Funding search · The Kresge Foundation · grants
The Kresge Foundation: all 2,401 grants
Largest first · $498.4M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview
- $146,800
Common Application · Arlington, VA · 2023
To improve the equitable distribution of private scholarship dollars to increase college enrollment, persistence, and completion rates for low-income and students of color.
- $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.
- $145,135
Who'S Your Dani Llc · Houston, TX · 2024
Project support and planning support to implement the second 2025 summer sis (sisters in service) session
- $145,000
Next City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
- $145,000
River Network · Boulder, CO · 2024
Project support grant to expand and deepen the engagement of community-based organizations across the river network
- $145,000
Grantmakers in Health · Washington, DC · 2023
To enable grantmakers in health to encourage greater philanthropic investment in equitable food-oriented development and at the intersection of climate change, health, and equity.
- $145,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2022
To expand college access and success programming and improve new orleans fafsa completion efforts.
- $144,519
Iff · Chicago, IL · 2022
This grant provides project support to iff to manage the implementation of the hope starts here framework.
- $140,000
New Michigan Media · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project grant provides project support to new michigan media
- $140,000
Teachers College Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Project support grant to deepen investigative reporting.
- $140,000
The National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
- $140,000
The National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
This general operating grant supports the national public housing museum and its mission is to preserve, interpret and propel housing as a human right.
- $140,000
Colaborativo Pr · San Juan, PR · 2022
To provide general operating support to colaborativopr to strengthen and grow its college access and success model in puerto rico.
- $140,000
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
To support the detroit regional chamber foundation in promoting key structural changes that create more equitable postsecondary pathways and outcomes, as part of the copro2.0 initiative.
- $138,000
Juxtaposition · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
This grant provides general operating support to juxtaposition arts to continue its mission to employ youth and engage residents through art and design programs and activities that connect and apply creative practice to… read allThis grant provides general operating support to juxtaposition arts to continue its mission to employ youth and engage residents through art and design programs and activities that connect and apply creative practice to support urban neighborhood revitalization. less
- $137,500
Center for Planning Excellence · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
General operating support for an organization that champions the power of good planning to build livable, resilient communities throughout louisiana.
- $137,000
Juxtaposition · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating support
- $137,000
Isaic the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center · Detroit, MI · 2023
The purpose of this grant will be to help build a pipeline of trained individuals to support the growing sewn goods industry in detroit while also incubating a worker-owned factory at the current isaic site with the ult… read allThe purpose of this grant will be to help build a pipeline of trained individuals to support the growing sewn goods industry in detroit while also incubating a worker-owned factory at the current isaic site with the ultimate goal of spinning it off into its own facility. less
- $135,000
Anthropocene Alliance · Micanopy, FL · 2024
General operating support
- $135,000
Arise Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $135,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition-Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2024
Project support to aid climate-resilient community development in the duwamish valley community
- $135,000
Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support for greater new orleans funders network
- $135,000
Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to design and implement several major projects that anchor the marygrove campus ongoing development as a neighborhood hub for arts, culture, and economic mobility.
- $135,000
Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2024
Project support grant to connect sustainability professionals throughout the southeast to accelerate, scale, and implement sustainability best practices so that communities are more resilient to climate change.
- $135,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To expand college access and success programming and improve new orleans fafsa completion efforts.
- $135,000
Anthropocene Alliance · Micanopy, FL · 2023
General operating support to advance equitable flood mitigation and green infrastructure adoption through frontline community empowerment, movement building, and technical assistance.
- $135,000
Arise Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
This grant provides arise detroit! With three years of general operating support, including support for its annual neighborhoods day and neighborhood summit events.
- $135,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition-Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support climate-resilient community development that will advance equitable water systems and address flooding and displacement in the duwamish valley community.
- $135,000
Arise Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
This grant provides arise detroit! With three years of general operating support, including support for its annual neighborhoods day and neighborhood summit events.
- $135,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition-Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support climate-resilient community development that will advance equitable water systems in duwamish valley community.
- $135,000
Innovate Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
This grant renews support for innovate memphis to continue providing analytical capacity and data support to the citys community and economic development ecosystem.
- $133,501
Baltimore Civic Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Baltimores guaranteed income pilot project will contract with the center for guaranteed income research and abt associates to conduct a randomized controlled trial (rct) evaluation of the project to review quantitative … read allBaltimores guaranteed income pilot project will contract with the center for guaranteed income research and abt associates to conduct a randomized controlled trial (rct) evaluation of the project to review quantitative & qualitative data across multiple core domains. less
- $130,000
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
To continue to scale the detroit regional talent compact, which aims to increase postsecondary attainment to 60% and reduce the racial equity gap by 50%, by 2030.
- $130,000
Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Development · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
To advanced four mke united efforts: a community investment trust; continued resident engagement on community development and real estate development issues; coordination around state arpa funds flowing to non-profits; … read allTo advanced four mke united efforts: a community investment trust; continued resident engagement on community development and real estate development issues; coordination around state arpa funds flowing to non-profits; and staff expansion. less
- $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 allSupport 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 equitable and climate-resilient water solutions. less
- $130,000
Strategic Community Partners · Detroit, MI · 2023
Through this grant, we have the opportunity to learn and articulate a shared definition of powerbuilding; identify foundational elements of powerbuilding, best practices, key indicators of implementation, and a practica… read allThrough this grant, we have the opportunity to learn and articulate a shared definition of powerbuilding; identify foundational elements of powerbuilding, best practices, key indicators of implementation, and a practical guide for implementation; a toolkit for internal grantmaking within the kresge foundation; an external publishable and practical toolkit for powerbuilding (for partners, community, and other funders). less
- $130,000
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2022
This grant provides program-specific operating support funding as part of the detroit ece support initiative to detroit hispanic development centers (dhdc) parent engagement program, which provides wraparound services t… read allThis grant provides program-specific operating support funding as part of the detroit ece support initiative to detroit hispanic development centers (dhdc) parent engagement program, which provides wraparound services to early childhood centers in detroit. less
- $130,000
Southeastern Michigan Health Association · Detroit, MI · 2022
Semha is requesting support to initiate a planning process designed to strengthen and advance the capacity, practice and workforce of community health workers (chws).
- $130,000
Strategic Community Partners · Detroit, MI · 2022
Through this grant, we have the opportunity to learn and articulate a shared definition of powerbuilding; identify foundational elements of powerbuilding, best practices, key indicators of implementation, and a practica… read allThrough this grant, we have the opportunity to learn and articulate a shared definition of powerbuilding; identify foundational elements of powerbuilding, best practices, key indicators of implementation, and a practical guide for implementation; a toolkit for internal grantmaking within the kresge foundation; an external publishable and practical toolkit for powerbuilding (for partners, community, and other funders). less
- $130,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2022
This funding for this ipa (intergovernmental personnel act) assignment addresses a specific need for additional specialized staff support for racial equity work at the u.s. Department of the treasury. Steven brown - cur… read allThis funding for this ipa (intergovernmental personnel act) assignment addresses a specific need for additional specialized staff support for racial equity work at the u.s. Department of the treasury. Steven brown - currently the director of economic mobility at the washington center for equitable growth (wceg) and whose detail this funding would support would staff janis bowdler, the treasurys first counselor for racial equity. less
- $129,244
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
This grant provides project support to the university of michigan to launch the school for environment and sustainability clinic in detroit to strengthen the capacity of the city of detroit and local nonprofits to addre… read allThis grant provides project support to the university of michigan to launch the school for environment and sustainability clinic in detroit to strengthen the capacity of the city of detroit and local nonprofits to address the impacts of climate change. less
- $127,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2023
Provide knowledge and insight on the environmental justice impacts of urban flooding and green infrastructure planning to improve decision-making from neighborhood to regional scales.
- $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 allThis 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 live6 alliance and support the detroit teams strategy in key opportunity areas. less
- $125,050
German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to assist in the continuation of international leadership development for talent from detroit and michigan
- $125,050
German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
The continuation of the partnership between the kresge foundation and gmf focusing in international leadership development for talent from detroit and michigan.
- $125,050
German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
The continuation of the partnership between the kresge foundation and gmf focusing in international leadership development for talent from detroit and michigan.
- $125,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support to expand college access programming and improve new orleans' fafsa completion efforts
- $125,000
California Immigrant Policy Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
Detroit Cares Circle of the National Cares Mentoring Movement · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant for the elevating student voices
- $125,000
Grantmakers in Health · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support grant to encourage greater philanthropic investment in equitable food-oriented development.
- $125,000
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support granting partnership with the detroit health department (dhd) to serve as co-leads for hope starts heres imperative #1, addressing infant and maternal health priorities as part of detroits early childhoo… read allProject support granting partnership with the detroit health department (dhd) to serve as co-leads for hope starts heres imperative #1, addressing infant and maternal health priorities as part of detroits early childhood system. less
- $125,000
Innovate Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Project support grant to expand impact as a civic data intermediary for memphis community.
- $125,000
Intermediaryed · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Project support to improve college access and attainment rates in southern california
- $125,000
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
John Burton Advocates for Youth · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project support grant to support community colleges in enhancing their satisfactory academic progress (sap) guidelines so that more students can persist and graduate.
- $125,000
Live6 Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to implement a series of placemaking activations, installations, and engagements across several recent physical capital investments
- $125,000
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
Refugee Empowerment Program · Memphis, TN · 2024
Project support to strengthen organizational capacity and help participants.
- $125,000
Shared Ascent Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Project support grant to create reforms to protect economically vulnerable borrowers
- $125,000
Southwest Folklife Alliance · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
The Center for Michigan · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
General operating support
- $125,000
The US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support to aid the climate emergency with frontlines, transformative adaptation that will build the needed climate resilience of people, biodiversity, and ecosystems
- $125,000
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Project support grant to serve as imperative lead for hope starts heres imperative #5
- $125,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
This general operating grant supports catchlights collaborative and community-based visual storytelling projects that center on racial justice and cultural equity and envision inclusive economic recovery.
- $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 allThis 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 community development projects. As a part of the foundations racial justice response plan, this grant falls under the frontline organizations strategy, which aims to strengthen place-based organizations focused on racial justice and led by people of color. less
- $125,000
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating support for design core detroit to position detroit as a global source of creative talent, to strengthen and promote detroit's design-driven businesses, and further support the use of inclusive design … read allGeneral operating support for design core detroit to position detroit as a global source of creative talent, to strengthen and promote detroit's design-driven businesses, and further support the use of inclusive design practices in detroit to drive inclusive growth. less
- $125,000
E3 Alliance · Austin, TX · 2023
To support the e3 alliances student success programming in central texas.
- $125,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2023
To track the changes that take place in college admissions over the next two academic years and encourage equitable admissions reform.
- $125,000
Education Writers Association · Washington, DC · 2023
To improve and increase national higher education reporting.
- $125,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To strengthen the college advising and coaching provided to students of color.
- $125,000
Innovate Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
We seek to expand our impact as a civic data intermediary for the memphis community, launching and maintaining a comprehensive civic data hub (data midsouth) with a corresponding community-led data governance structure.
- $125,000
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support for jane place neighborhood sustainability initiative
- $125,000
John Burton Advocates for Youth · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support community colleges to change their satisfactory academic progress (sap) policies so that more students can persist and graduate.
- $125,000
Live6 Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2023
This project grant will fund the live6 alliance to implement a series of placemaking activations, installations, and engagements across several recent physical capital investments, including the mcnichols streetscape, f… read allThis project grant will fund the live6 alliance to implement a series of placemaking activations, installations, and engagements across several recent physical capital investments, including the mcnichols streetscape, fitzgerald and martin park neighborhood hubs, and commercial alleys. less
- $125,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating support to sustain the operations of the museum of contemporary art detroit and support its new leadership in expanding the museum's community impact.
- $125,000
Neighborhood Service Organization · Detroit, MI · 2023
This grant provides project support to neighborhood service organization for the construction and development of the nso service center, an integral part of the nso clay campus, a comprehensive site with permanent suppo… read allThis grant provides project support to neighborhood service organization for the construction and development of the nso service center, an integral part of the nso clay campus, a comprehensive site with permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter, integrated healthcare, and wraparound services for individuals experiencing homelessness in detroit. less
- $125,000
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2023
This grant provides general operating support to the power coalition as part of the foundations efforts to advance systemic change by supporting organizations focused on racial justice and led by people of color in kres… read allThis grant provides general operating support to the power coalition as part of the foundations efforts to advance systemic change by supporting organizations focused on racial justice and led by people of color in kresges focus cities. less
- $125,000
Springboard To Opportunities · Jackson, MS · 2023
The purpose of this this cross team partnership between the human services and american cities programs is to support springboard to opportunities in the effort to design people-centered frameworks to inform movement bu… read allThe purpose of this this cross team partnership between the human services and american cities programs is to support springboard to opportunities in the effort to design people-centered frameworks to inform movement building in jackson, ms. less
- $125,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To advance understanding of the student loan debt crisis and its acute challenges to socioeconomic, racial, and gender equity.
- $125,000
The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
The purpose of this grant is to continue support for george washington university's center for community resilience (ccr) policy lab.
- $125,000
The Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2023
To diversify local newsrooms to better inform the public about the quality of local higher education ecosystems
- $125,000
The Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
To expand and deepen college access and success supports for black males in americas cities.
- $125,000
The Sycamore Institute · Nashville, TN · 2023
The sycamore institute proposes continued support for our work to advance social and economic mobility by uncovering systemic barriers to and opportunities for child and family well-being in tennessee, as well as for th… read allThe sycamore institute proposes continued support for our work to advance social and economic mobility by uncovering systemic barriers to and opportunities for child and family well-being in tennessee, as well as for the creation of a community council to deepen our relationships with and better equip local stakeholders to act on these issues. less
- $125,000
The US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Addressing the climate emergency with frontlines, grassroots-led transformative adaptation that will build the needed climate resilience of people, biodiversity, and ecosystems.
- $125,000
U3 Advisors · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
This grant supports u3 advisors to provide backbone infrastructure for the second iteration of the reimagining the civic commons initiative (rcc).
- $125,000
Urban League of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2023
This grant provides project support to the urban league of louisiana (ulla) to provide backbone support to facilitate a cross-sector coalition to create an early childhood framework in new orleans.
- $125,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
To enable the health and environmental funders network (hefn) to expand their efforts to encourage greater philanthropic investment at the intersection of climate change, health and equity.
- $125,000
Women'S Foundation of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Building economic justice and community power for women, girls and gender-expansive people
- $125,000
Woods & Watts Effect · Detroit, MI · 2023
To better understand what ecosystem components are needed to help detroit students successfully transition to hbcus.
- $125,000
American Public Health Association · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the center for climate, health and equity at the american public health association (apha) as they develop workforce capacity, leadership and cross-disciplinary partnerships so the public health field can con… read allTo support the center for climate, health and equity at the american public health association (apha) as they develop workforce capacity, leadership and cross-disciplinary partnerships so the public health field can confront the health impacts of climate change. less
- $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 allThis 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 focus on sem with a two generation whole family approach and rooted in addressing racial inequity. less
- $125,000
Arlington Community Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating support for arlington community foundation (acf) to implement their economic mobility initiatives.
- $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 allThis 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 plans frontline organization strategic area. The frontline orgs strategic area aims to build the national racial justice movement and strengthen a place-based approach for organizations focused on racial justice and led by people of color. less
- $125,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support to implement equity analyses of justice40 and federal flood insurance pricing and co-design a resource that centers community needs in green stormwater infrastructure.
- $125,000
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide operating support to grow and strengthen the all in democracy challenge to increase student voting participation, as part of the student civic power grants.
- $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 allThis 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 the foundations racial justice response plans frontline organization strategic area. The frontline organization strategic area aims to build the national racial justice movement and strengthen a place-based approach for organizations focused on racial justice and led by people of color. less
- $125,000
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice · Detroit, MI · 2022
This grant provides two years of general operating support to detroiters working for environmental justice for its work at the intersection of environmental justice, public health and grassroots community engagement.
- $125,000
Education Writers Association · Washington, DC · 2022
To improve and increase national higher education reporting.

