Funding search · EIN 381359217 · Troy, MI

The Kresge Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,401
grants reported
$498.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$146,800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Detroit neighborhood, arts and community development infrastructure
  • Equitable climate resilience and clean energy capacity in cities
  • Arts and culture as a community vitality strategy
  • Community investment finance: CDFIs, funds, tax credit deals
  • College access and student success for low-income students
  • Family economic mobility and public-sector systems change

Typical grant

Median grant is $146,800, with the middle half between $75,000 and $250,000. The seven-figure checks go to Detroit anchor institutions and national intermediaries like Enterprise Community Partners, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; the $75,000 to $250,000 range covers most everything else, including project work with policy shops and universities. With 2,401 grants to 997 recipients over three years, roughly two-plus grants per organization, renewal and multi-grant relationships are the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • PROJECT SUPPORT GRANT TO SUPPORT
  • GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
  • equitable climate resilience
  • capacity, collaboration, and alignment
  • low-wealth communities
  • community power building
  • systems change

Positioning adjacent work

  • Tie your work to a named Kresge city: Detroit first, then Memphis, Fresno, New Orleans, Saint Paul.
  • Ask $200,000 to $400,000 for a two-year project; that band is where most non-Detroit work lands.
  • Frame research as capacity building for practitioners or cities, not as scholarship; they fund technical assistance.
  • Pair with an established intermediary (LISC, Enterprise, Urban Institute, Public Health Institute) rather than approaching solo.

Worth knowing: Michigan, and specifically Detroit, absorbs the largest share by far, and DC-based national intermediaries and fiscal sponsors (New Venture Fund, Tides, Windward, NEO Philanthropy) take much of the rest, which signals relationship-driven, invitation-style giving through known partners. Recent grants lean heavily toward equity-framed climate, arts as community development, and people-centered public systems change, so adjacent work should be translated into one of those three frames.

77 grants matching “approaches · $14.4M

  • $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.

  • $300,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support to aid 2gen approaches at the practice level, within public systems, and policies to increase family economic mobility and prosperity

  • $300,000

    Women'S Foundation for a Greater Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Project support grant to align people and resources, coordinate community-based services through a two-generation and person-centered approach that supports economic and social mobility.

  • $300,000

    Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant to assist the health affairs journal to build a more comprehensive approach towards correcting institutional practices and systems.

  • $250,000

    Hispanic Unity of Florida · Hollywood, FL · 2024

    Project support grant to provide continued support to advance and expand its two-generation approach support services to miami dade county.

  • $250,000

    Platform for Social Impact · 2024

    Project support to aid will support instituto del desarrollo de la juventud (idj) with further integration of a 2gen approach in puerto rico.

  • $230,000

    Daylight Consulting Services Llc · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Project support grant to provide targeted technical assistance to human services grantees and public and philanthropic partners engaged in 2gen approaches to promoting economic mobility.

  • $200,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2024

    Project support to strengthen their two-generational approach and their capacity to support human services organizations

  • $150,000

    Knowledge Quest · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Project support grant to enhance a two-gen approach in south memphis by advancing research, data-driven strategies, and staff development to track outcomes for families

  • $100,000

    Walker-Miller Energy Services Llc · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Project support to aid walker-miller to participate in a place-based approach to inflation reduction act project readiness in targeted neighborhoods in detroit

  • $100,000

    Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Project support grant for the participation in a place-based approach to inflation reduction act project readiness.

  • $100,000

    Ryter Cooperative Industries · Highland Park, MI · 2024

    Project support grant to enable ryter to replicate a community based approach to solar and organizations building decarbonization development for community servicing organizations in detroit

  • $90,000

    Michigan Federation for Children and Families · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Project support grant for the effort to integrate a two-generation (2gen) approach to family preservation services.

  • $30,000

    Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024

    Project support to advance philanthropic sector approaches to strategic learning and evaluation.

  • $400,000

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023

    To support the general operations of the peoples climate innovation center (pcic), which focuses on community-driven approaches and solutions that address complex climate challenges. This grant will help peoples climate read all
  • $400,000

    Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    This grant to the martha obryan center, a national nextgen organization, will provide support for a pilot intended to mitigate the effects of the benefits cliff and establish a new approach for how tennessee can provide read all
  • $375,000

    Agape Child & Family Services · Memphis, TN · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support the partnership with agape child & family services (memphis, tn) to further efforts to leverage a two-generation (2gen) approach to advance social and economic mobility through a read all
  • $375,000

    Lift · Washington, DC · 2023

    This grant will enable lift to expand the reach of its family-centered coaching model and approach through the expansion of their action and training tank.

  • $250,000

    Communities First · Flint, MI · 2023

    This grant will support communities first inc (cfi) to support families with realizing multigenerational family social and economic success through a holistic community approach undergirded by systems change in the city read all
  • $220,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2023

    This grant will provide continued support to utec to expand its youth-led organizing, advocacy efforts to address systemic changes. With foundation support utec will expand its highly successful approach of working with read all
  • $200,000

    Social Current · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support the alliance for strong communities-council on accreditation (alliance-coa) build internal organizational alignment, capacity, and strategies to advance their equity diversity and read all
  • $200,000

    Instituto Del Desarrollo De La Juventud · San Juan, PR · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support the next phase of the partnership with instituto del desarrollo de la juventud (dj) in continued integration of a 2gen approach within public and nonprofit sectors in puerto rico read all
  • $200,000

    University of Pretoria · 2023

    To strengthen and expand student success efforts through an institutional anchor approach in mamelodi township.

  • $150,000

    Knowledge Quest · Memphis, TN · 2023

    This grant to knowledge quest (kq) will support their efforts to further implement a two-generation approach with greater fidelity by advancing their research and continuous quality improvement strategies, expanding the read all
  • $150,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2023

    This grant will provide funding to access to continue strengthening their two-generational approach and their capacity to support arab american human services organizations across their national network arab american co read all
  • $150,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to the detroit branch naacp's mission of insuring political, educational, social and economic equality through programming, initiatives and collaboration as part of the foun read all
  • $130,000

    River Network · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Support to expand and deepen the engagement of community-based organizations across the river network membership and engage with federal agencies to adopt approaches that center the voices of marginalized communities in read all
  • $100,000

    Platform for Social Impact · 2023

    This grant will support instituto del desarrollo de la juventud (idj) with further integration of a 2gen approach in puerto rico across state agencies.

  • $100,000

    Ikaso Consulting · Burlingame, CA · 2023

    Identify and learn from participating aapi non-profit, community organizations who work directly with under-resourced aapi families on achieving social and economic success, what barriers they face and possible solution read all
  • $80,000

    Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to detroit justice center (djc) to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as scale their legal and community-driven soluti read all
  • $30,000

    Michigan Federation for Children and Families · Lansing, MI · 2023

    This grant will support the michigan federation for children and families (federation) in the effort to integrate a two-generation (2gen) approach to family preservation services to support michigan's child welfare-invo read all
  • $10,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to access to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as co-develop an anti-racism training with existing network organizati read all
  • $5,700

    Hope Toledo Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2023

    To support hope toledos multi-system college success approach to reduce educational and economic inequities in toledo, as part of the copro2.0 initiative.

  • $4,061

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    The purpose of the grant is to support ascend at the aspen institute (ascend) with ongoing advancement of 2gen approaches in practice, systems change, and policy resulting in increased increased social and economic mobi read all
  • $1.0M

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    The purpose of the grant is to support ascend at the aspen institute (ascend) with ongoing advancement of 2gen approaches in practice, systems change, and policy resulting in increased social and economic mobility acros read all
  • $625,000

    Mdc · Durham, NC · 2022

    This grant will support the human services teams partnership with mdc to advance racial equity and improve social and economic mobility in the south through systems change and a place-based approach.

  • $500,000

    Agape Child & Family Services · Memphis, TN · 2022

    The purpose of this grant is to support the partnership with agape child & family services (memphis, tn) to further efforts to leverage a two-generation (2gen) approach to advance social and economic mobility through a read all
  • $300,000

    Metro Solutions · Southfield, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to detroit live is valuable every day (dlive) to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as bolster their capacity to deliv read all
  • $300,000

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022

    To support the general operations of the peoples climate innovation center (pcic), which focuses on community-driven approaches and solutions that address complex climate challenges. This grant will help peoples climate read all
  • $275,000

    Social Current · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    The purpose of this grant is to support the alliance for strong communities-council on accreditation (alliance-coa) build internal organizational alignment, capacity, and strategies to advance their equity diversity and read all
  • $275,000

    State of Connecticut · Hartford, CT · 2022

    This grant will provide support to the connecticut office of early childhood (oec) to continue its implementation of a data driven and outcomes-based approach and to expand the use of outcomes rate cards across differen read all
  • $250,000

    Third Sector Capital Partners · Boston, MA · 2022

    This grant will support the partnership with third sector capital partners (tcsp) to strengthen their internal capacity to further integrate a focus on racial equity internally and throughout their network of public and read all
  • $250,000

    Black Business Capital Financing Corporation · Orlando, FL · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the alliance to grow its organizational capacity as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. This grant falls under the community systems approach which aims read all
  • $250,000

    Deep South Center for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the national black environmental justice coalition to build an intersectional black-led movement structure as part of the foundations racial justice response plans frontl read all
  • $225,000

    The Power Coalition · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the power coalition to strengthen their civic engagement and community organizing work in new orleans as part of the foundations racial justice response plans frontline o read all
  • $205,000

    Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    General support for healthy gulf's work with low-income and bipoc communities in new orleans and southeast louisiana seeking implementation of equitable approaches to community adaptation, and to complete an internal le read all
  • $200,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2022

    This grant will support utec to implement a coordinated approach to support policies and programming to improve outcomes for young fathers returning from incarceration.

  • $200,000

    Communication Across Barriers · Tigard, OR · 2022

    This grant will allow the louisiana department of children and family services (dcfs) to take a current reality snap shot of what is working well throughout the state of louisiana, identify areas where children and fami read all
  • $200,000

    University of Kwazulu-Natal · 2022

    To support a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $160,000

    River Network · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Support to expand and deepen the engagement of community-based organizations across the river network membership and engage with federal agencies to adopt approaches that center the voices of marginalized communities in read all
  • $149,962

    Hope Toledo Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2022

    To support hope toledos multi-system college success approach to reduce educational and economic inequities in toledo, as part of the copro2.0 initiative.

  • $125,000

    Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to community change to deepen their convening and capacity-building support of community-based organization and leaders, as a part of the foundations racial justice response read all
  • $125,000

    Lift · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant will enable lift to expand the reach of its family-centered coaching model and approach through the expansion of their action and training tank.

  • $125,000

    Mijente Support Committee · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to mijente to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. This grant falls und read all
  • $125,000

    National Black Justice Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the national black justice coalition to protect the civil and human rights of black lgbtqia people as part of the foundations racial justice response plans frontline orga read all
  • $125,000

    Data for Black Lives · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to data for black lives (d4bl) to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as expand its local data hub program as part of t read all
  • $125,000

    Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (Searac) · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the southeast asia resource action center (searac) to disrupt the invisibility and empower cambodian, laotian, and vietnamese american communities to create a socially ju read all
  • $125,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2022

    This grant will support the arab community center for economic and social services (access) to increase their ability and that of their national network for arab american communities (nnaac) to integrate a more explicit read all
  • $125,000

    Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the detroit branch naacp's mission of insuring political, educational, social and economic equality through programming, initiatives and collaboration as part of the foun read all
  • $120,000

    Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To administer the grassroots leadership fund, a two-year regranting and capacity building training program focused on equity-based climate resiliency approaches to urban stormwater systems.

  • $120,000

    Bell Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022

    To advance and promote social and economic mobility through racial justice centered, two generation approaches.

  • $100,000

    Nelson Mandela University · 2022

    To support siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    University of the Witwatersrand · 2022

    To support siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    The University of the Free State · 2022

    To support siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    University System of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2022

    To facilitate investment in the nascent community development climate-finance ecosystem through convening and education around community-focused and bottom-up approaches.

  • $100,000

    Durban University of Technology · 2022

    To support, siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    University of Cape Town · 2022

    To support siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant will support the national academy of sciences obesity prevention policy roundtable (roundtable) with efforts that use a systems approach to decrease the prevalence of obesity by coordinating intersectoral lea read all
  • $100,000

    New Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to new detroit, inc. To build their organizational capacity and strategy to address racism as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. This grant falls under th read all
  • $100,000

    University of Western Cape · 2022

    To support siyaphumelela 2.0, a national network of evidence-based student success approaches to increase postsecondary completion rates across south africa.

  • $100,000

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to access to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as co-develop an anti-racism training with existing network organizati read all
  • $75,000

    Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to detroit justice center (djc) to participate in a national and place-based network of racial justice organizations as well as scale their legal and community-driven soluti read all
  • $75,000

    Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the michigan roundtable for diversity and inclusion to bolster their race2equity initiative and support their participation in a racial justice advisory table in detroit read all
  • $75,000

    Black Family Development · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides project support to the black family development, inc. To scale their restorative practices and gang diversion work in detroit as part of the foundations racial justice response plans frontline organi read all
  • $60,000

    Michigan Federation for Children & Families · Lansing, MI · 2022

    This cross-team planning grant between the human services and detroit programs will support the michigan federation for children and families (mfcf) with integrating the race equity centered 2gen approach into their fam read all
  • $50,000

    American Citizens for Justice · Westland, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to american citizens for justice (acj) to participate in a national and place-based network and continue their advocacy on behalf of the asian american community in the detr read all
  • $50,000

    Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to detroit hispanic development corporation (dhdc) to participate in a national and place-based network and continue to build staff capacity to provide culturally competent read all

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • The Blackbaud Giving Fund3 grants · $12.1M
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan12 grants · $9.8M
  • Invest Detroit Foundation10 grants · $9.5M
  • Enterprise Community Partners11 grants · $7.4M
  • Vose River Charitable Fund8 grants · $7.3M
  • College for Creative Studies7 grants · $6.7M
  • Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit5 grants · $6.2M
  • New Venture Fund15 grants · $6.1M
  • Foundation for Detroits Future1 grant · $5.0M
  • Urban Institute7 grants · $4.7M

Giving over time

$164.1M
2022
$164.8M
2023
$169.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,401 grants.

  • $5.0M

    Foundation for Detroits Future · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Project support for the detroit retiree- art trust

  • $5.0M

    Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides continued project support for the second round of invest detroits strategic neighborhood fund for equitable and inclusive revitalization efforts in detroits neighborhoods.

  • $4.4M

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024

    Matching gift

  • $4.0M

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2022

    Matching gift

  • $3.7M

    The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Matching gift

  • $3.0M

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant will fund the kresge education fund, a donor advised fund at the community foundation for southeast michigan, which will house general operating support funding for the marygrove conservancy.

  • $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)

  • $2.5M

    Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant provides continued project support for the second round of invest detroits strategic neighborhood fund for equitable and inclusive revitalization efforts in detroits neighborhoods.

  • $2.5M

    Vose River Charitable Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    To support university of south florida college of public health (coph) to serve as the new national program office (npo) for the re-boot of the emerging leaders in public health initiative. Usf will lead the design and read all
  • $2.5M

    University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2022

    To support university of south florida college of public health (coph) to serve as the new national program office (npo) for the re-boot of the emerging leaders in public health initiative. Usf will lead the design and read all
  • $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

    Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Detroit future city is requesting a grant of $2,000,000 for 2023 general operating support. Funding will support strategic priorities identified through its current strategic planning process and aimed at improving qual read all
  • $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.

  • $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 · 2023

    This grant provides funding for the marygrove conservancy support corporation (mcsc) to fund the new market tax credits transaction for the marygrove early education center.

  • $2.0M

    The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

    Through its federal-local bridge for learning and impact, brookings metro will forge new insights that (1) help local leaders shape the next generation of place-based economic development, (2) inform state infrastructur read all
  • $1.9M

    Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant provides project support and regranting funds to co.act detroit to act as the grantmaking intermediary for kresge innovative projects: detroit round 8.

  • $1.9M

    Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides project support and regranting funds to co.act detroit to act as the grantmaking intermediary for kresge innovative projects: detroit round 7, to be launched in november 2021.

  • $1.9M

    Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To support downtown detroit partnership, (ddp) to manage the community engagement consulting project and serve as the lead organization for the development of a comprehensive design framework for the transformation of i read all
  • $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

    College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To contribute to the vibrancy of detroit communities by providing critical support to individual artists in the tri-county region.

  • $1.8M

    College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2022

    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 · 2023

    This grant provides support to enterprise community partners for a cdo fund that will provide operating support to detroit community development organizations for three years.

  • $1.7M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    This project grant supports the new venture fund to serve as the intermediate for a funder collaborative focused on culture and creativity as drivers of equitable community change.

  • $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

  • $1.5M

    Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022

    This grant provides support to enterprise community partners for a cdo fund that will provide operating support to detroit community development organizations for three years.

  • $1.5M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    This project grant supports the new venture fund to serve as the intermediate for a funder collaborative focused on culture and creativity as drivers of equitable community change.

  • $1.5M

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support learning in and across cities on how to achieve shared prosperity by helping local leaders align federal investments with local goals; building a new urban practice through actionable research, strategic advi read all
  • $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.

  • $1.2M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2023

    This cross-team operating grant supports policylink's mission and winning on equity initiatives.

  • $1.2M

    Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support the next phase of amplify fund, which supports black, indigenous and people of color (bipoc) and low-income communities to build power and influence decisions about the places they live and work.

  • $1.2M

    Culturesource · Detroit, MI · 2022

    To provide support to culturesource for the three-year implementation of key programmatic functions of the detroit arts support initiative.

  • $1.2M

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    To deepen and expand support for inclusive and equitable recovery in cities through strategic advising, data analysis, and technical assistance in sp2 cities; knowledge sharing, actionable research, and decision-assist read all
  • $1.1M

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities

  • $1.1M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General operating support to policylink to advance its winning on equity initiative.

  • $1.1M

    Lincoln Institute of Land Policy · New York, NY · 2023

    To provide operating support to the center for community investment, which works to overcome historic patterns of disinvestment to improve economic opportunity and racial equity.

  • $1.1M

    Detroit Public Schools Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant will subsidize the lease and maintenance costs for the detroit public schools community district to operate the school at marygrove and to be part of the marygrove conservancy community.

  • $1.1M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1.1M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Renewal support for communities first fund to advance the equitable implementation of federal infrastructure funding. Communities first fund will bring community partners, government, and philanthropic leaders together read all
  • $1.0M

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    The purpose of the grant is to support ascend at the aspen institute (ascend) with ongoing advancement of 2gen approaches in practice, systems change, and policy resulting in increased social and economic mobility acros read all
  • $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

  • $1.0M

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant provides project support to the new economy initiative to create the small business support network, which will build and strengthen the ecosystem of inclusive entrepreneurship and economic growth in metro de read all
  • $1.0M

    National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    The local infrastructure hub bootcamp program is an online curriculum for small to mid-sized cities, designed to deliver high-quality applications for thirty programs from the bipartisan infrastructure law (bil).

  • $1.0M

    National Performance Network · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    This project grant supports the national performance networks field building and racial justice efforts through its newly created department of racial justice and movement building.

  • $1.0M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To establish the civic, technical, and accountability infrastructure needed to leverage the potential of the iija and arpa to support and invest in equitable, resilient, and thriving communities.

  • $1.0M

    Bend the Arc-a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2022

    This project and general operating grant supports the funders collaborative for youth organizing (fcyo) in strengthening the national infrastructure of youth organizing through grantmaking, peer learning, capacity build read all
  • $1.0M

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides project support to the new economy initiative to create the small business support network, which will build and strengthen the ecosystem of inclusive entrepreneurship and economic growth in metro de read all
  • $1.0M

    National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    The local infrastructure hub in partnership with the national league of cities has developed a set of bootcamps designed to provide technical assistance to help small to mid-sized cities and towns from all regions to ac read all
  • $1.0M

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    With support from the kresge foundation, npr will deliver to the american public critical news, information, analysis, and programming that meets the highest standards of public service journalism and cultural expressio read all
  • $959,030

    Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023

    Climate change, health & equity initiative peer-learning support

  • $900,000

    Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the marygrove conservancy to maintain and operate the marygrove campus in northwest detroit.

  • $897,655

    Daisa Enterprises Llc · South Hadley, MA · 2023

    This grant will support the backbone staffing and facilitation of the equitable food oriented development (efod) collaborative, a powerful justice-first framework for equitable food systems development and investment.

  • $875,000

    Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the marygrove conservancy to maintain and operate the marygrove campus in northwest detroit.

  • $850,000

    Education Commission of the States · Denver, CO · 2022

    To support higher education systems to implement developmental education reform practices.

  • $830,000

    Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the marygrove conservancy to maintain and operate the marygrove campus in northwest detroit.

  • $810,000

    Community Lift Corp · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Building support for memphis community development sector and implementing the memphis 3.0 plan.

  • $800,000

    Living Cities Blended Catalyst Fund Llc · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $800,000

    The New School · New York, NY · 2023

    The purpose of this cross-team grant between human services and detroit is to support the next phase of the partnership with the institute on race, power and political economy at the new school (the institute).

  • $753,000

    Daisa Enterprises Llc · South Hadley, MA · 2022

    This grant will support the backbone staffing and facilitation of the equitable food oriented development (efod) collaborative, a powerful justice-first framework for equitable food systems development and investment.

  • $750,000

    The Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2023

    This project grant supports the constellations culture change fund and initiative.

  • $750,000

    Urban Renaissance Partners · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To provide funding towards the construction of an early childhood education center in the south city neighborhood of memphis and contribute to the physical revitalization of the community.

  • $750,000

    Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2022

    Advancing social and economic mobility in jackson, ms

  • $745,000

    Community Services Unlimited · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Project support grant to the equitable food oriented development (efod)

  • $745,000

    Community Services Unlimited · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    On behalf of the equitable food oriented development (efod) collaborative, community services unlimited requests a 3-year grant of $2,235,000 to support the field of efod practitioners and organizations across the u.s. read all
  • $745,000

    Community Services Unlimited · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    On behalf of the equitable food oriented development (efod) collaborative, community services unlimited requests a 3-year grant of $2,235,000 to support the field of efod practitioners and organizations across the u.s. read all
  • $739,000

    Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General operating support

  • $735,000

    Craft Emergency Relief Fund · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    This project grant supports the craft emergency relief funds emergency relief and recovery efforts in support of artists working in craft disciplines across the united states.

  • $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

    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

    Historic Clayborn Temple · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Project support grant to assist operations and programs in south memphis neighborhood, citywide and beyond.

  • $700,000

    Mdc · Durham, NC · 2024

    Project support grant for the continued partnership with mdc focusing on advancing social and economic success

  • $700,000

    Race Forward · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support to aid democracy and an equitable society

  • $700,000

    The Center for Cultural Innovation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Project support grant to continue the implementation of ambitious

  • $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

    American Public Human Services Association · Arlington, VA · 2023

    The purpose of the grant is to continue to support the partnership with the american public human services association (aphsa) focused on person centered system change driven by the public sector.

  • $700,000

    Michigan College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2023

    General operating support to increase college attainment in michigan.

  • $700,000

    Race Forward · New York, NY · 2023

    Building a multiracial democracy and a racially equitable society.

  • $700,000

    The Center for Cultural Innovation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Project support for the national initiative ambitious that will influence the development of alternative economic systems and services to be more sustainable by, for and with artists.

  • $700,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    This grant will provide support to the emerging leaders in public health (elph) initiative by offering capacity building and legal technical assistance to the teams and empowering them in their roles to use public healt read all
  • $673,000

    Culturesource · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To provide general operating support for culturesource as the key intermediary resourcing both artists and arts and culture organizations in metropolitan detroit.

  • $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

  • $650,000

    Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Grant funding to enterprise community partners will support the new orleans community development organization (cdo) fund, a collaborative funding mechanism and technical assistance effort that works to streamline the d read all
  • $646,000

    Emerging Markets Development Corporation · Palm Springs, CA · 2024

    Project support to aid the establishment of neighborhood real estate investment trusts.

  • $645,000

    US Water Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2023

    This grant supports the u.s. Water alliances work to scale and strengthen their water equity network (wen), integrate arts and cultural practices into wen, help water utilities adopt new greenhouse gas emission mitigati read all
  • $645,000

    The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

    The federalist bridge project at brookings metro will help local and regional leaders align new federal resources and other sources of capital and expertise toward a more equitable recovery.

  • $630,000

    American Public Human Services Association · Washington, DC · 2022

    The purpose of this grant is to support aphsas ongoing efforts to drive person-centered systems change to advance social and economic mobility (sem) and race equity (re) through human-centered, place-based opportunity e read all
  • $630,000

    Jefferson East · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides jefferson east, inc. With three years of general operating support.

  • $625,000

    Mdc · Durham, NC · 2022

    This grant will support the human services teams partnership with mdc to advance racial equity and improve social and economic mobility in the south through systems change and a place-based approach.

  • $620,000

    Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Project support grant for the second round of funding for the detroit strategic neighborhood fund

  • $620,000

    Mdc · Durham, NC · 2023

    This grant will build on current efforts of the human services teams partnership with mdc to support the agenda to center racial equity and racial justice to advance multigenerational family social and economic success read all
  • $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

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