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.

118 grants matching “strategies · $20.6M

  • $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.

  • $500,000

    Institute for Market Transformation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support to aid community engagement in the design and implementation of building retrofit strategies

  • $300,000

    Innovation Network for Communities · Tamworth, NH · 2024

    Project support grant to help cities develop and implement building electrification strategies.

  • $200,000

    Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant for education trust's postsecondary work advancing strategies that support college affordability and institutional accountability.

  • $200,000

    Education Strategy Group · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024

    Project support grant to position postsecondary institutions in up to four michigan cities to compete for public funds to increase adult learner completion.

  • $200,000

    American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support for cities adopting equitable clean energy strategies in disinvested and disadvantaged communities

  • $200,000

    Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant to assist in strategies and campuses that are responsive to the experiences of college student parents

  • $150,000

    National Urban Indian Family Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Project support grant to help nonprofits test the theory that resources follow strategy.

  • $150,000

    Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2024

    Project support grant to mobilize communities in portland and other parts of oregon to advocate for climate and health strategies and practices

  • $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

  • $150,000

    National Association of Higher Education Systems · Adelphi, MD · 2024

    Project support to aid nashs leadership development and diversified revenue strategies

  • $100,000

    National Postsecondary Strategy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Project support to aid college enrollment for first-generation, low-income, and students in urban school districts

  • $100,000

    Whole Child Strategies · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Project support to increase social cohesion and support resident led institutions in the klondike and smokey city neighborhoods

  • $100,000

    National Student Legal Defense Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant to support strategies in higher education

  • $100,000

    National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant for a community development model through creative placemaking, development of a community development financial institution (cdfi), and as a thought partner for the advancing health equity and hou read all
  • $100,000

    National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024

    Project support grant to promote college affordability and free college tuition strategies

  • $100,000

    Veterans Education Success · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024

    Project support grant to aid postsecondary success for veterans through strategies, accountability, and direct services

  • $100,000

    Environmental Community Action · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Project support grant to build the capacity of community leaders in georgia communities and implement green stormwater infrastructure strategies for the atlanta university center.

  • $75,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant for effective college affordability and success strategies

  • $50,000

    National Association of Community Health Centers · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Project support grant to enable and develop resilient power systems to community health centers nationally using participatory strategies that maximize community engagement.

  • $50,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project support grant to aid the launch of new strategies rising

  • $50,000

    Environmental Community Action · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Project support grant to implement green stormwater infrastructure strategies for the atlanta university center.

  • $500,000

    Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023

    This project grant supports the inner-city muslim action network's strategy to expand arts and creative placemaking efforts as part of its go green on racine.

  • $466,667

    Human Impact Partners · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To enable human impact partners to cultivate relationships between local health departments and community power-building organizations that support collaboration and facilitate the use of inside-outside strategies to ad read all
  • $402,000

    Health Care Without Harm · Reston, VA · 2023

    To enable health care without harm to engage health systems in mitigation, resilience, and leadership strategies that protect public health from climate change, accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and imp read all
  • $375,000

    Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support the human services and detroit programs continued partnership with the city of saint paul, and the saint paul and minnesota foundation to develop a framework prototype for the nat read all
  • $350,000

    Island Press · Washington, DC · 2023

    To build the evidence base of strategies that reduce carbon emissions and help achieve a sustainable, equitable, and economically viable future in the face of climate change.

  • $300,000

    Education Strategy Group · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023

    To position postsecondary institutions in up to four michigan cities to compete for public funds to increase adult learner completion.

  • $275,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To help u.s. Cities plan, design, and implement equitable climate-adaptation strategies.

  • $265,000

    Urban Strategies · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support urban strategies inc. (usi) to work with local communities to develop economic security changes that will incentivize investments in equitable wealth accumulation strategies.

  • $250,000

    Safe & Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2023

    Nation oustide seeks to address the collective carceral impact experienced by justice-impacted families and communities in michigan through strategies that improve civic empowerment and access to safe and stable housing read all
  • $250,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2023

    This project grant supports the big we foundations southern shift initiative.

  • $235,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    To support college promises dissemination of tuition-free community college policy strategies and management of kresges copro2.0 initiative.

  • $202,250

    Voices for Racial Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    This general operating grant supports voices for racial justice and its mission to build power through collective cultural and healing strategies for racial justice across minnesota.

  • $200,000

    Innovation Network for Communities · Tamworth, NH · 2023

    Helping cities develop and implement building electrification strategies grounded in equity

  • $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

    American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Supporting cities in adopting equitable clean energy strategies in disinvested and disadvantaged communities

  • $200,000

    Ryse · Richmond, CA · 2023

    This general operating grant will enable the ryse center to build its capacity as a national field building leader in community-centered healing strategies and help lead the collective, multi-modal learning and dissemin read all
  • $180,000

    Daylight Consulting Services Llc · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Support the kresge foundations human services programs efforts to enhance 2gen fidelity and activate power building strategies among grantees and key partners to advance race equity, justice, and multigenerational famil read all
  • $160,000

    California Competes · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To identify strategies for postsecondary institutions to support the college graduation of adults with some college and no degree.

  • $150,000

    Wing Luke Memorial Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    This general operating grant will support the wing luke museum of the asian pacific for its cultural programs that advance community-driven strategies.

  • $150,000

    Forward Together · Oakland, CA · 2023

    This general operating grant supports forward together's mission to unite communities by amplifying the cultural strategy work of grassroots organizations, artists and cultural workers to challenge dominant narratives a read all
  • $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

    National Association of Community Health Centers · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    This grant will enable the national association of community health centers to develop an innovative, data-driven, and equity-focused model to provide resilient power systems to community health centers nationally using read all
  • $150,000

    Whole Child Strategies · Memphis, TN · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to provide support to whole child strategies (wcs) in their efforts to ensure long-term social and economic mobility for individuals and families in the neighborhoods of klondike and smokey read all
  • $126,300

    U3 Advisors · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    This grant will provide funding for u3 advisors (u3a) to provide strategic consultation and technical support for the ongoing implementation of the marygrove transformation project, build the long-term capacity of the l read all
  • $125,000

    Center for Transforming Communities · Memphis, TN · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to center for transforming communities to grow their capacity to establish neighborhood stewardship organizations across memphis and elevate community priorities in emerging read all
  • $115,000

    National Postsecondary Strategy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    To improve college enrollment for first-generation, low-income, and students of color in urban school districts.

  • $100,000

    Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    This general operating grant supports the native american community development institute to advance community development strategies centered on native cultural values and identities.

  • $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
  • $100,000

    Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope · Memphis, TN · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to memphis interfaith coalition for action and hope (micah) for their organizing efforts in pursuit of economic, educational, and race & class equity in memphis as part of t read all
  • $100,000

    Bold Futures Nm · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    This cross-team operating grant supports bold futures new mexico to strengthen resident organizing, cultural strategy, and research so that women and people of color in new mexico have information, resources, and recogn read all
  • $92,400

    Ddg Training & Consulting Llc · Sierra Madre, CA · 2023

    The purpose of this grant is to support ddg training and consulting (ddg) to provide technical assistance to the detroit nextgen cohort around the development of effective father engagement strategies and father specifi read all
  • $90,000

    Initiative for a Competitive Inner City · Roxbury, MA · 2023

    Through a research brief and three to four local case studies, this project will explore the implications for practice of an emerging place-based strategy, regional economic connectivity, as a pathway to tackle concentr read all
  • $89,811

    University of Detroit Mercy · Detroit, MI · 2023

    This grant provides project support to the university of detroit mercys school of architecture and community development (sacd), in partnership with the live6 alliance, to facilitate and implement a placemaking strategy read all
  • $75,000

    National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support a culturally specific community development model for asian american, native hawaiian, and pacific islanders (aa and nphi) through creative placemaking, development of a community development financial instit read all
  • $75,000

    Environmental Community Action · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Support eco-action to implement green stormwater infrastructure strategies for the atlanta university center and to build the capacity of community leaders to advocate for stronger, more equitable water management pract read all
  • $75,000

    Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2023

    To leverage student voting data to inform student civic engagement strategies, as part of the student civic power grants.

  • $49,100

    Shared Strategy Group Llc · Jackson, MS · 2023

    This grant will enable the shared strategy group to develop a plan to implement a new orleans 2gen time-limited learning and action community, an effort that was begun in 2020, but suspended due to covid.

  • $39,667

    African American Alliance of Cdfi Ceos · Orlando, FL · 2023

    The kresge grant will help support the development of a program to provide training and technical assistance to black-led cdes that will prepare them to apply and, to the extent that such strategies exist, employ strate read all
  • $2,500

    Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries · Fresno, CA · 2023

    This grant provides general operating support to fresno interdenominational refugee ministries (firm) to deliver direct services and community building for refugee populations in fresno as part of the foundations racial read all
  • $510,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Supporting community engagement in the design and implementation of building retrofit policies.

  • $466,667

    Human Impact Partners · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To enable human impact partners to cultivate relationships between local health departments and community power-building organizations that support collaboration and facilitate the use of inside-outside strategies to ad read all
  • $420,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    To support college promises dissemination of tuition-free community college policy strategies and management of kresges copro2.0 initiative.

  • $400,000

    Health Care Without Harm · Reston, VA · 2022

    To enable health care without harm to engage health systems in mitigation, resilience, and leadership strategies that protect public health from climate change, accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and imp read all
  • $350,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the convergence partnerships implementation of its new strategic direction and collaboration infrastructure across its three new strategies: amplify community power; transform narratives; and building funder read all
  • $330,000

    Essential Hospitals Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support the essential hospitals institute to raise awareness, provide actionable resourced tools, and motivate member hospitals to adopt climate change mitigation and resiliency strategies that emphasize quality care read all
  • $300,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022

    Helping u.s. Cities plan, design, and implement equitable climate-adaptation strategies.

  • $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

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    This project grant supports culture surge, a coalition of over two dozen leading cultural strategy organizations and social-practice artists, to coordinate resources and maximize the impact of the creative community in read all
  • $250,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022

    This project grant supports the big we foundations southern shift initiative.

  • $250,000

    Urban Strategies · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    The purpose of this grant is to support urban strategies inc. (usi) to work with local communities to develop economic security policy changes that will incentivize investments in equitable wealth accumulation strategie read all
  • $250,000

    Uli Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Supporting communities in developing racially equitable strategies to advance their climate goals

  • $250,000

    Forward Together · Oakland, CA · 2022

    This general operating grant supports forward together's mission to unite communities by amplifying the cultural strategy work of grassroots organizations, artists and cultural workers to challenge dominant narratives a read all
  • $240,000

    Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability · Fresno, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the leadership counsel for justice and accountability for community organizing and policy advocacy as part of the foundations racial justice response plan in fresno. This read all
  • $225,000

    Ryse · Richmond, CA · 2022

    This general operating grant will enable the ryse center to build its capacity as a national field building leader in community-centered healing strategies and help lead the collective, multi-modal learning and dissemin read all
  • $225,000

    Whole Child Strategies · Memphis, TN · 2022

    The purpose of this grant is to provide support to whole child strategies (wcs) in their efforts to ensure long-term social and economic mobility for individuals and families in the neighborhoods of klondike and smokey read all
  • $225,000

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To identify strategies and policy changes postsecondary institutions can take to support the college graduation of adults with some college and no degree.

  • $200,000

    Mothering Justice · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support for mothering justice and its efforts to advance racial justice and equity in detroit as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. This grant is part of a broade read all
  • $200,000

    Newcorp · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to newcorp, inc. To evolve from a transactional loan fund to becoming a true driver of economic development for underserved communities in new orleans, as part of the founda read all
  • $200,000

    Voices for Racial Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    This general operating grant supports voices for racial justice and its mission to build power through collective cultural and healing strategies for racial justice across minnesota.

  • $200,000

    Innovation Network for Communities · Tamworth, NH · 2022

    Helping cities develop and implement building electrification strategies grounded in equity

  • $175,000

    Jakara Movement · Fresno, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to jakara movement for grassroots community-building as part of the foundations racial justice response plan in fresno. This grant falls under the frontline organizations st read all
  • $150,000

    Blackspace Urbanist Collective · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    This general operating grant provides support to blackspace as they advance community-based strategies of urban planning, centered on racial justice, in detroit & 15 other american cities; joining the racial justice uni read all
  • $150,000

    Faith in the Valley · Stockton, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to faith in the valley for grassroots community organizing led by volunteer leaders as part of the foundations racial justice response plan in fresno. This grant falls under read all
  • $150,000

    Good Work Network · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to good work network for the provision of entrepreneurship education, technical assistance, and mentorship to minority business owners as part of the foundations racial just read all
  • $150,000

    Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the gulf coast center for law and policy to support black and native leadership in their efforts to develop and implement strategies to achieve climate justice in the gul read all
  • $150,000

    Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2022

    To leverage student voting data to inform student civic engagement strategies, as part of the student civic power grants.

  • $150,000

    Our Voice Nuestra Voz · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to our voice nuestra voz (ovnv) for their organizing efforts to build a coalition between the black and brown communities in new orleans to address issues related to educati read all
  • $150,000

    Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation · Fresno, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to fresno metro black chamber of commerce (fmbcc) for their support of black-owned businesses through advocacy, technical assistance, and capacity building as part of the fo read all
  • $145,985

    Shared Strategy Group Llc · Jackson, MS · 2022

    The purpose of the request is for a planning grant to develop a 2-gen learning in action cohort model for memphis, tn and to develop a national case study public on the use of the human services value curve tool.

  • $125,000

    Urban League of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the urban league of louisiana to provide racial equity training for organizations and to build generational wealth for black and latinx families in new orleans as part of read all
  • $125,000

    Refugee Empowerment Program · Memphis, TN · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to refugee empowerment program (rep) for their advocacy and provision of direct services in the interest of the refugee community in memphis, as part of the foundations raci read all
  • $125,000

    New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to the new orleans workers center for racial justice for their grassroots organizing efforts on behalf of black, latinx, immigrant, and low-income workers as part of the fou read all
  • $121,000

    African American Alliance of Cdfi Ceos · Orlando, FL · 2022

    The kresge grant will help support the development of a program to provide training and technical assistance to black-led cdes that will prepare them to apply and, to the extent that such strategies exist, employ strate read all
  • $120,000

    Sisterreach · Memphis, TN · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to my sistahs house (msh) for the expansion of their emergency housing program (tiny house homeowners project) and related programming for black and brown trans women in mem read all
  • $100,000

    Vayla New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to vayla for advocacy, organizing and civic engagement for the aapi (asian american pacific islander) and bipoc community in new orleans as part of the foundations racial ju read all
  • $100,000

    National Postsecondary Strategy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To improve college enrollment for first-generation, low-income, and students of color in urban school districts.

  • $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

    Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope · Memphis, TN · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to memphis interfaith coalition for action and hope (micah) for their organizing efforts in pursuit of economic, educational, and race & class equity in memphis as part of t read all
  • $100,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022

    A planning grant to launch new strategies rising a new financial leadership development and donor networking program for bipoc leaders of emerging proximate nonprofit community-based organizations.

  • $100,000

    Faith in Action Network · Washington, DC · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support for force detroit and its efforts to advance racial justice and equity in detroit as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. This grant is part of a broader st read all
  • $100,000

    Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Score) · Nashville, TN · 2022

    This grant will support the memphis area presidents council (mapc), a group of college presidents and higher education leaders, in creating shared strategies, best practices, and advocacy tools that will result in impro read all
  • $100,000

    Environmental Community Action · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Support eco-action to implement green stormwater infrastructure strategies for the atlanta university center and to build the capacity of community leaders to advocate for stronger, more equitable water management pract read all
  • $99,900

    Shared Strategy Group Llc · Jackson, MS · 2022

    This grant will enable the shared strategy group to develop a plan to implement a new orleans 2gen time-limited learning and action community, an effort that was begun in 2020, but suspended due to covid.

  • $97,500

    Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries · Fresno, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to fresno interdenominational refugee ministries (firm) to deliver direct services and community building for refugee populations in fresno as part of the foundations racial read all
  • $96,089

    University of Detroit Mercy · Detroit, MI · 2022

    This grant provides project support to the university of detroit mercys school of architecture and community development (sacd), in partnership with the live6 alliance, to facilitate and implement a placemaking strategy read all
  • $80,000

    Urban League of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant will allow the urban league of louisiana to hire two staff or consultants to assist with development and communications to attract resources to build and execute a robust public awareness strategy that suppor read all
  • $75,000

    Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Strengthening capacity and alignment in the climate-resilience field.

  • $75,000

    Latino Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to latino memphis for their efforts to increase socioeconomic upward mobility and self-sufficiency for the latinx community in memphis as part of the foundations racial just read all
  • $75,000

    Chinese for Affirmative Action · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to hmong innovating politics (hip) for power building in the hmong and southeast asian american community in fresno as part of the foundations racial justice response plan. read all
  • $75,000

    Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training (Viet) · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to vietnamese initiatives in economic training (viet) for providing direct services to the undeserved and to limited english proficiency communities in new orleans as part o read all
  • $75,000

    Council On American Islamic Relations - Central California · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to council on american-islamic relations sacramento valley/central california (cair) for protecting civil liberties, advancing social and racial justice, and helping empower read all
  • $60,000

    James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Foundation · Cary, NC · 2022

    To educate and engage interested parties about strategies to improve postsecondary education and reduce race-based gaps in attainment.

  • $58,500

    Center for Transforming Communities · Memphis, TN · 2022

    This grant provides general operating support to center for transforming communities to grow their capacity to establish neighborhood stewardship organizations across memphis and elevate community priorities in emerging read all
  • $50,000

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To increase college enrollment in los angeles county using evidence-based strategies.

  • $36,000

    Initiative for a Competitive Inner City · Roxbury, MA · 2022

    Through a research brief and three to four local case studies, this project will explore the implications for practice of an emerging place-based strategy, regional economic connectivity, as a pathway to tackle concentr read all
  • $10,000

    National Postsecondary Strategy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    To support the national postsecondary strategy institute (npsi) to expand its college readiness programming, establish partnerships in florida, and develop its communications strategy.

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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