Place-based Initiatives

Place-based Initiatives is sponsored by Kresge Foundation. Kresge Foundation's Place-based initiatives support Creative Placemaking practitioners that work in disinvested communities and seek to improve the bedrock conditions of low-income people. Proposals are accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Place-Based Opportunity Ecosystems - 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 Place-Based Opportunity Ecosystems Local community, place-based opportunity ecosystems – made up of public and nonprofit organizations working across systems such as human services, early childhood, education, health and workforce development – hold enormous promise in advancing multigenerational family social and economic success.

Through our Place-Based Opportunity Ecosystems strategy, we center racial equity and racial justice to advance multigenerational family social and economic success by supporting cross-sector efforts anchored by public and nonprofit human services organizations to drive person-centered systems change to create the circumstances for families to succeed.

Through partnerships we seek to understand and dismantle historically white dominant/supremacy and racist institutional and structural barriers to multigenerational family social and economic success. Understanding local context, intentionally engaging community residents, and respecting and supporting community driven stories and narratives are essential in this effort.

Direct engagement and meaningful partnerships with the public sector are necessary to realize person-centered systems change that create the circumstances of success and to support authentic family and community agency and power.

Given the role of the public sector in the lives of families and communities, Kresge and the American Public Human Service Association have partnered to gain a better understanding key factors that enable place-based opportunity ecosystems in various cities around the country. St.

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