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Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, seeking to dismantle structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice. Our programs seek to expand opportunity for low-income people so they can gain the tools and supports needed to lead self-determined lives and join the economic mainstream. Please use all three words – and capitalize “The” – on first reference. We may be able to help frame the foundation’s reasons for supporting your work and anticipate any related inquiries. A searchable listing is available in the Grants & Social Investments section of this website. You can contact our communications team at media@kresge.org, and please include this email in your distribution as well. Communications resources and tools available to your organization. Below you will find a list of communications resources that may be useful as you promote your Kresge grant. We are a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit. We are proud to have you as a partner and encourage you to promote the work Kresge supports. We support the advancement of human services to accelerate social and economic mobility for people with low income in America’s cities. Please provide caption information with the photo including name of organization, date, location and photo credit. We help cities implement comprehensive climate-resilience approaches grounded in equity. We deploy an array of grantmaking and social investing tools – usually in partnership with nonprofit, public, private and philanthropic organizations – to address society’s most intractable problems. Sign up for Kresge news and updates. Please notify us if we can help you spread your news through our many communication channels. Contact media@kresge.org. If you plan communications activities that involve prominent mention of Kresge, please let us know in advance. If you would like to republish or request Kresge content, please notify media@kresge.org. 3215 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Mich. 48084 3215 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Mich. 48084 Biographies and photos of Kresge staff are available on the Staff page of our website. Please do not alter our logos.
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We're particularly interested in stories and photos that demonstrate how your work is making a difference. In 1924, with an initial gift of $1.6 million, Sebastian Kresge established The Kresge Foundation in Detroit. See our promise to partners during COVID-19. The foundation's beginnings. Kresge staff is working remotely, and our offices are closed until further notice. The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. You also may also refer Kresge-related media inquiries to media@kresge.org. We are an institution that is deeply committed to sharing the lessons that result from our work with grantees and partners through storytelling, research and convenings. One line (generally for print use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF, Stacked (generally for digital use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF, Stacked, reversed (generally for digital use): EPS | JPG | PDF | PNG | TIF. If options provided do not fit your needs, please contact media@kresge.org. Your email will only be used by The Kresge Foundation. Expanding opportunities in America’s cities. Along with information about each of our programs, you can learn more about How We Fund, Who We Are and How We Operate.
Feel free to let us know when we may be able to help you spread your news via our social media channels. Twelve years earlier, he and partner John G. McCrory opened the first 5-and-10-cent store, and parlayed the concept and operations into a chain of stores that were incorporated as the S.S. Kresge Company. See our promise to partners during COVID-19. Our programs seek to expand opportunity for low-income people so they can gain the tools and supports needed to lead self-determined lives and join the economic mainstream. To adjust or shorten a bio, please contact media@kresge.org. © 2019 The Kresge Foundation. We encourage our partners to be equally forthcoming when questioned by media about Kresge partnerships and/or funding. Expanding opportunities in America’s cities. Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, seeking to dismantle structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice.
We focus on increasing postsecondary attainment while eliminating gaps for low-income students and students of color in the United States and South Africa. Please feel free to do so. Some of our grantees and partners find it useful to link to kresge.org from their own websites and social media channels when publishing content that references Kresge. For more information visit kresge.org. © 2019 The Kresge Foundation. Kresge or Kresge Foundation is fine on second reference.
We deploy an array of grantmaking and social investing tools – usually in partnership with nonprofit, public, private and philanthropic organizations – to address society’s most intractable problems. We seek to expand opportunity by promoting effective and inclusive community development practice in American cities. The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. Our name is The Kresge Foundation. Available on our Communication Resources page: For more information, contact media@kresge.org or call 248-643-9630.