Rip Rapson
| Rip Rapson | |
|---|---|
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| Born | Richard Rapson |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| Other names | Rip |
| 🏫 Education | Pomona College (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👔 Employer | The Kresge Foundation |
| Known for | President and Chief executive officer of The Kresge Foundation, Former President of McKnight Foundation |
| 👪 Relatives | Ralph Rapson – father |
Richard "Rip" Rapson is president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation located in Troy, Michigan. He was appointed to the position in 2006.[1] He is the son of architect Ralph Rapson.[2]
Early life and policy leadership[edit]
Rapson represented a number of Minnesota nonprofits at Leonard, Street & Dienard in Minneapolis in the 1980s. He served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Don Fraser and oversaw development and passage of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1976. This legislative act brought full wilderness protection to the million-acre lake country in northern Minnesota. He has also served as the deputy mayor of Minneapolis from 1989 to 1993.[3]
In 1993, Rapson was named a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Design Center for American Urban Studies. He also served as a consultant to the Annie E. Casey Foundation and helped the foundation develop and implement a new strategic direction.[4]
McKnight Foundation[edit]
Rapson became president of the McKnight Foundation in 1999 and served the organization until 2005.[5] There, he launched a private sector-led effort that developed a new regional agenda for Minnesota's Twin Cities called the Itasca Project. He also advanced the foundation's work that supported arts and culture, water quality enhancement, reactivating public spaces, early childhood development, metropolitan growth, alternative energy and economic development in rural parts of Minnesota.[6]
The Kresge Foundation[edit]
In 2006, Rapson was appointed as President and CEO of The Kresge Foundation. During his tenure, he has driven the 94-year-old foundation to utilize a host of grantmaking and investing tools. These tools are designed to improve the economic, cultural, social and environmental conditions of urban city life through six programs: arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit. In 2017, the foundation awarded more than $145 million in grants and investment commitments. To propel the City of Detroit’s successful emergence from municipal bankruptcy in 2014, Rapson and The Kresge Foundation supported the "Grand Bargain"[7] - an unique partnership between the philanthropic community, city pensioners, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the State of Michigan. Under Rapson's leadership, Kresge helped develop the $40 million Detroit Home Mortgage program, the first of its kind in the country.[8]
Awards and honors[edit]
Rapson has received several philanthropic accolades and civic honors. He has also co-authored two books.
- 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences induction[9]
- 2017 Michigan Changemaker by Crain’s Detroit Business[10]
- 2017 Crain's Newsmaker of the Year[11]
- 2015 Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News[12]
- 2015 Power and Influence Top 50 Executive by The NonProfit Times[13]
Books authored[edit]
- Troubled waters: the fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness[14]
- Ralph Rapson: Sixty Years of Modern Design[15] - This is a biography of his father and well-known architect, Ralph Rapson.
References[edit]
- ↑ Franklin, Robert. "Kresge Foundation Selects Rip Rapson as New President, CEO". Philanthropy News Digest. Philanthropy News Digest. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Pogrebin, Robin. "Ralph Rapson, Modernist Architect, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ Hodges, Michael. "Rip Rapson: Visionary with a focus on Detroit". The Detroit News. The Detroit News. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ Hudson, Tom. "What Miami can learn from Detroit". Miami Herald. Miami Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Rosen, Elaine. "McKnight Foundation President to Step Down". Philanthropy News Digest. Philanthropy News Digest. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ Franklin, Robert. "Kresge Foundation Selects Rip Rapson as New President, CEO". Philanthropy News Digest. Philanthropy News Digest. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Cohen, Rick (2014-10-09). "Kresge's Rapson Explains "Grand Bargain" at Detroit Bankruptcy Trial". NonProfit Quarterly. NPQ. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Welch, Sherri. "Rip Rapson: Changing how philanthropy works in Detroit". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ "Newly Elected Fellows". www.amacad.org. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ "Rip Rapson". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180107/AWARDS0917/180109993/rip-rapson-and-la-june-montgomery-tabron. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Michiganians of the Year: Here's to Detroit's revival". Detroit News. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ (PDF) http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/8-1-15_Top50PI.pdf. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Proescholdt, Kevin; Rapson, Rip; Heinselman, Miron L (1995). Troubled waters: the fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. St. Cloud, Minn: North Star Press of St. Cloud. ISBN 0878391002. Search this book on
- ↑ Hession, Jane King; Rapson, Rip; Wright, Bruce N (1999). Ralph Rapson: sixty years of modern design. Afton, Minn.: Afton Historical Society Press. ISBN 1890434140. Search this book on
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