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The Kresge Foundation
3215 W. Big Beaver Rd. Troy, MI 48084-2818 Telephone: (248) 643-9630 Contact: Rip Rapson, C.E.O. and Pres. Fax: (248) 643-0588 E-mail: info@kresge.org URL: www.kresge.org

Type of Grantmaker
Independent foundation

IRS Exemption Status
501(c)(3)

Additional Descriptor
Celebrity foundation: Business==== Financial Data ==== (yr. ended 12/31/10) Assets: $3,293,222,730 Total giving: $235,702,000

EIN
381359217

990-PF
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//Note: If a donor is deceased, the symbol (‡) follows the name.// Sebastian S. Kresge‡



Incorporated in 1924 in MI. Founded by the late Sebastian Spering Kresge for the "promotion of human progress." Mr. Kresge amassed a fortune as founder and Chairman of the board of the S.S. Kresge Co., a 5-and-10-cent syndicate operating through the country and in Canada and Puerto Rico (now known as K-Mart Corp.). The foundation is not affiliated or associated with K-Mart or any other organization. The foundation received distributions of cash and securities from the estate of the late Clara K. Kresge totaling $7,533,191 in 1983 and $11,773,896 in 1984.

Giving on a national basis with emphasis on Detroit, MI, as well as some international funding. No support for religious organizations, (unless applicant is operated by a religious organization and it serves secular needs and has financial and governing autonomy separate from the parent organization with space formally dedicated to its programs) private foundations, or elementary and secondary schools (unless they predominantly serve individuals with physical and/or developmental disabilities) No grants to individuals, or for debt retirement, projects that are already substantially completed, minor equipment purchases, or for constructing buildings for worship services.

The foundation seeks to strengthen nonprofit organizations by catalyzing their growth, connecting them to their stake holders, and challenging greater support through grants. The foundation believes that strong, sustainable, high capacity organizations are positioned to achieve their missions and strengthen communities. Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations operating in the fields of education, health and long-term care, human services, arts and humanities, public affairs, and science, nature, and the environment.

The grantmaker has identified the following area(s) of interest:

Arts and Culture
This program fosters the long-term financial stability of arts and cultural organizations, supports artists' services, and helps to integrate arts and culture institutions and activities into effective community building. Grantmaking is focused in three areas: 1) Institutional Capitalization - promoting sound capitalization practices and sustainable facility management among cultural organizations and funders through grants for facility investments and building reserves, and working to strengthen individual organizations and the sector as a whole through other, targeted grant opportunities. The foundation defines capitalization as the accumulation of aggregate resources put to use to achieve an organization's mission. Under this strategy, the program will prioritize renovation and repair projects. It will no longer consider traditional facilities-capital challenge grant applications. All requests for cultural facilities funding must be made through the program's Institutional Capitalization focus area. 2) Artists' Support Services - boosting artists' skills and resources to contribute to community life by supporting exemplary national programs that advance artists' entrepreneurial skills, expand live-work spaces for artists in diverse communities, and commission and disseminate useful information on the ways that artists benefit their communities. 3) Arts and Community Building - integrating arts and culture into effective community building efforts by strengthening the role cultural organizations, artists and creative industries play in community revitalization and transformation through infrastructure support for the field nationally and grants to leading nonprofit organizations, as well as convening, research and promotion of best practices, and other Kresge-initiated, placed-based initiatives. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Challenge Grant
The challenge grant, Kresge's signature grantmaking tool, awards facilities capital as a challenge grant to help nonprofit organizations build their base of private financial support as they conduct capital campaigns to raise private funds in support of institutional growth through the construction of new facilities, the acquisition or renovation of existing facilities, the purchase of real property, or the purchase of major integrated equipment systems. With the challenge grant, the foundation wants to help strengthen the long-term sustainability of institutions and to help organizations to become more practiced in strategic planning and development and to increase staff ability to assess organizational need and plan accordingly. The foundation expects grantseekers to be experienced in delivering effective programs, have talented and motivated leadership and possess the ability to mobilize private resources to achieve sustainable transformation. No one value or subset of values carries disproportionate weight. Rather, it is the collective influence of multiple values exemplified by the grant seeking organization and its project that interests the foundation most. Because environmental conservation is one of the foundation's values, it encourages challenge grant applicants to consider green construction. Facilities capital challenge grants are awarded to organizations that cater specifically to the needs of poor, disadvantaged and disenfranchised in six program areas: health; environment; arts and culture; education; human services; and community development/Detroit. Most challenge grant awards are made to U.S.-based organizations. On rare occasions, the foundation awards challenge grants to international organizations undertaking exceptional projects that align with the strategic objectives of a given program and advance the foundations values.The appropriate time to submit a letter of intent for a challenge grant is when your organization has raised initial private gifts, including some lead gifts, toward your private capital campaign fundraising goal. initiatives. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Community Development
The program takes two general forms to help severely challenged communities, especially older industrial cities. It works with the national urban development community, including Living Cities, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Brookings Institution and others to identify, implement and share innovative strategies for the revitalization of American cities. It also supports the capital needs of community development organizations working in rural, urban and older-suburban neighborhoods to enhance grassroots participation, resident empowerment, physical revitalization, neighborhood cohesion, wealth-building, housing, and, in some cases, youth opportunity.The program awards foundation-initiated grants in several areas, as well as applicant-initiated challenge grants for facilities capital. Organizations interested in applying for facilities capital should visit the Challenge Grant page to learn about the eligibility requirements and, if appropriate, initiate the process with a five-page letter of intent as directed. initiatives. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Detroit
The program seeks to redefine and rebuild Detroit for prosperity in the 21st century by working side-by-side with nonprofit organizations and community initiatives. It has developed an integrated five-part strategy that is focused on near-term successes and long-term results. Many of the projects it supports address two or more of these objectives at the same time. The program's five objectives are: 1) strengthen Detroit neighborhoods, with an emphasis on expanding economic and social opportunity and developing safe, supportive places for children and families; 2) leverage continuing investment in a revitalized downtown Detroit, with an emphasis on safe, clean and attractive public spaces and infrastructure; 3) promote a robust regional economy through development of knowledge-based, accessible jobs; vital, attractive urban areas; increased educational attainment and business innovation; 4) support a thriving arts and cultural community through Kresge Arts in Detroit, a multi-faceted effort to nurture creativity and a rich and vibrant quality of life for residents of the region; and 5) protect the region's environmental and natural resources and increase environmental sustainability for current and future residents.The Detroit Program represents Kresge's highest-priority community development effort, and it seeks to partner with local, regional and national nonprofit organizations and other foundations to advance high-impact approaches for realizing our five strategic priorities. There are two ways to submit funding requests to the program: 1) the Detroit Program will invite by e-mail or telephone call proposals from organizations it knows are doing innovative and exemplary work to solve a problem or launch a creative approach that advances Kresge's values and the priorities of the Detroit Program; or 2) a well-conceived idea from nonprofit organizations of 500 words or less can be e-mailed to the program. In the e-mail, describe the project idea and how it advances Kresge's values and helps it accomplish one or more of its Detroit Program goals. Also, please attach two supporting documents: the project partners and project costs.initiatives. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements..

Education
The program focuses on expanding student access to higher education and avenues for their academic success by supporting pathways to and through college, building the capacity of postsecondary institutions whose primary mission is to educate low-income and underrepresented students, and promoting systems and technology that increase productivity and foster innovation in higher education. The program focuses its work on supporting postsecondary access and success in the following three areas: 1) pathways for students; 2) strengthening institutions; and 3) higher education productivity. In most cases, the program invites grantseekers to apply for funding. It does accept preliminary applications, often called letters of inquiry, from organizations that believe they fit its criteria and priorities. Please note that the program is focusing its grantmaking on funding systems and networks of institutions rather than individual colleges or universities, as it has done in the past. If the idea submitted via the online preliminary application process fits its priorities and budget, the program team will contact the applicant directly for more information.Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Employee Matching Gifts
The foundation matches the monetary gifts of its employees to charitable organizations.

Environment
The foundation's grantmaking strategies are aimed at assisting society in mitigating the severity of climate change and proactively addressing its unavoidable impacts. The program's grantmaking focuses on the following four areas: 1) Energy Efficiency - reducing the energy use of buildings as well as the equipment, appliances, and electronics used within them through public-policy development and implementation, bringing retrofits to scale, and advancing the next generation of energy-efficiency practices. 2) Renewable Energy - accelerating the adoption of renewable-energy technologies through public-policy development and implementation. 3) Adaptation to Climate Change - addressing the impacts of climate change on people and nature by helping to build the field of climate-change adaptation, supporting place-based adaptation efforts, and assisting in the development of climate-wise federal and state policies and practices. 4) Special Initiatives - bolstering the political will to move aggressively toward an environmentally sustainable future and reforming important climate-relevant policies. Geographically, the foundation has chosen to concentrate its Environment Program grantmaking in the United States, with limited grantmaking in Canada. Grantmaking decisions are guided by Kresge's values criteria, particularly the values of environmental conservation, innovation, collaboration, creating opportunity, and diversity. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

Health
The program seeks to promote the physical health and well-being of low-income and vulnerable populations by improving the environmental and social conditions affecting them and their communities. It also works to increase both access and quality of their health-care services, and advance the field through new knowledge and promising practices. The program funds evidence-based work and innovation developed at the local, state, or national levels in the following three areas: Healthy Environments; Caring Communities; and Emerging and Promising Practices in Health. initiatives. Please see the foundation's web site for additional guidelines and eligibility requirements.

South Africa Initiative
The foundation believes that higher education serves as a dominant driver of democracy in South Africa. The program aims to address the significant challenges facing South Africa's universities by strengthening South Africa's higher education system by focusing its grantmaking in five areas: 1) Increasing the quality and quantity of locally produced research; 2) Improving learning and teaching; 3) Supporting university management: 4) Promoting higher education innovation: and 5) Nurturing university-community relationships. The initiative has existing commitments through 2012, is under review and is no longer accepting new proposals for support.

Subjects
Arts

Arts, artist's services

Environment

Environment, alliance/advocacy

Environment, energy

Environment, government agencies

Environment, natural resources

Environment, public policy

Environment, reform

Health care

Higher education

Humanities

Human services

Public affairs

Science

National; international

Michigan

Building/renovation

Capital campaigns

Employee matching gifts

Equipment

Land acquisition

Matching/challenge support

Mission-related investments/loans

Annual report

Application guidelines

Green Building Initiative has been retired. See foundation web site for more application information. Application procedures vary for each foundation program area. See foundation web site for information on Community Relief Loans. Until Sept. 2011 the foundation will only make grants to human services organizations on an invitation-only basis. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following: Initial approach: Letter or proposal
 * 1) Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project
 * 2) Signature and title of chief executive officer
 * 3) Population served
 * 4) Copy of IRS Determination Letter
 * 5) Brief history of organization and description of its mission
 * 6) Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990
 * 7) Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their affiliations
 * 8) Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
 * 9) Plans for cooperation with other organizations, if any
 * 10) Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget
 * 11) Listing of additional sources and amount of support
 * 12) Additional materials/documentation

Copies of proposal: 1

Board meeting date(s): Mar., June, Sept., and Dec.

Deadline(s): None

Final notification: Generally within 4 to 6 months; decisions announced after each board meeting, applicants notified in writing



//Note: An asterisk (*) following an individual's name indicates an officer who is also a trustee or director.//
 * Elaine D. Rosen**,* Chairperson
 * Rip Rapson**,* Chief Executive Officer and President
 * Amy B. Coleman**, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer
 * Robert J. Manilla**, Vice President and C.I.O.
 * Richard K. Rappleye**, Vice President, Admin.
 * Sheryl Madden**, Controller
 * James L. Bildner**

Affiliation(s):

//New Horizons Partners, LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer//


 * Lee C. Bollinger**

Affiliation(s):

//Columbia University, President//


 * Phillip L. Clay**

Affiliation(s):

//Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chancellor//


 * Jane L. Delgado, Ph.D.**

Affiliation(s):

//National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Chief Executive Officer and President//


 * Susan K. Drewes**
 * Steven K. Hamp**
 * Paul C. Hillegonds**

Affiliation(s):

//DTE Energy Company, Sr. Vice President, Corp. Affairs//


 * Irene Y. Hirano**

Affiliation(s):

//Japanese American National Museum, Retired Chief Executive Officer and President//


 * David W. Horvitz**

Affiliation(s):

//WLD Enterprises, Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer and President//


 * Nancy M. Schlichting**

Affiliation(s):

//Henry Ford Health System, Chief Executive Officer and President//



Number of Staff
23 full-time professional

Key Staff
//Note: Does not include officers.//
 * Sandra McAlister Ambrozy**, Sr. Program Officer
 * Stacey Barbas**, Program Officer
 * Jessica E. Boehland**, Program Officer
 * Amber J. Bray**, Grants Management Associate
 * Ra' mona M. Brown**, Grants Inquires Coordinator
 * Alice L. Carle**, Program Director
 * Lois R. DeBacker**, Sr. Program Director, Environment
 * Richard Lowell Dunlap**, Director, Research
 * Tamra J. Fountaine**, Program Associate
 * David D. Fukuzawa**, Program Director
 * Andrew R. Gatewood**, Program Officer
 * Julian A. Haynes**, Program Associate
 * Guillermina Hernandez-Galleos**, Program Director
 * Joyce M. Holliman**, Grants Management Associate
 * Wendy L. Jackson**, Sr. Program Officer
 * George C. Jacobsen**, Program Associate
 * Michelle D. Johnson**, Program Associate
 * Benjamin S. Kennedy**, Program Officer
 * Marcus L. McGrew**, Director, Grants Management
 * William F.L. Moses**, Program Director
 * John R. Nordgren**, Sr. Program Officer
 * Kathleen B. Owsley**, Program Officer
 * Susan C. Randall**, Grants Management Associate
 * Cynthia B. Shaw**, Communications Director
 * Genise T. Singleton**, Grants Manager
 * Caroline Altman Smith**, Prog Officer
 * Regina R. Smith**, Sr. Program Officer
 * Laura J. Trudeau**, Sr. Program Director
 * Mandy J. Valentine**, Program Associate
 * Martha S. Vela Acosta**, Program Officer
 * Tamitha T. Walker**, Program Officer



Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Council of Michigan Foundations

Affinity Groups
Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group

Grantmakers In Health

Grantmakers for Education

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

More for Mission

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

PRI Makers Network

Associations and Other Philanthropic Organizations
Council on Foundations

Independent Sector

Michigan Nonprofit Association

Year ended 12/31/10:
Assets: $3,293,222,730 (market value)

Expenditures: $255,091,764

Total giving: $235,702,000

Qualifying distributions: $235,702,000

Giving activities include:

$235,702,000 for grants

$500,000 for loans/program-related investments



County: Oakland

Metropolitan area: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI

Congressional district: Michigan District 9



The following grants were reported in 2010: $4,298,701 to National Alliance for Hispanic Health, Washington, DC. To augment leadership and management development in human services area, payable over 3 years. $3,000,000 to Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative, New York, NY. For General Operating Support for 2010-2013 Funding Round, payable over 3 years. $2,500,000 to Haven for Hope of Bexar County, San Antonio, TX. To provide housing and supportive services, payable over 1 year. $2,000,000 to Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA. For Statway and Mathway, programs providing alternative mathematical pathways for community college students, payable over 2 years. $1,502,940 to College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. For Kresge Arts in Detroit: Eminent Artist Award and Artist Fellowships. Eminent Artist Award recognizes an exceptional artist for his or her professional achievements and contributions to the cultural community and encourages that individual's pursuit of a chosen art form as well as an ongoing commitment to metropolitan Detroit and Fellowships seek to advance the art forms and professional careers of artists from the visual, performing and literary arts as well as elevate the profile of the artistic community and encourage creative expression in the region, payable over 2.25 years. $1,500,000 to Energy Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For program to promote energy efficiency in the Southeast, payable over 1 year. $780,000 to Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, VA. To publish special issue of Health Affairs entitled, Environmental Health and to hold briefing on the subject, payable over 2 years. $500,000 to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. For Models of Success at Minority Serving Institutions, payable over 3 years. $250,000 to First Nations Development Institute, Longmont, CO. For Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative, payable over 1 year. $75,000 to Detroit Science Center, Detroit, MI. For Detroit Children's Museum, payable over 1 year. Want to see more grants for this grantmaker? Try our Search Grants database. ||<     === Tools === [| E-mail] Print/Save ||

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