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The Kresge Foundation, located in metro Detroit, works to expand opportunity in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing.
Kresge is a strategic philanthropy, guided by six values, that works through grantmaking and social investing to expand opportunity in America’s cities.
Dive into the history and stories of The Kresge Foundation as it celebrates a century of grantmaking. The foundation was established in Detroit by Sebastian Spering Kresge, whose retail empire, the S.S. Kresge Co., brought low-priced goods to the masses through five and dime stores and later, Kmart.
The Kresge Foundation is a philanthropic private foundation headquartered in Troy, Michigan, United States. The foundation works to expand opportunities in America's cities through grantmaking and investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development efforts. [2]
The Kresge Foundation seeks to be a transparent organization by promptly and publicly sharing its governance policies and financial information.
The Kresge Foundation’s 2021 annual report explores how communities are rebounding from COVID and rebuilding American cities in an equitable manner. As billions of federal recovery funds flow to cities, community-led efforts are the best path to equitable outcomes.
The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to equity and opportunity for low-income people...
For nearly 100 years, Kresge’s work to advance human progress has centered on two simple entry points to create change: investing in people and places. Our 2022 annual report features five stories that showcase what investing in people and places looks like today.
For nearly a century, through changing times and shifting political tides, The Kresge Foundation has continually adjusted our perspective and recommitted to carrying out Sebastian Kresge’s directive to promote human progress.
The Kresge Foundation is a private, national foundation based in Troy, Michigan. In 2020, the foundation had a total charitable spend of $190 million, including $160 million in grants and social investments to help communities across the United States foster economic and social change.
