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President's Letter: Light rail in Detroit only the beginning

Growing energy in Detroit is palpable, derived from a heightened sense of connectivity and increased economic vibrancy
May 12, 2017 1:00 PM EDT
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Kresge president named to list of ‘Michigan Change Makers’

June 6, 2017 5:15 PM EDT
Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson was named one of 12 “Michigan Change Makers” by Crain’s Detroit Business. The business publication credited Rapson with “changing philanthropy in Detroit,” taking the foundation’s work beyond grantmaking, bringing stakeholders together to address...

VIDEOS: How today's "traditional" students see higher education opportunities

June 6, 2017 11:45 AM EDT
The "traditional college student" of today bears little resemblance to students of the past, who were typically recent high school graduates, dependent on family support, and going to school full-time. In fact, research shows only 16 percent of today's college-going population fits this description...
Education

The Kresge Foundation statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords

June 2, 2017 6:45 PM EDT
There is little to be added to the chorus of disbelief, regret, and outright disdain that has met the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords. Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson said: “To convey to the world community, to say nothing of this country’s citizens, that this...
Environment

Detroit bike-sharing program launches with Kresge support

May 31, 2017 3:15 PM EDT
A bike-sharing program developed with support from businesses and foundations including Kresge was formally launched in Detroit as part of larger efforts to improve transit and personal mobility in the city. Bikes are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year (except during severe weather)...
Detroit

Watch: Mackinac conference session highlights Hope Starts Here

May 31, 2017 3:15 PM EDT
The work of Kresge’s early childhood partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation was the focus of a session and webcast on Thursday, June 1, at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island. The initiative, Hope Starts Here , is a citywide visioning and planning process that will share a...
Detroit

Impact investors needed to help close persistent gaps in higher education attainment

May 30, 2017 12:00 PM EDT
New research released today identifies opportunity for innovative impact investors to help more low-income students graduate with postsecondary degrees and help fill America’s talent gap. Education impact investing only accounts for 2 percent of global impact investing assets under management,...
Education

Kresge president outlines drivers of Detroit revitalization

May 24, 2017 5:30 PM EDT
Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson, unveiling the 2017 Detroit Reinvestment Index at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. last week, summarized key results of the latest survey of national business leaders and local entrepreneurs, discussed trends driving Detroit’s revitalization and...
Detroit

Cohort II of Emerging Leaders in Public Health Gather in New Orleans

May 19, 2017 2:45 PM EDT
Kresge’s second cohort of Emerging Leaders in Public Health gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, to begin a journey of transforming the role of the local public health agency in their community. Forty local public health leaders from across the country came together for two days of learning,...
Health

Kresge releases updated Detroit Reinvestment Index

May 17, 2017 12:15 PM EDT
National business leaders and local entrepreneurs say Detroit presents good or excellent opportunity for their businesses and offers much of what they need to succeed, as highlighted in the 2017 Detroit Reinvestment Index, made public today. The index was created in 2016 to measure Detroit’s...

President's Letter: Light rail in Detroit only the beginning

May 12, 2017 1:00 PM EDT
We often say that philanthropy has the privilege of taking the long view, and it is true. For a foundation like Kresge, to invest in the issues we care about – to invest in opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities – means that we invest not in the quick fix, but in the long game...
Detroit

New Detroit streetcar system, the QLINE, opens to the public this week

May 9, 2017 2:15 PM EDT
A longstanding commitment to – and legacy investment in – a modern regional transit system for Detroit will culminate when the city’s new streetcar, the QLINE, opens to the public Friday, May 12. The $180 million capital project, which included system design, rail installation, related construction...
Detroit

Mission, Money & Markets: Water-systems initiative will invest in green infrastructure, solutions to climate-related storms and flooding

May 9, 2017 11:00 AM EDT
By Kim Dempsey and Jalonne White-Newsome In 2016, a once-in-a-century rain caused catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, as 6.9 trillion gallons of water fell across the state in just one week, damaging 60,000 homes. In 2014, a historic rainfall overwhelmed the water infrastructure in Detroit,...

Kresge recommits to helping cities build resilience in the face of climate change

May 4, 2017 11:15 AM EDT
The Kresge Foundation’s Environment Program will continue its focus on helping U.S. cities build resilience in the face of climate change after the Kresge Board of Trustees affirmed the program’s goal and direction following a strategy review. Trustees approved minor modifications to the program’s...
Environment

Caregivers, parents share ideas during Detroit Day of the Young Child

May 2, 2017 6:00 AM EDT
On April 27, as part of the first annual Detroit Day of the Young Child, more than a dozen early childcare providers joined a conversation at The Kresge Foundation’s Midtown office to talk about how they view efforts to improve outcomes for young children in the city. The hour-long conversation...
Detroit