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Detroit - Kresge Foundation Our Story at 100 Promoting human progress since 1924, expanding equity and opportunity today Our Staff Our work is made possible by a staff of mission-driven professionals Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Central to how we operate and fund, we center DEI in all we do Careers Check for new openings and learn about working at The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees Leaders who provide governance, expertise and support to our work Press Room Resources and information for commnunications professional American Cities Effective, inclusive community development in U.S. cities Arts & Culture Positioning culture and creativity as drivers of more just communities Detroit Expanding long-term, equitable opportunity in our hometown Education Addressing postsecondary attainment and closing equity gaps Environment Helping cities with equitable climate resilience strategies Health Building equity-focused systems of health to achieve well-being Human Services Increasing social-economic mobility for people with low incomes Social Investment Practice Unlocking capital for community development Strategic Learning, Research & Evaluation Building a culture of learning across the organization and support community learning priorities Initiatives Our time-bound funding programs can bring multiple Kresge teams together to co-create strategies Grants & Social Investments Grants Awarded A database of grants dating back to 2009 Social Investments Made A database of PRIs, guarantees and other investments How to Apply Details on eligibility, FAQs, Fluxx guidance and more For Current Grantees FAQs for partners, communicating about your work and more We collaborate with cross-sectoral partners to promote and expand long-term, equitable opportunity in Kresge’s hometown by centering the priorities of its residents.

Detroit Program grant dollars awarded in 2023 The Detroit Program works with a range of partners, including resident leaders, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and state and city governments. We believe centering people, racial equity and place is crucial to the broad, equitable development needed across neighborhoods of the iconic city that is our hometown.

This is an evolution of Kresge’s Reimagining Detroit 2020 framework, now anchored by the framework’s neighborhood module. To that end, we work toward leadership and community development that supports and improves quality of life for all Detroiters, beginning with our next generation of young leaders and enriched through the power of the city’s arts and culture ecosystem.

In this matrix of relationships, we place our highest priority on neighborhood-based organizations that reflect community. These organizations are best able to ensure that the history of structural racism and bias do not shape our city’s future.

This leads the Detroit Program to a posture of listening to people and community; being humble, respectful and inclusive; challenging power narratives, our own included; and acting with intention.

Pathbreaking painter, arts activist and Heidelberg Project founder Tyree Guyton tapped as 2026 Kresge Eminent Artist Reclaiming the moment: The imperative of climate & health justice How Detroit’s community information exchange is transforming family access to essential resources Rapson: Ceramist Marie Woo’s gift for turning the ordinary into extraordinary will be missed Lewis Jackson: Detroit’s next chapter must be written for everyone Fact sheet outlines planned programs and resources for Detroit’s Livernois-McNichols residents Strengthening Child- and Family-Centered Neighborhoods in Detroit: Partnership Opportunities With the New Mayoral Administration Marion Hayden, 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist monograph, “Daughter of the Way” We Invest in These Focus Areas Our mutually reinforcing focus areas are building blocks for thriving, vibrant neighborhoods of engaged residents as the foundation of a thriving city.

Early Childhood/Hope Starts Here Along with Hope Starts Here’s broad engagement process, we and our partners are reimagining a Detroit that puts young children first. Nonprofit Capacity Building and Leadership Development We support residents, their organizations and their governmental representatives to work together and self-direct their future.

Equitable Community Development We seek to bolster community development organizations and systems that support resident-engaged, neighborhood-level change. Coordinated Investments and Technical Assistance We seek to align key resources – including grants, loans and technical assistance – to support neighborhood anchors to implement catalytic change.

Arts and Culture Ecosystem We actively promote the power of arts and culture in communities through support to individuals as well as organizations. Transformative Marygrove Cradle-to-Career Campus Kresge and partners are creating a cradle-to-career P-20 educational continuum on the former Marygrove College campus. We Invest in These Initiatives Ongoing initiatives reaching hundreds of grantees each year anchor our work.

Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit Plus (KIP:D+) Building on Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit (KIP:D) for transformative projects tapping the vision and creativity of neighborhood residents. More than $6 million with no strings attached has enhanced the lives of more 250 artists across metropolitan Detroit.

Funding for the Detroit Program We use an array of funding and investment tools, including project grants, planning grants, operating support and a variety of program-related investments through Kresge’s Social Investment Practice. We also use our resources to convene cross-sectoral partners to expand knowledge of growing issue areas in the city of Detroit.

We look for proposals to align with our focus areas; to contribute to broad, equitable and sustainable revitalization; to engage the community, particularly at the neighborhood level; to complement others working on the same issues and/or the same geographies; and to address the legacy of structural racism and bias at the root of the city’s challenges.

Detroit Social Investments Made Associate, Grants Management Associate Program Officer Senior Program Team Assistant American Cities, Detroit, Social Investment Practice