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| December 23, 2008 | Kresge Is Honoring All its Grant Commitments; Foundation Promises Creativity and Flexibility in Assisting Grantees |
| December 17, 2008 | Hurricanes Fail To Dampen Lee College’s Enthusiasm for a New Performing Arts Center |
| December 8, 2008 | Detroiter Charles McGee Named First-ever Kresge Eminent Artist |
| December 8, 2008 | Charles McGee is Named First Kresge Eminent Artist |
| November 20, 2008 | With Parent Education and Support, AVANCE Strengthens At-risk Families and Increases the Life Opportunities for their Children |
| November 20, 2008 | University of Michigan Researchers Investigate Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Michigan’s Schoolchildren |
| November 12, 2008 | Kresge President Urges Private Philanthropy to Take a Bolder Role in Revitalizing American Cities |
| November 10, 2008 | South African Educators Explore Potential Benefits of Strategic Engagement for Strengthening Higher Education and University Fundraising |
| November 10, 2008 | Powerful New Regional Data System Will Aid Policy-making in Southeast Michigan |
| November 6, 2008 | Philanthropy’s Role in Urban Revitalization |
| November 6, 2008 | New Arts Support Grants Are Awarded to 14 Detroit-area Nonprofits |
| October 31, 2008 | Grantees Can Count on Kresge To Stand with Them During this Time of Economic Crisis |
| October 22, 2008 | Positioning Your University for Investment: The University and Urban Renewal |
| October 21, 2008 | Kresge Arts in Detroit: Foundation Makes $8.8 Million Investment in Local Artists and Arts-related Organizations |
| October 16, 2008 | Rip Rapson Announces $8.8 Million Investment in Local Arts and Arts Organizations at a Press Conference and Reception at the Detroit Institute of Arts |
| October 14, 2008 | Kresge Posts 2007 Annual Report; Rapson Discusses Issues Central to Expansion Agenda in President’s Letter |
| September 17, 2008 | Kresge Advances Social-Policy Research in Education with a Grant to MDRC |
| September 5, 2008 | The Wall Street Journal Salutes Kresge for Its Successful Investment Strategy |
| July 17, 2008 | Living Cities Funds Strategic and Innovative Approach to Foreclosure Crisis in Detroit |
| July 15, 2008 | Kresge Goes Green with Renewable Power from DTE Energy |
| July 3, 2008 | MIT’s Chancellor, Phillip L. Clay, Joins The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees |
| July 1, 2008 | Saluted for His Competence, Integrity and Constructive Involvement, Robert D. Storey Retires from The Kresge Foundation’s Board of Trustees |
| June 20, 2008 | Rip Rapson, Kresge President and CEO, Talks About New Values-Centered Grantmaking in Responsive Philanthropy |
| June 20, 2008 | Rip Rapson, Kresge President and CEO, Talks About New Values-Centered Grantmaking in Responsive Philanthropy |
| June 11, 2008 | Arts Support Program for Michigan’s Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties Calls for 2008 Grant Applications |
| June 5, 2008 | Kresge Achieves Highest-level LEED Platinum Certification for Design, Construction and Operation of its Headquarters |
| May 14, 2008 | Kresge Foundation Employs New Funding Methods in its First Quarter Grant Awards of Nearly $43 Million |
| May 6, 2008 | Wendy Lewis Jackson Is Named the 2008 Emerging Leader in Philanthropy by the Association of Black Foundation Executives |
| April 21, 2008 | Pratt Institute’s New Green Building Will Become a Gateway to its Brooklyn Campus |
| April 7, 2008 | The Fifth Sector: Philanthropy’s Role in Community Change |
| March 28, 2008 | Detroit High School Marching Band is Headed to Beijing |
| March 26, 2008 | Philanthropy at a Crossroads |
| March 17, 2008 | The Sphinx Organization Develops the Musical Talent of Underserved Youth |
| March 3, 2008 | Grantee Perceptions Essential to the Philosophical and Programmatic Expansion of our Grantmaking |
| February 28, 2008 | Challenge Grant Helps Girl Scouts Reenergize Fundraising Efforts Disrupted by Wildfires |
| February 14, 2008 | Arts & Scraps Feeds the Imagination of Detroit-area Youngsters while Advancing Environmental Stewardship |
| February 5, 2008 | Uplifting the Economically Disadvantaged in Charleston’s Off-Shore Pockets of Poverty |
| January 23, 2008 | Portland, Maine’s Preble Street Brings People “Home for Good” |
| January 16, 2008 | Kresge Foundation’s Fourth Quarter Grants of Nearly $50 Million Highlight its New Values Criteria |
| January 2, 2008 | New Community Center Serves the Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals in Southeast Michigan |