The Kresge Foundation
Historical FunderTroy, Michigan · EIN 38-1359217 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$170M
Organizations funded799
Typical grant$140,000
Total assets$4B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $75,000 and $250,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | THE KRESGE FOUNDATION |
|---|---|
| Address | 3215 WEST BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48084 |
| Phone | 2486439630 |
| GRANTSMANAGEMENT@KRESGE.ORG | |
| Form and materials | SEE WWW.KRESGE.ORG OR EMAIL GRANTSMANAGEMENT@KRESGE.ORG |
| Deadlines | SEE WWW.KRESGE.ORG OR EMAIL GRANTSMANAGEMENT@KRESGE.ORG |
| Restrictions | SEE WWW.KRESGE.ORG OR EMAIL GRANTSMANAGEMENT@KRESGE.ORG |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
78% of grants went outside Michigan.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Detroits Future | Detroit, MI | Project support for the detroit retiree- art trust | $5,000,000 |
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Matching gift | $4,406,874 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $2,830,000 |
| Vose River Charitable Fund | Bethesda, MD | Project support grant to support university of south florida college of public health (coph) to serve as the new national program office… | $2,700,000 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | Project support grant to support the obama foundation | $2,400,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Project support to aid operating support to the center for community investment. | $2,150,000 |
| Marygrove Conservancy Support Corporation | Detroit, MI | Project support grant to the marygrove conservancy support corporation (mcsc) to fund the new market tax credits transaction for the… | $2,000,000 |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs | Washington, DC | Project support grant toward the collection of oral histories and establish a permanent collection of artifacts. | $2,000,000 |
| Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit | Detroit, MI | Project support to co.act detroit to for kresge innovative projects: detroit round 9. | $2,000,000 |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI | Project support grant to contribute to the vibrancy of detroit communities by providing critical support to individual artists in the… | $1,823,000 |
| Culturesource | Detroit, MI | Project support to aid support to culturesource for the 2024 and 2025 implementation of key programmatic functions for the detroit arts… | $1,757,250 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | Columbia, MD | Project support to aid provides support to enterprise community partners for its cdo fund | $1,666,000 |
| M-1 Rail | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $1,600,000 |
| Detroit Future City | Detroit, MI | Project support grant to support its land use and sustainability, community and economic development, community engagement, and research… | $1,400,000 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities | $1,126,000 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | General operating support | $1,050,000 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | Project support to aid supports one nation/one project, a two-year initiative to improve social cohesion and community well-being through… | $1,000,000 |
| Living Cities Blended Catalyst Fund LLC | Washington, DC | General operating support | $800,000 |
| Community Services Unlimited | Los Angeles, CA | Project support grant to the equitable food oriented development (efod) | $745,000 |
| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $739,000 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $725,000 |
| Daisa Enterprises LLC | South Hadley, MA | Project grant will support the backbone staffing and facilitation of the equitable food oriented development efod collaborative. | $704,885 |
| Economic Security Project Inc | New York, NY | Project grant support for the next phase of the partnership with the economic security project (esp). | $700,000 |
| Historic Clayborn Temple | Memphis, TN | Project support grant to assist operations and programs in south memphis neighborhood, citywide and beyond. | $700,000 |
| Mdc Inc | Durham, NC | Project support grant for the continued partnership with mdc focusing on advancing social and economic success | $700,000 |
| Race Forward | Washington, DC | Project support to aid democracy and an equitable society | $700,000 |
| The Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | Project support grant to continue the implementation of ambitious | $700,000 |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | Project support grant for the constellations culture change fund and initiative to support its 2025-2030 planned expansion | $700,000 |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI | Project support for the 2024 eminent artist fellowship | $650,000 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | Project support grant for the continuation of the new economy initiative's work. | $650,000 |
| Education Commission of the States | Denver, CO | Project support grant to assist higher education systems to implement developmental education reform practices. | $650,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Project support to strengthen the capacity of grassroots leaders to advance equitable climate and clean energy guidelines | $650,000 |
| Emerging Markets Development Corporation | Palm Springs, CA | Project support to aid the establishment of neighborhood real estate investment trusts. | $646,000 |
| Invest Detroit Foundation | Detroit, MI | Project support grant for the second round of funding for the detroit strategic neighborhood fund | $620,000 |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | Project support grant to build the capacity of organizations to advance climate and clean energy practices | $600,000 |
| Human Impact Partners | Oakland, CA | Project support to strengthen relationships between local health departments and community power building organizations that promote… | $600,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | Project project grant support to serve as the intermediate for a funder collaborative. | $600,000 |
| Results for America | Washington, DC | Project support the local infrastructure hub to provide technical assistance to cities applying for and deploying federal funding for… | $600,000 |
| Smart Growth America | Washington, DC | General operating support | $600,000 |
| Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | Project support grant to continue partnership with the city of saint paul, and the saint paul and minnesota foundation | $575,000 |
| Urban Strategies Inc | Saint Louis, MO | Project support grant to provide continued funding for their person-centered systems change efforts to ensure that families living in… | $575,000 |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | Project support grant that supports the third iteration of the reimagining the civic commons | $570,000 |
| Detroit Future City | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $560,000 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | Columbia, MD | Project support grant for the key corridor fund | $560,000 |
| Detroit Economic Growth Association | Detroit, MI | Project support grant to support a coalition of detroit-based environmental organizations in partnership with the city of detroit | $554,925 |
| Accelerator for America | Los Angeles, CA | Project support for technical assistance, capacity building, and economic mobility for three cities. | $550,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Project support grant for the build health places network (bhpn) community innovations. | $550,000 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) | $525,000 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) | $525,000 |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | Fresno, CA | Project support to implement a community justice network | $520,000 |
| American Public Human Services Association | Arlington, VA | Project support to support ceo's transition, strategic planning, and field-building efforts, including public-private partnership… | $500,000 |
| Central Valley Community Foundation | Fresno, CA | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Eastern Market Corporation | Detroit, MI | Project grant supports eastern eastern building support for memphis' community development sector | $500,000 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | Project support grant to develop and implement innovative financing models for early childhood and nonprofit facilities in detroit | $500,000 |
| Institute for Market Transformation Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid community engagement in the design and implementation of building retrofit strategies | $500,000 |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | Memphis, TN | Project support to aid funding towards the design and construction of the memphis brooks museum of art civic plaza | $500,000 |
| Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society | Detroit, MI | Planning grant to support a fellowship to lead a collaboration among michigan central, the creative class group, and detroit future city | $500,000 |
| Midtown Detroit Inc | Detroit, MI | Project support to midtown detroit inc | $500,000 |
| Motown Historical Museum Inc | Detroit, MI | Project support grant for the museum's bold future expansion project | $500,000 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | General operating support | $500,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 799 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 1 grant to individuals ($80,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $2,803,500 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | Project support grant to support the obama foundation | $2,600,000 |
| Invest Detroit Foundation | Detroit, MI | Project support grant for the second round of funding for the detroit strategic neighborhood fund | $2,500,000 |
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Charleston, SC | Matching gift | $1,588,133 |
| South African Institute for Distance Education | Johannesburg, | Project support to aid the management of siyaphumelela 3.0 to enhance student success in south africa | $1,408,315 |
| Force Detroit | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $1,000,000 |
| The New School | New York, NY | Project support grant for the institute on race, power and political economy | $1,000,000 |
| Latino Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | Project support grant toward strengthening the human services ecosystem in memphis | $900,000 |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities | $874,000 |
| Human Impact Partners | Oakland, CA | Project support to strengthen relationships between local health departments and community power building organizations that promote… | $850,000 |
| Develop Detroit Inc | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $800,000 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | Project support grant for rx kids. | $700,000 |
| The Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | Project support grant to continue the implementation of ambitious | $700,000 |
| The Center for Michigan Inc | Ypsilanti, MI | General operating support | $700,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Project support to strengthen the capacity of grassroots leaders to advance equitable climate and clean energy guidelines | $700,000 |
| Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | Project support grant to elevate the voices and environmental priorities of detroit residents | $600,000 |
| Mothering Justice | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $600,000 |
| Next River | Oakland, CA | Project support grant toward the implementation of the freedom revival field building program to support human services, arts and culture… | $600,000 |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Project support grant to assist the health affairs journal to build a more comprehensive approach towards correcting institutional… | $600,000 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid 2gen approaches at the practice level, within public systems, and policies to increase family economic mobility and… | $600,000 |
| National College Attainment Network | Washington, DC | Project support to improve national college enrollment and attainment rates | $590,000 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | Project support grant for the build health places network (bhpn) community innovations. | $550,000 |
| Womens Foundation of the South | New Orleans, LA | Project support grant toward the next phase of their infrastructure and programmatic work | $550,000 |
| Center for Transforming Communities Inc | Memphis, TN | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Liberation Ventures Inc | Oakland, CA | Project support to provide resources and technical assistance to the ecosystem of organizations working to create a culture of repair and… | $500,000 |
| Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society | Detroit, MI | Planning grant to support a fellowship to lead a collaboration among michigan central, the creative class group, and detroit future city | $500,000 |
| Motown Historical Museum Inc | Detroit, MI | Project support grant for the museum's bold future expansion project | $500,000 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Reinvent Stockton Foundation | Stockton, CA | Project support for the mayors and counties for guaranteed income (mgi) | $500,000 |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | Project support grant for the constellations culture change fund and initiative to support its 2025-2030 planned expansion | $500,000 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) | $475,000 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | Project support to aid low-income detroit students with the cost of attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) | $475,000 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | Project support grant to administer a fund that supports delegates participating in international activities connected to the education… | $459,000 |
| Achieving the Dream Inc | Silver Spring, MD | Project support grant for student support success network | $450,000 |
| Boston Ujima Project Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | General operating support | $450,000 |
| Midtown Detroit Inc | Detroit, MI | Project support to midtown detroit inc | $450,000 |
| Vose River Charitable Fund | Bethesda, MD | Project support grant to the public health communications collaborative (phcc) | $450,000 |
| Excelencia in Education Inc | Washington, DC | Project support capacity to support student success in higher education through institutional transformation, diversified funding, expanded… | $425,000 |
| Deep South Center for Environmental Justice | New Orleans, LA | Project support grant to aid nbejn in engaging and supporting frontline communities and leaders of the environmental justice movement… | $420,000 |
| Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit | Detroit, MI | Project support for co.act detroit to act as the grantmaking intermediary and lead evaluation partner for the kresge innovative projects:… | $417,625 |
| Institute for Higher Education Policy | Washington, DC | General operating support | $415,000 |
| Detroit Justice Center | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $400,000 |
| Elevate Energy | Chicago, IL | Project support grant for the convening of a multisector team developing and operating a network of resilience hubs on the east side of… | $400,000 |
| Michigan Community Resources | Detroit, MI | Project support grant to continue to serve as a capacity and cohort build partner for kresge innovative projects: detroit initiative. | $400,000 |
| National Black Worker Center Inc | Raleigh, NC | Project support grant to address the economic gap facing workers in detroit. | $400,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | Project support grant for the four freedoms fund | $400,000 |
| Smart Growth America | Washington, DC | General operating support | $400,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | Project support grant to deepen capacity, collaboration, and alignment in the field of equitable climate resilience | $400,000 |
| The Corbin Hill Food Project Inc | New York, NY | Project support to aid community-led movement that effectively infuses justice into health and food systems transformation, specifically in… | $400,000 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | Project support grant to end poverty in california (epic) over three years to operationalize the end poverty in california blueprint | $400,000 |
| Honorary Grants | Troy, MI | General purpose | $375,000 |
| Island Press | Washington, DC | Project support to bolster urban practitioners abilities to incorporate climate mitigation and adaptation into their work. | $350,000 |
| Possibility Labs | San Francisco, CA | Project support to organize health systems to allocate mission-related investments that expand safe and healthy housing. | $350,000 |
| United States Artists Inc | Chicago, IL | Project grant supports seed and bloom: detroit | $350,000 |
| Urban Strategies Inc | Saint Louis, MO | Project support grant to provide continued funding for their person-centered systems change efforts to ensure that families living in… | $350,000 |
| Michigan Federation for Children and Families | Lansing, MI | Project support grant for the partnership with the michigan department of health and human services | $330,000 |
| Bottom Line Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | Project support to improve detroit student enrollment and college completion rates | $320,000 |
| Building Memphis | Memphis, TN | Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen the city's community development ecosystem | $300,000 |
| Clover Nola Inc | New Orleans, LA | Project support to deepen 2gen efforts both organizationally and through new orleans cohort. | $300,000 |
| Community Vision Capital & Consulting | San Francisco, CA | Project support grant to provide technical assistance and loans in fresno and california's central valley | $300,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170,024,313 | 1,041 |
| 2023 | $164,818,702 | 1,095 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 12, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202513169349101931
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 38-1359217
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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