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Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 14 140,000 329,071 25,000 35,000 50,000 125,000 125,000 140,000 200,000 200,000 758,000 881,000 1,440,000
1 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
Technology 1 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000
Technology, Journalism 5 125,000 373,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 125,000 125,000 200,000 200,000 1,440,000 1,440,000
Journalism 6 195,000 383,167 125,000 125,000 140,000 140,000 195,000 195,000 200,000 758,000 758,000 881,000 881,000
Radio 1 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997 382,997

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Donor Total 2016 2015
Knight Foundation (filter this donee) 1,834,000.00 1,834,000.00 0.00
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) 382,997.00 0.00 382,997.00
Total 2,216,997.00 1,834,000.00 382,997.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (14 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 14)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Knight Foundation881,000.0022016-12-12Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7909-- Grant period: 01/03/2017 - 01/31/2020; goal: To strengthen local journalism by extending best practices and developing curriculum around digital and cultural transformation from the Knight-Temple project to news organizations of varying size and type.
Knight Foundation195,000.0072016-09-09Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7709-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 02/29/2016; goal: To design a plan for the e-learning platform NewsU to test current assumptions and understand user and product needs as the first phase of a larger overhaul.
Knight Foundation758,000.0032016-08-31Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7711-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 02/28/2018; goal: To promote talent, leadership and lifelong learning in journalism by supporting the redesign of News University, Poynter's online training platform, with a focus on audience engagement and mobile.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation382,997.0042015-11-06Radio/television/print mediahttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to improve the accuracy in worldwide media of claims related to global health and development; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Africa|Developing countries, unspecified.
Knight Foundation25,000.0014----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7710-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 11/30/2016; goal: To promote talent in journalism by supporting the second Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Journalism, to teach and mentor women and encourage diversity in news organizations.
Knight Foundation140,000.008--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6885-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 11/30/2016; goal: To promote nonpartisan factchecking journalism techniques in the digital age by supporting the expansion of Politifact onto Medium.
Knight Foundation35,000.0013--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6691-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Designing a fact-checking plug-in for Web browsers that will allow people to request a fact-check of Internet content from PolitiFact staff; users will be able to vote on fact-check requests and make comments on flagged content.
Knight Foundation125,000.009--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5437-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To develop on-demand applications for political information and fact-checking.
Knight Foundation125,000.009--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5451-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To develop on-demand applications for political information and fact-checking by Politifact.
Knight Foundation50,000.0011--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5376-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 01/31/2013; goal: For new EyeTrack research on mobile devices, providing guidance for news organizations and other developers of mobile storytelling apps to help engage consumers and improve revenue.
Knight Foundation200,000.005--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4775-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2011; goal: To train Florida news organizations how to use PolitiFact, a Pulitzer-Prize winning process used to check facts stated by political sources in news stories.
Knight Foundation200,000.005--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4800-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2011; goal: To train Florida news organizations how to use PolitiFact, a Pulitzer-Prize winning process used to check facts stated by political sources in news stories.
Knight Foundation50,000.0011--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4666-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 03/31/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support For decades, mass media scholars have argued that general-interest newsrooms work best when they reflect the communities they seek to serve. Yet members of key demographic groups – African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, and gay and lesbian journalists – are still not in newsrooms in the way they are in the general population. As the digital age causes the “creative destruction” of traditional media, newsroom diversity is shrinking, not growing. Yet the same digital age is creating many new individual opportunities for the most eager and entrepreneurial of these underrepresented journalists – if they have the right training. This grant creates a seven-way partnership between the nation’s most popular provider of journalism training, the Poynter Institute, and six professional journalism groups to offer training scholarships to worthy individuals. Poynter Institute is a school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders. It promotes excellence and integrity in the practice of craft and in the practical leadership of successful businesses. It stands for a journalism that informs citizens and enlightens public discourse. The six participating journalism organizations are: National Association of […].
Knight Foundation1,440,000.001--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4341-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2013; goal: To extend Poynter's NewsU e-training into all newsrooms in the United States and focus new classes on digital training.