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The Kresge Foundation 2010 & 2011 Annual Report 2010 & The Kresge Foundation 2010

2011Report Annual &Tomorrow Today&

kresge.org Table of Contents Introduction Today & Tomorrow: Practicing Strategic Philanthropy Letters From the Board Chair 12 From the President 14 2010-2011 Financial Report From the Vice Presidents of Finance and Investments 20 Investment Asset Values 21 Program Strategies 22 Arts and Culture Community Development Detroit Education Environment Health Human Services 2010 Grant and Program-related Investment Activity National Overview 26 Arts and Culture 30 Community Development 42 Detroit 46 Education 60 Environment 68 Health 78 Human Services 92 Nonprofit Sector Support 100 Contact Information President’s Discretion 102 &Tomorrow The Kresge Foundation 2011 Grant and Program-related 3215 W. Big Beaver Road Investment Activity Troy, Michigan 48084 National Overview 104 Linking the here and now with the 248-643-9630 Arts and Culture 108 kresge.org Community Development 118 possibilities of tomorrow… Fostering Detroit 122 Education 136 Environment 144 relationships between philanthropy Health 154 Human Services 168 and front-line nonprofit organizations, Nonprofit Sector Support 174 President’s Discretion 176 researchers, government and the Leadership and Staff Board of Trustees 180 Kresge Staff 181 business sector… Fueling the push to turn intention into action. Strategic Philanthrophy Strategic

This is our aspiration: to serve as a connector — the and that brings together Settling on a path and relentlessly pursuing results has program areas: Arts and Culture, Community Develop- 3 required that we do four things: ment, Detroit, Education, Environment, Health, and agents of change with new and often unexpected partners and disparate groups, 1 View issues whole and understand the context of Human Services. action. all seeking to build strong, vital communities for low-income and underserved This approach is most visible in Detroit, our hometown, 2 Use a variety of tools appropriate to the circumstance. residents throughout the United States. where we made our first large grant to the Detroit 3 Take measured risk. YMCA (pictured above) in 1926. It’s an institution we’ve 4 Ground our efforts in expanding opportunities for Since 2007, we have increasingly sought to be strategic, in the sense of being continued to invest in over these last eight decades. low-income people. clear about our goals, intentional and targeted in our pursuit of them and As a foundation with a national scope, we employ this It is in Detroit that the full breadth of our efforts unfolds disciplined in assessing whether we’re making progress. way of working across the country in each of our within a discrete place. Strategic Philanthrophy Strategic

Viewing Issues Whole activities of others? Are there unintended consequences? It also gives rise to investments in Campus Martius Park through investments by area medical and educational 5 Strategic philanthropy insists that we stand back, look With whom can we partner for better outcomes? (pictured on the cover), a gem of a central square in the systems, large new-economy industries, small at the whole and see how the parts of a given problem heart of the city’s downtown. Deceptively simple and merchants with dreams and drive, or others. In Detroit this translates into support for a wide fit together. In a world fixated on the short term, we small, it attracts more than 2 million people annually spectrum of community efforts to re-imagine and Viewing things whole means looking for the points of take the long view, examine the big picture, and assess to its varied events, in the process reanimating street revitalize the city. It leads, for example, to our invest- leverage, the possibilities for collaboration, the potential what it would take to stitch together seemingly distinct life in the city’s core and catalyzing millions of dollars in ment in Eastern Market (above), one of the nation’s that one action will yield a series of desirable reactions. and unrelated threads. economic development. largest and oldest public markets (1891) and hub of It requires respect for the people striving for better lives, We ask ourselves, what aspects of an issue can we commercial activity, public education, community And it means that we look for opportunities to join with and for the community’s vision. It requires a readiness influence? How will our efforts relate to, and help, the gardening and entertainment. partners whose imagination and financial support have to serve as the and joining desirable and doable. helped recast the outlines of Detroit’s future—whether Strategic Philanthrophy Strategic

Using a Spectrum of Tools joint inquiry and fostering concerted action among it their home. We helped create the Detroit Revitalization to the city’s subsequent success in attracting major 7 For most of our history, we concentrated our grants the public, private and nonprofit worlds. We under- Fellows, a network of 29 mid-career planners, lawyers, grocery chains to the city, creating jobs and expanding on helping nonprofit organizations complete facilities write networks that amplify impact through the unified entrepreneurs and economic development professionals, access to fresh food. projects. Today, our grants array across a broader efforts of nonprofit organizations working in common chosen from a field of 647 candidates—who are now In conjunction with others, we extended a variety of spectrum—operating support, project support, purpose. We sponsor research to create an empirical with organizations working to redevelop Detroit. supports to Wayne State University’s TechTown (above), working capital and below-market loans (program- basis for strategy. We commissioned Social Compact, a nonprofit a research and technology park that has become a hub related investments)—in an attempt to strengthen the Our efforts to contribute to the revitalization of the organization that measures demographic and income for new knowledge creation and commercialization, and building blocks of vital and healthy urban communities. Midtown district of Detroit cast these tools in bright data not captured by the U.S. Census, to conduct an that is currently incubating 250 promising companies. And we seek to work beyond the money. We convene relief. We invested in LiveMidtown, an initiative that assessment that demonstrated latent retail and people as a way of forging relationships, promoting encourages workers employed in the city to also make commercial market demand in Detroit, leading directly Strategic Philanthrophy Strategic

Taking Measured Risks that promise true innovation and transformation. With other private, nonprofit and public investors, Woodward Avenue (above) have already become 9 There is nothing more fundamental to strategic Translated to Detroit, that means we identify we are working to create a 21st-century transportation magnets for new business development. Ideally, philanthropy than taking risks—providing a community’s circumstances in which investments are unlikely system that will extend in subsequent phases to job transit will be a catalyst for re-imagination of the city’s social venture capital. Each of our programs—Arts and to flow. The hope is that the uncertainties of success centers in the surrounding region and connect to a land use, connecting health, cultural, academic and Culture, Community Development, Detroit, Education, will be counterbalanced by the arc of a new aspiration. proposed high-speed rail line linking Chicago and other institutions. Environment, Health, and Human Services—has sought Ann Arbor. Nowhere is that impulse more clear than in our We hope one day a seamless public-transportation to identify acupuncture points capable of propelling a $35 million commitment to the creation of a light-rail We are working hard to make a rail line and public system will join people to housing and jobs and the field beyond familiar and comfortable stasis toward line along Woodward Avenue from the Detroit River transportation system a reality. Transit translates into center city to its suburbs. enduring social change. This embraces not just the mod- to the city’s New Center area. economic benefits: for example, the rail stops along est risk entailed in individual grants, but the larger bets Strategic Philanthrophy Strategic

Opportunities for Low-Income People preclude us from making investments that have neighborhood associations to secure, maintain and Golf to a pre-college engineering program. 11 We are not agnostic about who benefits from our immediate or near-immediate benefit. Sometimes quick monitor foreclosed and unoccupied homes. That work We’ve invested in natural respites and recreation investments and activities. We strive to improve the action is what’s needed—to touch lives and situations has helped stabilize neighborhoods and buttress real because quality of life is no less an immediate need lives of individuals who historically have been denied that need quick assistance while also contributing to a estate values. We’ve helped create a pediatric medical- than the provision of social supports. We’re proud of full access to the economic mainstream, and strengthen course of longer-term correction. home effort to improve children’s health and lower our commitment to the city’s RiverWalk, launched with communities that have consistently been underserved. Medicaid costs. We’ve invested in the “Double Up Every investment we make in Detroit derives from these a $50 million Kresge grant. We’ve provided money for We ground our work in organizations that serve as Food Bucks” program, which provides stipends for impulses. the reclamation of neighborhood parks and community ballast against the corrosive effects of persistently city residents to purchase produce at farmers markets. gardens. And we’ve supported greenways such as the intractable impediments to a full opportunity society. We’ve strongly supported the Detroit Vacant Property And we’ve funded academic and athletic after-school Dequindre Cut (above) that connect neighborhoods and Campaign, a community-based foreclosure-prevention opportunities for young people, ranging from Midnight Nor does our commitment to strategic philanthropy the RiverWalk, Eastern Market, and other amenities. program that provides mini-grants to block clubs and that clarity and courage to put long-term aspira- Detroit, and the issues and challenges it faces, tions at the forefront. The economic crisis of 2008 represents more than a single city. If we can put what was then a developing conviction to a contribute to the re-imagining and revitalization real and pressing test. of this once-great industrial town, we can then offer tested approaches that may be useful in other We did not change our emerging strategies; nor did struggling urban communities. we ignore what was going on around us. Instead, we got out in front of the crisis with dedicated initiatives focused We aim to improve the bedrock economic, social, on emergency services. At the cultural and environmental conditions of low-income same time, we unequivocally and underserved communities. Our course is steady; from the Board Chair stuck to our programmatic goals. our approach is purposefully flexible. Sebastian Kresge was a businessman. He sought targeted to contribute to the whole of an objective, We blended short-term support, measurable, tangible results from his chain of five- one that we think is important, powerful and recognizing the urgency that many nonprofit Our Detroit Program began practicing strategic and-ten-cent stores. Eighty-eight years later, at the worthy of Kresge support. To help create new organizations faced, with dedicated efforts to philanthropy long before the foundation as a whole foundation that bears his name, we are practicing models for community health clinics, for example, chip away at what we identified as our long-term adopted it as our universal way of working. As a re- strategic philanthropy; we’re taking the long view or advance national efforts to increase the number aims and aspirations—those objectives that sult, the Detroit Program has a rich story to tell. And and developing specific objectives that, over time, of college graduates, particularly among low- will make a dent in some of our society’s most although the horizon line is long and not always are intended to yield measurable, tangible, life- income students. Or to strengthen the human intractable problems. straight and clear, there are already some measurable, tangible, positive results to share. enhancing results. infrastructure in the delivery of human services. Two years hence, if only I could say we are in an This book details our work on the ground in 2010 Overall, we aim to improve the bedrock economic, economic rebound. But, for the constituencies Please keep reading. You will see we are becoming and 2011. It shows the evolution of our invest- social, cultural and environmental conditions of and communities we serve, this is clearly not the ever stronger in our identity to reduce disparities ments and the objectives they advance in each low-income and underserved communities. Our case. Nowhere does this unfortunate declaration and advance pathways for opportunity. We are of our programs: Arts and Culture, Community course is steady; our approach is purposefully resonate so accurately and painfully as in Detroit, executing Mr. Kresge’s timeless charge. Kresge Foundation Kresge Michigan. Chair the Board From Letter Development, Detroit, Education, Environment, flexible. This enables us to be responsive to the Sincerely, Health, and Human Services. inevitable twists and turns of life as assessed 12 Why Detroit? This is where Sebastian Kresge lived 13 through our painstaking and fulsome regular My job is to provide the big picture, to ascend and established his first store. This is our home- review. This is how we are executing Mr. Kresge’s 30,000 feet and tell you about what we are doing town. We are located in the suburban community charge to “promote human progress.” Elaine D. Rosen and why we are doing it. So, here it goes. of Troy and many Kresge descendents live nearby. Chair, The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees I am comfortable with a horizon line for change— Some foundations are very involved in the place Our transition to strategic philanthropy, rather than for results—that is long, when the aim is worth where they are physically located; others are not. exclusively request-driven grantmaking, began in it. It takes conviction, which we have. It also takes We choose to be deeply committed to Detroit. 2007 and was fully in operation by early 2010. Since courage. Our board of trustees has demonstrated then, we have been making investments that are The severity of Detroit’s challenges requires little presenting—in their aggregate impact—a potential elaboration. But as the economic crisis came to re-imagine Detroit in all dimensions. crashing onto our community, it became clear that from the President I called it Re-Imagining Detroit (next page). It stands new possibilities were emerging, that a community on the scaffolding of sound public administration, The Kresge Foundation seeks to contribute to • Reinforce the social safety net so that it consistently with a steely backbone and deep resolve was slowly represented by Mayor Dave Bing’s six administrative healthy, vital cities, with an emphasis on reducing offers struggling individuals and families depend- laying the foundation for rebirth. priorities: fiscal stability, job creation, administrative disparities facing low-income people, advancing able pathways to the economic mainstream. The elements of that foundation were not always integrity, public safety, vital neighborhoods, and their pathways of opportunity, and promoting We support organizations working on the front clear to others. Given mayoral transitions and education reform. It proposes that civic progress cultural vibrancy, systems of mutual support, and lines of human need and social challenge, as well community economic dislocation, there was need can proceed in parallel with, and even somewhat environmental resilience. as those involved in changing public policy, local for a coherent civic agenda, an agenda that con- independently of, those priorities. Each of the This aspiration rests on seven programs, which economies, and civic relationships. veyed discernible direction and the real possibility nine elements or “modules” is, moreover, led by a seek to: Although we are 88 years old, we are new to the of long-term investment opportunities. Its absence different set of community actors, representing a • Contribute to the re-imagination of Detroit, our arena of strategic philanthropy. But the imperative is was immobilizing investors, undercutting the collective commitment of talent and investment that hometown, and translate that work into our clear: we need to meld investments on the ground ability of public officials to articulate a road map no single institution could carry forward on its own. interest in national community development. for improved community life, and sapping a sense with investments that have the potential, over time, Common language; shared playbook • Help vulnerable communities achieve environ-

The Kresge Foundation The Kresge of optimism from community residents. the President from Letter to affect the social and political dynamics that shape The Re-Imagining Detroit framework is not a vision. mental resilience in the face of climate change. citizens’ quality of life and their long-term trajectories I strongly believed it was possible to see significant Instead, it describes the building blocks for a more 14 • Promote the ability of low-income, disadvantaged, 15 of opportunity. on-the-ground energies with the potential to serve comprehensive view of our future. It compels the or marginalized people to enter, and succeed in, as ballast for the city. With an eye toward identifying recognition of the connections among those discrete post-secondary education. Problems and promise the outlines of a collective civic agenda, I tried building blocks. It invites discussion of what’s • Elevate the role of artists and arts-and-culture This imperative is most pronounced in Detroit. depicting those activities in a drawing. Activities missing. It furnishes a kind of common vocabulary. organizations in community revitalization and As noted earlier in this report, it is in Detroit that that involved people doing real work, not just It crystallizes a sense of urgency. And it recognizes civic engagement. we most clearly stitch together distinct threads, thinking about it. Activities supported by real that philanthropy has taken a seat at the table of • Reduce health disparities by expanding access to employ multiple tools, embrace risk to move in- dollar investments. Activities holding the promise civic leadership, no longer content to stand at the quality care and combating entrenched social and tractable challenges, and orient our efforts toward of taking root over the long term. Activities back of the room and hope that our good intentions environmental determinants of poor health. improving the plight of the poor and underserved. 16 The Kresge Foundation abandoned land anunderutilized assetrather than opportunity isto seeinits large stretches of 4. Landuse– The city’s greatest challenge and and improvements oftheirinner-city campuses. health care industry, andinvesting in theexpansion affordable primary care, creating jobladdersinthe Health System are expandingcommunity-based Detroit Medical Center, andtheSt. John Providence 3. Health care – The Henry Ford HealthSystem, the on the TechTown small-businessincubator. part by creating an “Innovation Cluster” centered to entrepreneurship inandaround Detroit, inlarge has focused onbuildingan infrastructure conducive investment from 10 nationalandlocalfoundations, Economy Initiative, formed through a$100 million New 2. Entrepreneurial development –The recycling andretrofits. efficiency and foster newjobsthrough reuse, neighborhood projects thatbothpromote energy scale neighborhood publicspaces, andpursue the city’s administrative operations, improve small- profit organization, isspearheading efforts to green 1. Green economy –NextEnergy, aDetroit non- ules. Kresge isinvolved invarying degrees ineach: Here isabrief description ofeach oftheninemod- eke by. and charitable impulseswillhelpthecommunity discussion. framework for view anda a comprehensive building blocks for identify the attempts to This drawing coherent whole. be hard to seea in Detroit, itcan parties working independent With many

and thestability andgrowth ofanchor institutions versations aboutland-use, economicdevelopment, to integrating transit into broader communitycon- is committed to 21stcentury transportation and the federal government, andinvestors that Detroit line willsignalto residents, suburban neighbors, part ofalarger publictransportation system. The thefirst cultural corridor—Woodward Avenue—as primary commercial, medical, educationaland spurred aplanto buildlight rail alongDetroit’s report, Kresge’s initial$35millioninvestment 6. Regional transit – As described earlier inthis magnet for peopleto live, work, shop, andvisit. three years to elevate thedistrict asawalkable invested tens ofmillionsdollarsover thelast national andlocalfoundations andbankshave revitalize neighborhoods around key institutions, of Midtown Detroit Inc., anonprofit working to 5. Creative corridor –Pivoting ontheleadership reinforcing areas ofcurrent strength. tively re-purposing someofthislandwhile and advance concrete, actionableideas for produc- officials can weigh awide spectrum ofscenarios which citizens, civicconstituencies, andelected All sectors are working to create aprocess by planning anddevelopment constructs canhandle. conventional more space—than space—far a liability. Detroit’s 139-square-mile area ismore

it wants to go. if thecity, together with theregion, isto get where ingenuity, skill, andpersistence thatwillbenecessary importance ofinfusingDetroit withthekindof same history, they possess agenuine beliefinthe and from new actors. Although thelatter lack that those withlong-standingcommitmentsto thecity, marshaling ofhumanandfinancial resources from The framework describes anunprecedented staying power for Detroit’s long-term civicagenda. has sunkitsroots deeply, creating anew shapeand I disagree. The Re-ImaginingDetroit framework ultimately too diffuse to catalyze enduring action. One mightargue thatallofthispositive energy is in itsre-imagination. built thisregion, andthey willplay asignificant role left behind. They embodythecreative thinkingthat They are pioneersin moving into placesothershave give voice to hopeanddraw attention to theunjust. Detroit thatisamagnetfor young people. Artists of dynamism, entrepreneurialism, andcreativity in culture projects. Artists helpcreate anenvironment community-based arts organizations, andarts-and- in to support individualartists, arts institutions, 9. Arts andculture –Philanthropy hasstepped is more thanthesumofitsparts. is helpingto pullthemtogether into somethingthat others. Philanthropy hasplayed apart ineach and and prioritize early-childhood development, among increase investment insmalllearning environments, accountability, create newhigh-qualityschools, en rise to ahostofresponses intended to improve tional attainment amongDetroit’s children have giv 8. Education– The challenges ofimproving educa- stabilizing andstrengthening neighborhoods. to identifystrategies for population decline—and mis offoreclosure, real estate abandonment, and help residents ride through thesuccessive tsuna- banking, andgovernment sectors canfind ways to representatives from thephilanthropic, nonprofit, borhood Forum hasprovided asetting inwhich 7. Stable, vitalneighborhoods – The Detroit Neigh- up anddown the Woodward spine.

- The Kresge Foundation President Rip Rapson areas ofprogrammatic interest. Inourhometown. lems and, over time, make tangibleprogress. Inour away atsomeofoursociety’s mostinsidious prob- We believe The Kresge Foundation can, infact, chip It’s alsoagood description ofstrategic philanthropy. progress toward thathorizon. and invest selectively inactivitiesthatwilldrive cross-disciplinary, cross-sector energies to engage horizon line, andassistingindrawing together long period oftime, helpingidentifyanaspirational to aplaceover a doing inDetroit—committing That’s agood description ofwhatphilanthropy is agenda. marshaling shared resources around acommon social problems isto coalesceallthosecapableof the onlyway to unlock thesekindsofimpenetrable entity orsmallcohort ofentitiesto solve. Indeed, solutions. They liebeyond thecompassofasingle face are adaptive, nottechnical. They defy known Both are necessary: The problems we collectively of daring innovation andenduring change. and well-trained peoplegalvanized by thepossibility anewcohort ofenergetic resources—attracting On theotherhand, itembraces important external refreshed visionofhow thecitycanadvance. a indeed, inallareas ofcommunitylife—with the private sector, innonprofit organizations— Detroiters every day are doinginsidegovernment, one handitreconnects thework thatthousandsof This dynamicgives rise to anewcivicalliance. On A newcivicalliance

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1970 2010 Then & Now Legal Aid Association Community Sebastian Kresge’s wish to promote human progress has been expressed through support for worthy organizations. 1971 Legal Resources Although we are a national philanthropy, we have always attended to the place our founder based his business and Detroit * made his home. Since 1924, the foundation has invested $3 billion in Detroit organizations, institutions and the 1991 Economic Growth Corp. people they serve. More than 1,150 grants have been made in the city proper, more still in the metropolitan area. The Friends School Community Foundation for This is a sample. Many of these organizations have received multiple grants over the years. 1972 Southeast Michigan Greening of Detroit *Figure not adjusted for inflation Detroit Association for 1993 1950 Retarded Children Providence of Detroit Artist Market St. Joseph of United Negro College Fund – Wayne County Community the Capuchin 1930 Detroit College District Order Howard Street Rescue Marygrove College Mission 2011 1953 Mariners Inn 1936 Detroit Wayne Detroit League for the 1994 County Health Allied Youth Association Handicapped 1973 Authority Community Chest of Detroit Institute of Arts 1955 Macomb Metropolitan Detroit University of Detroit Mercy Community College 1937 1975 Michigan Opera Theatre Henry Ford Health System Museum of Franklin-Wright Settlements Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1996 Contemporary American Red Cross 1958 1979 Shorebank Enterprise Art Detroit Goodwill Industries of Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit The Attic Theatre Southwest Greater Detroit Kresge Court Gleaners Community 1997 Housing 1939 1959 Food Bank of Southeastern Barbara Ann Karmanos Solutions Detroit City Rescue Mission Salvation Army-Detroit Michigan Cancer Institute Turning Point 2011 2010 2017 2018 1974 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1976 2001 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1930 1950 1970 1990 1924 1940 1960 1980 2000 1924 1940 1961 1980 2000 Foundation Detroit Symphony Orchestra St. Peter’s Home for Boys Detroit Science Center YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit established by Detroit Institute of North End Concerned Citizens Focus: HOPE Sebastian Kresge Technology Community Council 2002 1926 1963 1984 Detroit Riverfront YMCA of Detroit Historical Society Coalition on Temporary Conservancy – Riverwalk Metropolitan 1943 Housing Business Leaders for Detroit Wayne State University – 1964 Michigan Boys and Girls Club Science library collection Highland Park Community Center of Detroit 1946 Community Foundation for 2004 Southeast Michigan The International Institute 1966 Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Detroit Board 1949 of Education for Local Initiatives Support Corp. Wayne State University – the School for Eastern Market Corp. Kresge Eye Institute the Deaf Timeline Detroit 2005 1927 1967 Methodist 1988 Wayne State University 19 Detroit Medical Center School of Medicine Children’s Home United Way for Southeastern Michigan Thanksgiving Society Michigan 1968 Parade Foundation 2007 New Detroit Inc. New Economy Initiative 1969 2009 Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program M-1 Rail Detroit Public Library United Way for Southeastern Friends Foundation Michigan – 211 services line 2010 & 2011 Annual Report kresge.org

The Kresge Foundation (A Michigan Trustee Corporation) Investment Asset Values* (in billions)

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$3.3 $3.2 $3.0 $3.1 $2.7 $2.8 $2.4 $2.5 $2.2 2010-11 Financial Report World markets have experienced roller-coaster Deloitte & Touche LLP serves as the independent years. From the flash crash of May, 2010, to the auditors for the foundation. The full set of audited oil spill in the Gulf, the Arab spring and European financial statements are posted on our website debt crisis, hardly a month has gone by without big kresge.org. swings in investor behavior. The foundation’s Audit Committee of the Board At the end of 2011, The Kresge Foundation’s reviews the results of the independent auditors’ endowment value was an estimated $2.9 billion. examinations and recommends them to the full 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

For the five years ended Dec. 31, 2011, the endow- Board of Trustees for approval. The Audit Commit- *Audited 2011 data not available at press time. ment has returned 4.5 percent percent per annum. tee reviews the annual operating plan and interim financial reports. The table on the opposite page summarizes the foundation’s endowment balances over the past All foundation staff and trustees are required to

The Kresge Foundation The Kresge 10 years. submit annual conflict of interest statements and Financial Report affirm adherence to the foundation’s code of ethics. During 2010, the Board of Trustees authorized 20 21 481 awards totaling $158 million. During 2011, the second year covered in this report, the trustees Amy B. Coleman authorized 346 awards totaling $170 million to non- Vice President of Finance and Treasurer profits groups seeking to advance the foundation’s work in its seven program areas. Robert J. Manilla Vice President and Chief Investment Officer 22 Kresge Foundation 2011 Arts & Culture grants beginonpage 108. 2010 Arts &Culture grants beginonpage 30. so grantopportunities willbe modifiedgoingforward. engagement, community developmentand strengthencivic In 2012 wearerefiningourprogram tobetter promote vitality andcohesionofthe placeswheretheylive. embrace artists asimportant totheidentity, contributors thatencouragecommunitiesto spaces, andactivities nity developmenttraining,support forartists’ live-work andcommu- community lifethroughentrepreneurship skills andresourcessotheycanbetter contributeto Artists’ skills andresources: Working toboostartists’ them withthefield. building, andcapturingthebestpracticessharing tion efforts, raisingthevisibilityofart andcommunity by investing inexemplarynationalandlocalrevitaliza- of arts andcultureintoeffective community-building Arts andcommunitybuilding:Fostering theintegration to field-widepressures. a shift inanorganization’s businessmodelinresponse investments intransformationalprojectsthatsupport and repairprojects,forbuildingreservefunds, management throughgrantsforfacilityrenovation talization principlesandsustainableculturalfacility Institutional capitalization: Promoting soundcapi- in threeareas: community-building Ourstrategyisfocused activities. Arts &Culture by well-integratedarts, culturaland well-resourced artists, andenriched of healthy culturalorganizations and bythepresence munities enlivened We seektobuildstrong,vibrantcom- Programs

the nationalurban-redevelopmentcommunity. opportunities forsharedlearningbetweenDetroitand Our teamconnectsthesetwostrandsofworktocreate for equitablereinvestment. modelsandexemplaryvehicles replicable, innovative Our nationalcommunity-development focusison revitalization inourhometown. tice ahighlystrategic,integratedapproach tourban ty-development effort. Through thisprogram,weprac- Our DetroitProgram representsourprimarycommuni- Detroit 2011 CommunityDevelopment grants beginonpage 118. 2010 CommunityDevelopment grants begin onpage 42. Development Community organizations. the nurture and promotionofartists, arts andcultural social andculturalfabricof greaterDetroitthrough Detroit arts andculture: Strengtheningtheeconomic, components are: We callourframework Re-Imagining Detroit.Itsnine renew thecitythatwas onceaplace ofopportunity. engaging seekingto and collaboratingwithothers economic fabricin American cities. work tostrengthenthesocialand served communitiesbysupporting improve thequality of lifeforunder We aimtoadvanceopportunity and we have taken a proactive approach, aproactive we havetaken Inrecentyears community initiatives. Detroit’s nonprofitorganizations and provided philanthropicsupport to Since ourfoundingin1924, we have

of institutions thatpredominatelyserve low-income, Strengthening institutions: We aimtobuild thecapacity to alargerscale. can betaken sustainable programsthat and aimtofundinnovative, organizations andcommunity-based organizations We dothisthrough networksofcolleges,research needed tosucceedintwo-andfour-year institutions. secondary institutions,buthavetheskillsandsupport ensure students,notonlygain admittance topost- Pathways through college: We invest inefforts that through thesestrategies: andunderrepresented first-generation, students postsecondary accessandsuccessforlow-income, education-led eraofnationalprosperity. We promote Education 2011 Detroit grants beginonpage 122. 2010 Detroit grants beginonpage 46. education andresearch institutions. Building onthestrengthsofcultural,medicaland Anchor institutions / Woodward creative corridor: density inthecity. underutilized land,andhelpingincreasepopulation City landuse: Addressing thechallenges ofvacantand economic opportunity inthecity. able neighborhoodsthatwillbuildconfidenceand Complete neighborhoods: Fostering stable,sustain- through investment inregionalmasstransit. Stimulating development,densityandemployment Mass transit development (Woodward LightRail): major hospitalsandmedicalresearch centers. health andcapitalize onthestrengthsofcity’s Health: Identifyingopportunities toimprove community jobs andneighborhoodenergyefficiency. green workforce,renewable- andalternative-energy Green economy: Investing inefforts todevelopa business creation. strengthening theinfrastructuresupporting new- opportunity forresidentsofthecityandregionby Entrepreneurial development: Expandingeconomic and out-of-school timeeducationaloptions. quality educationoptions,earlychildhood programs, Education reform: Supporting efforts tocreatehigh- trajectory of their lives, andfuelanew, trajectory oftheirlives, peoplechangeand underserved the States canhelpmillionsoflow-income of collegegraduatesintheUnited We believeincreasingthenumber

strong andvibrantdemocracy. areoneofthebestvehiclestoensure universities higher educationinSouth Africa, believingthatstrong South Africa: We grantstostrengthen alsomake brought toscale. and energyefficiencypracticesthatcanbeeasily interested inonlineeducation,back-office consolidation, maintaining orincreasingquality. We areespecially tolowereducationalcostswhile improve productivity Higher educationproductivity: We support efforts to their missionsandbetter servetheirstudents. effectiveness, wehopetohelptheseinstitutions fulfill sities. Bysupporting efforts thatenhanceinstitutional institutions, and IIIand Title Title V collegesanduniver including communitycolleges,minority-serving underrepresented college students, andfirst-generation Environment 2011 Educationgrants beginonpage 136. 2010 Educationgrants beginonpage 60. the federal level, including Midwest electricity the federallevel, includingMidwestelectricity encouraging supportive policiesintheMidwestandat adoption ofrenewable-energy technologies focuseson energy-efficiency practices. Ourworktopromotethe thatadvance thenextgenerationof activities efforts forretrofits. tobuildamarket We alsosupport and utilityinvestments inenergyefficiency, aswell as efficiency, includingbuildingcodes,appliancestandards support extendstoadvocacy forpoliciesthatencourage the adoptionofrenewable-energy technologies. That efforts toreduceenergyuseinbuildingsandaccelerate Energy efficiency and renewable energy:support We and promotingappropriatepoliciespractices. of place-basedadaptationstrategies,andinforming climate-change adaptation,fosteringthedevelopment We engaged areactively inbuildingthefieldof to transportation infrastructureandnaturalecosystems. thing fromhumanhealth,andfoodwater supplies responding toclimatechange mustaccountforevery Adaptation to climate change: Preparing forand efficient energyalternatives. We focuson: its impactsbyhasteningthetransitiontocleaner, more changes, aswellefforts tomitigate theseverityof and policiesthatpromotepreparednessasclimate support thedevelopmentofstrategies climate changes unavoidable. We due tofossilfuelcombustion—make cumulate intheatmosphere—primarily Greenhouse gases thatcontinuetoac- 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

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23 Programs transmission policy that favors energy efficiency and Human Services renewable power. We seek to expand access and Special initiatives: We invest in compelling, time- opportunities for vulnerable, disadvan- sensitive initiatives that will advance our overall goal. taged and low-income individuals and 2010 Environment grants begin on page 68. families by strengthening the safety net 2011 Environment grants begin on page 144. of nonprofit organizations and generat- ing new knowledge on efforts to ameliorate poverty and Health create pathways to the economic mainstream. Our goal is to reduce health disparities We understand that organizational effectiveness, by addressing inequitable conditions resilience and commitment to excellence affect the that lead to poor health outcomes. We services provided to those attempting to escape promote the health and well-being of poverty. low-income and vulnerable populations Our aim is to partner with other foundations and by improving the environmental and social conditions with the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and affecting their communities and by improving access to deploy our capital in innovative ways for the benefit high-quality health care. of nonprofit organizations and the people they serve. We work in these areas: Our investments are concentrated in these focus areas: Healthy environments: We invest in efforts to make Advancing the effectiveness and resilience of the places where low-income families live, learn, work direct-service, safety-net organizations: We look for and play safe and healthy. Our support is focused opportunities to enhance the ability of high-performing, around housing, food, transportation and the built multi-service organizations to innovate and excel in environment as key determinants of health. their service-delivery and systems-change work. In our clean-freight transport initiative, we partner with As part of this effort, we help advance research that organizations addressing the health effects of diesel builds knowledge of effective practices among human- exhaust on vulnerable communities and on workers. services practitioners. 2010 In our safe and healthy housing work, we take a Leveraging the effectiveness of networks: We support comprehensive approach and support efforts to abate membership organizations and similar networks in Grant and Program-related hazards, properly weatherize structures, provide efforts to provide technical assistance and build the Investment Activity community education, and related activities. capacity of direct-service safety-net providers. We are We also support collaborations to improve housing interested in building knowledge about the roles of policy and intervention; cross-sector approaches to funders, the issues and policies affecting poverty and affect environmental policies that impact health; and efforts to ameliorate and, ultimately, eliminate it. We efforts to improve food system policies and practices. also support research in this area. Caring for communities: We work to strengthen the 2010 Human Services grants begin on page 92. primary-care safety net for vulnerable populations by 2011 Human Services grants begin on page 168. improving access, quality, and equity. Our safety-net enhancement initiative funds efforts to strengthen collaboration among community-based health Kresge Foundation Kresge care agencies that serve needy populations. Our community health hub investments are directed at 24 strengthening the infrastructure of federally qualified health centers and building their effectiveness. In addition, we support new and promising practices in population health, especially innovations that link health care and clinical services to community health. 2010 Health grants begin on page 78. 2011 Health grants begin on page 154. 2010 26 The Kresge Foundation and program-related investments awarded ineach program, andthetotals paidout. higher educationin Africa. Onthefollowing page, you’ll findgraphic representations ofthenumbergrants which isworking intheGulfCoast. Inadditionto thisU.S. grantmaking, we provided $1.8 millionto support our support inareas far from theirheadquarters. For example, we may support aBoston-based organization This mapshows grant recipients by state andprogram area. Pleasenote thatgrant recipients sometimesuse Grant awards by location National Overview: 2010 Alaska 33 grants $14.8 million California HS AC ED 7 grants $2.8 million Oregon AC EN ED HE

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28 The Kresge Foundation 2010Investment Activity Community Development $5.0 Community Development 15 Human Services$20.2 Arts &Culture $17.3 Human Services63 Environment $18.0 Arts &Culture 59 Education $23.8 Environment 54 Education 39 Detroit $26.8 Health $20.9 Detroit 128 Other $1.8 Health 91 Other 32 by Program Area 2010 Dollar Amounts Paid Out by Program Areaby 2010 Numberof Awards (in millions)

AC AC CD CD DT DT ED ED EN EN HE HE HS HS Arts &Culture 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 29 Arts & Culture | 2010 30 The Kresge Foundation Americans for the Arts Inc. Arts &EducationCouncil Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Boston, Massachusetts Artists for Humanity Alternate RootsInc. of Greater St. Louis Adler Planetarium St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri Washington, D.C. Atlanta, Georgia Chicago, Illinois (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 ArtsQuest $900,000 $600,000 $600,000 $750,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000

Arts &Culture: Grants modernization campaign. challenge grantwillbeusedtorenovate the280-seatSky Theater, aspart ofa$35million and collectionofhistoricalastronomicalinstruments,books,maps,manuscripts. This shows, throughitsexhibitions,sky annualvisitors The Adler Planetariumattracts 400,000 of itsart-focused community-redevelopment projectontheformerBethlehemSteelCorp. site. this challenge grant,theorganization willbuildaLEED-ratedCenterforPerforming Arts aspart andoffers educationandenrichmentholiday market, programsatitsarts center. Assisted by ArtQuest hasreinvigorated Bethlehem’s and downtownwithitsannualMusikfest musicfestival will support thisarts micro-enterpriseactivity. and academicachievement forteens.Kresge’s grantforgeneral operations two-year, $300,000 Artists industries forHumanitysuccessfullycombinesworkforcedevelopment inthecreative support andenhancecommunity-based artistic practicesofartists. states. grantforgeneraloperationswillstrengthenprogramsthat This two-year, $200,000 tradition, andspirit,focusesonartists workinginandwithcommunities14 Southern supports thecreationandpresentationoforiginalart, rootedinacommunityofplace, the serviceorganization With a33-yearhistoryand250memberinstitutionsindividuals, phases ofanew Vision, Venture and Vitality inthe Arts initiative. greater arts appreciation.Kresge’s two grantwillbeusedtofund thefirst two-year, $1,200,000 artsto fosterathriving environment, generatemoreresourcesforarts educationandbuild The nationalserviceandadvocacy organization workswitharts agenciesandarts educators See page40fora listofthe2010 recipients. tosupport over twoyears localarts andcultureprojects. $200,000 St. Louis andisreceiving Arts andEducationCouncilofGreaterSt.Louis isservingastheintermediaryfor thiseffort in engagement tooltohelpresidentsinfiveurbancitiesaddresspressingcommunityissues. The Kresge Community Arts isanationalpilotdesignedtotest theuseofarts andcultureasacivic Serving as a hub for creative activity andamodelfordowntownrevitalization,thecommunity-Serving activity asahubforcreative Through itsProfessional DevelopmentProgram workshops,thefoundationprovides executive that contributetocommunitydevelopmentandqualityof life inthenation’s capital. This three- Partnership provides Los Angeles Countyyouthwitharts educationopportunities whilegiving based arts organization provides support andopportunities forartists, operatesart-production The DurangoDiscovery Museum,locatedinsouthwestColorado, recentlyrenovated aformer performance, andexhibitionofnewworkswhilebuildingaudiencesconnectingart tothe $1,500,000 grant willhelpstrengthenandupdatetheprogram’s current$1,500,000 offerings, andextend year, $300,000 grantwillsubsidize theoperationsofarts andresidency programs, incubators year, $300,000 college art studentsreal-lifeopportunities toteach andrefinetheirabilitiesinfields. This Baltimore and is receiving $200,000 over two years tosupport over twoyears localarts andcultureprojects. $200,000 Baltimore andisreceiving provides housingunitsin19 communitiesacrosstheUnitedStates. The organization willuse through affordable studios,exhibitiongalleries andprofessionaldevelopmentopportunities. Through itsfreeafter-school andschool-based arts programs,theinstitute’s Community Arts study and program/exhibit master plan into a strategic business plan rooted in capitalization study andprogram/exhibit masterplaninto astrategicbusinessplanrooted incapitalization students while preparing them for careers intheprofessionalworld. students whilepreparingthemforcareers This two-year, $200,000 Partnerships, which includes theUrbanMissionsprogramtoengage academicdepartments The Detroit-basedinstitutionofarts anddesignoffers awidevariety of academicdegreesto issues. The BaltimoreCommunityFoundation isservingastheintermediaryforthiseffort in facilities andgallery space,andengages at-riskstudentsandincarceratedyouththroughart youth andcollegestudents. grantwillsupport thecontinuationand This two-year, $300,000 which provide back-office support servicesandpeer-learning workshopstolocal artists and grant willsupport thecollege’s community+publicarts: which DETROITinitiative, engages The organization createsopportunities, housing,andworkspaceforartists andarts groups housing, andeducationfacilities,servesasaplatformforsupporting artists inthecreation, classes, workshopsandmentoring.Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year,AS220’s $300,000 enabling themtoachieve theirartistic, financial,andlong-term careergoals. Thisfour-year, community. Funding willbeusedtorepairtheCenter’s historicCyclorama Buildingandto a wide-range of programs and activities focused onscienceandtechnology.a wide-rangeofprogramsand activities This technical financial controls, develop a strategic business plan rooted in capitalization principles and financial controls,developastrategicbusinessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciplesand historic power plant into a LEED-Gold facility with hands-on, interpretive exhibits. It offers exhibits.Itoffers historic powerplantintoaLEED-Gold facilitywithhands-on,interpretive this two-year, $1,200,000 granttofunditscoreworkandsubsidize somepredevelopment this two-year, $1,200,000 assistance grant will update a business plan and integrate a market and economic impact andeconomicimpact assistance grant willupdateabusinessplan andintegrateamarket This leading urban, private artsThis leadingurban,private andmediacollegecreatedtheCenter for Community Arts Kresge Community Arts isanationalpilotdesignedtotesttheuseofarts andcultureasa The Center’s four-acre, South Endcampus,encompassingstudies,agallery, fivetheaters, This technical assessitsbusinesspracticesand assistancegrantwillhelptheBakehouse civic engagement civic tooltohelpresidentsinfiveurbancitiesaddresspressingcommunity coaching inself-management,strategicplanning,fundraising, andpromotiontoartists, and community-based arts organizations inco-creatinghighqualityarts programswith The Bakehouse The Bakehouse Art Complexsupports emergingandmid-careerartists inSouth Florida A leaderindeveloping,owningandmanagingaffordable spaceforartists live/work by reclaiming abandonedbuildingsandrenovating historicstructures, Artspace currently local artists andyouthinpublic-art projectstobeautifyDetroitneighborhoods. general operationsandcreateabuilding-systems-replacementplan. two-year, $200,000 grant willsupport theprogram’stwo-year, $200,000 ongoingwork. its reach toadditionalartists communities. inunderserved complete afacilitysystems-replacementplan. See page37foralistofthe2010 recipients. evaluation oftheUrbanMissionsprogram. contract costsforprojectsinthreecities. seed amaintenance-reservefund. arts organizations. principals. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$46,000 Miami, Florida $100,000 Detroit, Michigan $150,000 Providence, RhodeIsland $13,000 Durango, Colorado $200,000 Boston, Massachusetts Durango Discovery Museum Corporation Cultural Development $450,000 NewYorkNew York, grant) (2009 Creative CapitalFoundation Columbia College Chicago College for Creative Studies the Arts California Institute of Boston Center for the Arts Complex Bakehouse Art Foundation Baltimore Community AS220 $300,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota grant) (2009 Artspace Projects Inc. $132,500 Washington, D.C. $100,000 Baltimore, Maryland $150,000 Chicago, Illinois $100,000 Valencia, California

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31 Arts & Culture | 2010 32 The Kresge Foundation FracturedProductions Atlas uhi hae Foundation Guthrie Theater Guadalupe Cultural Arts Guadalupe Grantmakers inthe Arts Hancock Shaker Village Hancock East Bay Center for the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Minneapolis, Minnesota lrd Studio Theatre Florida Flynn Center for the Kalamazoo, Michigan Richmond, California Burlington, Vermont Sausalito, California Seattle, Washington e ok NewYorkNew York, Headlands Center a Antonio,TexasSan Portland, Oregon The EpicCenter Performing Arts Sarasota, Florida Performing Arts for the Arts for (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Ethos Inc. $500,000 $500,000 $375,000 $125,000 $125,000 $100,000 $100,000 $35,000 $45,000 Center

from Kresge’s grantwillhelpthecentersustainandexpandtheseactivities. two-year, $250,000 for communitybuildingincludingeducation,nutritionandeconomicdevelopment.Funding This centerblendsitsefforts toadvanceChicano/Latinoculturewithothernecessaryelements in capitalizationprincipals. The technical assistancegrant willsupport thedevelopmentofastrategicbusinessplan rooted performances, paneldiscussions, community-based projects,publications,andcommissions. and exchange abouttherole ofart insocietythroughpublicopenhouses,lecturesand in-Residence program andprofessionaldevelopmentforartists, dialogue andfosters The Centersupports theresearch anddevelopmentofnew worksthroughitscore Artist- Headlands Centerforthe Arts isoneoftheleadingartist residencies intheUnitedStates. expansion ofitsservicesintonewmarkets. New York Cityboroughs. grantforgeneral operationswillsupport This two-year, the $750,000 theater, music,anddancetosearch foraffordable andperformancespaceinfive rehearsal organizations, Fractured Atlas operatesanonlinedatabasethatallowsartists workingin In additiontooffering back-office support programsandservicestoartists andarts North Portland headquarters andreplenishitsreservefund. communities. Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year, toEthos’ renovations andrepairs $150,000 performances inpublicschools, anddevelopingsustainablemusicprogramsinunderserved for low-income youth,supporting after-school musicclassesandmulticultural Ethos fillsacritical void inmusiceducationbyoffering in-housemusiclessonsandprograms the village’s shift comprehensive initsbusinessmodel. historic buildingsandon-siteexhibitspace.Funding willprovide strategiccapital tosupport furniture,art,and interpretsacollectionoforiginalShaker textilesandartifacts housedin18 museumpreserves Designated asaNationalHistoricLandmark,theoutdoorliving-history communities. and underserved This grantwillseedtheGuthrie’s buildingreserve fund. degreeprograms,andmusicoutreachand university-based partnership withurbanschools performance andproductionofclassicalnewtheatrical works,support training foractors The Guthrie Theater playsaleadingroleinMinneapolisandthenation throughits as part oftherenovation oftheCenter’s Winter Buildingandseedabuilding-reservefund. after-school engagement andcivic opportunities. activities, Kresge’s grantwillfurnishtwotheaters andarearesidentsinconservatory-leveladults, areaeducators, trainingprograms,residencies, The centeradvancestheperformingarts andenriches thecommunitybyengaging youth,young dissemination services. additional support toenhanceits information-sharingand foranewcommunicationsinitiative inthe grantwillfundGrantmakers year,Arts’ generaloperations andprovide $165,000 support arts andtostrengthenexpandthefieldofarts funders philanthropy. Thisthree- seeksto organizationandpublic-sectorgrantmakers The nationalmembership forprivate on itsfacility. and adults. renovations andupgrades With grantassistance,thecenterwillcompleterepairs, annual 10-day andavarietyofoutreach jazzfestival, forchildren, classesandactivities teens, through itsartistic productionsoftraditionalandcontemporarymusic,dance,theater, an thedevelopmentofperformingarts The FlynnCenterfosters locallyandregionally establishment ofabuilding-reservefund. term residencies. This grantwillgotoward therenovation ofitsGompertz Theatre andthe a-Play programintroducesstudentstoprofessionaltheaterthroughworkshopsandlong- The theaterpresentscontemporaryplays,includingworldandregionalpremieres.Its Write- replace agingelevatorandHVAC systemsandbolsterthemaintenancefund. income residentsandchildren ingradesK–12. Kresge’s grantwillbeusedto two-year, $200,000 rents atthefour-story EpicCenterandareable tooffer specialarts andculturalprogramsforlow- Arts institutions,arestaurant,retailer, andotherdowntowntenantsbenefitfrombelow-market readings, writingworkshopsforyouthandadults,in-school programsand writers-in-education these projectsontheorganizations themselvesandthesurrounding cultural sector. Kresge will national studyoflarge-scalebuilding projectsundertaken byarts institutionsandtheimpactof Located ina27-building factorycomplex,themuseumfulfillsadualroleasprominentcenter leadership developmentamongartists, andcommunity-development leadership educators professionals. performing arts productionsandcommunityeducationprograms. Kresge’s grantwillestablish studios. This technical assistancegrantwillsupport thedevelopmentofabusinessplanrooted program inthestate,presentsannual Ann Arbor Film Festivalaswellafullrosteroflive an organization focusedontheprintandbook-related arts includingpapermaking,illustration, artists byraisingawareness ofissues,seedingeffective programs,buildingaknowledgebase Funding energy-conservation willbeusedtomake improvements tofacilitiesandestablish The HenryFord isthenation’s largestindoor-outdoor historycomplexandhometotheHenry and youthgroups,off-site classesatafterschool Mudflat isalso programsandseniorcenters. Kresge’s grantforgeneraloperatingsupport willenablethearts centerto two-year, $200,000 In partnership with the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago, this social-science ofChicago, this social-science In partnership withtheCulturalPolicy Centeratthe University interdisciplinary performances.Itiscolocatingwiththe Western New York Arts Collaborative, Ford Museum,Greenfield Village andother unique attractions. Kresge’s grantwillbeusedto The strategic10-year launched createsamoresupportive environment initiative, for in2003, and residenciesforprofessionalartists. Itsprogrammingincludes classesforadults,schools students inproviding youthandadultsintheBaltimorecommunitywithenriching art-based educational experiences. operatinggrantwillenabletheprogramto This two-year, $200,000 and strengtheningpractitionernetworks.Kresge’s grantcommitment three-year, $1,800,000 Jacob’s PillowDanceislaudedasaNational HistoricLandmark,hometo America’s longest- replace thecomplex’s outdatedelectricalinfrastructurewithanewhigh-voltage distribution Just Buffalo isaoneofthetenlargestliterary arts inthenationandprovides author centers to provide astate-of-theart ceramic facilityfeaturinglargerclassroomsandadditionalartist Mudflat Studiopromotesinterestintheceramicarts through classesandworkshops,sales initiative in 2009 tofostergreaterarts interestandparticipation in2009 inthesurroundinginitiative Mission Hill andlowerRoxbury neighborhoods.Kresge’s grantwillsupport the two-year, $200,000 involved inneighborhoodrevitalizationefforts andisrenovating aformertheaterbuilding design andprintmaking. This technical assistancegrantwillsupport thedevelopmentofa Located inthehistoricMichigan film Theatre, thefoundationprovides themostextensive for showcasingcontemporaryvisualandperformingarts andaneconomic-development partner forrevitalizingtheformertextile-milltownandbolsteringitsartistic community. improvements, includingpreservationofthehistoric Ted Shawn Theatre, andtocreatea research centerisconducting theCulturalInfrastructureResearch athree-year Initiative, will support and expand the Creative Communities program and network, and advance will support Communitiesprogramandnetwork, andadvance andexpandtheCreative MassArt’s Centerfor Art andCommunityPartnerships launched the Art Zone/Art Miles running international dance festival. running internationaldancefestival. The PillowwilluseKresge’s facility granttomake system aspart ofitsbuildingrepairandmaintenanceplancapitalizationstrategy. Now inits37thyear, Intermedia Arts servesasacatalystforcommunitybuildingand Maryland InstituteformedtheCommunity Arts Partnership in1999 toengage college continue itscommunity-arts andcivic-engagementprograms. provide $300,000 over three years tosupport over threeyears this research. provide $300,000 strategic businessplanrootedincapitalizationprincipals. implementation ofthe Art Zone/Art Milesinitiative. implement andevaluateitswork. information andresearch efforts. in capitalizationprinciples. a building-reservefund. a buildingreservefund. building-reserve fund. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $1,000,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan $850,000 MassachusettsNorth Adams, $100,000 Boston, Massachusetts $1,000,000 Becket, Massachusetts Chicago Center attheUniversity of National OpinionResearch Mudflat Pottery School Foundation Michigan Theater Foundation Contemporary Art of Massachusetts Museum Art andDesign Massachusetts College of of Art College Maryland Institute $1,461,250 NewYorkNew York, grant) (2009 Creativity Inc. Leveraging Investments in Just Buffalo Literary Center Festival Jacob’s Pillow Dance IntermediaMinnesota Arts The HenryFord $100,000 Baltimore, Maryland $45,000 Somerville, Massachusetts $50,000 NewYork Buffalo, $100,000 Chicago, Illinois $125,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota $1,000,000 Dearborn, Michigan

(2008 grant) (2008

33 Arts & Culture | 2010 34 The Kresge Foundation of Greater Birmingham Inc Development Commission Regional Cultural Alliance Regional Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cooper-Hewitt, National Smithsonian Institution Nonprofit Finance Fund Nonprofit Finance Fund Queens Museumof Art Festival &PhillyFringe Minneapolis, Minnesota Philadelphia Live Arts Philadelphia e Charitable TrustsPew Birmingham, Alabama Project Row Houses Festival Seattle, Washington e ok NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, & Performing& Arts Regional Cultural St. Louis, Missouri ues NewYork Queens, Design Museum Pillsbury United On theBoards Houston, Texas Communities (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 $1,250,000 $800,000 $500,000 $400,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $559,167 $101,300 $50,000 $86,000 .

initiative, and assess artists’ live/work spaceneeds. andassessartists’ live/work initiative, grant,thecommissionwillexpand itsCommunity Arts $300,000 Training Instituteand Artspace training, andlow-cost spaceforstudies,galleries andclassrooms.UsingKresge’s two-year, organizations inSt.Louis andthesurrounding countybyoffering support services,arts artists The nonprofitarts thegrowthanddevelopmentofindividual andcultural agencyfosters engagement programstoimprove theexperienceforparticipants. of Queens. Assisted bythisgrant,themuseumwillevaluateandrefineitscurrent communityengagement Queens Museumservesasacatalystforcivic andrevitalizationintheborough With anartistic, culturalandeducationalreach extendingfarbeyonditsownfourwalls, the support andseedabuildingreservesfund. in collaborationwiththeCommunityDevelopmentProgram, willprovide generaloperating youth K-12; andanaffordable housingprogram. grant,awarded This three-year, $450,000 the Young Residential Mothers Program; anafter-school andsummereducationprogramfor can createrealsocialchange. programs:apublicart/installation There arefourkey program; Based inHouston’s Third Ward, Project Row Houseshavecreatedanenvironment whereart toadvancecommunitybuildingandneighborhood vitality.integration ofactivities its professionalPillsburyHouse Theatre. Kresge’s grantwillsupport thefurther two-year, $300,000 youthandadultsinthecreationproductionoforiginaltheatrical worksthrough underserved andengages human servicesthroughitsPillsburyHouseandthreeotherneighborhoodcenters, Dedicated tobuildingmorevibrantcommunities,thenonprofitagencyprovides comprehensive manager forthecollaboration. nonprofit lenderandfinancialconsultingorganization thatservesasthe investment andgrant United States.Funds committed to ArtPlace bytheNonprofitFinance are overseen a Fund, alongside theNationalEndowmentfor Arts placemakingacrossthe toacceleratecreative This grantsupports the working ArtPlace anewnationalfundercollaborative Initiative, projects. See page38foralistof2010 grantrecipients. effort $201,300 tosupport over inBirminghamandisreceiving twoyears localarts andculture The Regional Cultural Alliance ofGreaterBirminghamisservingastheintermediaryforthis engagement tooltohelpresidentsinfiveurbancitiesaddresspressingcommunityissues. Kresge Community Arts isanationalpilotdesignedtotest theuseofarts andcultureasacivic repair needswithinthecontextoftheiroverall capitalizationposition. museums andcommunityschools ofmusicandart toaddresstheirbuildingmaintenanceand foracohorta programofeducationandfinancialincentives ofpreviouslyfunded children’s improve theircapacitytoservecommunities. grantwillcreate This seven-year, $4,000,000 The nationalorganization workswithnonprofits tohelpstrengthentheirfinancialhealthand and creative activities that engage activities thecommunity.and creative Development Centerwillsupport anartist-in-residency pilotprogramoffering freestudiospace the city. A two-year, $227,800 grantfromKresgefortheFestival’s newPhiladelphiaResearch & national andinternationalartists throughtwoannual,concurrent throughout 16-day festivals The internationallyrecognized presenterofperformingarts supports abroadarray oflocal, operational efficiency. the museum’s historic mainfacilitytoincrease gallery andexhibition spaceandimprove contemporary design.Challenge-grant moneywillgotoward theLEED-rated renovation of The Cooper-Hewitt isthenation’s tohistoricaland onlymuseumdevoted exclusively building reserve and enable it to complete repairs onitscurrentbuilding reserveandenableittocompleterepairs facility. Northwest performingartists. Kresge’s grantwillstrengthentheperformingarts organization’s in contemporarydance,theaterandmusicwhiledevelopingpresentingnewworksby Founded byartists in1978, OntheBoardsintroducesaudiencestointernationalinnovators analysis andsupport thedevelopmentofanationalresearch agenda. datacollectionand grantwillprovide expansioncapital, advancecollaborative $1,200,000 Kresge’s researchersand culturalorganizations, andpolicymakers. grantmakers, three-year, to strengthenthenationalnonprofitculturalsectorbyproviding aplatformforanalysisarts Pew’s CulturalDataProject isa Web-based data-collectionanddisseminationsystemdesigned a publiclyaccessible art center, collectionstoragefacility andinterpretive andaddapermanent and impact by establishing collaborative networksofhigher-educationand impactbyestablishingcollaborative institutions,community assistance grantwillsupport thedevelopmentofasystemsreplacementplacementplanand Kresge Community Arts isanationalpilotdesignedtotesttheuseofarts andcultureasacivic schools throughoutthestate.Kresge’s grantwillexpandtheproject’s two-year, reach $200,000 arts education,artist mentoring,workshops,andexhibitstoencouragethecreationoforiginal strengthening communities through innovative arts,strengthening communitiesthroughinnovative educational,social,economicandyouth- grant willhelp repurpose andrenovate donatedwarehouse space tocreatethe “Visible Vault,” neighborhoods, thevillagehasevolved intoanationalleaderwithsuccessfultrack recordof nonprofits. Assistedbythis challenge grant,thecenter’s mainfacilitywillundergoLEED-rated Business, which hosted a three-day executive-leadership course, in partnership with National inpartnership withNational Business, which course, hostedathree-dayexecutive-leadership designed topromotetheadoptionofcapitalizationprincipleswithinarts andculturefield. works ofart byyouthandadultsincorrectional institutions,juvenilefacilities,andurbanhigh exhibits showcasehistoricalandcontemporarytextilesfromaroundtheworld. This technical understanding andpromotesocialjustice. Kresge’sunderstanding grantwillsupport the two-year, $400,000 convergence. from20organizationsThrough thisgrant,leaders attended and theLeadership Started asagrassrootseffort totransformvacantlotsintoart parksforchildren indistressed by providing creative opportunitiesby providing creative inhealthcare settings. grantwill This two-year, $200,000 receiving $201,600 tosupport overreceiving twoyears localarts andcultureprojects.See page39for in theSquare,which housesandprovides support servicestofiveculturalarts andsciences Funding will develop tools and educational materials to help implement a national initiative Funding willdeveloptoolsandeducationalmaterials tohelpimplementanationalinitiative The foundation owns and operates four downtown buildings, including its signature Center The foundationownsandoperatesfourdowntownbuildings, includingitssignatureCenter In 1990, ofMichigan theUniversity foundedthePrison Creative Arts Project, which provides The totherich Museumconnectsvisitors Wing Luke history, cultureandart of Asian Pacific designed toincreasearts accessandparticipation amongruralFloridaPanhandle residents offers outreach anddisadvantaged audiencesintheregion. programsforunderserved This Americans through innovative community-ledAmericans throughinnovative programsthatencouragemultigenerational The university’s UIndy Community Programs Centercoordinates Wheeler Arts Community engagement tooltohelpresidentsinfiveurban citiesaddresspressingcommunityissues. The state’s largestcontemporary art museumshowcasestheworksofregionalartists and The Tucson-Pima Arts Councilisservingastheintermediaryforthiseffort in Tucson andis textile arts roleinthefieldoftextilescholarship. andplaysaleadership Itscollectionsand Arts Strategies,designedtohelparts dealwith the effects andculturalleaders ofindustry The nonprofitconsultingandresearch grouphelpsnonprofitorganizations, agenciesand development programs.Kresge’s willsupport two-year, generaloperationsand $225,000 expand theprojectintostatewide Arts inHealthcareforRural Communitiesprogram. Convergence: Navigating Radical Changein Arts andCultureseminarinNovember 2010. In 2008, the university collaborated with Florida cultural-affairs officials and the National collaboratedwithFlorida cultural-affairs officialsandtheNational theuniversity In 2008, The prominentteaching andresearch includestheStephenM.Ross School university of programs and educational opportunities for neighborhood youth, adults, and university programs andeducationalopportunities forneighborhoodyouth,adults,anduniversity Outreach multidisciplinaryprojecttoincreasecommunity-arts acollaborative, Initiative, The Textile devoted tothe Museumistheonlymuseumin UnitedStatesexclusively foundations honetheirbusinessandmanagementskillscriticaltooperatingeffectively. Endowment forthe Arts tolaunch Shands Arts inMedicineforthePanhandle, aproject students inSoutheast Indianapolis.Kresge’s grant willsupport the two-year, $200,000 organizations andcommunity-arts partners innorthern andwesternMichigan. strategic businessplanrootedincapitalizationprincipals. continuation andexpansionofthe WAC initiative. establish anoperatingreservefund. renovation andreconfiguration. museum’s generaloperations. a listof2010 grantrecipients. exhibition area. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$237,000 Boston, Massachusetts $50,000 Washington, D.C. $600,000 Billings, Montana YellowstoneMuseum Art $200,000 Seattle, Washington Foundation Wing Luke Memorial $750,000 Roanoke, Virginia and Sciences Foundation for the Arts The Western Virginia $112,500 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Humanities and ArtsThe Village $60,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan University ofMichigan $100,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan University ofMichigan $100,000 Indianapolis, Indiana University ofIndianapolis University ofFlorida Inc. Tucson-Pima Council Arts The TextileMuseum Corporation Technical Development $101,600 Tucson, Arizona $100,000 Gainesville, Florida (2009 grant) (2009

35 Arts & Culture | 2010 36 The Kresge Foundation Baltimore, Detroit andSt. Louis. recipients. No additionalcitieswillbeselected; thisisthesecondandfinal year offunding for $10,000. Onthenextpage, you willfindacomplete listofthe2010 Kresge Community Arts grant Individuals andgroups thatapplyfor grants are eligibleto receive awards ranging from to $2,500 administering theDetroit effort. have beenselected inBaltimore, Birmingham, St. Louisand Tucson to administer thepilot. Kresge is The foundationover isinvesting two $200,000 years ineach ofthefive pilotcities. Intermediaries important localtopics, promote collaboration andenhanceneighborhoods. city residents andcommunity-based groups to pursuearts andcultural projects thatdelve into Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; and Tucson, Arizona. The goal ofthisinitiative isto encourage —Baltimore, Maryland; Birmingham,to address Alabama; pressing communityissuesinfive cities Kresge Community Arts isanationalpilotdesignedto usearts andculture asacivicengagement tool Arts &Culture: Kresge Community Arts Grants To enable Assistant Professor of Theatre MaryElizabeth tohelpDetroitPublicAnderson School To implementasummer-arts programforyouthinNorthwest Detroit,incollaborationwiththe To conductworkshopsforyouthonthehistoryofmotionpicturesandtofeaturetheirprojects To support Greenmount West neighborhoodparticipation intheproductionof “A Dark World’s To provide music,writing,publishing,productionandmedia-arts workshopsforat-riskyouth To createpublicart infivecommunity gardens inDetroit’s historicNorthend neighborhood. interview older, long-termresidentsand documenttheirstoriesinprint,artwork andvideo. To helpDetroitartist MaryBethCarolancreateasolar-and-wind-powered and lightfestival Baltimore andwascomplete,independentauthority toaward given thefollowinggrants: Destruction,” aplaywritten by aneighthgradestudentaboutaffordable-housing issues. To enableMichigan artist Hubert Masseytocreatealarge-scalemuralinthe Woodward/ To completethe Alfred MalloryMemorial Reading GardenattheDetroitPublic Library’s To launch anintergenerationalhistoryanddocumentaryproject inwhich youngpeople The BaltimoreCommunityFoundation servesastheintermediaryforKresge Arts in students createpublic-serviceannouncementsadvocating healthy foodsandlifestyles. To completethe Art Blastprogram,aseriesofmulticulturalconcerts andcommunity Please seepage56forotherDetroit-basedarts Kresgehasawarded initiatives. the To completefourpublic-art projectsinsunflower gardens inDetroit’s Brightmoor conversations designedtoengage parentsandchildren inthearts. permanent installationinDetroit’s Corktownneighborhood. Administered bytheBaltimoreCommunityFoundation To completeapublic-art projectinSouthwest Detroit. National Conferenceof Artists Michigan Chapter. Kresge Community Arts inDetroit Administered by The KresgeFoundation Northend neighborhoodofDetroit. Kresge Arts inBaltimore Duffield LibraryBranch. in HighlandPark. following grants: in afilmfestival. neighborhood. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$9,450 $9,450 $6,270 $9,450 $9,450 $9,450 Community Corporation Banner Neighborhoods $10,000 Annex Theatre Baltimore Collaborative West Grand Boulevard $9,450 Wayne State University $9,450 WARM Training Center of Michigan School Association Waldorf Group Inc. Mental HealthServices Southwest Community Corporation Inc. Community Development Northend Christian $9,450 Focus: HOPE Foundation Inc. Detroit MOTTEP $8,680 College for Creative Studies of AfricanHistory American Charles H. Wright Museum (B.A.S.S.) Strengthen SocietyInc. Assets ToBuilding $3,750 $9,450

37 Arts & Culture | 2010 38 The Kresge Foundation Birmingham UrbanLeague Alabama Community AIDS Community AIDS Alabama Parks &People Foundation Maryland Institute College Birmingham Children’s Hamilton Elementary/ Episcopal Community Episcopal Community Services ofMaryland Project Hopewell Inc. VSA Arts of Alabama VSA Arts Parkway Community Desert IslandSupply Fund/AIDS Alabama The House of Ruth The HouseofRuth Media for Health Episcopal Place Middle School HABESHA Inc. Sarah Tooley Association Company Maryland Gateway Theatre $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $6,000 $4,000 $8,800 $5,900 $8,500 $9,950 $5,100 $7,600 $7,028 $7,860 $7,325 of Art

Birmingham andwascomplete,independentauthoritytoaward given thefollowinggrants: The Cultural Alliance ofGreaterBirminghamservesastheintermediaryforKresge Administered bytheCultural Alliance ofGreaterBirmingham Kresge Arts inBirmingham develop speech, communicationandjob-readinessskillsneededfortheworkplace. To enabletheRed Mountain Theatre Company tousetheaterarts tohelpyoungpeople impact onwaterways andtoencourageenvironmentally responsiblebehavior. To conductwatershedart workshopsdesignedtoincreasepublicawareness aboutpollution’s drumming for at-risk youth living ontheGatewaydrumming forat-riskyouthliving campus. To enabletheChildren’s DanceFoundation tooffer classesindance,movement, dramaand and inequitiesinfoodaccess. View Gardenscommunitiesinthecreationofartwork documentingBaltimore’s “food deserts” To support a “photovoice” projectengaging youthfromtheDouglassHomesandPleasant mural fortheschool garden andtofostercommunity discussionsonissues. To involve indesigningandpaintinganoutdoor students,familiesandcommunitymembers Square neighborhoodtoaddresscommunityviolence,victimizationandconflictresolution. To fundthe Witness to Violence, HealingfromtheHurt projectinEastBaltimore’s Collington of sea creatures around storm drains and raise awareness of the need for watershed protection. of seacreaturesaroundstormdrainsandraiseawareness oftheneedforwatershedprotection. To enableartist Sarah Tooley andBetter Waverly neighborhoodyouthtopaintsidewalk murals who will pursue interactive reading, writing and journaling activities with professional writers. withprofessionalwriters. reading,writingandjournalingactivities interactive who willpursue To support theGiving Voice atGatewayprogramforat-riskadolescentgirls creative-writing residents andneighborhoodparticipants art. tocreateandexhibitexperientialinterpretive To fundtheCollected Voices project,aworkshopseriesthatencouragesemergency-shelter residents andtofocuspublicattention onlittering problemsandthebenefitsofrecycling. To createanoutdoorsculpturemadeofrecycledtrashcollectedbyParkway community seniors withhighschoolseniors students totalkaboutlifeexperiences andcollaborateon artwork. To support Take a Walk inMy Shoes, anintergenerationalart project matching upadult daycare increasing physical activity, combatingchildhood obesityandpromotinghealthy eating. To expand youthparticipation inthe “Chocolate Nutcracker” production as ameansfor chronic diseaseinBirmingham’s Mexican-immigrantcommunity. To fund theproductionandairingofadramaticserialradionovella abouthealthy lifestyles and performance. to low-income tohelpthemovercome stereotypesandparticipate seniors inatheatrical To launch theSeasoned Arts program,which offers theaterclassesandstageexperience performances,workshops,abookandwebsite. as aplatformforcreatinglive To fundastorytellingprojectusing digitallyrecordedreminiscencesfrom Woodlawn residents displaced. Change,” adramaticpresentationthataddressestheirconcernsaboutbecominghomelessor To helpmiddle-school studentsdevelopandproduce “What’s the411? Theatre forSocial combating risingjuvenilecrimeintheBaltimore’s Park Heightsneighborhood. To support theGriot’s andmediaprojectaimedat leadership Eyeprogram,ayouth-driven

Arts in Arts in To enableartist David andtheHedrickTineo Acres Neighborhood Association tocreateamural To artwork usemural-like topromotecommunityengagement, responsibility, stewardship and To createacommunity-based workshopsthataddressissues danceproductionandinteractive To experiencesofwomenwhocrosstheU.S.- produceandpresentaplayaboutthepersonal To buildpublicsupport fordowntownrevitalizationandpreservationoftheschool’s historic To support aNative American artist andyouth whoarecompilingadigitalcomic-stylebook To enablethecollege’s Ironwood Tree Experienceprojecttooffer nature-focusedart-making To social,neighborhoodandculturalmessagesinSouth developanddisseminatepositive The Tucson Pima Arts CouncilservesastheintermediaryforKresge Arts in Tucson and To provide visual-arts educationforlow-income indowntownand andat-riskyouthliving neighborhood environmental issuesandcreateamuraldepictingtheircommunitywork. To enablefilmmaker Jaime A. Lee tocreateawebsiteandshort filmfeaturingissuesand To engage neighborhood associationsandorganizations inproviding medialiteracyand To collaboratewiththe Terra Cotta andCooperCrestneighborhoodsonthecreationof To launch andhealthfairintendedtoraise aneighborhoodmusicanddancefestival To support theBarrio Sustainability project,which encouragesstudentstoresearch To encouragerefugeeandimmigrantstudentstousewritten autobiographiesand opportunities andcultural expression. toCoronadoHeightsresidentsforpersonal about diabetespreventiontargetedatstudentsinmiddleschool throughcollege. dialogue relatedto Arizona’s lesbian,gay, bisexualandtransgendercommunity. Mexico borderandtosponsorworkshopsintwoSouthside communityvenues. photography engagement forself-expressionandcivic oncommunityissues. accessible sharedcommunityassetsandresourcesontheschool’s campus. Cele Peterson buildingusingoralhistory, photography, writingandtheater. related towater scarcity, riparianecosystemsandSonoran Desert ecology. was complete,independentauthoritytoaward given thefollowinggrants: production courses foryouth,low-income andthehomeless. production courses individuals about overcoming thestigmaofmentalillnessandaddiction. awareness ofdiabetespreventionandhealthy lifestyles. pride amongresidentsofthree Tucson neighborhoods. Administered bythe Tucson Pima Arts Council ot usn neighborhoods. South Tucson rseAt inTucsonArtsKresge Tucson communities. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$6,000 $7,500 $3,975 $8,000 TucsonBrigade Arts $7,000 Toltecali Academy $5,100 Organization Libertad Tierra Y $4,854 Prescott College $10,000 Pan Left Productions Theatre Dance NEW ARTiculations Elementary PTA Laura N. Banks $6,000 Lee Jaime A. $4,116 The Drawing Studio Health ServicesInc. CODAC Behavioral $1,750 City HighSchool $7,500 School Catalina MagnetHigh $3,000 Borderlands Theater $1,500 Barrio Centro Neighborhood $5,724 Arizona State Museum

39 Arts & Culture | 2010 40 The Kresge Foundation Green Center andProvident University ofMissouri-St. St. Louis Area Jobs with er hae Company Metro Theater St. Louis ArtWorks and Louis andPublicPolicy Prison PerformingPrison Arts Community Health-In- Partnership Services Denise Ward-Brown The UrbanStudio Research Center The Black Rep Justice $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $8,000 $8,000 $5,000 $9,500 $9,500

complete, independentauthoritytoaward the following grants: Foundation, servesastheintermediaryfor Kresge Arts inSt.Louis andwas given The Arts andEducationCouncil,inpartnership withtheGreaterSaint Louis Community Administered bytheCultural Alliance ofGreaterBirmingham Kresge Arts inSt. Louis octogenarians andyoungadults. Denise Ward-Brown thattracesslavery’s legacynarratives from throughpersonal To support avideodocumentaryprojectledbycollegeeducator, andsculptor filmmaker violence inneighborhoodschools andinstillawareness ofitscausesandprevention. To offer visual-andperforming-arts studentworkshopsthataddresstherecentspreadof media projectthatpromotescommunitydialogaboutsocialandeconomicjusticeissues. To organize aseriesofartist-led workshopsforhigh-school students culminatinginamulti- neighborhood whowillcreatewritten andphotographicportraits ofelderlyresidents. To teach photography, writingandoral-historyskillstoteensfromthehistoricOldNorth create andperformdramaticpresentationsreflectingtheirneighborhoodculture. To helpschoolchildren and gatherstoriesfromcommunitymembers andrecordpersonal through theater. program foryouththatallowsparticipants toresearch, createandpresentacommunityissue To partner withtheSt.Louis Housing Authority onanafter-school performing-arts residency and artwork exhibition,inpartnership withtheDutchtown Neighborhood Association. To helpDutchtown createacommunityphotography project residents,youthandshopkeepers Detention Centertolearnaboutpoetrywriting,performanceanddance. To sponsoraSummerHipHopPoetry FestivalthatenablesyouthattheSt.Louis CityJuvenile conservation practicesandallowsthemtodevelopplansforenhancinggreenspaces. To launch asummerGreenJobs trainingprogramthatintroducesyoungadultsto

Development Community Community 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 41 Arts & Culture | 2010 42 The Kresge Foundation The German MarshallFund Community Development The Brookings Institution Greyston Foundation Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Minneapolis, Minnesota The Enterprise Center Family HousingFund of theUnited States okr, NewYork Yonkers, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Corporation $300,000 $200,000 $250,000 $100,000 $100,000

establish Detroitasaparticipating MemorialFellowship cityintheMarshall program. cities includingDetroittoparticipate DomesticPolicy intheComparative program. Itwill North America andEurope.Kresge’s grantwillenableU.S. from three-year, leaders $750,000 between policy andgrantmakinginstitutionpromotesgreatercooperation andunderstanding Founded in1972 throughagift totheUnitedStatesfromGermany, thenonpartisan public- and community-health hub. used tocompletetheCenterforCulinaryEnterprises,aLEED-ratedfood-businessincubator inthe programs andinitiatives Walnut Hillneighborhoodof West Philadelphia.Funding willbe andwealthcreationthroughstrategic investments, to promoteminorityentrepreneurship The corporationwas foundedin2001 bytheEnterpriseCenter, aminority-business accelerator, public-private partnerships forjump-startingpublic-private economictransformationintheseareas. summit toexaminethefutureofnation’s communitiesanddiscussinnovative automotive Kresge’sengines ofeconomicgrowthandglobalcompetitiveness. grant willsupport anational MetropolitanPolicyBrookings’ Program focusesattention onthevital rolecitiesplayas achieve stabilizationandredevelopmentofforeclosure-impacted communities. the Twin to dollars CitiesLandBank,afundsubsidiarythatleverages publicandprivate institutions onsolutionstocomplexhousingproblems. and private This grantwill gotoward opportunities ownership inaseven-countymetropolitanarea,andcollaborates withpublic Created in1980, thefund provides financialsupport foraffordable rentalhousingandhome- allow fortheenhancementof itsworkforce-developmentprogram. self-sufficiency. Kresge’s grantwillbuttress thebakery’s two-year, operationsand $400,000 enterprises, includingthefor-profit Greystonbakery, tohelplow-income achieve individuals Greyston isarecognized pioneerinsocialenterprise.Itoperatesvariousentrepreneurial Community Development: Grants of Living Cities, especially through its Integration Initiative, a new program to foster models for anewprogramtofostermodelsfor Cities,especiallythroughitsIntegrationInitiative, of Living environmental projectsinurbanareas. grantcommitmentwillhelpthe This two-year, $200,000 Established after Hurricane Katrina, theresident-ledcorporationanditsdevelopment partners the foundation to diversify itsfundingandimprove thecapacityofitsmemberpartners tohelp the foundationtodiversify Over the past 15 years, the center has developed a critical mass of small businesses owned by thecenterhasdevelopedacriticalmassofsmallbusinessesownedby Over thepast15 years, nurturing start-ups atsixbusinessincubators. grantwillhelprenovate This two-year, $400,000 nonprofit buildorganizational capacity, testandevaluateapilotprograminNew York Cityand devastation causedbyHurricane Katrina. Funding willsupport acommunity planningprocess residents resettle Kresge’s theirneighborhoodandrebuildlives. grantwillenableMake residents andcontributestomore-vibrantcommunities. This grantwillsustaintheoperations of thenetwork’s GulfCoastHousingPartnership andstrengthenitsorganizational capacityto urban neighborhoodsandresidents.Kresge’s grantsupports thework three-year, $3,000,000 grant assistance,theorganization willlaunch theNeighborhoodRecovery Project asamodel strategic partnership that has helped to prevent 3,045 foreclosures city-wide since 2003. strategic partnership thathashelpedtoprevent3,045foreclosurescity-wide since2003. With The nationalcommunity-development andrevitalizationorganization worksthrough30local economic, andenvironmental justice.Grantmonieswillbolstergeneraloperations, allowing residents in rebuilding their New Orleans East neighborhood and creating jobs following the residents inrebuildingtheirNewOrleansEastneighborhoodandcreatingjobsfollowingthe more than30statesseekstobuildaffordable housingthatuplifts low- andmoderate-income green, storm-resistant homes in New Orleans’ devastatedLower Ninth green, storm-resistanthomesinNewOrleans’ Ward tohelpformer community residents by providing business training and capital to 4,000 entrepreneurs, and and entrepreneurs, community residentsbyproviding businesstrainingandcapitalto4,000 Community leaders established the corporation in May 2006 toassist establishedthecorporationinMay2006 Community leaders Vietnamese-American enclave. Kresge’s grantwillaccelerate homeconstructionandallowthe two-year, $450,000 to develop Viet Village UrbanFarm Sustainable Aquaculture Park, aland-basedaquaculture It Righttodevelopandrefineastrategicplanguideitsfuturedirection,governance and green” homesinthePontchartrain Park community, amultigenerational African American This innovative organizationThis innovative usesmicrophilanthropyinanonlineformattoconnectsmall- The peer network and business alliance of 99 nonprofit housing developers and lenders in in andlenders The peernetworkandbusinessallianceof99nonprofithousingdevelopers community-development opportunities to andthefinancialpowerofmainstreammarkets offices in25statestoassistcommunity-based organizations inaccessingfinancialcapital, are engaged inaneighborhoodplanningprocesstoreconstruct556affordable, “beyond assistance, andtrainingtorural communitiesandnonprofitorganizations seeking social, expertise, andpolicysupport tocreateaffordable inthe housingandcommercialactivity Chicago’s in leadingnonprofithousing-counselingagencyhasdemonstratedleadership Serving 12 southernstates,thepublicfoundationprovides financialresources,technical Established inthewakeofHurricane Katrina, thenonprofitisrebuilding 150 affordable, industry andorganic farmoffering economic-developmentopportunities tothefishing- grant donors and volunteers withgroupsinneedoffundingtocarry andvolunteers grant donors outneighborhood nation’s neighborhoods.Funding willsupport theexpansionofitsBuildingSustainable corporation tomeetitsdesign-buildaspirationsforaffordability andenergyefficiency. combating the foreclosure crisis through its Home Ownership Preservation Initiative, a Preservationa combating theforeclosurecrisisthroughitsHomeOwnership Initiative, The philanthropic,corporateandpublic-sectorpartnership was establishedtobring systems reformandregionalcooperationindistressedcommunities. to addresspost-foreclosureissuesinlow-income neighborhoods. low-income communitiesaffected byHurricane Katrina. and support theyear-round MidtownGlobalMarket. Communities initiative in20citiesandruralareas. Communities initiative serve vulnerablecommunities. prepare foranationalroll-out. dependent community. expansion. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $100,000 Atlanta, Georgia Southern Partners Fund Inc. $250,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Corporation Community Development Pontchartrain Park $50,000 Chicago, Illinois Services ofChicago Inc. Neighborhood Housing $150,000 St. Paul, Minnesota grant) (2009 Development Center Neighborhood $55,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Corporation Inc. Community Development Mary Queenof Vietnam $150,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Make ItRightFoundation $750,000 NewYorkNew York, Corporation Local Initiatives Support $1,000,000 NewYorkNew York, Development Initiative National Community Living CitiesInc.: The $150,000 NewYork Brooklyn, In OurBackyards Inc. $100,000 Boston, Massachusetts Network Inc. Housing Partnership

43 Community Development | 2010 44 The Kresge Foundation Sustainable SouthBronx Urban Strategies Inc. St. Louis, Missouri rn, NewYork Bronx, (2009 grant) (2009 $800,000 $100,000 $100,000

learning campus,healthsuiteandrecreationalfacility. complex asHarmony Oaks, a510-unit rentaland for-sale housingcommunityfeaturinga mobility. Funding willsupport theredevelopmentofformerC.J. Peete publichousing human servicesthatenablelow-income familiestoachieve socialandeconomicupward helping communitiesbuildsafehousingandgoodschools whileproviding comprehensive Since 1978, thenonprofitcorporationhasrevitalized distressedurbanneighborhoodsby and fabricateproductswhilefosteringgreeninnovation andentrepreneurship. Fabrication LaboratoryinSouth Bronxasaprogramtoteach residentshowtodigitallydesign economically sustainableprojects.Kresge’s grantwillhelplaunch the three-year, $300,000 The organization isdedicatedtoachieving environmental and justicethroughinnovative 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Detroit 45 Arts & Culture | 2010 46 The Kresge Foundation Arab Community Center Anti-Defamation League for Economicand Social American CivilLiberties Accounting Aid Society Accounting Aid Alternatives for Girls Services (ACCESS) Dearborn, Michigan e ok NewYorkNew York, Fund ofMichigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Taylor, Michigan (2009 grant) (2009 (2008 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $120,000 $135,000 $135,000 $20,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000

issues of diversity andinclusioninDetroit. issues ofdiversity Michigan chapter willusethisgranttocreateandvideotapeaneducationalsymposiumon community performancesoftheplay “Palmer Park” byJoanna McClellandGlass,theleague’s bigotry throughinformation,education,legislationandadvocacy. InconjunctionwithDetroit organizationThe civil-rights was foundedin1913 tofightanti-Semitism andallformsof residents. residents. Neighborhood Tax Center, which willprovide freetaxpreparationandcounselingservicesfor property-tax refundsandtaxcredits. grant willsupport This two-year, theBrightmoor $220,000 families andhouseholdswithlocal,state,federalincometaxfilings,aswellfilingsfor andpartnerships,Through volunteers theorganization assistslow- andmoderate-income museum’s ongoingoperations andgrowthplans. permanent andtravelingexhibits. grant provides support forthe This three-year, $500,000 public throughitsculturalprograms, Arab FilmFestival,libraryandresourcecenter, and This grantsupports the Arab American NationalMuseumasitengages and educatesthe impacting Detroitandotherurbancommunities. the ACLU’s expansionfundandadvanceitsefforts issues toaddresssystemiccivil-rights key states,includingMichigan.affiliates in grantwillsupport Thisthree-year, $225,000 The LibertiesAmerican Civil Unionhaslaunched tohelpstrengthenandreposition aninitiative reserve. enable theorganization toexpanditsfund-developmentstaff andraisefundsforanoperating at-risk girlsandyoungwomeninSouthwest Detroit.Kresge’s grantwill three-year, $225,000 employment trainingandothergender-specific, age-appropriateservicesforhomelessand For themultiserviceagencyhasprovided shelter, 20years, outreach, counseling,medicalcare, Detroit: Grants The clubsoffer well-roundededucational,recreationalandsports programs.Kresge’s two-year, center’s start-up operationsandenableDetroit’s community-development toattend leaders the Campaign, willpromotepolicy, research, andtechnical assistanceto helpcommunitiesreduce ArtServe hasbeenselectedtodesignandimplement aprofessionaldevelopmentprogramfor To divert buildingmaterialsfromlandfills,the nonprofitsalvageandresaleorganization trains neighborhoods andempower residents. grantwillbeusedtoacquire, This two-year, $365,000 well-being, andqualityoflifeforresidentscommunities. ArtServe willusethisfundingto The organization was establishedtoenhanceDetroit’s 982-acreBelleIslePark, theonlyisland being, andqualityoflifeforresidentscommunities. grantwillbe This two-year, $150,000 The nonprofit,faith-basedorganization provides housing,workforce-training,neighborhood- creative potentialofMichigan’screative arts andcultural sectorinways thatenhancethehealth,well- $300,000 grantwillenabletheJames &Lynelle HoldenBoys&GirlsClubstoreach$300,000 outtoat- developing Latino nonprofit leaders, buildingorganizationaldeveloping Latinononprofitleaders, capacity, andencouragingpeer- The statewideorganization usesadvocacy, capacitybuilding,andstrategiccommunications, The statewideorganization usesadvocacy, capacitybuilding,andstrategiccommunications, The newnationalcenter, formedbytheGeneseeInstituteandNational Vacant Properties blight fromvacant,abandoned,andunderutilized properties. Kresge’s grantwillsupport the renovate andresell10 to20vacant,foreclosedhomesintheBoston-Edison HistoricDistrict. Since the1930s, theorganization hasbeenaleaderinone-to-oneyouth service,developing materials forreuseorrecyclinglocallythroughitsretailstore.Kresge’s grantwillenablethe Kresge’s grantwillenable three-year,ArtServe $150,000 tospearheadtheMichigan Cultural individuals who have received whohavereceived individuals Artist Fellowship awards throughKresge Arts inDetroit. This in partnership with constituents, stakeholders, andthebroadercommunity, in partnershipthe withconstituents,stakeholders, tocultivate andthebroadercommunity, in partnershipthe withconstituents,stakeholders, tocultivate three-year, $160,000 grantenables three-year,ArtServe $160,000 technical, todevelopanddeliver businessand low-skilled Detroitresidentstodeconstructvacanthousesbyhandandoffers thesalvaged park designedbylandscapearchitect Frederick LawOlmsted. The groupwillusethisgrant community-development Kresge’s andnonprofitsectors. grantwillbe two-year, $125,000 used toestablishtheMichigan LatinoNonprofit Leadership Academy, which will focuson positive relationships that have a direct, lasting impact on young people, age six through relationshipsthathaveadirect,lastingimpactonyoungpeople, agesixthrough positive 18. Kresge’s grantwillhelptheagencyexpanditscapacitytoserveyouthandfamiliesby Data Project, a collaborative data collection and dissemination initiative aimed at helping aimedathelping Data Project,datacollectionanddisseminationinitiative acollaborative The instituteoffers trainingandcoaching topreparecurrent inthe andemergingleaders design aprofessional-developmentprogramforthe2011 and2012 Kresge Artist Fellows. organizations, funders, researchers and policy makers maximize their respective roles in maximizerolesin organizations, researchers theirrespective funders, andpolicymakers to support theformationandlaunch oftheBelleIsleConservancy, a coalitionofsupport warehouse to scale up its operations to deconstruct 100 to 500 housesincomingyears. warehouse toscaleupitsoperationsdeconstruct 100 to500 creative potentialofMichigan’screative arts andculturalsectorinways thatenhancethehealth, beautification and youth-development services designed to bolster central Detroit beautification andyouth-development servicesdesignedtobolstercentralDetroit organizations improvements tothepark. thatwillspearheadcomprehensive strengthening itsinfrastructureandsupporting itslong-termsustainability. risk middle-school adolescentsinDetroit’s Osbornneighborhood. national Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference. strengthening thenonprofitculturalsector. used tosupport generaloperations. creative seminars toparticipants. seminars creative to-peer networking. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $200,000 Detroit, Michigan Corporation Community Development Central Detroit Christian Innovation The Center for Leadership $75,000 Flint, Michigan Progress Center for Community $160,000 Farmington Hills,Michigan grant) (2009 Southeastern Michigan Boys &Girls Clubsof $175,000 Detroit, Michigan Metropolitan Detroit Big Brothers BigSisters of $100,000 Birmingham, Michigan Committee Isle Women’s Belle $42,000 Wixom, Michigan ArtServe Michigan Inc. $75,000 Wixom, Michigan ArtServe Michigan Inc. $50,000 Wixom, Michigan grant) (2009 ArtServe Michigan Inc. $50,000 Wixom, Michigan grant) (2008 ArtServe Michigan Inc. $198,000 Detroit, Michigan Warehouse ofDetroit Architectural Salvage $62,500 Ellicott City, Maryland

(2009 grant) (2009

47 Detroit | 2010 48 The Kresge Foundation Development Association of of Development Association College for Creative Studies College for Creative Studies College for Creative Studies City Year Detroit Communities InSchools of Community Development Council ofDetroit/Wayne City ConnectDetroit (for City Mission Child Care Coordinating Community Economic Community Economic Advocates ofDetroit City ConnectDetroit Data Driven Detroit) Lansing, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan County Inc. (2008 grant) grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2008 Detroit Inc. Michigan $200,000 $200,000 $450,000 $150,000 $160,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,770 $278,380 $133,333 $75,000 $64,000

community-development industrywithinthecityofDetroit. inanin-deptheffort will engageandstakeholders toreformandenhance the itsmembers in grassrootsparticipation andempowerment. With support fromKresge,theassociation common commitmenttopromotingcommunity-based sustainable developmentgrounded the trade associationfornonprofitcommunity-development organizationsa thatshare Since itsfoundingin1997, CommunityDevelopment Advocates ofDetroithasservedas support theyneedtosucceedinschool. the Detroitpilotofafull-servicecommunityschool studentstheextracurricular thatgives successfully learn,stayinschool andprepareforlife. The organization isusingthisgrantfor Communities inSchools connectscommunityresourceswithschools tohelpyoungpeople Artist Beltconference. CorridorCreative Center, which willuseKresge’s granttoplanandexecutetheRust Beltto forthebusiness-developmentacceleratorknownasDetroit also provides boardleadership intheprofessional world. degrees tostudentswhilepreparingthemforcareers The college The Detroit-basedinstitutionofarts anddesignoffers awidevariety of arts anddesign Fellowships andtwoKresgeEminent Artist Awards. three-year, $1,502,940grantprovides implementationsupport andfundingfor36Kresge Artist onKresge’sadministers behalfaprogramtoadvanceartists inDetroit. andcreativity This intheprofessional world,and degrees tostudentswhilepreparingthemforcareers The Detroit-basedinstitutionofarts anddesignoffers awidevariety of arts anddesign response toreductionsinstateblock-grant funding. strategicassessmentandpotentialrestructuringofitsinternaloperationsin a comprehensive center forlicensedchild-care Grant monieswillenabletheorganization providers. toconduct quality child-care andpreschool programs,andasatrainingprofessional-development The councilservesasacommunityresourceforfamiliesseekinginformationabouthigh- support andfundingfor36Kresge Artist Fellowships andtwoKresgeEminent Artist Awards. artists inDetroit. andcreativity grantprovides implementation This three-year, $1,450,000 onKresge’sThe collegeadministers behalfaprogramtoelevatethe importance ofindividual neighborhoods. grant supports thecontinuationofHighSchool DropoutPrevention programinsixDetroit after-school programsandparticipating inrevitalizationprojects. This three-year, $400,000 community-building efforts, includingtutoringandmentoringschoolchildren, organizing The Detroitchapter ofthisnationalserviceprogramengages youngadultsinfull-time changing neighborhoodconditions. create communitydatacapacityforcollecting,analyzinganddisseminatinginformationabout city departments acrossabroadspectrumofissues. grantisusedto This three-year, $925,000 The organization promotesandfacilitatescross-sector collaborationbetweennonprofitsand predatory lending policiesandhomeowner protections. a public-educationcampaign onforeclosureissuesandhelptostrengthenMichigan’s anti- economic developmentacross Michigan. With grantassistance,theassociation willimplement andorganizationsindividuals workingtopromoteandexpandcommunity-based housing and community-development The voluntary corporations, associationcomprisesnearly400 residents. Life program,which provides education,lifeskills,jobtrainingandenrichment forBrightmoor youth andfamilies. grantsupports for This three-year,theexpansionofLeaders $375,000 The organization servesDetroit’s Brightmoor neighborhoodbyaddressingneedsofchildren, plan tosecureadditionalsupport. grantwillsupport itsoperationsandtheimplementationofamultiyearsustainability $600,000 city departments toaddressimportant communityproblemsandconcerns. This three-year, The organization promotesandfacilitatescross-sector collaborationbetweennonprofitsand programs. grantsupportsThis three-year,theDetroitOffice of Foreclosure Prevention $750,000 in thescience,technology, engineeringandmathematicsfields. grant Thisthree-year, $450,000 Campaign toprovide block clubsandneighborhoodassociationswithtechnical assistanceand Plan, which seekstoengageand guidingDetroitinitsfuturepolicy, residentsinunderstanding guiding Detroitinitsfuturepolicy, planning andfiscaldecisionmakingtoachieve anewvision individuals andorganizationsindividuals workingtopromoteandexpandcommunity-based housingand Detroit Vacant Property Campaign,which provides block clubsandneighborhoodassociations with technical assistanceandmini-grantstohelpthemsecure,maintain,beautifymonitor DAPCEP provides out-of-school educationalenrichment careers topreparestudentspursue transportation. Kresge’s grantlaunched two-year, theSenior $100,000 Solutions HomeRepair and Response, which addressesthecitywideforeclosurechallenge inacoordinatedmanner. supports curriculum upgrades,createatransportation hubinanEastsideneighborhoodand residents. This two-year, Detroit $332,640granthasenableditscollaborative Vacant Property mini-grants to help them secure, maintain, beautify and monitor foreclosed and unoccupied mini-grants tohelpthemsecure,maintain,beautifyandmonitorforeclosedunoccupied project willestablishcommunity-engagement labsintwoDetroitneighborhoodstoidentify fortifying Detroit’s important includingthe commercialcenters, Woodward Avenue corridor. economic developmentacrossMichigan. The associationanchors theMichigan Foreclosure The agency delivers freelegal resourcestocommunity-based The agencydelivers nonprofitsthatserveDetroit The agency delivers freelegal resourcestocommunity-based The agencydelivers nonprofitsthatserveDetroit programs. This grantprovides additionalfundingtosupport phasetwoof theassociation’s neighborhood groupstoaddresssystemicissues. grant,the With thisthree-year, $225,000 residents. Kresge’s two-year, grantprovides renewal support $526,400 foritscollaborative The organization engages inbusinessattraction, downtownredevelopment andfinancing The organization engages inbusiness attraction, downtownredevelopmentandfinancing The organization engages inbusinessattraction, downtownredevelopmentandfinancing The organization engages inbusiness attraction, downtownredevelopmentandfinancing Kresge’s grantforgeneraloperatingsupport two-year,strengthensthealliance’s $250,000 programs. Funding supported phaseoneoftheassociation’s DetroitStrategicFramework Task Force, which willuseKresge’s granttopilottheRetaining OccupancyonForeclosure Detroit StrategicFramework Plan,which seekstoengage and residents inunderstanding development servicestononprofitarts andcultureorganizations inaseven-countyarea. of services, ranging from adult day care and home-delivered mealsto legal of services,rangingfromadultdaycareandhome-delivered services initiative to help homeowners and tenants remain in their homes, reduce vacancies and andtenantsremainintheirhomes,reducevacancies tohelphomeowners initiative capability tohelptheselocalorganizationsandbesustainablecommunityassets. thrive The agency offers elderly and disabled residents and their family caregivers a spectrum aspectrum The agencyoffers elderlyanddisabledresidentstheirfamilycaregivers The voluntary association comprises nearly 400 community-development The voluntarycorporations, associationcomprisesnearly400 The professionalassociationprovides research, advocacy, andprofessional- marketing, Demos isanonpartisan, public-policyresearch andadvocacy organization thatanchors the BuildingMovement Project, which inDetroittobolsterthecapabilityof hasworked programs. Kresge’s grantsupports aimedatreconstitutingand revitalizationactivities planning andfiscaldecisionmakingtoachieve anewvision forthecity. Program inthreeDetroitneighborhoods. toserveseniors emerging leaders andincreaseresidentparticipation. emerging leaders foreclosed and unoccupied homes. foreclosed andunoccupiedhomes. extend outreach efforts toyouth. stabilize property values. for thecity. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org homes. homes. $50,000 Detroit, Michigan $700,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Detroit Economic Growth $350,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Detroit EconomicGrowth $800,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Detroit EconomicGrowth Association Detroit EconomicGrowth $150,000 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2009 Engineering Program Pre-CollegeDetroit Area Aging Detroiton Area Agency $75,000 NewYorkNew York, Ltd. and Action Demos: A Network for Ideas $125,000 Detroit, Michigan Southeastern Michigan of Cultural Alliance $263,200 Detroit, Michigan Resources Community Legal Resources Community Legal $204,700 Lansing, Michigan Michigan of Development Association Community Economic $212,640 Detroit, Michigan $250,000 Detroit, Michigan (2009 grant) (2009

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49 Detroit | 2010 50 The Kresge Foundation Eastern Market Corporation The German MarshallFund Development Corporation eri PublicTelevisionDetroit Detroit Parent Network First Children’s Finance Detroit ScienceCenter Minneapolis, Minnesota Environmental Action of theUnited States Ann Arbor,Michigan Downtown Detroit Fair Food Network Detroit Symphony Orchestra HallInc. Wixom, Michigan Detroit Hispanic Washington, D.C. Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Partnership Inc. East Michigan Focus: HOPE Council Inc. (2008 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2007 grant) (2009 $350,000 $350,000 $245,000 $245,000 $150,000 $175,000 $173,000 $125,000 $100,000 $147,955 $75,000 $50,000 $75,000

operations andtherenovation ofShed5,includingtheadditionacommunitykitchen. supports Corporation,which general Market since2006, hasbeenmanagingthemarket annually.currently visitors drawsmorethantwomillionmarket Kresge’s granttotheEastern hasbeensupplyingDetroit-arearesidentswithfresh foodsince1891 and Eastern Market implementing recommendationstoimprove foodsecurityinDetroit. of life.Kresge’s grantsupports thelaunch ofaDetroitFood Justice Task Force focusedon Southeast Michigan residentsandempowerthemtoprotecttheland,air, water anddiversity Established in1970 as a responsetoenvironmental concerns,thecouncil workstoinform activities. Southeast Michigan. This grantprovides generalsupport forwide-rangingpublic-improvement andeconomicallyhealthy urbancoreof strengthen downtownDetroitasthevibrant,diverse to The partnershipindevelopinginitiatives engages leaders business,government, andcivic preferences. and music-delivery sustainable, long-termrestructuringplanthataddresseschanges inaudiencedemographics neighborhood ofDetroit.Kresge’s fundingsupports theorchestra’s efforts todevelopa U.S. itatop-ranked orchestraprograms make aswellananchor intheMidtown The DetroitSymphony Orchestra’s superbperformancequalityandstrongeducational resource forDetroitPublic School studentsandteachers, andthegeneralpublic. control ofthereopenedDetroitChildren’s Museum andcreateavibrant,up-to-dateeducational programs. With Kresge’s grantsupport, thecenterassumesmanagementandoperational on exhibits,travelingexhibitions,planetariumshowsandclassroomcommunityoutreach Established toinspireinterestinengineering,scienceandtechnology, thecenteroffers hands- new Family Learning Center. organization upgrades toa tocontinue itsoperationsandprogramsforresidents,to make economic disparitiesandinsufficient educationalopportunities. Grantfundingenables the and workforce-developmentprogramstoaddresstheproblems ofhunger, racialdivisions, Since 1968, Focus: HOPEhasservedasamajorprovider ofsocial-service,educational,training in Leipzig, Germany, toexchange best practicesonurbanrevitalization. America andEurope. Kresge’s tomeetwiththeircounterparts grantwillenable Detroitleaders betweenNorth grantmaking institution promotesgreatercooperation andunderstanding Founded in1972 throughamemorialgift fromGermany, thenonpartisan public-policyand Michigan andopenaDetroitoffice. operations acrosseightstates. This million-dollargrantenablestheorganization toexpandin child facilitiesand careandearlyeducationthroughstrategicinvestments incareproviders’ The nationalfinancingandadvisoryinstitutionstrengthens thebusinessinfrastructureof economic andhealthpotentialoflocallyproducedfood. granthelpslaunchyear, Fair Food $980,000 Detroit,aprogramtohelpDetroitrealize the upholds thefundamentalrighttohealthy, freshandsustainably grownfood.Kresge’s four- todesignafoodsystemthat The nonprofitorganization partners withotherstakeholders station’s ongoingoperationsandgrowthplans. southeastern Michigan’s artistic andculturallife.Kresge’s three-year, grantfundsthe $474,000 outlet forclassicalmusicandanimportant produceroforiginalprogrammingthatshowcases The organization managespublicradiostation WRCJ 90.9FM,theregion’s onlybroadcast programs andessentialservices. Detroit. grantsupports This two-year,generaloperationsandmaintainsquality $250,000 young people,adults,andfamiliesinSouthwest ranging bilingualservicestomorethan5,000 The agencyannuallyplacesyouthinjobswithlocallyownedcompaniesandprovides wide- grant supports generaloperations. advocacy and publicspeaking. and trainingsessionsinleadership, This three-year, $300,000 the home,atschool andinthecommunitybyproviding parentingworkshops,support groups, thenetworkworkstostrengthenparentalinvolvement withchildrenEstablished in2002, in between 1905 and1925. Kresge’s community-building grantsupports efforts toengage Boston- Revitalization Initiative, Reforestation Initiative with tree nurseries, Urban Revitalization Reforestationwithtreenurseries, Initiative, Initiative Agriculture Program, development ofagrassrootsstrategy, rapid-engagement auditandcustomized frameworkfor The nonprofitorganization, formedin 1989 andoperatedbyneighborhoodresidents,seeksto welcome signs, security lighting, cleanup of service drives andpublicareas,landscaping. welcome signs,securitylighting,cleanupofservicedrives three-year, $995,000 grant covers costsassociated withestablishingGoodwill’s grantcovers three-year, $995,000 FliptheScript implement anEngagement Action Planforinvolving andinstitutionsin communitymembers The firm helps nonprofits, corporations, labor unions, and other stakeholders organize, The firmhelpsnonprofits,corporations,laborunions,andotherstakeholders train, community organizers throughinternshipsandjobplacementwithlocalinstitutions,such as grant, theorganization willundertake asecondphaseofitsworktohelpKresgedevelopand and mobilize grassrootssupporters forprojectsandcampaigns. With thistwo-year, $610,000 at improving understanding of financial concepts and promoting workforce/career readiness offinancialconceptsandpromotingworkforce/career readiness at improving understanding Detroit’s industrialparcelsandassetsthedevelopmentofabroadlyalignedstrategy key churches orschools. grantforoperating support This three-year, enablesthecenter $450,000 management education for two years to the senior executives and board leaders of selected ofselected andboardleaders to the seniorexecutives management educationfortwo years The national nonprofit organization convenes business and civic leaders to drive innovation The nationalnonprofitorganization todrive convenesleaders businessandcivic revitalize fiveGrandmont Rosedale communitiesinNorthwest Detroit.Kresge’s community- to continueitsrecruitment,internshipandplacementefforts, andtodevelopnewmodelsof building grantwillfundvariouscommunity-improvement projects,includingneighborhood the DetroitProgram’s approach collaborative Re-Imaginingaproactive, for Detroitinitiative, project, an initiative toofferproject, aninitiative financial-literacyeducation tomiddle-school studentsin Detroit Edison residentsinneighborhoodprojectsaimedatmaintaining andbeautifyinggateways, Founded in1989 toenhancethebeautyofcityDetroitthrough thereforestationofits The organization provides 37,000 studentsin10 countieswitheducationalprogramsaimed performing-arts managers. grant,thecenterprovidesThrough thistwo-year, arts- $100,000 and entrepreneurship. and entrepreneurship. grantsupportsThis three-year, the FinancialLiteracyNOW $225,000 and action,transformthinking,accelerateinner-city businessgrowthinordertocreate supports theInstitutefor Arts Management,which offers avarietyoftrainingprogramsfor public areas,theGreeningalsoprovides educationalprogramsanddevelopmentprojects. train andmobilize grassrootssupporters forprojectsandcampaigns. This grantsupported Current programsincludeaCommunityPlantingProgram, NeighborhoodEnvironmental The agencyprovides important training,workexperienceandemploymentservices. This revitalize theGrandmontRosedale communitiesofNorthwest Detroitthroughinitiatives, negative trendsnowfacingthearea.Funding supports phaseoneofathree-yearplanto Founded in1921, thenonprofitorganization isDetroit’s oldestcontinuousneighborhood including a comprehensive Neighborhood Stabilization program aimed at reversing the the NeighborhoodStabilizationprogramaimedatreversing including acomprehensive and youthadultenvironmental education. grantsupports This three-year, $700,000 The firm helps nonprofits, corporations, labor unions and other stakeholders organize, The firmhelpsnonprofits,corporations,laborunionsandotherstakeholders jobs, incomeandwealthforlocalresidents.Funding supports research andanalysisof association and encompasses a 36-block area with more than 900 vintage homes built association andencompassesa36-block vintagehomesbuilt areawithmorethan900 The nonprofitorganization, formedandoperated byneighborhoodresidents,seeksto Recognized asthenation’s premiercenterfortheperformingarts, theKennedy Center The independent,nonprofitorganization attracts anddevelopswell-connected,expert for theuseofland,industrialproperties, infrastructureand workforceskillsinthecity. trade andcareer-training programintheNorthend neighborhoodofDetroit. acquire, renovate and resell up to 500 vacanthouses. acquire, renovate andresellupto500 the DetroitProgram’s Re-Imagining Detroitinitiative. Detroit-area arts andcultural organizations. common areasandunoccupiedhomes. organizational capacity-building. community organizing. renewing thecity. neighborhoods. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $256,000 Detroit, Michigan $150,000 Detroit, Michigan $175,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota grant) (2009 $300,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota $75,000 $75,000 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2009 Southeastern Michigan of Junior Achievement $50,000 Washington, D.C. Performingthe Arts John F. Kennedy Center for $250,000 Boston, Massachusetts Inner CityInc. Initiative for aCompetitive $19,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Historic Boston Edison Detroit Harriet Tubman Center – $200,000 Detroit, Michigan The Greening ofDetroit Grassroots Solutions Grassroots Solutions Development Corporation Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation Grandmont Rosedale Greater Detroit Goodwill Industries of $350,000 Detroit, Michigan $50,000 Detroit, Michigan (2009 grant) (2009

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51 Detroit | 2010 52 The Kresge Foundation Michigan Leaguefor Human Michigan Environmental Mercy EducationProject Local Initiatives Support Local Initiatives Support Legal ServicesofSouth Association Matrix HumanServices Corporation –Detroit Corporation –Detroit M-1 RAIL Michigan Future Inc. Michigan’s Children Michigan Nonprofit Ann Arbor,Michigan Ann Arbor,Michigan Central Michigan Lansing, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 $5,000,000 $1,000,000 Services $350,000 $150,000 $125,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $333,333 $115,000 $147,500 Council

or havebeendenied,unemploymentbenefits. schools whoarefilingfor, toprovide advice,assistance andrepresentationtojoblessworkers Kresge’s grantwas usedtoestablishvolunteer studentclinicsatMichigan-based law university is dedicatedtoensuringthatMichigan’s low-income residentsachieve economicsecurity. Founded in1912, thenonprofit,nonpartisan andadvocacy organization statewidemembership environmental sustainabilityinDetroit. emissions, andotherenvironmental hazards.Funding supports thecouncil’s efforts toincrease land use,andwater todefendthestateagainstanddepletion,mercury water diversion landscapes, andcommunities,supports programsonenergy, environmental health, 1980, promotespublic policiesatthestateandnationalleveltoprotectMichigan’s water, The coalitionof70environmental, public-health,andfaith-basedorganizations, createdin dropout prevention andhealth-carecoverage for Michigan children. grant helpsbuild organizational capacityandadvancework in earlychildhood education, of information on wide-rangingissuesaffecting children andfamilies. This two-year, $250,000 The advocacy organization isaleaderinthedevelopment ofpublicpolicyandareliablesource suburbs. who wishtolauncheducators small,high-performancehighschools inDetroitandinner-ring Detroit HighSchool Accelerator, which willprovide financialsupport, traininganddirectionto options inSoutheast Michigan. Kresge’s grantsupports theMetro three-year, $1,500,000 The nonpartisan research organization isspearheadingefforts toimprove K–12 educational of re-enteringcitizens intheOsbornneighborhood. neighborhood-basedsystemofcare tofacilitatethetransition implementing acomprehensive of lifeforresidentsinNortheast Detroit. grant,Matrixis Through thistwo-year, $300,000 The multiserviceorganization provides advocacy andsocialservicestoenhancethequality Detroit householdsannuallythroughtheMichigan Foreclosure Prevention Collaborative. local legal-aid programs.Kresge’s three-year, grantenablesattorneys toassist600 $442,500 elderly residents,andoperatestheMichigan Poverty LawProgram, which offers servicesto The nonprofitorganization extendsfreelegal adviceandrepresentationtolow-income and collaboration amonglocalarts andculturalorganizations. grant hasfundedtheStrategic tocreatenewmodels of Alliances Initiative year, $1,000,000 Michigan tohelp financiallystabilize arts organizations in Southeast Michigan. Thisthree- The Michigan Nonprofit Associationwillpartner withtheCultural Allianceof Southeastern Woodward corridor totheNewCenterarea. fromtheriverfront construction andoperationofa3.4-milelight-raillinealong Woodward Avenue, connectingthe light railinDetroit.Kresge’s granthelpsfundengineering,planning, five-year, $34,600,000 topromote economicdevelopmentandadvance formedin2008 leaders business andcivic M-1 RAIL(Regional partnership ofDetroit Area InitialLink)isanonprofit, public/private target areasanddeployhome-preservationstrategiestoaddressthecurrent housingcrisis. revitalizing Detroitneighborhoods. grantenablesLISCtoworkinits This three-year, $3,000,000 assistance, projectfinancingandleveragetocommunity-based organizations engaged in The localnetworkaffiliateprovides operatingsupport, technical andcapacity-building through eight. Program, which provides one-to-onetutoringinreadingandmathforgirlsgradesone degree preparationandlife-skillssupport. grantfundstheGirls’ This two-year, $200,000 Southwest Detroitthroughafter-school tutoring,summerenrichment, general-education- The nonprofitorganization servestheneedsofgirlsandwomenincommunity community servicesandenvironmental improvements. developments,ensuringtheseprojectsgeneratejobs, agreements inpublicandprivate Doing DevelopmentDifferently willestablishtheuseofcommunity-benefits inDetroitInitiative revitalizing Detroitneighborhoods.Kresge’s grantforthelaunch ofthe two-year, $200,000 assistance, projectfinancingandleveragetocommunity-based organizations engaged in The localnetworkaffiliateprovides operatingsupport, technical andcapacity-building focused on alternative andrenewablefocused onalternative energy. Through thisgrantforprojectsupport, thecenter partnership withtheDetroitEconomicGrowth Corporation,toaccelerateinvestment in Detroit. Building upon the cultural, medical, and educational assets of Midtown Detroit, the association Building uponthecultural,medical,andeducationalassetsofMidtownDetroit,association Through thisgrant,NextEnergyCenterwilluseitsexpertise todesigntheimplementationplan identifies and demonstrates retail and commercial market demandinurbancommunities.identifies anddemonstratesretailcommercialmarket This ensure economicandsocialequity. This four-year, grantcommitment willbeusedto $375,000 and has attracted critically acclaimed international exhibits and more than 22,000 visitors. visitors. and hasattracted criticallyacclaimedinternationalexhibitsandmorethan22,000 This Economy andSustainableCitymoduleoftheRe-Imagining Detroit2020framework,including four-year, grantsupports themuseum’s $300,000 efforts toadvanceoperationalsustainability. The Capuchin asasharedworkspacefortraining establishedtheMt.Elliott friars Makerspace will support theassociation’s generaloperations anditsexpandedworkonnear-term goalsin environmentally andinventors.Kresge’s consciousdesigners grantsupports thepilotproject, and serve as an eco-industrial factory for turning salvaged materials into consumer products. and serveasaneco-industrialfactoryforturningsalvaged materialsintoconsumerproducts. Through thistwo-year, $1,010,000 grant,NextEnergywilllaunch phaseoneofKresge’s Green Sustainable CitymoduleoftheRe-Imagining Detroit2020framework,followingareviewand three-year, $225,000 grant will expand the collection and analysis of real-time market data, in data,in grantwill expandthecollectionandanalysisofreal-timemarket three-year, $225,000 Using specialized analyticaltoolstoanalyze demographicandincomedata,theorganization of Racquet UpDetroit,anafter-school andsummeryouth-developmentfitnessprogram helping thecityofDetroitwithsustainabilityissuesandothergreen-economy pilotprojects. which willteach EastDetroitresidentsadvancedcomputer designandmanufacturingskills, including residential,after-care, outpatientandpreventionservices.Funding willbeusedto public-school studentsthroughnineprogramsineightcities.Funding supports thestart-up for Kresge’s GreenEconomy andSustainableCitymoduleoftheRe-Imagining Detroit2020 MOCAD functionsasahubfortheexplorationofemergingideasincontemporaryarts, collaboratively to foster more positive race relations by influencing issues and policies that racerelationsbyinfluencingissuesandpoliciesthat tofostermorepositive collaboratively The NextEnergyCenterisoneofthenation’s leadingtechnology andbusinessaccelerators community incorporatinglife-skills,job-trainingandeducational programswithaddiction- has provided leadership and capacity for its development and revitalization. Grant monies andcapacityforitsdevelopment andrevitalization.Grantmonies has provided leadership Detroit onthe Woodward Avenue tooffer corridor newopportunities in2009 forthestudy, framework, following a review and assessment of opportunities and initiatives to develop framework, followingareviewandassessmentofopportunities todevelop andinitiatives appreciation andtherapeuticuseofmusictonurture themusicaldevelopmentofcity plan anewurban-agricultureprojectcalledRecoveryPark, which seekstocreateaholistic will useitsexpertise todesigntheimplementationplanforKresge’s GreenEconomy and The publicresearch andteaching establisheditsCommunitySchool university ofMusic– residents. The school willexpanditsprogrammingandimpactintheDetroitcommunity, The association delivers after-schoolThe associationdelivers andsummeryouthprogramsfocusedonacademic Founded in1967, frombusiness,labor, thecoalitionofleaders media,community-based tutoring andenrichment, communityserviceandphysical mentorship, fitnesstourban and civil-rights organizations, and civil-rights educational,health,religiousinstitutionsworks The 40-year-old agencyprovides substance-abusetreatmentandacontinuumof care, targeted atDetroitPublic School studentsinthecity’s northwestern neighborhoods. assessment ofopportunities todevelopDetroit’s andinitiatives green economy. assisted by this two-year, $30,000 grantsupportassisted bythistwo-year,forgeneraloperations. $30,000 support theorganization’s operationsandrace-relationsactivities. recovery services,employmentopportunities andhousing. Detroit’s largestculturaldistrict. Detroit’s greeneconomy. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $50,000 Detroit, Michigan $75,000 $75,000 Washington, D.C. grant) (2009 Social CompactInc. $75,000 Detroit, Michigan Rehabilitation Help Addiction Self $204,525 Detroit, Michigan of theCapuchin Order The Province ofSt. Joseph $750,000 Detroit, Michigan NextEnergy Center $50,000 Detroit, Michigan NextEnergy Center $200,000 Detroit, Michigan NextEnergy Center New Detroit Inc. $50,000 Roxbury, Massachusetts Inc. Education Association National UrbanSquashand Art Detroit Museum ofContemporary $900,000 Detroit, Michigan Midtown Detroit Inc. $15,000 East Lansing,Michigan – Detroit Community School ofMusic Michigan State University $62,500 Detroit, Michigan

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53 Detroit | 2010 54 The Kresge Foundation Southwest Detroit Business Starfish Family ServicesInc. Third Sector NewEngland Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Southeastern Michigan Southeastern Michigan Technical Development Solutions Corporation Teach for America Inc. University Commons Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts Southwest Housing e ok NewYorkNew York, Think Detroit PAL Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Association Inc. Inkster, Michigan United Way for United Way for United Way Organization U3 Ventures Corporation (2009 grant) (2009 (2008 grant) (2008 Detroit, MI $250,000 $450,000 $125,000 $170,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $25,000 $10,000 $37,500 Inc.

improves andexpandsitscurrent services. long-termearly Starfish todevelopacomprehensive, childhood educationstrategythat assistance throughtheagency’s 13 programsand14 servicesites.Grantassistanceenables Each at-riskchildren year, andfamiliesinsoutheasternMichigan morethan9,000 receive stakeholder support. stakeholder social safety-net, identifies United Way’s appropriateroleinproviding services andbuilds community change. Kresge’s fundingsupports ananalysis ofthecurrent stateofthearea’s toaddresscommunityconcernsandcreate sustainable together partners acrossallsectors Serving Wayne, Oakland, andMacombcounties,theorganization iscommitted tobringing Court Apartments.Spaulding racks, andtherenovationthe constructionofbike ofthe theinstallationofsignagemarkers This community-building grantwillenhancetheCorktownareabyproviding fundingfor in Southwest Detroitandtoachieve ashared vision forahealthy, vibrantneighborhood. innovation andeconomicdevelopment todrive andneighbors customers entrepreneurs, Since 1957, withinvestors, thecoalitionofbusinessesandcommunityinterestshasworked strategic actionagendaforservingyoungchildren inDetroit. todevelopa bytheEarlyChildhoodFundersCollaborative, createdin2002 national initiative the nonprofitsector. Kresge’s grantsupports Third Sector’sa workwithBUILD, collaborative Third Sector provides capacity-building nonprofitsand programsandservicesforindividual operating support program. organization toassistKresgewiththestrategicdesignofDetroit Arts andCulturegeneral human resources,technology, andprogramdesignevaluation. Funding enablesthe foundations honetheirbusinessandmanagementskillsinthepracticeareasoffinance, The nonprofitconsultingandresearch grouphelpsnonprofitorganizations, agenciesand public andcharter schools. inDetroit corpsmembers establish itssiteinDetroit,andrecruit,trainplaceupto300 UsingKresge’seducational leaders. grant,theorganization four-year, willre- $1,000,000 Teach andaconduitofcommitted individuals for America hasbecomeanetworkof24,000 Established in1990 asanationalcorpsofcollegegraduateswhoteach schools, inunderserved Center and Wayne inefforts StateUniversity tostrengthenthecity’s culturaldistrict. plan forMidtownDetroitthatengages theHenryFord HealthSystem, theDetroitMedical neighborhoods. Kresge’s granthelpslaunch aneconomic-development two-year, $600,000 andmedicalinstitutionstoimprove theirsurroundingvolume andfacilitiesofuniversities U3 Ventures specializes inprojectsthatleveragetheemploymentbase,procurement Livernois Livernois Avenue, median. avitalcommercial strip,andbeautification oftheLivernois environments. Kresge’s community-building grantwillgotoward façadeupdates along of Detroit-Mercy, inprojects designedtoimprove thesurrounding residentialandbusiness Avenue businessesandtwoacademicinstitutions,Marygrove CollegeandtheUniversity This Northwest Detroitcommunity organization engages neighborhood associations,Livernois development andtechnical ofchildren. assistancetocaregivers Learning CommunitiesprogramintwoDetroitneighborhoodsandprovide professional community change. grantisusedtoimplementUnited This three-year,Way’s $500,000 Early toaddresscommunityconcernsandcreate sustainable together partners acrossallsectors Serving Wayne, Oakland andMacombcounties,theorganization iscommitted tobringing culture centerinSouthwest Detroit. support therenovation ofaformerpolicestationforuseascommunity-based arts and Kresge’s homebuyers. foreclosure tostayintheirhomesandassistedfirst-time grantwill leveraged residentialmortgages, preservedreal-estate assets,allowedfamiliesfacing approachThrough itscomprehensive tocommunityrevitalization,theorganization has training ofvolunteers. improve long-termplayfieldandfacilitymaintenanceenhancetherecruitment and youth. grantsupports programsatfourneighborhoodsites, This two-year, $400,000 organization provides youth-development programsandsports toDetroitchildren activities In partnership withtheDetroitPolice the communityvolunteers, Department and1,500 program oftheSchool of Architecture. This grantenabledthecentertoanalyze thepotentialfor 350 academicandcommunityprograms. grantwillhelpitsCenterfor This three-year, $600,000 Architecture, usedthisfundingtocompleteaDetroitland-usedataandpolicyassessmentthat the appearance and livability ofthe the appearanceandlivability West Village neighborhoodbyfundingprojectstoimprove school academicandrecreationalprogram. This three-year, grantenables $190,000 Wellspring grants. grantsupported This three-year, acapacitybuildingprogramforneighborhood $750,000 offers theKumon mathandreadingcurriculum free-of-charge tostudentswhoattend itsafter- Excellence andEquityinMathematics(MathCorps)provide high-qualityinstructionforpublic professionals asfellowswithinorganizations workingtoadvancesustainabledevelopmentin officials that was formedtodevelophousing in the Virginia Park neighborhood.Kresge’s two- This two-year, $128,000 grantsupportsThis two-year, thenewsandinformationbroadcastingstation $128,000 WDET Detroit’s nonprofitresearch andtechnology park, TechTown, stimulatesjobgrowthandsmall- Located inDetroit’s Midtown, offeringWayne morethan university Stateisacomprehensive Located inDetroit’s Midtown, offeringWayne morethan university Stateisacomprehensive The university delivers student-centered undergraduate and graduate education in an urban student-centeredundergraduate andgraduateeducationinanurban delivers The university The university delivers student-centered undergraduate and graduate education in an urban student-centeredundergraduate andgraduateeducationinanurban delivers The university The Wellspring communityhouse,locatedinNorthwest Detroit’s Brightmoorneighborhood, Dalgleish buildingforuseas TechTown officeandtenant-leasespace,support expanded the city, positions. andbuildtheskills,exposurenetworkofprofessionals already inkey 350 academicandcommunityprograms.Kresge’s grantwillfundaplanningprocessforthe high-technology industries.Kresge’s grantwillhelprenovate thehistoric two-year, $800,000 Center, acommunityoutreach programoffering freeorlow-cost designconsultationtolow- school forchildren, activities implement guidelinesforyouthprogramsandaward assistance The commissionoffers trainingandtechnical assistancetolocalnonprofitsthatprovide after- architectural, historical,andculturalattributes. This community-building grantwillenhance year, $275,000 grantistoward preconstruction costsofPhiladelphiaCourt,year, anewhousing $275,000 context. grantsupportsThis three-year,theschool’s $250,000 Design DetroitCollaborative The private nonprofitorganization The private isapartnership ofthehospital,localresidentsandcity business creation in Midtown Detroit by developing and housing companies in emerging business creationinMidtownDetroitbydevelopingandhousing companiesinemerging 101.9 FMtoinitiateacommunity-based reporting projectaimedatengaging residentsof Wayne theDetroitRevitalization Stateadministers Fellows Program toaddexperienced neighborhoods and Detroit River waterfrontneighborhoods andDetroitRiver communities,each withitsowndistinctive context, and is home to the Detroit Collaborative DesignCenter,context, andishometotheDetroitCollaborative acommunityoutreach Located three mileseastofdowntownDetroit,the Villages includehalfadozen historic pedestrian lighting and install bike racks,pedestrian lightingandinstallbike artwork lamppostbanners, andraingardens. Detroit’s communities inthedevelopmentofnewsstoriesanddocumentaries. diverse Detroit Collaborative DesignCenter,Detroit Collaborative acommunityoutreach programoftheSchool of daylighting acreekandaugmentingthesurrounding areawithgreenopenspace. organizations serving Detroit’s Northend, BrightmoorandOsbornneighborhoods. assisted the city in its planning process for comprehensive land-usereform. assisted thecityinitsplanningprocessforcomprehensive renovation andexpansionoftheuniversity’s Hilberry Theatre. income neighborhoodsthroughnonprofitorganizations. This granthelped WSU plantheprogram. schoolchildren andcollegestudents. to enhanceitsprograms. programming. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org project. Commission Youth Development Wellspring $500,000 Detroit, Michigan in theCityofDetroit Research & Technology Park Wayne State University $51,600 Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University $85,500 Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University $75,000 Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University $200,000 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2009 Wayne State University Corporation Hospital Non-Profit Housing Virginia Park/Henry Ford $25,000 Detroit, Michigan The Villages ofDetroit $200,000 Detroit, Michigan University ofDetroit Mercy $47,000 Detroit, Michigan University ofDetroit Mercy $83,333 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2008 University ofDetroit Mercy $135,000 Detroit, Michigan $250,000 Detroit, Michigan $50,000 Detroit, Michigan (2008 grant) grant) (2008

(2009 grant) (2009 (2008 grant) grant) (2008

55 Detroit | 2010 56 The Kresge Foundation Arts andCulturesectiononpage37. engagement tooltoaddresspressingcommunityissues. The grantsarelistedinthissectionanddescribedfullthe In addition,the Arts andCultureProgram launched anationalpilotinfivecities,includingDetroit,touseart asacivic andself-enriching.diverse, Kresge Artist Fellowships. We believearts and cultureefforts contributetoanessentialqualityoflifethatisvibrant, and Macombcountyartists andarts andculturalinstitutionsorganizations. CalledKresge Arts inDetroit,itincludes One oftheDetroitProgram’s isamultifacetedapproach strategicobjectives tosupport anddevelop Wayne, Oakland, Kresge Arts inDetroit Peterson, Rick Robinson “Mr. CutTime,” Ilana Weaver “Invincible” Timmy Lampinen “Timmy Vulgar,” Valeria Montes “La Chispa,” Frank Pahl, Joel In performingarts: Haleem Ar-Rasheed “Stringz,” A. SpencerBarefield,MonicaBlaire, SteveHughes,MatthewHarkai, Olzmann,Chris Tysh, CraigL. Wilkins In literaryarts: Louis Aguilar, Vince Carducci,Lynn Crawford, Vievee Francis, Rachel FellowsKresge Artist thefellowships. Studies administers development opportunities from ArtServe Michigan. Detroit’s CollegeforCreative the profileofartistic communityinthe region.professional Fellows alsoreceive of Detroitartistscareers withinawiderangeofartistic disciplines,andtoelevate vision,commitment,and fellowships seektoadvanceandencouragethecreative were awarded to18 literaryandperformingartists frommetropolitanDetroit. The Kresge’s 2010 Artist Fellowships, each withanunrestrictedstipendof$25,000, FellowshipsKresge Artist Kresge Artist Fellow Valeria Montes “La Chispa” $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 Detroit, Michigan The Detroit Institute of Arts over twoyears. $100,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Historical Society over twoyears. $100,000 Wixom, Michigan EducationalTelevisionDetroit over twoyears. $200,000 Wixom, Michigan EducationalTelevisionDetroit over twoyears. $50,000 Southfield, Michigan Detroit Chamber Winds &Strings over twoyears. $40,000 Detroit, Michigan MarketDetroit Artists over twoyears. $140,000 Bloomfield Hills,Michigan Cranbrook EducationalCommunity over twoyears. $100,000 Detroit, Michigan College for Creative Studies over twoyears. $40,000 Troy, Michigan ofTroyCity over twoyears. $50,000 Farmington Hills,Michigan Chamber MusicSocietyofDetroit over twoyears. $80,000 Birmingham, Michigan Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Inc. over twoyears. $35,000 Detroit, Michigan Arts LeagueofMichigan Inc. over twoyears. $50,000 Detroit, Michigan Arts &Scraps over twoyears. $30,000 Mount Clemens,Michigan Art Center over twoyears. $100,000 Dearborn, Michigan and SocialServices(ACCESS) Arab CommunityCenter for Economic over twoyears. $12,000 MichiganClinton Township, l h ol’ Stage World’sAll The A Macomb countieswereawarded two-yeargrants foroperatingsupport. Kresgehascommitted $17.4 millioninoperatingsupport Below isalistofthenonprofitorganizations receiving Arts Support grants.In2010, 62organizations in Wayne, Oakland and

Detroit, Michigan $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 Detroit, Michigan $50,000 over twoyears. $50,000 $80,000 over twoyears. $80,000 Detroit, Michigan InsideOut Literary Arts Project over twoyears. $10,000 Highland, Michigan Huron Valley Councilofthe Arts over twoyears. $18,000 Detroit, Michigan Heritage Works over twoyears. $200,000 Dearborn, Michigan The HenryFord over twoyears. $50,000 Detroit, Michigan The Heidelberg Project over twoyears. $10,000 Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Grosse Pointe Historical Society Operating Corporation Great Lakes ChamberMusicFestival over twoyears. $40,000 Birmingham, Michigan Performing Arts Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and over twoyears. $40,000 Southfield, Michigan Eisenhower Dance Ensemble over twoyears. $200,000 Royal Oak, Michigan Detroit ZoologicalSociety over twoyears. $200,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Symphony Orchestra HallInc. over twoyears. $140,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit ScienceCenter Inc. over twoyears. $70,000 Detroit, Michigan Repertory Theatre Detroit Foundation Inc. Detroit PublicLibrary Friends Foundation Detroit International Jazz Festival $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 Southfield, Michigan

2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 Rochester, Michigan Oakland University over twoyears. $10,000 Rochester, Michigan Oakland University over twoyears. $160,000 Detroit, Michigan Arts Inc. Music HallCenter for thePerforming over twoyears. $100,000 Detroit, Michigan Museum ofContemporary Art Detroit over twoyears. $160,000 Detroit, Michigan of AfricanHistory AmericanMuseum over twoyears. $30,000 Detroit, Michigan Motown Historical MuseumInc. over twoyears. $12,000 Southfield, Michigan Motor CityBrass Band over twoyears. $100,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Mosaic Youth of Theatre over twoyears. $200,000 Detroit, Michigan Opera Theatre Michigan over twoyears. $50,000 Detroit, Michigan Matrix Theatre Company Inc. over twoyears. $40,000 Detroit, Michigan Marygrove College over twoyears. $70,000 Warren, Michigan Lorenzo Cultural Center Macomb CommunityCollege – over twoyears. $50,000 Warren, Michigan Arts Macomb Center for thePerforming Macomb CommunityCollege – over twoyears. $30,000 Detroit, Michigan Living Arts over twoyears. $60,000 Bloomfield Hills,Michigan EnsembleTheatre Jewish

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57 Detroit | 2010 58 The Kresge Foundation to readtheprojectdescriptionsandaward information,pleaseseepage36.Belowisalistofthegrantrecipients. the useofarts engagement andcultureasacivic tooltoaddresspressingcommunityissues.For fullinformationonthepilotand Kresge Community Arts inDetroitrepresentsonecityafive-citynationalpilotlaunched bythe Arts andCulture Program totest Kresge Arts inDetroit –Kresge Community Arts Charles H. Wright Museumof African Detroit MOTTEP Foundation Inc. Paint Creek Center for the Arts Plymouth Historical Society College for Creative Studies Rackham Symphony Choir $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 Grosse Pointe, Michigan Highland Park, Michigan $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 $20,000 over twoyears. $20,000 $15,000 over twoyears. $15,000 $16,000 over twoyears. $16,000 Auburn Hills,Michigan Pewabic SocietyInc. Rochester, Michigan Plymouth, Michigan American History The Scarab Club Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan B.A.S.S. Inc. PuppetART $9,450 $9,450 $8,680 $9,450

Southwest CommunityMentalHealth Northend Christian Community Southwest Detroit Business Development Corporation Sphinx Organization Inc. $130,000 over twoyears. $130,000 $60,000 over twoyears. $60,000 $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 VSA Arts ofMichigan Services Group Inc. Royal Oak, Michigan Clarkston, Michigan Theatre Ensemble Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Association Inc. Stagecrafters Focus: HOPE $9,450 $6,270 $9,450

West Grand Boulevard Collaborative Wayne State University – WDET-FM Wayne State University – Wayne YMCA ofMetropolitan Detroit Waldorf School Association Waldorf Wayne State University – Wayne State University – Wayne State University WARM Training Center State University Press $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 $80,000 over twoyears. $80,000 over twoyears. $70,000 $12,000 over twoyears. $12,000 Wayne State Galleries Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Hilberry Theatre of Michigan $9,450 $9,450 $9,450 $9,450

Education 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 59 Arts & Culture | 2010 60 The Kresge Foundation Carnegie Foundation for the Carnegie MellonUniversity dacmn ofTeachingAdvancement Arizona State University American Association of of American Association Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Community Colleges Admission Possible Stanford, California St. Paul, Minnesota Washington, D.C. Tempe, Arizona (2007 grant) (2007 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $32,124

technological college-transferinformationmoreaccessibleanduser-friendly. toolsthatmake students. Kresge’s three-yeargrantwilladvancethedevelopment andimplementationofnew for morestateresidentsbycreatingaseamlesstransferprocesscommunitycollege The nation’s largestpublicresearch seekstoincreaseaccess tohighereducation university for dissemination to community colleges, private collegesanduniversities. for disseminationtocommunity colleges,private offerings byfundingthedevelopment ofanewonlineintroductorycomputer-science course collegedegrees.Kresge’sflexibility inpursuing three-yeargrantwillexpandthecurrent create onlinelearningenvironments thatafford workingandnontraditionalstudentsgreater research has combinedadvancedteachingThe private university withartificial intelligenceto launch oftheprograminOmaha,itsthirdmarket. three-year grantwillbeusedtosupport anationalexpansionstrategyandtohelpfundthe high school inthe andseniors juniors Twin CitiesandMilwaukeemetropolitanareas. This Admission Possible college-accessassistanceandservicestounderserved provides intensive and Quantway, designedtohelpmorecommunitycollege studentscompletetheirdegrees. creation andimplementationoftwonewdevelopmentalmathematical curriculums, Statway teaching practice,studentlearningandknowledgebuilding. This two-yeargrantsupports the The CarnegieFoundation isdedicatedtotransformingU.S. educationthroughinnovations in College in Achieving theDreaminitiative. participation ofthe Wayne CountyCommunityCollegeDistrictand Henry Ford Community incitizen players education. as key This five-year, $159,736 grantsupports theongoing is theprimeadvocacy, andserviceorganization leadership promotingcommunitycolleges institutions,the Representing morethan1,200 American Association ofCommunityColleges Education: Grants College tojointhe Achieving andalsofundanewinitiative, theDreaminitiative Accelerate ME, year, $1,000,000 grantwillcreateanewmodeltohelptheorganization expandintoanewcity year, $1,000,000 and exploringmulticulturalopportunities. grantsupportsThis five-year,thecollege’s $450,000 The network of civic leaders is spearheading the advancement of the next generation of great isspearheadingtheadvancementofnextgenerationgreat leaders The networkofcivic education provider ispioneeringCNMConnect,amodelprojectdesignedtoimprove student achievement level.Kresge’s grantwill enableEasternMaineCommunity three-year, $725,000 online database of licensed care centers andfamilyprograms,ispartnering online databaseoflicensedcarecenters onapilotproject establish CNM Connect centers onitsfivecampusestoserveasaccesspointsforcentralized establish CNMConnectcenters five different states,which willrefine,assessandreplicate practicesforaccelerating effective to low-income andunderrepresented studentsin180 highschools in12 states.Kresge’s two- access andsuccessforLatinostudents. The nonprofitwilluseKresge’s two-year, $1,000,000 to coordinate public/private fundingforinformalandnon-center-basedto coordinatepublic/private child care. This three- center toassesscollege-levellearningacquiredoutsideofatraditionalclassroomsetting for construction oftheLEED-GoldGentillyCenterforHealthDisparitiesandDiseasePrevention, adults. This two-yeargrantwillfundthepilotphaseofLearningCounts.org, anationalonline The nationallyrecognized college-accessorganization provides college preparationservices which seekstopromotequalityresearch, createstudentlearningopportunities andbroaden The two-yeargrantwillcreateavoluntary tutoringcorpstohelpstudentsprogressthrough Through research, publicpolicyandprograms,Excelencia seekstoimprove postsecondary be awarded tothecitythatachieves thegreatest increaseinthenumberofcollegedegrees HFCC is a comprehensive community college dedicated to preparing students for a rapidly communitycollege dedicatedtopreparingstudentsforarapidly HFCC isacomprehensive local governments withtoolsandstrategiestoimprove learningopportunities forworking underrepresented studentswhileservingasanimportant anchor institutionforCleveland. changing worldandworkplace byproviding knowledge,developing communicationskills To increasecollegeretentionanddegreeattainment, NewMexico’s largestpostsecondary grant toexpandtheSEMILLAS: Growing What Works tofiveselectinstitutionsin initiative The foundation was established in 2009 toprovide financialsupportThe foundationwas establishedin2009 fortheseven-college Since 1990, theassociation’s Teacher EducationandCompensationHelpsEarlyChildhood The council provides colleges, universities, businesses,labororganizations andstate The councilprovides colleges,universities, The child-care resourceandreferral agency, which pioneeredthenation’s searchable first American cities. This four-year grantwillsupport the Talent Prize Dividend of$1millionto coursework inearlychildhoodcoursework educationandincreasetheircompensation.Kresge’s two- comprehensive datasystemtocollectandanalyzecomprehensive informationon T.E.A.C.H. participants’ The small, private, historicallyblack,The small,private, liberalarts institutionisrebounding fromthecostly year funding commitment will help implement the project in two new states and build a year fundingcommitmentwillhelpimplementtheprojectintwonewstatesandbuilda damage and disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Kresge’sdamage anddisruptioncausedbyHurricane Katrina in2005. grantwillsupport This large, urban community college graduates significant numbers of low-income This large,urbancommunitycollegegraduatessignificantnumbers and year, $900,000 grantwillhelptheorganization expandtheprojectthroughoutstate. year, $900,000 access tointegratedacademicandlifeservices. With Kresge’s funding,thecollegewill required intheiracademicmajors. intomoreadvancedcourses “gatekeeper” courses Maine CommunityCollegeSystem andtoreinforcetheneedraiseMaine’s college- Project hasprovided scholarships andsupport tohelpchild-care complete workers offering support andservicestostudentscompletingtheir degrees. granted peronethousandresidentsover thenextthreeyears. and helpmorestudentsentersucceedincollege. participation inthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. community-health outreach. education-completion rates. Latino collegeattainment. supports andbenefits. academic credit. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$200,000 New Orleans,Louisiana $900,000 Albuquerque, NewMexico $100,000 Dearborn, Michigan grant) (2007 Community College Henry Ford $250,000 South Portland, Maine Community Colleges The Foundation for Maine’s $640,000 Washington, D.C. Excelencia inEducation Dillard University $650,000 Cleveland, Ohio College Cuyahoga Community $1,000,000 Chicago, Illinois Experiential Learning Council for Adult and College Summit Association Child Care Services $150,000 Seattle, Washington grant) (2008 Child Care Resources CEOs for Cities Foundation Community College Central NewMexico $750,000 Chapel Hill,North Carolina $1,000,000 Chicago, Illinois $900,000 Washington, D.C.

61 Education | 2010 62 The Kresge Foundation Education of Young Children National Association for the Los Angeles Trade-TechnicalLos Chapel Hill,North Carolina Chapel Hill,North Carolina The Institute for College Access andSuccessInc. National College Access National Michigan Community Macomb Community Macomb Community Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, College Association Institute for Higher Oakland, California Incight Company Lansing, Michigan Education Policy Warren, Michigan Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Portland, Oregon (2007 grant) (2007 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 MDC Inc. MDC Inc. Network $500,000 $450,000 $750,000 $640,000 $365,000 $185,000 $306,800 $119,000 College College $50,000 $28,690

degree attainment inMichigan. research,for coordinatingacohesive policyandpracticeagendaaimedatincreasingcollege grantwillestablishtheCenterforStudentSuccesstoserveasastatewidehub $1,050,000 advocacy foritsmembers. professional developmentandlegislative This three-year, The tradeassociationforMichigan’s 28communitycollegesprovides coordination, awareness andadoptionofbestpracticesbypractitioners. greenworkforcedevelopmentprogramstoothercommunity collegesandpromote deliver students inSouth Los Angeles. Aided byKresge’s three-yeargrant,thecollegewilldesignand offering aconduittopostsecondarydegreesandcertificates forlow-income andunderserved The two-yearcollegehasemergedasanationalleaderingreenworkforcedevelopment, with disabilities. in highschool andcollegestrengthentheaccesssuccesspipelineofstudents grantwillexpandIncight’syear, $375,000 directservicesforSTART participants whiletheyare the tools,resourcesandsupport tochart intopostsecondaryeducation. theircourse This four- Transitioning andRealizing Talent program,which provides disabledhighschool studentswith Founded bytwowheelchair-bound collegegraduates,IncightoperatestheStudents needs of students, families and taxpayers arewell-represented. needs ofstudents,familiesandtaxpayers Department ofEducation’s proposedregulatory changes tofederalstudentaid,andensurethe will enabletheinstitutetoencourage,track publiccommentsonthe andanalyze diverse for allstudentsthroughpolicyresearch, educationaloutreach andadvocacy. Grantfunding This nonpartisan organizationhighereducationmoreaccessibleandaffordable workstomake Community CollegeandHenryFord CommunityCollegeintheinitiative. college history. This five-year, $193,328 grantsupports theparticipation of Wayne County thelargestnongovernmental reformmovementinitiative, forstudentsuccessincommunity This anti-poverty organization was theoriginalmanagingpartner for the Achieving theDream grantmaking withthegoalofincreasingpostsecondaryachievement nationwide. policy andprogramneedsrecommendationsforgeographicallybasededucational This grantwillfundanationalscanofthepostsecondarylandscape,anassessmentexisting programs andpracticesthatincreasestudentaccesssuccessinpostsecondaryeducation. This independent,nonpartisan organization conducts policyresearch andanalysison capacity tosupport collegeaccess andsuccessforunderrepresented students. programs,servicesandtechnologieswill beusedtodevelopinnovative that buildmembers’ grant postsecondary educationinstitutions in44states.Funding fromthisthree-year, $980,000 community-based college-access programs,statewidecollege-accessnetworksand best practicesandoffers wide-rangingservicestomemberorganizations, including The NationalCollege Access Networkdevelopsprogram and evaluationmodels,disseminates excellence inearlychildhood care. becomeaccreditedandmaintainahighstandard of grant willhelpmorecenters $700,000 anationalaccreditationprocessforearlychildhoodadministers Kresge’s centers. two-year, the associationdevelopsandpromotesnationalstandards forprofessionaleducationand As theworld’s largestprofessionalorganization focusedonearlychildhood educators, Achieving theDream. Macomb County. grantwillsupportThis five-year, thecollege’s $620,000 participation in community college,theonlypubliclyfundedhigher-education institutioninDetroit’s suburban advanced trainingatthis Thousands ofcollegestudentsearndegreesorreceive initiative. Angeles Southwest CollegeandtheCommunityofDistrictColumbiain income andminoritystudents.Kresge’s two-yeargrantwillunderwritetheinclusionofLos designedtoincreasecommunity-collegeinitiative studentsuccess,particularly amonglow- MDC was theoriginalmanagingpartner forthe Achieving anational theDreaminitiative, Founded bytheUnitedMethodistChurch four-year in1866 toeducatefreedslaves,theprivate, executive branchexecutive onways to strengthenthesecriticalinstitutions.Kresge’s grantsupported the sophisticated screeningandenrollmenttool. The launch ofSingleStop atMiamiDadeCollege, legislatures, foster interstate cooperationandensurestateshaveavoice inthefederalsystem. legislatures, fosterinterstate Dream nationalpartner organizations This five-year, $17,716 grantsupports theparticipation of its computerized “one-stop-shop” model,which facilitatesaccesstoasuiteofservicesusing benefits, taxcreditsandservicesforwhich theyareeligible,andtherebyreducetheirfinancial liberal arts collegehasundergonearenaissancebyfocusingonservinglow-income students. term, sustainable operatingplan. This four-year, $1,432,950 grantsupports anexternal review greenhouse gas emissions.Funding willdevelopaBlueprintforEducationSustainabilityand strengthen statewidecollege-accessnetworksinfivestates: Arizona, California,NewMexico, ensure theycanmeetKresge’s requirementthatalleducationfacilitieschallenge grantsmust comprehensive outreach,comprehensive trainingandsupport forunder-sourced to collegesanduniversities Wayne County CommunityCollegeandHenryFord Community Collegeinthe Achieving the Latino studentcollegeachievement andadvancepolicysolutionsforclosingeducationgaps issues affecting communitycollegesandstudentsuccess. This three-yeargrantwillfundthe center’s research studyatMacombCommunityCollegeinMichigan toexamineinstitutional The organizationofcriticalbenefitstolow-income coordinatesthedelivery familiesthrough This bipartisan nationalorganization worksto improve thequalityandeffectiveness ofstate college-access programs, statewide college-access networks and postsecondary education college-access programs,statewidenetworksandpostsecondaryeducation institutions in44states.Kresge’s fundingcommitmentwillcreateor three-year, $1,500,000 support Second Nature’s participation inaworkinggroupadvisingthe2010 Department of of Fisk’s operations andfacilitatestheschool’s participation inUNCF’s long-term, capacity- Kresge’s grantwillestablishtheCenterforSocial Justice toengage three-year, $1,200,000 advancing highereducationreformsandpolicies,isoneoftheoriginal Achieving the The U.S. Department ofEducationhousesthe onHistoricallyBlackWhite House Initiative Funding willbeusedtoraiseawareness abouttheimportance amongstatelegislators of Teachers College,thenation’s oldestgraduateschool ofeducation,isanationalleaderin The nonprofit helps colleges and universities to lower energy use, operational costs and tolowerenergyuse,operationalcostsand The nonprofithelpscollegesanduniversities tolowerenergyuse,operationalcostsand The nonprofithelpscollegesanduniversities tolowerenergyuse,operationalcostsand The nonprofithelpscollegesanduniversities Nashville, address longstanding operational issues and develop a comprehensive, long- Nashville, addresslongstanding operationalissuesanddevelopacomprehensive, higher-education institutionsadoptenvironmental-sustainabilitythatpromote initiatives The organization developsprogramandevaluation models,disseminatesbestpractices and offers wide-rangingservicestomemberorganizations, includingcommunity-based supported grant,willhelpconnectstudentswiththepublic bythistwo-year, $1,150,000 greenhouse gas emissions. This grantwilllaunch under-resourced aprojecttohelp200 greenhouse gas emissions. grantwillfundSecond Nature’sThis three-year, $1,242,000 Colleges and Universities, establishedin1980Colleges andUniversities, byPresident Jimmy Carter toadvise the The fundwillhelpFiskUniversity, aleading,historicallyblack, liberal-arts institutionin The CommunityCollegeResearch Center, housedat Teachers College,exploresmajor complexity anddevelopstrategiestostreamlineimprove thestudentexperience energy savings, advance student learning, facilitate economic growth and increase energy savings,advancestudentlearning,facilitateeconomicgrowthandincrease 2010 NationalConferenceonHistoricallyBlack Colleges andUniversities. scholars andresearchers workingonsocial-justiceissues. Education SummitonSustainabilityin Washington, D.C. and promotingdegreeattainment. barriers todegreecompletion. be LEEDSilverorbetter. community impact. building initiative. Dream initiative. ho andTexas. Ohio on campus. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$554,000 Boston, Massachusetts $315,725 Fairfax, Virginia grant) (2008 United Negro College Fund $50,000 Washington, D.C. Education U.S. Department of $850,000 NewYorkNew York, University Teachers College, Columbia $3,286 NewYorkNew York, grant) (2007 University Teachers College, Columbia Single Stop USA Second Nature $40,000 Boston, Massachusetts Second Nature $100,000 Boston, Massachusetts grant) (2008 Second Nature $502,500 Rock,Little Arkansas Philander SmithCollege $145,000 Denver, Colorado Legislatures NCSL Foundation for State $1,500,000 Washington, D.C. Network College Access National $1,000,000 NewYorkNew York,

63 Education | 2010 64 The Kresge Foundation The Children’s Hospital Trust University of Texas at Austin Wayne CountyCommunity United Negro College Fund United Negro College Fund University ofPennsylvania Cape Peninsula University South African Institute for Grahamstown, South Africa Grahamstown, Advancement (Inyathelo) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Virginia Foundation for odbsh CapeTown, Rondebosch, University ofMaryland odtc, Cape Town,Woodstock, Community College Bellville, South Africa Bellville, Rhodes University Richmond, Virginia Adelphi, Maryland University College University Detroit, Michigan College District Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax, Virginia of Technology Austin, Texas South Africa South Africa (2007 grant) (2007 grant) (2009 grant) (2005 grant) (2005 grant) (2007 grant) (2007 grant) (2009 Education $1,200,000 $300,000 $500,000 $350,000 $286,000 $100,000 $621,656 $175,832 $168,228 $347,380 $28,100

Education: South Africa Education: three years. services, expanditsreach andestablishanemergencyfinancial-assistancefund over thenext workforce successamongfoster-care youth.Grantmonieswillstrengthentheprogram’s programdesignedtoincreaseeducationalattainmentExpectations, aninnovative and The foundationraisesfundsfor Virginia’s 23communitycollegesandmanagesGreat Cross War MemorialChildren’s Hospital Trust. ofthe of Pretoria, University ofthe Witwatersrand, theUniversity Western Capeandthe Red of advancementcapacity oftheCapePeninsulathe private University Technology, University Kresge’s five-year, $10.5 inSouth million SpecialInitiative Africa, which isdesignedtobuild mobilization andsustainability inSouth Africa andneighboringcountries.Inyathelo manages The South African Institutefor Advancement (Inyathelo) supports nonprofitresource- andretaintheuniversity’sto develop,diversify next-generationoffaculty. identity, democratic idealsandsocialresponsibility. Kresge’s four-year, grantwillhelp $900,000 to beanoutstanding,internationallyrespectedacademicinstitution committed toits African Located inaruralpart oftheEasternCapeProvince, South Africa’s strives smallestuniversity inSouthSpecial Initiative Africa. grant willimplementyearfiveofafive-yearstrategicdevelopment plan,aspart ofKresge’s Africa’s academictrainingcenter. onlyfreestandingpediatrichospitalandakey This year’s The trust,establishedin1994, supports theRed Cross War MemorialChildren’s Hospital, Kresge’s inSouth SpecialInitiative Africa. operating grantimplementsyearfiveofafive-yearstrategicdevelopmentplan,aspartof Located inCape Town, isaleaderin theuniversity African technology education. This year’s minority servinginstitutionsaspart ofitsInstituteforCapacityBuilding. grant aimstoincreaseknowledgeandawareness ofenvironmentally sustainablefacilitiesat The collegeisthenation’s largestminority-education organization. This two-year, $1,800,000 Ford CommunityCollegeinthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. grantsupports$189,300 theparticipation of Wayne CountyCommunityCollegeandHenry Achieving theDreamasoneoforiginalnationalpartner organizations. This five-year, of The University Texas hasplayedaseminalroleinthedesignandimplementationof retention andgraduationsuccess. Grant monieswillbeusedtoanalyze studentdata anddevelopmodelstopredictstudent studentsin20countries,includingU.S. andtheirfamilies. militarypersonnel overseas 90,000 thecollegenowservesmorethan With itsfocusondistanceeducationandadultlearners, organization effectiveness. andimprove itsmemberinstitutions’ revampandstrengthenthe Collaboration, aprojectdesignedtohelpUNCFsleadership will support theinitialphasesofBuildingFuture ofUNCF: A UNCF-Monitor Group The collegeisthenation’s largestminority-education organization. Kresge’s funding and graduatingunderrepresented students. identifying andpublicizingexamplesofminority-serving institutionssuccessfullysupporting institutions. ofworkbyaresearchThis grantwillfundthreeyears teamresponsiblefor The university’s facultyincludesoneofthenation’s leadingscholars onminorityserving District’s participation inthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. communities. grantsupportsThis five-year, $450,000 Wayne CountyCommunityCollege community collegedistrictservesthecityofDetroitandneighboring This highlydiverse students. This year’s operationalgrantwillgotoward implementationofyearfiveafive-year center ofpoliticaloppositionto Apartheid, ascientificpioneer, and one ofthecountry’s leading year’s grantwillsupport yearfourofafour-year strategicdevelopmentplanaspart ofKresge’s support yearfiveofafive-yearstrategicdevelopmentplanaspart ofKresge’s SpecialInitiative research institutions.IthasproducedseveralNobellaureates,includingNelsonMandela. This project toimprove therelevanceandqualityoftechnology inlearningandteaching at African Since 2005, Inyathelo hasmanagedthe$10.5Since 2005, inSouth millionKresgeSpecialInitiative Africa, distance-education methodsandtechnology. This four-year, grantwillsupport the $1,200,000 serve all races and become the intellectual home of progressive forces. serve allracesandbecometheintellectualhomeofprogressive This year’s grantwill seven-foundation Partnership forHigherEducationin Africa’s African University Technology grant willprovide annualsupport andchallenge-grant fundingfortheSouth African Labour government toserveColouredSouth Africans, butembracedanewmissioninthe1970s to Founded inthe1920s withdonationsfromSouth Africa’s miningindustry, “Wits” becamea Development Research Unit’s Summer Training Programmethodologiesfor inquantitative Funding willbeusedtoconductaformalevaluation oftheinitiative’s effectiveness andits which advancementcapacityatfivelargeteaching soughttobuildtheprivate institutions. The instituteprovides educationaltrainingandsupport throughopen-learningprinciples, This historicallyblack institution,locatednearCape Town, was foundedbythe Apartheid lasting impactonInyathelo, theinitiative’s granteesandotherSouth African institutions. winning faculty, distinguishedalumniandleadingprograms. This three-year, $1,005,000 multicultural, multiracial university that offers quality education to 50,000 South African thatoffers qualityeducationto50,000 multicultural, multiracialuniversity South Africa’s hasearnedinternationalrecognitionforitsNobelPrize- oldestuniversity The University ofPretoria hasevolved froma mainly white, The University institutiontoa Afrikaner strategic developmentplanaspart ofKresge’s inSouth SpecialInitiative Africa. social scienceandpublichealthresearchers. South Africa PhilanthropyInitiative. in South Africa. in universities. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $105,936 South Africa Johannesburg, grant) (2008 Witwatersrand University ofthe $165,525 South Africa Bellville, grant) (2005 Western Cape University ofthe $32,872 South Africa Pretoria, grant) (2005 University ofPretoria $85,000 Rondebosch,South Africa grant) (2008 University ofCape Town $300,000 South Africa Braamfontein, grant) (2008 Distance Education South African Institute for $40,490 South Africa CapeTown,Woodstock, Advancement (Inyathelo) South African Institute for

65 Education | 2010 66 The Kresge Foundation Environment 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 67 Arts & Culture | 2010 68 The Kresge Foundation Alliance for Water Efficiency Energy-Efficient Economy American Councilfor an Alliance to Save Energy Santa Fe, NewMexico Architecture 2030 American Rivers Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Chicago, Illinois (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $200,000 $200,000 $400,000 $400,000 $325,000 $100,000

efficiency policies. verification ofenergy-efficiency programs,andbuildsupport fornext-generationenergy- grant,thealliancewilldevelopamodelforevaluation,measurement,and $650,000 that minimize costsandreducegreenhouse-gas emissions. Assisted byKresge’s two-year, coalition supports energyefficiencyasacost-effective energyresource andadvocates policies Through itswide-rangingresearch, programs,projectsandpartnerships, thenonprofit energy conservationatacriticaltime. grantwill provide crucialcorefundingtothisnascentforceforwater and year, $200,000 advocacy workwithgovernment agencies,utilitiesandconservation groups.Kresge’s two- expertise onwater-efficiency programsandpolicythroughitsconsulting,advisory thealliancehasestablishedaninternational reputationforits Over thepasttwoyears, education, coalitionbuilding, codesandlegislation,designeducationpractice. Kresge’s operatinggrantsupports workinresearch, itscomprehensive two-year, $400,000 buildings andmajorrenovations, withalong-termgoalofreaching carbonneutralityby2030. Architecture 2030spearheads cutting-edge efforts toreducetheenergydemandofnew climate-changemanagement programsandproactive policiesatthestateandfederallevel. grant willbolsterthenonprofit’s capabilitytopromotesustainable $800,000 water-resources restoring America’s forthebenefitofpeople,wildlifeandnature. rivers Thistwo-year, The organization leveragesscienceandpolicytoachieve itsmissionofprotectingand into newareasofpolicy, consumerchoice andcommunications. and modelbuildingcodes.Kresge’s grantwillenablethecouncil toexpand two-year, $800,000 anddevelopmentofappliance-efficiency standards work withfederalandstatepolicymakers, improvements intheefficiencyof America’s energyusethroughitspublications,advisory The nationalnonprofitorganization hasastrongtrack recordofleadingandsupporting Environment: Grants energy-related policyresearch andpartner reports, withclean-energy informdecisionmakers, The nonprofit advances economic and environmental justice by creating clean-energy careers The nonprofitadvanceseconomicandenvironmental justicebycreatingclean-energycareers competitive competitive American economy. With Kresge’s funding,thecenterwillgenerateanddistribute market-based solutionstomajorclimate,air-qualitymarket-based andenergyproblems. Through thisgrant, the centerwillhelpstateandlocalgovernments implementtravel-efficiencypoliciesaimedat from itspilotphasetoacitywide scaleandprovide technical assistance toothercommunities CA-CP hasrampedupefforts communitygroups, tohelpitspartners incolleges,universities, The independent think tank helps policymakers develop, promote and implement innovative, develop,promoteandimplementinnovative, The independentthinktankhelpspolicymakers government agencies and other stakeholder organizationsgovernment agenciesandotherstakeholder developimplementstrategies for individuals withthegreatestneed.Kresge’sfor individuals generaloperatingsupport two-year, $350,000 To ensureamoresustainablefutureforthe American West, CarpeDiem West engages water The center’s broadspectrumofresearch andpolicy-development workincludesformulating environmental equitywhileengaging residentsindecisionsaffecting theirqualityoflifeand energy potential of the Midwest and Great Plains while protecting the legitimate interests of energy potentialoftheMidwestandGreatPlainswhileprotectinglegitimateinterests to reducecarbonemissions.Kresge’s grantwillfundaprogramtofoster two-year, $550,000 Chicago’s two-to-four-unit, aswelltoolsforassessingenergy multifamilyhousing market Ceres leadsacoalitionofinvestors,environmental organizations andpublic-interestgroups Dedicated to promoting more livable, sustainable communities, the nonprofit develops and sustainablecommunities,thenonprofitdevelopsand Dedicated topromotingmorelivable, addressing globalclimatechange andothersustainabilitychallenges. grant This $1,200,000 promote better ofthefinancialrisksandinvestment understanding opportunities posedby Heartland Alliance forRegional Transmission anditsefforts stakeholders toengage diverse an initiative to rethink how water is stored and delivered so that ecosystems are protected, torethinkhowwatersothatecosystemsareprotected, an initiative isstoredanddelivered of healthandtheenvironment. Kresge’s to duesover twoyears grantfundedmembership An outgrowthoftheLandInstitute,now-independent organization advocates reducing leaders to collaboratively develop innovative solutionsfordealingwithwater developinnovative scarcityina tocollaboratively leaders grant willsupport theexpansion ofthe WeatherizeDC energy-efficiency retrofitting project climate-change adaptationplanningandpreparednessincoastalcommunitiesacrossthe pioneers strategiestousenaturalresourcesmoreefficientlyandequitably.pioneers Thistwo-year, and Environmental Funders Network, a group of grantmakers working at the intersection workingattheintersection and Environmental FundersNetwork,agroupofgrantmakers future. With Kresgesupport, theorganization willanalyze theruralissuesassociatedwith changing climate. grantrenewsKresge’sThis two-year, $450,000 support forCarpeDiem, reducing greenhouse-gas emissionswhileadvancing accessibility, prosperityandequity. over three years willsupportover threeyears theefforts ofitsInvestor NetworkonClimateRiskprojectto organization forfoundationsinenvironmental philanthropyalsowas hometo the Health clean-energy-transmission developmentandoutlinepolicyoptionsthatunlock thewind- Dedicated toconservingandrestoringourplanet’s biological diversity, thismembership $350,000 grantwillfunddevelopmentofaone-stop, energy-efficiency retrofitmodelfor $350,000 efficiency andrenewable energy. Funding willsupport thenonprofit’s ofthe leadership greenhouse-gas emissionsin America’s heartland throughtheadvancementofenergy in thedialogueaboutwind-energygenerationandtransmission needsintheregion. energy andclimate-change policyrecommendationstoincreasepublicandprivate investments inclean,energy-efficient technologies andcontributetoasustainable, The centerchampions strongruralcommunitiesthatsupport social,economicand agricultural economiesaresustainedandallresidentshaveaccesstocleanwater. across thecountryconsidering similarresidential-weatherizationprograms. performance and financing and evaluating energy savings. performance andfinancingevaluatingenergysavings. advocates toadvancepolicyreforms. support bothentities. rural stakeholders. climate change. Northeast. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$200,000 Washington, D.C. The DCProject Inc. $87,500 San Francisco, California Biological Diversity Consultative Group on $150,000 Lawrence, Kansas Climate andEnergy Project $290,000 Portsmouth, NewHampshire Clean Air-Cool PlanetInc. Ceres $100,000 Lyons, Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs Technology Center for Neighborhood $180,000 Washington, D.C. Center for Clean Air Policy $200,000 Washington, D.C. Progress for American Center $200,000 Sausalito, California Diem West Carpe $172,000 Chicago, Illinois $400,000 Boston, Massachusetts (2008 grant) (2008

69 Environment | 2010 70 The Kresge Foundation Environmental Grantmakers Bainbridge Island, Washington Bainbridge Fresh Energy Environmental Support The Energy Foundation Environmental Defense San Francisco, California Enterprise Community Defenders of Wildlife Defenders Partners Columbia, Maryland e ok NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, St. Paul, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Oakland, California Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Portland, Oregon Fresh Energy Earthjustice Association (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 Center Inc. $1,500,000 EcoAdapt Fund Inc. $300,000 $200,000 $400,000 $500,000 Ecotrust $150,000 $125,000 $150,000 $175,000 $68,000 $20,000

strategies and improve energypoliciesintheMidwest. helps memberorganizations workmoreeffectively withthemediatoadvanceclimate-change provided bytheRE-AMPMediaCenter. A projecthostedbyFresh Energy, themediacenter citizen support for renewable energy. This grantwillsupport current andexpanded services The organization provides research, advocacy, policymodels,andengages andinnovative Movement” report addressingclimate change andtheenvironmental justicemovement. organizing andadvocacy groups.Funding willsupport follow-up tothe activities “Everybody’s by providing research, grants,technical assistanceandtechnology tomorethan2,300 The centerhashelpedtobootstraptheenvironmental movement over thepast20years grant willcover thecostofKresge’s fortwoyears. membership collaborating totapintosynergiesandnetworkingstrengthentheircommonbonds. This bysharing informationontheirdifferent experiencesandperspectives, grantmakers The associationhelpsmemberorganizations increasetheireffectiveness asenvironmental mitigation andmobilize networkpartners tocommunicatefindingspolicymakers. develop economicanalysesofthecostsclimatechangeof andthefinancialbenefits foundations forenvironmental policy. grant,thenetworkwill With thistwo-year, $250,000 which engageseconomistsinthedevelopmentandpromotionofsoundeconomic progressive The conservationnonprofitsupports theEconomicsforEquityandEnvironment Network, services andcontinueitsorganizational development. operating support willenabletheorganization togrowitsclimateadaptationprogramsand implementation ofadaptationstrategies.Kresge’s grantforgeneral two-year, $300,000 development communitiestoreshapetheresponseclimatechange andsupport the constituentsfromtheconservation,policy,EcoAdapt bringstogetherdiverse scienceand improve energypoliciesintheMidwest. organizations workmoreeffectively withthemediatoadvance climate-change strategiesand RE-AMP MediaCenter. A projecthostedbyFresh Energy, themediacenterhelpsmember citizen support forrenewable energy. Kresge’s grantwillsupport the two-year$350,000 The organization provides research, advocacy, policymodels,andengages andinnovative policies andencouragetheadoptionenforcementofefficientbuildingcodes. deployed inthe American Southeast toorganize energy clean-energyallies,reviseutilities’ future bypromotingenergyefficiencyandrenewable energy. Kresge’s grantfundingwillbe The partnership ofphilanthropicinvestorsassistsinthetransitiontoa sustainableenergy restoring damaged wetlands and revitalizing underserved Mississippi Deltacommunities. restoring damagedwetlandsandrevitalizingunderserved andnavigation systems, diversion a designcompetitionforrestructuringtheMississippiRiver Kresge’s grantwillsupport thefund’s two-year, $600,000 CoastalLouisiana Restoration Project, equitableandcost-effectiveinnovative, solutionstothemosturgentenvironmental problems. The longstanding,nonprofit,advocacy grouplinksscience,economicsandlawtocreate appliances andequipmenttoimprove enforcementandcompliancewiththosestandards. the U.S. Department ofEnergytoraisethelevelenergy-efficiency standardsforbuildings, Kresge’s grant,Earthjustice willuseadvocacy andlitigation toencourage two-year, $400,000 environment inhealthy anddefendingtherightofallpeople tolive surroundings. Assisted by The public-interestlawfirmdedicatesitslegal expertise andresourcestoprotectingthe and implementanationalclimate-change adaptationstrategy. Climate Changeand Wildlife Science Center, todevelop theObamaadministrationandothers grant,thenonprofitwillworkwith U.S. GeologicalSurvey’syear, $800,000 newNational challenges globalwarming posestoecosystems andbiologicaldiversity. UsingKresge’s two- With climatechange looming,theconservationorganization hasshifted itsfocustoward the new constructionanddevelopparallelcriteriaforgreenretrofits. grant,EnterprisewillexpanditsuseofGreenCommunitiesCriteriafor two-year, $1,000,000 low-income housingthatmeetshighstandardsforgreen,healthy construction. With Kresge’s forcreatingaffordable,ranging assistancetodevelopers environmentally responsible, Through itsEnterpriseGreenCommunitiesprogram,thisnationalnonprofitoffers wide- With itsfocusonthelong-termeconomic,environmental andsocialwell-beingoftheNorthern planning and development venues about the need for transmission lines to bring clean energy planning anddevelopmentvenuesabouttheneedfortransmission linestobringcleanenergy Through acombinedapproach ofeducation,advocacy, outreach andtechnology, thenonprofit science andtechnology lodgethatmettheenvironmental-sustainability buildingrequirements Working ofhealth,communitydevelopment,andenvironment, attheintersection network The counciloperatesfourGirlScout campsthatoffer anddaytimecamping,outdoor weekend grant willadvancedevelopment andimplementationoftheSustainablePerformance Institute Working ofhealth,communitydevelopmentandenvironment, attheintersection network participation inadvancingtheproject-planningandpolicy-making processesfordevelopment Established in1789, theacademicandresearch theState-Federal institutionoversees Climate The nonprofitassistsandsupports grassrootsgroupsandcitizens watershed workinglocally Plains, theinstituteisworkingtoacceleratetransitionarenewable, low-carbon energy area ofDelaware, Maryland,and Virginia. Kresge’s granthelpedtofundtheconstructionofa grants programtoinformgranteesaboutclimate-change adaptationscienceandrestoration to protect and restore aquatic habitats throughout the Great Lakes Basin. to protectandrestoreaquatichabitatsthroughouttheGreatLakes With thistwo-year, implement modelsforenergy-efficiency retrofitprograms thatcanbedeployedindozensof of fundingorganizations addressesthecauses ofsprawlandpromotessustainable,socially of fundingorganizations addressesthecauses ofsprawlandpromotessustainable,socially developing comprehensive strategies for proactively addressingclimateimpactsfromsea- strategiesforproactively developing comprehensive approaches theyneedtosucceed.Funding willbeusedtoplanandhostastrategysession Resource Center, which seekstoinformandadvanceeffective climate andenergypolicies. system. Kresge’s fundingwillenabletheorganization toparticipate inwide-rangingpolicy, The organization provides research, advocacy, policymodels,andengages andinnovative promotes green,healthy, efficientbuildinganddevelopment. Kresge’s two-year, $300,000 practices. Grant funding will provide membership supportpractices. Grantfundingwillprovide membership foritsoperationsover thenext $420,000 grant,Freshwater FutureCommunityClimatesmall- willestablishaGreatLakes $420,000 equitable, economicallysoundland-usedecisionsleadingtosmarter growthpoliciesand equitable, economicallysoundland-usedecisionsleadingtosmarter growthpoliciesand sports, after-school andoutreach inthetri-state activities, girls living programsfor19,000 and environmental toolsand engagement contemplative-based therigorous,innovative, The nonsectarian,nonprofitorganization teachers, supports thatgive programinitiatives for disadvantagedcommunities. grantwillbeusedtocreateand This two-year, $600,000 caregivers, environmentalists and other stakeholders working on the frontlines of social workingonthefrontlinesofsocial environmentalists andotherstakeholders caregivers, unwanted environmental impactsandincreasinglarge-scaleemploymentopportunities for LEEDcertification. Thisgrantisassociatedwithanow-retired Kresge green-building Company Certificationin programtoevaluateandencouragegreaterenergy efficiency Kresge’s grantwillfundaprojecttoengagein two urbancenters three-year, $600,000 citizen support forrenewable energy. Funding willenableFresh Energytoexpandits The nationalorganizationgreen economy seekstobuildaninclusive whilereducing practices. Kresge’s grantwillgotoward general operatingsupport foroneyear. focused on best practices in bringing energy efficiency retrofits to scale. focused onbestpracticesinbringingenergyefficiencyretrofitstoscale. and deploymentofclean-energy-transmission systemsintheMidwest. initiative. initiative. This typeofsupport isnolongeravailable. building design,construction andoperations. level riseandextremeheatevents. U.S. cities. two years. strategies. to market. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$60,000 Coral Gables,Florida $150,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota $150,000 Boston, Massachusetts Green RoundtableInc. $300,000 Oakland, California For All Green Inc. Sustainable Development Great PlainsInstitute for $150,000 Newark, Delaware Chesapeake Bay CouncilInc. Girl Scoutsofthe $290,000 Washington, D.C. Georgetown University $38,500 NewYork Garrison, Garrison Institute $75,000 Coral Gables,Florida Communities Inc. Smart Growth andLivable Funders’ Network for Communities Inc. Smart Growth andLivable Funders’ Network for $210,000 Petoskey, Michigan Freshwater Future Inc. $100,000 St. Paul, Minnesota Fresh Energy

71 Environment | 2010 72 The Kresge Foundation for LandConservation Policy ICLEI –LocalGovernments Gulf Restoration Network Heart oftheLakes Center Michigan Environmental Institute for Sustainable Island Press –Center for Innovation Network for Beaver Island,Michigan New Orleans,Louisiana Grand Ledge, Michigan Boston, Massachusetts for SustainabilityInc. Resource Economics Model Forest Policy Institute for Market Transformation Inc. Montpelier, Vermont Land Trust Alliance Lansing, Michigan Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Communities Communities Sagle, Idaho (2008 grant) (2008 grant) (2008 Program $500,000 $300,000 $350,000 $180,000 $150,000 $183,621 Council $50,000 $75,000 $80,000 $75,600

efficiencies in electricity transmission and distribution. efficiencies inelectricitytransmissionanddistribution. implementation ofclean-energyreforms,promotethedevelopment ofwindpowerandpursue clean energytechnologies. Funding over 18 monthswill enable thecounciltosupport the of environmental, faithandpublic-healthorganizations workstoadvanceadoptionof As avoice forMichigan’s environment the60-membercoalition over thepast30years, recommendations for strengthening the market forbuildingenergy-efficiency recommendations forstrengtheningthemarket retrofits. analysis oftechnical assistanceforbuildingenergy-efficiencyof retrofitsandthedevelopment that transformtheperformanceofcommunitysystems.Kresge’s grantwillsupport an retrofits, sustainabletransportation, green-collarworkforcedevelopmentandotherareas The nationalnonprofitspearheadsinnovations inclimateandenergyplanning,building ecosystem restorationandclimate-change adaptation. to disasterpreparednessthatincludescommunityresilienceandsustainabilityaswell grantwillstrengthenpartnership efforts todevelopamultifacetedapproachyear, $700,000 remains committed toprotectingandrestoringtheGulfofMexicocoastalarea. This three- Created in1994, coalitionofpublic-interest andenvironmental organizations thediverse adaptation from16 U.S. cities. on ClimatePreparedness andResilienceofsustainabilityclimate toeducatepractitioners conserve resources.Grantfundingwillsupport thelaunch oftheClimateLeadership Academy community-driven projectsworldwidetoimproveled transformative airandwater qualityand Since itsfoundingin1991 byformer Vermont Governor MadeleineM.Kunin, theinstitutehas and increaseenergyefficiencyinfederalbuildings. building performance,revampfinancing,promotestrongerenergycodesandenforcement grantwillsupport itsefforts tofacilitateenergyratingand disclosure ofcommercial- $300,000 education, policychange, andbuilding-coderegulations. programinitiatives, This two-year, The instituteseekstoimprove energyefficiencyinthebuiltenvironment throughresearch, adaptation. adaptation. their Climate Adaptation KnowledgeExchange, anonlineinformationtoolforclimate-change ideas. This grantwillenableIslandPress anditspartner, EcoAdapt, tocontinuedevelopmentof publishing houseofbooksonenvironmental issuesandacommunicatorofenvironmental italeadingnonprofit Island Press’titlesinprint,authorprogramsandonlinepresencemake accreditation programandachieve financialself-sufficiency. the alliance’s subsidiary, theLand Trust Accreditation Commission,implementanewland-trust which issubjecttoachallenge programgrantwillhelp requirement)andthree-year, $250,000 landtrustsacrossthenation. endowmentgrant(halfof and trainingto1,700 This $1,000,000 The nationalorganization promoteslandconservationbyproviding research, policy, advocacy prepare themfornationalaccreditationandpositiongreaterconservationsuccess. grantwillsupport operations, three-year, anewprogramtostrengthenlandtrusts’ $250,000 center isapolicyvoice forMichigan’s landtrustsandaddressestheircommonconcerns. This from27local,regional,andstatewidelandconservanciesaffiliates,the With members greenhouse-gas emissions. sustainability prioritiesandlaunch theICLEIUSA GreenBusinessChallengetoreduce its mitigation programs,pilottheSTAR CommunityIndextohelplocalgovernments set and adaptationstrategies. With grantassistanceforgeneraloperations,ICLEIwillexpand U.S. memberorganizations,climate-changeincluding morethan600 pursue mitigation The internationalassociationoffers awiderangeofresourcestohelpcitiesandcounties, Tennessee. and implementingforest water climate-actionplansinsixruralcommunities inIdahoand aimed atdeveloping the ClimateSolutions educationalinitiative University, acollaborative Kresge’s forestlandowners. practices bypublicandprivate grantwillfundthesecondyearof The nationalnonprofitisdedicatedtopromotingforeststewardship andsustainableforestry decision makers to proactively respondtoclimate-change toproactively impacts,andprovidedecision makers support forthe will continuetobuildcoalition support, andaneconomiccase,foritsclimate-wiseforest policy program totest,demonstrateandimplementclimate-change adaptationstrategiesthroughout participation intheClimate-Smart Restoration Partnership, ajointeffort toeducateandengage The organization workstoensurethatfederally subsidizedownedrentalhousing andprivately trust’s GreenPreservation programtopartner withgovernment agenciesonefforts toincrease workshop for diverse stakeholders fromgovernment, industry, stakeholders academiaandthecommunity workshop fordiverse publicize tools that building owners can use to make decisions about comprehensive energy- decisionsaboutcomprehensive publicize canusetomake toolsthatbuildingowners The conservationorganization workstoprotectandrestorewildlifehabitats,confrontclimate the numberofaffordable rentalhomesthatareweatherized usingfederaleconomic-stimulus change andconnectpeoplewithnature.Grantfundingwillenablethefederationtoco-hosta advance policiesandpartnerships todeployelectricvehicles,establish offshore-wind-energy supports thecouncil’s CenterforEnergyEfficiencyStandards,which isworkingwithmultiple The National Trust education, advocacy provides andresourcestosave leadership, America’s communities tosustainworking forests. Assisted byKresge’s grantfunding,theorganization facilities in the Great Lakes andprovide technicalfacilities intheGreatLakes andcoordinationassistancetoMidwestern remains affordable, accessibleandsustainable. grantwillallowthe This three-year, $375,000 climate change andconnectpeoplewithnature.Kresgefundingwillsupport thefederation’s Launched in1970, thenational organization hasbeenaleaderinbuilding theenvironmental economic valueofgreenhistoricpreservationandtheenvironmental benefitsofpreserving will support thatemphasizes theimplementationofaSustainabilityInitiative socialand year, projecttoprovide socially grant,Oxfamwillinitiateafive-yearcollaborative $748,000 conservation and restoration groups in the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Baywatersheds. andChesapeake conservation andrestorationgroupsintheGreatLakes climate change andconnectpeoplewithnature. With grantassistance,thefederationwill vulnerable communities along the Gulf of Mexico coast with access to resources that will vulnerable communitiesalongtheGulfofMexicocoastwith accesstoresourcesthatwill movement andhelpingformulateenvironmental laws.Kresge’s grant two-year, $750,000 The centerbringstheknowledgeoftopresearch scientiststothenatural-resourcepolicy- successful ClimateFutures Forums—facilitated programsthatinformandempowerlocal Conservancy’s Michigan chapter willuseKresge’s granttoinitiateanddeveloparegional Supported by this two-year, $500,000 grant,theInstitutewillresearch, Supported develop, pilot and bythistwo-year, $500,000 making arena.Kresge’s grantwillfundtheexpansionofcenter’s three-year, $750,000 diverse historicplacesandtorevitalize itscommunities. diverse This three-year, $1milliongrant worldwide, createslastingsolutionstopoverty, hungerandinjustice. With Kresge’s two- focused onhowtointegrateclimate-change restoration adaptationintotheGreatLakes stakeholders toimprove efficiencystandardsforbuildings,equipmentandappliances, stakeholders The nonprofitfocusesonimproving theenergyperformanceofcommercialbuildings. The conservationorganization workstoprotectandrestorewildlifehabitats,confront The conservationorganization workstoprotect andrestorewildlifehabitats,confront 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide,andestablishedchapters in30countries. milesofrivers 5,000 The Nature The U.S.-based internationalreliefanddevelopmentorganization, oneof14 affiliates Since 1951, theorganization hasprotectedmorethan119 millionacresoflandand The nonprofit works with landowners, forest managers, public agencies, and local publicagencies,andlocal forest managers, The nonprofitworkswithlandowners, increase theirresiliencetoclimate change andgenerateeconomicopportunities. center’s advocacy forclimate-wisepolicyatthe stateandnationallevels. reducing energyusageandloweringgreenhouse-gas emissions. environmental oncleanenergyissues. groupsactive efficiency upgrades to existing structures. efficiency upgradestoexistingstructures. on the federal, regional and state levels. on thefederal, regional andstatelevels. and reusingolderbuildings. the Great Lakes Basin. the GreatLakes 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org agenda. funds.

$350,000 NewYorkNew York, $200,000 San Francisco, California Pacific Forest Trust Inc. Oxfam-America Inc. $250,000 Salmon, Washington White New BuildingsInstitute Inc. $225,000 Arlington, Virginia The Nature Conservancy Council Natural Resources Defense $125,000 Reston, Virginia Federation National Wildlife $37,000 Reston, Virginia Federation National Wildlife $200,000 Reston, Virginia Federation National Wildlife Preservation National Trust for Historic $125,000 Washington, D.C. grant) (2009 HousingTrustNational Policy Conservation Scienceand National Center for $374,000 Boston, Massachusetts $250,000 Washington, D.C. $250,000 Ashland, Oregon (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009

(2008 grant) (2008

73 Environment | 2010 74 The Kresge Foundation Southeast Energy Efficiency Center for Working Families Resource Innovation Group Southern Alliance for Clean ProgressiveFund/ America Policy SciencesCenter Inc. Southern Environmental Rockefeller Philanthropy Rockefeller Family Fund Law Center Smart Growth AmericaSmart Sierra ClubFoundation San Francisco, California New Haven,Connecticut Charlottesville, Virginia Alliance Knoxville, Tennessee Energy Sky Island Alliance Sky e ok NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, Washington, D.C. Atlanta, Georgia Eugene, Oregon Tucson, Arizona Advisors Inc. (2008 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $1,100,000 $700,000 $300,000 $200,000 $350,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $100,000 $145,000 $183,032

comprehensive, collaborative climate-adaptationstrategiesfortheregion. collaborative comprehensive, academic, governmental andenvironmental-advocacy partners inthe developmentof northwestern Mexico. The alliancewilluseKresge’s granttoengage three-year, $435,000 Islandregionofthe speciesandhabitatsintheSky American Southwest of native and The grassrootsnonprofitisdedicatedtoprotectingandrestoringtherich naturalheritage communities andnaturalsystems. disaster preparedness,anddevelopnewapproaches toaddressingclimateimpactson fund aprojectsynthesizinginnovations andlessonslearnedfromcasestudiesofcommunity through research, educationandgrantmakingforscholars andinstitutions. This grantwill decision-makingprocesses The nonprofitfoundationseekstoimprove publicandprivate to advanceclimate-change strategies. thecenterwillincreasestaffing and opena years, transportation, andcoastal-protection issues. ingrantfunding over three With $1,050,000 Serving sixSoutheastern states,thecenterhasbeenaneffective legal advocate onenergy, renewable energy. Florida and Tennessee, andtocreateamorefavorable environment fortheadoptionof grant willadvanceefforts toimplementstrongenergy-efficiency programsintheCarolinas, and state-levelnonprofitsthatworkonclimateenergy policy. Kresge’s two-year, $500,000 The energyadvocate, basedinthe American Southeast, collaborateswithleading national energy-efficiencycomprehensive programatthecitylevel. enable thealliancetoassistwinningcityindeveloping the American Southeast’s first grantwillhelpfundtheaward foranenergy-efficiency programcompetitionand $750,000 infosteringenergy-efficiency policiesandpractices.Kresge’s stakeholders diverse two-year, The alliancepromotesenergyefficiencythroughadvocacy, programsandevents,engages of climate-preparationpractitioners. grant willsupport localandregionalpreparationprocessesthedevelopmentofanetwork climate-changedevelop comprehensive preparationstrategies.Kresge’s three-year, $750,000 The group’s helps government, businessesandcommunities Initiative ClimateLeadership the state’s cleaner, greenereconomy. the centertoparticipate intheprogram’s of implementationtoensureitssuccessasadriver to reducecostsandemissionsthroughenergy-efficiency retrofits.Kresgefundingwillallow reforms, createdtheconceptforGreenJobs/Green NY Act, astatewideprogramenacted The nonprofit,which todevelopandimplementpolicy worksthroughcommunitystakeholders South region. and EcologicalHealth,acommunity-led philanthropyservingthehurricane-damaged Gulf- and trusts.Kresge’s grantwillfurther theworkofGulfCoastFund forCommunityRenewal andmanagementservicesforfoundations programs andoffers program,administrative The nonprofitprovides research andcounselon developsphilanthropic charitable giving, efficiency, renewable energyandvehicleelectrification. This grantwillsupport andgroupsworkingintheMidwestonenergy RE-AMPactivities in theupperMidwestthroughresearch, informationexchange, strategymakingandadvocacy. foundations workingtoachieve meaningfulreductionsinregionalgreenhouse-gas emissions theRE-AMPnetwork,acollaborationofnonprofitsand The philanthropicfundadministers strongholds for biodiversity andnatural-systemsconservationin10strongholds forbiodiversity U.S. regions. Club’s expansionofitsResilienttoestablish HabitatsCampaign,abroad-basedinitiative organizations forcharitable projects. grantwilladvancetheSierra This two-year, $600,000 The foundationprovides financialsupport totheSierra Clubandotherenvironmental goals. federal andstatepoliciesaimedatimproving travelefficiencytoachieve climate-mitigation transportation sector. Kresge’s renewedfundingwillsupport ongoing efforts toadvance and toidentifystrategiesforreducinggreenhouse-gas emissionsproducedbytheU.S. The coalitionofnational,stateandlocalorganizations workstoimprove land-useplanning Washington, D.C.office,better positioning it

Michigan andOhiotoadvanceclean-technology manufacturing,clean-energypolicyinitiatives, year, $600,000 2008 grant and $300,000 innew2010 funding,willsupport grantand$300,000 thealliance’s 2008 year, workin $600,000 efficiency activities, including educating building owners, improving federalpolicies, includingeducatingbuildingowners, gathering efficiency activities, The citizen’s organization iscommitted toempoweringpeopleinlocalcommunitiesaddress The 275,000-member organization combinesindependentscientificresearch andcitizen The 275,000-member action efficiency, cleanpower, masstransit,next-generationvehicles,education,andgreen-collarjob regulatory-reform leadership to its membership baseofnationalnonprofitaffordable-housing regulatory-reform toitsmembership leadership policy, corporatepracticesandconsumerchoices. grantwilllaunchThis two-year, an $750,000 start acampaigntoinformfederaldecisionsabouttheappropriatesitingofrenewable-energy labor, business,environmental,thatpromotesinvestments andcommunityleaders inenergy policies thatreducethesocietalburdensofenvironmental contaminantsandclimatechange. demonstration projects to guide resource management, land-use planning and development demonstration projectstoguideresourcemanagement,land-useplanninganddevelopment training. Combined grant monies, representing $300,000 insecond-yearfundingfromatwo- training. Combinedgrantmonies,representing$300,000 landowners andresidents,offeringlandowners technical assistancetocommunities andbuildingstrong, to develop innovative solutionstochallengingto developinnovative issuesandtoachieve changes ingovernment corporations. Kresge’s grantforitsEnergyProgram willsupport energy- two-year, $600,000 initiative toassessthecollisionofenergyandwaterinitiative policy, investment andmanagementin conservation valuesofthe American West arereflectedinpublicpolicy. Funding willjump- Midwest. Kresge’s grantrenewsfundingforgeneraloperatingsupport two-year, $350,000 $500,000 grantwillbeusedtoconvene asciencepanelthatwilldevelopframeworkand $500,000 quality-of-life issues.ItsEnvironmental Health Sciencespublicsupport projectbolsters for other stakeholders, the nonprofit organization aims to bring wind power to market in the the nonprofitorganizationinthe aimstobringwindpower tomarket other stakeholders, and advancesplanning,educationpolicyefforts tomove clean-energy-infrastructure Founded in1901, the Yale School ofForestry andEnvironmental Studiesoffers graduate- The nonprofitsocial-change organization was hometothe Apollo Alliance,acoalitionof level degreeprogramsandservesasalocusforenvironmental research. This two-year, Kresge’s grantallowstheprojecttoexpanditsmediacoverage and two-year, $600,000 Working and side-by-side regulators withutilities,electric-transmission-gridoperators, The nonprofit promotes community ownership of wind-energy projects by educating ofwind-energyprojects byeducating The nonprofitpromotescommunityownership The organization provides coordination,best-practicesassistanceandpractice-based supportive publicpolicies.Kresge’s grantwillbeusedtosupport general operations. The foundationusesgrantmaking,communicationandoutreach toensurethatthe data aboutenergyuseandretrofitting thousandsofaffordable-housing units. installations andtransmissionlinesinthewesternUnitedStates. decisions withinthecontextofclimatechange anditsimpacts. and greeneconomicdevelopmentinurbancenters. readership inthesecriticalareas. readership development forward. key U.S.key regions. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

Yale University Windustry $175,000 St. Paul, Minnesota Wind onthe Wires $250,000 Denver, Colorado Foundation Western Conservation $300,000 Charlottesville, Virginia grant) (2009 Virginia Organizing Project Scientists Union ofConcerned Tides Center $400,000 Washington, D.C. grant) (2009 Housing for theFuture of AffordableStewards $300,000 Cambridge, Massachusetts $600,000 San Francisco, California $75,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota $300,000 New Haven,Connecticut (2009 grant) (2009

75 Environment | 2010 76 The Kresge Foundation 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Health 77 Arts & Culture | 2010 78 The Kresge Foundation Adult Well-Being Services Adult Well-Being Professional Psychology Boston MedicalCenter Boston, Massachusetts Active Transportation Alliance Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Medical Detroit, Michigan Adler School of Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois System Inc. (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $150,000 $150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $25,000 $60,000

illness whosuffer disproportionately fromdiet-relatedchronic diseases. designed toimprove healthoutcomes forfoster-care homeresidentswithsevere mental and theirfamilies.Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year, ademonstrationproject $150,000 management, toadultswithseverementalillnessandotherdisabilities,aswellcaregivers The seniorcenteroffers acontinuumofservices,such asadvocacy, mentalhealthandcase to Action. institute’s professionalconferenceTheSocial DeterminantsofMentalHealth:From Awareness justice, primarilythroughitsInstituteonSocial Exclusion.Funding willbeusedtopresentthe communities,andadvancingsocial providing holisticservicestounderserved practitioners, Established in1952, the Adler School focusesoneducatingsocially responsiblemental-health system reforms. developing astrategyforelevatingtheroleofcommunity health careinMaryland’s health- government andcommunityagencieson enable BaltimoreMedicaltocollaboratewithkey community-health andsixschool-based centers clinics.Kresge’s planninggrantwill patientsthroughitssix medicallyunderserved The systemservesmorethan45,000 services tolow-income children andtheirfamilies. National Centerandaffiliated programs,which utilizes legal aid toaugmentprimary-care Legal Partnership forChildrenprogramtoexpandandincrease thesustainabilityofits England’s largestsafety-net hospital. Kresge’s grantenablestheMedical two-year, $500,000 nonprofitacademicmedicalcenterinBoston’sThe private, historic South EndisNew environment forrecreationandphysical activity. the Block, aprojecttohelplow-income neighborhoodscreateahealthy, built safeandactive sedentary travelbyautomobile.Kresge’s grantsupports on Living three-year,Active $300,000 attractive sothatresidentshaveenvironmentally andphysically healthyto alternatives Active Transportation bicycling,walking workswithcommunitiestomake andpublictransit Health: Grants region eastofLos Angeles thatisaffected bypollutionfromheavyfreighttraffic,transshipping enable seven community members toattendenable sevencommunitymembers anEnvironmental Protection Agency symposium Through grassroots activism, environmentalThrough grassrootsactivism, research andlegal assistance,theenvironmental- Through grassroots activism, environmentalThrough grassrootsactivism, research and legal assistance,theenvironmental- diesel enginesandtoreducethehealthhazarditposesforvulnerablelow-income populations The nation’s andleadingadvocate forprotecting first children fromenvironmental harmplays The taskforceisworkingonthelocal,state,andfederallevelstocleanuppollutionfromdirty The advocacy organization seekstobuildhealthy communitiescharacterized bysocialjustice, throughout Californiachange policiesandpracticesthatthreatentheirhealth. This three-year, The center, anationallyrecognized policy-analysis andadvocacy organization focusedonthe agencies. Kresge’s grantwill beusedtocompleteabusinessandimplementationplan foran a key roleinshapingbothhealthresearcha key andpolicy. grantenables This three-year, $150,000 the networktoacceleratedevelopmentofanactionplanaddresschildren’s vulnerabilities, The centerfocusesoncommunityorganizing and advocacy inCalifornia’s “Inland Empire,” a and peopleofcolor. grantincreasesstaffingforfieldsupport and This three-year, $1,900,000 $750,000 grantsupports the10-year$750,000 CommunityHealthandCleanEnergyCampaign,which Launched in1989 toredistributeexcessfoodfromthePresidential inauguration,thekitchen hazards. Kresge’s grantwillsupport three-year,tworelatedprojectsinCalifornia’s $750,000 ensuring healthy siteselection,reducingnearby pollutionandimproving indoorairquality. Health andtheEnvironment, theBiomonitoringResource Center, CancerHelpandthenew and environmental healththroughitsprogrammaticworkwithcancerpatients,health-care program toreducetoxic exposuretorailyardandtruck dieselpollutionintwolow-income throughout Californiachange policiesandpracticesthatthreaten theirhealth.Funding will Created in1989, thenonprofitorganization helpslow-income, minority, grassrootsgroups economic well-beinganddemocraticgovernance. grantadvances This two-year, $400,000 upper Midwest and Great Plains, sponsors theNationalSustainable upper MidwestandGreatPlains,sponsors Agriculture Coalition, the allianceworkthroughfederalFarm toSchool grantprogramtoensurethatschool facilities andwarehousing areas. grantwillfundademonstration This two-year, $250,000 in ruralareasaddressthedisproportionate burdenofpollutionandenvironmental health For thenonprofitorganization morethan30years, hasfosteredimprovements inhuman San Joaquin Valley: aland-useprojecttohelpresidentsshapedecisionsintheir an allianceof80grassrootsfarm,foodandconservationgroups.Kresge’s grantwillhelp has grown into a central location for recovering, preparing and delivering reclaimed and reclaimedand has grownintoacentrallocationforrecovering, preparinganddelivering justice organizationindustrialized helpsminorityresidentsinunderserved, communities justice organization industrialized helpsminorityresidentsinunderserved, communities support severalenvironmental-health-relatedon programs,includingtheCollaborative professionals, at-riskyouthandaffinitygroups.Kresge’s grantwill three-year, $225,000 communities andanairprojecttoreducegreenhouse-gas emissionsfromdairyfarms. on incorporatingenvironmental healthandjusticeconcernsintoregulatorypolicy efforts toestablishfederal,stateandlocalguidelinespoliciesforschools aimedat surplus food to homeless shelters, transitional-housing programs and social-services transitional-housing programsandsocial-services surplus foodtohomelessshelters, aims toreducegreenhousegases, smogandtoxic emissionsthroughoutthestate. reduce hazards,influence action. chemicals policyreformandadvanceprotective cafeterias servenutritiousfreshfoodtolow-income children. Environmental HealthPrimary Prevention Training Program. expansion ofthefoodcommissary. engagement atthefederallevel. communities. decisions. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $21,000 Huntington Park, California $25,000 Washington, D.C. DC Central Kitchen Inc. Environment Communities for aBetter Environment Communities for aBetter Commonweal $700,000 Boston, Massachusetts grant) (2008 Air TaskForce Clean Health Network Children’s Environmental $250,000 San Francisco, California the Environment Center onRace, Poverty, & $50,000 Lyons, Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs $200,000 Church, Virginia Falls grant) (2009 Environment andJustice Center for Health, $125,000 California Riverside, Justice Action andEnvironmental Center for Community $75,000 Bolinas, California $50,000 Washington, D.C. $250,000 Huntington Park, California

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79 Health | 2010 80 The Kresge Foundation Jamaica Plain,Massachusetts Jamaica Plain,Massachusetts Environmental HealthFund Institute for Agriculture and First NationsDevelopment Health Care Without Harm Greenaction for Health& Georgia State University The George Washington The Institute for AlternativeInstitute San Francisco, California Environmental Justice Minneapolis, Minnesota University Detroit Wayne County County Detroit Wayne Environmental Health National City, California Ecology Center Inc. Longmont, Colorado Ann Arbor,Michigan Alexandria, Virginia Health Authority Washington, D.C. Detroit, Michigan Atlanta, Georgia Trade Policy (2008 grant) grant) (2008 grant) (2009 Coalition $500,000 $270,000 $250,000 $250,000 $225,000 $325,000 $225,000 Institute $120,000 $175,000 $175,000 $229,130 Futures Inc.

health impactsofchemical-waste disposalintheirpolicydecisions. toenforceregulationsonpollutingindustriesandconsiderthe cumulative policy makers by Kresge’s grant,Greenactionwillpressuregovernment agenciesand three-year, $360,000 from environmental pollution,includingcontaminationfromhazardous-waste landfills. Aided multiracial organizationtoprotectthehealthofvulnerablecommunities strives The diverse, developing alternative scenarios. developing alternative gathering factors, expert care bycreating forecastsforkey opinions,holdingworkshops and many othersubject areas.Funding willenabletheinstitutetofocus onthefutureofprimary on thefutureofpublichealth, education,climatechange, theinformationrevolution and Since itsfoundingin1977 bynotedfuturist Alvin Toffler, theinstitutehasdevelopedreports development of small agriculture-related college course offerings.development ofsmallagriculture-relatedcollegecourse related businessestoincreasetheavailabilityofhealthy, locallyproducedfoodsandthe economic underpinnings.Funding willsupport thelaunch ofseveralNative American food- reservation-based tribalcommunitiestorevitalize theircommunitiesandbuildstrong The Native American-run, economic-developmentorganization ruraland empowers on scientificdataandcontemporaryhealthsafetystandards. new regulatoryrequirementsfullyaddressthemanufactureanduseoftoxic chemicals based Substance Control Act. Kresge’s grantwillstrengthenefforts toensurethat two-year, $500,000 participating intheSafer ChemicalsHealthy Families Campaigntoreformtheoutdated Toxic Dedicated toeliminatingtoxic chemicals intheenvironment, theadvocacy organization is community-planning modelinCaliforniaandnationally. the Sanbordercrossing,aswelldevelopmentanddisseminationofa Diego/Tijuana grantwillsupport theadoptionofclean-air plansforthePort$675,000 ofSan Diegoand health andtheenvironment fromtoxic pollutioninsouthernCalifornia.Kresge’s three-year, The coalitionisaleaderinadvancingpublicpoliciesandlegal ordinancesthatprotectpublic encourage thepurchase ofhealthy, locallygrownfoodbyMichigan hospitals. to eliminateexposureenvironmental hazards inhomes,schools andneighborhoods,to grantwillallowthenonprofittoexpanditsworkatstateandnationallevels year, $575,000 The centerisaleadingadvocate forimproving children’s environmental health.Kresge’s two- community healthcenterfundingfromtheHealthResources andServices Administration. help theagencycoordinatehealth-carecommunity’s efforts tocompetesuccessfullyfor inDetroitand uninsuredresidentsliving Wayneestimated 500,000 County. Funding will improve thecapacityofregion’s underfundedhealth-careinfrastructuretoservethe Former Michigan to Governor Jennifer Granholmestablishedthehealthauthorityin2004 youngsters servedbyChildren’syoungsters HospitalatHughesSpalding. minority children. Funding willgotoward extendingpublic-healthlegal servicestovulnerable the social,environmentalimpactinghealthoflow-income andeconomicfactors and which operatestheHealthLawPartnership, amedical-legalthataddresses collaborative The urbanresearch anchors theCollegeofLaw’s university CenterforLaw, Health&Society, food systemanditsimpactson people’s healthandthephysical environment. fair andsustainable.Funding analysisofthecurrent willbeusedtoconductacomprehensive globally todeveloppoliciesandbestpracticesthatensure food, farmandtradesystemsare Established inresponsetothe1986 worldwidefarmcrisis,theinstituteworkslocally and health-care settings. in facilitiesconstructionandrenovation, andtopromotegreenpracticesproductsin tool. grant supports amultifacetedcampaigntofostergreenbuilding This three-year, $600,000 developed theGreenGuideforHealthCare,industry’s best-practices,green-building first The environmental health-carecoalition,comprising450organizations in52countries,has institutions, anddeterminantsofhealthwell-being. reform,public healthandsafety-net in theareasofhealth-insuranceexpansionsandmarket health-policy issues.Kresge’s grantadvancestheforum’s two-year, programming $900,000 high-level,unbiasedinformationandanalysisonkey offers federalhealthpolicymakers ishome to theNationalHealthPolicy Forum,The university anonpartisan organization that Residents in underserved Boston neighborhoods and adjacent suburbs receive comprehensive comprehensive Residents Boston neighborhoodsandadjacentsuburbsreceive inunderserved support andseniorservicestothemultiethnic,working-classIronboundneighborhoodadjacent The 40-year-old community-based organization provides child care,youthprogramming,family Since itsfoundingin1977 bynotedfuturist Alvin Toffler, theinstitutehasdevelopedreports on to Newark’s waterfront. grantwillsupport effortsThis two-year, collaborative tophase $180,000 Partnership, which health-impactassessmentoftoxic emissionsin isconducting acumulative education reformandenvironmental justicewhile coordinatingefforts toimpactpublicpolicy. A recognized national leader in developing urban food markets, the social enterprise operates A recognized thesocialenterpriseoperates nationalleaderindevelopingurbanfoodmarkets, Dedicated toempoweringcommunitiescreateplayspacesforchildren, KaBOOM! annually programs incommunitiesandschools, withthegoalofincreasingnumberpeoplewho environmental andsocialdeterminantsofhealth. grantwillfundthe This three-year, $750,000 project toestablishanenvironmental-health land-use policyfortheLos Angeles areathatwill three farmers’ markets and several traveling market road shows that connect food producers roadshowsthatconnectfoodproducers andseveral travelingmarket markets three farmers’ other subjectareas.Funding willsupport areview andassessmentofhowcommunityhealth As aleadingsocial-change institution,thefoundationhasaddressedpoverty, youthviolence, the Web sitelinktv.org, which oninternationalnews,current provideevents aglobalperspective devastated communitiesinways thataddressnotonlytheprimary-care system,butalsothe agencies andindustrytoreducetoxic pollutionfromoilrefineries, chemical plantsandother willingness andreadinesstoincreaseplayopportunities intheircommunities.Funding from LiveWell Colorado is a statewide public-private initiative thatcoordinatesobesity-preventionLiveWell initiative Coloradoisa statewidepublic-private develop amodelforengaging youthascatalystsforsocialchange aroundcriticalhealthissues. health servicesandcommunity-based interventionprogramsthroughthehealthcenter. This challenge grantwillbeused for theconstructionofanewLEED-ratedfacilitywithexpanded organization’s infrastructureandincrease it’s abilitytosupport andincentive publicmarkets Formed in1999, LinkMediaownsandoperatesthenation-widebroadcast channel Link TV and the futureofpublichealth,education,climatechange, theinformationrevolution andmany Kresge’s grantsupports theimplementationofaClean three-year, $300,000 Trucks Program communications toachieve itsmissionoftransformingtheeconomy andtheenvironment. lead active lives andhave healthy lives diets. helpsbuild, lead active grantover threeyears This $1,000,000 this three-year, $300,000 grantwillenableKaBOOM! toaward challenge 15 $10,000 this three-year, grants $300,000 implementation phase of the Orleans Neighborhood Health Implementation Plan to assist implementation phaseoftheOrleansNeighborhoodHealth ImplementationPlantoassist centers address the social determinants of health, and lead to new forecasting models for addressthesocialdeterminantsofhealth,andleadtonewforecastingmodelsfor centers out dirty dieseltrucks andbringaClean Trucks policytoports inNewJerseyand York. at thePort ofLong Beach toaddressport-traffic issues,alleviateairpollutionandimprove hazardous sites. grantwillsupportThis two-year, theBrigade’s $130,000 IstroumaHealth This two-year, $500,000 grantwillsupport thefoundation’sThis two-year, $500,000 ofacollaborative leadership The environmental healthandjusticeorganization workswithcommunities,regulatory and diverse culture.Funding willenableaLinkMediapartnerand diverse organization, YouthNoise, to with consumers. Kresge’swith consumers. fundingcommitmentwillstrengthenthe two-year, $300,000 The public-health intermediary has been engaged in plans to redevelop New Orleans’ The public-healthintermediaryhasbeenengaged inplanstoredevelopNewOrleans’ offers PlayfulCityUSA Certification tocitiesthatsubmitapplicationsattesting totheir Istrouma, avulnerablecommunitylocatedadjacenttopetrochemical complex. The allianceusesresearch, organizing, coalition-building,policyadvocacy and toward thepurchase ofplaygroundequipment forlow-income communities. reduce pollutionexposureandhealthriskswhilecreatinggreenenterprises. residents inbuildingasustainablecommunityofhealthy neighborhoods. evaluate andscaleupthecommunity-based anti-obesityprogramming. space forpatienttreatmentand additionalmedicalservices. leveraging these key factors inthefuture. factors leveraging thesekey programs aroundthecountry. residents’ health. residents’ 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $250,000 Santa Monica,California $500,000 Mattapan, Massachusetts Health Center Mattapan Community Market Umbrella $250,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Institute Louisiana PublicHealth $90,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Louisiana Bucket Brigade New Economy a for Los Angeles Alliance $350,000 Denver, Colorado grant) (2008 LiveWell Colorado Link MediaInc. Liberty HillFoundation KaBOOM! $90,000 Newark, NewJersey Corporation Ironbound Community $260,000 Alexandria, Virginia Futures for AlternativeInstitute $150,000 New Orleans,Louisiana $100,000 $100,000 California Los Angeles, $100,000 Washington, D.C. $250,000 San Francisco, California

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81 Health | 2010 82 The Kresge Foundation Ohio Environmental Council National Center for Healthy Federation of America Inc. Minnesota, North Dakota, Pesticide Action NetworkPesticide Action Michigan Department of Michigan Legal Services Foundation ofCalifornia Michigan PublicHealth San Francisco, California Santa Monica,California Minneapolis, Minnesota Media &Policy Center Morehouse School of Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Institute Community Health Community Health Columbia, Maryland Open Cities Health Open CitiesHealth e ok NewYorkNew York, St. Paul, Minnesota Okemos, MichiganOkemos, Lansing, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Atlanta, Georgia Columbus, Ohio North America South Dakota Housing Inc. (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2008 grant) (2009 grant) (2008 Center Inc. Medicine $250,000 $250,000 $370,000 $220,000 $250,000 $150,000 $166,000 $165,000 $80,000 $50,000 $27,000

capacity toservemorepatients. purchased foruseastheNorth EndClinic,providing additionalspaceandincreasingthe in andaroundSt.Paul’s North End. This challenge grantwillbeusedtorenovate abuilding The full-servicemedical,dental,andbehavioralhealthcentertraditionallyservesresidents emissions fromconstructionvehiclesinClevelandandColumbus. grant,theorganization year, willexpandaprojectaimedatloweringharmfuldiesel $180,000 the councilworkstosecurehealthy air, landandwater inOhio. Assisted byKresge’s three- legal initiatives, action,scientificprinciplesand statewide partnerships, Through legislative segment onDetroit. will support theadditionalproductioncostsforlongerdocumentary, includingaspecial communities areredesigningtheirbuiltenvironments inhealth-consciousways. This grant documentary andnationaloutreach toafour- initiative orfive-hourseriesexploringhow company The nonprofitmediaandmarketing hasexpandeditsoriginaltwo-hourPBS and reducehealthdisparitiesinfivelow-income, underserved FultonCountycommunities. granttoimplementacommunity-driven, health-policyprogramdesignedtoaddress $500,000 among U.S. medicalschools foritssocialmission. The school hasbeen awarded athree-year, ofprimary-careleading educators physicians, andwas recentlyrecognized asthetopinstitution Morehouse School ofMedicine,basedatahistoricallyblack college,ranksamongthenation’s advocacy networkandbroadenfundingsupport forhealthy housing. Housing Project toimplementitsNationalHealthy Housing Action Plan,buildagrassroots grant,thecenterwillcreateaCommunity-basedyear, Advocacy $750,000 fortheHealthy reporting, trainingandpolicymakingonhousing-relatedhealthissues. With Kresge’s three- healthy,The nonprofitcorporationfosters safehomesfor children by engaging inresearch, will centralize and consolidateservicesandadministrationintheMinneapolis-St. Paul area. services. The constructionofanewLEED-rated headquarters, assistedbythischallenge grant, The organization andfamilyplanning operated 27clinicsthatprovide reproductive-health on reducingexposuretotoxins. clinician/patient educationsegmentofitsnewEnvironmental HealthEducationProject focused annually.individuals grant,theorganization implementsthe With thistwo-year, $440,000 Parenthood supports servingfive million 99affiliatesthatoperate880healthcenters As thenation’s health-care advocate andprovider, leadingsexualandreproductive Planned planning efforts. coalition’s twomajorcampaigns,andadvancesitsinternalcapacity-building andstrategic- public healthandreduceenvironmental toxins. Kresge’s the grant bolsters two-year, $340,000 organizations dedicatedtofosteringstateandlocalpesticidepoliciespracticesthatprotect The networkanchors CaliforniansforPesticide Reform, astatewidecoalitionof185 community-health initiatives. assistance fortheGetting-The-Lead-Out aswelladditionalconsultationon initiative across theUnitedStates. grantprovides projectsupportThis three-year, and $1,375,000 eliminate orsignificantlyreducetheincidenceofleadpoisoninginthreetargetcommunities The institutehasbeenselectedtomanageKresge’s to initiative collaborative comprehensive, expanding andmobilizingthenetwork’s support base. Kresge’s grantadvancesthedevelopmentofastrategicbusinessplanfor two-year, $100,000 networks seekingtoattain affordable, healthcareforallMichigan comprehensive residents. Health Care Access Network,which builds,strengthensandconnectshealth-care-advocacy The nonprofitlegal-services organization isthefiscalsponsorforMichigan Universal training programoffered inDetroitandreduceleadhazardshigh-riskhousing. outreach. enablestheagencytoexpandcurrent lead- This multiyeargrantfor$55,000 lead poisoningthatencompassescertification, training,education,complianceandcommunity The department isrampingupitsHealthy Homes Program,toeliminate astatewideinitiative improve thehealthoflow-income andminoritycommunities. grant This three-year, $2,000,000 exposure to contaminants in the health centers and to create a toolkit to guide other providers andtocreateatoolkitguideotherproviders exposure tocontaminantsinthehealthcenters technical assistanceandorganizational support fromthisstatewideagency. Kresge’s two-year, health impactsofclimatechange onvulnerablepopulations.Funding willenablethecenterto The nationalresearch, communications,capacity-building andadvocacy-support organization Climate Change to serve as a resource for public-health leaders who are concerned about the whoare concernedaboutthe Climate Changetoserveasaresourceforpublic-healthleaders build itsstaffing,partnerships andtoolsforstrengtheningthepublic-health sector’s response Kresge’s grantwillenablethecoalitiontodeveloprecommendationsfor three-year, $450,000 The organization provides comprehensive reproductive health-care and prevention services health-careandpreventionservices The organization reproductive provides comprehensive at 17 health centers statewide,aswellcommunity-education.at 17 healthcenters This challenge grantwillbe The healthcenter’s fullspectrumofprimary-care, dental,mental-health,legal, andeducation Low-income and uninsured clients in rural areas receive comprehensive reproductive health health reproductive Low-income comprehensive anduninsuredclientsinruralareasreceive CLEARCorps toexpanditsmonitoring ofvulnerablefamilies,acceleratelead-removal efforts services fillsa gap inaccesstocareforresidentstheLancastercommunity. This challenge health. grantsupportsThis three-year,athree-yeareffort to buildurbantrailsinsix $975,000 supports the national expansion of closely linked initiatives to address inequities in the built toaddressinequitiesinthebuilt supports initiatives thenationalexpansionofcloselylinked to inform key policy of need,Project policy HOPEpublishesthehealth-policy journalHealthAffairs toinformkey $365,000 grantwillallowthealliancetoscaleupitsmodelforacentralized billinganddata- $365,000 is workingtochange land-useplanning,urbandesignandfoodsystemsinways that nationwide, affording greateraccesstogreenspaceandimproved personal urbandwellers makers aboutimportant topics. makers grantwillsupportThis two-year,thejournal’s $780,000 first collection systemandexpandaccesstoanationalnetwork ofschool-based healthcenters. The nationallyfocusedpublic-healthintermediarycreatedtheCenterforPublic Healthand The healthcenterprovides freeandreduced-costambulatoryservicestocityresidents. The Parenthood affiliate.Kresge’s grantassistsefforts toreducepatients’ three-year, $300,000 implementing health-educationprogramsandproviding humanitarianassistanceinareas used torenovate anexistingfacilityinChampaign,improving accesstoservicesforlow- disproportionate air-pollution impactsonlow-income andminorityBay-area populations. As part ofitsmissiontoachieve sustainableadvancesinhealthcarearoundtheworldby The conservancy has helped communities develop more than 15,000 miles of open trails milesofopentrails The conservancyhashelpedcommunitiesdevelopmorethan15,000 The association’s community-based programworkstoreducetheriskforchildhood lead poisoning inDetroitthrough in-home leadtestingandremoval, information campaigns, pollution regulationsandstrengthenpublicparticipation indecision-makingprocesses. services at 27 health-care centers operatedbyNorthernservices at27health-carecenters NewEngland’s largestPlanned will consolidateprimary-care, cardiology, functionsinoneefficiently andadministrative environmental healthandjusticecoalitionsotherorganizations workingtoreduce More than100 school-based andschool-linked acrossMichigan healthcenters receive grant willsupport therenovation and expansionofitsdentalclinictoaccommodate training programs and legislative initiatives. initiatives. training programsandlegislative grantenables This multiyear$600,000 major citiesandtoestablishaNationalLearning Networkforinformationsharing. The foundation’s Bay Area Environmentalisapartnership of HealthCollaborative renovation andexpansionofanewhealthcenter, supported thischallenge grant, and increaseactionsagainst repeatoffenders. issue devoted toenvironmental-health policy. environment andfoodsystems. in detoxifying facilities. additional patients. to climatechange. income women. designed space. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$300,000 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2008 CLEARCorps/Detroit Health Association, Southeastern Michigan $200,000 Lancaster, Pennsylvania Health Services SouthEast Lancaster $180,000 Lansing, Michigan Alliance ofMichigan School-Community Health $250,000 New Orleans,Louisiana Health Center Inc. Community St. Thomas $150,000 San Francisco, California grant) (2009 Rose Foundation $325,000 Washington, D.C. grant) (2008 Rails-to-Trails Conservancy $250,000 Oakland, California Public HealthInstitute $680,000 Millwood, Virginia Foundation Inc. People-to-People Health Project HOPE- The PolicyLink $100,000 Williston, Vermont grant) (2009 Northern NewEngland Planned Parenthood of $250,000 Chicago, Illinois Illinois Planned Parenthood of $375,000 Oakland, California (2008 grant) grant) (2008

83 Health | 2010 84 The Kresge Foundation University ofSouthCarolina School ofNatural Resources San Francisco Albuquerque, NewMexico Columbia, South Carolina University ofCalifornia- University ofMaryland, Southeastern Michigan Southeastern Michigan San Francisco, California San Francisco, California SouthWest Organizing University ofMichigan University ofMichigan School ofSocial Work Ann Arbor,Michigan Ann Arbor,Michigan Baltimore, Maryland Health Association Health Association Baltimore County Oakland, California and Environment Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Tides Center (2008 grant) grant) (2008 grant) (2009 TransForm $300,000 $225,000 $250,000 $365,000 $245,000 $245,000 $180,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $70,192 Project

neighborhood environment. projecttodevelopand implementinterventionsthatcontributetoasafer in acollaborative by theSchool of Social Work willengage residentsofthe Waverly public-housing community grant,aninterdisciplinaryresearchAssisted bythisthree-year, teamspearheaded $650,000 Founded in1801, thestate’s studentsoneightcampuses. serves41,000 flagship university initiative, inDetroit’sinitiative, Central Woodward/Northend neighborhood. its Healthy HomesDetroitproject,acombined hazards-reductionandcommunity-education Funding initiatives. willenableCLEARCorpstoimplement training programsandlegislative poisoning inDetroitthroughin-homeleadtestingandremoval, informationcampaigns, The association’s community-based programworks toreducetheriskforchildhood lead the effectiveness ofcommunity-benefit performedbytax-exempt activities hospitals. Hospital CommunityBenefit Program toresearch bestpracticesforevaluatingandimproving populations. Supported byKresge’s grant,theinstitutewillestablisha three-year, $750,000 research centerdedicatedtoimproving thehealthandsocialoutcomesofvulnerable ishometotheHilltopInstitute,anationallyrecognized The liberal-arts university honors Mexico’s air-quality steptoward regulationsasafirst decreasingtoxic airemissions. grant willallowtheorganization tospearhead astatewidecampaigntostrengthenNew pollution andparticipate morefullyindecision-makingprocesses. This three-year, $750,000 For thenonprofithasempoweredvulnerablecommunitiestoreduceair morethan30years, placement ofschools. air-toxics anddevelopbetter standardsforthefuture exposure,inform stakeholders Environmental Protection Agency dataandMichigan schools toidentifysiteswithhigh through research, teaching, andoutreach. grantfundsastudyof This three-year, $485,000 The school seekstoprotecttheearth’s resourcesandtoachieve asustainablesociety training program. year, grantsupports Reach $740,000 aninnovative scienceandpolicy theDecisionMakers that preventexposuretoharmfulchemicals andcreateahealthierenvironment. This three- conducts research andleveragesscientificfindingstoadvanceclinicalcarehealthpolicies anchors theProgramThe university forReproductiveHealthandtheEnvironment, which based settings. maternal andchild healthandtoimprove thequalityofrelatedpracticewithincommunity- grant willfundapilotprojectinDetroittobuildskilledpublic-healthworkforce $300,000 local public-healthdepartments andcommunity-based health organizations. Kresge’s two-year, a CenterofExcellenceinPublic Health Workforce toaddress workforce-capacityissueswithin research anchorsThe top-ranked theSchool university ofPublic Health,which is establishing Wellness Promotion. coordinatedthroughthecityofDetroit’sGet theLead OutInitiative Department ofHealth& initiatives. training programsandlegislative This fundingcontinuesKresge’s support forthe poisoning inDetroitthroughin-homeleadtestingandremoval, informationcampaigns, The association’s community-based programworks toreducetheriskforchildhood lead implement developmentplansthatsupport communityhealthandwell-being. neighborhoodsandhelpto willdeepenitsworkinkey grant,the collaborative year, $200,000 environmental, healthandsocialbenefitsofnewdevelopment. Withfundingfromthistwo- TransForm tomaximize the in2006 co-foundedtheGreatCommunitiesCollaborative Dedicated tofosteringhigh-qualitypublictransportation andsafe,healthy communities, reducing exposuretoairbornehealthhazards. work tofiveadditionalcommunitiesanddevelopnewcommunity-based modelsfor addressing health-threateningindustrialpollution.Funding willbeusedtoextendtheproject’s in 2001 totraincommunitiesuseenvironmental-monitoring toolsforidentifyingand The nonprofitsocial-change organization established theGlobalCommunityMonitorproject

Campaign’s efforts toengage low-income communitiesandofcolorinreforming Founded in1801, thestate’s studentsoneightcampuses. serves41,000 flagshipuniversity The works toimprove environmental qualityandtosecureenvironmental justiceinpredominately chronic-disease risks.Kresge’s grantwillbeusedtoidentify, three-year, evaluateand $750,000 years implementstheexerciseandhealthy-eatingyears programatpublicandparochial schools in populated schools toaddressthechildhood-obesity epidemic. grantover three This $500,000 Based innorthern Manhattan, thenonprofitadvocacy organization, alsoknownas “WE ACT,” world’s organization ofpublic-healthprofessionals,andwillusethis oldestandmost-diverse The foundationworkstoimprove healthoutcomesforvulnerablepopulationsbyincreasing access to fresh, locally grown food and bolstering revenues for family farmers on a national onanational access tofresh,locallygrownfoodandbolsteringrevenuesforfamilyfarmers institution hasalong-standingpartnership withthe American Public Health Association, the Community Alliance forResearch andEngagement, which isleadingacitywideapproach to improve thehealthofNewHavenresidentsbydevelopingprogramsandpoliciesrelatedto African American andLatinocommunities.Supportedgrant, bythistwo-year, $450,000 WE Housed attheuniversity’s Keck School ofMedicine,theSouthern CaliforniaEnvironmental a collaborative initiative toaddressthepollutioneffects initiative ofportsa collaborative andgoodsmovement on level. grantsupportsThis three-year,organizational infrastructureandnutrition- $525,000 three-year, $950,000 granthelpsfundthe three-year, $950,000 Trade, Health,andEnvironment ImpactProject, ACT andtwopartner organizations willspearheadtheSafer ChemicalsHealthy Families Health Sciences Centerspearheadsresearch on traffic-relatedhealthimpacts.Kresge’s The Healthy Schools Program,projectofthefoundation’s acollaborative Alliance fora The private university isawellspringofresearch andprograms,includingthe university centers The private Healthier Generation,was launched acrossthenation’s mostimpoverished, minority- funding tosupport theassociation’s annualconference. incentive programsfornewandexistingprojects. incentive implement effective health-interventionmodels. the Toxic SubstanceControl Act. disadvantaged communities. New Orleans. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $300,000 California Los Angeles, $250,000 New Haven,Connecticut Yale University Foundation William J. Clinton Ventures Inc. Foundation Charitable Wholesome Wave $225,000 NewYorkNew York, Action Inc. West Harlem Environmental California University ofSouthern $90,000 Columbia, South Carolina University ofSouthCarolina $200,000 NewYorkNew York, $175,000 Westport, Connecticut (2009 grant) (2009

(2008 grant) grant) (2008 (2009 grant) (2009

85 Health | 2010 86 The Kresge Foundation and expandmaintainaccesstohealthservicesforvulnerable populations. Priority wastoprojectsthatleverageexisting resources,createmoreeffective operatingsystems,improve given efficiencies tomeetboththeimmediateandlong-termhealthneedsoftheirconstituents. federally qualifiedhealth-centerlook-alikes andvulnerable populations.Ittargetedfreeclinics,public-healthclinicsdesignated servingdiverse health centers The HealthClinicOpportunity Fund isdesigned tobridge,buildandsustaintheoperationsofhigh-performingcommunity- Health ClinicOpportunity Fund Houston Area Brandywine Community Department Coalition oftheGreater Coastal Medical Access Coastal Anderson Valley Health Health Anderson Valley Asian American Health Health Asian American Center Inc. Community Health-In- Bread for theCityInc. Boynton Beach, Florida Resource CouncilInc. Baker CountyHealth Partnership Services Arlington Free Clinic Caridad Center Inc. Claymont, Delaware Project Boonville, California Brunswick, Georgia Community Hope Community Hope MacClenny, Florida St. Louis, Missouri Arlington, Virginia Washington, D.C. Houston, Texas McAllen, Texas Projects Inc. (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $145,000 $75,000

management. andprovide time, maintainandexpandthe poolofmedicalvolunteers patientswithcase care,decreasenew-patientfor operationswillenableadditional familiestoreceive waiting Texas intheLower Rio Grande residentsliving Valley. Kresge’s grant two-year, $150,000 The healthcenteroffers freemedical,behavioral andeducationalhealthservicestouninsured doubled since2007. clinic’s operatingexpensesandhelpsitmeettheincreased needsofapatientloadthathas healthcare touninsuredresidentsfor20years. grantsupports the This two-year, $300,000 The voluntary freeclinicistheonly oneservingmetroSt.Louis, whereithasbeenproviding and expanditsservicestomeetincreaseddemand. supports operatingexpenses,enablingtheclinictoaccommodate additionalnewpatientvisits uninsured residentsinathree-countyregioncoastalGeorgia. grant This two-year, $290,000 The freeclinicactsastheonlysafety-net organization primarycareto24,000 delivering services, improve patientcareandadvanceprofessionalstaff development. granttomaintainitslevelof theclinicusesthistwo-year,in patientvisits2009, $300,000 clothing, medicalcareandlegal andsocialcounseling.Strainedbya50percentincrease services,includingfood, The freeclinicprovides vulnerableresidentswithcomprehensive greater accesstopediatriccareforchildren. be usedtoexpandthedentalprogramandincreasedaysservicesareavailable,providing pay foritsprimary-care andfamily-support services.Kresge’s grantwill two-year, $300,000 The department hasseena30percentincreaseinclientswholack insuranceortheabilityto of primary-care servicestomeettherapidlygrowingdemandforhealthcare. nation’s fourth-largest Asian community. grantsupports theexpansion This two-year, $300,000 insouthwestHouston,hometothe populationsliving underserved Asians andotherdiverse Culturally andlinguisticallycompetenthealthservicesareoffered bythecentertolow-income, to keep its medical services operational until additional funding streams can be developed. itsmedicalservicesoperationaluntiladditionalfundingstreamscanbedeveloped. to keep federal andstatecutbacks, thecenterusesKresge’s grantasbridgefunding two-year, $300,000 in living Anderson Valley, anisolatedagriculturalareainNorthern California.Faced with The centeristheonlymedical-careprovider foramajorityofthedisadvantagedresidents patients’ accesstohigh-qualitycare. patients’ medical transformationprojectdesignedtointegratenewelectronicsystemsthatwillexpand prescriptions lastyear. grantwillbeusedtoimplementamultiyear This two-year, $200,000 income Arlington Countyresidentssince1994, patientvisitsandfilled 15,000 handled10,000 The clinic,which medicalservicestouninsured,low- free,comprehensive hasbeendelivering to meetincreaseddemand. grantwillenablethecentertomaintainitsoperationsandexpandservices year, $225,000 uninsured andunderinsuredchildren andadultsinNewCastleCounty. Funding fromthistwo- programs, includingClaymontFamily HealthServices, which offers health-caretreatmentto The centerfunctionsasamultipurposehuman-servicesagencyproviding community-driven demand forservices. grantsupports theclinic’syear, $200,000 operatingexpensesandhelpsitmeettheincreased populationofuninsuredandworking-poorfamilies.Kresge’sand economicallydiverse two- medical, dental,educational-enrichment andcommunity-outreach servicestoanethnically Serving asthelargestsafety-net provider inPalm Beach County, Caridad’s HealthClinicoffers The medicalcenteroperatestwofreehealthclinics,Shepherd’s HopeandtheCommunity After Since 1982, servicestomeetthe healthandsocialneedsof thefreeclinic hasprovided life-giving current servicesandlevelofoperationswhileaccommodatingadditionalclientswhoseekcare. comprehensive medical organization accommodating more than 26,000 patient visits annually patientvisitsannually medicalorganizationcomprehensive accommodatingmorethan26,000 Funding willsupport theclinic’s operationsandexpanditscapacitytotreatadditionalpatients. workers receive medical diagnostic, treatment and intervention services, as well as education, medicaldiagnostic,treatmentandinterventionservices,aswelleducation, receive workers numbers ofpatientswhoneedassistance, theclinicusesthistwo-year,numbers granttohire $196,000 the Winchendon Project,developedjointlywithMurdock aninitiative MiddleHighSchool and workers inthesouthernpart ofthecountywholackworkers healthinsurance,worker’s compensation Low-income, adultsandchildren homelessandunderserved of southOrangeCountyreceive information andreferrals. Grantmonieswillgotoward themaintenanceofpediatricmedical low-income, uninsuredresidentsof Washtenaw and Western Wayne countiesandsurrounding in ruralDavidsonCounty. Kresge’s grantenablestheclinictomaintainits two-year, $300,000 The Kansas University Endowment, the private fundraising arm of the University of Kansas, ofKansas, fundraisingarmoftheUniversity Endowment,theprivate The Kansas University Hours Clinic, which serve more than 8,000 patients,includingmany whoareuninsuredand Clinic,whichHours servemorethan8,000 care facilityoffering medicalanddentalcaretopatients,amajorityofwhomareminorities, special services to underserved populations.Kresge’sspecial servicestounderserved grantwillsupport two-year, $132,000 Through thecenter, low-income Lansing-arearesidentsandmigrantfarm andunderserved medical, dentalandcommunity-education servicesbytheworkingpoor. Kresge’s two-year, living inpoverty.living grantwillsupport operationsand Assistance fromthistwo-year, $300,000 Since 1985, thevoluntary freeclinichasevolved fromagrassrootsoperationtofull-scale, Wyandotte County. granttobolsteritsoperations The clinicwillusethistwo-year, $150,000 which primaryandprenatalhealthcaretolow-income, offers nurse-managed underserved The nonprofitcommunityhospitaliscommitted toimproving accesstocareandproviding and serving vulnerable populations, including the homeless and undocumented residents. and servingvulnerablepopulations,includingthehomelessundocumentedresidents. handles charitable contributionstothehealthclinic,which provides wide-rangingmedical, services andthepurchase ofsoftware toimplement anelectronicmedicalrecordssystem. medical anddentalcarealongwithpharmaceuticalservicesattheonlysafety-net provider the Joint CoalitiononHealthtoprovide mental-healthandsubstance-abusecounselingto expand themedicalservicesprovided tovulnerablepopulationsandhelpthecentermeet uninsured oronMedicaid. grantcommitmentwillstrengthenand This two-year, $300,000 areas. The clinicwillbeabletoaccommodatethegrowingdemand for itsservicesbyneedy Uninsured andunderinsuredresidentspatientswithchronic healthconditionsreceive Over 25 years, thecenterhasgrownfromaneighborhoodclinicto metropolitanhealth- Over 25years, The community-oriented nonprofitorganization operatesthe Project Salud Health Center, The state’s largestfreeclinichasseenasteadyincreaseindemandforitscomprehensive $300,000 grant funds new initiatives toexpandtheclinic’s grantfundsnewinitiatives reach,$300,000 support thedemandsof free medical,dentalandhealth-education servicesfromtheclinic.Faced with increasing mental-health andoutreach servicestouninsuredlow-income andminorityresidentsof residents ofChesterCounty. Kresge’s grantwillsupport servicesfor two-year, $300,000 populations with additional operating support provided by this two-year, $300,000 grant. grant. populations withadditionaloperatingsupport provided bythistwo-year, $300,000 current andnewclientsshoreupprogrammaticmedicalpartnerships. expand accesstomedicalservicesatbothclinics. and regularaccesstoahealth-careprovider. students on-siteduringtheschool day. and increaseaccesstoprimarycare. additional staff members. increased demand. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Clinic Laguna Beach Community La ComunidadHispanaInc. $50,000 Lawrence, Kansas Health Clinic on behalfofSilver City Endowment Association Kansas University $150,000 Denver, Colorado Inner CityHealthCenter Hope MedicalClinicInc. $66,000 Gardner, Massachusetts Hospital Henry Heywood Memorial $100,000 Norman, Oklahoma Health for Friends $150,000 Cleveland, Ohio grant) (2009 Greater Cleveland The Free MedicalClinicof $150,000 Orlando, Florida Center Florida HospitalMedical Clinic Inc. Davidson MedicalMinistries $150,000 Lansing, Michigan Center Cristo Rey Community $150,000 Ypsilanti, Michigan grant) (2009 $150,000 Kennett Square,Pennsylvania $96,000 Laguna Beach, California $150,000 Lexington, North Carolina (2009 grant) (2009

(2009 grant) (2009

87 Health | 2010 88 The Kresge Foundation Siloam Family HealthCenter North CoastHealthMinistry Medical Outreach Ministries Rhode IslandFree ClinicInc. Santa Cruz Women’s Health Shelter HealthServicesInc. Mercy Primary Care Center NorthwestFree Arkansas Mobile MedicalCare Inc. Providence, RhodeIsland Charlotte, North Carolina Neighborhood Clinics Montgomery, Alabama Family HealthCenter Tullahoma, Tennessee Fayetteville, Arkansas Santa Cruz,California Partners for Healing Nashville, Tennessee Bethesda, Maryland Center Isla Vista, California Isla Vista, Detroit, Michigan Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood, Santa Barbara Health Center (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $125,000 $150,000 $100,000 $110,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 $85,000

Oakland, California Demonstration projectgrantrecipientsawarded December2010 Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ClinicFoundation Memphis, Tennessee Services Inc. Christ CommunityHealth Ridgeland, South Carolina Comprehensive HealthServicesInc. Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Department Alameda CountyPublicHealth Planning grantrecipientsawarded February 2010 The department, which community-health servicesandprograms,serves designsanddelivers behaviors and outcomes of at-risk youth and encourage their positive engagement and outcomesofat-riskyouthandencouragetheirpositive intheEast behaviors improving accesstohealthythatsupport foodsandfosteringcommunityactivities thehealth East Cleveland Teen asademonstrationprojectdesignedtoimprove thehealth Collaborative The healthandsocial-servicesagencyserves Asians, Pacific andother immigrants Islanders nearly 40 years, ispartnering nearly 40years, onamodelprojecttodevelopcommunity-based leadership hospital carewithresearch andeducation. Assisted bythisgrant,theclinicwilldevelop The healthcenter, which hasprovided servicestomedicallyunderinsuredcommunitiesfor One-third ofNorth Country’s patientsareuninsured,working poor, makingitanimportant as theleadagencyforFood toFamilies,aimedatreducingtheriskofobesity, aninitiative organization responsible for ensuring that comprehensive health and fitness services are organization healthandfitnessservicesare responsibleforensuringthatcomprehensive living inKalihi living Valley. Kresge’s grantwillsupport thedemonstrationphaseof “Return rural communities.Funding fromKresge’s grantwillsupport theHermosaVida project,a collaborative initiative toprovide low-income initiative collaborative children withaccesstohealthinformation, the healthoflow-income, foreign-bornresidentsfacinglanguage andcultural-transition to OurRoots” project,which isdesignedtoaddressthemental-healthissuesimpacting The Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center that integrates clinical and The ClevelandClinicisanonprofitacademicmedicalcenterthatintegratesclinicaland provider of full-spectrum medical and dental services to underserved residents in nine residentsinnine provider offull-spectrummedical and dentalservicestounderserved $750,000 each tosupport thebuildoutoftheir proposed demonstrationprojects. $750,000 This constitutedpart-two funding.Eight regional providers inordertoreducehealthdisparities andimproveregional providers thehealthoutcomesofadultsandchildren in living In February 2010, each to12 thefoundationawarded public-healthagenciesandcommunitynonprofit grantsof$75,000 Through atwo-part process,thisgrantopportunity amonglocaland seekstofosternewmodelsofhealth-caredelivery grantees wereawarded acombined$6million over threeyears. The projectswillbeevaluatedfortheireffectiveness in In December2010, the12 organizationsprogramplanninganddesigngrantscompetedforanadditional thatreceived

organizations in11 statesforprogramplanninganddesign. This constitutedpart-one ofthegrantopportunity. fitness programs,nutritioncounseling andhealthy life-stylesupports.

available tovulnerableresidentsofSheldon Township. Saginaw, Michigan Public Health Saginaw CountyDepartment of Silver Spring,Maryland Montgomery CountyInc. Primary Care Coalitionof Flagstaff, Arizona North CountryHealthcare Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii Family Services Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive of African American andLatinopregnantwomen.

Cleveland community. Safety-net EnhancementInitiative

challenges. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Roxbury, Massachusetts Committee Inc. Whittier Street HealthCenter Detroit, Michigan Voices OfDetroit Initiative Taos, NewMexico Holy Cross Hospital Taos HealthSystems Inc. Sauget, Illinois Foundation Southern IllinoisHealthcare Flagstaff, Arizona Healthcare Inc. North Country Honolulu, Hawaii Services Comprehensive Family Kalihi Valley Kokua Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ClinicFoundation Ridgeland, South Carolina Services Inc. Comprehensive Health Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Health Department Alameda CountyPublic Oakland, California

reducing healthdisparities. underserved communities. underserved

89 Health | 2010 90 The Kresge Foundation Voices OfDetroit Initiative Taos HealthSystems Inc. Center Committee Inc. Roxbury, Massachusetts Whittier Street Health Holy Cross Hospital Taos, NewMexico Detroit, Michigan

hypertension onaresidential-housingcampus. living amongseniors the rolloutofa “Healthy Mall”modeldesignedtoreducetheincidenceofdiabetesand Living agencies, community-health andgrassrootsorganizations. centers Kresge’s grantwillsupport populationsbycoordinatingtheeffortsunderserved oflocalhealthsystems,public-health The community-health workstoimprove healthservicesformedically collaborative infrastructure toimprove thehealthandwell-beingofchildren. Health Initiative,” ademonstrationprojectfocusedonbuildingcommunity-based systemand With thisgrant, Taos HealthSystems willspearheadimplementationof “La JicaritaFamily communitiesinthestate’sservices toresidentsofethnicallydiverse north-central region. The nonprofithealth-careorganization operates HolyCrossHospitalandprovides health-care among residentsinBostonpublic-housingdevelopments. “Building Vibrant Communities”projecttoaddresshighratesofhypertension anddepression led apartnership ofagencies,academicsandcommunityorganizations indevelopingthe clients,thehealthcenterhas As aprimaryprovider ofclinicalandsocialservicesfor14,000 Human Services 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 91 Arts & Culture | 2010 92 The Kresge Foundation McConnell Clark Foundation America’s SecondHarvest The Bridge Over Troubled Alliance for Children and Carbondale Community Carbondale Community Berks Women inCrisis Reading, Pennsylvania Milwaukee, Wisconsin Carbondale, Colorado Initiative – The Edna Capital Aggregation of CoastalGeorgia e ok NewYorkNew York, Savannah, Georgia Nonprofit Center Pasadena, Texas Families Inc (2008 grant) (2008 Waters Inc. $2,000,000 $200,000 $250,000 $250,000 $750,000 $171,928 .

organizations. chief strategyofficerpositionswithinthealliance’s nationalofficeand 15multiservicemember U.S. communities.Kresge’s grantwillsupport theplanningphaseofapilotprojecttocreate peoplein8,000 networkof350nonprofithuman-servicesagenciesserving 3,000 membership andmanagement-developmentservicestoitsnational The allianceoffers leadership supported bythischallenge grant, willhouse25communityandregionalnonprofit tenants. space fornonprofitorganizations inaseven-countyregion. Thenew ThirdStreetCenter, The centerisajointeffort totransform avacantschool intoagreenfacilityoffering affordable Partnership inDenver. growth-capitalgrantto both Memphis-based $3,000,000 Youth Villages andtheNurse-Family sustainability atscale.Inpartnership withthefoundation,Kresgeawarded athree-year, has selectedgranteestoparticipate inafundingsyndicate thatwillenablethemtoachieve The foundationseekstoadvanceopportunities forlow-income youth,agenineto24,and grant willgotoward theconstructionofanewLEED-ratedmultiservicecenter. support servicestowomenandchildren whoarevictimsofdomesticviolence. A challenge Berks provides emergencyandtransitionalshelter, child daycare,meals,counselingand capacity tomeettheincreasingneedforservices. emergency shelter, supported bythischallenge grant,willenablethecentertoexpandits domestic-violence victimsandhomelessindividuals. The constructionofanew25-bed case-managementandsupportThe crisiscenterprovides comprehensive servicesto challenge grant,willprovide acommercialkitchen fortheKidsCaféprogram. residents. The constructionofanewadditiontoanexistingfoodwarehouse, assistedbythis agencies andoperatesaMobileFood Pantry programtodistributefooddirectlyrural Operating ina21-county areainsoutheasternGeorgia,thenonprofitprovides foodtopartner Human Services: Grants services to seniors, andtransportationservices toseniors, programs. This challenge grantwillbeusedtoconstruct placement, case-management, counseling, substance-abuse treatment, and parenting services placement, case-management, counseling,substance-abusetreatment,andparentingservices The organization workstoendviolenceagainst womenandchildren throughpubliceducation, the Children’s DefenseFund’s MinnesotaofficecreatedtheBridgetoBenefitsprojectbolster behavioral-health services to veterans and others. behavioral-health servicestoveteransandothers. Assisted bythischallenge grant,theagency Dedicated to improving the lives ofchildrenDedicated toimproving thelives through publiceducation,advocacy andresearch, plans topurchase aresidentialfacility, which willincreaseitsability toserveadditionalclients. the Temporary Assistance forNeedyFamilies programandSupplementalNutrition Assistance create acommunity campusfor20healthand human-servicesorganizations andenhance the the economicstabilityoflow-income familiesbyconnectingthemtopublicprogramsandtax Crosspoint offers residentialre-entryservicestoformerlyincarcerated citizens andoutpatient to 11,000 annually. individuals The renovation ofawarehouse, usingthischallenge grant,will The organization delivers financial education and related services to individuals and families, andfamilies, financialeducationandrelatedservicesto individuals The organization delivers promoting upward economicmobility. Challenge-grantmoneywillsupport therenovation of accommodate more than 200 additionalhomelessfamilies,andbroadenitssupport services accommodate morethan200 Serving a10-county areain Ohio and West Virginia, theorganization offers job-readinessand credits. grantwillsupport This two-year,expansionoftheprojecttoadditionalsites $450,000 households. Kresge’s four-year, grantwillsupport thecenter’s efforts $600,000 tostrengthen The Colorado Coalition operates 33 programs that provide 15,000 homeless or at-risk adults homelessorat-riskadults The ColoradoCoalitionoperates33programsthatprovide 15,000 transitional housingatCrossroadsSafehouse alongwithacontinuumofservicesleadingto professional training,advocacy, Challenge-grant fundingwillbeused andpolicyinitiatives. Nearly 4,400 vulnerable, low-income individuals and families throughout Colorado receive vulnerable,low-income andfamiliesthroughoutColoradoreceive individuals Nearly 4,400 to renovate anexistingbuildingtocreateaLEED-ratededucation andprogramcenterwith Program developingrecommendationsandforging bytraininghuman-servicesproviders, the GuadalupeCommunity Assistance CenterandShelterin Weld County, allowingforthe Women andchildren emergencyshelterand whoarevictimsofdomesticviolencereceive independence. This challenge grantwillgotoward therenovation ofdonatedfacilitiesthat the infrastructureforevaluatingmodel’s effectiveness andestablishadditionalsitesin The safety-net provider operatesafoodbankandprovides homeless-prevention support, Charities each year. The agencywillusechallenge-grant fundingtoconstructandexpand changes ontheirownbehalf. theymake grantwillhelp tobuild This three-year, $450,000 The organization’s anti-poverty innovative low-income modelempowers familiestotake and children annuallywithemergencyhousingandintegratedhumanservices.Kresge’s housing, counseling,immigration,child-care andothercriticalservicesthroughCatholic food, housingassistance,andcounseling. The renovation ofasix-story, comprehensive- two-year, $1,375,000 grant will enable the coalition to expand its residential facilities to grantwillenablethecoalitiontoexpanditsresidentialfacilities two-year, $1,375,000 responsibility for improving their lives by awarding incentive grants based on positive byawardinggrantsbasedonpositive responsibility forimproving theirlives incentive The agencyprovides safety-net servicesforchildren andadults,includingemergency and programs,such asfoodassistanceandincomesupport, which affect low-income resource center, aidedbythischallenge grant,willexpandtheagency’s capacityand will house32additionalbedroomsandaccommodatefamiliesbattered men. The nonprofitresearch andpolicyinstitutefocusesonsafety-net issues,policies an existingbuildingthatwillserveasanewheadquarters. equity, efficiencyandeffectiveness of servicesdelivery. consolidation ofprogramsandshelterservices. a LEED-ratedfamilycenter. and job-trainingprograms. consolidate itsprograms. California andnationally. strategic partnerships. and fourotherstates. meeting space. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$150,000 Oakland, California $150,000 Canton, Ohio Central OhioInc. Greater Cleveland andEast Goodwill Industries of $1,000,000 San Francisco, California Futures WithoutViolence Initiative Family Independence $700,000 Tulsa, Oklahoma Services Family andChildren’s $300,000 Fort Collins,Colorado Crossroads Safehouse Inc. $400,000 Antonio,TexasSan Crosspoint Inc. $250,000 NewYorkNew York, Credit Where Credit IsDue $350,000 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Assistance Program Inc. Community Emergency $1,000,000 Denver, Colorado Homeless Colorado Coalitionfor the $150,000 St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Children’s Defense Fund $100,000 Washington, D.C. Policy Priorities Center onBudget and Archdiocese ofDenver Inc. Community Servicesofthe Catholic Charities and $171,271 Denver, Colorado (2008 grant) grant) (2008

93 Human Services | 2010 94 The Kresge Foundation Mercy HousingandHuman Greater Cleveland andEast Greater Baton Rouge Food The National Alliance for Haven for HopeofBexar Michigan Association of of Michigan Association Columbia, South Carolina Inspiration Corporation Goodwill Industries of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mid-South Food Bank Opportunity Program Indianapolis, Indiana Memphis, Tennessee Gulfport, Mississippi Midlands Housing Midlands Housing Indiana University Development Inc. a Antonio,TexasSan Monroe, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Central OhioInc. United Ways Inc. United Ways Washington, D.C. Monroe County Hispanic Health Chicago, Illinois Canton, Ohio Alliance Inc. $2,500,000 $1,100,000 $1,498,745 $1,157,500 Bank Inc. $500,000 $400,000 $300,000 $500,000 $550,000 $270,000 $100,000 County

MiBridges applicationprogramforsubmitting benefitsrequestsonline. Kresge’s four-year, toexpand its grantwillenabletheinitiative $2,105,000 Web-based thatprovides needyMichiganInitiative familieswithone-stopaccesstopublicbenefits. responses tocurrent andemergingissues,iscoordinatingtheMichigan Benefits Access The association,which worksdirectlywithMichigan’s 64localUnited Ways todevelop treatment, healthcareandjobtraining.Funding willsupport thecollaborative’s programming. withaccesstohousing,counseling,meals,substance-abuse by providing needyindividuals anallianceoflocalorganizations Collaborative, dedicated tomeetingbasichumanneeds As aleaderinthefightagainst hunger, thefoodbankisspearheading the Safety-Net by fundingnewchief operating officerand/or chief developmentofficerpositions. alliance’s “Our Treasures” demonstration projecttostrengthen10 multiserviceorganizations touch of100 millionpeopleannually. thelives This four-year, $4,298,701 grantwillsupport the services to15 millionlow-income anditsnationalfederal outreach individuals, partners The alliance’s community-based healthandhuman organizations networkof500 delivers practitioners, funders, andpolicymakers. funders, practitioners, support newresearch onthehuman-servicessectoranddisseminationoffindingsto ofphilanthropyandimprove its practice. understanding grantwill This three-year, $600,000 ishometotheCenteronPhilanthropy,The university which seekstoincreasethe grant for facilities construction and renovation and a $1,000,000 grant for operations. grantforoperations. grant forfacilitiesconstructionandrenovation anda$1,000,000 tracking system.Kresgewillsupport thecreationofasingle-stopcampuswith$1,500,000 79 partner andcentralized agenciesthroughitsmastercasemanagers case-management and families,HavenforHopecurrently coordinates150 different socialservicesfrom systemforassistinghomelessindividuals todevelopacomprehensive Established in2006 distribution center. this challenge granttopurchase andrenovate alarger, moreefficientfacilitytoserveasits to 126 nonprofits. Faced withincreasingdemandforfoodassistance,theorganization willuse The foodbankcollects,processes,anddistributesnearly11 millionpoundsoffoodannually needy individuals andfamiliestoshopforhealthy,needy individuals nutritiousfood. residents annually. Funding willhelptheagencycreatea “client choice pantry”thatenables conservation, transportation andhomecaretomorethan 7,300 low-income andelderly emergencyfood,housingassistance,energy The community-action agencydelivers the center’s expandedservices. tosupport facility thatwillserveasatransitional-housingcenterandanadditional$250,000 educational opportunities. fortherenovation ofanexisting This grantprovides $250,000 approach thatincludesservicesdesignedtobuildself-sufficiency, employment and intopermanenthousingthroughacomprehensive The alliancemoves homelessindividuals individuals annually.individuals acquire, renovate andopenanewhousingmultiservicecenterserving7,000 additional and financialasset-developmentcounseling. Thisgrantwillsupport aprojectto housing, emergencyassistance,life-skillstraining,employmentreadinessandplacement, array acomprehensive ofhuman-developmentservices,including Mercy Housingdelivers accommodations foradditionalclients. used topurchase andrenovate abuildinginGarfield Park tocreateaLEED-ratedfacilitywith vocational trainingtosubstance-abusetreatmentandtherapy. This challenge grantwillbe The organization provides acontinuumofservices,rangingfromhousingplacementand renovated communitycampus. client-tracking systemforuseby20healthandhuman-servicesorganizations inanewly to 11,000 annually. individuals This grantwillsupport theimplementationofanintegrated placement, case-management,counseling,substance-abusetreatment,andparentingservices Serving a10-county areainOhioand West Virginia, theorganization offers job-readinessand

The food bank collects and distributes 66 million pounds of emergency food annually in Oregon The foodbankcollectsanddistributes66millionpoundsofemergencyannuallyinOregon Founded in1955, theagencyassistshomeless,low-income anddisabledDetroitresidentswith year, $2,000,000 grantwillsupportto therefinementandexpansionofEarnBenefitsmodel year, $2,000,000 direct legal representation,communityeducation,public-awareness campaigns,andadvocacy replacement residentialandprogramfacilitythatwillhelpmoreteen-ledfamiliesgain stability and southwest Washington. A challenge grantwillgotoward thepurchase andrenovation ofa Established in1991 asafoodpantryandsoupkitchen, theorganization hastransitionedfrom location. grantwillenableSingleStoptobuildoutitsinfrastructure This two-year, $1,500,000 an array ofservicesrangingfromemergencyfoodandclothingtomental-healthassessment immigrants, byoffering life-skills,educational,andemployment-trainingprogramsdesigned housing andsupportive servicesforchronically Funding homelessindividuals. forthefourth Homeless teenagers andtheirchildrenHomeless teenagers findsafehousingatNewMomsandbenefitfromthe The agencyassistspoorandlow-income throughitslegal-aid individuals services,including local communityorganizationswhich onitsEarnBenefitsinitiative, and connectsindividuals apply foravarietyofdifferent publicbenefitsandservicesatonecentralized, easy-to-access The agency serves high-risk young people, including gang members, truants, refugees, and The agencyserveshigh-riskyoungpeople,includinggangtruants,refugees,and members, to helpthembecomeeconomicallyindependentadults. This four-year, grantwill $1,500,000 As part ofitseffort touplift low-income peoplefrompoverty, theorganization partners with providing shelter services to adopting a comprehensive modelthatemphasizesproviding shelterservicestoadoptingacomprehensive permanent Oregon. Funding willbeusedtoconstructafive-acre, LEED-ratedcommunitycampuswith With poverty ontherise,community-action agencyfacesanincreasingdemandforthe families to public and private benefits,suchfamilies topublicandprivate asfoodstampsandtax credits. Kresge’s three- or excludedfromthejusticesystem.Funding willgotoward constructionofalarger, more agency’s individualizedcasemanagement,workforceandlife-skillsdevelopment,parental food, housing and emergency medical services it delivers tolow-income residentsinrural food, housingandemergencymedicalservicesitdelivers renovation ofanexistingbuilding,aidedbythischallenge grant, willcreateamultitenant entrepreneurship, andgovernment organizations,entrepreneurship, andprovided support throughvarious multitenant nonprofitcenters. Thisgrantwillfundastudytomeasuretheprogrammatic, support ROCA’s growthstrategy, enablingittostrengthenitsorganizational capacityand on behalf of minorities, immigrants, and others who historically have been underserved whohistoricallyhavebeenunderserved on behalfofminorities,immigrants,andothers headquarters foruseasa155-unit, LEED-rated housingfacilityoffering on-siteservices. Open Dooroperatesadrop-in andtransitionalhousingcenterafoodprogram. The year of a five-year, $1,000,000 grantwillsupport theorganization’syear ofafive-year, $1,000,000 program-expansion programs, such Network,which astheNonprofitCenters promotesthedevelopmentof a CommunityFood Resource Center, Childand Family Resource CenterandHeadStart education andchildren’s programming.New Moms willuseKresge’s granttobuilda warehouse thatwillserveasacenterforeducation andemergencyfooddistribution. and referral. This grantwillsupport therenovation ofDetroit’s historicMichigan Bell so itcanexpanditsprogramsandimprove theeffectiveness andqualityofitswork Through its “single-stop-shop” model,theorganization enablesfamiliesinneedto economic, environmental, and community impact of multitenant centers and their economic, environmental, andtheir andcommunityimpactofmultitenantcenters campaign andadvanceitsefforts toreducethehuman,socialandeconomictoll Since 1976, hasforgedpartnerships withphilanthropic,nonprofit,social- Tides energy-efficient officebuildingin Alamo, Texas. achieve financialsustainability. resource andreferral center. throughout thecountry. classroom building. and self-sufficiency. aggregate services. of homelessness. other states. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$500,000 Wichita, Kansas Open DoorInc. United Methodist Tides Inc. $190,000 Austin, Texas Texas CivilRightsProject $1,000,000 NewYorkNew York, Corporation Economic Development Structured Employment $850,000 NewYorkNew York, Single Stop USAInc. ROCA Inc. Preble Street $800,000 Portland, Oregon Oregon Food BankInc. $700,000 Coos Bay, Oregon Community Action Oregon Coast $140,000 Chicago, Illinois New MomsInc. $1,250,000 Detroit, Michigan Organization Neighborhood Service $150,000 San Francisco, California $250,000 Chelsea, Massachusetts $200,000 $200,000 Portland, Maine

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95 Human Services | 2010 96 The Kresge Foundation Ways ToWork Utah Food BankServices University ofMinnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota University ofMissouri Milwaukee, Wisconsin YWCA MadisonInc. Yamhill Community McMinnville, Oregon YWCA of Tacoma & Tacoma, Washington Madison, Wisconsin Action Partnership Columbia, Missouri Salt City, Lake Utah Greeley, Colorado Weld Food Bank Washington, D.C. Urban Institute Pierce County (2008 grant) (2008 $500,000 $500,000 $200,000 $450,000 $260,000 $375,000 $150,000 $100,000 $158,550

renovate anapartment buildingfor useasadomestic-violenceshelter. women andchildren each year. With challenge-grant funding,the YWCA will purchase and amultiservice safety netofprevention,educationandsupport formorethan14,000 delivers Established in1906 toprovide healthandwellnessprogramsforwomengirls,the YWCA rated housingfor150 womenandchildren. Challenge-grant monieswillbeusedtorenovate themainresidentialfacilityandcreateLEED- transportation, educationandjobtraining,after-school programsto2,100 clientsannually. century, the YWCA Madison provides emergencyandpermanenthousing,food,clothing, Dedicated tomeetingtheneedsoflow-income womenandchildren formorethana inventory system. ofthecapacityruralhuman-services delivery map andproduceadetailedsocioeconomicdemographicframeworkdevelopan challenges, needsandopportunities facingrural America. Funding willsupport aprojectto School ofPublic Affairs andtheschool’s Rural Policy Research Institute,which analyzes the Founded in1839, Missouri’s largestpublicresearch housestheHarry S. university Truman project to develop learning materials for nonprofit human-services leaders andmanagers. project todeveloplearningmaterialsfornonprofithuman-servicesleaders forthepublicgood. whoworkcollaboratively experienced leaders This grantwillfunda ishometothePublic Center, andNonprofit Leadership The university which supports trained, the program’s expansionplans. tosupport ingrowth-capitalfundingfortwoyears investment and$1,500,000 over fiveyears program-related school andotheractivities. grantaward includesa$1,500,000 This $3,000,000 loans tolow-wage enablingthemtopurchase earners, fortransportation usedcars tojobs, The nationaleconomic-empowermentprogramprovides financialeducationandaffordable offices andanexpandedfood warehouse anddistributioncenter. enable theorganization topurchase property andconstructafacilitytohouseitsprogram andrentalassistance. shelters, This combinedchallenge andoperational-support grantwill The nonprofitoperatesafoodbank,transitprogram,weatherizationthreehomeless software system,andtheacquisitionoftrucks. of areplacementwarehouse anddistribution facility, thepurchase ofaninventory-tracking the state’s 2-1-1 referral line. This challenge grant willbeusedforthepurchase andrenovation Utah’s leadingsafety-net provider distributesfoodto125 agenciesandprogramsmanages by this grant, will help the food bank deliver moremealstolow-incomeby thisgrant,willhelpthefoodbankdeliver children. stamps andassistancetoneedyresidents. The completionofacommercial kitchen, assisted andreferralalso functionsasajob-trainingsiteandanintake organization thatprovides food In additiontodistributingfood115 peoplemonthly, partner agenciesserving9,000 Weld pilot launch ofanintegratedonlinedatabase,toolkitandresourcehub. Greater NewOrleansnonprofitsector’s humanservicesandsupport capabilitiestodeliver the well-being. Kresge’s assessmentofthe grantwillfundacomprehensive three-year, $300,000 andeconomic broad audienceandinformscommunitydevelopmenttopromotesocial,civic The nonpartisan economicandsocial-policyresearcha institutedisseminatesitsfindingto

$150,000 Sarasota, Florida of Sarasota-Manatee Inc. Jewish Family &Children’s Service $175,000 Kansas City, Missouri Network Harvesters – The CommunityFood $175,000 NewYorkNew York, Good Shepherd Services $50,000 Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin ShalomZoneInc. $100,000 Edinburg, Texas Boys andGirls ClubofEdinburg Inc. $150,000 Manchester, NewHampshire Boys &Girls ClubofManchester $175,000 Florida Worth,Lake Palm Beaches Inc. Adopt-A-Family ofthe In responsetotheeconomiccrisis, The KresgeFoundation Trustees approvedand one-timeoperatingsupport grantsin2009

2010 torecentgrantrecipientsforsafety-net servicessuch asfood,shelter, andotheremergencyassistance. This support

helped directserviceorganizations onthefront linecover fundinggaps causedbytheeconomiccrisis.

$175,000 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore St. Vincent dePaul Societyof $175,000 Muncie, Indiana East Central IndianaInc. Second Harvest Food Bankof $175,000 Asheville, North Carolina Pisgah Legal Services $175,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota Open Arms ofMinnesotaInc. NANAY Inc. $175,000 Jackson, Mississippi Home ServicesInc. Mississippi Children’s $175,000 Charleston, South Carolina Lowcountry Food BankInc. $50,000 North Miami,Florida

Economic Crisis GapFunding 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $175,000 Castle Rock, Colorado Outreach Center Women’s Crisis andFamily $175,000 Seattle, Washington Wellspring Family Services Wellspring Inc. $175,000 Fitchburg, Massachusetts Veteran Homestead Inc. $125,000 Junction,White River Vermont Upper Valley Haven Inc. $175,000 Rapid City, South Dakota

97 Human Services | 2010 98 The Kresge Foundation President’s Discretion Nonprofit Sector 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 99 Arts & Culture | 2010 100 The Kresge Foundation Nonprofit Organizations and Foundations Inc. Association for Research on Council onFoundations Inc. The Aspen Institute Inc. Grand Haven,Michigan Grand Haven,Michigan Council ofMichigan Council ofMichigan Indianapolis, Indiana Foundation Center e ok NewYorkNew York, Arlington, Virginia Voluntary Action Foundations Inc. Washington, D.C. (2009 grant) (2009 $55,000 $50,000 $36,000 $65,000 $50,000 $15,000

support. ability toadvancethecommongood.Grantfundingrepresents Kresge’s annualmembership programs withtheopportunity, andtoolstoexpand,enhance,sustain their leadership, community,The councilprovides ofprivate, andfamilyfoundations andcorporate-giving transparency and accountabilityinphilanthropy. andtoincrease efforts andgrantseekers, tooffer criticalresources andtoolstograntmakers knowledge aboutphilanthropy intheUnitedStates.Grantassistancewillsupport itsongoing tostrengthenthenonprofitsectorbyadvancing outlets nationwide, for50years hasworked The center, which currently maintainsfive regionalofficesand440funding-information annual membership andprovide ongoingsupportannual membership forthecouncil’s generaloperations. advocacy, education,networking,andspecialinitiatives. This grantwillgotoward Kresge’s more than350organizationalandpromotesphilanthropyinMichigan members throughits Distinguished byits35-yearhistory, nowserves theregionalassociationofgrantmakers public policiesthatimpactnonprofits. well asacapacity-building symposiumandacommissionedpaperassessinginstitutions Kresge’s grantwillfundtheassociation’s $65,000 as Effectively initiative BuildingLeadership through thecreation,applicationanddisseminationofknowledgeonnonprofitorganizations. The interdisciplinaryorganization supports philanthropy, society andvoluntary action civil CEOs, which convenesofphilanthropiesinthecentralpart theleaders ofthecountry. conferences. Grantmonieswillsupport thethree-daySeminar forMid-AmericaFoundation fellowships, policyprogramsand discussion andactiononcriticalissuesthroughitsseminars, andprovides aneutral,balancedvenuefor values-basedleadership The institutefosters organizations. grantwillsupportThis three-year, thatongoingeffort. $150,000 andinclusioninphilanthropic toincreasediversity andInclusioninitiative through Diversity Michigan onafive-year thecouncilhasembarked grantmakers, Transforming Philanthropy As thesectorassociationproviding networking,educationandadvocacy fornearly375 Nonprofit Sector: Grants The YMCA of theUSA isworkingwiththe YMCA ofMexicotosupport theMexicoPhilanthropy GuideStar Exchange Program andotherstrategies leadingtoincreasedrevenue,membership will support theimplementationofacapacity-building programdesignedtohelphigh-growth information onthenonprofitsector, which researchers funders, andeducators allowsdonors, field. Assistedbythisgrant,thecenterwilloffer accessibleonlinetrainingandscholarships to nonprofit organizations requiringcapacity-building helpinany of 15 different areas,including development andstrengtheningofpartnerships withthe YMCA oftheUSA, and localdonors, multigenerational workforce by framing key issues,highlightingsuccessful effortsmultigenerational workforcebyframingkey toaddress enable the association to build the leadership-development capacityof thenonprofitsector’senable theassociationtobuildleadership-development The organization promotes philanthropic giving that serves the public good, responds to the The organizationthatservesthepublicgood,respondsto promotesphilanthropicgiving serving asacommonmeetingground.Funding willsupport Kresge’s in annualmembership Through its extensive database,GuideStargathersanddisplaysfinancialorganizational Through itsextensive the understanding ofphilanthropy,the understanding improving itspracticeandenhancingparticipation inthe practices thatcontributetogranteesuccess.Kresge’s support membership isfundedbythis technology. This grantwill enable Taproot toupdateandrelaunch its donordatabaseservice The coalition of 600 leadingcharities, iscommitted The coalitionof600 foundationsandcorporategrantmakers marketing, strategic planning, leadership development, human resources, fundraising and development,humanresources,fundraisingand strategicplanning,leadership marketing, needs of underserved people and communities, and meets high standards of integrity and peopleandcommunities,meetshighstandards ofintegrityand needs ofunderserved Indiana University ishometo Indiana University The CenteronPhilanthropy, which isdedicatedtoincreasing to make informeddecisions. to make grantwillsupportThis three-year,thelaunch ofthe $750,000 effective policies,championing collaborations,fosteringaccountabilityand public-private Talent isanonprofitorganization Initiative dedicatedtoenhancingthenonprofitsector’s Grantmakers represents more than 2,000 individuals and350foundationscommitted individuals to representsmorethan2,000 Grantmakers for projects at four sites, and advance the culture of philanthropy in Mexico through the for projectsatfoursites,andadvancethecultureofphilanthropy inMexicothroughthe membership association focused on the next generation of grantmakers. associationfocusedonthenextgenerationofgrantmakers. membership This grantwill building strong,effective nonprofitorganizations, andworkstopromotestrategies establish a permanent fundraising infrastructure, complete ongoing capital campaigns establish apermanentfundraisinginfrastructure,complete ongoingcapitalcampaigns to advancing the common good and strengthening the nonprofit sector by promoting to advancingthecommongoodandstrengtheningnonprofitsectorbypromoting Development Initiative. Development Initiative. The three-pronged,$5millionprogramseekstohelp Y leaders transparency. Kresge’s willsupport grantfundingformembership thisongoingwork. Through itsservicegrants, Taproot probonoprofessionalteam assistanceto delivers improve professionaldevelopmentopportunities forworkingnonprofitpractitioners. perception, prioritizationandpracticeofhuman-capitalmanagement.Kresge’s grant A projectofthe Center,Tides EmergingPractitionersinPhilanthropyisanational nonprofits improvea theirabilitytorecruit,compensate,developandretain generational change, andproposingactionable,practicalsolutions. Legacy International Grant other philanthropicorganizations. and operationalstability. grant infivemarkets. talented workforce. talented workforce. grant foroneyear. the organization. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$191,300 Chicago, Illinois grant) (2005 of the YMCA ofMexico YMCA oftheUSAonbehalf $55,000 San Francisco, California Tides Center $50,000 San Francisco, California Taproot Foundation $50,000 Boston, Massachusetts Talent Initiative $15,000 Washington, D.C. Responsive Philanthropy National Committee for $50,000 Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana University $17,500 Washington, D.C. Independent Sector GuideStar $11,500 Washington, D.C. Organizations Grantmakers for Effective $250,000 Williamsburg, Virginia (2008 grant) (2008

101 Nonprofit Sector | 2010 102 The Kresge Foundation matched 5:1allcontributionsmadebystaff members. affected, including1millionleft homeless. To contributetotheinternationalreliefeffort, thefoundation In January 2010, anearthquake struck theislandnationofHaiti. An estimated3millionpeoplewere Haiti Disaster Response Nonprofit Finance Fund The Broad Foundations Institute for LocalSelf- Minneapolis, Minnesota Grand Haven,Michigan Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, Council ofMichigan American NationalRedCross Adventist Development and e ok NewYorkNew York, Relief Agency InternationalRelief Agency Community Foundation of Foundations Inc. Catholic ReliefServices Reliance Inc. Silver Spring,Maryland Fort Lauderdale,Florida Baltimore, Maryland $750,000 $50,000 $50,000 Washington, D.C. $5,000 Atlanta, Georgia Broward Inc. CARE USA

$10,000 $2,000 $2,200 $2,150 high-quality leadertoserveastheemergencyfinancialmanagerforDetroit Public Schools. Kresge willjoinacoalitionoffoundationsledby The BroadFoundations torecruitandretaina better governance, management,laborrelationsandcompetition. With thisgrantfunding, The EliandEdytheBroadFoundation seeksto transformurbanK–12 publiceducationthrough manager for the collaboration to accelerate creative placemakingacross theUnitedStates. manager forthecollaborationtoacceleratecreative nonprofit lenderandfinancialconsultingorganization thatservesas investment andgrant United States.Funds committed to ArtPlace bytheNonprofitFinance areoverseen a Fund, alongside theNationalEndowmentfor Arts placemakingacrossthe toacceleratecreative This grantsupports thenew working ArtPlace anewnationalfunder collaborative Initiative, Detroit Instituteof Arts, aspart ontheRoad oftheRemarkableMentors Project. students toattend addressandluncheon akeynote LadyMichelle withFirst Obamaatthe promote, andincreasephilanthropyinMichigan. This grantwillenable220Detroithighschool programs,andpubliccharities,foundations, giving tostrengthen, thecouncilendeavors Serving ofmorethan350independent,family, amembership community, andcorporate telecommunications, andcommunitybanking. areas, includingcleanenergy, retail-businessandwaste-based economicdevelopment, multifaceted, multidisciplinaryeffort todesignlawsandrulesthatserveresidentsinfive communities. Kresge’s grantprovides generalsupport fortheNewRules Project, a to maximize theauthorityoflocalandstategovernments toachieve sustainable,equitable The instituteprovides research andpolicyexpertise tograssrootsorganizations working President’s Discretion: Grants $200

Holt International Children’s Services Friends ofthe World Food Program Habitat for Humanity International Doctors Without Borders USAInc. The United MethodistChurch Detroit Annual Conference of Rochester, Michigan e ok NewYorkNew York, Americus, Georgia Washington, D.C. Eugene, Oregon $2,000 $1,000 $2,100 $200 $860 Inc.

Save theChildren Federation Inc. United States Fund for UNICEF William J. Clinton Foundation

Presbyterian Church (USA) Boston, Massachusetts Westport, Connecticut Louisville, Kentucky e ok NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, Partners inHealth $18,200 $2,000 $2,080 $600 $500

2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Grant andProgram-related Investment Activity 2011 103 2011Arts & Culture | 2011 2010 & 2011 Annual Report kresge.org National Overview: 2011 Grant awards by location Program Area This map shows grant recipients by state and program area. Please note that grant recipients sometimes use AC Arts & Culture our support in areas far from their headquarters. For example, we may support a Boston-based organization CD Community Development which is working in the Gulf Coast. In addition to this U.S. grantmaking, we provided $2.7 million to support DT Detroit higher education in Africa. On the following page, you’ll find graphic representations of the number of grants ED Education and program-related investments awarded in each program, and the totals paid out. EN Environment HE Health HS Human Services Washington $.9 million Nonprofit Sector Support 5 grants President’s Discretion AC EN HE Maine Montana $ .5 million Vermont $ .3 million North Dakota 1 grant AC 2 grants EN Minnesota $ 1.1 million Oregon New Hampshire $6 million 2 grants $1.8 million $ 1.2 million 10 grants EN 7 grants 2 grants AC CD EN ED EN HE HS Wisconsin AC EN Idaho HE HS New York South Dakota $5.4 million Michigan $19.8 million $ .1 million 1 grant HS $33.7 million 40 grants Massachusetts 1 grant AC 73 grants AC CD DT ED EN HE HS $10.5 million Wyoming DT ED EN 27 grants HE HS Pennsylvania AC CD DT ED EN HE HS $17.2 million Iowa Nebraska 11 grants Rhode Island $ .2 million Ohio AC DT EN HE HS $ .07 million Nevada $1.9 million 1 grant EN Illinois Indiana 1 grant AC Utah $9.7 million 3 grants Colorado 11 grants AC CD HE California West Connecticut $.5 million $15 million AC ED EN Virginia $.05 million 3 grants Kansas Missouri Virginia 37 grants HE HS $5.1 million 1 grant $ .4 million $.6 million AC CD ED EN AC EN HS Kentucky 10 grants 1 grant 3 grants HE HE HS $.3 million EN AC ED EN HS AC HS AC ED 2 grants North Carolina New Jersey Tennessee $2 million $ .3 million 1 grant HE Oklahoma $.4 million 3 grants AC ED Arizona $ .8 million Arkansas 2 grants EN HE $.6 million New Mexico 1 grant South Carolina 2 grants $.6 million $1.8 million Delaware HS $.9 million 3 grants 3 grants AC HE 3 grants ED HE HS Washington D.C. AC EN Georgia AC Mississippi $16.4 million Alabama $.9 million 43 grants $.1 million 2 grants Texas 1 grant AC CD DT ED EN HE HS The Kresge Foundation The Kresge Alaska ED HS 2011 Grants $4.1 million Louisiana AC 7 grants $.3 million Maryland 104 105 AC ED HS 1 grant $2.5 million AC 9 grants AC DT ED EN HE Florida $2.9 million 5 grants Hawaii EN HE HS $ .2 million 1 grant EN 2011 NUMBER OFGRANTS AWARDED BY FIELD Amount2011 Dollar ofGrants Awarded by Field (inmillions) 2011 NUMBEROFGRANTS AWARDED BY FIELD Amount2011 Dollar ofGrants Awarded by Field (inmillions) 106 The Kresge Foundation 2011Investment Activity Community Development $4.7 Community Development 10 Human Services$24.4 Arts &Culture $21.0 Human Services37 Environment $18.6 Arts &Culture 49 Environment 59 Education $21.4 Education 43 Detroit $25.5 Health $21.9 Other $2.3 Detroit 63 Health 58 Other 27 by Program Area 2011 Dollar Amounts Paid Out by Program Areaby 2011 Numberof Awards (in millions)

AC AC CD CD DT DT ED ED EN EN HE HE HS HS Arts &Culture 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 107 Arts & Culture | 2010 108 The Kresge Foundation Appalachian Artisan Center Appalachian Artisan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Providence, RhodeIsland Minneapolis, Minnesota Artspace Projects Inc. Boston, Massachusetts Artists for Humanity Asian Arts Initiative Asian Arts (Kala Art Institute) (Kala Art Hindman, Kentucky AS220 Berkeley, California of Kentucky Inc. Advaita Society (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,500,000 $200,000 $150,000 $150,000 $35,000 $34,300

Arts &Culture: Grants general operationsandcreate abuilding-systems-replacementplan. classes, workshopsandmentoring. Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year,AS220’s $300,000 facilities andgallery space,andengages at-riskstudentsandincarceratedyouththroughart based arts organization provides support andopportunities forartists, operates art-production andamodelfordowntownrevitalization,thecommunity-Serving activity asahubforcreative support andseed abuilding-reservesfund. and toeffect change. positive grantwillprovide generaloperating This two-year, $300,000 experiencesof to createart aroundthediverse Asian Americans, toaddressthesocialcontext, The community-based, multidisciplinary arts centerinvites artists andcommunity members in capitalizationprinciplesasthecenterexpands. technical-assistance grantwillsupport thedevelopmentofastrategicbusinessplanrooted development andartists’ serviceswhilepreservingtheregion’s culturaltraditions. This tobuildastrongarts-based The centerstrives economicsectorthrough education,business and arts center. develop asystems-replacementplanforthesociety’s Kala Art Institute,anartists’ residency develop andexhibittheirartwork. Grantmoneywillbeusedfortechnical assistanceto The nonprofitorganization offers artists professionalworkfacilitiesandopportunities to this arts microenterpriseactivity. achievement forteens.Kresge’s grantforgeneraloperationswillsupport two-year, $300,000 Artists industriesandacademic forHumanitycombinesworkforcedevelopmentinthecreative $3,000,000 grant. $3,000,000 andcommunity-buildingup itsreal-estateactivities impact,assistedbyKresge’s three-year, arts districtsandcontributetobroadercommunityrevitalization. The organization willscale Artspace reclaimsabandonedbuildingsandrenovates historicstructuresthathelpanchor A nationalleaderindeveloping,owningandmanagingaffordable spaceforartists, live/work

community-based arts organizations inco-creatinghigh-qualityarts programs withcommunity concert seriesheldat Tanglewood intheBerkshires, bringclassicalandcontemporarymusicto make repairs tothe repairs make Wang andShubert andincreaseitsbuilding-reservesfund,aspart theaters The center cultivates thedevelopment,exhibitionandappreciationof PuertoThe centercultivates Rican-Latinoarts, Partnership provides Los Angeles Countyyouthwitharts-education opportunities whilegiving The urban private artsThe urbanprivate andmediacollegecreatedtheCenterforCommunity Arts Partnerships, initiatives. Kresge’sinitiatives. grantwillbolsterthemuseum’s two-year, $750,000 building-reservesfund support thecollege’s community+publicarts: which DETROIT initiative, engages localartists, and support itssystem-replacementplan,aspart capitalizationstrategy. ofitscomprehensive live audiencesofnearly2millionpeople. live This grantwillsupport facilityupgradesandsystem repairs atSymphonyrepairs Halland Tanglewood, andtheestablishmentofanewbuilding-reserves extensive communityengagementextensive activities. This grantwillgotoward theestablishmentofa The nonprofitprofessionalperformancecompany andschool, alsoknownasthe José Mateo partner nonprofitorganizations offering access tohigh-qualityeducational,arts, recreational, Through itsfreeafter-school andschool-based arts programs,theinstitute’s Community Arts The Detroit-basedinstitutionofarts anddesignoffers awidevarietyofacademicdegreesto communities, empowers participantscommunities, empowers toworkforcommunitychange, andisananchor inan arts-led communityrevitalizationeffort. grantwillseedabuilding- This two-year, $1,000,000 used tocreateabuilding-reservesfund,aspart capitalizationstrategy. ofitscomprehensive programs, specialevents,anorganic-foods caféandlocalfooddonations. This grantwillbe youth andcollegestudents. grantwillsupport thecontinuationand This two-year, $300,000 and promotes artists and performance events that reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower ofthe Lower and promotesartists andperformanceeventsthatreflecttheculturaldiversity The nonprofitinstitutioninspiresbroad-basedappreciationfortheperformingarts through The organization the oversees Town HallEducation Arts Recreation Campus,which houses heritage andnaturallandscapesofcoastalMaine,engages thepublicthrougheducational East Sideandthecityasawhole. This technical-assistance grantwill helptheorganization students while preparing them for professional careers. students whilepreparingthemforprofessionalcareers. grantwill This two-year, $200,000 quality programmingandcommunityengaged activities. This funding willhelpthecenter college art studentsreal-lifeopportunities toteach andrefinetheirabilities. Thistwo-year, Ballet programming,artisticTheatre, hasbuiltareputationforinnovative excellenceand Boston Symphony andBostonPops orchestra performances,togetherwiththesummer reserves thetheater’s fourhistoricbuildings,aspart capitalization ofitscomprehensive The award-winning museumengages adultsandchildren fromallwalks oflifethrough The organization, which was establishedin1991 topreserveandenhancethebotanical health andsocial-servicesprogramsforlow-income, minorityresidents. This technical- interactive exhibits,wide-rangingoutreachinteractive programsandcommunity-redevelopment The theaterdevelopsnew, sociallyconscioustheatricalworks,engages underserved assistance grantwillsupport thedevelopmentofastrategicbusinessplanrootedin which includestheUrbanMissionsprogramtoengage academicdepartments and fund, aspart oftheorganization’s capitalizationstrategy. comprehensive residents, andyouthinpublic-art projectinDetroitneighborhoods. develop abusinessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples. $200,000 grantwillsupport theprogram’s$200,000 ongoingwork. capitalization principlesforlong-termsustainability. of its comprehensive capitalizationstrategy.of itscomprehensive evaluation oftheUrbanMissions program. building-reserves fund. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org strategy. $75,000 NewYorkNew York, $250,000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $150,000 Chicago, Illinois (2010 grant) Columbia College Chicago $100,000 Detroit, Michigan (2010 grant) College for Creative Studies $500,000 Boothbay, Maine Gardens Coastal MaineBotanical $500,000 Cleveland, Ohio Theatre Inc. Cleveland Public Center Inc. Cultural andEducational Soto Velez Clemente Citi Performing Arts Center Pittsburgh Children’s Museumof Arts California Institute ofthe $50,000 Washington, D.C. the River Bridges AcrossBuilding $1,000,000 Boston, Massachusetts Orchestra Inc. Boston Symphony $250,000 Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston Inc. of Ballet Theatre $100,000 Valencia, California $750,000 Boston, Massachusetts (2010 grant)

109 Arts & Culture | 2011 110 The Kresge Foundation Fells Pointe Creative Alliance Creative CapitalFoundation FracturedProductions Atlas Grantmakers inthe Arts Grantmakers inthe Arts Columbia, South Carolina Corporation Rapid City, South Dakota New Orleans,Louisiana Cultural Development Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, Ethos Inc. Cornerstone Theater Efforts ofGrace Inc. Baltimore, Maryland First Peoples Fund Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington e ok NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, Washington, D.C. Portland, Oregon Inc. (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) EdVenture Company $375,000 $750,000 $250,000 $150,000 $100,000 $132,500 $40,000 $50,000 $25,000 $53,000 $45,000

arts and culture funders. arts andculture funders. oncapitalizationfor localandregional grantwillunderwrite 12 daylongseminars year, $60,000 support arts andtostrengthen expandthefieldofarts funders philanthropy. Kresge’s two- seeksto organization andpublic-sectorgrantmakers The nationalmembership forprivate to expanditsprogramsandparticipation. Peoples artists. grantforgeneraloperationswillallowtheorganization This two-year, $100,000 by providing financialsupport opportunities community-centered andmarket forcreative, First The fundworkstopreserveandadvance American Indianand arts Native andculture Alaska expansion ofitsservicesintonewmarkets. New York Cityboroughs. grantforgeneraloperationswillsupport This two-year,the $750,000 theater, music anddancetosearch foraffordable andperformancespace infive rehearsal organizations, Fractured Atlas operates anonlinedatabasethatallowsartists workingin In additiontooffering back-office support programsand services toartists andarts reserve fund. will supportNorth toEthos’ renovationsPortland andrepairs headquarters andreplenishits communities.Kresge’ssustainable musicprogramsinunderserved grant two-year, $150,000 school musicclassesandmulticulturalperformancesinpublicschools anddeveloping Ethos offers in-housemusiclessonsandprogramsforlow-income youth, supporting after- support abuilding-reservesfund,aspart ofanoverall capitalizationplan. environmental sustainabilityandotherareas. Kresge’s four-year grantcommitmentwill exhibits andprogramsfocusedonearlyliteracy, healtheducation,scienceandtechnology, EdVenture, thelargestchildren’s museuminthe southeasternUnitedStates,offers interactive involvement inthenation’s hungercrisis. narrationsof dramaticproductionsbasedonpersonal thatseekstoheightenawareness and grantwillfunddevelopmentandpresentationof year, $450,000 The HungerCycle,aseries MadeincollaborationwiththreeotherKresgeprograms,thethree- community collaborators. works andcontemporaryadaptationsofclassicsthatcombinetheartistry ofprofessionaland The multi-ethnic,ensemble-basedtheatercompany commissionsandproducesbothoriginal on soundcapitalizationprinciples. enable theorganization tocompletesystems-replacementandstrategicbusinessplans,based arts throughexhibitions,screenings,performancesandeducationalprograms.Funding will The alliancesupports Marylandartists throughartists’ housingandservices, andadvancesthe dissemination services. additional support toenhanceitsinformation-sharingand foranewcommunicationsinitiative inthe grantwillfundGrantmakers year,Arts’ generaloperationsandprovide $165,000 support arts andtostrengthenexpandthefieldofarts funders philanthropy. Thisthree- seeksto organizationandpublic-sectorgrantmakers The nationalmembership forprivate to additionalartists communities. inunderserved grantwillhelpstrengthenandupdatetheprogram’s offerings$1,500,000 andextenditsreach enabling themtoachieve theirartistic, financial,andlong-termcareergoals. Thisfour-year, coaching inself-management,strategicplanning,fundraisingandpromotiontoartists, Through itsProfessional DevelopmentProgram workshops,thefoundationprovides executive organizations. provide back-office support servicesandpeer-learning workshopstolocalartists andarts grantwillsubsidize theoperationsofarts andresidencyprograms,which incubators $300,000 contribute tocommunitydevelopmentandqualityoflifeinthenation’s capital. This three-year, The organization createsopportunities, housing andworkspaceforartists andarts groupsthat reserves andoperating-reservesfunds. support, technical assistanceforasystems-replacementplan,andseedmoneybuilding- Arts CenterinNewOrleans. grantwillprovide generaloperating This three-year, $300,000 contributions madeby African Americans totheircommunities,andoperatesthe Ashé Cultural workshighlighting positive The organizationandcreative developsprograms,activities and collaboratingwithlocalbusiness,nonprofitartistic organizations. Grantmoneywillgo This artists residenciesfor250literary, residencyprogramsponsors visualandperforming-arts leadership developmentamongartists, andcommunity-development leadership educators professionals. Over the past 30 years, therepertoryOver thepast30years, company hasestablished atheatricallegacy byproviding community building,includingeducation,nutritionandeconomicdevelopment.Funding from and educationinensuringavibrantfuturefortheart form.Funding willprovide strategic natural sciencethroughcommunityengagement activities. This technical-assistance grantwill artists byraisingawareness ofissues,seedingeffective programs,buildingaknowledgebase toward facilitiesupgradestoLiberty Hallandthelaunch ofabuilding-reservesfund,aspart of The nonprofitarts-education public-school organization reaches students,theirparents, 4,000 capital tosupport thecenterasitexploreslinesofbusinessthatcanhelpshift itsbusiness Kresge’s grantforgeneraloperatingsupport willenablethearts centerto two-year, $200,000 teachers andlocalcommunitieseach year throughitsdanceclasses,assemblies,residencies The strategic10-year launched createsamoresupportive environment initiative, for in2003, students inproviding youthandadultsintheBaltimorecommunitywithenriching art-based artists annuallyonits450-acreestate.Grantmoneywillbeusedtorenovate andexpandthe educational experiences. operatinggrantwillenabletheprogramto This two-year, $200,000 and strengtheningpractitionernetworks.Kresge’s grantcommitment three-year, $1,860,000 The associationpreserves,interpretsandenhancesBartram’s garden andhouse,declareda to a worldwide audience via the Internet. Grant funding will allow the station to expand and to aworldwideaudienceviatheInternet.Grantfundingwillallowstationexpandand The center is an industry leader in advancing the appreciation of jazz through performance The centerisanindustryleaderinadvancingtheappreciationofjazzthroughperformance that broadcasts locally produced, original programming to 95,000 listeners each listeners week,and that broadcastslocallyproduced,originalprogrammingto95,000 Kresge’s grantforgeneraloperations willsupport three-year, current andfuture $1,625,000 arts educationforthecommunity, producingnewworksthataddresscontemporaryissues initiative in 2009 tofostergreaterarts interestandparticipation in2009 inthesurroundinginitiative Mission KDHX isanindependent,member-supported FM radiostationandmedia-arts organization National HistoricLandmark,andbuildsawareness oftheBartram legacy ofbotany, art and Hill andlowerRoxbury neighborhoods.Kresge’s grantwillsupport the two-year, $200,000 The organization buildscapacityinthearts andculturesectorbyproviding graduate-level Kresge’s grantwillhelpthecentersustainandexpandtheseactivities. two-year, $250,000 The centerblendsitsefforts toadvanceLatinoculturewithothernecessaryelementsfor education and leadership development programs for executives and boards of trustees. andboardsoftrustees. developmentprogramsforexecutives education andleadership will support and expand the Creative Communities program and network, and advance will support Communitiesprogramandnetwork, andadvance andexpandtheCreative and performances. Assisted by this two-year, $800,000 grant, the institute will create a grant,theinstitutewillcreatea and performances. Assisted by thistwo-year, $800,000 MassArt’s Centerfor Art andCommunityPartnerships launched the Art Zone/Art Miles Now inits37thyear, Intermedia Arts servesasacatalystforcommunitybuildingand Maryland InstituteformedtheCommunity Arts Partnership in1999 toengage college be usedtodevelopasystems-replacementplanformaintenanceofitsfacilities building-reserves fundforits new CenterforLearning andthe Arts inHarlem. colony’s libraryandmediacenter, andtoestablishabuilding-reservesfund. continue itscommunity-arts andcivic-engagementprograms. leadership-development programsfortheartsleadership-development sector. implementation ofthe Art Zone/Art Milesinitiative. upgrade itsbroadcastandproductionfacilities. implement andevaluateitswork. information andresearch efforts. an overall capitalizationplan. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org model. $450,000 St. Louis, Missouri $46,600 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $125,000 Antonio,TexasSan $100,000 Baltimore, Maryland $300,000 NewYorkNew York, National Dance Institute $542,000 Alexandria, Virginia National Arts Strategies Inc. $325,000 Lowell, Massachusetts Theatre Merrimack Repertory Art andDesign Massachusetts College of of Art Maryland Institute College $1,000,000 New Hampshire Peterborough, MacDowell Colony Inc. Creativity Inc. Leveraging Investments in KDHX Bartram Association John $1,000,000 NewYorkNew York, Jazz atLincolnCenter $75,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota (2010 grant) IntermediaMinnesota Arts Center Cultural Arts Guadalupe $100,000 Boston, Massachusetts $263,000 NewYorkNew York, (2010 grant)

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111 Arts & Culture | 2011 112 The Kresge Foundation Cleo Parker RobinsonDance New Dance Theatre Inc. and National Dance Institute of New York CityCenter Inc. Communities Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Penland School ofCrafts Newberry, South Carolina Nonprofit Finance Fund Nonprofit Finance Fund Newberry Opera House New York Live Arts Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota Penland, North Carolina Santa Fe, NewMexico ak Square Theatre Park Opera Company of e ok NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, St. Paul, Minnesota Denver, Colorado Pillsbury United New Mexico Philadelphia Foundation (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,170,000 $600,000 $750,000 $150,000 $559,167 $48,000 $22,000 $14,000 $53,500

development ofastrategicbusinessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples. American communitiesthroughoutNewMexico. This technical-assistance grantwillaidinthe children underserved inurban,ruralandNative in arts andphysical educationto60,000 The instituteoffers school-based, after-school, summerandadvanced-trainingprograms funding fromKresge. businessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples,assistedbythis will developacomprehensive and community-outreach youthandadultsannually. programsserving15,000 The organization professional danceensemble,aschool ofdance,atheater, in-school andafter-school activities, The nonprofitperforming-arts center, alsoknownasCleo a Parker Robinson Dance,operates facilities andprogramming. rooted incapitalizationprinciples,andensurelong-termsustainability asitexpandsits This technical-assistance grantwillhelptheorganization developastrategicbusinessplan contemporary plays,andoffers educationprogramsandworkshopsforchildren andteens. The theater, which anchors thedowntownculturaldistrict,producesclassicworks and campaign. Grant moneywillcreateabuilding-reservesfundtosupport thecenter’s five-yeargrowth audiencesthroughitsFallunderserved forDanceFestivalandarts-education programming. Ailey American Dance Theater andthe American Ballet Theatre, andattracts youngand The performing-arts centerservesasthehometoestablishedcompanies,such asthe Alvin operating reserve,andabuildinginsupport ofanewbusinessmodel. of presentingandproducingdance.Grantmoneywillgotoward buildingrenovations, an Zane DanceCompany, New York Live Arts isanexampleofinnovation increatinganewmodel Formed inFebruary 2011 byamergerofDance Theatre Workshop andtheBill T. Jones/Arnie neighborhood vitality. grant willsupport thefurther to advancecommunitybuilding and integrationof activities theatrical works throughitsprofessionalPillsbury House Theatre. Kresge’s two-year, $300,000 andengagesyouth andadultsinthecreationproductionoforiginal centers, underserved humanservicesthrough itsPillsburyHouseandthreeotherneighborhood comprehensive Dedicated tobuildingmorevibrant communities,thenonprofitagencyprovides rooted incapitalizationprinciples. States. This grantwillbeusedtodevelopsystems-replacementandstrategicbusinessplan international artists, andpositioningthetownasadestinationspotinsouthernUnited Newberry’s artistic andeconomicrebirth byshowcasingtalentedlocal,regionaland The cityrestored1881 Newberry OperaHouse,operatedbythefoundation,hasfostered capitalization plan. to support theoperacompany’s shift toanewbusinessmodelandcomprehensive education, outreach, andenrichment programs.Kresge’s grantwillprovide strategiccapital newaudiencesthrough audience,whilecultivating appeal toasociallyandculturallydiverse outstandingproductionsoftraditionaland newrepertoire The operacompany that delivers maintenance andrepairneedswithinthecontextoftheiroverall capitalizationposition. children’s museumsandcommunityschools ofmusicandart toaddresstheirbuilding foracohort will createaprogramofeducationandfinancialincentives ofpreviouslyfunded and improve theircapacitiestoservecommunities. grant This seven-year, $4,000,000 The nationalorganization workswithnonprofitstohelpstrengthentheirfinancialhealth an overall capitalizationplan. Kresge’s four-year grantcommitmentwillsupport Penland’s building-reservesfund,aspart of artists’ residencies, community-collaboration programsandagallery andinformationcenter. workshops inbooksandpaper, clay, drawing,glass,iron,metalsandphotography, alongwith Located intheBlueRidgeMountains,nationalcenterforcrafts educationoffers anarray of economic and revitalization in cities. economic andrevitalizationincities. ArtPlace which Initiative, usesinvestments inthearts efforts andothercreative toadvance placemakingacrosstheU.S.accelerate creative This grantwillsupport thesecondyearof workingalongsidetheNationalEndowmentfor afundercollaborative Initiative, Arts to A nonprofitlenderandfinancialconsultingorganization, NFFisthemanagerfor ArtPlace

young people.Grantmoneywillgotoward therenovation ofabuildingtoprovide state-of-the- $300,000 grant,thecommissionwillexpanditsCommunity Arts $300,000 Training Instituteand Artspace the southeast Appalachian aboutthe rich ofthestate’s watershedandinformsvisitors diversity Situated onCharlestonharbor, theaquariumshowcasesaquaticlife from fivemajorregionsof Anchoring therenovated century-old Turtle CreekPump Station,theSammons Centernurtures collaboration withKresge’s CommunityDevelopmentProgram, willprovide generaloperating Kresge indevelopingandimplementingresearch aspart andeducational activities ofitseffort technology andprogramdesignevaluation.Funding willenabletheorganization toassist The performingarts andeducationorganizationlargestcombinedprofessional isthefirst musical theaterandplaysrootedinthePuerto RicanandLatinocultures,topresentother its main-stageproductions,touringprogramsandactingstudio.Kresge’s technical-assistance Pregones Theater isaBronx-based ensemblewhosemissionistocreateandperformoriginal habitats throughitsninegalleries, educationalprogramsandSea Turtle Rescue program. This theater companies, serving a Pacific Northwest audience of 150,000 people annually through peopleannuallythrough theater companies,servingaPacific Northwest audienceof 150,000 youth, K-12; andanaffordable-housing program. grant,awarded in This three-year, $450,000 by providing creative opportunitiesby providing creative inhealth-caresettings. grantwill This two-year, $200,000 the Young Residential Mothers Program; anafter-school andsummereducationprogramfor performing artists whoshareitscommitmenttothearts enrichment. andcivic Grantmoney designed toincreasearts accessandparticipation among ruralFloridaPanhandle residents art cancreatesocialchange. programs:apublicart/installation There arefourkey program; training andlow-cost spaceforstudies,galleries andclassrooms.UsingKresge’s two-year, The university’s UIndyCommunityPrograms Centercoordinates Wheeler Arts Community technologies foruseinself-expression,communicationandsocialchange byproviding in- Based inHouston’s Third Ward, Project Row Houses havecreatedanenvironment inwhich school programs,after-school workshops,apprenticeshipsandinternshipsforlow-income the Dallasarts communitybyhousing12 arts organizations fromdifferent disciplinesand The nonprofitconsultingandresearch grouphelpsnonprofit organizations, agenciesand expand theprojectintostatewide Arts inHealthcareforRural Communities program. Founded in1976 asatouringgroup, Taproot hasbecomeoneofSeattle’s largestmid-size Funding willprovide project support capitalizationstrategy. todevelopacomprehensive grant willhelptheorganization createabusinessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples. In 2008, the university collaborated with Florida cultural-affairs officials and the National collaboratedwithFloridacultural-affairs officialsandtheNational theuniversity In 2008, furnishing servicesandfacilitiestomorethan80additionalarts andcommunitygroups. grant willhelpthecompany preparea20-yearsystems-replacementplananddevelop orchestra people andcommunitymusicschool intheUnitedStates,andserves150,000 Outreach multidisciplinary projecttoincreasecommunity-arts acollaborative, Initiative, The nonprofitorganization educatesChicago’s urbanyouthinmediaarts andemerging programs and educational opportunities for neighborhood youth, adults and university programs and educational opportunities for neighborhoodyouth,adults anduniversity annually throughitsperformanceofferings, musicclassesandoutreach programs. This organizations inSt.Louis andthesurrounding countybyoffering support services,arts Endowment forthe Arts tolaunch Shands Arts inMedicine forthePanhandle, aproject technical-assistance grantwillhelptheorganization developabusinessplanrootedin foundations hone their business and management skills in finance, human resources, foundations honetheirbusinessandmanagementskillsin finance,humanresources, students inSoutheast Indianapolis. Kresge’s grantwillsupport the two-year, $200,000 The arts agency fosters the growth and development of individual artists The arts thegrowthanddevelopmentofindividual andcultural agencyfosters will allowtheorganization toadvancethedevelopment ofabuilding-reservesfund. to promotetheadoptionofcapitalizationprinciplesinarts andculturefield. strategic businessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples. initiative, and assess artists’ live/work spaceneeds. andassessartists’ live/work initiative, continuation and expansionofthe WAC initiative. support andseedabuilding-reservesfund. art digital-mediafacilities. capitalization principles. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $60,000 NewYork Bronx, $100,000 Indianapolis, Indiana (2010 grant) University ofIndianapolis $100,000 Gainesville, Florida (2010 grant) University ofFlorida $129,960 Boston, Massachusetts Corporation Technical Development $35,000 Seattle, Washington Taproot Company Theatre $300,000 Chicago, Illinois Street-Level YouthMedia Carolina AquariumSouth $40,700 Dallas, Texas Arts Sammons Center for the $67,000 Rhode Island East Providence, Orchestra &MusicSchool Rhode IslandPhilharmonic $150,000 St. Louis, Missouri (2010 grant) Development Commission Performing& Arts Regional Cultural $150,000 Houston, Texas (2010 grant) Project Row Houses Collection Rican Theater Pregones Touring Puerto $85,000 Charleston, South Carolina

113 Arts & Culture | 2011 114 The Kresge Foundation Village Arts andHumanities oly MammothTheatre Woolly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Foundation San Francisco, California University ofMichigan Wing Luke Memorial Ann Arbor,Michigan Seattle, Washington Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Z SpaceStudio Urban Institute (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) Company $200,000 $100,000 $112,500 $50,000 $74,300 $11,500

establish anoperating-reservesfund. development programs.Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year,generaloperationsand $225,000 arts,strengthening communitiesthroughinnovative educational,social,economicandyouth- neighborhoods, thevillagehasevolved intoanationalleaderwithsuccessfultrack recordof Started asagrassrootseffort totransformvacantlotsintoart parksforchildren indistressed residents. A newsystems-replacementplanwillbecompletedwithgrantassistance. theatrical styleandhumanexperience,byusingtheartistry ofthetheatertoserve artists withthecommunitybydeveloping,producingandpromotingnewplaysthatexplore ofitsmission toengage For thecompanynewgroundinpursuit theater 32years, hasbroken the arts andcommunity-building fields. in economicandsocialchange thatwillinformKresge’s futureprogrammaticinvestments in effective government. This grantwillsupport research ontheroleofarts, cultureandcreativity assistance andeducationaboutsocialeconomicissuestofostersoundpublicpolicy The UrbanInstitutegathersdata,conductsresearch, evaluatesprograms,andoffers technical will gotoward thedevelopmentofabusinessplanrootedincapitalizationprinciples. development ofnewvoices, newworksandopportunities in American theater. Funding artists andaudiences,hasbecomeoneofthenation’s leadinglaboratoriesforthe Z Spacewas foundedin1993 tosupport alarge,evolving communityofBay-area theater organizations andcommunity-arts partners innorthern andwesternMichigan. networksofhigher-educationand impactbyestablishingcollaborative institutions,community schools throughoutthestate.Kresge’s grantwillexpandtheproject’s two-year, reach $200,000 works ofart byyouthandadultsincorrectional institutions,juvenilefacilitiesandurbanhigh arts education,artist mentoring,workshopsandexhibitstoencouragethecreationoforiginal In 1990, ofMichigan theUniversity foundedthePrison Creative Arts Project, which provides Kresge’s grantwillsupport themuseum’s two-year, $400,000 generaloperations. andpromotesocialjustice. programs thatencouragemultigenerationalunderstanding rich history, cultureandart of Asian Pacific community-led Americansthroughinnovative The Museumofthe Wing Luke Asian Pacific tothe AmericanExperienceconnectsvisitors In Detroit,wehave commissionedacultural assetmapofDetroittoassist withfutureplanning. culture as a community building and development tool throughout the Baltimore Community culture asacommunitybuildinganddevelopmenttoolthroughouttheBaltimoreCommunity process forutilizingarts and culture toshapethephysical andsocialcharacter oftheregion. and Tucson, Arizona. wasThe goalofthisinitiative toencouragecityresidentsandcommunity-based arts groupsto pursue and The grantwillevaluateitsportion oftheKresgeCommunity Arts pilotandwillbuildout the The grantwillsupport arts andsocialjusticetraininginthe Birminghamcommunityandto and hasclarifiedtheimportance ofembeddingarts andcultureintocommunityprioritiesoftheinfrastructure neededto The grantwilldevelopsystems,toolsandnetworksrequiredtosustaintheuseofarts and pressing community issues in five cities—Baltimore, Maryland;Birmingham, Alabama;Detroit,Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; pressing communityissuesinfivecities—Baltimore, projects coalescedaroundneighborhoodbeautificationandplacemaking,arts andhealing,immigration,crime dropout rates, environmental concernsandyouthviolence. tothe This workhasbeenformative Arts andCultureProgram’s strategy create artistic works commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rightsmovement. oftheCivil create artistic workscommemoratingthe50thanniversary second phaseofthePeople, Land, Art, Culture andEngagement plan,acommunity-wide two transitionalneighborhoodswhereplace-basedart areevolving alongside activities The Foundation invested $200,000 over two years ineach over twoyears ofthepilotcities. and2010,The FoundationAs aresult,in2009 invested $200,000 112 community In 2011, weawarded close-out grantstoeach communitytoconcludethisprogram.Each close-outgrantwas designed The grantwillsupport partnership efforts topositionthearts asastabilizingforcein to support each community’s uniqueplantofurther embedandsystematize theuseofarts andcultureinaddressing Kresge Community Arts was anationalpilotdesignedtousearts engagement andcultureasacivic tooltoaddress Foundation’s safe,clean,greenandvibrantneighborhoodsgrantsportfolio. cultural projectsthatdelveintoimportant localtopics,promotecollaboration,andenhanceneighborhoods. Arts &Culture: Kresge Community Arts Grants revitalization. revitalization. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Detroit $100,000 Tucson, Arizona Council Inc. Tucson-Pima Arts $100,000 Birmingham, Alabama Greater Birmingham Inc. Regional Cultural Alliance of $100,000 St. Louis, Missouri Community Foundation Greater SaintLouis $100,000 Baltimore, Maryland Foundation Inc. Baltimore Community their community’s issues.

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115 Arts & Culture | 2011 116 The Kresge Foundation Development Community Community 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 117 Arts & Culture | 2010 118 The Kresge Foundation The German MarshallFund The Brookings Institution Greyston Foundation Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota In OurBackyards Inc. Emerge Community of theUnited States American Assembly e ok NewYorkNew York, roln NewYork Brooklyn, okr, NewYork Yonkers, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Development (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $200,000 $400,000 $250,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000

prepare foranational roll-out. nonprofit build organizational capacity, test andevaluateapilotprogram inNew York Cityand environmental projectsinurban areas. grant commitmentwillhelpthe This two-year, $200,000 with groupsinneedoffundingtocarry andvolunteers grant donors outneighborhood organizationThis innovative usesmicro-philanthropyinanonline formattoconnectsmall- establishes Detroitasaparticipating MemorialFellowship cityintheMarshall program. cities, includingDetroit,toparticipate DomesticPolicy intheComparative program. Italso North America andEurope.Kresge’s fromU.S. grantwillenableleaders three-year, $750,000 between policy andgrantmakinginstitutionpromotesgreatercooperation andunderstanding Founded in1972 throughagift totheUnitedStatesfromGermany, thenonpartisan public- responses tothechallenges facingcitieswithpopulationloss. funding forthe110th assembly, heldinDetroit April 2011, which focusedonstrategic solutionstocomplexproblems. policy issuesandformulatesinnovative This grantprovided Columbia University, isanonpartisan, public-affairs forumthatilluminatesimportant national The American Assembly, establishedin1950 byDwightD.Eisenhowerasanaffiliateof for theenhancementofitsworkforce-development program. sufficiency. Kresge’s grantwillbuttress the bakery’s two-year, operations andallow $400,000 enterprises, includingtheGreystonbakery, tohelplow-income achieve individuals self- Greyston isarecognized pioneerinsocialenterprise.Itoperatesvariousentrepreneurial as aneighborhoodtechnology, trainingandplacementhub. granttorenovate ahistoriclibraryforuse programs. Emergewillusethistwo-year, $300,000 through itsportfolio ofworkforce,housing,social-enterpriseandcommunity-development The nonprofitcorporationprovides economicopportunities tonorth Minneapolisresidents of Michigan’s metropolitanareas. will support research, policyandoutreach thatadvancethe economictransformation activities Kresge’sengines ofeconomicgrowthandglobalcompetitiveness. grant three-year, $1,200,000 MetropolitanPolicyBrookings’ Program focusesattention onthevital rolecitiesplayas Community Development: Grants will serveasaworkingmodelofenvironmental sustainabilityandeconomicdevelopment. This support the work of Living Cities, especially through its Integration Initiative, a new program to anewprogramto support Cities,especiallythroughitsIntegrationInitiative, theworkofLiving nation’s 10 millionlow-wage restaurantworkers. grantwillsupport the This two-year, $200,000 across 43states.Kresge’s grant,requestedonbehalfoftheNationalFund three-year, $600,000 of nationalfoundationsandfour leadingresearch institutionsengaging in the developmentof The nationalcommunity-development intermediaryworksthrough30localofficesin25states expansion ofCOLORS, aworker-owned restaurantthatprovides employment,job cooperative This nonprofitorganization helpsfamiliestransition outofhomelessnessandpoverty through Building Sustainable Communities initiative, amulti-facetedapproachBuilding SustainableCommunitiesinitiative, torevitalizationincities fourth nationalequitysummit, “Equity Summit2011: Healthy Communities,StrongRegions, A Fabrication LaboratoryinSouth Bronx asaprogramtoteach residentshowtodigitallydesign Established after Hurricane Katrina, theresident-ledcorporationanditsdevelopmentpartners activity. grantwillcontinueKresge’sThis two-year, $1,425,000 support fortheexpansionof its to financialcapital,expertise andpolicysupport tocreateaffordable housingandcommercial a continuum of housing, enhanced with supportive services, delivered through three shelters throughthreeshelters a continuumofhousing,enhancedwithsupportive services,delivered and 18 permanentrentalproperties. grantwillsupport This two-year, theexpansion $250,000 to revitalize thenation’s neighborhoods.Ithelpscommunity-based organizations gain access broad audience and informs community development to promote social, civic and economic andeconomic broad audienceandinformscommunity developmenttopromotesocial,civic grant willsupport theredevelopmentofa13-acre block inthecitycenterasaLEED-platinum anchor institutionfortheOberlinProject, aplannedgreenredesignofthecityOberlinthat Founded inNew York Cityafter the9/11 terrorist attacks, organization, therestaurant-workers Collaborative: BuildingandSharingSolutionsCollaborative: forHousingandUrbanPolicy, acollaboration The nonpartisan economicandsocial-policyresearcha institute disseminatesitsfindingsto training andasourceofaffordable localfood,tonewsites inNewOrleansand Washington, well-being. Kresge’s grantwillfund thesecondphaseof two-year,What $200,000 Works for Workforce Solutions, willsupport theexpansionofworkforcedevelopmentpartnerships of itsmodelHousingStabilityProgram, which provides affordable, permanenthousingand enclave. Kresge’s grantwillacceleratehomeconstructionandallowthe two-year, $450,000 Living Cities is a premier philanthropic, corporate and public-sector partnership that brings Citiesisapremierphilanthropic,corporateandpublic-sectorpartnership thatbrings Living economically sustainableprojects.Kresge’s grantwillhelplaunch the three-year, $300,000 with 8,000 members ineightlocations,seekstoimprove thepayandjobconditionsof members with 8,000 green” homesinthePontchartrain Park community, amultigenerational African American innovative community-developmentinnovative opportunities andthefinancialpowerofmainstream markets tourbanneighborhoodsandresidents.Kresge’s markets grantwill three-year, $3,000,000 PolicyLink isanationalresearch andactioninstitutefocusedonadvancing economicand social equity. This grant helpedtofundprogramdevelopmentandimplementationatthe The four-year, liberal-arts collegeandconservatoryofmusic,foundedin1833, isthelead are engaged inaneighborhoodplanningprocesstoreconstruct556affordable, “beyond strategies that expand opportunities for youth and adults in more than 200 communities communities strategies thatexpandopportunities foryouthandadultsinmorethan200 The organization isdedicatedtoachieving environmental and justicethroughinnovative This nonprofitorganization identifies,develops andpromoteseducationworkforce foster modelsforsystemsreformandregionalcooperationindistressedcommunities. corporation tomeetitsdesign-buildaspirationsforaffordability andenergyefficiency. Green Arts Districtandthelaunch of America’s carbon-neutral community. first and fabricateproductswhilefosteringgreeninnovation andentrepreneurship. comprehensive wraparoundservicestochronicallycomprehensive homelessfamilies. Prosperous America,” which was heldinDetroitNovember 2011. and meetthematching requirementsforafederalgrantinitiative. innovative policies andapproachesinnovative tothecurrent urbancrisis. D.C., andasecondlocationinNew York. and ruralareas. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$250,000 Oakland, California Urban Institute $100,000 NewYork Bronx, grant) (2009 Sustainable SouthBronx Centers United Inc. Restaurant Opportunities Corporation Community Development Pontchartrain Park PolicyLink $750,000 Oberlin, Ohio Oberlin College $750,000 NewYorkNew York, Corporation Local Initiatives Support $1,000,000 NewYorkNew York, (2010 grant) Development Initiative National Community Living CitiesInc.: The $125,000 North Hollywood,California L.A. Family Housing $200,000 Boston, Massachusetts Jobs for theFuture $200,000 New Orleans,Louisiana $100,000 NewYorkNew York, $75,000 Washington, D.C.

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119 Community Development | 2011 120 The Kresge Foundation 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Detroit 121 Arts & Culture | 2010 122 The Kresge Foundation American CivilLiberties ArtServe Michigan Inc. ArtServe Michigan Inc. Alternatives for Girls Fund ofMichigan Wixom, Michigan Wixom, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan ARISE Detroit! (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) $150,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000

community onitsannualcity-wide NeighborhoodsDay. thelaunchvolunteers, ofaweekly ARISE Detroit!Networkradioshowandservicetothe neighborhoods. Kresge’s grantwillsupport therecruitmentof additional two-year, $300,000 inhundredsofcommunity-servicevolunteers programsbenefitingyouth,familiesand Working communitypartners, theorganization hasengaged with300 morethan3,000 general operationstoachieve theorganization’s mission. of Michigan’s arts andculturalsector. grant willbeusedtosupportThis two-year, $150,000 andthebroadercommunity, potential thecreative constituents, stakeholders tocultivate ArtServe usesadvocacy, capacitybuildingandstrategiccommunications, inpartnership with capacity. strategy development,strongerfinancialmanagement,and increasedcommunityarts specific dataaboutarts andculturalorganizations. Thegoal istofostermoredata-driven the Michigan tocollect,maintainandinterpret CulturalDataProject,initiative acollaborative Kresge’s grant willsupport three-year, $150,000 ArtServe initsroleastheleadagency for Detroit andotherurbancommunities. expansion fundandadvanceitsefforts issuesimpacting toaddresssystemiccivil-rights inMichigan.its programsandactivities grant willsupportThis three-year, the ACLU’s $225,000 The tohelpstrengthenandexpand Liberties aninitiative American Civil Unionhasdelivered raising fundsforanoperatingreserve. organization toexpanditsfund-developmentstaff andstabilize itsfinancialconditionby to change Kresge’s thetrajectoryoftheirlives. grant willenablethe three-year, $225,000 counseling, medicalcare,employmenttrainingandotherservicesforgirlsyoungwomen agencyinsouthwestDetroithasprovidedFor theinnovative shelter, 20years, outreach, Detroit: Grants year, $250,000 grantwillsupportyear, thecenter’s $250,000 newestcampaigntoengage frontline “education Artist Fellowship program,which awards artists fellowshipstoindividual inliterary, visualand residents, andthepublicsectortoaddressimportant communityproblemsandconcerns. This grant will help the agency expand its capacity to serve youth and families by strengthening its grant willhelptheagencyexpanditscapacitytoserveyouthandfamiliesbystrengthening September 2011 inaugurallaunch oftheDetroitDesignFestival,showcasingDetroit’s creative priorities anddevelopedacitizen-drivenactionplantobolsterthestate’s prosperity. This two- relationships thathaveadirect,lastingimpactonyoungpeople,agesixthrough18. Kresge’s performing arts inmetropolitanDetroit. This grantwillsupport ayearlongprogramtodeliver collection, storageandanalysis. This grantwillfundthedevelopment ofastrategicbusiness The nonprofit,faith-basedorganization provides housing,workforcetraining,neighborhood three-year, $600,000 grant willsupport itsoperationsandtheimplementationofamultiyear three-year, $600,000 This three-year, $400,000 grantwillsupport theHighSchoolThis three-year, Dropout Prevention programin $400,000 The Detroit-based arts college has used this grant to create video documentation of the first The Detroit-basedarts collegehasusedthisgranttocreate videodocumentationofthefirst The Detroit-basedarts Corridor collegehousestheDetroitCreative Center, which presented schoolchildren, organizing after-school programsandparticipating inrevitalizationprojects. metropolitan Detroit office’s launch toprovide 50peoplewithpermanent ofanew initiative Kresge in 2008 to deliver Kresge todeliver ArtsKresge in2008 inDetroit,aprogramtoadvanceartists andcreativity consumers” in community conversations about education-policy issues and to elevate the incommunityconversationsabouteducation-policyissuesandtoelevatethe consumers” The centerisa “think anddotank”thathasengaged Michigan residentsindialogueabout neighborhoods andempowerresidents. grantwillbeusedtohelp This two-year, $365,000 organizations acquire,renovate andresellvacant,foreclosedhomesintheBoston-Edison unemployment andchronic health issues. grantwillsupport the This three-year, $300,000 in southeastMichigan. This three-year, $1,502,940totalgrantwillprovide 36Kresge Artist The organization has been a leader in one-to-one youth mentoring and fostering positive The organization hasbeenaleaderinone-to-one youthmentoringandfosteringpositive development andfull-timecommunity-building efforts, includingtutoringandmentoring data aboutchanging neighborhoodconditionstoDetroit-areaagenciesandinformstheir technical toartists seminars whohavereceived assistance,businessadviceandcreative Since 2008, Since 2008, ArtServe hasservedastheprofessional-developmentpartner fortheKresge The Detroitchapter ofthisnationalserviceprogramengages youngadultsinleadership to students while preparing them for careers intheprofessionalworld. to studentswhilepreparingthemforcareers As animportant The organization promotesandfacilitatescross-sectorcollaborationamongnonprofits, The Detroit-basedinstitutionofarts anddesignoffers bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees component ofitsmultitudecommunityarts programs, it formedapartnership with The nationalintermediaryprovides financialandtechnical assistance tocommunities City Connect Detroit has served to incubate Data Driven Detroit, an independent data Detroit,anindependent data City ConnectDetroithasservedtoincubateDataDriven Detroit,anindependent data City ConnectDetroithasservedtoincubateDataDriven collection, storage and analysis center formed in 2008 to deliver reliable, meaningful reliable,meaningful todeliver collection, storageandanalysiscenterformedin2008 to develop permanent supportive housing for people who are homeless because of to developpermanentsupportive housing forpeoplewhoarehomelessbecauseof policymaking decisions. This grantprovides oneyearofsupport forD3’s activities. beautification and youth-development services designed to bolster central Detroit beautification andyouth-developmentservicesdesignedtobolstercentralDetroit two KresgeEminent Artists and36 Artist Fellows work. andtheircreative importance ofeducationaccessandqualityinthestate. and financial plan to strengthen Data Driven Detroit. and financialplantostrengthenDataDriven Fellowships andtwoKresgeEminent Artist Awards. sustainability plantosecureadditionalsupport. homes andan array ofsupportive services. community, withsupport fromthisgrant. fellowships inthepastyear. six Detroitneighborhoods. long-term sustainability. Historic District. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $100,000 Brighton, Michigan $165,000 Detroit, Michigan Housing Corporation for Supportive $150,000 Detroit, Michigan College for Creative Studies $40,000 Detroit, Michigan College for Creative Studies $752,170 Detroit, Michigan (2010 grant) College for Creative Studies $133,334 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2009 City Year Detroit $48,750 Detroit, Michigan City ConnectDetroit $280,000 Detroit, Michigan City ConnectDetroit $200,000 Detroit, Michigan grant) (2009 City ConnectDetroit Corporation Community Development Central Detroit Christian $125,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan The Center for Michigan Inc. Metropolitan Detroit Big Brothers BigSisters of $120,500 Wixom, Michigan ArtServe Michigan Inc. $150,000 Detroit, Michigan

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123 Detroit | 2011 124 The Kresge Foundation Demos: A Network for Ideas The Detroit Institute of Arts and Action Ltd. and Action Development Corporation Detroit EconomicGrowth Detroit EconomicGrowth Detroit EconomicGrowth Detroit CatholicPastoral Detroit Area Pre-CollegeDetroit Area Pre-CollegeDetroit Area Southeastern Michigan Grand Haven,Michigan niern Program Engineering Engineering Program Council ofMichigan Cultural Alliance of of Cultural Alliance e ok NewYorkNew York, Foundations Inc. Detroit Hispanic Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Association Association Association (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,250,000 $800,000 $333,000 $350,000 $125,000 $170,000 $170,000 $100,000 $100,000 Alliance $75,000 $75,000 $20,000 $20,000

general operationalsupport willenablethecorporationto sustainitsactivities. workinginDetroit’s ofsixserviceproviders collaborative Latinocommunity. This grantfor to youthandadultsinsouthwestDetroit,leadstheConsortium ofHispanic Agencies, a programsand services The community-development comprehensive organization delivers that willachieve anewvisionforthecity. This grantwillsupport thatwork. Design Centertoengage residentsinguidingDetroititspolicy, planningandfiscaldecisions future landuseandeconomicgrowth.Itisworkinginconcert withtheDetroitCollaborative anopportunityoptions for data-driven toconsiderinnovative, residents andstakeholders DEGA theDetroit isspearheadingamajorinitiative, Works Project long-termplan,toprovide neighborhoods. access tofull-servicegrocerystoresthatprovide fresh,locallygrownproduceinDetroit’s grantforexpansionoftheGreenGrocerProject willhelpincrease three-year, $1,000,000 attraction developmentandfinancingprogramstoincreasethecity’s economicvitality. This DEGA isDetroit’s business- leadnonprofitentityengaged ineconomicdevelopment.Itdelivers Kresge’s fundingunderthisgrantwilladvancetheassociation’s coremission. attraction developmentandfinancingprogramstoincreasethecity’s economicvitality. DEGA isDetroit’s business- leadnonprofitentityengaged ineconomicdevelopment.Itdelivers resident participation. engagement andincrease labsintwoDetroitneighborhoods toidentifyemergingleaders groups toaddresssystemicissues. grantwillestablishcommunity-This three-year, $225,000 Movement Project, which inDetroittobolsterthecapabilityofneighborhood hasworked Demos, anonpartisan, public-policyresearch andadvocacy organization, anchors theBuilding grantwillprovide generaloperatingsupport.year, $250,000 professional developmentservicestononprofitarts andcultureorganizations. Kresge’s two- efforts,action, partnerships andcollaborative providing research, advocacy, and marketing, The alliancestrengthensthearts sectorinaseven-countyregionbyfosteringcollective and extendoutreach efforts toyouth. will support curriculum upgrades,createatransportation hubinanEastsideneighborhood in thescience,technology, engineeringandmathematicsfields. grant Thisthree-year, $470,000 DAPCEP provides out-of-school educationalenrichment careers topreparestudentspursue use commercial/residentialproject. grantwillsupport thealliance’s$200,000 Gratiot Avenue Redevelopmentamixed- Initiative, working toimprove thequalityoflifealongGratiot Avenue corridor. Kresge’s two-year, The nonprofitcommunitydevelopmentcoalition was foundedby 14 churches inDetroit will provide flexiblesupport duringtheinstitution’s transitiontofinancialstability. cultural anchor inDetroit’s Midtown district.Kresge’s grant five-year, conditional$4,000,000 tofurther enhancethatreputation andexpanditsimpactasanimportant completed in2007 collection is buildingonthefacilityexpansion andredesignofthedisplayits60,000-work The DIAisoneofthenation’s leadingvisualarts institutions.Nowcelebratingits125th year, it support fortransportation. in thescience,technology, engineeringandmathematicsfields. Thisgrantprovides additional DAPCEP provides out-of-school educationalenrichment careers topreparestudentspursue strengthen their economies. strengthen theireconomies. apolicyagendatorevitalizehelp theofficedevelopanddeliver Michigan’s majorcitiesand establishedbyMichiganInitiatives Gov. Rick Snyder. Kresge’s grantwill two-year, $200,000 The councilisthefiscalagentfornewMichigan OfficeofUrbanandMetropolitan community educationandoutreach programs.Funding willprovide workingcapitaltosupport grant to the Eastern Market Corporationwillbeusedforgeneralsupportgrant totheEasternMarket andtherenovation of $1,000,000 grantwillsupport thepartnership’s launch$1,000,000 ofapediatricmedical-homeprogramin The healthauthorityservesuninsuredandunderinsuredDetroit Wayne Countyresidents, outlet forclassicalmusicandanimportant produceroforiginalprogrammingthatshowcases The DowntownDetroitPartnership isacriticalleaderintherevitalizationofDetroit,delivering The Detroit Parent Network serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Detroit 300, a new community anewcommunity The DetroitParent NetworkservesasthefiscalsponsorforDetroit300, southeastern Michigan’s artistic andculturallife.Kresge’s three-year, grantwillbuild $474,000 year, $600,000 grantwillallowthelandbanktoexpanditsstaff andestablishastructurethat year, $600,000 Food statewideandseveralindependent Detroit- Bucks markets pilotprogramat60farmers’ The land bank was established by the Detroit City Council in 2008 to promote neighborhood topromoteneighborhood The landbankwas establishedbytheDetroit City Councilin2008 than 2 million market visitors todowntownDetroitannually. visitors than 2millionmarket Kresge’s three-year, $1,000,000 Enterprise sponsors theRoseEnterprise sponsors Architectural Fellowship, which guidesemergingarchitects initiatives to strengthen downtown Detroit as the vibrant, diverse andeconomicallyhealthy tostrengthendowntownDetroitasthevibrant,diverse initiatives Alliance, a program intended to provide pro bono consulting services for high-priority civic Alliance, aprogramintendedtoprovide probonoconsultingservicesforhigh-prioritycivic the orchestra whileitrestructuresitsoperationsandworkstobuildnewaudiences,donors Eastern Market hassuppliedtheareawithfreshfoodsince1891 andcurrentlyEastern Market drawsmore performance organizations, attracts more than 400,000 peopleannuallytoitsconcerts and performance organizations, attracts morethan 400,000 The partnership engages business and civic leaders in developing initiatives to strengthen tostrengthen indevelopinginitiatives The partnership engagesleaders businessandcivic at school andinthecommunitythroughworkshops,support groupsandtrainingsessions and human-services providers, practitioners, educators andadvocates. Kresge’s educators practitioners, and human-servicesproviders, two-year, The organization managespublicradiostation WRCJ 90.9FM,theregion’s onlybroadcast and sponsors inthe and sponsors Wayne Children’s Healthcare Access Program, apartnership ofhealth fresh, sustainablygrownfood. grantwillsupport theDoubleUp This three-year, $300,000 stabilization and economic growth through the acquisition, management and disposition stabilization andeconomicgrowththroughtheacquisition,managementdisposition The nonprofit organization partners with other stakeholders tosupportThe nonprofitorganization accessto healthy, partners withotherstakeholders grant willbeusedtoplaceaRose ofDetroitMercy’s Fellow withtheUniversity Detroit of tax-delinquent properties thathavereverted Funding tocityownership. fromthistwo- The DetroitParent Networkstrengthensparentalinvolvement withchildren inthehome, and underemployedpeople. This grantwill continueKresge’s fundingforGoodwill’s Flip Goodwill provides training,workexperiencesandemployment servicestounemployed in leadership, advocacy andpublicspeaking. in leadership, grantforgeneral This three-year, $300,000 urban coreofsoutheastMichigan. Kresge’s grantcommitmentwill three-year, $650,000 Detroit. grantwillfundthepilotphaseofDetroitConsulting This two-year, $600,000 the Script career-training inthecentral programforpeopleliving Woodward-north end coalition, which usedthisgranttohostthecity’s annualmeetingofneighborhood first into community-based architectural design.Funding fromthisthree-year, $270,000 The DetroitSymphony Orchestra, aculturaliconandoneof America’s top-ranked Detroit toimprove healthoutcomesamongchildren whileloweringcosts. operations willallowDPNtoincreasethenumberoffamiliesitserves. support thepartnership’s programsandoperationsforthreeyears. Shed 5toexpandprogramsandaddacommunitykitchen. the capacityofthisstationandsupport itsgrowthplans. accelerates Detroit’s neighborhood-revitalizationefforts. Collaborative DesignCenter.Collaborative projects inthecityofDetroit. community ofDetroit. area grocers. and patrons. block clubs. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$200,000 Detroit, Michigan Greater Detroit Goodwill Industries of Fair Food Network $90,000 Columbia, Maryland Partners Inc. Enterprise Community $250,000 Detroit, Michigan Eastern Market Corporation $300,000 Detroit, Michigan Partnership Inc. Downtown Detroit $250,000 Detroit, Michigan Partnership Inc. Downtown Detroit $500,000 Detroit, Michigan Health Authority County Detroit Wayne $500,000 Detroit, Michigan Orchestra HallInc. Detroit Symphony $128,000 Wixom, Michigan grant) (2009 PublicTelevisionDetroit $5,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Parent Network $100,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit Parent Network $300,000 Detroit, Michigan Detroit LandBank Authority $100,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan

125 Detroit | 2011 126 The Kresge Foundation John F. Kennedy Center for Invest Detroit Foundation Local Initiatives Support Local Initiatives Support Harriet Tubman Center – The Greening ofDetroit Legal ServicesofSouth Southeastern Michigan The Heidelberg Project Junior Achievement of of Junior Achievement Minneapolis, Minnesota Grassroots Solutions Corporation –Detroit Corporation –Detroit the Performingthe Arts Ann Arbor,Michigan Detroit Central Michigan Washington, D.C. Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,000,000 $250,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $310,000 $147,500 $30,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000

strengthen itsorganizational capabilitiesand develop astrategicbusinessplanforexpansion. symbolism andintrigueinaneastsideneighborhood.Kresge’s fundingwillhelptheproject director Tyree Guyton,whousesdiscardedeverydayobjectstocreateatwo-block areaofcolor, Now inits25thyear, theprojectisanopen-airart environment createdbyfounderandartistic Grand Boulevard-Woodward neighborhoods. neighborhood-improvement projects inDetroit’s Springwells Village, Grandmont-Rosedale and Detroit neighborhoods. This grantwillenableLISCtoimplementhome-preservationand project financingandleveragetocommunity-based organizations engaged inrevitalizing ago. Itprovides operatingsupport,30 years technical andcapacity-building assistance, ofamajornationalcommunitydevelopmenteffortLISC Detroitislocalinitiative begun Detroit-area arts andculturalorganizations. ofselected andboardleaders arts-management toseniorexecutives educationfortwoyears performing-arts managers. grant,thecenterwillprovide Through thistwo-year, $100,000 supports theInstitutefor Arts Management,which offers avarietyof trainingprogramsfor Recognized asthenation’s premiercenterfortheperformingarts, theKennedy Center capacity-building. and adultenvironmental education. grantwillsupport organizational This three-year, $700,000 Urban Reforestationwithtreenurseries, Initiative, Initiative Agriculture Program, andyouth programs includeaCommunityPlantingProgram, NeighborhoodEnvironmental Revitalization public areas,theGreeningprovides educationalprogramsanddevelopmentprojects.Current Founded in1989 toenhancethebeautyofcityDetroitthroughreforestationits Program’s multipleinitiatives. “Engagement Action Plans”forinvolving andinstitutionsintheDetroit communitymembers projects andcampaigns. With thistwo-year, grant,theorganization willimplement $610,000 Grassroots Solutions helpscommunitiesorganize, trainandmobilize supporters for Detroit householdsannuallythroughtheMichigan Foreclosure Prevention Collaborative. local legal-aid programs.Kresge’s three-year, grantwillenableattorneys toassist600 $442,500 elderly residents,andoperatestheMichigan Poverty LawProgram, which offers servicesto The nonprofitorganization extendsfreelegal adviceandrepresentationtolow-income and school studentsinDetroitneighborhoods. Financial LiteracyNOW tooffer project,aninitiative financial-literacyeducationtomiddle- career readinessandentrepreneurship. grantwillsupport This three-year,the $225,000 offinancialconceptsandpromotingworkforce/ programs aimedatimproving understanding The organization provides 37,000 studentsin10 southeastMichigan countieswitheducational models ofcommunityorganizing. center tocontinueitsrecruitment,internshipandplacementefforts, andtodevelopnew as churches orschools. grantforoperatingsupport This three-year,willenablethe $450,000 community organizers throughinternshipsand jobplacementwithlocalinstitutions,such The independent,nonprofitorganization attracts anddevelopswell-connected,expert two major redevelopment initiatives. two majorredevelopmentinitiatives. grantforoperationalsupport willenableInvest Detroittorampupitsparticipation in $400,000 the city, isacriticalpartner intherevitalizationof Woodward corridor. Kresge’s three-year, organizations promotingcommunitydevelopmentandstrengtheningthephysical conditionof The foundation,which provides low-cost loansandnontraditionalfinancialassistanceto new effort inDetroit. environmental improvements. Kresge’s grantwillsupport thelaunch two-year, ofthis $200,000 developments andensurethese projectsgeneratejobs,communityservicesand to exploreandexpandtheuseofcommunity-benefits agreements inpublicandprivate The organization hasestablishedtheDoingDevelopmentDifferently inDetroitInitiative The Michigan Environmental Council is a coalition of 70 environmental, public-health and faith- Founded in1912, thenonprofit,nonpartisan andadvocacy organization statewidemembership Previously knownasCommunityLegal Resources, theagencyprovides legal anddevelopment grants to help them secure, maintain, beautify and monitor foreclosed and unoccupied homes. grants tohelpthemsecure,maintain,beautifyandmonitorforeclosedunoccupiedhomes. direction to educators whowishtolaunchdirection toeducators small,high-performancehigh schools inDetroitand which provides block clubsandneighborhoodassociationswithtechnical assistanceandmini- after-school tutoring,summerenrichment, general-education-degree preparationandlife-skills students annually. projectwithData Assisted bythisgrant,thecollegewillleadacollaborative support. Program, grantwillfundtheGirls’ which providesThis two-year,one-to-one $200,000 serve Detroitresidents.Kresge’s grantcommitmentwillenabletheagency two-year, $500,000 The nonprofitorganization servestheneeds of girlsandwomeninsouthwestDetroitthrough grant fromtheFord Foundation to fundtheStrategic tocreatenewmodels Alliances Initiative nonprofit community. TheexpansionofitsMetroDetroit Partnership office,supported bythis the new Transportation forMichigan coalitiontodevelopaseamless,intermodal21st-century throughout the Woodward corridor totheNewCenterareaandcatalyzing fromtheriverfront based organizations promotingstateandnationalpublicpoliciestoprotectMichigan’s water, join togethertoincreasefinancialstability. grantwillmatch alike Thisthree-year, $1,000,000 three-year, $380,000 grant, will make more services and programs available to nonprofits in more servicesandprogramsavailabletononprofitsin grant,will make three-year, $380,000 broader region.Kresge’s grantwillhelpfundengineering,planning, multi-year, $34,600,000 The associationservesasastatewidenetwork,resourcecenter andadvocate forMichigan’s Driven DetroitandMacombCountygovernment toanalyzeDriven datafromthe2010 U.S. Census The nonpartisan research organization isspearheadingefforts toimprove K–12 educational is dedicatedtoensuringthatMichigan’s lower-income residentsachieve economicsecurity. to provide technical, legal, andeducationalassistancetocommunitiesengaged inland-use Southeastern Michigan tohelparts organizations insoutheastMichigan exploreoptionsto $526,400 grantwillprovide support Detroit $526,400 foritscollaborative Vacant Property Campaign, unemployment benefitsinaneight-county area of Southeast Michigan. Kresge’s two-year, and landuse.Kresge’s grantwillunderwritethecouncil’s two-year, $275,000 of leadership landscapes andcommunities,supporting programsonenergy, environmental health, The agencyprovides legal anddevelopmentsourcestocommunity-based nonprofitsthat formed in 2008 toadvancelightraildevelopmentinDetroit’sformed in2008 Woodward corridor. Itsgoal to collectandanalyze dataontheneedsofresidentsanddisseminatethisinformationto The Michigan Nonprofit Associationhasundertaken aneffort withtheCultural Allianceof Macomb isoneofthenation’s leadingcommunity collegesandservesmorethan48,000 This two-year, $300,000 grantforoperatingsupport willstrengthentheleague’sThis two-year, $300,000 capacity Metro DetroitHighSchool Accelerator, which willprovide financialsupport, trainingand sources tocommunity-based nonprofitsthatserveDetroitresidents.Kresge’s two-year, is topromoteeconomicdevelopmentandrestorevitalitytheheart ofDetroitandthe M-1 RAIL is a nonprofit, public/private partnership of Detroit business and civic leaders leaders partnership ofDetroitbusinessandcivic M-1 RAILisanonprofit,public/private construction and operation of a 3.4-mile light-rail line connecting people and activities construction andoperationofa3.4-milelight-raillineconnectingpeopleactivities Law School, filingfor provides freeadviceandlegal representationtojoblessworkers options insoutheastMichigan. Kresge’s grant willsupport the three-year, $1,500,000 The independent nonprofit organization, established by the University ofMichiganThe independentnonprofitorganization, establishedbytheUniversity southeast Michigan toincreasetheireffectiveness, engagement andrelevance. better transportation optionsforresidentsthroughoutthemetropolitanarea. community-based organizations inDetroitandsoutheastMichigan. tutoring inreadingandmathforgirlsgradesonethrougheight. of collaborationamonglocalarts andculturalorganizations. and identifydemographicchanges andtrendsinthecounty. planning andneighborhoodstabilization. $150,000 grantwillsupport theproject. $150,000 transportation systeminthestate. inner-ring suburbs. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$3,500.000 $3,500.000 Detroit, Michigan $100,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan Insurance Project Michigan Unemployment $100,000 Lansing, Michigan Association Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Nonprofit Services Michigan Leaguefor Human $350,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan grant) (2009 Michigan Future Inc. $150,000 Lansing, Michigan Council Michigan Environmental $275,000 Detroit, Michigan Resources Michigan Community Resources Michigan Community $100,000 Detroit, Michigan (2010 grant) Mercy EducationProject College Macomb Community M-1 RAIL $41,800 Warren, Michigan $263,200 Detroit, Michigan $150,000 Lansing, Michigan $333,334 Lansing, Michigan

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127 Detroit | 2011 128 The Kresge Foundation Community School ofMusic Museum ofContemporary Michigan State University Midnight GolfProgram East Lansing,Michigan New UrbanLearning Midtown Detroit Inc. Midtown Detroit Inc. – Detroit NextEnergy Center NextEnergy Center Michigan Women’s e ok NewYorkNew York, Project for Public New Detroit Inc. Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Foundation Spaces Inc. (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) Art Detroit $1,000,000 $200,000 $260,000 $185,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $15,000 $62,500

Detroit anenvironmental leaderamongolderindustrialcities. of Detroitofficialstoclarifytheirfocusonsustainabilityand helpingjumpstart efforts tomake City componentsofKresge’s Re-Imagining Detroit2020framework,workingcloselywithCity thatsupportNextEnergy willbuildoutasuiteofactivities theGreenEconomy andSustainable andrenewablefocused onalternative energy. Through thistwo-year, $1,010,000 grant, The NextEnergyCenterisoneofthenation’s leadingtechnology andbusinessaccelerators Detroit familiesandchildren intheMidtownneighborhood. support theplanninganddevelopmentofamodelEducareearlychildhood centertoserve to schools thatarecommitted tostudentachievement. grantwill This two-year, $370,000 high-quality operationalservices This nonprofiteducation-managementorganization delivers programs. Grant moneywillgotoward facilityandinfrastructureimprovements. enriches Detroit’s vibrantMidtownneighborhoodwithart public exhibitionsandextensive MOCAD servesasahubfortheexplorationofemergingideasincontemporaryarts and operate astate-of-the-art inNorthwest golfpracticecourse Detroit. general operationswhilestrengtheningitspartnership withMarygrove Collegetodevelopand throughgolfinstruction.Fundingand communityactivism willunderwritetheprogram’s The 30-weekmentoringprogramforyouthteaches development,collegepreparation personal communities throughitsPower of100 Women programandMWF Angel Fund. financial capitalandtechnical inDetroitandunderserved assistancetofemaleentrepreneurs general-operatinggrant,thefoundationwillcontinuetoprovide With thistwo-year, $150,000 well-beingofwomenandgirls. to improving theeconomicself-sufficiencyandpersonal Established in1986 by30prominentMichigan women,thestatewidefoundationisdedicated support programsandservices. itskey in Detroit’s Midtownarea. This grantwillprovide theresourcestosustainitsoperationsand Center Council,MidtownDetroitnowservesastheprimarydistrict-developmentorganization Formed in2011 CulturalCenter bythemergerofUniversity Association andtheNew anchors forcommunityengagement. serveas markets farmers “placemaking” improvement programinlocationswhereactive one grant,theorganization willassessopportunities tocreateaDetroitneighborhood create andsustainpublicspaces thatbuildstrongercommunities. Assisted bythisphase- The nonprofitplanning,design andeducationalorganization isdedicated to helpingpeople pilot projects. that includeshelpingthecityofDetroitwithsustainability issues andothergreen-economy Green Economy andSustainableCitymoduleoftheRe-Imagining Detroit2020framework Through thistwo-year, $1,010,000 grant,NextEnergywilllaunch phaseoneofKresge’s and race-relationsactivities. four-year, grantcommitmentwillbeusedtosupport theorganization’s $375,000 operations race relationsbyinfluencingissuesandpoliciesthatensureeconomicsocialequity. This organizations, andeducational,healthreligiousinstitutionsworkstofostermorepositive frombusiness,labor,The coalitionofleaders media,community-based andcivil-rights grantsupportassisted bythistwo-year,forgeneraloperations. $30,000 residents. The school willexpanditsprogrammingandimpactintheDetroitcommunity, appreciation andtherapeuticuseofmusictonurture themusicaldevelopmentofcity Detroit onthe Woodward Avenue tooffer corridor newopportunities in2009 forthestudy, The publicresearch andteaching establisheditsCommunitySchool university ofMusic– showcase theworkofKresge Artist Fellows andEminent Artists invenuesacrossMidtown. scope of Art XDetroit:Kresge Arts heldin Experience,aninauguralpublicfestival April 2011 to for itsdevelopmentandrevitalization.Grantmoneyallowedtheassociationtoexpand andcapacity medical andeducationalassetsofMidtownDetroithasprovided leadership CulturalCenter Formerly theUniversity Association, thenonprofitbuildsoncultural,

high-quality earlychildhood systemforthestateandtohostanationalPediatric MedicalHome partnership withtheDetroitEconomicGrowthCorporation,toaccelerateinvestment inDetroit. Established in1990 asa nationalcorpsofcollegegraduateswhoteach schools, inunderserved to restoreurbanvitality, ensuretransportation equityandenhancequalityoflife.Itwillusethis grant willallowtheMichigan affiliatetolaunch COLORS ofDetroit,aworker-owned cooperative $450,000 grant will underwrite the consolidation of house-counseling, workforce-development grantwillunderwritetheconsolidationofhouse-counseling,workforce-development $450,000 identifies and demonstrates retail and commercial market demandinurbancommunities.identifies anddemonstratesretailcommercialmarket This The nonprofitorganization seekstoimprove andpromotetransitingreaterDetroit asameans will usethisphase-twogranttoplanandimplementshort-term “placemaking” pilotprograms Turning Point ofdomestic provides programsandresourcesthatenablevictims andsurvivors Detroit. Assisted by this two-year, $500,000 grant, the association will revive a2.3-milestretch grant,theassociationwillrevive Detroit. Assisted bythistwo-year, $500,000 national initiative created in 2002 by the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, to establish a toestablisha bytheEarlyChildhoodFundersCollaborative, createdin2002 national initiative the nonprofitsector. grantwill fund Kresge’s Thistwo-year, $100,000 intheEarly membership Using specialized analyticaltoolstoevaluatedemographic andincomedata,theorganization three-year, $225,000 grant will expand the collection and analysis of real-time market data, in data,in grantwillexpandthecollectionandanalysisofreal-timemarket three-year, $225,000 Childhood Funders’ Collaborative, a coalition of foundations and corporate-giving programs programs acoalitionoffoundationsandcorporate-giving Collaborative, Childhood Funders’ Third Sector provides capacity-building nonprofitsand programsandservicesforindividual Third Sector provides capacity-building nonprofitsand programsandservicesforindividual of the West Vernor Avenue corridor commercialdistrictandcompleteaplanfor asathriving streetscape improvements. The grantwilldirectlyleverageothersupport oftheprojectfrom metropolitan Detroitareaand enhancesafety-net support forwomen,children andfamilies. The nonprofitplanning,designandeducationalorganization isdedicatedtohelpingpeople create andsustainpublicspacesthatbuildstrongercommunities.Project forPublic Spaces Teach andaconduitofcommitted individuals for America hasbecomeanetworkof24,000 facilitating thecontinuationandenhancementofastable,economicallyhealthy Southwest foreclosure to stay in their homes and assisted first-time homebuyers. Kresge’s homebuyers. foreclosure tostayintheirhomesandassistedfirst-time three-year, the nonprofitsector. Kresge’s grantwillsupport Third Sector’sa ongoingworkwithBUILD, establish its site in Detroit and recruit, train and place up to 300 corps members in Detroit inDetroit corpsmembers establish itssiteinDetroitandrecruit,trainplaceupto300 The agencyoffers awideandintegratedarray ofsafety-net andcommunity-development to improve publicspacesattheNorthwest andPeaches DetroitFarmersMarket &Greens conditions ofthenation’s 10 millionlow-wage restaurantworkers. This two-year, $200,000 violence, sexualassaultandhomelessness toregainKresge’s controloftheirlives. three- and financial-literacyservicesintoasingle Family FinancialFitnessprogramforlow- and Established in1957, thecoalitionofbusinessesandcommunityinterestsiscommitted to educational leaders. UsingKresge’seducational leaders. grant,theorganization four-year, willre- $1,000,000 year, $400,000 grant will be used to expand an existing domestic-violence shelter in the grantwillbeusedtoexpandanexisting domestic-violenceshelterinthe year, $400,000 services inDetroit. This planninggrantwillenableitssubsidiary, Southwest Counseling Through its comprehensive approachThrough itscomprehensive tocommunityrevitalization,the organization has restaurant thatprovides employment,jobtrainingandasourceofaffordable localfood. leveraged residentialmortgages, preservedreal-estateassets,allowedfamiliesfacing Founded inNew York City, thenonprofitorganization seekstoimprove thepayandjob Solutions, todevelopaplanforimplementing thenationallyrecognized full-service grant tobuilditsfinancialbaseandstrengthenorganizational leadership. dedicated to promoting the positive developmentofyoungchildren.dedicated topromotingthepositive community school modelatthreesouthwestDetroitschools. moderate-income families. public andcharter schools. the StateofMichigan. Summit inMichigan. Produce Market. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Turning Point Inc. Riders United Transportation $75,000 Boston, Massachusetts New EnglandInc. Third Sector $200,000 Boston, Massachusetts New EnglandInc. Third Sector $330,000 NewYorkNew York, (2010 grant) Teach for America Inc. $200,000 Detroit, Michigan Solutions Corporation Southwest Housing $300,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Inc. Southwest Detroit Business $60,000 Detroit, Michigan Development Services Southwest Counselingand $75,000 Washington, D.C. grant) (2009 Social CompactInc. $100,000 NewYorkNew York, Centers United Inc. Restaurant Opportunities $150,000 NewYorkNew York, Spaces Inc. Project for Public $50,000 Detroit, Michigan $134,000 Mt. Clemens,Michigan

129 Detroit | 2011 130 The Kresge Foundation University ofDetroit Mercy University ofDetroit Mercy Development Corporation Volunteers inPrevention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wayne State University Wayne State University Wayne State University Wayne State University U3 Ventures Southeastern Michigan Vanguard Community Probation, Prison Inc. Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan United Way for United Way U3 Ventures (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,000,000 $300,000 $200,000 $250,000 $150,000 $125,000 $150,000 $75,000 $50,000 $42,500 $16,604

have incarceratedparents. Kresge’s grantwillextendone-to-oneadultmentoringto446children two-year, who $125,000 to nurture andenrich ofchildren thelives intheDetroitareaand12 Michigan living counties. The nonprofitorganization, knownas VIPMentoring,usesitsnetworkof volunteer mentors will support itsoperationsandbuildsorganizational capacity. in theCentral Woodward-North EndneighborhoodofDetroit. grant This two-year, $300,000 facilitate, coordinateandigniteeducational,economiccommunitygrowthinvestment holisticcommunityserviceanddevelopmentorganization The comprehensive, worksto an environmental modelandgreenopenspaceforthesurrounding community. Detroit’s eastside.ItwillallowforanalysisofoptionstouseadaylightedBloodyRun Creekas outreach programoftheSchool of Architecture, tomodelafutureurbanredevelopmenton This grantwillsupport research DesignCenter, bytheDetroitCollaborative acommunity operating support forthedesigncenter. program oftheSchool of Architecture. grantwillprovide general A three-year $375,000 DesignCenter,context, andishometotheDetroitCollaborative acommunityoutreach student-centeredundergraduate andgraduateeducationinanurban delivers The university about childhood developmentandthebenefitsofearlyeducation. experience toeducatecommunitystakeholders Studio thatprovides asensoryimmersion community change. This planninggrantwillfundthedesignofaUnited Way EarlyChildhood toaddresscommunityconcernsandcreatesustainable together partners acrossallsectors Serving Wayne, Oakland andMacombcounties, theorganization iscommitted tobringing organizations inmetropolitanDetroit. redevelopment professionals,whowillservetwo-yearfellowships atpublicandnonprofit The programwas launched in August 2011 toplaceaninitialcohort of29mid-career Wayne State istheimplementingagencyforDetroitRevitalization Fellows Program. urban-planning challenges. social andartistic rebirth ofBerlin,Germany, andthelessons Detroitcanapplytoitsown This grantallowed WDET 101.9 FM,tolaunch afive-part radioseriesexamining theeconomic, Detroit’s communities inthedevelopmentofnewsstoriesanddocumentaries. diverse WDET 101.9 FMtoinitiate acommunity-based reporting projectaimedatengaging residentsof grantwillenablethenewsandinformationbroadcastingstation This two-year, $128,000 Center and Wayne inefforts StateUniversity tostrengthenthecity’s culturaldistrict. plan forMidtownDetroitthatengages theHenry Ford HealthSystem, theDetroitMedical neighborhoods. Kresge’s granthelpslaunch aneconomic-development two-year, $600,000 andmedicalinstitutionstoimprove theirsurrounding and economicimpactofuniversities U3 Ventures specializes inprojectsthatleverage theemploymentbase,procurementvolume and BuyLocally.” the creationandsupport tohelptheinstitutionsandtheiremployees ofinitiatives Hire, “Live, Midtown anchor institutionstoimprove theirsurrounding neighborhoods,specificallythrough This grantwillprovide fortheexpansionofU3’s research andanalysisofopportunities for and collegestudents. Equity inMathematics(MathCorps)provide high-qualityinstructionforpublicschoolchildren community programs. grantwillhelpitsCenterforExcellenceand This three-year, $600,000 offeringWayne morethan350academicand urbanuniversity Stateisacomprehensive, in New York in2011. premiere ofhisplay “Cool Blues” Harris forthe atrehearsal and Macombcountyartists andarts andculturalinstitutionsorganizations. CalledKresge Arts inDetroit,itincludes the KresgeEminent Artist Award, andKresge Artist Fellowships. We believethesearts andcultureefforts contributeto One oftheDetroitProgram’s isamultifacetedapproach strategicobjectives tosupport anddevelop Wayne, Oakland, Laith Karmo, Richard Lewis, Hubert Massey, HeatherMcGill,MarkNewport. Design 99(GinaReichert andMitch Cope),John BruceGiffin, Dunivant, Scott Hocking, 2011 Kresge Artist Fellows inthevisualarts: Corrie Baldauf, LizCohen,OlayamiDabls, FellowsKresge Artist fellowships aswelltheEminent Artist Award. from ArtServe Michigan. Detroit’s the Studies administers Collegefor Creative community intheregion.Fellowsprofessionaldevelopmentopportunities alsoreceive within awiderangeofartistic disciplines,andtoelevatetheprofileofartistic ofDetroitartists vision,commitment,andcareers advance andencouragethecreative were awarded tovisualartists frommetropolitanDetroit. The fellowshipsseekto In 2011, 12 Kresge Artist Fellowships, each withanunrestricted stipendof$25,000, FellowshipsKresge Artist composer MarcusBelgraveandnationallyrenownedvisualartist CharlesMcGee. Previous Eminent Artists includemasterjazztrumpetplayer, recordingartist and Detroit way.” tofollowtheirpassionandshareknowledgeinwhathecalls Detroiters “the Committed tothecitywherehegrewup,Harris continuestomentorandinspire Press title, “Booker T. & Them: Notion” was publishedby Wayne Press in2010. StateUniversity “Coda,” “Queen ofSheba”and “Boo! A MusicalFantasy.” Hislatestbook “Birth ofa the OldDays,” “Robert Johnson: Trick theDevil,” “Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone,” Harris’s plays alsoreflecthislove ofjazz. Theyinclude “CoolBlues,” “Stories About Rooted inhisembraceofthepeople’s humannessandhisexperienceasablack man, 100 timesnationwide. Wayne inDetroit,Harris’s StateUniversity playshavebeenproducedmorethan A communityeducatorand,untilhisrecentretirement,anEnglishprofessorat prize. awarded a$50,000 was the2011 — KresgeEminent Artist and playwriting havewonhimacclaim whosepoetry, prose,and — Renowned literaryartist andeducatorBillHarris Eminent Artist Kresge an essential quality of life that is vibrant, diverse, andself-enriching.an essentialqualityoflifethatisvibrant,diverse, A Blues,” willbepublishedthisyear. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Kresge Arts inDetroit Another Wayne State

131 Detroit | 2011 132 The Kresge Foundation operating support since 2007 forareaartsoperating support andculture. since2007 and Macombcountieswereawarded two-year grantsforoperatingsupport. IntotalKresgehascommitted $17.4 millionin Below isalistofthenonprofitorganizationsKresge receiving Arts Support grants.In2010, 62organizations in Wayne, Oakland SupportKresge Arts Arab CommunityCenter for Economic Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Inc. Cranbrook EducationalCommunity Chamber MusicSocietyofDetroit Detroit Chamber Winds &Strings and SocialServices(ACCESS) eri EducationalTelevisionDetroit EducationalTelevisionDetroit Arts LeagueofMichigan Inc. College for Creative Studies The Detroit Institute of Arts lno onhp MichiganClinton Township, Detroit Historical Society Farmington Hills,Michigan Mount Clemens,Michigan Bloomfield Hills,Michigan $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 $140,000 over twoyears. $140,000 l h ol’ Stage World’sAll The A $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 over twoyears. $35,000 over twoyears. $50,000 $80,000 over twoyears. $80,000 $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 $50,000 over twoyears. $50,000 $50,000 over twoyears. $50,000 $12,000 over twoyears. $12,000 Detroit Artists MarketDetroit Artists Birmingham, Michigan Southfield, Michigan Dearborn, Michigan Wixom, Michigan Wixom, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Arts &Scraps Troy, Michigan iy ofTroyCity Art Center

Detroit Symphony Orchestra HallInc. Great Lakes ChamberMusicFestival Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and Detroit International Jazz Festival Grosse Pointe Historical Society Huron Valley Councilofthe Arts InsideOut Literary Arts Project Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Detroit PublicLibrary Friends Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Detroit ScienceCenter Inc. Detroit ZoologicalSociety eri Repertory Theatre Detroit $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $140,000 over twoyears. $140,000 The Heidelberg Project Operating Corporation $80,000 over twoyears. $80,000 over twoyears. $50,000 over twoyears. $70,000 over twoyears. $50,000 over twoyears. $70,000 $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 over twoyears. $40,000 $18,000 over twoyears. $18,000 $10,000 over twoyears. $10,000 $10,000 over twoyears. $10,000 Birmingham, Michigan Southfield, Michigan Southfield, Michigan Royal Oak, Michigan Dearborn, Michigan Highland, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Performing Arts Foundation Inc. The HenryFord Heritage Works Foundation

Museum ofContemporary Art Detroit Museum of AfricanHistory AmericanMuseum Music HallCenter for thePerforming Motown Historical MuseumInc. oacYuhTete f Detroit Mosaic Youth of Theatre Macomb CommunityCollege – Macomb CommunityCollege – Matrix Theatre Company Inc. eih EnsembleTheatre Jewish Bloomfield Hills,Michigan ihgn Opera Theatre Michigan Lorenzo Cultural Center Macomb Center for the $200,000 over twoyears. $200,000 $160,000 over twoyears. $160,000 over twoyears. $160,000 $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 over twoyears. $100,000 Motor CityBrass Band $30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 over twoyears. $50,000 over twoyears. $40,000 over twoyears. $30,000 $60,000 over twoyears. $60,000 $40,000 over twoyears. $40,000 $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 over twoyears. $50,000 $12,000 over twoyears. $12,000 $10,000 over twoyears. $10,000 Oakland University Oakland University Southfield, Michigan Marygrove College Rochester, Michigan Rochester, Michigan Warren, Michigan Warren, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Performing Arts Living Arts Arts Inc.

$30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 Detroit, Michigan The Scarab Club over twoyears. $20,000 Grosse Pointe, Michigan Rackham Symphony Choir over twoyears. $16,000 Auburn Hills,Michigan PuppetART over twoyears. $15,000 Plymouth, Michigan Plymouth Historical Society over twoyears. $100,000 Detroit, Michigan Pewabic SocietyInc. over twoyears. $40,000 Rochester, Michigan Paint Creek Center for the Arts

$30,000 over twoyears. $30,000 Detroit, Michigan VSA Arts ofMichigan over twoyears. $60,000 Clarkston, Michigan Theatre Ensemble over twoyears. $40,000 Royal Oak, Michigan Stagecrafters over twoyears. $130,000 Detroit, Michigan Sphinx Organization Inc. over twoyears. $30,000 Detroit, Michigan Association Inc. Southwest Detroit Business

2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 Detroit, Michigan YMCA ofMetropolitan Detroit over twoyears. $80,000 Detroit, Michigan State University Press Wayne State University – Wayne over twoyears. $70,000 Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University – WDET-FM over twoyears. $12,000 Detroit, Michigan State Galleries Wayne State University – Wayne Theatre Wayne State University –Hilberry $70,000 over twoyears. $70,000 Detroit, Michigan

133 Detroit | 2011 134 The Kresge Foundation Education 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 135 Arts & Culture | 2010 136 The Kresge Foundation the University ofMichigan The Alumni Association of of The AlumniAssociation American Association of of American Association Silver Spring,Maryland Silver Spring,Maryland Boston, Massachusetts Community Colleges Achieving theDream Achieving theDream Ann Arbor,Michigan Washington, D.C. (2007 grant) (2007 ACCESS $600,000 $505,000 $250,000 $100,000 $33,730

one additionalyear. andsupportingCollege forthreeadditionalyears, theparticipation of 10 Michigan collegesfor sustain theinitiative’s Michigan expansionbyfundingtheparticipation ofMacombCommunity college students,particularly low-income andminorityindividuals. This four-year grantwill Achieving toincreasetheacademic successofcommunity theDreamisanationalinitiative college financial-aidadvising. additionalstudents,andthedevelopmentofacertification programin counseling to20,000 willsupport anationalexpansionintothreenewcities,the extensionoffinancial-aid $700,000 affordability programstohigh-school studentsinBostonandSpringfield.Kresge’s three-year, ACCESS studentsbyoffering promotescollegeaccessforunderserved freecollege- College DistrictandHenryFord CommunityCollegeinthe Achieving theDream initiative. year, $159,736 grant willsupport theongoingparticipation ofthe Wayne CountyCommunity is theadvocacy, and serviceorganization leadership promotingcommunity colleges. This five- institutions,the Representing morethan1,200 American Association ofCommunityColleges the Los Angeles CommunityCollegeDistrict,which servesnearlyaquarter-million students. expand theinitiative’s footprintinCaliforniabysupporting theparticipation ofeightcollegesin college students,particularly low-income andminorityindividuals. This four-year grantwill Achieving toincreasetheacademic successofcommunity theDreamisanationalinitiative minority students. uses scholarships andtargetedoutreach torecruit,retainandgraduateunderrepresented grant willprovide fundingfortheassociation’s$200,000 LEADScholars Program, which ofMichigan.programs andservices,supports theUniversity Kresge’s two-year, The Alumni organization Association isanindependent,membership thatoffers alumni Education: Grants

The nonprofit provides financial, academic and personal supportThe nonprofitprovides financial,academicandpersonal to Asian Americanand Pacific increases the number of college degrees granted per 1,000 residentsover thenextthreeyears. increases thenumberofcollege degreesgrantedper1,000 The membership association of nearly 6,000 colleges, universities, schools colleges,universities, andschool districts associationofnearly6,000 The membership AACC organization istheleadingadvocacy andmembership forthenation’s community 1,200 readiness, and how their services impact students’ achievementreadiness, and howtheirservicesimpactstudents’ andcollege-attendance rates. its administration oftheSAT. Grantmoneywilldesign, conductandanalyze an Annual Survey support which fortheSustainabilityEducationandEconomicDevelopmentInitiative, seeksto focuses onstrengtheningstudent opportunities foraccessandsuccess,isbestknown for competing forthe$1million Talent Prize, Dividend which willbe awarded tothecitythatmost this funding to extend its Quantway developmental mathematics sequence to two semesters, this fundingtoextenditsQuantway developmentalmathematicssequencetotwosemesters, help community colleges build a skilled workforce for a globally competitive greeneconomy.help communitycollegesbuildaskilledworkforceforgloballycompetitive comprehensively examiningthechallengescomprehensively andopportunities facingthisfast-growingsector focused onimproving collegeachievement rates,particularly college amongfirst-generation innovations inteaching practice,student learningandknowledgebuilding.Carnegiewilluse historically committed toservingtheregion’s andlow-income first-generation students. This $375,000 grantwillsupport thenationalcoordination ofanannualCollege Application $375,000 Week colleges and on-campus veterans’ programstomatriculateandgraduateunderrepresented colleges andon-campusveterans’ performance. Kresge’s grantseekstoimprove developmentaleducation two-year, $650,000 which ithopeswillbetter preparecommunitycollegestudents seekingtoenterthescience, national research toincreaseadvocacy andsupport for Asian American andPacific Islander Islander students. grantwillsupportThis multiyear,thePASS $450,000 byfunding initiative The scholarship support fundprovides financial,academicandpersonal to Asian American of School aredoingtoimprove college todeterminewhateducational advisers Counselors As thenation’s majorhigher-education coordinatingbody, ACE seekstoincreaseeducation As thenation’s majorhigher-education coordinatingbody, ACE seekstoincreaseeducation Kresge’s grantwillprovide fundingto10 four-year institutionsthatpartner withcommunity access andattainment Kresge’s forbothtraditionalandnontraditionallearners. three-year, colleges andtheirnearly12 millionstudents. This two-yeargrantwillprovide multifaceted great American cities. This grantwillsupportchallenge upto57$10,000 grantsto57cities to improve educationaccessandsuccessforlow-income andunderrepresented students. The consortium collegesincentral of36small,primarilyfaith-basedprivate Appalachia is in each statetohighlighttheresourcesavailablehelplow-income andfirst-generation and Pacific Islanderstudents. Thisgrantwillsupport atwo-dayhigher-education summit The network of civic leaders is spearheading the advancement of the next generation of isspearheadingtheadvancementofnextgeneration of leaders The networkofcivic The nation’s oldesthigher-education associationhashistoricallyspearheadedinitiatives support thedesignofagraduatefellowshipprogramtoencourageveteransbecome 21st-Century CommissionontheFuture ofCommunity Colleges,which is charged with The independentpolicyandresearch centerseekstotransform U.S. educationthrough community collegesandtheirnearly12 millionstudents. This grantwillunderwritethe The associationforthestate’s 22publiccommunitycollegesseekstoenhancestudent multiyear, $300,000 grant willsupport Latinostudentsuccessatmemberinstitutions. multiyear, $300,000 access andattainment forbothtraditionalandnontraditionallearners. This grantwill students andimplementingnewprogramsatthreecollegesservingthesestudents. AACC organization istheleadingadvocacy andmembership forthenation’s 1,200 minority malesinscience,technology, engineeringandmathematics. students inthe Asian American andPacific Islandercommunity. through thepromotionofsuccessfulreformmodels. technology, engineering,andmathematicsfields. students pursue postsecondary education. postsecondaryeducation. students pursue of higher education. of highereducation. university faculty.university 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

The College Board CEOs for Cities $750,000 Stanford, California ofTeachingAdvancement Carnegie Foundation for the $600,000 Washington, D.C. Land-grant Universities Association ofPublicand $225,000 Washington, D.C. American Scholarship Fund Asian andPacific Islander $50,000 Washington, D.C. American Scholarship Fund Asian andPacific Islander $400,000 Rock,Little Arkansas Two-Year Colleges of Arkansas Association $150,000 Berea, Kentucky Association Appalachian College $175,000 Washington, D.C. Education American Councilon $40,000 Washington, D.C. Education American Councilon $1,300,000 Washington, D.C. Community Colleges of American Association $150,000 Washington, D.C. Community Colleges of American Association $650,000 Chicago, Illinois $450,000 NewYorkNew York,

137 Education | 2011 138 The Kresge Foundation Demos: A Network for Ideas The Foundation for Maine’s Governors State University Grantmakers for Education Hispanic Scholarship Fund Cambridge, Massachusetts Excelencia inEducation Henry Ford Community Forum for theFuture of San Francisco, California Grand Haven,Michigan University Park, Illinois University Experiential Learning Council for Adult and Community Colleges South Portland, Maine Council ofMichigan College Education Trust Inc. Dearborn, Michigan e ok NewYorkNew York, Higher Education College Summit Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Portland, Oregon Chicago, Illinois Foundations (2007 grant) (2007 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) and Action $1,200,000 $200,000 $500,000 $400,000 $500,000 $550,000 $475,000 $360,000 $100,000 $100,000 $25,000 $40,000

children’s educationandtoimprove the college-goingrate. Words Today” public-service campaignto encouragegreaterinvolvement byparentsintheir for Latinostudents andparents. This grantwillsupport phasetwoofthebilingual “Your The fundisamajorprovider ofscholarships andcollegeaccesssuccess programming and its15th annualconference,held inOctoberLos Angeles. supported Innovation 2.0,ameeting heldinJuneStudiesDetroit, attheCollegeforCreative to leveragingphilanthropicinvestments toimprove educationaloutcomes.Grant money forEducationisanassociationof275foundationsandcorporations dedicated Grantmakers adults completingtheirdegrees. andfundanewinitiative, initiative, Accelerate ME,which offers support andservicestoolder grantwillenableEasternMaineCommunityCollegetojointhe Achieving$725,000 theDream and toreinforcetheneedraiseMaine’s college-achievement level.Kresge’s multiyear, The foundationaimstoprovide financialsupport fortheMaineCommunityCollege System refine, assessandreplicateeffective practicesforacceleratingLatino college attainment. expand theSEMILLAS: Growing What Worksto tofiveinstitutions infivestates, initiative access andsuccessforLatinostudents.ItwilluseKresge’s grantto two-year, $1,000,000 Through research, publicpolicyandprograms,Excelenciaseekstoimprove postsecondary improve academicproductivity. ways tostudyinnovative ofusinglearningmediaandtechnologiesforum members to ideas thataffect thefutureofhighereducation.Kresge’s four-year, grantwillenable $160,000 andscholars campus, isacommunityofacademicleaders whoexplorenewthinkingand The independentnonprofitorganization, locatedontheMassachusetts Instituteof Technology enable morestudentstoenterandsucceedincollege. grantwillcreateanewmodeltohelpCollegeSummitexpandintocityand $1,000,000 low-income andunderrepresented studentsin180 highschools in12 states.Kresge’s two-year, The nationallyrecognized college-accessorganization provides college-preparationservicesto networks andactivities. community foundationsthatraisemoneyandestablishendowmentsforlocalcollegeaccess Michigan CommunityFoundation which ChallengeGrantinitiative, awards matching fundsto nearly 375Michigan grantmakers. This grantwillsupport thesecondphaseofKresge’s The CouncilofMichigan Foundations provides networking,education,andadvocacy for college students. the impactofstatedisinvestment inhighereducation onlow-income andfirst-generation 2000. This grantwillfundtheproductionanddisseminationoftworesearch studiesexamining Demos isanonpartisan public-policyresearch andadvocacy organization, foundedin will provide generaloperatingsupport. especially forlow-income andunderrepresented students.Kresge’s grant multiyear, $800,000 focuses onidentifyingandeliminatinggaps ineducationalopportunity andachievement, One ofthenation’s leadingeducationadvocacy andresearch organizations, Education Trust learning acquiredthroughmilitaryorworkforcetrainingforacademiccredit. awareness anduseofLearningCounts.org, anationalonlineplatformtoassesscollege-level adults. andcommunicationscampaigntoincrease This grantwillfundthemarketing local governments withtoolsandstrategiestoimprove learningopportunities forworking businesses,labororganizations, andstate The nonprofitprovides colleges,universities, participation inthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. exploring multiculturalopportunities. grantwillsupportThis five-year,thecollege’s $450,000 changing worldandworkplace byproviding knowledge,developing communicationskillsand communitycollegededicatedtopreparingstudentsforarapidly HFCC isacomprehensive community colleges. Dual DegreeProgram, which aimstoincreasethetransferrateofstudentsfromsixlocal suburban area. grantwillfundtheexpansionofuniversity’sThis three-year, $875,000 baccalaureate level,andistheonlypublichigher-education institutioninChicago’s south Stateisanupper-divisionGovernors workbeginsatthejunior university, wherecourse

grant will establish the Center for Student Success to serve as a statewide hub for coordinating grant willestablishtheCenterforStudentSuccesstoserve asastatewidehubforcoordinating The NewPress is committed topublishingworksofeducational,cultural, social andcommunity a cohesive research,a cohesive policyandpractice agendaaimedatincreasingcollegedegreeattainment in highschool andcollege,strengthenthecollegeaccesssuccesspipelineofstudents Transitioning andRealizing Talent program,which provides disabledhighschool studentswith community college,theonlypubliclyfundedhigher-education institutioninDetroit’s suburban issues inhigher education,includingaffordability, barriers tocollege completion,anddiversity. Jobs fortheFuture identifies,developsandpromoteseducationworkforcestrategiesthat year, $375,000 grantwillexpandIncight’syear, $375,000 directservicesforSTART participants whiletheyare This anti-poverty organization was theoriginalmanagingpartner for the Achieving theDream greater flexibility to respond to new policy developments while pursuing itsstrategicagenda. greater flexibilitytorespondnewpolicydevelopmentswhilepursuing the tools,resourcesandsupport tochart intopostsecondaryeducation. theircourse This four- development and legislative advocacy for28communitycolleges. development andlegislative This three-year, $1,050,000 Completion Initiative, whichCompletion Initiative, includesthecollege’s Veterans Outreach programandfive-week initiative, thelargestnongovernmental reformmovementinitiative, forstudentsuccessincommunity Michigan, throughwhich communitycolleges award associate’s degreestoeligiblestudents value, and has released more than 1,000 titlessince1990, includingaward-winnersthathave value, andhasreleasedmore than1,000 This grantwillsupport JFF’s Michigan expansionof “Breaking Through,” tohelp aninitiative opportunities for youth and adults in more than 200 communitiesacross43states.Kresge’sopportunities foryouthandadultsinmorethan200 public policyandpractice. With thisgrant,MDRCwilldevelop the “college match” pilotand college history. This five-year, $193,328 grantwillsupport theparticipation of Wayne County The foundationsupports HoustonCommunityCollege,oneofthenation’s largestandmost expand opportunities for youth and adults in more than 200 communities across 43 states. communitiesacross43states. expand opportunities foryouthandadultsinmorethan200 The nonprofitIHEPseekstouseresearch anddirectservicetoincreaseaccesssuccess $590,000 grantwillfundthepublication andpromotionofa six-book seriesfocusingon key $590,000 advocacy. grantwillsupportThis three-year, $750,000 TICAS’s it generaloperations,giving students atitssixcampuses.Kresge’s four-year, grantwillfundthe Adult Degree $800,000 community collegescreateacceleratededucationpathways forlow-skilled adultsseeking in postsecondaryeducation. This three-yeargrantwillexpandtheProject Win Win pilotin achieving, low-income urbanhigh-school studentsinChicago andNew York applytoand demonstration projecttostudytheeffectiveness ofanadvisoryprogramthathelpshigh- accessible andaffordable forstudentsthroughpolicyresearch, educationaloutreach and diverse two-year colleges, which serves 75,000 predominantlylow-income andminority two-yearcolleges,whichdiverse serves75,000 Thousands of college students earn college degrees or receive advanced training at this advanced trainingatthis Thousands ofcollegestudentsearndegreesorreceive Macomb County. grantwillsupportThis five-year,thecollege’s $620,000 participation in experience andknow-how oflow-income toimprove andinfluence thelives individuals four-year, grant willfund “Accelerating $1,130,000 Opportunity,”a initiative collaborative received thePulitzerreceived Prize, theNational Book Award andother accolades. This multiyear, who qualifiedfordegreesbutleft them,andtore-engage thesystemwithoutreceiving JFF identifies, develops and promotes education and workforce strategies that expand JFF identifies,developsandpromoteseducationworkforcestrategiesthatexpand with 40communitycollegesinfivestatestocreateandexpandimproved pathways to Known as TICAS, thisnonpartisan organizationhighereducationmore workstomake Established byfederalagenciesandtheFord Foundation, MDRCcombinesresearch, postsecondary credentialsforlower-skilled adultsenrolledin Adult BasicEducation. Founded bytwowheelchair-bound collegegraduates,IncightoperatestheStudents The Michigan CommunityCollege Association provides coordination,professional Community CollegeandHenryFord CommunityCollegeintheinitiative. students whocouldcompletetheirassociate’s quickly. degreesrelatively postsecondary degreesorcredentials. enroll in highly selective colleges. enroll inhighlyselective Achieving theDream. Parent Academy. with disabilities. in Michigan. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $580,000 Boston, Massachusetts $200,000 Boston, Massachusetts $300,000 NewYorkNew York, $19,884 Chapel Hill,North Carolina The NewPress $350,000 Lansing, Michigan (2010 grant) College Association Michigan Community MDRC MDC Inc. College Macomb Community Jobs for theFuture Jobs for theFuture $400,000 Washington, D.C. Education Policy Institute for Higher $250,000 Oakland, California and SuccessInc. Institute for College Access Incight $300,000 Houston, Texas College Foundation Houston Community $50,000 Portland, Oregon $250,000 NewYorkNew York, $100,000 Warren, Michigan

(2010 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2007 grant) (2007

139 Education | 2011 140 The Kresge Foundation University of Texas at Austin Teachers College, Columbia United Negro College Fund Chapel Hill,North Carolina Philander SmithCollege The University ofNorth The Posse Foundation Carolina atChapelHill University United Negro College United Negro College Fund Inc. Little Rock,Little Arkansas e ok NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, e ok NewYorkNew York, Berkeley, California Spelman College Single Stop USA Atlanta, Georgia Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax, Virginia RP Group Inc. Austin, Texas (2007 grant) (2007 grant) (2007 (2008 grant) (2008 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,000,000 $1,135,000 Fund Inc. $300,000 $500,000 $220,000 $150,000 $100,000 $190,925 $697,500 $19,300 $3,286 Inc.

public benefits,taxcreditsandservices,reducingtheirfinancialbarriers todegreecompletion. College, supported grant,willhelpconnectstudentswiththe bythistwo-year, $1,150,000 advisers. screening andenrollmenttoolpersonal The launch ofSingleStopatMiamiDade “one-stop shop”model,which facilitatesaccesstoasuiteofservicesusingsophisticated ofcriticalbenefitstolow-income Single Stopcoordinatesthedelivery familiesthroughits scholars, researchers, andstudentsexaminingpressingissuesofsocialjustice. Kresge’s grantwillestablishtheCenterforSocial Justice toengage three-year, $1,200,000 arts collegehasundergonearenaissancebyfocusingonmissionofpromotingsocialjustice. Founded bytheUnitedMethodistChurch four-year toeducate freedslaves,theprivate, liberal community collegesystem. and degreecompletion,thedisseminationoffindingsthroughoutstate’s identify cost-effective student-support servicesthatimprove communitycollegetransfer researchers Kresge’s andplanners. grantwillsupport astudyto three-year, $600,000 The RPGroupisaprofessionalassociationforCaliforniacommunitycollegeinstitutional to an innovative partnership funding model. partnershipto aninnovative fundingmodel. priority stateswithestablishedprograms,launch anewprogram inLos Angeles, andtransition Kresge’sas collegeaccessadvisers. two-yeargrantwillenablethecorpstoexpandinhigh- highschoolsnew collegegraduatesinunderserved andcommunitycollegeswheretheyserve ofNorthHeadquartered Carolina,theNationalCollege attheUniversity Advising Corps places learning institutetoHispanicServing Institutionsand Tribal CollegesandUniversities. Institute forCapacityBuildingadvancement-trainingprogram,andwillopenitsannual grant willprovide technical, staffingandgrantassistancetosixschools participating inUNCF’s UNCF isthenation’s largestminority-education organization. Kresge’s two-year, $1,400,000 Community Collegeinthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. grant willsupport theparticipation of Wayne CountyCommunityCollegeandHenryFord seminal roleinthedesignand implementationof Achieving theDream. This five-year, $189,300 As oneoftheoriginalnationalpartner of organizations, theUniversity Texas hasplayeda the Achieving theDreaminitiative. participation of Wayne CountyCommunityCollegeandHenryFord CommunityCollegein the Dreamnationalpartner organizations. This multiyear, $17,716 grantwillsupport the in advancinghighereducationreformandpolicies,isoneoftheoriginal Achieving Teachers College,thenation’s oldestgraduateschool ofeducation,isanationalleader institution, toaddresslongstandingoperationalissuesandstrengthenitsfundraisingcapacity. will support anexternalreviewofFiskUniversity, aleadinghistoricallyblack, liberal-arts UNCF isthenation’s largestminority-education organization. This four-year, $1,432,950grant improve its member institutions’ effectiveness.improve itsmemberinstitutions’ designed toassistthefund’s torevampandstrengthentheorganization leadership and third phaseofBuildingtheFuture ofUNCF: A UNCF-Monitor GroupCollaboration,aproject UNCF isthenation’s largestminority-education organization. Kresge’s fundingwillsupport the three-year, $300,000 granttolaunch aPossethree-year, chapter $300,000 inHouston,itsninthurbansite. students onfullscholarships collegesnationwide. to40selective Posse willuseKresge’s bytraditionalcollege-admissions processesandsendscohortsmay beoverlooked ofthese The foundationrecruitstalented,low-income studentsfrominner-city highschools who of thecollege’s communityengagement programs. challenge grantwillfundtheLEED-ratedrenovation ofLauraSpelmanRockefeller, thehome and hasthehighestgraduationrateamonghistoricallyblack collegesanduniversities. This of color. Spelmanisaleaderinhistoricallyblack sustainability, collegesanduniversities The four-year, liberal-arts women’s collegeis thenation’s premierinstitutioneducatingwomen

the initiative andtocontinueitspioneeringworkensureadvancementremainsanimportant the initiative institutions. This three-yeargrantwillenabletheinstitutetoconsolidategains madeduring identity, democraticidealsandsocialresponsibility. Kresge’s four-year, granthelpsto $900,000 Kresge’s five-year, $10.5 million South whichAfrica PhilanthropyInitiative, isdesignedtobuild and Universities, afederalprogramestablishedin1980and Universities, tostrengthenandexpandthecapacity mobilization andsustainabilityinSouth Africa andneighboringcountries.Inyathelo manages Located inaruralpart of theEasternCapeProvince, South Africa’s strives smallestuniversity The Secretary the ofEducationoversees onHistoricallyBlackWhite HouseInitiative Colleges the private advancement capacity of the Cape Peninsula University of advancementcapacityoftheCapePeninsulathe private University Technology, University this bonusgrantwhenitmetitsfinalyearfund-raisinggoalsaspart ofKresge’s South Africa this bonusgrantwhenitmetitsfinalyearfund-raisinggoalsaspart ofKresge’s South Africa to beanoutstanding,internationallyrespectedacademicinstitutioncommitted toits African of Pretoria, University ofthe of Pretoria, University ofthe Witwatersrand, theUniversity Western CapeandtheRed communities. grantwillsupportThis five-year, $450,000 Wayne CountyCommunityCollege Year Upprovides year-long educationandjobtrainingforlow-income youngadultsinnine multicultural, multiracial university thatfullyembraces thenewSouth multicultural, multiracialuniversity Africa. Itearnedthis initiative’s 2011 NationalHBCUConference,and planningforcapacitybuildingatminority- Located inCape Town, isaleaderin theuniversity African technology education.Itearned of minority-serving institutionstoprovide qualityeducation.Kresge’s grantsupported the The instituteprovides educational training andsupport throughopen-learningprinciples, distance-education methodsandtechnology. This four-year, grantwillsupport $1,200,000 Africa’s academictraining center. onlyfreestandingpediatrichospitalandakey Itearned university tospearheadstatewideeffortsuniversity toimprove collegeaccessandachievement for have aged out of foster care. Funding from this multiyear, $700,000 grant will enable the grantwillenablethe have agedoutoffostercare.Funding fromthis multiyear, $700,000 This highly diverse community college district serves the city of Detroit and neighboring communitycollegedistrictservesthecityofDetroitandneighboring This highlydiverse Initiative, whichInitiative, advancementcapacityatfivelargeteaching focusedonbuildingprivate The trust,establishedin1994, supports theRed Cross War MemorialChildren’s Hospital, bonus grantwhen itmetitsfinalyearfund-raising goalsaspart ofKresge’s South Africa cities. This three-yeargrantsupports theplanninganddevelopmentofProfessional Since 2005, theinstitutehasmanagedKresge’sSince 2005, $10.5 millionSouth Africa Philanthropy Western Michigan isaleaderinrecruitingandeducatingyoungpeoplewho University Technology projecttoimprove therelevance andqualityoftechnology inlearningand The South African Institutefor Advancement (Inyathelo) supports nonprofitresource- Training studentstoearnan Corps,atwo-yearprogramthatwill enable underserved The University ofPretoria hasevolved fromamainlywhite, The University institutiontoa Afrikaner the seven-foundationPartnership forHigherEducationin Africa’s African University associate’s degreeatacommunitycollegeandobtainyearofworkexperience. develop, diversify and retain theuniversity’sdevelop, diversify nextgenerationoffaculty. District’s participation inthe Achieving theDreaminitiative. Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Trust. Education: South Africa Education: part ofSouth African highereducation. serving communitycolleges. teaching onthecontinent. Philanthropy Initiative. Philanthropy Initiative. Philanthropy Initiative former fosteryouth. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$50,000 South Africa CapeTown,Woodstock, $1,390,000 South Africa CapeTown,Woodstock, $100,000 Detroit, Michigan $145,678 South Africa Pretoria, University ofPretoria $300,000 South Africa Braamfontein, grant) (2008 Distance Education South African Institute for Advancement South African Institute for Advancement (Inyathelo) South African Institute for $310,000 South Africa Grahamstown, grant) (2009 Rhodes University $145,678 Rondebosch,South Africa The Children’s Hospital Trust $137,276 South Africa Bellville, of Technology Cape Peninsula University Year Up $275,000 Kalamazoo, Michigan University Foundation Western Michigan College District Wayne CountyCommunity $75,000 Washington, D.C. Education U.S. Department of $600,000 Boston, Massachusetts

(2007 grant) (2007

141 Education | 2011 142 The Kresge Foundation Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg, Bellville, South Africa Bellville, University ofthe University ofthe Witwatersrand Western Cape Cape Western $148,117 $72,839

Philanthropy Initiative. this bonusgrantwhenitmetitsfinalyearfund-raisinggoalsaspart ofKresge’s South Africa 1970s forces.UWCearned toserveallracesandbecometheintellectualhomeofprogressive Cape Town toserveColouredSouth Africans only, butUWCembracedanewmissioninthe The former Apartheid government foundedthishistoricallyblack institution,locatednear fund-raising goalsaspart ofKresge’s South Africa PhilanthropyInitiative. laureates, includingNelsonMandela. Wits earnedthisbonusgrantwhenitmetitsfinalyear center ofpoliticaloppositiontoapartheid, ascientificpioneerandhasproducedseveralNobel Founded inthe1920s withdonationsfromSouth Africa’s miningindustry, “Wits” becamea Environment 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 143 Arts & Culture | 2010 144 The Kresge Foundation Alliance for Water Efficiency 2030 Inc./Architecture 2030 2030 Inc./Architecture 2030 Energy-Efficient Economy American Councilfor an Alliance to Save Energy Santa Fe, NewMexico Santa Fe, NewMexico Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Chicago, Illinois $200,000 $400,000 $325,000 $175,000 $120,000

transportation. improvements intheenergyperformanceofnewandexistingbuildingsaswell cities. Funding willsupport theSeattle 2030District,adowntownareatargetingdramatic construction, renovation andoperationofbuildings,developments,neighborhoods Architecture 2030seekstoreducegreenhouse-gas emissionsbychanging thedesign, evaluation approaches andbetter buildingoperations. will support thealliance’s policies,consistentenergy-efficiency workinadvancinginnovative based support forenergy-efficiency policiesandprograms. Kresge’s grant two-year, $650,000 financial institutions,government agencies andenvironmental organizations tocreatebroad- The nonprofitcoalitionleveragesitsconnectionswithcorporations, industrygroups,utilities, operating support fortheorganization. water useintheUnitedStatesandCanada. grantwillprovide This two-year, $240,000 assistance andthedevelopmentofcodesstandardsto promoteefficient,sustainable environmental groupsandgovernment agenciesworksthrougheducation,advocacy, technical academicinstitutions, fromutilities,manufacturers, The allianceofstakeholders and majorrenovations, withalong-termgoalofreaching carbonneutralityby2030. to broadenits2030Challenge,which callsfordecreasingtheenergydemandofnewbuildings Kresge’s grantforgeneral-operationssupport willallowtheorganization two-year, $400,000 construction, renovation andoperationofbuildings,developments,neighborhoodscities. Architecture 2030seekstoreducegreenhouse-gas emissionsbychanging thedesign, and communications. itsworkincriticalareas suchenabling ittopursue aspolicy, behavior, transportation, water codes. Kresge’s grantwillsupport thecouncil’s two-year, $800,000 generaloperations, work inCongressanddevelopment ofappliance-efficiencystandardsandmodelbuilding improvements intheefficiencyof America’s energyusethrough itspublications,advocacy The nationalnonprofitorganization hasastrongtrack recordofleadingand supporting Environment: Grants voice inclean-energytransmissionpolicyandplanningforlarge-scalewind-farmdevelopment conservation projectsglobally, andisaco-developer oftheDataBasinonlineservice,anopen- policy support forthedevelopment ofwindenergyandinfrastructureinthenation’s heartland. year, $500,000 grantwillfundtheoperation andexpansionofthe DataBasinClimateCenter, a year, $500,000 energy-efficient technologies andcontributetoasustainable,competitive Americaneconomy. heartland throughtheadvancementofenergyefficiency andrenewable energy. Funding from The nonprofitorganization workstointegratesustainabilityintoday-to-day businesspractices To ensureamoresustainablefutureforthewesternUnitedStates,CarpeDiem West engages Federal Task Force onClimateChange Adaptation, housedwithinthe White HouseCouncilon support theSan Francisco Department oftheEnvironment’s implementationof the city’s new can be implemented to promote healthy rivers. Kresge’scan beimplementedtopromotehealthy rivers. grantwillenable two-year, $500,000 Chicago’s two-tofour-unit, aswelltoolsforassessingenergy multifamilyhousingmarket, rating anddisclosurepolicy, which greaterenergysavingsandstrengthen thecase willdrive to improve the health of the planet and its inhabitants. Ceres will use this two-year, $500,000 to improve thehealthofplanetanditsinhabitants.Cereswillusethistwo-year, $500,000 protected, agriculturaleconomiesaresustainedandallresidentshaveaccesstocleanwater. policy. This two-year, grantwillsupport $210,000 thecenter’s efforts toprovide astrongrural In early2011, San Francisco adoptedtheExistingCommercialBuildingsEnergyPerformance Since itwas establishedin1973, thecenterhasevolved intooneofthenation’s leadingrural The center’s broadspectrumofresearch andpolicy-development work includesformulating money willhelpCascadiaimplementandraisetheprofileofitscertification systemthrough Diem West, torethinkhowwatersothatecosystemsare aninitiative isstoredanddelivered water leaders to collaboratively develop innovative solutionsfordealingwithwater developinnovative scarcity water tocollaboratively leaders As anationalleaderinclimate-change adaptation, seekstobuildresilience American Rivers Dedicated to promoting more livable, sustainable communities, the nonprofit develops and sustainablecommunities,thenonprofit developsand Dedicated topromotingmorelivable, Building Challenge,theworld’s mostrigorousgreen-buildingperformancestandard.Grant energy use and make thatinformationpubliclyavailable. energy useandmake grantwill This 18-month $180,000 in humanandnaturalcommunitiesbyprescribingclimate-smart practicesandpoliciesthat access resourceforstoring,sharing, comparingandanalyzingscientificdata.Kresge’s two- the nonprofit to continue its demonstration projects and national legislative and regulatory andregulatory the nonprofittocontinueitsdemonstrationprojectsandnationallegislative this two-year, $350,000 grantwillbolsterorganizational effortsthis two-year, tobuildpublicdemandand $350,000 The scientificresearch institutionworkstoadvanceandexpandcollaborationbetweenthe scientific community and federal policymakers. Funding willbolsterthesociety’sscientific communityandfederalpolicymakers. efforts to Cascadia, thePacific Northwest’s leadinggreen-buildingorganization, operatestheLiving inform andaccelerateclimate-change adaptationpolicyandstrategydevelopmentbythe energy andclimate-change investments policiesthatincreasepublicandprivate inclean, pioneers strategiestousenaturalresourcesmoreefficientlyandequitably.pioneers Thistwo-year, grant tolaunch thatincentivizestheinsuranceindustry andothercapital- anewinitiative organizations, knownforitspioneeringworktorebuildrural America andreformfederal $350,000 grantwillfunddevelopmentofaone-stop,energy-efficiency retrofitmodelfor $350,000 Ordinance, requiringcommercial-property tobenchmark owners annual theirbuildings’ Kresge’s fundingwillsupport project-relatedworkaimedatovercoming specificmarket The nonprofitorganization advocates reducinggreenhouse-gas emissionsin America’s in achanging climate. grantrenewsKresge’sThis two-year, $450,000 support forCarpe The nonprofitorganization conductsresearch, assessmentsandplanning insupport of market investorstoembracepoliciesandpracticesthatmitigatemarket climatechange. education, trainingandworkwithregulatoryofficialspolicymakers. Web-based servicecomponent focusedonclimate-change data. performance andfinancingevaluatingenergysavings. barriers thatslowthetransitiontocleanenergy. in theUpperMidwestandGreatPlains. for earlyadoptionbyothercities. Environmental Quality. advocacy work. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $178,000 Chicago, Illinois $300,000 Corvallis, Oregon Institute Conservation Biology $175,000 Lawrence, Kansas Climate andEnergy Project San Francisco City andCountyof Ceres $100,000 Lyons, Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs Technology Center for Neighborhood $125,000 Washington, D.C. Progress for American Center $270,000 Seattle, Washington Building Council Cascadia RegionGreen $250,000 Sausalito, California (2010 grant) Diem West Carpe $250,000 Washington, D.C. American Rivers $50,000 Boston, Massachusetts Society American Meteorological $120,000 San Francisco, California $300,000 Boston, Massachusetts

(2010 grant)

145 Environment | 2011 146 The Kresge Foundation Bainbridge Island, Washington Bainbridge Environmental Law and The Energy Foundation Earthjustice Environmental Defense San Francisco, California San Francisco, California Consultative Group on Enterprise Community EcoAdapt Defenders of Wildlife Defenders Ecotrust Biological Diversity Columbia, Maryland The DCProject Inc. e ok NewYorkNew York, Oakland, California Fund Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Portland, Oregon Chicago, Illinois Policy Center (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $1,000,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $250,000 $150,000 $150,000 $125,000 Partners $75,000

services andcontinueitsorganizational development. operating support willenabletheorganization togrowitsclimateadaptationprogramsand implementation ofadaptationstrategies.Kresge’s grantforgeneral two-year, $300,000 development communitiestoreshapetheresponseclimatechange andsupport the constituentsfromtheconservation,policy,EcoAdapt bringstogetherdiverse scienceand weatherization programs. assistance toothercommunitiesacrossthecountryconsideringsimilarresidential- efficiency retrofitting projectfromitspilotphasetoacitywidescaleandprovide technical general operatingsupport grantwillacceleratetheexpansionof WeatherizeDC energy- withthegreatestneed.Kresge’s forindividuals clean-energy careers two-year, $350,000 The nonprofitorganization advanceseconomic andenvironmental justicebycreating mitigation, andmobilize networkpartners tocommunicatefindingspolicymakers. develop economicanalysesofthecostsclimatechangeof andthefinancialbenefits foundations forenvironmental policy. grant,thenetworkwill With thistwo-year, $250,000 which engageseconomistsinthedevelopmentandpromotionofsoundeconomic progressive The conservationnonprofitsupports theEconomicsforEquityandEnvironment Network, communication tools. andsupport duesfortwoyears aprojecttoimprovewill funditsmembership thegroup’s is dedicatedtoconservingandrestoringourplanet’s biologicaldiversity. Kresge’s grant organizationThe membership offoundationsengaged inenvironmental philanthropy adopting andenforcingstrongbuilding-energycodes. benefits ofcleanenergy, achieve utility-policy theregionaleaderin advancementandmake be deployedinthesoutheasternUnitedStatestocommunicateeconomic-development future bypromotingenergyefficiencyandrenewable energy. Kresge’s grantfundingwill The partnership ofphilanthropicinvestorsassistsinthetransitiontoa sustainableenergy and managementplans. strategies andwillassistfederalagenciesinthedevelopmentofclimate-smart regulations climate-change adaptationprovisions areincludedinnationalfishandwildlifeconservation Supported byKresgefunding,thegroupwillworkwithconservationofficialstoensure the challenges posedbyclimatechange toecosystemhealthandbiologicaldiversity. The environmental-advocacy organization promotespoliciesandpracticesthataddress and equipmenttoimprove enforcementofcompliancewiththosestandards. the U.S. Department ofEnergytoraisethelevelenergy-efficiency standardsforappliances Kresge’s grant,Earthjustice willuseadvocacy andlitigation toencourage two-year, $400,000 environment inhealthy anddefendingtherightofallpeople tolive surroundings. Assisted by The public-interestlawfirmdedicatesitslegal expertise andresourcestoprotectingthe restoring damaged wetlands and revitalizing underserved MississippiDeltacommunities. restoring damagedwetlandsandrevitalizingunderserved andnavigation systems, diversion a designcompetitionforrestructuringtheMississippiRiver Kresge’s grantwillsupport thefund’s two-year, $600,000 CoastalLouisiana Restoration Project, equitableandcost-effectiveinnovative, solutionstothemost-urgent environmental problems. The longstandingnonprofitadvocacy grouplinksscience,economicsandlawtocreate throughout theMidwestregion. the adoption,effective implementationand expansionofstrong,successfulenergypolicies the Midwest.Kresge’s grantwilladvancethegroup’s two-year, $750,000 efforts toincrease The centerisaleadingenvironmental public-interestandlegal-advocacy organization in retrofit technical-assistance anddevelopers. servicestohousingowners Kresge’s fundingtoco-createaNationalMultifamilyEnergy Servicesoffering Collaborative, environmental benefitstolow-income householdsandcommunities.Enterprisewilluse in affordable multifamilyhousing,inordertoprovide significanthealth,economicand The nationalnonprofitisspearheadingefforts toachieve deep-levelenergyefficiency

With itsfocusonthelong-termeconomic,environmental andsocialwell-beingoftheNorthern participate inpolicyandplanningforelectricityinfrastructurehelpbringrenewable energy system. With Kresge’s grant,theinstitutewillbuildbroad-basedsupport two-year, for $316,000 citizen support forrenewable energy. grantwillenableFresh Energyto This two-year, $250,000 Through acombinedapproach ofeducation,advocacy, outreach andtechnology, the nonprofit expanded servicesoffered bytheRE-AMPMediaCenter, aprojecthostedbyFresh Energythat helps RE-AMPmemberorganizations workmore effectively withthemediatoimprove energy Oregon, inearly2012, atwhich willsynthesize Kresgegranteesandotherpractitioners lessons grant willadvancedevelopment andimplementationoftheSustainablePerformance Institute Working ofhealth,communitydevelopmentandenvironment, attheintersection network for climatechange impacts.Funding willbeusedtoorganize atwo-dayworkshopinPortland, the development of new electric-power transmission lines needed to advance the adoption of the developmentofnewelectric-powertransmissionlinesneededtoadvanceadoption and launch ofacenteroffering training,designassistance, educationalresources,avenuefor Geos isanonprofitorganization thatusessciencetohelppeoplepredict,reduceandprepare Green LightNew York isanindependentnonprofitorganization dedicatedtopromotinghigh- The nonprofitassistsandsupports grassrootsgroupsandcitizens watershed workinglocally Plains, theinstituteisworkingtoacceleratetransitionarenewable, low-carbon energy to protect and restore aquatic habitats throughout the Great Lakes Basin. to protectandrestoreaquatichabitatsthroughouttheGreatLakes With thistwo-year, implement modelsforenergy-efficiency retrofitprogramsthatcanbedeployedindozensof between federal, state and municipal policies in addressing likely climate changebetween federal,stateandmunicipalpoliciesinaddressinglikely impactsin disadvantaged communities.Grantmonieswillbeusedto designMPower, anew modelto quality, energy-efficient lightinginNew York City. Kresge’s grantwillhelpfund thebuild-out unwanted environmental impactsandincreasinglarge-scaleemploymentopportunities for provide low-cost financingforenergy- and water-efficiency improvements inthe affordable citizen support forrenewable energy. This grantcontinuesKresge’s fundingforcurrent and Climate Resource Center, which seekstoinformandadvanceeffective climateandenergy use decisionsleadingtosmarter growthpoliciesandpractices.Grantfundingwillprovide The organization provides research, advocacy policymodels,andengages andinnovative The organization provides research, advocacy policymodels,andengages andinnovative promotes green,healthy, efficient buildinganddevelopment.Kresge’s two-year, $300,000 $420,000 grant,Freshwater FutureCommunityClimatesmall- willestablishaGreatLakes $420,000 grants programandinformnonprofitorganizations andcommunitiesintheregionabout for disadvantagedcommunities. grantwillbeusedtocreateand This two-year, $600,000 unwanted environmental impactsandincreasinglarge-scaleemploymentopportunities policies. Kresge’s grantwillfundaprojecttoexaminetheinterplay three-year, $600,000 disinvestment, andpromotessustainable,socially equitable,economicallysoundland- Company Certificationin programtoevaluateandencouragegreaterenergy efficiency of philanthropicfundingorganizations addresses therootcausesofsprawlandurban Established in1789, theacademicandresearch theState-Federal institutionoversees The nationalorganizationgreen economy seekstobuildaninclusive whilereducing The nationalorganizationgreeneconomy seekstobuildaninclusive whilereducing lighting mock-ups anddisplays,aforumfordiscussing energyefficiency. climate-change adaptationscienceandrestorationstrategies. learned from three years ofclimate-changelearned fromthreeyears adaptationwork. building design, constructionandoperations. renewable energyintheMidwest. operating support foroneyear. multifamily-housing sector. to market intheMidwest. to market policies intheMidwest. urban environments. U.S. cities. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$300,000 Oakland, California $150,000 Boston, Massachusetts (2010 grant) Green Roundtable Green LightNew York For All Green For All Green Sustainable Development Great PlainsInstitute for Geos Institute $310,000 Washington, D.C. (2010 grant) Georgetown University Communities Smart Growth andLivable Funders’ Network for $210,000 Petoskey, Michigan (2010 grant) Freshwater Future Fresh Energy Fresh Energy $300,000 NewYorkNew York, $200,000 Oakland, California $125,000 St. Paul, Minnesota $150,000 St. Paul, Minnesota $100,000 Ashland, Oregon $158,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota $75,000 Coral Gables,Florida

(2010 grant)

147 Environment | 2011 148 The Kresge Foundation National Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Transformation Conservation Scienceand Tamworth, NewHampshire National Trust for Historic Institute for Sustainable Headwaters Economics Innovation Network for Advance New York City ainl HousingTrustNational The Mayor’s Fund to Institute for Market Institute for Market National Center for Montpelier, Vermont e ok NewYorkNew York, Bozeman, Montana Policy Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Ashland, Oregon Transformation Reston, Virginia Communities Communities Preservation (2009 grant) (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) $400,000 $250,000 $320,000 $250,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $175,000 $125,000 $75,000

federal funding. health andtofosterclimate-smart usesof help promotepolicyreformto restorethelakes’ support fortheHealingOur Waters Coalition,cofounded bythefederationto –GreatLakes warming andconnectpeoplewithnature. grantrenews Kresge This two-year, $300,000 The conservationorganization workstoprotectandrestorewildlifehabitat,confrontglobal levels by2030. York City, which hassetagoaltoreducegreenhouse-gas emissionsto30percentbelow2005 grant willfundaprojecttoimplementmorestringentenergy-saving buildingcodesinNew tocontributethecity’scorporations andindividuals publicprograms. Kresge’s three-year The Mayor’s Fund isanonprofitorganization thatservesasavehicleforfoundations, and increaseenergyefficiencyinfederalbuildings. building performance,revampfinancing,promotestrongerenergycodesandenforcement grantwillsupport itsefforts tofacilitateenergyratinganddisclosureofcommercial- $300,000 education, policychange, andbuilding-coderegulations. programinitiatives This two-year, The instituteseekstoimprove energyefficiencyinthebuiltenvironment throughresearch, in thebuildingsector. practices relatedtocarbon-neutralcommunitiesandstrategiesforachieving carbonneutrality and workforcedevelopment.Grantmoneywillfundresearch onleading-edgethinkingand performance ofcommunitysystems,such aseducation,energy, landuse,transportation The nationalnonprofithelpstodevelopandspreadscalableinnovations thattransformthe costs oflonger, more-severewildfiresinOregon. socioeconomic impactsofclimatechange ontwoMontanawatershedsandtheeconomic Funding fortworesearch decisionmakers. key projectswillenableHeadwaterstostudythe agendas inthewesternUnitedStatesbyconductingcutting-edge research andinforming The nonprofitorganization workstoimprove community-development andland-management and sharingofbestpractices. Washington, D.C.,andNew York Citywhileimproving thestandardizationindatacollection will support theimplementationofenergyratinganddisclosurepoliciesforbuildingsin education, policychange, andbuilding-coderegulations.Kresge’s programinitiatives grant The instituteseekstoimprove energyefficiencyinthebuiltenvironment throughresearch, owners’ accesstodistrict-scaleclean-energysources. owners’ retrofitting andreuseofsmaller commercial andmultifamilybuildingstoincreasebuilding the Preservationlaunched toencouragethedeep-energy GreenLab,aninitiative in2009 historicplacesandtorevitalize itscommunities. diverse This 18-month grantwillfund The National Trust education,advocacy provides andresourcesto save leadership, America’s economic-stimulus funds. efforts toincreasethenumberofaffordable rentalhomes thatareweatherized usingfederal will allowthetrust’s GreenPreservation programtopartner withgovernment agencieson housing remainsaffordable, accessibleandsustainable. grant This three-year, $375,000 The organization workstoensurethatfederallysubsidizedownedrental andprivately center’s advocacy forclimate-wisepolicyatthestateandnationallevels. respondtoclimate-change toproactively impacts,andprovidedecision makers support forthe successful ClimateFutures Forums –facilitatedprogramsthatinformandempowerlocal policymaking arena.Kresge’s grantwillfundexpansionofthecenter’s three-year, $750,000 The centerbringstheknowledgeoftopresearch scientiststothenatural-resources climate-action plansintheircommunities. Academy, which tospearheaddevelopmentand implementationof preparelocalleaders grant willsupport theClimateLeadership Academy andtheUrbanSustainabilityLeadership strengthen theirresiliencetotheimpactsofclimatedisruption. This two-year, $700,000 The instituteprovides workshopsandtechnical guidancetocommunitiesinaneffort to

in theUpperMidwestthrough research, informationexchange, strategymakingandadvocacy. continues Kresge’s support fortheNatureConservancy’s ClimateChange Adaptation Program, Since 1951, theorganization hasprotectedmorethan119 miles millionacresoflandand5,000 Mexico coastwithaccesstoresourcesthatwillincreasetheirresilienceclimatechange and education, musicandthearts, andotherareas.Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year, $250,000 This grantwillsupport RE-AMP groupsadvocating theadoption andimplementationofstate- foundations workingtoachieve meaningfulreductionsinregionalgreenhouse-gas emissions publicize tools that building owners can use to make decisions about comprehensive energy- decisionsaboutcomprehensive publicize canusetomake toolsthatbuildingowners support thecouncil’s CenterforEnergyEfficiencyStandards,which collaborateswithabroad grant willsupport localandregionaladaptationprocesses andthedevelopmentofanetwork movement andhelpingformulateenvironmental laws.Kresge’s grantwill two-year, $625,000 to poverty, hungerandinjustice. With Kresge’s two-year, grant,Oxfamwillinitiatea $748,000 efficiency retrofitsincommercial,institutional,nonprofitandmultifamilybuildings.Kresge’s The nonprofitpublic-policyresearch andadvocacy organization, which doesbusinessasthe develop comprehensive climate-changedevelop comprehensive adaptationstrategies.Kresge’s three-year, $750,000 Center for Working Families, isshapingtheimplementationofGreenJobs/Green NY Act Launched in1970, thenationalorganization hasbeenaleaderinbuildingtheenvironmental Sustain Water andEnergywillenabletheorganization to equip,informandcoordinatestate The networkservesanationalwatershed-protectionmovement thatincludesstate,regional nonprofits and businesses within five years, andtocreateaself-sustaining greeneconomy.nonprofits andbusinesseswithinfiveyears, of rivers worldwide,andestablishedchapters in30countries. of rivers grant This two-year, $400,000 coalition of stakeholders toachieve coalition ofstakeholders reductionsinenergyusebyincreasingtheefficiencyof five-year collaborative projecttoprovide sociallyvulnerablecommunitiesalongtheGulfof five-year collaborative the PACENow topromotetheuseof Property initiative Assessed CleanEnergyfinancingto the philanthropic sector for public-interest projects focused on conservation, global health, the philanthropicsectorforpublic-interestprojectsfocusedonconservation,globalhealth, The philanthropic fund administers the RE-AMP network, a collaboration of nonprofits and theRE-AMP network,acollaborationofnonprofitsand The philanthropicfundadministers accessibility ofcleanenergy. grantwillprovide generalsupport for This two-year, $400,000 The U.S.-based internationalreliefanddevelopmentorganization createslastingsolutions The group’s helpsgovernment, businessesandcommunities Initiative ClimateLeadership two-year, $500,000 grant support forgeneraloperationswillhelpthecorporationadvance two-year, $500,000 to ensurethatlow-income communitiesbenefitfromstatewideenergy-efficiency retrofits. Kresge’s grantwillsupport theorganization’s participation inthedevelopment,marketing, adoption andevaluationoftheprogram,which seekstoretrofit1millionresidentialunits, The nonprofitorganization provides project-implementationandintermediaryservicesto and local watershed groups working to develop more-sustainable local policies, land-use and localwatershedgroupsworkingtodevelopmore-sustainable localpolicies,land-use Supported by this two-year, $500,000 grant,theinstitutewillresearch, Supported develop,pilotand bythistwo-year, $500,000 and local grassroots groups and 600 partner organizations.and localgrassrootsgroups600 Funding foritsCampaignto The corporationwas establishedin2010 todevelopfinancingproductsfundenergy- sector byeducatingandtechnically assistinggovernment officials,promotingadoption The nonprofitfocusesonimproving theenergyperformanceofcommercialbuildings. which isworkingtodevelopandstrengthenadaptationstrategiesaroundtheglobe. and implementationofenvironmentally favorable energypolicies,andensuringthe The nonprofitorganizationitsgoalofdecarbonizingthe pursues U.S. energy patterns andconservationprogramsinthecontextofclimate change. drive energyretrofitsofhomesandcommercialbuildings. drive appliances, equipment,electronicsandlighting. level energy-efficiency resourcestandards. efficiency upgradestoexistingstructures. New York City’s energyandclimategoals. of climate-adaptationpractitioners. generate economicopportunities. its U.S.-based programs. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$374,000 Boston, Massachusetts $150,000 Portland, Oregon $125,000 Washington, D.C. $950,000 NewYorkNew York, Rockefeller Family Fund River Network $250,000 Eugene, Oregon grant) (2009 Resource Innovation Group $200,000 Montpelier, Vermont Project Regulatory Assistance The $200,000 NewYorkNew York, ProgressiveFund America Oxfam-America $300,000 NewYorkNew York, Efficiency Corporation New York CityEnergy New VentureFund $250,000 Salmon, Washington White (2010 grant) New BuildingsInstitute $200,000 Arlington, Virginia The Nature Conservancy $325,000 NewYorkNew York, Council Natural Resources Defense

(2010 grant)

149 Environment | 2011 150 The Kresge Foundation University ofCentral Florida Southern Alliance for Clean Vancouver, BritishColumbia, The SanDiego Foundation Tides CanadaFoundation Cambridge, Massachusetts Somerville, Massachusetts Southern Environmental Stockholm Environment Rockefeller Philanthropy Stewards of AffordableStewards Housing for theFuture Charlottesville, Virginia University ofHawaii Union ofConcerned San Diego,California Knoxville, Tennessee Sky Island Alliance Island Alliance Sky e ok NewYorkNew York, Washington, D.C. Honolulu, Hawaii Orlando, Florida Tucson, Arizona Institute U.S. Foundation Law Center (2010 grant) Scientists Advisors $200,000 $200,000 $375,000 $375,000 $225,000 $375,000 $250,000 $150,000 $150,000 $145,000 $40,000 Canada Energy

efficiency programs. States byassistingelectricutilitiesindeveloping,implementingandenhancingenergy- the centerwillrampupitsefforts toimprove energyefficiencyinthesoutheasternUnited to morethan100 local,stateandnationalpartner organizations. Supported byKresge’s grant, The nonprofitenvironmental advocacy andlegal groupprovides strategicleadership services Hawaiian communities. project thataddresses climate-change risks andclimate-adaptationstrategies forat-riskNative and Policya in toengage government, academic,nonprofitandcommunity stakeholders its studentbody. This grantwillenabletheuniversity’s CenterforIslandClimate Adaption giftsThe foundationraisesprivate tosupport theuniversity’s 10 campuses, itsprogramsand Climate Protection Networkthatenhancesthe region’s resiliencetoclimate-change impacts. 18 municipalitiesandSan DiegoCountygovernment toexpandandstrengthenaRegional charitable inSan giving Diego. Assisted bythisgrant,thefoundationwillcollaboratewith The foundationisaleadingresourceforinformationaboutcommunityneedsand industrial customers. owned andpublic-powerutilities,aswellreductionsinenergyusebylargecommercial improve energyefficiencyintheregionbypromotingenergy-efficiency programsat investor- United Statesandatthefederallevel.Funding willsupport theorganization’s efforts to The alliance,foundedin1985, isaleadingadvocate forclean-energypolicyinthesoutheastern energy-efficiency improvements ontheircampuses. toinvest acombined$1billionin universities “green” revolving-loan fundsthatwillfinance by Rockefeller, willsupport theBillionDollarGreenChallengetoencouragecollegesand trusts. Kresge’s grantfortheSustainabilityEndowmentsInstitute,hosted two-year, $375,000 andmanagementservicesforfoundations programs, andoffers program,administrative The nonprofitprovides research andcounselon developsphilanthropic charitable giving, comprehensive, collaborative climate-adaptationstrategiesfortheregion. collaborative comprehensive, academic, governmental andenvironmental-advocacy partners inthedevelopmentof northwestern Mexico. The alliancewilluseKresge’s granttoengage three-year, $435,000 IslandregionofthesouthwesternUnitedStatesand speciesandhabitatsintheSky native The grassrootsnonprofitisdedicatedtoprotectingandrestoringtherich naturalheritageof management in key regions. management inkey of support toassessthecollisionofenergyandwater foraninitiative policy, investment and policy, corporate practicesandconsumerchoices. This grantwillprovide anadditionalyear solutionstochallengingto developinnovative issuesandtoachieve changes ingovernment organization combinesindependentscientificresearch andcitizen The 250,000-member action a Warmingproject. Worldin and Water water resourcesinachanging climate,insupport oftheUnionConcernedScientists’Energy of acomputermodeltoanalyze theimpactsofenergypolicyandinvestment decisionson sustainable developmentandenvironmental issues.Kresge’s grantwillfundthedevelopment The independentinstituteconductsappliedresearch advocacy toadvance andpursues implementation ofenergyefficiencyinaffordable multifamilyhousing. corporations. Kresge’s fundingwillsupport Stewards’roleasaninnovator inadvancingthe baseofnationalnonprofitaffordable-housing regulatory-reform toitsmembership leadership The organization provides coordination,best-practicesassistanceandpractice-based million acresofborealforestinsixCanadianprovinces. Canada willcoordinateimplementationoftheCanadianBorealForest Agreement toprotect36 address environmental andsocialchallenges. grant, Assisted bythisthree-year, $600,000 Tides organizations civil and other changeto helpphilanthropists,foundations,activists, makers Canadaprovides philanthropic,financialandproject-managementservices innovative Tides strategies formitigating climate-change impacts. threats thatsea-levelriseposestonatureandpeopleinthe stateandtodevelopadaptation willconductastatewidestudytoassessthe grant,theuniversity this three-year, $700,000 The nation’s students. servesmorethan56,000 With fundingfrom second-largestuniversity zoological parks, manages 500 projects worldwide, and educates millions of visitors. Kresge’s projectsworldwide,andeducatesmillions ofvisitors. zoological parks,manages500 conservation valuesofthewesternUnitedStatesarereflectedinpublicpolicy. Thisadditional landowners andresidents,offeringlandowners technical assistancetocommunities, andbuildingstrong, demonstration projects to guide resource management, land-use planning and development demonstration projectstoguideresourcemanagement,land-use planninganddevelopment grant will fund the Great Lakes grant willfundtheGreatLakes Adaptation todevelopand Assessment forCities,aninitiative two-year, $600,000 grant will allow the society to develop and implement landscape-specific grant willallowthesocietytodevelopandimplementlandscape-specific two-year, $600,000 The nation’s forresearch leadinguniversity spendingishometotheGrahamEnvironmental understanding ofcomplexsustainabilityissuesandsolutions.Kresge’sunderstanding three-year, $600,000 150-member coalitiondedicatedtoprotectinganenvironmentally18 million-acre sensitive expand urban climate adaptation and sustainability projects in five Great Lakes-area cities. expand urbanclimateadaptationandsustainabilityprojectsinfiveGreatLakes-area The publicresearch housestheSchool university ofNaturalResources andEnvironmental provides educational and networking events for its 1,200 members and the green building andthegreenbuilding members provides educationalandnetworkingeventsforits1,200 particularly attheU.S. Department oftheInteriorandBureauLandManagement,to climate-change adaptationstrategiesinOntario’s borealforestwhilecontinuingitscurrent sustainable. Kresge’s grantwilladvancethecouncil’s efforts toeducatereal-estateowners Midwest. Kresge’s grantrenewsfundingforgeneraloperatingsupport two-year, $350,000 $500,000 grant willbeusedtoconvene asciencepanelthat willdevelopaframeworkand $500,000 Policy, which hasbeenaleadingforceintheRoundtable ontheCrownofContinent,a other stakeholders, the nonprofit organization aims to bring wind power to market in the the nonprofitorganizationinthe aimstobringwindpower tomarket other stakeholders, The U.S. GreenBuildingCouncil’s New York Chapter, knownastheUrbanGreenCouncil, and advancesplanning,educationpolicyefforts tomove clean-energy-infrastructure community atlarge,conductsresearch andadvocates forchange citiesmore thatmakes in localcommunitiestoaddressissuesthataffect thequalityoftheirlives. This grantwill Founded in1901, the Yale School ofForestry andEnvironmental Studiesoffers graduate- The grassrootsorganization isdedicatedtochallenging injusticebyempoweringpeople The world’s oldestandlargestconservationorganization, foundedin1895, operatesfive enable thegroup’s Environmental HealthSciences projecttoexpanditsmediacoverage region. Funding willsupport theRoundtable asitdevelopsaportfolio ofclimate-change level degreeprogramsandservesasalocusforenvironmental research. This two-year, Working and side-by-side regulators withutilities,electric-transmission-gridoperators, Sustainability Institute,which cross-disciplinarycollaborationtocreateabetter fosters The nonprofit promotes community ownership of wind-energy projects by educating ofwind-energyprojects byeducating The nonprofitpromotescommunityownership of environmental healthandclimate-change stories withtheaimofincreasingpublic grant will advance its work to strengthen the commitment of federal-agency leaders, grant willadvanceitsworktostrengthenthecommitmentoffederal-agencyleaders, supportive publicpolicies.Kresge’s grantwillbeusedtosupport general operations. The foundationusesgrantmaking,communicationandoutreach toensurethatthe about New York City’s newenergyauditandretro-commissioningrequirements. planning workin Arctic the Alaska, Yellowstone Rockies and Adirondack Park. adaptation projects,setsprioritiesandbuildsregionalconnectivity. decisions withinthecontextofclimatechange anditsimpacts. understanding oftheissuesanddemandforpolicysolutions. understanding advance climate-change adaptationplans. development forward. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$300,000 Charlottesville, Virginia $150,000 Denver, Colorado $200,000 New Haven,Connecticut (2010 grant) Yale University Windustry $175,000 St. Paul, Minnesota (2010 grant) Wind onthe Wires $250,000 NewYork Bronx, Society Wildlife Conservation Foundation Western Conservation Virginia Organizing $160,000 NewYorkNew York, – New York Chapter U.S. Green BuildingCouncil $160,000 Missoula, Montana The University ofMontana $100,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan University ofMichigan $75,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota

151 Environment | 2011 152 The Kresge Foundation 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org Health 153 Arts & Culture | 2010 154 The Kresge Foundation Community Development Adult Well-Being Services Services Adult Well-Being American PublicHealth Boston MedicalCenter Boston, Massachusetts Active Transportation Alliance Oakland, California Alameda County Alameda County Washington, D.C. Detroit, Michigan Chicago, Illinois Corporation Association (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) $250,000 $100,000 Agency $70,000 $75,000 $75,600

social barriers tohealthcareforlow-income children andtheirfamilies. resources oflocalandregional medical-legal partnerships, which helptoremove legal and National CenterforMedicalLegal Partnership tobuildthecapacity, effectiveness and funding England’s largestsafety-net hospital. Kresge’s four-year, grantwill enablethe $850,000 nonprofitacademicmedicalcenterinBoston’sThe private, historic South EndisNew laborers, and supportlaborers, theenforcementoflead-saferegulationsforrenovations. coalition strengthenitsinfrastructure,extendadvocacy andeducationaloutreach today and traininginlead-safeconstructionpractices.Grantassistance willhelptheGetLead Out Alameda Countychildren throughremediationefforts, home evaluations,casemanagement The agency’s ChildhoodLead Poisoning Prevention Program hasreduced leadhazardsfor illness whosuffer disproportionately fromdiet-relatedchronic diseases. designed toimprove healthoutcomesforfoster-care homeresidentswithseveremental and theirfamilies.Kresge’s grantwillsupport two-year, ademonstrationproject $150,000 management, toadultswithseverementalillnessandotherdisabilities,aswellcaregivers The seniorcenteroffers acontinuumofservicessuch asadvocacy, mentalhealthandcase association’s annualconference. section’s includinglectures,scholarships activities, andeducationalsessionsatthe professionals intheworld.Kresge’s two-year, grantsupports $129,600 theenvironment organization ofpublic-health The associationistheoldest,largest,andmost-diverse for recreationandphysical activity. a projecttohelplow-income neighborhoodscreatehealthy, builtenvironments safeandactive travel byautomobile.Kresge’s grantsupports ontheBlock, Living three-year, Active $300,000 attractive soresidentshaveenvironmentally andphysically healthytosedentary alternatives Active Transportation bicycling,walking workswithcommunitiestomake andpublictransit Health: Grants prevention. Kresge’s grantwillhelptofundthecenter’s three-year, nationalcampaign $650,000 services to nonprofit community-health centers seeking to finance capital projects that expand services tononprofitcommunity-health seekingtofinancecapitalprojectsthatexpand centers uninsured and homeless individuals in Memphis through its health-care centers andoutreach inMemphisthroughitshealth-care centers uninsured andhomelessindividuals The centerwas foundedonthepremisethatdesign canbeusedtoimprove patientoutcomes to reducetheconsumptionofsugar-sweetened beverages,which directlyto havebeenlinked The coalition is an umbrella organization uniting 300 membergroupsengagedThe coalitionisanumbrellaorganization inpopulation- uniting300 effective models for engaging community members, particularly those who are underserved, effective models forengagingparticularly communitymembers, thosewhoareunderserved, evaluation tool and database and the hosting of four seminars forarchitects evaluation toolanddatabasethehostingoffourseminars of anddesigners project, originallyplannedanddesignedthroughKresge’s Safety-net EnhancementInitiative, demonstration programtoreducetoxic exposuretorailyardandtruck dieselpollutionintwo programs. With supplementalfunding,ChristCommunitywilldevelopapilotdemonstration Kresge program-relatedinvestment proceeds, totheCommunityHealthandSocial Services community-based healthcare.Grantmoneyaugmentsa$1millionCapitalLinkloan,using Health andtheEnvironment, theBiomonitoringResource Center, CancerHelpandthenew and environmental healththroughitsprogrammaticworkwithcancerpatients,health-care The centerfocusesoncommunityorganizing and advocacy inCalifornia’s “Inland Empire,” farmers byexpandingparticipationfarmers inthe SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program and in health-careenvironments. Kresge’s funding supports thedevelopmentofaclinic-design The nationalnonprofitorganization provides high-quality, affordable advisoryandlending Community Catalystfocusesonbuildingconsumeradvocacy toimpacthealth-carepolicy. Created in1989, thenonprofitorganization helpslow-income, minority, grassrootsgroups The nationalhealthadvocacy organization specializes innutrition,foodsafetyandobesity increase healthy-foods accessforlow-income andgenerateincomeforfamily consumers in ruralareasaddressthedisproportionate burdenofpollutionandenvironmental health For thenonprofitorganization morethan30years, hasfosteredimprovements inhuman ongoing nutritioneducationtolow-income ruralresidentsinBridgeton,NewJersey, and San Joaquin Valley: aland-useprojecttohelpresidentsshapedecisionsintheir a regioneastofLos Angeles thatisaffected bypollutionfromheavyfreighttraffic,trans- health issues,such asanti-hunger, publichealth,sustainableagricultureandcommunity hazards. Kresge’s grantsupports three-year,tworelatedprojectsinCalifornia’s $750,000 health issuessuch aspesticideexposureanditslinktohealthproblems. This three-year, The nonprofitorganization provides high-qualityhealthcareandotherservicestopoor, gardening. Funding willhelpthecoalition anditspartner, Coalition, theFarmersMarket Kresge’s grantwillenabletheorganization todevelopandsupport three-year, $500,000 support severalenvironmental-health-relatedon programs,includingtheCollaborative professionals, at-riskyouthandaffinitygroups.Kresge’s grantwill three-year, $225,000 raised awareness amongthousandsoftrabajadoresandtheirfamiliesaboutimportant communities andanairprojecttoreducegreenhouse-gas emissionsfromdairyfarms. $275,000 grantenablestheFood Justice Projectaffordable todeliver organic $275,000 foodand shipping facilitiesandwarehousing areas. grantwillfunda This two-year, $250,000 The grassroots organization is a leading advocate for agricultural workers and has andhas The grassrootsorganization isaleadingadvocate foragriculturalworkers to addressobesityforhigh-riskresidentsinseveraltargetedneighborhoods. obesity, particularly inlow-income amongconsumers communitiesofcolor. Center inSouthwest Detroitforcompletionof anexpansionproject. Environmental HealthPrimary Prevention Training Program. Electronic Benefits markets. Transfer systemsatfarmers’ in hospitalcommunitybenefitprograms. Kennett Square,Pennsylvania. community healthcenters. low-income communities. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$125,000 California Riverside, $200,000 Portland, Oregon Coalition Inc. Community Food Security $200,000 Boston, Massachusetts Community CatalystInc. $75,000 Bolinas, California (2010 grant) Commonweal TrabajadoresInc. Agricolas Comite de Apoyo aLos $50,000 Memphis, Tennessee Services Inc. Christ CommunityHealth $250,000 San Francisco, California (2010 grant) the Environment Center onRace, Poverty & $200,000 Washington, D.C. Public Interest Center for Scienceinthe $289,462 Concord, California Center for HealthDesignInc. Justice Action andEnvironmental Center for Community Capital LinkInc. $297,500 Boston, Massachusetts $75,000 Glassboro, NewJersey (2010 grant)

155 Health | 2011 156 The Kresge Foundation DNA People’s Legal Services Jamaica Plain,Massachusetts Farmworker of Association Grantmakers InHealth Window Rock,Window Arkansas Environmental Health Environmental Health National City, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, GPS CapitalPartners Community Partners Fund Inc. Coalition George Washington Farmworker Justice Ecology Center Inc. Ann Arbor,Michigan Ann Arbor,Michigan Pasadena, California Fair Food Network Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Apopka, Florida Apopka, (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) Florida Inc. University Fund Inc. $200,000 $200,000 $225,000 $250,000 $250,000 $425,000 $245,000 $150,000 $150,000 $25,000 $7,000

reduce healthdisparitiesandimprove outcomesforlow-income Native Americans. partnership program,which usesmedical-legal collaborationanddirectlegal advocacy to grantfortheexpansionofitsmedical-legal States. DNAwillusethisthree-year, $450,000 legalinpovertyand alleviatecivil problemsforpeoplewholive inthesouthwesternUnited The nonprofitlegal-aid organization rights,promotetribalsovereignty workstoprotectcivil outcomes forvulnerablepopulations andlowercosts. be leveragedtofinancearangeofcommunity-level projects designedtoimprove health GPS willuseKresge’sobjectives. fundingtoexplorehowdifferent typesoffundingcan and environmental investments that support theirphilanthropicmissionsandprogram The nationalconsultinggroupworkswithfoundationstodesign andexecutefinancial,social community-planning modelinCaliforniaandnationally. the Sanbordercrossing,aswelldevelopmentanddisseminationofa Diego/Tijuana grantwillsupport theadoptionofclean-air plansforthePort$675,000 ofSan Diegoand health andtheenvironment fromtoxic pollutioninsouthernCalifornia.Kresge’s three-year, The coalitionisaleaderinadvancingpublicpoliciesandlegal ordinancesthatprotectpublic encourage thepurchase ofhealthy, locallygrownfoodbyMichigan hospitals. to eliminateexposureenvironmental hazards inhomes,schools andneighborhoods,to grantwillallowthenonprofittoexpanditsworkatstateandnationallevels year, $575,000 The centerisaleadingadvocate forimproving children’s environmental health.Kresge’s two- on scientificdataandcontemporaryhealthsafetystandards. new regulatoryrequirementsfullyaddressthemanufactureanduseoftoxic chemicals based Substance Control Act. Kresge’s grantwillstrengthenefforts toensurethat two-year, $500,000 participating intheSafer ChemicalsHealthy Families Campaigntoreformtheoutdated Toxic Dedicated toeliminatingtoxic chemicals intheenvironment, theadvocacy organization is one-year membership in Grantmakers andsupports itsongoing work. inGrantmakers one-year membership seeking expertise andinformation onthefieldofhealthphilanthropy. ThisgrantfundsKresge’s andothers The nonprofiteducationalorganization servesasaresourcecenterforgrantmakers non-medical determinantsofhealthandthepublic-health infrastructure. ofnewmodelsprimarycare,thehealth-caresafetynet,populationhealth, understanding health-policy issues. grantallowstheforumtoexpandknowledgeand This two-year, $850,000 high-level, unbiasedinformationandanalysisonkey offers federal healthpolicymakers ishometotheNationalHealthPolicy Forum,The university anonpartisan organization that economic andhealthpotentialoflocallyproducedfood. granthelpslaunchyear, Fair Food $980,000 Detroit,aprogramtohelpDetroitrealize the upholds thefundamentalrighttohealthy, freshandsustainablygrownfood.Kresge’s four- todesignafoodsystemthat The nonprofitorganization partners withotherstakeholders communities. policies andpracticesaimedatreducingpesticideexposureforthesevulnerablefarmworker Florida. Kresge’s grantwillfundaprojecttobuildstrategicstatewide three-year, $450,000 andtheirfamilies inlow-income agriculturalareasthroughoutthestateof farmworkers The grassrootsorganization useseducationandadvocacy toimprove thehealthof expansion ofitsworkinCalifornia. for urbancommunities. grantunderwritesthecontinuationand This three-year, $500,000 organizing, toaddressenvironmental disparitiesandtoincreaseaccessnaturalplaces which utilizes land-useplanningstrategies,policy andlegal research, aswellcommunity Community Partners’ efforts topromotesocial-serviceinnovation include The CityProject, protections topreservethehealthofagricultural-communityresidents. regulations foragriculturalpesticides,nowundergoingrevisions,containsignificantlystrong grantstrengthenstheorganization’sthis three-year, $600,000 efforts toensurethatfederal Funding andtheirfamilymembers. from overexposure topesticidesforagriculturalworkers The fundiscommitted toreducingthenegativehealthandenvironmental impactsof providers into a single, shared portal. Lehigh will use this three-year, $600,000 grant to create a granttocreatea intoasingle,sharedportal.providers Lehigh willusethisthree-year, $600,000 Kresge’s grantwillfundtheresearch three-year, anddevelopmentoffivecasestudies $450,000 streamlined data-sharingsystemforhospitals,community-health andschools centers thatwill The organization promotessustainable,equitableagriculturalandfoodsystemsmanages IFF to offer the financing and services required for the expansion of community health centers IFF tooffer thefinancingandservicesrequiredforexpansionofcommunityhealthcenters highlighting innovative, replicablemodesoftransportationhighlighting innovative, thatenableresidentsofpoor, rural education reformandenvironmental justicewhilecoordinatingefforts toimpactpublicpolicy. family support andseniorservicestothemultiethnic,working-classIronboundneighborhood Dedicated toempoweringcommunitiescreateplayspacesforchildren, KaBOOM! partners income communitieswhereneighborhoodplaygroundsare often locked upandinaccessible. project toestablishanenvironmental-health land-usepolicyfortheLos Angeles areathatwill based clinics, is spearheading the transition of electronic medical records from areawide care based clinics,isspearheadingthetransitionofelectronicmedical recordsfromareawidecare As aleadingsocial-change institution,thefoundationhas addressedpoverty, youthviolence, from this three-year $300,000 grant will enable KaBoom to enter joint-use-agreements–with grantwillenableKaBoom toenterjoint-use-agreements–with from thisthree-year$300,000 organizations andthecommunitiestheyserve. Kresge’s grantwillenable two-year, $650,000 standards andtoolsforthehealth-careindustry. grantsupports the This three-year, $600,000 efforts tophaseoutdirty dieseltrucks andbringaClean Trucks policytoports inNewJersey globally to develop policies and best practices that ensure food, farm and trade systems are globally todeveloppoliciesandbestpracticesthatensurefood,farmtradesystemsare coordination and delivery of health and social services in three Detroit neighborhoods, with ofhealthandsocialservicesinthreeDetroitneighborhoods,with coordination anddelivery The nationalorganization partners withcommunity-based groupstoforgestrong,effective, schools, --toincreaserecreationalopportunities municipalgovernments andothers inlow- The health-care provider offers a wide spectrum of medical services to individuals in Metro The health-careproviderinMetro offers awidespectrum ofmedicalservicestoindividuals with citiesaroundthecountrytoincreaseplayopportunities intheircommunities.Funding a multiyear project to develop grassroots leadership infoodpolicy.a multiyearprojecttodevelopgrassrootsleadership Funding fromKresge’s addresses environmentally damaginghealth-care practicesandpromotesgreen-building capability of local leaders from underserved communities to shape the development and communitiestoshapethedevelopmentand fromunderserved capability oflocalleaders launch oftheHealthierHospitals environmentalAgenda toimprove hospitals’ healthand three-year, $750,000 grantsupports projecttoimprove the three-year, amulti-system,public-private $750,000 The 40-year-old community-based organization provides child care, youth programming, Established inresponsetothe1986 worldwidefarmcrisis,theinstituteworkslocallyand fair andsustainable.Kresge’s grantwilladvancetheinstitute’s two-year, $450,000 efforts adjacent toNewark’s waterfront. grantwillsupportThis two-year, collaborative $180,000 This two-year, $500,000 grantwillsupport thefoundation’sThis two-year, $500,000 ofacollaborative leadership IFF is a nonprofit lender and real-estate consultant dedicated to strengthening nonprofit IFF isanonprofitlenderandreal-estateconsultantdedicatedtostrengthening The Lehigh Valley HealthNetwork,comprisingthreehospitalsandmultiplecommunity- sustainable community-health modelsthatbenefitvulnerablelow-income populations. to reformthenation’s foodsystembydevelopingandpromotingamore-equitable The environmental health-carecoalitionof480 organizations inmorethan50countries patient-safety performancewhilereducingnatural-resourceuseandwaste generation. three-year, $450,000 grantsupportsthree-year, anEat4Healthfellowshipprogramtoimprove the $450,000 Detroit andservesasacenterforeducationmedicalresearch. Funding fromthis reduce pollutionexposureand healthriskswhilecreatinggreenenterprises. improve healthcareforat-riskchildren. the goalofreducinginfantmortality. communities toaccesshealthcare. outcomes offood-systempolicies. in Wisconsin andIndiana. healthy model. n NewYork. and 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$100,000 Washington, D.C. $400,000 Chicago, Illinois $150,000 NewYorkNew York, $250,000 Santa Monica,California (2010 grant) Liberty HillFoundation Hospital Lehigh Valley KaBOOM! Foundation Inc. Jessie SmithNoyes Corporation Ironbound Community $225,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota Trade Policy Institute for Agriculture and IFF $250,000 Detroit, Michigan Henry Ford HealthSystem $150,000 Oakland, California Health Outreach Partners Health Care Without Harm $90,000 Newark, NewJersey $200,000 Allentown, Pennsylvania $200,000 Jamaica Plain,Massachusetts

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157 Health | 2011 158 The Kresge Foundation New Economy Los Angeles Alliance for a a for Los Angeles Alliance Louisiana Bucket Brigade Low IncomeInvestment Louisiana Public Health Louisiana PublicHealth San Francisco, California San Francisco, California Michigan Primary Care New Orleans,Louisiana New Orleans,Louisiana New Orleans,Louisiana Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, Sacramento, California Michigan Leaguefor Institute Local Government Okemos, MichiganOkemos, Investment Fund Lansing, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Market Umbrella Human Services Michigan Public Health Institute Commission Low Income Association (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) $275,000 $350,000 $250,000 $250,000 $120,000 $150,000 $100,000 $56,000 $40,000 $25,000 Fund

in capitalfornew, renovated orexpandedFederally QualifiedHealth Centerfacilities. underwrites thelaunch ofajoint-venturedemonstrationprogramdeployingupto$25million opportunity forlow-income andcommunities. individuals grant This two-year, $650,000 Since 1984, thecommunity-development financialinstitutionhascreatedpathways of andfindsolutionstomeettheneedforfacilitiesfinancing. market a high-levelanalysisofcurrent financingresourcesforthe Federally QualifiedHealthCenter opportunity for low-income and communities. individuals With this grant, the fund will conduct Since 1984, thecommunity-development financialinstitutionhascreatedpathways of communities. plan,initiateandfinancecapitalprojectsthatextendqualitycaretounderserved health centers Capital Link,tocreateacentralized technical-assistance programdesignedtohelpthestate’s Michigan. Kresge’s grantwillenabletheassociation,inpartnership with three-year, $1,000,000 The associationisamemberorganization composedofFederallyin QualifiedHealthCenters will developaunifiedconsumer voice toshapetheact’smembers implementationinthestate. grant,theleagueandothercoalition populations. Assisted bythistwo-year, $500,000 working toensurethe Affordable Care Act meetstheneedsofMichigan’s most-vulnerable agency fortheMichigan forHealthcare Consumers Advancement Coalition,analliance The organization isastrongsupporter ofhealth-carepolicyreformandservesasthelead and toproducefourpolicybriefs fordisseminationtostakeholders. research andidentifythesocial conditionsinMichigan thataremajordeterminants ofhealth development ofaPlaceMatters Task Force, aspart oftheMichigan Convergenceto Initiative, through collaboration,scientificinquiryandappliedexpertise. Thisgrantfundsthe The instituteseekstoimprove health conditionsinMichigan populationsandcommunities programs aroundthecountry. organization’s infrastructureandincreaseitsabilitytosupport andincentive publicmarkets Kresge’swith consumers. fundingcommitmentwillstrengthenthe two-year, $300,000 roadshowsthatconnectfoodproducers andseveraltravelingmarket markets three farmers’ A recognizedthesocialenterpriseoperates nationalleaderindevelopingurbanfoodmarkets, residents inbuildingasustainablecommunityofhealthy neighborhoods. implementation phaseoftheOrleansNeighborhoodHealthImplementationPlantoassist environmental andsocialdeterminantsofhealth. grantwillfundthe This three-year, $750,000 devastated communitiesinways thataddress notonlytheprimary-care system,butalsothe The public-healthintermediaryhasbeenengaged inplanstoredevelopNewOrleans’ Istrouma, avulnerablecommunitylocatedadjacenttopetrochemical complex. Partnership, which health-impactassessmentoftoxic emissionsin isconductingacumulative hazardous sites. grant willsupportThis two-year, theBrigade’s $130,000 IstroumaHealth agencies andindustrytoreducetoxic pollutionfromoilrefineries, chemical plantsandother The environmental healthandjusticeorganization workswithcommunities,regulatory California. communities toattend the2012 NewPartners forSmart GrowthConferenceinSan Diego, fromthenation’scommunities. Fundingcommunityleaders willenable25key port whoareworkingtocreatehealthy,community leaders walkableandresource-efficient inspiration, technical assistanceandnetworkingtolocalelectedofficialsotherdedicated The commissionisanonprofit,nonpartisan organization membership thatprovides residents’ health. residents’ at thePort ofLong Beach toaddressport-traffic issues,alleviateairpollutionandimprove Kresge’s grantsupports theimplementationofaClean three-year, $300,000 Trucks Program communications toachieve itsmissionoftransformingtheeconomy andtheenvironment. The allianceusesresearch, organizing, coalition-building, policyadvocacy and exposure to contaminants in the health centers and to create a toolkit to guide other providers andtocreateatoolkitguideotherproviders exposure tocontaminantsin the healthcenters grant, thecouncilwillprovide technical andlegal assistancetolocalgrassrootsorganizations the constructionofhigh-quality, service-enriched housingthatwillreducethenumberoffrail year, $180,000 grant,theorganization year, willexpandaprojectaimedatloweringharmfuldiesel $180,000 environment, healthandhumanservices.Kresgeisparticipating intheHealthImpactProject National Church isthenation’s largestnonprofit developerandmanagerofaffordable senior Low-income and uninsured clients in rural areas receive comprehensive reproductive health health reproductive Low-income comprehensive anduninsuredclientsinruralareasreceive housing andservices.Funding supports ajoint projecttocreatenewfinancingstructuresfor program designed to address and reduce health disparities in five low-income, underserved program designedtoaddressandreducehealthdisparitiesinfivelow-income, underserved The networkoflocalandinternationalconsumer, labor, health,environment andagriculture Launched in1970, thenationalorganization hasbeenaleaderinbuildingtheenvironmental details the adverse healtheffectsdetails theadverse ofpollutionfromdensefreighttransportation networkson for revisingU.S. pesticidepoliciesandpracticestoprovide greaterprotectionforchildren in raise awareness andincreaseconsumptionoffarm-freshproduceamongpreschoolers and movement andhelpingtoformulateenvironmental laws. Through thisthree-year, $570,000 The nonprofit corporation fosters healthy,The nonprofitcorporationfosters safehomesfor children byengaging inresearch, Through legislative initiatives, legal initiatives, action,scientificprinciplesand statewide partnerships, Through legislative reporting, trainingandpolicymakingonhousing-relatedhealthissues. With Kresge’s three- socially just alternatives. Grant money will underwrite the creation of a multiyear roadmap Grantmoneywillunderwritethecreationof amultiyearroadmap socially justalternatives. Environmental Policy InstitutetoexpanditsFarm toPreschool pilotproject,which seeksto the councilworkstosecurehealthy air, landandwater inOhio. Assisted byKresge’s three- Housing Project toimplementitsNationalHealthy Housing Action Plan,buildagrassroots Parenthood affiliate.Kresge’s grantassists efforts toreducepatients’ three-year, $300,000 the nation’s ofprimary-care leadingeducators physicians, andwas recentlyrecognized as and providing grantmoneytofund health-impactassessments(often referred toasHIAs) the topinstitutionamongU.S. medicalschools foritssocialmission. The school hasbeen groups is dedicated to replacing the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound, groups isdedicatedtoreplacingtheuseofhazardouspesticideswithecologicallysound, Health, Social andEnvironmental ConsequencesofMoving International Freight through Occidental is a private liberal-arts college that serves a diverse student body on an urban studentbodyonanurban liberal-artsOccidental isaprivate collegethatservesadiverse Occidental is a private liberal-arts college that serves a diverse student body on an urban studentbodyonanurban liberal-artsOccidental isaprivate collegethatservesadiverse year, $750,000 grant,thecenterwillcreateaCommunity-basedyear, Advocacy $750,000 fortheHealthy Our Communities,” ofSouthern areport Californiathat bythecollegeandUniversity campus. This grantsupports thedisseminationof “Global Trade Impacts: Addressing the As anoperatingfoundation,Pew managesgrantmakingprogramsinculture,education, services at 27 health-care centers operatedbyNorthernservices at27health-carecenters NewEngland’s largestPlanned of two demonstration projects that will inform decisions on proposed housing policies, of twodemonstrationprojectsthatwillinformdecisionson proposedhousingpolicies, awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant to implement a community-driven, health-policy granttoimplementacommunity-driven, health-policy awarded athree-year, $500,000 seeking tomitigate thenegativehealthimpacts ontheircommunitiesofdiesel-related campus. Funding from this two-year, $485,000 grantwillenablethecollege’scampus. Funding fromthistwo-year, $485,000 Urban& Morehouse School ofMedicine,basedatahistorically black college,ranksamong elderly and disabled individuals housed in costly skilled-nursing facilities. housedincostlyskilled-nursing elderly anddisabledindividuals advocacy networkandbroadenfundingsupport forhealthy housing. pollution fromports andotherintermodal-freighttransport facilities. emissions fromconstructionvehiclesinClevelandandColumbus. disadvantaged communitieslocatednearmajorseaports. Fulton Countycommunities. agricultural communities. in detoxifying facilities. projects orplans. their families. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$242,500 California Los Angeles, $175,000 California Los Angeles, $167,000 Atlanta, Georgia $100,000 Williston, Vermont grant) (2009 Northern NewEngland Planned Parenthood of $359,000 Washington, D.C. Charitable TrustsPew $250,000 San Francisco, California North America NetworkPesticide Action $50,000 Columbus, Ohio (2010 grant) Ohio Environmental Council Occidental College Occidental College $185,000 NewYorkNew York, Council Inc. Natural Resources Defense $150,000 Columbus, Ohio National Church Residences Housing Inc. National Center for Healthy Medicine Morehouse School of $250,000 Columbia, Maryland (2010 grant)

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159 Health | 2011 160 The Kresge Foundation Primary Care Development Foundation Inc. Public HealthLaw &Policy Preservation of AffordablePreservation People-to-People Health of Montgomery County, Public HealthSolutions Primary Care Coalition Public HealthInstitute Silver Spring,Maryland Boston, Massachusetts Prevention Institute Prevention Institute Project HOPE– The Puget SoundSage Seattle, Washington e ok NewYorkNew York, NewYorkNew York, Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland, California Millwood, Virginia Maryland Inc. Corporation (2010 grant) PolicyLink $300,000 $200,000 $200,000 Housing $375,000 $125,000 $100,000 $169,099 $50,000 $30,000 $90,000 $50,000

families intolow-income housing. strategies andcapitalinvestments thatintegrate primary-care servicesforunderserved redevelopment andlong-termmanagement. This planninggrantwillbeusedtopursue financialrestructurings,physical housing resourceswithcreative rehabilitationor entrepreneurialnonprofitacquires,preservesandstewardsThe mission-driven, affordable- clinical practices. thataffect factors populationhealthincommunitieswhilemaintaininghigh-quality the key Health Homemodel,which astructuredapproach health-careproviders gives foraddressing It willuseKresge’s two-year, $338,198 granttorefineandadvanceitsCommunity-Centered The instituteaddressestheprimarycausesofhealthdisparitiesinlow-income communities. in theirefforts topreventyouthviolence. Networks toIncrease Thriving Youth” program,which guidessomeofthenation’s largestcities grantsupportsThis three-year,theexpansionintwourbanareasof “Urban $375,000 The instituteaddressestheprimarycausesofhealthdisparitiesinlow-income communities. public and private investmentspublic andprivate inFederally QualifiedHealthCenters. “Community HealthDevelopmentRoadmap,” which toincrease outlinesanationalinitiative will enablethecorporation,inpartnership withCapitalLink,tocomplete awhitepaper, communities toimprove healthoutcomes,lowercostsandreducedisparities.Funding The nonprofitorganization seekstoexpandandtransformprimarycareinunderserved Health Sciences todevelopastrategic planforclean,safetrucking. of will partner withtheUniversity Washington Department of Environmental andOccupational adjacent tothePort ofSeattle. Assisted byKresge’s grant,theorganization two-year, $170,000 organizations inefforts toimprove theairqualityof predominantlylow-income neighborhoods The coalitionleaderunitescommunity, religious, laborandenvironmental-justice designing better servicesformanagingdiabetes. funded throughKresge’s Safety-Net toengage EnhancementInitiative, theLatinopopulationin programs forMontgomeryCounty. This specialgrantallowance supports aproject,originally residents lacking theresourcestopayforhealthcareandasanadministratorofgap-filling Since 1993, thenonprofit charitable organization hasservedasanadvocate forcounty and policiesthatpromotehealthy landuse,transportation andfoodaccess. aboutsuccessfulmodels,tools andpolicymakers granttoinformcommunityleaders $750,000 improve thehealthoflow-income andminoritycommunities.PolicyLink willusethistwo-year, is workingtochange land-useplanning,urbandesign,andfoodsystemsinways that The nationalresearch, communications,capacity-building andadvocacy-support organization for low-income residents. approachand Healthyacomprehensive Housinginitiative, toimproving housingconditions legal, policyandtechnical assistancetogranteesparticipating intheKresge Advancing Safe policy strategies. Public HealthLaw&Policy assistscommunitiesindeveloping andimplementingpublic-health impact ofpoorindoorandoutdoorairqualityonthehealthvulnerablepopulations. grantforgeneraloperationswillstrengthentheinstitute’s$650,000 worktomitigate the quality oflifeforpeopleinCaliforniaandelsewherethenation.Kresge’s three-year, The independentnonprofitorganization isdedicatedtopromotinghealth,well-beingand districts procurehealthy, locallygrown,sustainablyproduced foodforschool-meal programs. development ofaMidwestregionalSchool Food Learning Labmodeltohelplargeschool disease andimprove communityhealth. Kresge’s grantsupports the three-year, $600,000 The nonprofitorganization develops,implementsandadvocates strategicsolutions toprevent issue devoted toenvironmental-health policy. aboutimportant topics. policymakers grantsupportsThis two-year,thejournal’s $780,000 first of need,Project HOPEpublishesthehealth-policyjournalHealth Affairs toinformkey implementing health-educationprogramsandproviding humanitarianassistanceinareas As part ofitsmissiontoachieve sustainableadvancesinhealthcarearoundtheworldby This three-year, $900,000 grantwillenablethenonprofitorganization tooffer This three-year, $900,000 The nonprofit,nonpartisan organizationbyprotectingthehealthof isdedicatedtosavinglives conducts research andleveragesscientificfindingstoadvanceclinicalcarehealthpolicies Hospital CommunityBenefit Program toresearch bestpracticesforevaluatingandimproving association willserveasthenationalprogramofficeforKresge’s Advancing Safe andHealthy year, $200,000 grant, the collaborative will deepen its work in key neighborhoods and help to neighborhoodsandhelpto willdeepenitsworkinkey grant,the collaborative year, $200,000 Kresge’s grantwillenablethecoalitiontodeveloprecommendationsfor three-year, $450,000 billion. grantwillfundamultistatestudyofhighair-toxicsThis three-year, $865,000 exposure every communityandelevatingdiseasepreventiontoanationalpriority. Funding supports a area ofsouthernIllinois. This specialgrantallowance supports thelaunch ofalocalprogram, Housing initiative, whichHousing initiative, broadensitschildhood lead-abatementeffort intoacomprehensive on school siteswhereminority children areconcentratedandfosterbetter stateand national For more than 30 years, the nonprofit has empowered vulnerable communities to reduce air For thenonprofithasempoweredvulnerablecommunitiestoreduceair morethan30years, to integratepopulationhealthandcommunitydiseasepreventionintoreformingthehealth- Michigan isthenation’s forresearch leadinguniversity spending, which currently totals$1.2 environmental, healthandsocialbenefitsofnewdevelopment. Withfundingfromthistwo- pollution andparticipate morefullyindecision-makingprocesses. This three-year, $750,000 health servicesthroughoutthearea.Supported byKresge’s multiyear, $1,424,846grant,the originally fundedthroughKresge’s Safety-Net designedtoimprove EnhancementInitiative, year, grantsupports Reach $740,000 aninnovative scienceandpolicy- theDecisionMakers populations. Supported byKresge’s grant, theinstitutewillestablisha three-year, $750,000 that preventexposuretoharmfulchemicals andcreateahealthierenvironment. This three- predominantly low-income and medically underserved populations across a seven-county predominantly low-income populationsacrossaseven-county andmedicallyunderserved Enhancement Initiative, to design a strategic response to health disparities within a target todesignastrategicresponsehealthdisparitieswithintarget Enhancement Initiative, abuse, environmental health,nutrition,blood leadandotherhealth-relatedconcerns. This disproportionate air-pollution impactsonlow-income andminorityBay-area populations. The university anchors theProgramThe university forReproductiveHealthandtheEnvironment, which special grantallowance supports aproject,originally fundedthroughKresge’s Safety-Net southeastern Michigan andhasproven of tobehighlyeffective infacilitatingthedelivery yearlong project engaging health-care and public-health stakeholders incrafting yearlong projectengaging amodel health-careandpublic-healthstakeholders The liberal-arts honors university is hometotheHilltopInstitute,anationallyrecognized The liberal-arts university honors The associationisaconsortium whodirectlocalhealthdepartments ofhealthofficers in Dedicated tofosteringhigh-qualitypublictransportation andsafe,healthy communities, grant willallowtheorganization tospearheadastatewidecampaignstrengthenNew pollution regulationsandstrengthenpublicparticipation indecision-makingprocesses. environmental healthandjusticecoalitions otherorganizations workingtoreduce The community-based networkofnearly40Federallyserves QualifiedHealthCenters the effectiveness ofcommunity-benefit performedbytax-exempt activities hospitals. research centerdedicatedtoimproving thehealthandsocialoutcomesofvulnerable TransForm tomaximize the in2006 cofoundedtheGreatCommunitiesCollaborative Mexico’s air-quality steptoward regulationsasafirst decreasingtoxic airemissions. The department provides wide-rangingpublic-healthservicestoaddresssubstance The foundation’s Bay Area Environmental isapartnership of HealthCollaborative implement developmentplansthatsupport communityhealthandwell-being. chronic-disease managementamonglow-income patients. standards forthefutureplacement ofschools. healthy-housing approach. training program. care system. community. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$100,000 Oakland, California $225,000 Albuquerque, NewMexico $235,000 Ann Arbor,Michigan University ofMichigan $250,000 Baltimore, Maryland (2010 grant) Baltimore County University ofMaryland, San Francisco University ofCalifornia- $150,000 Washington, D.C. Trust for America’s Health TransForm Project SouthWest Organizing $50,000 Sauget, Illinois Foundation Southern IllinoisHealthcare $474,794 Detroit, Michigan Health Association Southeastern Michigan $50,000 Saginaw, Michigan Department ofPublicHealth Saginaw County $150,000 San Francisco, California grant) (2009 Rose Foundation $250,000 San Francisco, California (2010 grant)

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161 Health | 2011 162 The Kresge Foundation University ofSouthCarolina West Harlem Environmental University of Washington University Ventures Inc. Columbia, South Carolina Wayne State University Wayne State University Wayne State University University ofSouthern University ofMichigan Foundation Charitable Foundation Charitable Bridgeport, Connecticut School ofSocial Work Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, Westport, Connecticut Ann Arbor,Michigan Seattle, Washington e ok NewYorkNew York, Wholesome Wave Wholesome Wave Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Ventures Inc. (2009 grant) (2009 (2009 grant) (2009 (2010 grant) (2010 grant) (2010 grant) Action Inc. California $300,000 $300,000 $250,000 $225,000 $250,000 $150,000 $175,000 $212,500 $160,545 $89,000

abatement effort healthy-housing intoacomprehensive approach. in Kresge’s Advancing Safe andHealthywhich Housinginitiative, broadensitschildhood lead- university’s Centerfor Urban StudiestoadaptandexpanditsLead HousingDatabaseforuse tovulnerablepopulations. and caredelivery grantwillenablethe This three-year, $675,000 hasalong historyofcommunityoutreach,The university educationofhealth-careworkers health-care professionalsandtoimprove primary-care areasofthestate. accessinunderserved Michigan tobuildacohort GreatLakes aninitiative ofdiverse Area HealthEducationCenters, Wayne StateSchool inestablishing andspearheadingthe ofMedicineandCollegeNursing tovulnerablepopulations.Kresge’sand caredelivery grantsupports three-year, the $750,000 hasalong historyofcommunityoutreach,The university educationofhealth-careworkers and interventions,helppartner agenciesreducehomehealthriskstochildren. assistance willenablethecentertoexpanddatabase,improve thecoordinationofservices links housesinDetroitand Wayne Countytomultiplecasesoflead-poisoned children. Grant The university’s aLead Center forUrbanStudiescreatedandoversees HousingDatabasethat the Toxic SubstanceControl Act. Campaign’s efforts toengage low-income communitiesandofcolorinreforming ACT andtwopartner organizations willspearheadtheSafer ChemicalsHealthy Families African American andLatinocommunities.Supportedgrant, bythistwo-year, $450,000 WE works toimprove environmental qualityandtosecureenvironmental justiceinpredominantly Based innorthern Manhattan, thenonprofitadvocacy organization, alsoknownas “WE ACT,” based settings. maternal andchild healthandtoimprove thequalityofrelatedpracticewithincommunity- grantwillfundapilotprojectinDetroittobuildskilledpublic-healthworkforce $300,000 local public-healthdepartments andcommunity-based healthorganizations. Kresge’s two-year, a CenterofExcellenceinPublic Health Workforce toaddressworkforce-capacityissueswithin research anchorsThe top-ranked the School university ofPublic Health,which isestablishing neighborhood environment. projecttodevelopandimplementinterventionsthatcontributeasafer in acollaborative by theSchool ofSocial Work willengage residentsofthe Waverly public-housingcommunity grant,aninterdisciplinaryresearchAssisted bythisthree-year, teamspearheaded $650,000 Founded in1801, thestate’s studentsoneightcampuses. serves41,000 flagshipuniversity nationally replicatingtheseinitiatives. partners toevaluatehealthy-food programsandbuildacaseforsupporting incentive and grantwillenable level. Funding from thistwo-year,Wholesome $500,000 Wave andits onanational access tofresh,locallygrown foodandbolsteringrevenuesforfamilyfarmers The foundationworkstoimprove health outcomesforvulnerablepopulationsbyincreasing incentive programs fornewandexistingprojects. incentive level. grantsupportsThis three-year, organizational infrastructureandnutrition- $525,000 onanational access tofresh,locallygrownfoodandbolsteringrevenues forfamilyfarmers The foundationworkstoimprove health outcomesforvulnerablepopulationsbyincreasing related pollution on neighborhood residents living nearthePortrelated pollutiononneighborhoodresidentsliving ofSeattle. community-based participatory research investigating thehealthimpactsfromdiesel-freight- the department’s researchers willcollaboratewithcoalitionleaderPuget Sound Sage on Environmental andOccupationalHealthSciences. Supportedgrant, bythistwo-year, $385,000 The Pacific Northwest’s largestpublicresearch housestheDepartment of university disadvantaged communities. toaddressthepollutioneffects initiative ofportsa collaborative andgoodsmovement on granthelpsfundthe three-year, $950,000 Trade, HealthandEnvironment ImpactProject, Health Sciences Centerspearheadsresearch on traffic-relatedhealthimpacts.Kresge’s Housed attheuniversity’s Keck School ofMedicine,theSouthern CaliforniaEnvironmental The medicalcenteroperatestwofreehealthclinics,Shepherd’s HopeandtheCommunity After uninsured andunderinsuredchildren andadultsinNewCastleCounty. Funding fromthistwo- chronic-disease risks.Kresge’s grantwillbeusedtoidentify, three-year, evaluateand $750,000 The clinic,which medicalservicestouninsured,low- free,comprehensive hasbeendelivering The health center offers free medical, behavioral and educational health services to uninsured The healthcenteroffers freemedical,behavioralandeducationalhealth servicestouninsured medical transformation project designed to integrate new electronic systems that will expand medical transformationprojectdesignedtointegratenewelectronicsystemsthatwillexpand the Winchendon Project,developedjointlywith Murdock aninitiative MiddleHighSchool and given toprojectsthatleverageexistingresources,createmoreeffective operatingsystems,improvegiven efficienciesandexpand The centerfunctionsasamultipurposehuman-servicesagencyproviding community-driven income Arlington Countyresidentssince1994, patientvisitsandfilled 15,000 handled10,000 year, $225,000 grant will enable the center to maintain its operations and expand its services grantwillenablethecentertomaintainitsoperationsandexpandservices year, $225,000 establish threemodelfoodhubs,which connectsmallandmid-sizetoretailmarkets farmers Winrock Internationalisanonprofitorganization thatworkswithpeopleintheUnitedStates programs, includingClaymontFamily HealthServices, which offers health-caretreatmentto The Kansas University Endowment, the private fundraising arm of the University of Kansas, ofKansas, fundraisingarmoftheUniversity Endowment,theprivate The Kansas University populations. It targeted free clinics, public-health clinics and designated federally andvulnerable populations.Ittargetedfreeclinics,public-healthclinicsdesignatedfederally servingdiverse health centers Community Alliance forResearch andEngagement, which isleadingacitywideapproach to improve thehealthofNewHavenresidentsbydevelopingprogramsandpoliciesrelatedto Hours Clinic, which serve more than 8,000 patients,includingmany whoareuninsuredand Clinic,whichHours servemorethan8,000 care facilityoffering medicalanddentalcaretopatients, a majorityofwhomareminorities, special services to underserved populations.Kresge’sspecial servicestounderserved grantwillsupport two-year, $132,000 living inpoverty.living grantwillsupport operationsand Assistance fromthistwo-year, $300,000 prescriptions lastyear. grantwillbeusedtoimplementamultiyear This two-year, $200,000 Wyandotte County. granttobolsteritsoperations The clinicwillusethistwo-year, $150,000 The nonprofitcommunityhospitaliscommitted toimproving accesstocareandproviding handles charitable contributions tothehealthclinic,which provides wide-rangingmedical, for operations will enable additional families to receive care,decrease new-patientfor operationswillenableadditionalfamiliestoreceive waiting and aroundtheworldtoempowerdisadvantaged,increaseeconomicopportunity and the Joint CoalitiononHealthtoprovide mental-healthandsubstance-abusecounseling to expand themedicalservicesprovided tovulnerablepopulationsandhelpthecentermeet uninsured oronMedicaid. grantcommitmentwillstrengthenand This two-year, $300,000 The HealthClinicOpportunity Fund was designedtobridge,buildandsustaintheoperationsofhigh-performingcommunity- Over 25 years, thecenterhasgrownfromaneighborhoodclinictometropolitanhealth- Over 25years, time, maintain and expand the pool of medical volunteers andprovidetime, maintainandexpandthepoolofmedicalvolunteers patientswithcase qualified health-center look-alikes tomeetboththeimmediateandlong-termhealthneedsoftheirconstituents. qualified health-centerlook-alikes Priority was mental-health andoutreach services touninsuredlow-income andminorityresidents of sustain naturalresources.Kresge’s grantsupports three-year,apilotprojectto $750,000 Texas intheLower RioGrande residentsliving Valley. Kresge’s grant two-year, $150,000 The private university isawellspringofresearch andprograms,includingthe university centers The private and increaseaccesstofreshhealthycommunities. foodforunderserved maintain accesstohealthservicesforvulnerable populations. These two-yeargrantswereawarded in2010. expand accesstomedicalservicesatbothclinics. implement effective health-interventionmodels. students on-siteduringtheschool day. and increaseaccess toprimarycare. patients’ accesstohigh-qualitycare. patients’ to meetincreaseddemand. increased demand. Health ClinicOpportunity Fund management. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $100,000 Lawrence, Kansas Health Clinic on behalfofSilver City Endowment Association Kansas University $150,000 Denver, Colorado Inner CityHealthCenter $66,000 Gardner, Massachusetts Hospital Henry Heywood Memorial $150,000 Orlando, Florida Center Florida HospitalMedical $75,000 McAllen, Texas Projects Inc. Community Hope $125,000 Claymont, Delaware Resource CouncilInc. Brandywine Community $100,000 Arlington, Virginia Arlington Free Clinic $250,000 New Haven,Connecticut (2010 grant) Yale University $250,000 Morrilton, Arkansas Development for AgriculturalInstitute Winrock International

163 Health | 2011 164 The Kresge Foundation Siloam Family HealthCenter North CoastHealthMinistry Medical Outreach Ministries Kennett Square,Pennsylvania Shelter HealthServicesInc. La ComunidadHispanaInc. NorthwestFree Arkansas Charlotte, North Carolina Montgomery, Alabama Family HealthCenter Tullahoma, Tennessee Fayetteville, Arkansas Partners for Healing Nashville, Tennessee Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood, Health Center $150,000 $150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 $85,000

will support theclinic’s operationsandimprove itscapacitytoservevulnerablepopulations. services anddecreasingcharitable support inrecessionarytimes. grant This two-year, $150,000 tri-county area,thehealthcenterhasbeencaughtbetweenincreasingdemandforhealth-care As theonlyfreehealthclinicservinglow-income, uninsuredresidentsintheMontgomery education. andhealth designed toimprove clinicaltesting,infrastructure,electronichealthrecord-keeping grantwillallow theclinictoexpandaccessandservicesthroughseveralinitiatives $100,000 education tohomelesswomenandchildren inMecklenburg County. Kresge’s two-year, Operating withinaSalvation Army shelter, theclinicprovides freehealthcareand service technology toimprove itsefficiency. andpurchase grant,the centerwillexpanditsstaffinghours communications- year, $300,000 uninsured, low-income residents,includingmany whoareforeign-born. Assisted bythistwo- Established in1991, the healthcenteroffers primarycareandspecialtyhealthto services atasatellitelocationandincreasemedicationassistancetopatients. will useKresge’s ofoperation,provide medical granttoexpanditshours two-year, $100,000 inthreeruralcountiessouthern to uninsuredresidentsliving Tennessee. Partners forHealing Since 2001, thefreemedicalclinichasprovided primarycare,diagnostictestingandreferrals and regularaccesstoahealth-careprovider. inthesouthernpart ofthecountywholackworkers healthinsurance,worker’s compensation residents ofChesterCounty. Kresge’s grantwillsupport servicesfor two-year, $300,000 which primaryandprenatalhealthcaretolow-income, offers nurse-managed underserved The community-oriented nonprofitorganization operatesthe Project Salud HealthCenter, care teamtomeetthegrowingneedforcare. grantcommitmentwillallowNorthyear, Coasttoincreasethecapacityofitsclinical- $170,000 Cleveland’s West Funding SidethroughitsfacilitiesinClevelandandLakewood. fromthistwo- North Coastoffers freeprimaryhealthcaretolow-income, uninsuredresidentsinGreater Northwest willuseKresge’s granttoimprove andexpanditsoperations. two-year, $200,000 a significantincreaseinthenumberofpatientsneedingcarebutlacking healthinsurance, low-income anduninsuredpeoplein home forthe54,600 Washington County. Faced with As theonlyfreehealthcenterina50-mileradius,Northwest seekstoestablishamedical Health Initiative,” ademonstrationprojectfocusedonbuildingcommunity-based systemand The department, which community-health servicesandprograms,serves designsanddelivers behaviors and outcomes of at-risk youth and encourage their positive engagement andoutcomesofat-riskyouthencouragetheirpositive intheEast behaviors “Building Vibrant Communities”projecttoaddresshigh rates ofhypertension anddepression agencies, community-health andgrassrootsorganizations. centers Kresge’s grantwillsupport the rolloutofa “Healthy Mall”modeldesignedto reduce theincidenceofdiabetesand Living The nonprofithealth-careorganization operatesHolyCrossHospitalandprovides health-care improving accesstohealthythatsupport foodsandfosteringcommunityactivities thehealth East Cleveland Teen asademonstrationprojectdesignedtoimprove thehealth Collaborative In December2010, each eightpublic-healthagenciesandcommunitynonprofitorganizations tosupport wereawarded $750,000 This grant opportunity seeks to foster new models of health-care delivery among local and regional providers in order to reduce This grantopportunityinordertoreduce amonglocalandregionalproviders seekstofosternewmodelsofhealth-caredelivery The healthandsocial-servicesagencyserves Asians, Pacific andotherimmigrants Islanders nearly 40 years, ispartnering nearly 40years, onamodelprojecttodevelopcommunity-based leadership As a primary provider of clinical and social services for 14,000 clients, the health center has clients,thehealthcenterhas As aprimaryprovider ofclinicaland socialservicesfor14,000 hospital carewithresearch andeducation. Assisted bythisgrant,theclinicwilldevelop The healthcenter, which hasprovided services tomedicallyunderinsuredcommunitiesfor One-third ofNorth Country’s patientsareuninsured,workingpoor, making itanimportant underserved populationsbycoordinatingtheeffortsunderserved oflocalhealth systems, public-health With thisgrant, Taos HealthSystems willspearheadimplementationof “La JicaritaFamily as theleadagencyforFood toFamilies, aimedatreducingtheriskofobesity, aninitiative led apartnership ofagencies,academicsandcommunityorganizations indevelopingthe services to residents of ethnically diverse communitiesinthestate’sservices toresidentsofethnicallydiverse north-central region. organization responsible for ensuring that comprehensive health and fitness services are organization healthandfitnessservicesare responsibleforensuringthatcomprehensive living inKalihi living Valley. Kresge’s grantwillsupport thedemonstrationphaseof “Return rural communities.Funding fromKresge’s grantwillsupport theHermosaVida project,a collaborative initiative to provide low-income initiative collaborative children withaccesstohealthinformation, the healthoflow-income, foreign-bornresidentsfacinglanguageandcultural-transition to OurRoots” project,which isdesignedtoaddressthemental-healthissuesimpacting The Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center that integrates clinical and The ClevelandClinicisanonprofitacademicmedicalcenterthatintegratesclinicaland provider of full-spectrum medical and dental services to underserved residents in nine residentsinnine provider offull-spectrummedicalanddentalservicestounderserved demonstration projects. The combined$6millionwillbeawarded over threeyears. The projectswillbeevaluatedfortheir The community-health workstoimprove healthservicesformedically collaborative health disparitiesandimprove thehealthoutcomesofadultsandchildren communities. inunderserved living fitness programs,nutritioncounselingandhealthy life-stylesupports. hypertension onaresidential-housingcampus. living amongseniors infrastructure toimprove thehealthandwell-beingofchildren. among residentsinBostonpublic-housingdevelopments. available tovulnerableresidentsofSheldon Township. of African American andLatinopregnantwomen Cleveland community. Safety-net EnhancementInitiative challenges. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org effectiveness inreducinghealthdisparities. Roxbury, Massachusetts Center Committee Inc. Whittier Street Health Detroit, Michigan Voices OfDetroit Initiative Taos, NewMexico Holy Cross Hospital Taos HealthSystems Inc. Flagstaff, Arizona Healthcare Inc. North Country Honolulu, Hawaii Family Services Valley Comprehensive Kokua Kalihi Cleveland, Ohio Foundation Cleveland Clinic Ridgeland, South Carolina Services Inc. Comprehensive Health Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Oakland, California Health Department Alameda CountyPublic

165 Health | 2011 166 The Kresge Foundation Boston, Massachusetts Capital LinkInc. $250,000 made inFDIC-insuredinstitutionsthatareworkingcommunitylending. provide creditsupport toanorganizationdeposits obtainingotherfunding;andlinked many forms,includingdirectlow-interest loans;equityinvestments; guaranteesthat Program-related investments aremadeinsupport ofprogrammaticgoals.PRIscantake Health: Program-related Investments and Social Services CenterinSouthwest Detroitforcompletionofanexpansionproject. community-based healthcare. This loanhelpsfinancetheexpansion oftheCommunityHealth services tononprofitcommunity-health seekingtofinance capital projectsthatexpand centers The nationalnonprofitorganization provides high-quality, affordable advisoryandlending Human Services 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 167 Arts & Culture | 2010 168 The Kresge Foundation The Alliance for Children & The Boston Foundation The Aspen Institute Inc. Waltham, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts Milwaukee, Wisconsin Brandeis University Washington, D.C. Catalyst Miami Miami, Florida Families Inc. $1,232,892 $500,000 $100,000 $140,000 $130,107

nonprofits improve theirorganizational alignmentsandclientservices. training,planningandotherareasas ameanstohelp strategic thinkingintopersonnel, U.S. communities.Kresge’sin 8,000 four-year, $5,375,974 grantfundsaprojecttointegrate andfamilies networkof350nonprofitagenciesserving3millionindividuals membership andmanagement-developmentservicestoitsnational The allianceoffers leadership $500,000 grant toconductresearch onasset-buildingstrategiesandtheirimpact. $500,000 and familiesleft outoftheeconomicmainstream. The institutewilluseKresge’s three-year, and asset-buildingopportunities improve thewell-beingandfinancialstabilityofindividuals and Social Policy, which isdedicatedtopromotingabetter ofhow assets understanding The university’s HellerSchool ofSocial Policy andManagementanchors theInstitute on Assets providers inthehuman-services field. providers andinforming leadership human-services agenciesinthe DadeCountyarea,promotingcivic strategiesforstrengthening grantwillenableCatalystMiami topursue three-year, $400,000 General operatingsupportstrategies to helppeopleandcommunities thrive. provided bythis Working throughapartnership network,thecoalition identifiesand launches innovative assistance and information about collaborative venturesandmergers. assistance andinformationaboutcollaborative supports theCatalystFund,toprovide Boston-areanonprofitswithtechnical aninitiative to addresspressingcommunityandregionalchallenges. Kresge’s grant two-year, $200,000 leader,the nationandservesasamajorcivic convener, andsponsorofspecialinitiatives The foundationisoneoftheoldestandlargestcommunityphilanthropicorganizations in families outofpoverty. two-generation, integratedhuman-servicesandpostsecondary-education strategiestomove grantunderwritesthe Ascend Project, amultifacetedpolicyprogramtoadvance $1,475,000 neutral, balancedvenuefordiscussingandactingoncriticalissues. This three-year, a andoffers The internationalnonprofitorganizationvalues-basedleadership fosters Human Services: Grants

nonprofits achieve better programmaticoutcomes,andcommunity colleges buildclosertiesto The organization provides high-quality, language-appropriate,culturallycompetentbehavioral- Force ofthestateGeneral Assembly, which seekstocutColorado’s poverty rateinhalfby2019. the Children’s DefenseFund’s MinnesotaofficecreatedtheBridgetoBenefitsprojectbolster Through its comprehensive, integratedservicesandprograms,theinterfaithministryhelpsat- Through itscomprehensive, risk children inPittsburgh’s andadultsliving EastEnd.Funding willgotoward theconstruction Dedicated to improving the lives ofchildrenDedicated toimproving thelives through publiceducation,advocacy andresearch, the Temporary Assistance forNeedyFamilies programandSupplementalNutrition Assistance multiyear, $750,000 grantforgeneraloperationswillenhance theorganization’smultiyear, $750,000 effectiveness, the economicstabilityoflow-income familiesbyconnectingthemtopublicprogramsandtax promote upward economicmobilityamonglow-income, marginalized communities.Kresge’s pick 80percentofthetomatoesconsumedinUnitedStates.Funding fromKresge’s three- households. Kresge’s four-year, grantwilladvancethecenter’s efforts tostrengthen $600,000 North Fund, aprojecttoinvest initiallyinnineorganizations allowing themtoexpandproven area businesses.Kresge’s grantwilladvancethetestingandscaling ofits two-year, $300,000 accommodate more than 200 additionalhomelessfamilies,andbroadenitssupport services accommodate morethan200 credits. grantwillsupport This two-year,expansionoftheprojecttoadditionalsites $450,000 By usingbusinessinnovation toachieve change, positive thesocialenterprisehelpsworkers advance the well-being, health and economic prosperity of Latino individuals and families in andfamiliesin advance thewell-being,healthandeconomicprosperityofLatinoindividuals capacity andsupport thestatewideexpansionofitsFair Food Program, profit- aninnovative The Colorado Coalition operates 33 programs that provide 15,000 homeless or at-risk adults homelessorat-riskadults The ColoradoCoalitionoperates33programsthatprovide 15,000 The advocacy organization isdedicatedtopromotingjustice,economicsecurity, health-care The organization delivers financial education and asset-development services to individuals financialeducationandasset-development servicestoindividuals The organization delivers expansion ofthecenter’s network-basedapproach formoving peopleoutofpoverty tofour enhance thecenter’s rolewiththeEconomicOpportunity leadership Poverty Reduction Task and familiescaughtinthespiralofpoverty aspart ofitscitywide,action-orientedmodelto access andsoundfiscalpolicies. Thisthree-year, $371,264grantforgeneraloperationswill Program developingrecommendationsandforging bytraininghuman-servicesproviders, organizations serving youth.Kresge’s four-year fundingcommitment willsupport the True year, $1,285,000 grantwillstrengthenthecoalition’syear, $1,285,000 human-resourcesandprogrammatic employment opportunities. Kresge’s two-year, capacity-building grantsupports $760,000 allow low-income individuals to receive socialsupports allow low-income toreceive whileaccessingeducationaland individuals and children annuallywithemergencyhousingandintegratedhumanservices.Kresge’s gain economicself-sufficiency, retainskilledworkforces,publicagenciesand employers health and human services through a family-centric, coordinated-care delivery model to health andhumanservicesthroughafamily-centric, modelto coordinated-caredelivery The consultingandresearch organization collaborates withcommunitygroups,human- services agencies, educational institutions and businesses to coordinate strategies that services agencies,educationalinstitutionsandbusinessestocoordinatestrategiesthat two-year, $1,375,000 grant will enable the coalition to expand its residential facilities to grantwillenablethecoalitiontoexpanditsresidentialfacilities two-year, $1,375,000 and programs,such asfoodassistanceandincomesupport, which affect low-income The coalition serves as the social safety net for more than 45,000 farm workers who who farmworkers The coalitionservesasthesocialsafetynetformorethan45,000 The private foundationprovides growthandcapacity-buildingThe private capitaltoexemplary of aLEED-ratedfacilitythatwill consolidateprogramsandservicesinonelocation. The nonprofitresearch andpolicyinstitutefocusesonsafety-net issues,policies Minnesota. grantwillsupportThis three-year,generaloperations. $750,000 and fourotherstates, Iowa,Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Employer Resource Networkmodel. programs forlow-income youth. and job-trainingprograms. expansion andimpact. strategic partnerships. sharing agreement. additional cities. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$250,000 St. Paul, Minnesota $2,000,000 NewYorkNew York, Foundation The EdnaMcConnellClark $750,000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ministry East EndCooperative $150,000 Grand Rapids, Michigan Social Change Disruptive Innovations for $250,000 NewYorkNew York, Credit Where Credit IsDue Unidas EnServicio Comunidades Latinas Homeless Colorado Coalitionfor the $187,152 Denver, Colorado and Policy Colorado Center onLaw $65,000 Florida Immokalee, Workers Inc. The CoalitionofImmokalee Minnesota Children’s Defense Fund Priorities Center onBudget andPolicy $410,000 Chicago, Illinois Community Research Center for Laborand $300,000 St. Paul, Minnesota $175,000 Washington, D.C. $375,000 Denver, Colorado

(2010 grant)

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169 Human Services | 2011 170 The Kresge Foundation United Ways Inc. United Ways Intercultural Development Food Research and Action Development Association Bingham Farms, Michigan Michigan Association of of Michigan Association Advance New York City San Francisco, California Community Economic Community Economic Goodwill Industries of Family Independence Research Association The Mayor’s Fund to Mission Economic Mission Economic e ok NewYorkNew York, Haven for Hopeof Oakland, California Oakland, California Insight Center for a Antonio,TexasSan Antonio,TexasSan Antonio,TexasSan Lansing, Michigan Washington, D.C. Bexar County Development San Antonio Austin, Texas (2010 grant) Haven Inc $1,000,000 LifeWorks Initiative $300,000 $500,000 $300,000 $350,000 $295,000 $520,000 $550,000 $160,000 $310,000 $194,500 Center .

community-based organizations servingfamiliesinsouth Texas. oftrainingandtechnicalthe associationwillprovide threeyears assistancetoninenonprofit to workforallchildren. grantforgeneraloperations, Assisted bythismultiyear, $875,000 nonprofitorganizationThe independent,private isdedicatedtostrengtheningpublicschools economic self-sufficiencyappliedtoprogramsandbenefitsforthelow-income. advocateshuman-services providers, inrefining thestandardsof andgovernment leaders grant,thecenterwilllaunchthis three-year, alearningcommunitythatengages $750,000 help peopleandcommunitiesbecomeeconomicallysecureover thelongterm. Assisted by The nationalresearch, consultingandlegal organization solutionsthat advancesinnovative across thenation. testing andevaluationofpromising,cost-effective social-serviceinterventionsinninesites grant totheMayor’s CenterforEconomicOpportunity willfundthedelivery, $1,500,000 tocontributethecity’scorporations andindividuals publicprograms.Kresge’s two-year, The Mayor’s Fund isanonprofitorganization thatservesasavehicleforfoundations, application programforsubmitting benefitsrequestsonline. Kresge’s four-year, grantwillenabletheexpansion ofthe $2,105,000 Web-based MiBridges that provides needyMichiganInitiative familieswithone-stopaccesstopublicbenefits. responses tocurrent andemergingissues,iscoordinating theMichigan Benefits Access The association,which worksdirectlywithMichigan’s 64localUnited Ways todevelop to care,informationandresources. Justice CenterthatconsolidatesHaven’s servicesintoonelocationandincreasesclientaccess annually.individuals Kresge’s grantwillbeusedtoestablishaFamily two-year, $500,000 County, Michigan, offers acontinuumoftreatmentandpreventionservicesto25,000 domestic-violenceandsexual-assaultcenterinOakland Haven, theonlycomprehensive among itspartner organizations tocreateaseamlesscontinuum ofcareforallclients. granttoachieve uniform integrationofitsservices internallyandexternally three-year, $500,000 business environment andcreatingjobsforarearesidents. The associationwilluseKresge’s social conditionsinSan Francisco’s MissionDistrictbystimulating investment, enhancingthe The community-based economic-development corporationworkstoimprove economicand need forcriticalservices. Youth andFamily Resource Center, which willexpandprogrammingandmeetthegrowing crisis tosafetyandsuccess. This grantprovides fundingforconstructionoftheEast Austin educational services,thenonprofitorganization transitionsat-riskyouthandfamiliesfrom Through itscontinuumofresidential,health,counseling,workforce-developmentand and increasetheireffectiveness. center anditswidespreadnetworkofpartner organizations willelevatetheiranti-hungerwork United States. Assisted bythisthree-year, grantforgeneraloperatingsupport, $1,410,000 the partnerships thattargettheeradicationofhungerandmalnutritionin and public-private The centeristheleadingnationalnonprofitorganization workingtoimprove publicpolicies effectiveness, andallowanexplorationofefficienciesnewsources ofsupport. tracking system.Grantmoneydesignatedforgeneraloperationswillfosterorganizational andcentralized site nonprofitpartners throughitsmastercasemanagers case-management and families,HavenforHopecurrently coordinates150 different socialservicesfrom45on- systemforassistinghomelessindividuals todevelop acomprehensive Established in2006 income minorityindividuals. greater accesstocareercertification traininginthemedicalandtechnology industriesforlow- Academy model.Kresge’s supports expansionofthemodel,offering three-year, $900,000 annually,individuals haspartnered with Alamo CommunityCollegetocreatetheGoodCareer Goodwill Industries,which provides careertrainingandemploymentservicesto50,000 organization tobuilditsinternalcapacity, strengthenitsmodelanddeepenimpact. ontheirownbehalf. grantwillallowthe they make Assistance fromthismultiyear, $500,000 changes by awardinggrantsbasedonpositive responsibility forimproving theirlives incentive The organization’s anti-poverty innovative low-income modelempowers familiestotake

housing andsupportive servicesforchronically Funding homelessindividuals. forthefifth year three-year, $2,000,000 grantwillsupport refinementandexpansionoftheEarnBenefitsmodel three-year, $2,000,000 that seekstomove familiestoward economicself-sufficiencyusingathree-prongedapproach low-income Kresge’s individuals. multiyear, grantprovides fundingforthepurchase $512,400 support willacceleratetheorganization’s efforts individuals tocreateadditionaljobsfor2,500 Established in1991 asafoodpantryandsoupkitchen, theorganization hastransitionedfrom location. grantwillenableSingleStoptobuildoutitsinfrastructure This two-year, $1,500,000 with localcommunityorganizations which onitsEarnBenefitsinitiative, connectsindividuals of a five-year, $1,000,000 grantwillsupport the organization’sof afive-year, $1,000,000 program-expansioncampaign community as workers, fathers and positive forces insociety. andpositive fathers community asworkers, Step UpSavannahoforganizations, isacollaborative businessesandgovernment agencies counseling andothersupport services. grantforgeneraloperating This three-year, $750,000 to helpthembecomeeconomicallyindependentadults. This four-year, grantwill $1,600,000 of workforce development and jobs, wealth building and financial understanding, and work andwork of workforcedevelopmentandjobs,wealthbuildingfinancial understanding, immigrants byoffering life-skills,educationalandemployment-trainingprogramsdesigned supports. Generaloperatingsupport grantwillstrengthenthe fromthismultiyear, $445,000 The San Antonio Area Foundation’s CenterforNonprofitSupport isoneofthecity’s leading NetWork resources,includingaffordable provides comprehensive housing,healthservices, The agency serves high-risk young people, including gang members, truants, refugees and The agencyserveshigh-riskyoungpeople,includinggangtruants,refugeesand members, providing shelter services to adopting a comprehensive modelthatemphasizesproviding shelterservicestoadoptingacomprehensive permanent each weekthroughitsdistributionnetworkof750feedingprograms,partner organizations, unemployed California residents a paid-employment experience with training, mentorship, unemployed Californiaresidentsapaid-employmentexperiencewithtraining,mentorship, The largesthuman-servicesorganization, St. Vincent dePaul Society ofLaneCountyoffers for generaloperationswillallowtheagencytooffer certification trainingforitsstaff andto streamlining andintegratingthefoodbank’s distribution,food-procurement,management development assistancetononprofitsin Texas. Funding fromKresge’s multiyear, $626,500 advance ROCA’s growthstrategy, enablingittostrengthenitsorganizational capacityand and elementaryschools in53centralandwesterncounties.Kresge’s three-year, $756,000 Through its “single-stop-shop” model,theorganization enablesfamiliesinneedtoapply and families to public and private benefits,suchand familiestopublicprivate asfoodstampsandtaxcredits.Kresge’s employment, educationandcommunityengagement, tohelphigh-riskmenre-enterthe and advanceitsefforts toreducethehuman,socialandeconomictollofhomelessness. experts onnonprofitsustainability, providing managementsupport andorganizational- and renovation ofafacilitytohousetheOakridge Service Center, aswellafive-year grant supports thepilotandimplementationofafoodresourcecentermodelaimedat As part ofitseffort touplift low-income peoplefrompoverty, theorganization partners grant willenablethecentertobecomeastand-aloneentityandexpanditstechnical for avarietyofdifferent publicbenefitsandservicesatonecentralized, easy-to-access social andhomelessservices, affordable housing,andjob-trainingplacementto so itcanexpanditsprogramsandimprove theeffectiveness andqualityofitswork Oklahoma’s hunger-relief largestprivate individuals charity feedsmorethan90,000 The fundinvests innonprofit-run,social-enterprise businessesoffering chronically by 2015 andtodevelopanationallyreplicablesocial-enterprisemodel. capacity andeffectiveness ofthecoalitionmembers. assistance andcapacity-building programs. advance its innovative servicemodel. advance itsinnovative This three-year, $650,000 grant grant This three-year, $650,000 achieve financialsustainability. throughout thecountry. and advocacy activities. operating subsidy. to otherstates. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$350,000 San Francisco, California $312,400 Eugene, Oregon of LaneCountyInc. St. Vincent dePaul Society Corporation Economic Development Structured Employment $137,000 Savannah, Georgia Step UpSavannah Inc. $650,000 NewYorkNew York, (2010 grant) Single Stop USAInc. $246,500 Antonio,TexasSan Foundation San Antonio Area ROCA Inc. Development Fund Roberts Enterprise Oklahoma Regional Food Bankof Preble Street $250,000 Minneapolis, Minnesota NetWork for Better Futures $500,000 NewYorkNew York, $502,000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $350,000 Chelsea, Massachusetts $200,000 Portland, Maine

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171 Human Services | 2011 172 The Kresge Foundation St. Vincent dePaul Society Urban Institute San Francisco, California United Way Worldwide University ofMissouri Winthrop Rockefeller of LaneCountyInc. Little Rock,Little Arkansas Columbia, Missouri Alexandria, Virginia Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Urban Institute Eugene, Oregon Foundation (2010 grant) Tides Inc. $450,000 $325,000 $335,000 $175,000 $150,000 $100,000 $25,000

made inFDIC-insuredinstitutionsthatareworkingcommunity lending. provide creditsupport toanorganization deposits obtainingotherfunding;andlinked many forms,includingdirectlow-interest loans;equityinvestments; guaranteesthat Program-related investments are made insupport ofprogrammaticgoals.PRIscantake Program-related Investments Human Services: rural America. whichFunders Collaborative, seekstoalleviatepoverty, createwealthandachieve equityin support, inpartnership with Winthrop Rockefeller andotherfoundations, totheNationalRural the underlyingissues. grant,Kresge isproviding project Through thismultiyear, $350,000 contributing topoverty in andtodevelopalong-termactionplanaddress Arkansas The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundationtheproblems usesitsresourcestounderstand integrated service delivery amonghuman-servicesorganizationsintegrated servicedelivery inthreestates. grantwillbeusedtoimplementasystems-basedapproach forcollaborative, year, $400,000 community-based United 1,800 Way agenciesin45countriesandterritories. Kresge’s three- United Way Worldwide andsupport istheleadership organization forthenetworkofnearly outcomes forvulnerableyouthandfamilies. which examinesdifferent modelsforintegratinghousingandsupportive servicestoimprove and Youth Developmentsupports theHousingOpportunity andServices Together project, well-being. grantfortheinstitute’sThis multiyear, $900,000 Program onNeighborhoods andeconomic broad audienceandinformscommunitydevelopmenttopromotesocial,civic The nonpartisan economicandsocial-policyresearcha institutedisseminatesitsfindingsto scale upitsreach training,toolsandresourcestoitsmembers. anddeliver multitenant nonprofitcenters. grant,thenetworkwill Assistedbythisthree-year, $975,000 programs such Network,which astheNonprofitCenters promotesthedevelopmentof andgovernment organizations,entrepreneurship andprovided support throughvarious Since 1976, hasforgedpartnerships withphilanthropic,nonprofit,social- Tides operating subsidy. and renovation ofafacilitytohouse theOakridge Service Center, aswellafive-year provides additionalfundingforthepurchase — deposit alinked — program-related investment affordable housing,andjob-trainingplacementtolow-income Kresge’s individuals. Since 1955, thehuman-servicesorganization hasoffered socialandhomelessservices, develop aninventorysystem. ofthecapacityrural human-servicesdelivery for aprojecttomapandproducedetailedsocioeconomicdemographicframework challenges, needsandopportunities facingrural America. Funding willaugment2010 support School ofPublic Affairs andtheschool’s Rural Policy Research Institute,which analyzes the Founded in1839, Missouri’s largestpublicresearch housestheHarry S. university Truman pilot launch ofanintegratedonlinedatabase,toolkitandresourcehub. Greater NewOrleansnonprofitsector’s humanservicesandsupport capabilitiestodeliver the well-being. Kresge’s assessmentofthe grantwillfundacomprehensive three-year, $300,000 andeconomic broad audienceandinformscommunitydevelopmenttopromotesocial,civic The nonpartisan economicandsocial-policyresearcha institutedisseminatesitsfindingsto

President’s Discretion Nonprofit Sector 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org 173 Arts & Culture | 2010 174 The Kresge Foundation Foundations Inc. Council onFoundations Inc. Council onFoundations Inc. Grantmakers for Effective Grand Haven,Michigan Grand Haven,Michigan Council ofMichigan Council ofMichigan Foundation Center e ok NewYorkNew York, Arlington, Virginia Arlington, Virginia Foundations Inc. Washington, D.C. Organizations (2009 grant) (2009 $100,000 $55,000 $50,000 $45,000 $50,000 $11,500

cost ofKresge’s duesforthreeyears. annualmembership sustain theirabilitytoadvancethecommongood. the grantcovers This three-year, $165,000 programswiththeopportunity,corporate-giving andtoolstoexpand,enhance leadership communityandfamilyfoundations ofprivate, The councilprovides itsmembership knowledge aboutphilanthropy. grant willsupportThis two-year, itsoperations. $100,000 tostrengthenthenonprofitsectorbyadvancing outlets nationwide,for50years hasworked The Foundation Center, which maintainsfiveregionaloffices and440funding-information Funding supportsgrantmakers. Kresge’s inthecouncilforoneyear. institutionalmembership The sectorassociationprovides networking,education,andadvocacy fornearly375Michigan renews Kresge’s for threeyears. annualmembership strategies andpracticesthatcontribute togranteesuccess. This three-year, grant $34,500 committed tobuildingstrong, effective nonprofit organizations, andworkstopromote and350foundations individuals Known asGEO, thegrouprepresents morethan2,000 organizations. grantwillsupportThis three-year, thatongoingeffort. $150,000 andinclusioninphilanthropic toincreasediversity andInclusion initiative through Diversity Michigan onafive-year thecouncilhasembarked grantmakers, Transforming Philanthropy As thesectorassociationproviding networking,educationandadvocacy fornearly375 technology learning. prototypeofafieldhubforgrantmaker 2010 ofthecounciland Forum initiative ofRegional testits Associations ofGrantmakers, sustain theirabilitytoadvancethecommongood. This grantwillhelpLearnPhilanthropy, a programswiththeopportunity,corporate-giving andtoolstoexpand,enhance leadership community andfamilyfoundations ofprivate, The councilprovides itsmembership Nonprofit Sector: Grants Through itsservicegrants, Taproot probonoprofessionalteamassistancetononprofit delivers organizations requiringcapacity-building helpinany of15 different areas,includingmarketing, Kresge’s grantprovides generaloperatingsupport fortheorganization’s ongoingdevelopment expansion inMichigan ofitsListeningPost Project,effort acollaborative tomonitortrendsand generation advocacy forfoundationprofessionalsundertheage of40. This three-year, $37,500 The coalition of 600 leadingcharities, iscommitted to The coalitionof600 foundationsandcorporategrantmakers The coalition of 600 leadingcharities, iscommitted to The coalitionof600 foundationsandcorporategrantmakers supports Society theCenterforCivil Studies,which willusethisthree-year, grantfor $105,000 information onthenonprofitsector, which researchers funders, andeducators allowsdonors, that provides tools and resources to build more connectivity betweennonprofitorganizationsthat provides toolsandresources to buildmoreconnectivity website featuringnewswiresandarticles, withtheoverarching editorialgoalofstrengthening Good, amajorcampaigntoattract strongrecruitsintothesocialsectorandtobuildtalent policies, championing collaborations,fosteringaccountabilityandservingasa public-private policies, championing collaborations,fosteringaccountabilityandservingasa public-private The organization promotes philanthropic giving that serves the public good, responds to the The organizationthatservesthepublicgood,respondsto promotesphilanthropicgiving common meetingground.IndependentSector willusethisfundingtodevelopasustainable Through its extensive database,GuideStargathersanddisplaysfinancialorganizational Through itsextensive advancing the common good and strengthening the nonprofit sector by promoting effective advancing thecommongoodandstrengtheningnonprofitsectorbypromotingeffective advancing the common good and strengthening the nonprofit sector by promoting effective advancing thecommongoodandstrengtheningnonprofitsectorbypromotingeffective to make informeddecisions. to make grantwillprovide GuideStarwiththree This three-year, $75,000 The leadership-development organization The leadership-development preparesaccomplishedprofessionalsofallethnic peer and intergenerational networking, professional and leadership development,andnext- peer andintergenerationalnetworking, professionalandleadership socially andenvironmentally responsiblecareers. This grantwillfund thelaunch of Work for common meetingground.Funding fromthisthree-year, grantwillsupport Kresge’s $52,500 Founded in1991 tofosterbetter philanthropicpracticesingrantsmanagement,thenetwork nonprofit leaders and nonprofit leaders change agentswithastrongcommitmenttosocial justiceandequity. Tides isthefiscalagentofEmerging inPhilanthropy,Tides Practitioners anaffinitygroup offering This two-year, $100,000 grantsupportsThis two-year, thedevelopmentofPowered byPro $100,000 Bono,aproject strategic planning, leadership development,humanresources,fundraisingandtechnology.strategic planning,leadership the roleofnonprofitorganizationsdemocracy. toactivate AssistedbyKresge’s funding,the transparency. Kresge’s duesover thenext itsmembership grantcovers three-year, $45,000 needs of underserved people and communities, and meets high standards of integrity and peopleandcommunities,meetshighstandards ofintegrityand needs ofunderserved foundations, publiccharities andcorporations.Kresge’s grantprovides three-year, $30,000 Through its 270 chapters on college and university campuses and in cities worldwide, Net campusesandincitiesworldwide,Net Through its270chapters oncollegeanduniversity and racialbackgrounds, particularly peopleofcolorandwomen,tobe public-serviceand The associationpublishestheNonprofitQuarterly inprint andmaintainsadailyupdated which servesasitsprimarysocialsciencepolicyresearch andteaching arm. The institute has grown into a national organization engaging more than 1,700 members drawn from drawnfrom has grownintoanationalorganizationmembers engaging morethan1,700 association willimplementanewbusinessplantoincrease thepublication’s impactand The Baltimore-based private research anchorsThe Baltimore-basedprivate theInstituteforPolicy university Studies, Impact offers diverse programming for students and professionals who want to pursue programmingforstudentsandprofessionalswhowant topursue Impact offers diverse grant provides institutional membership supportgrant provides institutional membership forthreeyears. annual membership intheorganizationannual membership forthreeyears. developments affecting U.S. nonprofitorganizations. pipeline forthenonprofitandphilanthropicfields. three years andwillsupportthree years thisongoingwork. years of annual membership support. ofannualmembership years institutional membership support.institutional membership and probonoserviceproviders. and expansion. financial plan. sustainability. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org $25,000 Williamsburg, Virginia $15,000 Washington, D.C. $50,000 San Francisco, California Tides Center Taproot Foundation Networking Association Nonprofit Information Net Impact $100,000 NewYorkNew York, National UrbanFellows Inc. Responsive Philanthropy National Committee for $35,000 Baltimore, Maryland Johns HopkinsUniversity $27,500 Washington, D.C. Independent Sector $17,500 Washington, D.C. Independent Sector GuideStar $10,000 Washington, D.C. Network Inc. Grants Managers $100,000 San Francisco, California $12,500 San Francisco, California $150,000 Boston, Massachusetts

175 Nonprofit Sector | 2011 176 The Kresge Foundation YMCA of the USA on behalf YMCA oftheUSAonbehalf of the YMCA ofMexico San Francisco, California Durham, North Carolina Boston, Massachusetts The Aspen Institute The Aspen Bridgespan Group Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Duke University Urban Institute Chicago, Illinois Tides Center (2005 grant) (2005 $300,000 $200,000 $150,000 $159,640 $55,000 $91,000

Legacy International Grant $165,500 grantisforgeneraloperatingsupport$165,500 ofEmergingPractitionersinPhilanthropy. generation advocacy forfoundationprofessionalsundertheageof40.Kresge’s three-year, development,andnext- peer andintergenerationalnetworking,professionalleadership isthefiscalagentofEmerginginPhilanthropy,Tides Practitioners anaffinitygroup offering entire grantmakingportfolio. investmentsinnovative-capital tosupport andadvanceitsHumanServices program andits this grant,Kresgehasengagedstrategic recommendationsforusing Bridgespantomake improve philanthropiceffectivenessimpact, buildleadership, andacceleratelearning. Through The consultingorganization scaleuptheirsocial helpsphilanthropicandnonprofitleaders programs andmeasureperformance. nonprofit appliedresearch, hone andtocreateonlinetoolshelpnonprofitpractitioners granttoadvanceitsEmergingScholars program,whichyear, in developsleaders $200,000 economic well-being. The institute’s CenteronNonprofitsandPhilanthropywillusethistwo- and to abroadaudienceandinformscommunitydevelopmentpromotesocial,civic The nonpartisan economicandsocial-policyresearch institutedisseminatesitsfindings foundations and practitioners workingonplace-basedcommunity-changefoundations andpractitioners strategies. Lessons andChallengesfrom Two DecadesofCommunityChangeEfforts,” topolicymakers, institute willdisseminatethefindingsfromitsrecentpublication, “Voices fromtheFieldIII: balanced venuefordiscussingandactingoncriticalissues. Assisted bythisfunding,the andoffers aneutral, The internationalnonprofitorganizationvalues-basedleadership fosters two years ofoperatingsupport.two years thatconnectfoundationstopressing public-policyissues.Kresge’sactivities grantprovides decision-making throughapplied research, discussionsessions,conferencesandother Duke’s Society Center forStrategicPhilanthropyandCivil focusesoninformingphilanthropic other philanthropicorganizations. development andstrengtheningofpartnerships withthe YMCA oftheUSA,and localdonors for projectsatfoursitesandadvancethecultureofphilanthropyinMexicothrough establish apermanentfundraisinginfrastructure,completeongoingcapitalcampaigns Development Initiative. The three-pronged,$5millionprogramseekstohelp Y leaders The YMCA oftheUSA isworkingwiththe YMCA ofMexicotosupport theMexicoPhilanthropy President’s Discretion: Grants

institutions thatinvest inopportunities thatbenefitlow-income, low-wealth anddisadvantaged Social Innovation Fund andtoencouragecollaborationbetweenphilanthropygovernment community development financial institutions, which — in turn — lend to small businesses and —lendtosmallbusinesses — in turn community developmentfinancialinstitutions,which communities. This 10-year, 1percent loanwillhelpfundtheNEXT Awards, providing capitalto grant supports theinstitute’s Program on Transformational UrbanOpenSpace,which features responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. responsible useoflandandincreatingsustainingthriving This community of philanthropies, practitioners andresearchers community ofphilanthropies,practitioners focusedondevelopingpractices Department of Treasury onthedesignandimplementationofCDFIBondProgram, which communities across America. grantwillbeusedtoprovide planning This two-year, $200,000 grants toCDFIsapplyingforthe2012 and2013 NEXTInvestment Awards forgeographicand many forms,includingdirectlow-interest loans;equityinvestments; guaranteesthatprovide The network is a national coalition of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) The networkisanationalcoalitionofcommunitydevelopmentfinancialinstitutions(CDFIs) The networkisanationalcoalitionofcommunitydevelopmentfinancialinstitutions(CDFIs) Works,” aprojecttobringphilanthropicresourcestogetherinsupport ofPresident Obama’s The foundation serves as the philanthropic source for the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit, The foundationservesasthephilanthropicsourceforUrbanLandInstitute,anonprofit, provides reliable funding for the large-scale expansion of high-impact nonprofit initiatives. provides reliablefundingforthelarge-scaleexpansionofhigh-impactnonprofitinitiatives. the ULI Amanda Burden Award forOpenSpacetopromotevibrant,successfulurbanopen the lives of millions, and is committed to building a philanthropic capital marketplace that ofmillions,andiscommitted that the lives tobuildingaphilanthropiccapitalmarketplace practices thatcontributetogranteesuccess. “ScalingThis grantfundsGrantmakers’ What The nonprofitorganization seekstoexpandtop-performing socialprogramsthatimprove Opportunity FinanceNetworkisanationalcoalitionofcommunity developmentfinancial communities across America. This grantenablesthenetworktoprovide inputtotheU.S. Grantmakers represents more than 2,000 individuals and350foundationscommitted individuals to representsmorethan2,000 Grantmakers Program-related investments aremadeinsupport ofprogrammaticgoals.PRIscantake member-supported research andeducationorganization inthe thatprovides leadership building strong,effective nonprofitorganizations, andworkstopromotestrategies Kresge’s grantsupports thenetwork’s Social Impact Exchange amembership Initiative, that invest inopportunities which benefitlow-income, low-wealth anddisadvantaged that invest inopportunities which benefitlow-income, low-wealth anddisadvantaged credit support toanorganization depositsmade obtainingotherfunding;andlinked nonprofit organizations inlow- andmoderate-incomecommunities. in FDIC-insuredinstitutionsthatareworkingcommunity lending. Program-related Investments will provide long-termcapitalforcommunitydevelopment. that increasestheimpactofhigh-performingnonprofits. for fundingandimplementingscalinginitiatives. President’s Discretion: spaces thatrevitalize communities. product expansion. 2010 &2011 Annual Report kresge.org

$10,000,000 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Network Opportunity Finance $75,000 Washington, D.C. Foundation Urban LandInstitute $100,000 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Network Opportunity Finance $100,000 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Network Opportunity Finance $100,000 NewYorkNew York, Network Inc. Growth Philanthropy $100,000 Washington, D.C. Organizations Grantmakers for Effective

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Human Resources

Crystal Y. Sewell Director of Human Resources Heather M. Hacker Executive Office Human Resources Administration Manager Rip Rapson Elke Y. Hill President and CEO Front Desk Coordinator Sharon Zimmerman Danielle A. Nettles Assistant to the President Human Resources Specialist

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Elaine D. Rosen, Chair Steven K. Hamp Retired Executive Vice President Civic Leader Unum Corporation and Retired President Detroit, Michigan Unum Life Insurance Company Falmouth, Maine Paul C. Hillegonds Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs James L. Bildner DTE Energy Company President and CEO Detroit, Michigan New Horizons Partners Grants Management Boston, Massachusetts Irene Y. Hirano President Marcus L. McGrew Lee C. Bollinger U.S.-Japan Council Director of Grants Management President Washington, D.C. Ra’mona M. Brown Columbia University Grants Inquiry and Application New York, New York David W. Horvitz Chairman Coordinator The Kresge Foundation Foundation The Kresge Phillip L. Clay, Ph.D. WLD Enterprises, Inc. Joyce M. Holliman and Staff Board Chancellor Fort Lauderdale, Florida Grants Management Associate 180 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 181 Rip Rapson Susan C. Randall Cambridge, Massachusetts Administration Information Technology President and CEO Grants Management Associate Jane L. Delgado, Ph.D. The Kresge Foundation Rebecca A. Smith Genise T. Singleton Richard K. Rappleye President and CEO Troy, Michigan Information Systems Manager Grants Manager Vice President of Administration The National Alliance for Hispanic Health Eugen N. Safta Washington, D.C. Nancy M. Schlichting Amber J. Williams Dan Kirby Network Administrator President and CEO Grants Management Associate Building and Grounds Caretaker Susan K. Drewes Henry Ford Health System Kathy L. Porter Almir Jaganjac Civic Leader Detroit, Michigan Administrative Assistant IT Support Analyst Rochester Hills, Michigan Research Richard L. Dunlap Cynthia K. Powors Director of Research Facilities Administrator 2010 & 2011 Annual Report kresge.org

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Lois R. DeBacker Guillermina Hernández-Gallegos William F.L. Moses Amy B. Coleman Sheryl M. Madden Senior Program Director Program Director Program Director Vice President of Finance and Controller Environment Human Services Education Treasurer Jennifer L. Nassar Laura J. Trudeau Carrie A. Hubert John Nordgren Carla S. Forkin Staff Accountant Senior Program Director Administrative Assistant Senior Program Officer Accounting Manager Cheryl L. Taylor Community Development, Detroit Arts and Culture, Education Environment Administrative Assistant Sandra McAlister Ambrozy Wendy Lewis Jackson Kathleen Bushnell Owsley Senior Program Officer Senior Program Officer Program Officer Investment Group Arts and Culture, Human Services Community Development, Detroit Community Development, Detroit Robert J. Manilla Maranda M. McLeod Stacey Barbas George C. Jacobsen Caroline Altman Smith Vice President and Chief Investment Administrative Assistant Senior Program Officer Associate Program Officer Senior Program Officer Officer Social Investment Practice Health Community Development, Detroit Education Elena G. Popova John A. Barker Investment Analyst Kimberlee R. Cornett Jessica E. Boehland Jill A. Johnson Regina R. Smith Investment Director Program Officer Administrative Assistant Senior Program Officer Matthew P. Shellenberger Director of Social Investment Practice DonDrea M. Esnault Investment Analyst Environment Environment Arts and Culture Julie R. Hollinshead Document Management Analyst Alice L. Carle Michelle D. Johnson Mandy J. Valentine Susan L. Shirkey Associate Director of Social Investment Program Director Program Associate Program Associate Sean Feng Performance Analyst Practice Associate Investment Director Arts and Culture Arts and Culture, Human Services Environment Donna L. Snider Heather J. Pfaff Tamra J. Fountaine Benjamin S. Kennedy Martha Soledad Vela Acosta Jon D. Gentry Investment Director Administrative Assistant Program Associate Program Officer Program Officer Managing Director of Investments

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