
- $575,000
Urban Strategies · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
Project support grant to provide continued funding for their person-centered systems change efforts to ensure that families living in low-wealth communities are included in framework development.
- $575,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Project support grant to continue partnership with the city of saint paul, and the saint paul and minnesota foundation
- $570,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Project support grant that supports the third iteration of the reimagining the civic commons
- $560,000
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Project support grant for the key corridor fund
- $560,000
Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $554,925
Detroit Economic Growth Association · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to support a coalition of detroit-based environmental organizations in partnership with the city of detroit
- $550,000
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support grant for the build health places network (bhpn) community innovations.
- $550,000
Accelerator for America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project support for technical assistance, capacity building, and economic mobility for three cities.
- $525,000
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus)
- $525,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus)
- $520,000
Fresno Building Healthy Communities · Fresno, CA · 2024
Project support to implement a community justice network
- $500,000
Eastern Market Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project grant supports eastern eastern building support for memphis' community development sector
- $500,000
Central Valley Community Foundation · Fresno, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $500,000
Midtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support to midtown detroit inc
- $500,000
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General operating support
- $500,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant for the museum's bold future expansion project
- $500,000
American Public Human Services Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
Project support to support ceo's transition, strategic planning, and field-building efforts, including public-private partnership development
- $500,000
Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Planning grant to support a fellowship to lead a collaboration among michigan central, the creative class group, and detroit future city
- $500,000
Iff · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project support grant to develop and implement innovative financing models for early childhood and nonprofit facilities in detroit
- $500,000
Institute for Market Transformation · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to aid community engagement in the design and implementation of building retrofit strategies
- $500,000
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art · Memphis, TN · 2024
Project support to aid funding towards the design and construction of the memphis brooks museum of art civic plaza
- $481,865
Leadership for a Networked World · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Project support grant will support leadership for a networked world (lnw) to design the 2025 nextgen frontline innovators in action institute cohort ii and ongoing programming for cohort i.
- $475,000
Womens Foundation of the South · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support grant for ongiong support for collective health, wealth and power across 13 states.
- $473,189
Iff · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project support to manage the implementation of the hope starts here framework
- $450,000
The Reinvestment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Project support to aid the long-term financial sustainability and community engagement of historically black colleges and universities (hbcus)
- $450,000
Michigan Community Resources · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to continue to serve as a capacity and cohort build partner for kresge innovative projects: detroit initiative.
- $450,000
Boston Ujima Project · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General operating support
- $450,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York City, NY · 2024
Project support to aidate and expand liscs work to utilize community and economic development to close the wealth, health, and opportunity gap in america
- $450,000
American Public Human Services Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
Project support focused on people-centered system change by the public sector
- $450,000
Communities First · Flint, MI · 2024
Project support to aid families with realizing multigenerational family social economic success in detroit
- $445,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $425,000
Michigan College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $425,000
Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2024
Project support grant to advance family social and economic success in jackson, ms
- $400,000
Vose River Charitable Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Project support grant for the fourth and final iteration of the build health challenge.
- $400,000
The Corbin Hill Food Project · New York, NY · 2024
Project support to aid community-led movement that effectively infuses justice into health and food systems transformation, specifically in produce prescription and food as medicine programs
- $400,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Project support grant to deepen capacity, collaboration, and alignment in the field of equitable climate resilience
- $400,000
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2024
Project support grant to aid, support, and empower the equitable sustainability efforts.
- $400,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Project support the convergence partnership's and building support for memphis' community development sector
- $400,000
Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Project support grant to provide support for a pilot intended to mitigate the effects of the benefits cliff and establish a new approach for how tennessee can provide more effective social services and supports.
- $400,000
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2024
Project support to help leading cities advance the practice of aggressive and equitable urban decarbonization
- $400,000
Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project which supports low-income communities to build power and influence decisions.
- $395,000
The Funders Network · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Project support to aid the partners for places grant program and tfns urban water funders (uwf) working group
- $385,000
Essential Hospitals Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to build resilience, accelerate climate mitigation, and reduce greenhouse gases and waste among 300 member hospitals.
- $380,000
Utec · Lowell, MA · 2024
Project support grant to expand its youth-led organizing, advocacy efforts to address systemic changes.
- $379,370
South African Institute for Distance Education · 2024
Project support to aid the management of siyaphumelela 3.0 to enhance student success in south africa
- $375,500
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to bolster urban practitioners abilities to incorporate climate mitigation and adaptation into their work.
- $375,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Project support to aid tools for advocates in the transition to renewable energy
- $375,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Memphis · New York, NY · 2024
Project and general operating support
- $370,000
Coalition On Temporary Shelter · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant for cots
- $360,000
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support for the coordination of detroit's higher education ecosystem to reach 60% degree attainment by 2030
- $355,000
US Water Alliance · Federal Way, WA · 2024
Project support grant to scale and strengthen the water equity network (wen)
- $350,590
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Project support grant for the climate change, health & equity initiative peer-learning support
- $350,000
National Black Worker Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Project support grant to address the economic gap facing workers in detroit.
- $350,000
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation · Washington, DC · 2024
Project grant support for memphis' community development sector
- $350,000
Chisholm Legacy Project · Burtonsville, MD · 2024
Project support grant to strengthen the capacity of leaders.
- $350,000
Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support grant to grow the influence and impact of climate justice organizations
- $350,000
Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $350,000
Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project support to organize health systems to allocate mission-related investments that expand safe and healthy housing.
- $350,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Project support to aid stand for childrens efforts to advance justice through empowerment and community building in memphis and tennessee
- $350,000
Live6 Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $325,000
Metropolitan Action Commission · Nashville, TN · 2024
Project support grant to expand and strengthen service delivery, improve evidence based research, and provide training and technical assistance to the national nextgen cohort ii
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