Knight Foundation donations made

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation
Facebook username knightfdn
Websitehttps://knightfoundation.org/
Donations URLhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants
Twitter usernameknightfdn
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://knightfoundation.org/about
Grant application process pagehttps://knightfoundation.org/apply/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/knight-foundation

This entity is also a donee.

Donor donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 3863 75,000 338,664 0 15,000 25,000 35,000 50,000 75,000 120,000 200,000 250,000 653,000 30,000,000
Communities 1342 150,000 453,394 0 20,000 40,000 64,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 471,291 1,025,000 20,000,000
Technology, Journalism 472 195,000 402,874 0 15,000 50,000 89,874 125,750 195,000 225,000 250,000 300,000 1,000,000 6,000,000
Technology 366 35,000 165,915 0 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 150,000 250,000 400,000 3,016,000
Communities, Arts 268 75,000 410,916 0 18,000 25,000 40,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 200,000 600,000 30,000,000
Arts 1138 40,000 129,542 13 10,000 17,500 25,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 100,000 150,000 7,500,000
Journalism 145 225,000 1,164,317 100 60,000 100,000 140,000 200,000 225,000 250,000 500,000 1,248,000 2,566,750 25,000,000
62 50,000 130,841 2,500 7,500 10,925 25,000 35,000 50,000 75,000 110,000 200,000 250,000 2,000,000
Technology, Communities, Arts, Journalism 1 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028 16,028
Technology, Communities, Journalism 31 104,000 243,532 20,000 20,000 35,000 49,585 52,000 104,000 134,900 202,000 250,000 302,000 3,200,000
Journalism, Technology 20 50,000 97,500 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 200,000 250,000 250,000
Arts, Technology 10 150,000 146,213 100,000 100,000 100,000 148,800 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 155,000 173,329 185,000
Technology, Arts, Journalism 1 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Journalism, Communities 6 150,000 304,167 125,000 125,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 700,000 700,000
Technology, Communities 1 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792 1,535,792

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Number of donees Total 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Journalism (filter this donor) 145 86 96,764,478.00 20,000,000.00 1,166,000.00 9,018,062.00 66,580,416.00 0.00
Communities (filter this donor) 1342 839 52,716,636.00 0.00 7,055,000.00 20,907,498.00 22,703,138.00 2,051,000.00
Arts (filter this donor) 1138 556 33,128,623.00 0.00 4,093,171.00 4,113,200.00 24,872,252.00 50,000.00
Technology (filter this donor) 366 303 15,376,568.00 35,000.00 0.00 7,542,000.00 6,352,568.00 1,447,000.00
(filter this donor) 62 56 3,086,058.00 0.00 2,000,000.00 700,000.00 386,058.00 0.00
Technology, Journalism (filter this donor) 472 256 2,008,000.00 0.00 0.00 2,008,000.00 0.00 0.00
Journalism, Technology (filter this donor) 20 20 1,950,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,700,000.00 250,000.00 0.00
Journalism, Communities (filter this donor) 6 6 1,825,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,825,000.00 0.00
Arts, Technology (filter this donor) 10 10 1,462,129.00 0.00 0.00 1,462,129.00 0.00 0.00
Communities, Arts (filter this donor) 268 206 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Technology, Arts, Journalism (filter this donor) 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Technology, Communities (filter this donor) 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Technology, Communities, Arts, Journalism (filter this donor) 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Technology, Communities, Journalism (filter this donor) 31 30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 3863 1973 208,317,492.00 20,035,000.00 14,314,171.00 47,450,889.00 122,969,432.00 3,548,000.00

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Donation amounts by subcause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given subcause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.

Subcause area Number of donations Number of donees Total 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Journalism 48 44 96,764,478.00 20,000,000.00 1,166,000.00 9,018,062.00 66,580,416.00 0.00
Communities 86 85 52,716,636.00 0.00 7,055,000.00 20,907,498.00 22,703,138.00 2,051,000.00
Arts 242 221 33,128,623.00 0.00 4,093,171.00 4,113,200.00 24,872,252.00 50,000.00
Technology 30 29 15,376,568.00 35,000.00 0.00 7,542,000.00 6,352,568.00 1,447,000.00
Technology, Journalism 1 1 2,008,000.00 0.00 0.00 2,008,000.00 0.00 0.00
Journalism, Technology 20 20 1,950,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,700,000.00 250,000.00 0.00
Journalism, Communities 6 6 1,825,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,825,000.00 0.00
Arts, Technology 10 10 1,462,129.00 0.00 0.00 1,462,129.00 0.00 0.00
Classified total 443 398 205,231,434.00 20,035,000.00 12,314,171.00 46,750,889.00 122,583,374.00 3,548,000.00
Unclassified total 8 8 3,086,058.00 0.00 2,000,000.00 700,000.00 386,058.00 0.00
Total 451 405 208,317,492.00 20,035,000.00 14,314,171.00 47,450,889.00 122,969,432.00 3,548,000.00

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Donation amounts by donee and year

Donee Cause area Metadata Total 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (filter this donor) 27,245,589.00 0.00 0.00 2,008,000.00 25,237,589.00 0.00
Newseum (filter this donor) 25,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000,000.00 0.00
American Journalism Project (filter this donor) 20,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Miami Foundation (filter this donor) 16,228,000.00 0.00 0.00 125,000.00 16,103,000.00 0.00
Fairmount Park Conservancy (filter this donor) 8,738,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,738,500.00 0.00
Macon Children's Hospital (filter this donor) 4,008,000.00 0.00 0.00 4,008,000.00 0.00 0.00
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (filter this donor) 4,000,000.00 0.00 4,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (filter this donor) WP 4,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000,000.00 0.00
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (filter this donor) 3,516,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,516,000.00 0.00
International Center for Journalists (filter this donor) WP 3,460,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,460,000.00 0.00
The University of Akron (filter this donor) 3,020,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,020,000.00 0.00
CODE2040 (filter this donor) 3,016,000.00 0.00 0.00 3,016,000.00 0.00 0.00
Democracy Works (filter this donor) 2,516,000.00 0.00 0.00 2,516,000.00 0.00 0.00
Crisis Text Line (filter this donor) 2,516,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,516,000.00 0.00
Institute for Journalism in New Media (filter this donor) 2,514,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,514,500.00 0.00
Opera Philadelphia (filter this donor) 2,250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,250,000.00 0.00
Mercer University (filter this donor) 2,095,462.00 0.00 0.00 2,095,462.00 0.00 0.00
Code for America Labs (filter this donor) 2,000,000.00 0.00 2,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arizona State University Foundation (filter this donor) 1,908,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,908,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (filter this donor) 1,834,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,834,000.00 0.00
Center for Active Design (filter this donor) 1,816,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,816,000.00
Downtown Akron Partnership (filter this donor) 1,670,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,516,000.00 154,000.00 0.00
Citizen Detroit (filter this donor) 1,540,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,540,000.00 0.00 0.00
Invest Detroit Foundation (filter this donor) 1,512,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,512,500.00 0.00
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (filter this donor) 1,508,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,508,000.00 0.00 0.00
Sundance Institute (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 1,500,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,500,000.00 0.00 0.00
The New School (filter this donor) 1,360,333.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,360,333.00 0.00
Temple University School of Media and Communication (filter this donor) 1,335,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,335,000.00 0.00
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (filter this donor) 1,325,000.00 0.00 1,325,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida International University (filter this donor) 1,271,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,216,000.00 55,000.00 0.00
Project TF dba CODE2040 (filter this donor) 1,200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,200,000.00
Black Tech Week LLC (filter this donor) 1,198,980.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,198,980.00 0.00
Community Partners (filter this donor) 1,101,730.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,101,730.00 0.00
American Public Media / Minnesota Public Radio (filter this donor) 1,012,500.00 0.00 0.00 1,012,500.00 0.00 0.00
Foundation for the Carolinas (filter this donor) 1,008,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,008,000.00 0.00 0.00
Venture Café Miami (filter this donor) 1,000,000.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New America Foundation (filter this donor) WP 1,000,000.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
President and Fellows of Harvard College (filter this donor) WP 968,000.00 0.00 0.00 933,000.00 35,000.00 0.00
Cortico (filter this donor) 912,500.00 0.00 0.00 912,500.00 0.00 0.00
Regents of the University of Michigan (filter this donor) 911,612.00 0.00 0.00 761,612.00 150,000.00 0.00
New Museum (filter this donor) 910,000.00 0.00 660,000.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Zeitgeist (filter this donor) 862,633.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 862,633.00 0.00
Duke University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 808,000.00 0.00 0.00 808,000.00 0.00 0.00
Summit Metro Parks Foundation (filter this donor) 785,000.00 0.00 0.00 785,000.00 0.00 0.00
Better Block Foundation (filter this donor) 775,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 775,000.00 0.00
The Center for Michigan (filter this donor) 700,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 700,000.00 0.00
StoryCorps (filter this donor) 600,000.00 0.00 0.00 600,000.00 0.00 0.00
WGBH Educational Foundation (filter this donor) 580,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 580,000.00 0.00
Hollaback (filter this donor) 516,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 516,000.00 0.00
Center for Technology and Civic Life (filter this donor) 508,000.00 0.00 0.00 508,000.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Investigative Reporting (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 500,000.00 0.00 500,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Data & Society Research Institute (filter this donor) 500,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 250,000.00 0.00
TechShop San Jose (filter this donor) 484,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 484,000.00 0.00
Investigative Reporters and Editors (filter this donor) 465,000.00 0.00 0.00 390,000.00 75,000.00 0.00
Open Whisper Systems (filter this donor) 416,000.00 0.00 416,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Detroit Institute of Arts (filter this donor) 393,984.00 0.00 115,390.00 150,000.00 128,594.00 0.00
Brooklyn Public Library (filter this donor) 393,249.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 393,249.00 0.00
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (filter this donor) 350,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 350,000.00 0.00
Wayne State University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 350,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 350,000.00 0.00
City of Philadelphia (filter this donor) WP 338,000.00 0.00 0.00 338,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Steve Fund (filter this donor) 313,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 313,000.00 0.00
Trustees of Boston University (filter this donor) 300,000.00 0.00 250,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (filter this donor) 300,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00
Little Giant Creative (filter this donor) 300,000.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00 0.00 0.00
Bas Fisher Invitational (filter this donor) 300,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00 0.00
Foundation Center (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 300,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00 0.00
CappSci (filter this donor) 298,633.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 298,633.00 0.00
Museum of Arts & Sciences (filter this donor) 275,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 25,000.00 0.00
Art x Love, LLC (filter this donor) 260,096.00 0.00 0.00 260,096.00 0.00 0.00
Reading Terminal Market Corp. (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
John Bartram Association (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Shift Design (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
8-80 Cities (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
mRelief (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
American Library Association (filter this donor) WP Site 250,000.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Emblematic Group (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Play On Philly! (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Emma Bowen Foundation (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
American Red Cross (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Quartz (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00
One Degree (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00
The Paley Center for Media (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00
University of Wynwood (filter this donor) 250,000.00 0.00 0.00 250,000.00 0.00 0.00
Richland County Public Library (filter this donor) 247,000.00 0.00 0.00 247,000.00 0.00 0.00
Govloop (filter this donor) 247,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 247,000.00
The Associated Press (filter this donor) 245,000.00 0.00 0.00 245,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Well Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 240,000.00 0.00 0.00 240,000.00 0.00 0.00
North Akron Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 240,000.00 0.00 0.00 240,000.00 0.00 0.00
Kenmore Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 240,000.00 0.00 0.00 240,000.00 0.00 0.00
MuckRock.com (filter this donor) 240,000.00 0.00 0.00 240,000.00 0.00 0.00
New York University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 240,000.00 0.00 0.00 240,000.00 0.00 0.00
Atwater Beach (filter this donor) 225,700.00 0.00 0.00 225,700.00 0.00 0.00
Mint Museum of Art (filter this donor) 225,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 75,000.00 0.00
News Literacy Project (filter this donor) 225,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 225,000.00 0.00
Hunter Franks (filter this donor) 224,453.00 0.00 0.00 224,453.00 0.00 0.00
University of Oregon Foundation (filter this donor) 221,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 221,000.00 0.00
Jazz Arts Initiative (filter this donor) 210,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 60,000.00 0.00
National Association of Broadcasters (filter this donor) 208,333.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 208,333.00 0.00
Platform (filter this donor) 208,000.00 0.00 0.00 208,000.00 0.00 0.00
City of Detroit Department of Planning and Development (filter this donor) 205,000.00 0.00 0.00 205,000.00 0.00 0.00
City of Columbia (filter this donor) 204,256.00 0.00 0.00 204,256.00 0.00 0.00
City of Duluth (filter this donor) 201,400.00 0.00 0.00 201,400.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00
Code for Science & Society (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00
School of Arts and Culture at MHP (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00
Fastrack Institute (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00
Society for News Design Foundation (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
Local Independent Online News Publishers (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
Detroit Historical Society (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
Rhizome Communications (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
The Atlantic Monthly Group (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 0.00
Bill, Hillary, & Chelsea Clinton Foundation (filter this donor) 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00
NewME (filter this donor) 191,000.00 0.00 0.00 191,000.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Museum of Art Association (filter this donor) 189,849.00 0.00 139,849.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (filter this donor) 189,000.00 0.00 0.00 189,000.00 0.00 0.00
Pérez Art Museum Miami (filter this donor) 185,000.00 0.00 0.00 185,000.00 0.00 0.00
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (filter this donor) 181,400.00 0.00 0.00 181,400.00 0.00 0.00
Exhibition District (filter this donor) 181,400.00 0.00 0.00 181,400.00 0.00 0.00
The City of West Palm Beach (filter this donor) 180,200.00 0.00 0.00 180,200.00 0.00 0.00
Institute for Nonprofit News (filter this donor) 180,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 180,000.00 0.00
University of Miami (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 179,401.00 0.00 179,401.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tubman African American Museum (filter this donor) 179,325.00 0.00 75,000.00 94,325.00 10,000.00 0.00
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (filter this donor) 176,878.00 0.00 0.00 176,878.00 0.00 0.00
Bearded Ladies Cabaret (filter this donor) 175,000.00 0.00 0.00 175,000.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Art Museum (filter this donor) 173,329.00 0.00 0.00 173,329.00 0.00 0.00
University of St. Thomas (filter this donor) 170,275.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 170,275.00 0.00
Focus: HOPE (filter this donor) 164,750.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 164,750.00 0.00
City of Gary Redevelopment Commission (filter this donor) 163,333.00 0.00 0.00 163,333.00 0.00 0.00
Building Community Value (filter this donor) 157,500.00 0.00 0.00 157,500.00 0.00 0.00
Street Plans (filter this donor) 156,728.00 0.00 0.00 156,728.00 0.00 0.00
Centennial Parkside CDC (filter this donor) 155,000.00 0.00 155,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Barnes Foundation (filter this donor) 155,000.00 0.00 0.00 155,000.00 0.00 0.00
Sidewalk Detroit and the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (filter this donor) 154,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 154,000.00 0.00
Charlotte Center City Partners (filter this donor) 151,600.00 0.00 0.00 151,600.00 0.00 0.00
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Mt. Airy USA (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Lights Theater Company (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Goodyear Arts (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
City of San Jose (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Educational Television Foundation (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Karen Peterson and Dancers (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Miami New Drama (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
ProjectArt (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Historic Hampton House Community Trust (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (filter this donor) 150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 0.00
Minneapolis Institute of Art (filter this donor) 148,800.00 0.00 0.00 148,800.00 0.00 0.00
City of Akron (filter this donor) 143,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 143,000.00 0.00
Nicholas Jensen (filter this donor) 141,140.00 0.00 0.00 141,140.00 0.00 0.00
Florida International University Foundation (filter this donor) 140,816.00 0.00 140,816.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Varian Shrum (filter this donor) 140,275.00 0.00 0.00 140,275.00 0.00 0.00
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (filter this donor) 138,482.00 0.00 71,482.00 0.00 67,000.00 0.00
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (filter this donor) 135,110.00 0.00 135,110.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Que-OS (filter this donor) 135,000.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 35,000.00 0.00
Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 135,000.00 0.00 0.00 135,000.00 0.00 0.00
Peer 2 Peer University LLC (filter this donor) 135,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 135,000.00 0.00
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (filter this donor) 134,000.00 0.00 0.00 134,000.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Bike City (filter this donor) 129,400.00 0.00 0.00 129,400.00 0.00 0.00
North Limestone Community Development Corp. (filter this donor) 125,000.00 0.00 0.00 125,000.00 0.00 0.00
New Michigan Media (filter this donor) 125,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 125,000.00 0.00
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (filter this donor) 125,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 125,000.00 0.00
Engage Miami (filter this donor) 124,592.00 0.00 0.00 124,592.00 0.00 0.00
Afro-American Cultural Center (filter this donor) 120,000.00 0.00 120,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HistoryMiami Museum (filter this donor) 120,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 120,000.00 0.00
SPUR (filter this donor) 111,135.00 0.00 0.00 111,135.00 0.00 0.00
Sandra Yu Stahl (filter this donor) 106,496.00 0.00 0.00 106,496.00 0.00 0.00
Civic Incite (filter this donor) 105,595.00 0.00 0.00 105,595.00 0.00 0.00
The Wynwood Yard (filter this donor) 104,167.00 0.00 0.00 104,167.00 0.00 0.00
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (filter this donor) 101,400.00 0.00 0.00 101,400.00 0.00 0.00
Macon Arts Alliance (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Asian Arts Initiative (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Reynolds Journalism Institute (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00
Armando Minjarez-Monarrez (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00
CODeLLA.Org (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00
Combat Hippies (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Amir Baradaran (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
WDET (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Big City Films (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Morgan State University (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Refresh Miami (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
The Everglades Foundation (filter this donor) 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 0.00
Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center (filter this donor) 95,434.00 0.00 0.00 95,434.00 0.00 0.00
Bay Area Video Coalition (filter this donor) WP 90,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 90,000.00 0.00
Bragg Jam (filter this donor) 85,000.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 10,000.00 0.00
Step Afrika! USA (filter this donor) 84,722.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 84,722.00 0.00
Swim Pony Performing Arts (filter this donor) 81,200.00 0.00 0.00 31,200.00 0.00 50,000.00
Alicia Diaz (filter this donor) 79,359.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 79,359.00 0.00
North Rosedale Park Civic Association (filter this donor) 76,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 76,000.00 0.00
Opera Cultura (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00 0.00
Otis Redding Foundation (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00 0.00
Jefferson Center (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00 0.00
Midtown Detroit (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00
Asian Economic Development Association (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00
National Association of Black Journalists (filter this donor) 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 0.00
City of Saint Paul (filter this donor) 74,600.00 0.00 0.00 74,600.00 0.00 0.00
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (filter this donor) 70,023.00 0.00 70,023.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
KQED (filter this donor) 70,000.00 0.00 20,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Reading Queer (filter this donor) 70,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 70,000.00 0.00
The M Ensemble Company (filter this donor) 70,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 70,000.00 0.00
The Hinterlands (filter this donor) 70,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 70,000.00 0.00
Keepers of the Art Education (filter this donor) 69,100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 69,100.00 0.00
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00 0.00
Lancaster County Community Foundation (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Cleveland Foundation (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00 0.00
Baltimore Community Foundation (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00 0.00
Shannon Cason (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00
Apollo's Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (filter this donor) 65,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 0.00
Children’s Hope Chest of Dreams (filter this donor) 60,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 0.00
Ali Cultural Arts (filter this donor) 60,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 0.00
Artists Within Reach Collective (filter this donor) 60,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 0.00
Detroit Public Theatre (filter this donor) 60,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 0.00
Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) (filter this donor) 60,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 0.00
City of Tallahassee, Office of the Mayor (filter this donor) 57,250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 57,250.00 0.00
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (filter this donor) 55,000.00 0.00 0.00 55,000.00 0.00 0.00
Lorien Academy of the Arts (filter this donor) 53,700.00 0.00 53,700.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
St. Paul Ballet (filter this donor) 52,555.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52,555.00 0.00
Key West Literary Seminar (filter this donor) 52,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52,500.00 0.00
The Scarab Club of Detroit (filter this donor) 52,238.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52,238.00 0.00
Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse (filter this donor) 52,083.00 0.00 0.00 52,083.00 0.00 0.00
India Association of Minnesota (filter this donor) 52,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52,000.00 0.00
Detroit Youth Volume (filter this donor) 51,623.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 51,623.00 0.00
Alley Interactive (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Friends of the Bass Museum (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Temple University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wiki Society of Washington, DC (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan State University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kent State University Foundation (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Newport Art Museum and Art Association (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University City Science Center (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sangam Arts (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DocumentCloud (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Ampersand Guild (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Carol Kneeland Project for Responsible Television Journalism (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Veracity.ai (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Joostware AI Research Corporation (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Bad Idea Factory (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
University of Washington (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Politifact (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Univision Communications (filter this donor) Tw WP Site 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Periscopic (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Monday Note SAS (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
University of California, Santa Cruz (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Hamdan Azhar (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
Angel Fraser-Logan Dance Company (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Everett Osceola (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Artists in Residence in the Everglades (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
The Bridge (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Tarell Alvin McCraney (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
CAN Art Handworks (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
The Aadizookaan (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Public Radio International (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Mixed Blood Theatre (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Sun Mee Chomet (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
ArtPop (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Wall Poems (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Max Ogden (filter this donor) 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00
McColl Center for Visual Art (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00 0.00
Interactive Initiative (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
Dana De Greff (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
Rhythm Foundation (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
Beautifully Wrapped (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
Funny Asian Women...K (FAWK) (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
Twin Cities Media Alliance (filter this donor) 45,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45,000.00 0.00
The 567 Center for Renewal (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 0.00
Hotbox Art (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00
Michael Graves Education (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00
Tuesday Musical Association (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00
Jehra Patrick (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00
VocalEssence (filter this donor) 40,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 0.00
Young Nation (filter this donor) 37,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,000.00 0.00
New Music Detroit (filter this donor) 36,300.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,300.00 0.00
Aberdeen Area Community Foundation (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00 0.00
Southwest Harbor Public Library (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00 0.00
Fringe Projects (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
ArtCenter South Florida (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
The Devil Strip (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
David Morgan (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
Brad Kaspari (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
Cedarside (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
The Free Library of Philadelphia (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
Dartmouth College (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00
Bouldin Labs (filter this donor) 35,000.00 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sustainable Agriculture Education (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00
Singularity Education Group (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Rights in Action (filter this donor) 35,000.00 0.00 0.00 35,000.00 0.00 0.00
Saundra Little and Karen Burton (filter this donor) 34,775.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 34,775.00 0.00
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation (filter this donor) 34,398.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 34,398.00 0.00
Richard Chin (filter this donor) 34,338.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 34,338.00 0.00
Twin Cities Public Television (filter this donor) 33,435.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33,435.00 0.00
Manatee County Government (filter this donor) 32,300.00 0.00 0.00 32,300.00 0.00 0.00
APSE Associated Press Sports Editors (filter this donor) 31,250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31,250.00 0.00
Xoxo Performance (filter this donor) 31,250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31,250.00 0.00
Epic Immersive Labs (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
OnQ Performing Arts (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Miami Beach Cinematheque (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Carl Juste (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Juggerknot Theatre Company (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Essay’d (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
What Pipeline (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Kristi Faulkner Dance (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Neos Dance Theatre (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Springboard for the Arts (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
TaikoArts Midwest (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
San Jose Taiko Group (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers, LLC (filter this donor) 30,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 0.00
Afoutayi Dance, Music and Arts Company (filter this donor) 26,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26,000.00 0.00
New Town Macon (filter this donor) 25,500.00 0.00 0.00 25,500.00 0.00 0.00
Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Napoletano Art LLC (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Justice Project (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
CINTAS Foundation (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Guitars Over Guns (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Nathaniel Sandler (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
InsideOut Literary Arts Project (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Jeff Sturges (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
A Host of People (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Community Hall Foundation (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Caroline Calouche & Co. (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Teatro Vision de San Jose (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Andreas H. Bechtler Arts Foundation (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Opera Carolina (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Streetline Percussion (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Charlotte Film Society (filter this donor) 25,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 0.00
Karen Star (filter this donor) 23,081.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23,081.00 0.00
Laurie Caner (filter this donor) 22,897.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22,897.00 0.00
CultureTrust of Greater Philadelphia (filter this donor) 22,400.00 0.00 22,400.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Rose Ensemble (filter this donor) 21,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21,500.00 0.00
Dylan Yellowlees (filter this donor) 21,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21,000.00 0.00
Kimmel Center (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Social Change (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00 0.00
IFE-ILE (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
The Screening Room (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Barbara Barefield (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Nick Mamayek and Wes Winship (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Mizna (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Praisefest (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Field Note Stenographers (filter this donor) 20,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 0.00
Alexey Taran (filter this donor) 17,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17,000.00 0.00
91.3 FM The Summit (filter this donor) 16,058.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,058.00 0.00
TruArtSpeaks (filter this donor) 16,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,000.00 0.00
Inlet Dance (filter this donor) 15,650.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,650.00 0.00
Seraphine Collective (filter this donor) 15,175.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,175.00 0.00
Torrance Carter (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Alma Dance Theater (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
ARTS.BLACK (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Emily Kutil (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
12-and-Under Super Cool Poetry Open Mic (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Jehan Mullin (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Frogtown Neighborhood Association (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Macon Symphony Orchestra (filter this donor) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 0.00
Miami Music Club (filter this donor) 12,750.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,750.00 0.00
Symone Titania (filter this donor) 12,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,500.00 0.00
Danny Volk (filter this donor) 12,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,500.00 0.00
Twin Lakes Library System (filter this donor) 12,000.00 0.00 0.00 12,000.00 0.00 0.00
Hardcore Detroit (filter this donor) 12,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,000.00 0.00
Zimbabwe Cultural Centre of Detroit (filter this donor) 11,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,000.00 0.00
Fringe Society (filter this donor) 10,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,500.00 0.00
100 Words Film Festival, LLC (filter this donor) 10,416.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,416.00 0.00
Chamber Music Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 0.00
Jazz Association of Macon (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
One Voice Chorus (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00
Britney Stoney (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00
Lawrence Technological University Detroit Studio (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00
The Big House Foundation (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00
IFP Minnesota (filter this donor) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00
Bree Gant (filter this donor) 8,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,000.00 0.00
Clayworks (filter this donor) 8,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,000.00 0.00
Final Girls (filter this donor) 7,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,500.00 0.00
Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD) (filter this donor) 7,300.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,300.00 0.00
Nichole Christian (filter this donor) 6,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00 0.00
Greg Baise (filter this donor) 6,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00 0.00
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00 0.00
Phillips Performing Arts Foundation (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Charlotte Black Film Festival (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Nathanael Flink (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Transforming Central (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Tosco Music Parties (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
SoundX LLC (filter this donor) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 0.00
Carla Davis Music (filter this donor) 3,900.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,900.00 0.00
University Radio Foundation (filter this donor) 100.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota Museum of American Art (filter this donor) 13.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.00 0.00
EcoTech Visions Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Charlotte is Creative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Brian Davis (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Incremental Development Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Benjamin Bryant (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Delta Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chad Rochkind (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Michigan (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cornetta Lane (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pete Haga (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lexington Downtown Development Authority (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Friends of the Underline (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Justin Triano (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Musicant Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Make Space (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jonathan Morschl (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Boulder (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phillip Trocquet (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lexington Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Long Beach (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Fabrick (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Downtown Development Authority (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Code for Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Akron Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Design Studio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wesleyan University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kavya Sukumar (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Womens Network of Northeast Ohio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catherine Bracy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of New Jersey (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Orbmedia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Contracts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
This American Life (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Satchel LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIAMade (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Curators of the University of Missouri (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Online Publishers Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Raleigh (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Citizen University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Invisible Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CEL Education Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Maxwell Galka (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Beneficent Technology (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Babson College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Global Editors Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Orleans Startup Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
League of Women Voters Education Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Trees Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Queens University of Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
U.S. Open Data (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United States Artists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (filter this donor) WP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Parks Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
U.S. Vote Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Argo Labs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Simiary (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cleargov (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ARE.NA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Prometheus Radio Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vermont Journalism Trust, LTD (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Public Radio (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Texas at Arlington (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centro de Investigacion y Politica Publica (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Emerson College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Run Hop (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DailyCloudt (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Garden to Table Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Code for Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Initiatives (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Humantarian Open Streetmap Team (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vocativ, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Local Label (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIT Media Lab (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Venture Scout US Corp. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Asian American Journalists Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Carey Institute for Global Good (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Texas at Austin (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Online News Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wikimedia Foundation (filter this donor) WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TransFormCA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Northeastern University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Syracuse University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fair Elections Legal Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Carnegie Mellon University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Anchorage Public Library and Code for Anchorage (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Emerson Engagement Lab (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bocoup LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Highest Common Denominator Media Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
API Evangelist (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
IIT Institute of Design (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Soapbox Systems (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Digital Democracy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
E.thePeople (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rhode Island Department of State (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Wisconsin-Madison (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Florida (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MapLight (filter this donor) WP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Responsive Politics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Des Moines Register (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Long Distance Voter (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Internet Archive (filter this donor) WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Urban Affairs Coalition / Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Free Law Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
District of Columbia Board of Elections (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New York Public Radio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Johnson County Election Office (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Datascope Analytics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sunlight Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heather Bryant (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Media Public (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DataMade (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ProPublica (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
West Virginia University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CCCP Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Downtown Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Digital Public Library of America (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
JMJ Clutch aka Wyncode (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Wilma Theater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Commons (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami-Dade Entrepreneurial Development Organization (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Jazz (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Two Fish Design (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Naatak (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dance Heritage Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Contextly (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Perceptoscope (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Futurism (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Samaruddin Stewart (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Allied Media Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Harlo Holmes (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alamo Public Telecommunications Council dba KLRN (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Aecosoft Corp. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Media Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Lens (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WeVote LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CTY (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arizona State University News Games Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Railroad Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chicago Public Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mississippi News and Information Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michelle Ferrier (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gehl.Org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PRX (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ante Diem, LLC dba Sportsmanias (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Black Lily (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Guardian News & Media LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Claire Nelson (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Crossroads Writers Conference (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Park Advocacy Macon (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Parks Association of Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jun-Li Wang (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
North Limestone Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Brand Camp University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Team Better Block (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rebuild Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LIVE Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Group Melvin Design (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Central Roxborough Civic Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MidTown (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Union Capital Boston (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GREATER MSP (Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Scout (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Crain's Detroit Business (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Big SandBox (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Daily tous les jours (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Realize Bradenton (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
College Hill Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan Historic Preservation Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Here's My Chance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Houslets (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leadership Akron (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Koresh Dance Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
INVISIBLE RIVER (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Institute on Money in State Politics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
R.J. Steinert (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cloudstitch (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Erin Polgreen (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Andrew Lih (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Seth Vincent (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Xavier Damman (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
BalletX (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Silicon Valley Creates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Manatee Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Make it @ Your Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bibliocommons (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Seattle Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Library For All (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Metropolitan New York Library Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Blue Grass Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Long Beach Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation for Central Georgia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marshall University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Legacy Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gluejar (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kent State University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alison Macrina (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wichita Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Friends of Concordia University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Digital Village Associates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Evenly Distributed (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Boston (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
California State Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Colorado Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit dba Detroit Development Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railway Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Economic and Community Development Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vox Populi (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Council of Friends Groups of Akron Summit County Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Geographic Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Torchbearers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phil Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Community Service Center and Urban League (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Asian Services in Action (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Parks Conservation Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LaunchCode Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Technology Foundation of the Americas (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Whereby.us (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Committee to Protect Journalists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Curtis Institute of Music (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fresh Artists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Incourage Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heidi Saman (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LAB Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Young Playwrights (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Americas Business Council Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater Akron Amenities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
saambaa (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fergus Pitt (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Maryland (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
How Wrong You Are (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Detroit Creative Corridor Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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The African American Museum in Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation's Performing Arts Office (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Khadem Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Mann Center for the Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Haitian Heritage Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
voiceofsandiego.org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Yerba Buena Center For The Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Poetica (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Tab Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon Film Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Hampton University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tuskegee Airmen (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wildwood School (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Civic Ventures (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Principled Strategies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Do Something (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PersonalGenomes.org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Forest Giant (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Proton Factory LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Texas Tribune (filter this donor) FB Tw Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Silent Spring Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Brown Bag Software LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Leaders Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Robot Robot & Hwang (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Telepaz LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centre County Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Applied Transect Studies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Science (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Center for Rural Strategies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
People's Emergency Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DonorsChoose.Org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Television Foundation of S. Florida Television Station WPBT (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sexual Health Innovations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ben Fry LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HabitatMap (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan Nonprofit Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Curators of the University of Missouri (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Artefact (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Zago LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nutopia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Change.org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Farmers Market Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Soup (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ideame (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Robins Air Force Base 21st Century Partnership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida Cultural Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIT Enterprise Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Vizzuality (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Louisiana State University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miramar Cultural Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Teatro Prometeo, Center for Literature and Theatre at Miami Dade College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Seraphic Fire (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Studio Enrique Martinez Celaya (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Palm Beach Opera (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Artblog (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tech Cocktail, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Museum of Contemporary Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Puremovement Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WDNA-FM (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Contemporary Dance Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Shira Lee Abergel (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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GableStage (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Music Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CodeNow (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Motivational Edge (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dade Legal Aid (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Circ X and The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Key West Council on the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hattie Mae Williams (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New World School of the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cannonball Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Poly-Mode (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Puppet Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Arts Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Upper Room Art Gallery (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Levine Museum of the New South (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon-Bibb County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Indie Film Club Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mapou Cultural Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
FUNDarte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Zoetic Stage (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Florida Center for Percussive Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Gay Men's Chorus (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tigertail Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Our City Thoughts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PBS MediaShift (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Teo Castellanos D-Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Beach Film Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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The Miami Rail (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Meals That Heal (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6th Street Dance / Dance Esaias Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Awesome New Republic (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Akron Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon Bibb County Urban Development Authority (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Department of Better Technology (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
First Person Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Auricle Communications (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fedcap Rehabilitative Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Reframe It (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Design Preservation League (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Facts About Cuban Exiles (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Intersect Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Access Now (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Waldo Jaquith (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ADULT. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts League of Michigan (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LeeLee Films (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Maison LaFleur (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Heritage Works (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Jazz Network Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan Theater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Center of Music & Performing Arts Southwest (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cosmic Slop Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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MODCaR (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Omowale Entertainment L.L.C. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PuppetART Theater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Brightmoor Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Complex Movements (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
East Side Riders (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leander Johnson (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LO & BEHOLD! Records & Books (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Plowshares Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wayne Writers Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leni Sinclair (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Urban Fellows (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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National Foundation For The Advancement In The Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Allies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Benwood Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Rochester Institute of Technology (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Mexico Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5000 Role Models of Excellence Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GiveMN (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater New Orleans Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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GoodCompany Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hispanics in Philanthropy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mu Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ten Thousand Things (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Forecast Public Artworks (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Composers Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chemical Heritage Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Association of Latino Elected Officials (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Awesome Foundation Miami LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIA Collective (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Clay Studio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
One Voice Mixed Chorus (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Creative Capital Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cleveland Modern Dance Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Illinois Institute of Technology (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LISC Chicago (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Locust Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Minnesota Opera (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rosetown Playhouse (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts Council Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mighty Writers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Media And Place Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Philanthropy Roundtable (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami City Ballet (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota Council on Foundations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater Akron Musical Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ashoka (filter this donor) WP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Weathervane Community Playhouse (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Independent Film Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Council of La Raza (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Childrens Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Communities In Schools of Charlotte Mecklenburg (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Loaves & Fishes (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
George W. Bush Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Next City (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GroundWorks DanceTheater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ZERO1 - The Art and Technology Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GitMachines (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan Suburbs Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fireworks Film LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Outline.com (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GreenInfo (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
596 Acres (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Counter Enterprises (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Raleigh Public Record (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Atlantic Public Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Pew Charitable Trusts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Foundational Educational Learning Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan Corps (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Performing Arts Center Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hypothes.is (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CAST Education (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Interest Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Classical South Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tapad (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Upworthy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Zeega (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Matt Singer (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Senzari (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation for San Benito County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Palo Alto Housing Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Miami Herald Charities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Southeastern Council of Foundations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Search for Common Ground (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Acumen Fund (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Roosevelt Park Conservancy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Generation Citizen (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
People Acting in Community Together (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Neighbor.ly Co., A Project of The Miami Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Venture Hive (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
UK Citizens Online Democracy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WRTI (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tyler School of Art, Temple University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fund for Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dolce Suono Ensemble (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CITYWIDE (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Breadboard at the Science Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Commonwealth Youthchoirs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Philly Pigeon (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ars Nova Workshop (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Art Sphere (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New World Symphony (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hyperaudio Incorporated (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Murray Dranoff Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Rotunda (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Street Headhouse District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Taller Puertorriqueño (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nonprofit Finance Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cinequest (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grantmakers in the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Breakthrough Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stacey Wilson (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
David Guinn (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Theresa Rose (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Village of Art and Humanities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Drexel ExCITe Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Film Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Edge Zones (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lee Ann Etzold (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sruti, The India Music and Dance Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Shakespeare in Clark Park (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pasión y Arte Flamenco (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ernest Stuart (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dance/USA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pig Iron Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Inta (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Aspen Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon-Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Appfrica Labs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Institute for America's Future (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ideastream (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Learning About Multimedia Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Jewish Theater Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Project for Public Spaces (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greenbelt Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Student African American Brotherhood (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Guide (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Submittable (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Florida Progress Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Machine Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mississippi Gives (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Out of Eden Walk (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Data Juncture (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cleveland International Film Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Social Venture Partners Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TKOH (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Benevolent, NFP (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grants Managers Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chris Csikszentmihalyi (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grassroots Grantmakers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cafedirect Producers Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Textizen (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WITNESS (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Middle Georgia Regional Commission (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida Philanthropic Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Girls who Code (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Sapling Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University Park Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota State Fair Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Endeavor Initiative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Southern California (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Campus Philly (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida Grand Opera (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
County of Summit Auditor (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chapman Partnership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Involved Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Momoko Ito Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Media Impact Funders (filter this donor) FB Tw Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Statistical Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Conference on Citizenship (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami CoWorking LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Musical Arts Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Participatory Culture Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (filter this donor) WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lonely Goat Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
North Central Texas Council of Governments Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Middle Georgia State College Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Forum for Youth Investment (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United States Fund for UNICEF (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The World Press Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
OpenEnded Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nautilus Music Theater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University Cultural Center Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Globe Newspaper Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Independent Sector (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chamber Music Society of Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Root Cause Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hot Summer Jazz Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Pop Tech Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Searching for Solutions Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sphinx Organization (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of California, Berkeley (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
One Laptop per Child Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Casa de Maryland (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Forty Ninth Parallel (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Stuff (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Business for the Arts of Broward (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Betsy Hotel (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Frank Falestra (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Profit (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mapbox LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Americans for the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Miami Symphony Orchestra - MISO (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Neil de la Flor (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lip Service (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts for Learning Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Actors' Playhouse Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dance Esaias Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Knowledge Commons (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Borscht Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Deering Estate Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Light Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WIRED / Advance Magazine Publishers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Thought Loom (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Urgent (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pablo Malco Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Miami Children's Initiative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Brazz Dance Theater Incorporated (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coral Gables Cinemateque (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Lab (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centro Cultural Espanol de Cooperacion Iberoamericana Miami (CCEM) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Project [theatre] (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Connect to Compete (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ranjana Warier (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami International Airport (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Theater Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Creative City Collaborative of Delray Beach (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sweat Records (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Amplify Labs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Captricity (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mexican Heritage Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sourcemap (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Jefferson Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cityscape Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hayiya Dance Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Poetic Peace Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Tech Museum of Innovation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Repertory Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Glassy Media, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Atavist (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CEOs For Cities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Santa Barbara Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Raymond John Wean Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Resources for Human Development (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Good360 (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DailyFeats (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Nebraska Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CriticCar Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Drexel University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Arizona Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wyoming Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Trustees of Davidson College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Community Foundation in Jacksonville (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Berks County Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ElectNext (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Embrace Music Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Living Cities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Maine Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Key Biscayne Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Behavio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Peepol.tv (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
North Carolina Dance Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PolicyMic (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chez Bushwick (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Get Schooled Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Donors Forum of South Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Razoo Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Crossing (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Hacktory (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Orchestra 2001 (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Partners for Sacred Places (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University City District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Little Berlin (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sean Stoops (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Brothers Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Moore College of Art & Design (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GoKash Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Erica Hawthorne (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
COSACOSA art at large (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Business Volunteers Unlimited (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nexus Community Partners (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arden Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Somos Mayfair (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Foundation for New Education Initiatives (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catzie Vilayphonh (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NeighborGoods (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CommonPlace (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rosa Herrera (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Musicopia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Keepers of the Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Umbel (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Art Sanctuary (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Smithsonian Institution (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TED Conferences, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Salvation Army (Charlotte Area Command) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
KaBOOM! (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Issue Media Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
JumpStart (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota E-Democracy.Org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Corporation of Yaddo (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jazz at Lincoln Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
One Economy Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Dance Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MPT Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Duquesne University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology & Learning (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Crossroads Creative Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Advancing Health (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Creative Visions Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Museum of Science (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Bach Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Symphony Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National League of Cities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Signal-Return (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University Musical Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hatch Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Theatre Macon (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Dade College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Inkub8 (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ohio Shakespeare Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2:1 LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Power House Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PACE -- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Roofless Records (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ceramic League of Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cuban Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Northwestern University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Matter Ventures (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bridge Red (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts & Business Council of Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami-Dade Public Library System (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
[NAME] Publications (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dimensions Variable (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coral Morphologic (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Commons Labs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Lyric Opera (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Teatro Avante (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WHYY (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Peter London Global Dance Theater (PLGDT) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Miami Little Haiti Cultural Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Magic in Action (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young at Art of Broward (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami-Dade County Dept of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Light Factory (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tides Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Walker West Music Academy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Schubert Club (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Teatro del Pueblo (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Penumbra Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community School of the Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TU Dance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Interest (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Communications Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United States Peace Corps (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Actors' Summit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Network World Events & Executive Forums (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
OneAmerica (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lincoln Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Own Local (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vermont Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Brooklyn Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Piton Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
California Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1stACT Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Puerto Rico Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Winnipeg Foundation USA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Denver Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Community Foundation of Utah (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Adirondack Community Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Dakota Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Akron Neighborhood Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Institute On Higher Awesome Studies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Kiwanja Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Adaptive Path (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Tiziano Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NextDrop (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Citizen Effect (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Migration Policy Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Global Youth Action Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TEDxMIA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Human Services Coalition of Dade County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NewsCloud (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Year (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sixth Floor Trio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mobilizing America's Youth (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The District One Community Education Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Darla Jackson (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hidden City Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Astral Artistic Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tiny Dynamite Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Kensington Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Strong Women, Strong Girls (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kathleen Bonanno (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Media Development Loan Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nichole Canuso Dance Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fairmount Park Art Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LiveConnections.org (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lawrence Community Works (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hialeah Public Libraries (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community School of Music and Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Discovery Place (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
YouthBuild USA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Beacon Council Economic Development Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macon Regional Crime Stoppers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Arts Partnership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Initiative for Excellence in Public Service (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Opera San Jose (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Localocracy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Bay Area News Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Security Archive Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Southwest Community Mental Health Services Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Games for Change (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Citizen Logistics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
William Stewart (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Funding Arts Broward! (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Palm Beach Poetry Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Miami Beach (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WLRN (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Friends of Gusman (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michael Bell (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Historical Association Of Southern Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centro Cultural Brasil-USA da Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Florida Composers Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chicago News Cooperative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DawnTown (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ArtSouth (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
International Research and Exchange Board (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Aperture Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Matrix Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit International Jazz Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Builders (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Johnson C. Smith University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Front Porch Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Art Saint Paul (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fundación Educativa Carlos M. Castañeda (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SoChange (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Capitol Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Learning Matters (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Media Mobilizing Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Park Square Theatre Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marygrove College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stroome (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way of Miami-Dade (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Tribune Publishing Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TechSoup Global (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SnagFilms LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
International Center for New Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Palo Alto Unified School District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Gallup (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Patchwork Nation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Florida Public Broadcasting Service (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Personal Democracy Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Muscogee County School District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Massachusetts General Hospital (filter this donor) WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Free Press (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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The Philadelphia Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ACT for Alexandria (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Teach for America (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coral Gables Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Health Foundation of South Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Harrison County Library System (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Rhode Island Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Allen County Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Middle Georgia Regional Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Michigan's Children (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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United Negro College Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Community Telecommunications Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Akron Public Schools (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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National Constitution Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Lexington Partnership for Workforce Development (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kathleen Hudspeth (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Real News Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Channel One Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
World Press Freedom Committee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wichita Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alexander Mitchell Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
East Grand Forks Campbell Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Native American Journalists Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
College for Creative Studies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cranbrook Educational Community (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Horry County Memorial Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Central Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Broward Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grand Forks Public Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
International Women's Media Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Charlotte Center for Urban Ministry (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chapin Memorial Library (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Journalism and Women Symposium (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way for Southeastern Michigan (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
OneCommunity (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Grand Forks (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Citizens Union Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boston Cyberarts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (filter this donor) Tw Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
French-American Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C.E.O. Women - Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stony Brook Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rubicon Programs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Red Cross, Horry County Chapter (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Strive for College Collaborative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Scoop Media (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Orange Bowl Committee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Brookings Institution (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Committee of Seventy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sustainable Tallahassee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Enterprise Community Partners (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Five Freedoms Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
George Washington University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Absolutely Aberdeen (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Henry Ford Health System (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LEADERSHIP TALLAHASSEE (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sustainable Business Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Florida Memorial University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Federation of American Scientists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Naomi Fisher (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Living Arts Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Upper East Side Garden (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Miami World Cinema Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Village of Key Biscayne (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chris Chrebet (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philip Brooker (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Twenty Twenty Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NPower Charlotte Region (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Park City Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Georgia College and State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundation of South Alabama (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ivy Tech Community College Northwest (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tallahassee Community College Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marajen Stevick Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The San Diego Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grand Rapids Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Minneapolis Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota Community Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Michigan State Housing Development Authority (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Design and Architecture Senior High School (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Invent Now (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gold Coast Jazz Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
St. Louis Beacon (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Generation Engage (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chi-Town Daily News (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Artformz, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Central Community Redevelopment Agency (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Georgetown University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wichita State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leon County Schools (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of Texas at El Paso (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Citizen Schools (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PICO National Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Opportunity Fund Northern California (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tampa Bay Partnership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Leadership Forum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
I-LEAD (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sue Duncan Childrens Center Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Children First Fund: The Chicago Public School Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ariel Education Initiative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
UNITY: Journalists of Color (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Digital Innovations Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fort Wayne Museum of Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way of the Midlands (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
76th Annual US Conference of Mayors Host Committee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tallahassee Film Festival (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
IDB Miami 2008 Host Committee (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
President and Trustees of Colby College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Gulf Coast (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Video Volunteers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Associated Students UCLA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Deproduction (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
WNYC Radio (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Editor & Publisher (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alliance for Human Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ArtServe (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Broadway Area Community Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Women's Christian Association of Gary (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catawba Lands Conservancy (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Council On Culture and Arts (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Maryland Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Internews (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The League (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Holy Cross Children's Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Council of YMCAs of the USA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Housing Authority of the City of Biloxi (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
GuideStar (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Manatee Chamber Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Equal Justice Works (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The North Carolina A&T State University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Building Initiative (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mecklenburg Ministries (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Advantage Carolina Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Pennsylvania State University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Renaissance Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Housing Partners (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Francis Parker School (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centro Mater (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boy Scouts of America (Great Trail Council) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Council on Foreign Relations (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City Connect Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fort Wayne Central Improvement Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Arts League of Michigan (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
College Summit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Independent Television Service (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Please Touch Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Reinvestment Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hands on Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bradenton Downtown Development Authority (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Enterprise Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chez Panisse Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia's Children First Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
North Carolina Open Government Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Louisiana State University and A & M College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miami-Dade Public Library Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Silicon Valley Education Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Nonprofit Excellence (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gulf Coast Business Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Proteus Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Northspan Group Incorporated (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Our Pledge (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wireless Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Youth Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Suburban Newspapers of America Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Summit County Chapter - Ohio Music Teachers Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Montana Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Columbus State University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Academies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Public Interest Productions (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Missouri Columbia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mississippi Main Street Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marshall University Research Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pro-Literacy Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Franklin Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TCC Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Camillus House (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Futures Collective (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Louisiana State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ithaca College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New York Academy of Medicine (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Artspace Projects (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Penn Praxis (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Duke Student Publishing Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Five Freedoms Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Regents of the University of Minnesota (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Bill of Rights Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
VillageSoup (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Yale University (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTV - Dept of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Independence Visitor Center Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of Oklahoma (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
IC Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
William J. Clinton Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Infantry Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way of Allen County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gary Community Health Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Concert Association of Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Volunteer Services of Manatee County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
U Snap Bac Non Profit Housing Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Twenty-First Century Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oasis Center for Women and Girls (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Intel Americas (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Minnesota Duluth (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Men's Christian Association (Aberdeen) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gloria Estefan Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Superior Business Improvement District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Richard Florida Creativity Group (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of North Dakota Research Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Association of Black Foundation Executives (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Inter-American Dialogue (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Press Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Opportunity Project Learning Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Social Compact (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
City of Gulfport (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Habitat for Humanity of Broward (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Choices for Children (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Society of Professional Journalists (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Samaritan House (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Development Communications Associates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TheatreWorks (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Preschool Project: An Early Childhood Resource Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Urban League of Philadelphia (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Reach Out and Read (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
After School Matters (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Foundations of Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Salvation Army (Lexington) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
JumpStart Productions LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Friends of Historic Properties and Museums (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Philliber Research Associates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fort Wayne Community Schools (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Street Beat (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greater Twin Cities United Way (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Richland County School District One (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CASA of Aberdeen Fifth Judicial Circuit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vital Connections of the Midlands (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The League of Women Voters of the United States (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gary Community School Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bothner and Bradley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Euell A. Wilson Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Johnson & Wales University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Land for Tomorrow (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Chamber of Commerce Grand Forks and East Grand Forks (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Presentation College (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wildacres Retreat (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The American Institute for Social Justice (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American Forests (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Unified Educational Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Northlands Rescue Mission (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Chattahoochee Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Native American Cultural Center & Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mexican American Community Services Agency (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Juan Bautista Child Development Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Health Trust (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Way of the Big Bend (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
S.O.S. Health Care (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dorsey-Riverbend Revitalization Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
River City Soccer Club (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wellsys Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Manatee Opportunity Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fieldstone Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of South Carolina Research Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boys & Girls Club of Baldwin County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Early Care and Education Council of Boulder County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Grand Forks Public School District (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Back to School Bash (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bellefonte Family YMCA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Men's Christian Association of Paris-Bourbon County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Goodwill Industries of Akron (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catholic Social and Community Services (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Visioneering Wichita (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Children Today (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Gary Literacy Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Mississippi Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mental Health Association of Mississippi (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mercy Housing and Human Development (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
New Visions Community Development Corp. (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PBS Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ball State University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Detroit Youth Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Missouri (filter this donor) WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jack & Jill Children's Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
BioEnterprise Corporation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fort Wayne Urban League (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Community Action Council for Lexington - Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mercy Hospital Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NAACP Special Contribution Fund (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hispanic Unity of Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Farmworkers' Children's Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Abriendo Puertas Governing Board of East Little Havana (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Long Beach (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Riverbanks Zoological Park Society (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Trustus (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
American National Red Cross (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Medicine Horse Program (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Allegro Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EdVenture Children's Museum (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Columbia Museum of Art (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Salvation Army (Mississippi Divisional Headquarters) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wings of Faith (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Generation Council Theatrical Troupe (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lexington Children's Theatre (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bound Together (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Civil Society Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Neighborhood Centers (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Communications Leadership Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Project Grad Akron (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SharedCare (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Habitat for Humanity Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Foothills United Way (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coalición Latinoamericana (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Leon and Gadsden School Readiness Coalition (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Communities In Schools of Detroit (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Caring Communities of Summit County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Arts Council of Manatee County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Urban League of Broward County (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The City of Riviera Beach, Florida (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Long Beach Symphony Association (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Women's Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Suited for Success (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Akron Summit Community Action (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Young Men's Christian Association of Fort Wayne (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LEAP/Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Southern Environmental Law Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vera Institute of Justice (filter this donor) FB Tw WP Site 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alum Rock Counseling Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Western Kentucky University (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Minnesota News Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
National Executive Service Corps (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Virginia Coalition for Open Government (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NOAH (Neighbors Organized for Adequate Housing) (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Columbia City Ballet Company (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Per Scholas (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Newspaper Association of America Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
San Francisco State University Foundation (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Washington News Council (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Habitat for Humanity of Madison County, Kentucky (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Weaver Industries (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Women, Children and Families (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Management and Evaluation Associates (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Trendesign, LLC (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Healthy Connections Network (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
9/11 Public Discourse Project (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Afterschool Alliance (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Institute for Global Ethics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Center for Economic Progress (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The New Detroit Science Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Family Service Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dade County Dental Research Clinic (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
KNOX Center (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
The Harwood Institute (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Centre County United Way (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
University of Kansas Center for Research (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PolicyLink (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (filter this donor) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total -- -- 208,317,492.00 20,035,000.00 14,314,171.00 47,450,889.00 122,969,432.00 3,548,000.00

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DoneeAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 3863)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Bouldin Labs (Earmark: IdeaMapr)35,000.0026682019-02-28Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6899-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping communities collaborate with local government on complex civic decisions by developing an online tool that guides people through the decision-making process and creates a map of conversations that charts questions, ideas, and pros and cons.
American Journalism Project (Earmark: American Journalism Project)20,000,000.0042019-02-19Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8223-- Grant period: 02/18/2019 - 12/31/2024; goal: To support the American Journalism Project, a new venture philanthropy initiative that will provide transformative grants and support to local, nonprofit civic news organizations to ensure their long-term sustainability.
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (Earmark: Penn's Landing Redevelopment)4,000,000.00452018-12-13Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8225-- Grant period: 06/01/2018 - 05/31/2025; goal: To support the transformation and development of Philadelphia’s waterfront by building a shared civic space that will reconnect neighborhoods to their public waterfront and each other.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Theater Cohort)1,325,000.002222018-10-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8203-- Grant period: 12/01/2018 - 12/31/2023; goal: To address capacity issues, leverage strengths and support innovation in Detroit’s theatre arts sector. More information available at kf.org/detroitartsinvest.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: BizLab Experiments for Local Public Radio)250,000.006632018-10-19Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8215-- Grant period: 08/01/2018 - 01/31/2020; goal: Design and conduct experiments to deepen relationships with multi-platform audiences and share the learnings across seven local public radio outlets. Learn more at kf.org/bizlab18.
Venture Café Miami (Earmark: Venture Cafe Miami)1,000,000.002732018-10-15Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8162-- Grant period: 10/01/2018 - 09/30/2021; goal: To support the expansion of Venture Café Miami in its work to provide programming, networking opportunities and other resources to help local innovators across all Miami’s communities build and scale their ideas.
Open Whisper Systems (Earmark: TextSecure)416,000.005252018-09-26Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6705-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To safeguard mobile text communication though a simple, secure messaging application that requires no special knowledge from the user.While millions of people communicate every day over text messages sent between mobile devices, this is usually not a secure way to transmit information. Additionally, existing solutions for safeguarding mobile text communication require time and effort. TextSecure tackles this problem through a simple secure messaging application that requires no special knowledge from the user. Its Android application has hundreds of thousands of active users. With Knight Foundation funding, the team will continue development of the application and make it available on additional mobile devices.
New America Foundation (Earmark: TechCongress)1,000,000.002732018-08-15Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8216-- Grant period: 07/02/2018 - 08/02/2021; goal: To strengthen technology expertise within the U.S. Congress by supporting the expansion of the Congressional Innovation Fellowship which places technologists in congressional offices of both major political parties.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: The Bass in VR)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8137-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Using 360 degree photography technology to capture and share the exhibit experience in an engaging, virtual way for remote audiences.Project lead: T.J. Black; Miami Beach; @TheBassMoA.
Temple University (Earmark: Improving Arts Accessibility through Augmented Reality Technology)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8140-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: In collaboration with People's Light, making theater and performance art more accessible for the deaf, hard of hearing and non-English speaking communities by integrating augmented reality smart glasses with an open access smart captioning system to accompany live works.Project lead: Lisa Sonnenborn; Philadelphia; @TempleUniv, @IODTempleU, @peopleslight.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Earmark: Monument Lab's Civic Portal)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8142-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Encouraging public input on new forms of historical monuments through a digital tool that allows users to identify locations, topics and create designs for potential public art and monuments in our cities.Project lead: Paul Farber and Ken Lum; Philadelphia ; @monument_lab, @PennDesign, @SachsArtsPhilly, @paul_farber.
The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center (Earmark: Who’s Coming?)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8133-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Prototyping a tool in the form of a smartphone/tablet app for cultural institutions to capture visitor demographic data, increasing knowledge on who is and who is not participating in programs.Project lead: Nina Simon; Santa Cruz, California; @santacruzmah, @OFBYFOR_ALL.
Wiki Society of Washington, DC (Earmark: Wiki Art Depiction Explorer)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8145-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, using crowdsourcing methods to improve Wikipedia descriptions of artworks in major collections so people can better access and understand art virtually.Project lead: Andrew Lih; Washington, District of Columbia; @wikimedia, @fuzheado.
Michigan State University (Earmark: Smart Label Initiative)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8139-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating a system of smart labels that combine ultra-thin touch displays and microcomputers to deliver interactive informational content about artwork to audiences.Project lead: Brian Kirschensteiner, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University; East Lansing, Michigan; @msubroad.
Kent State University Foundation (Earmark: The Traveling Stanzas Listening Wall)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8144-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Producing touchscreen installations in public locations that allow users to create and share poetry by reflecting on and responding to historical documents, oral histories, and multimedia stories about current events and community issues. Project lead: David Hassler, Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University Foundation; Kent, Ohio; @DavidWickPoetry, @WickPoetry, @KentState, @travelingstanza.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Earmark: ConcertCue)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8141-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing a mobile app for classical music audiences that receives real-time program notes at precisely-timed moments of a live musical performance.Project lead: Eran Egozy ; Cambridge, Massachusetts; EEgozy, @MIT, @ArtsatMIT, @MIT_SHASS.
Newport Art Museum and Art Association (Earmark: Feedback Loop)50,000.0022162018-07-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8143-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: In collaboration with Work-Shop Design Studio, enabling audiences to share immediate feedback and reflections on art by designing hardware and software to test recording and sharing of audience thoughts. Project lead: Norah Diedrich; Newport, Rhode Island; @NewportArtMuse.
Alley Interactive (Earmark: Exploring the Gallery Through Voice)50,000.0022162018-07-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8136-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Exploring how conversational interfaces, like Amazon Alexa, can provide remote audiences with access to an exhibition experience at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.Project lead: Tim Schwartz; New York; @alleyco, @cooperhewitt, @SinaBahram.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Earmark: AR Enhanced Audio Tour)50,000.0022162018-07-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8138-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing mobile software to deliver immersive audio-only stories that museum visitors would experience when walking up to art for a closer look. Project lead: Shane Richey; Bentonville, Arkansas; @crystalbridges.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: ArtsESP)50,000.0022162018-07-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8135-- Grant period: 07/13/2018 - 07/15/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing forecasting software that enables cultural institutions to make data-centered decisions in planning their seasons and events.Project lead: Nicole Keating; Miami; @ArshtCenter.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Citizen-Driven Government in the Digital Age)2,000,000.001442018-07-02--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/8160-- Grant period: 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020; goal: To support the Code for America brigade network, a national alliance of community organizers, developers and designers that are putting technology to work in community.
New Museum (Earmark: NEW INC: Museum Tech Track)660,000.003852018-06-20Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8146-- Grant period: 06/11/2018 - 06/30/2020; goal: To advance technology development in the arts by supporting entrepreneurs who are creating new products to serve the museum and cultural sector.
Reading Terminal Market Corp. (Earmark: Filbert Street Connector)250,000.006632018-04-23Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8130-- Grant period: 12/01/2018 - 11/30/2019; goal: To improve Reading Terminal Market's Filbert Street corridor so that it serves as a more usable public space.
Afro-American Cultural Center (Earmark: Director of Technology Innovation Position at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture)120,000.0015212018-04-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8120-- Grant period: 05/01/2018 - 06/01/2021; goal: To support digital talent at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture to help the museum to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
Mt. Airy USA (Earmark: Lovett Library Park Activation)150,000.0012802018-04-23Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8132-- Grant period: 04/04/2018 - 01/06/2020; goal: To enhance the work of Lovett Library Park through programming to attract new users and tools to measure impact.
John Bartram Association (Earmark: Bartram’s Garden into a Civic Destination)250,000.006632018-04-23Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8129-- Grant period: 03/31/2018 - 02/28/2020; goal: To support Bartram's Garden serving as a civic destination for Southwest Philadelphia residents to gather and engage with the reinvestment challenges of their neighborhood and waterfront.
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: Center for Investigative Reporting Local Journalism Collaboration)500,000.004532018-04-12Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8118-- Grant period: 05/01/2018 - 05/01/2020; goal: To promote informed communities by advancing excellence in local investigative reporting through collaborations between The Center for Investigative Reporting and local newsrooms.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Earmark: Director of Museum Technology Position at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)135,110.0014532018-03-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8126-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to work in conjunction with curators and museum leadership to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
San Jose Museum of Art Association (Earmark: Manager of Interactive Technology Position at the San Jose Museum of Art)139,849.0014432018-03-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8128-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at the San Jose Museum of Art to work in conjunction with curators and museum leadership to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Earmark: Tech + New Media Curator Position at the the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit)71,482.0020302018-03-14Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8122-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit to work in conjunction with curators and museum leadership to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (Earmark: Museum Technologist Position at the Fabric Workshop and Museum)70,023.0020352018-03-14Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8127-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at the Fabric Workshop and Museum to work in conjunction with curators and museum leadership to research, propose and implement technological solutions to enhance visitor experiences.
University of Miami (Earmark: Director for Digital Engagement Strategies Position at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami)179,401.0012182018-03-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8124-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at Lowe Art Museum to help the museum to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Digital Projects & Community Organizer Position at the Wolfsonian at Florida International University)140,816.0014362018-03-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8125-- Grant period: 03/15/2018 - 03/15/2021; goal: To support digital talent at The Wolfsonian FIU who will work in conjunction with curators and museum leadership to incorporate digital technologies into exhibition design and accompanying programing.
Lorien Academy of the Arts (Earmark: The Roll Up: Artist in Residence Program)53,700.0021882018-02-22Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8110-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To activate the historic African-American community of Camp Greene by connecting artists directly to its residents through arts education, community dialogue and other creative interventions. The inaugural artist will be renowned photographer Zun Lee, who will be working with Lorien Academy of the Arts and other community partners over a six-month period.
CultureTrust of Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Past Present Projects of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia Presents Graffiti & Ornament at The Woodlands)22,400.0032582018-02-22Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8105-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 05/05/2019; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the Past Present Projects of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia's presentation of the "Graffiti & Ornament" exhibition of glass and ceramic artworks at the historic Hamilton Mansion in The Woodlands.
Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Arts Leadership Diversity Scholarships)25,000.0030752018-02-22Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8103-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To develop diverse arts board leadership through scholarships for minority leaders to attend the Arts+ Business Council's Business On Board program.
Napoletano Art LLC (Earmark: LIGHT Conversation)25,000.0030752018-02-22Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8112-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 09/28/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To create an interactive, projection-augmented painting installed throughout Charlotte, activated by human interaction.
Centennial Parkside CDC (Earmark: Expand Civic Engagement in East Parkside)155,000.0012672018-02-01Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8131-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2020; goal: To expand civic engagement efforts by supporting the capacity development of a community organization in a Civic Commons neighborhood to enhance their work within and beyond the Civic Commons project.
Asian Arts Initiative (Earmark: Asian Arts Initiative’s 25th Anniversary Celebration)100,000.0016092018-01-29Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8104-- Grant period: 01/04/2018 - 12/31/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To fund the Arian Arts Initiative to commission 25 Asian artists to create new, multimedia artworks to be presented at sites throughout Philadelphia during its 25th anniversary season.
KQED (Earmark: Engaging Millennials on Instagram)20,000.0032692018-01-29Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8088-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To engage millennial audiences with San Jose arts and artists through a series of video campaigns designed for and published on Instagram.
Jazz Association of Macon (Earmark: Jazz in Macon)10,000.0035802018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8077-- Grant period: 09/30/2018 - 04/30/2019; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase access to live jazz performances through support for the Jazz Association of Macon's artist-in-residence program.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Mill Hill Art Tech Toolshed)75,000.0019102018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8078-- Grant period: 02/01/2018 - 08/31/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To provide artists living in and near the Mill Hill neighborhood with tools to incorporate technology into their artistic practice.
University City Science Center (Earmark: BioArt Residency at the Science Center in West Philadelphia)50,000.0022162018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8106-- Grant period: 01/04/2018 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To fund a residency at the Philadelphia Science Center that pairs artists and scientists in the creation of art.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: Pan African Festival Homecoming)75,000.0019102018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8079-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 05/01/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the Tubman Museum's production of the 2018 Pan African Festival as it expands access for Macon residents to performances that celebrate the African Diaspora.
Sangam Arts (Earmark: Mosaic Silicon Valley)50,000.0022162018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8089-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To commission and present the collaborations of artists from different cultural communities in San Jose as a way to bridge disparate audiences.
Epic Immersive Labs (Earmark: When We Awaken)30,000.0029492018-01-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8087-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/16/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the creation of Epic Immersive's "When We Awaken," a play integrating virtual reality and live performance, at the Fallon House and Peralta Adobe in San Jose.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: Digital Experience Designer Position at the Detroit Institute of Arts)115,390.0015552018-01-16Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8123-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2020; goal: To support digital talent at the Detroit Institute of Arts to help the museum to conceive, plan and implement digital strategies that engage visitors.
American Library Association (Earmark: Short Edition dispenser deployment and related programming)250,000.006632018-01-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8226-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 01/31/2019; goal: To deploy Short Edition story dispensers in four Knight communities and support a complimentary short story contest that will engage public library patrons with reading and writing literature.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Project LIFT - Civic and Technology Engagement Hub)1,008,000.002702017-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8196-- Grant period: 06/01/2018 - 06/30/2020; goal: To support Project LIFT in creating a civic and technology engagement hub for parents and residents of the Historic West End neighborhoods.
Citizen Detroit (Earmark: Citizen Detroit)1,540,000.001902017-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8100-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2021; goal: To establish a strategic home for civic participation and engagement in Detroit that will educate and engage residents in the non-partisan public decision-making of city life.
Regents of the University of Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Metro Area Communities Study Initiative)761,612.003552017-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8117-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2020; goal: To implement and further develop a trustworthy and accessible recurring public opinion survey so that Detroit’s civic and community leaders can effectively prioritize issues and design better programs, policies and financial investments that enjoy broader resident support.Launched in 2016, the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study is led by researchers at the University of Michigan. The survey model leverages state-of-the-art scientific methods and is unique in its scale, providing deep insights across the entire city to ensure that diverse voices are incorporated into decision-making. Examples of topics covered in the survey include: quality of life, priorities for change in the metro area, the impact of recent investments on different populations, sense of community and social cohesion, transportation and mobility, public safety, policing, the role of government and trust in government institutions, views on inequality and race relations, and healthcare.The Knight Foundation award will allow the university to conduct nine additional surveys over the next three years, to expand its participant panel and to disseminate policy-relevant findings more broadly. The information will be used by city officials, nonprofits, business leaders and philanthropies to inform program development, guide investments in physical spaces and craft public policies that better reflect the interests of Detroit […].
Summit Metro Parks Foundation (Earmark: New parks for priority neighborhoods)785,000.003522017-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8074-- Grant period: 12/18/2017 - 03/31/2019; goal: To improve public life in Akron’s North Hill and Summit Lake neighborhoods by developing two new parks.
American Public Media / Minnesota Public Radio (Earmark: The Glen Nelson Center)1,012,500.002642017-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8099-- Grant period: 12/13/2017 - 12/18/2020; goal: To build a signature co-working space and accelerator in downtown Saint Paul, with a focus on minority entrepreneurs.
City Lights Theater Company (Earmark: City Lights Theater)150,000.0012802017-12-06Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8092-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 07/31/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To expand City Light Theater company's capacity to use immersive technology in theater performance, and to develop and implement a plan to build donor support.
School of Arts and Culture at MHP (Earmark: The Community Engagement Program and Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute)200,000.0010432017-12-06Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8090-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 06/30/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To provide multiyear support of the School of Arts and Culture's Community Engagement Program (CEP) and Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute (MALI), offering residents of East San Jose high quality arts experiences and developing leadership skills for cultural leaders of color, increasing authenticity to place and inclusion in the San Jose arts ecosystem.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Sandbox Projects)200,000.0010432017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8093-- Grant period: 03/01/2018 - 03/01/2022; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase San Jose residents' access to contemporary art though multiyear support for “Sandbox Projects,” an ongoing series of site-specific installations at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
Museum of Arts & Sciences (Earmark: Emerging Artists Exhibition (2018-2022))150,000.0012802017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8082-- Grant period: 02/02/2018 - 05/30/2022; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To engage Macon residents with contemporary art by Southern artists through multiyear support for the Museum of Arts and Sciences annual Emerging Artists exhibition and expand the Museum's ability to add significant works of emerging artists to its permanent collection.
8-80 Cities (Earmark: 2018 Emerging City Champions fellowship program)250,000.006632017-12-01Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8224-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2019; goal: To strengthen civic leadership by continuing Knight support of the K880 Emerging City Champions, a program that supports, networks and funds 20 young people as they execute projects to strengthen public life in Knight communities.
Bearded Ladies Cabaret (Earmark: The Bearded Ladies Cabaret: The Poison Cookie)175,000.0012232017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8107-- Grant period: 11/06/2017 - 07/31/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support The Bearded Ladies, a Philadelphia performance ensemble, through a multi-year grant to develop and produce THE POISON COOKIE, expand its programs for emerging artists and collaborative work, and to experiment with interactive technology to attract and engage audiences.
Ampersand Guild (Earmark: Ampersand Guild: Supporting Macon Artists)50,000.0022162017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8081-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 11/02/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the growth of artistic excellence and audience engagement for Macon's independent artists through Ampersand Guild, an artist collective that provides studio space, equipment and performance space in downtown Macon.
Opera Cultura (Earmark: Opera Cultura: Engaging New Audiences)75,000.0019102017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8091-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 11/01/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support authenticity and technological innovation through multiyear funding for Opera Cultura, a San Jose-based opera company that creates work based on Hispanic culture.
Otis Redding Foundation (Earmark: Growing Macon's Young Musicians)75,000.0019102017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8080-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 11/02/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase engagement with the arts through expansion of access to music education for Macon's youth through multiyear support for the Otis Redding Foundation's Center for Creative Arts.
Goodyear Arts (Earmark: Supporting Charlotte Artists)150,000.0012802017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8114-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 07/31/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To raise the level of artistic quality and increase audience engagement with Charlotte's emerging visual and performing artists through multi-year funding for artist residencies, exhibitions and performances at the Goodyear Arts space.
Bragg Jam (Earmark: Sustaining Bragg Jam)75,000.0019102017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8083-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 11/02/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To aid Bragg Jam's transition from a volunteer-led organization to one run by professional staff through a multiyear grant to foster the arts in our resident cities.
Play On Philly! (Earmark: Play on Philly: Fostering Artistic Excellence)250,000.006632017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8108-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 07/31/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To foster artistic excellence in music education and cultivate new artistic voices through multi-year support for Play on Philly!, Philadelphia's signature classical music training program for young artists of color.
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Earmark: Curatorial Risk and Audience Engagement)250,000.006632017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8109-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 07/31/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase access to contemporary art and photography by providing multi-year support for the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center to expand its community programs and curatorial flexibility.
Que-OS (Earmark: BOOM Charlotte Fringe Festival)100,000.0016092017-12-01Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8113-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 06/30/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To enable the BOOM Festival, Charlotte's first and only fringe festival and platform for experimental theater, dance and performance art to create a successful business model for expansion and sustainability.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Local TV Initiative: Reinventing Local TV News)1,908,000.001662017-12-01Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8094-- Grant period: 09/30/2017 - 12/31/2020; goal: To promote informed and engaged communities by supporting journalistic excellence and digital and broadcast innovation in local television news.
Emma Bowen Foundation (Earmark: Diversity Pipeline for Local TV News)250,000.006632017-12-01Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8095-- Grant period: 09/18/2017 - 09/20/2020; goal: To increase diversity in the field of journalism by supporting the Emma Bowen Foundation's successful internship-to-hire programs for college students of color.
Chamber Music Silicon Valley (Earmark: Common Sounds)10,000.0035802017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8086-- Grant period: 10/31/2018 - 06/30/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To build shared cultural experiences in San Jose through Chamber Music Silicon Valley's program "Common Sounds," an ensemble of Western classical musicians and global artists that composes and performs blended musical traditions.
The 567 Center for Renewal (Earmark: Ceramics Studio in Downtown Macon)20,000.0032692017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8076-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the work of Macon artists through the creation of a studio and exhibition space for pottery and ceramic arts at the 567 Center for Renewal.
Swim Pony Performing Arts (Earmark: The End: 2.0)31,200.0029472017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8102-- Grant period: 11/06/2017 - 12/14/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support ongoing technological innovation in art through funding an analysis and new design of The End – a month-long transmedia performance/game experienced via text message.
McColl Center for Visual Art (Earmark: Shared Residence)45,000.0025172017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8111-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 07/01/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support collaboration and learning between cultural institutions through a shared residency between Charlotte Ballet and McColl Center for Art + Innovation and choreographer Javier De Frutos.
Mercer University (Earmark: Collaborative Efficiencies)7,000.0037082017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8075-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 01/18/2019; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To engage new audiences in Macon through a pilot marketing and administration partnership between the Grand Opera House and Nutcracker of Middle Georgia.
San Jose Museum of Art Association (Earmark: The Propeller Group)50,000.0022162017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8084-- Grant period: 10/27/2017 - 03/30/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To foster the arts through support of the San Jose Museum of Art's exhibition and audience engagement programming related to the first major survey of the renowned Vietnamese art collective, The Propeller Group, increasing the inclusion of diverse voices featured within the museum.
Kimmel Center (Earmark: Asphalt Piloten's Tape Riot for PIFA 2018)20,000.0032692017-11-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8101-- Grant period: 10/27/2017 - 06/08/2018; goal: To fund the U.S. premiere of Tape Riot by performance group Asphalt Piloten during the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts at the Kimmel Center.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: IRE TV WATCHDOG NETWORK)390,000.005532017-11-29Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8096-- Grant period: 11/01/2017 - 11/01/2020; goal: To advance journalistic excellence by building a network of local television journalists committed to producing investigative and data-driven stories through regional workshops, national conference fellowships, data bootcamp training and the sharing of best practices.
Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center (Earmark: Tired-a-Lot)95,434.0018182017-11-28Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7162-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a design studio that will engage local youth to identify and create solutions to transform vacant lots in their neighborhood with low-cost materials.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Knight Projects in News Innovation)2,008,000.001432017-11-15Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8067-- Grant period: 02/01/2018 - 01/31/2023; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To prepare journalists for the transformational wave of technologies creating vast changes in the profession and in civic life.
Shift Design (Earmark: Taking Historypin’s Storybox to Scale with Public Libraries)250,000.006632017-11-15Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8071-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To scale Knight’s existing Storybox grant which will promote story sharing programs in libraries that aim to strengthen communities through increased empathy, understanding and personal connections.
Code for Science & Society (Earmark: The Dat Project)200,000.0010432017-11-15Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8073-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 02/28/2019; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To increase the impact of Dat’s decentralized technology by establishing data services for academic and government institutions.
mRelief (Earmark: Benefits Information Project)250,000.006632017-11-15Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8069-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 01/31/2020; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To improve the delivery of government services to people in poverty by facilitating the process.
Data & Society Research Institute (Earmark: Disinformation Action Lab)250,000.006632017-11-15Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8070-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To analyze unfolding propaganda and disinformation threats in concert with a range of partners in the research, Internet platform, and civil society communities, resulting in a set of testable interventions that address these threats.
DocumentCloud (Earmark: DocumentCloud as a Platform)50,000.0022162017-11-15Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8072-- Grant period: 12/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create new, innovative tools for journalists by opening DocumentCloud’s platform to a select number of contributors, in a program they are calling the News Nerds in Residence.
Emblematic Group (Earmark: Reach: Spaces for Stories)250,000.006632017-11-15Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8068-- Grant period: 11/30/2017 - 11/15/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: We will design and build REACH, a platform for hosting and distributing high-resolution 3D photogrammetry models of evergreen locations, which will allow journalists to advance innovative storytelling by embedding their own interviews and multimedia material using a step by step online guide.
Jazz Arts Initiative (Earmark: Jazz Arts Initiative: Growing Audiences)150,000.0012802017-11-13Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8115-- Grant period: 10/13/2017 - 10/30/2020; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To engage new audiences in Charlotte with quality jazz music performances by supporting the organizational capacity and sustainability of Jazz Arts Initiative.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (Earmark: RTDNA Training: Digital Transformation & Investigative Journalism)55,000.0021742017-11-07Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8097-- Grant period: 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2019; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by supporting training and the spread of best practices for innovation in the television news industry.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose (Earmark: Carlos Rolón/Dzine at San Jose Airport)5,000.0037412017-11-02Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8085-- Grant period: 10/30/2017 - 10/29/2018; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support MACLA to program public art installations at the San Jose International Airport, in partnership with the City of San Jose, for one year.
The Carol Kneeland Project for Responsible Television Journalism (Earmark: The Kneeland Project 2018 & 2019 Conferences)50,000.0022162017-10-23Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8098-- Grant period: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2019; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by supporting the Carole Kneeland Project for Responsible Television Journalism in convening and training broadcast and digital newsroom leadership around community engagement, ethics, and digital strategy.
CODE2040 (Earmark: Capital Growth Campaign)3,016,000.00732017-10-02Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8066-- Grant period: 12/31/2017 - 12/31/2020; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To promote opportunities for underrepresented minorities in the technology industry by supporting the operational growth and sustainability of Code2040.
Cortico (Earmark: Trusted Networks)912,500.003222017-09-22Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8049-- Grant period: 10/01/2017 - 11/01/2019; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by supporting transparency, listening and storytelling tools for online conversations with machine learning applied to data sources such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Google Search and Wikipedia.
Reynolds Journalism Institute (Earmark: Trusting News Project)100,000.0016092017-09-22Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8053-- Grant period: 10/01/2017 - 03/31/2019; goal: To promote trust in journalism by supporting experimentation and training around new storytelling methods to demonstrate the value of fact based reporting for communities.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Earmark: The Trust Project)189,000.0011892017-09-22Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8054-- Grant period: 06/15/2017 - 06/15/2019; goal: To support the Trust Project development phase by building an open-source toolbox of CMS plug-ins to implement 8 Trust Indicators e.g. (best practices, article type, producer bio) via working groups of engineers from partner news organizations; and 2) develop a system for assessing impact and collecting it in a collaborator space.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Earmark: New Americans Campaign)1,508,000.001982017-09-20Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8061-- Grant period: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2019; goal: To support the citizenship application process and nonpartisan education of lawful permanent residents in Knight communities to increase the number of those residents applying for citizenship.
The Well Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Middlebury Community Development Corporation)240,000.009252017-09-20Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8058-- Grant period: 09/30/2017 - 12/31/2019; goal: To improve economic development in Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood by supporting a strategic planning process for a pilot community development corporation.
North Akron Community Development Corporation (Earmark: North Akron Community Development Corporation)240,000.009252017-09-20Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8057-- Grant period: 09/30/2017 - 09/30/2019; goal: To improve economic development in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood by supporting a strategic planning process for a pilot community development corporation.
Kenmore Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Kenmore Community Development Corporation)240,000.009252017-09-20Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8056-- Grant period: 09/11/2017 - 09/01/2019; goal: To improve economic development in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood by supporting a strategic planning process for a pilot community development corporation.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Trust in News Initiative: First Draft Partner Network)250,000.006632017-09-20Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8051-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 07/31/2018; goal: To advance a robust news and information ecosystem built on consistent verification principles and workflows by supporting First Draft and a research and learning lab that will scale support and training for the news industry.
StoryCorps (Earmark: StoryCorps Technology Infrastructure)600,000.004032017-09-19Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8047-- Grant period: 10/01/2017 - 11/01/2019; goal: To support the collection, preservation and sharing of community history by supporting the ongoing development and sustainability of StoryCorps’ technology.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cedric Tai)25,000.0030752017-09-18Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7100-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring life in two post-industrial cities by pairing artists from Detroit and Glasgow, Scotland, to collaborate on curated exhibitions.
American Red Cross (Earmark: Florida Hurricane Relief)250,000.006632017-09-06--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/8039-- Grant period: 09/08/2017 - 12/31/2017; goal: To support preparation, relief and recovery efforts in South Florida resulting from Hurricane Irma.
Center for Rights in Action (Earmark: Anti-Censorship Alert System)35,000.0026682017-08-30Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6440-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/23/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To allow the public to see a blocked website by launching a series of tools, including an index and shareable website widgets, that enable the distribution and decentralization needed to provide local access to proxies and mirrored versions of the sites.
Platform (Earmark: Platform 2017-18 Pilot)208,000.0010172017-08-22Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8038-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 07/31/2018; goal: To help launch Platform.Miami which will support early stage entrepreneurs through online and offline education modules, and an offering of best tools and services to better structure, setup, and grow companies.
The Cleveland Foundation (Earmark: 2017 KCIL Winner: Cleveland Foundation)65,000.0020752017-08-21Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8030-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 12/28/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Community Information Lab; goal: To equip the Cleveland Foundation to take a leadership role in addressing its community information needs by participating in the Knight Community Information Lab.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Earmark: Startup Tech)250,000.006632017-08-17Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8036-- Grant period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018; goal: To support young, aspiring entrepreneurs by expanding Startup Tech, a technology entrepreneurship course, to five additional program sites in Greater Miami public schools.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: 2017 KCIL Winner: Community Foundation Boulder County)65,000.0020752017-08-08Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8031-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 12/28/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Community Information Lab; goal: To equip the Community Foundation Boulder County to take a leadership role in addressing its community information needs by participating in the Knight Community Information Lab.
Lancaster County Community Foundation (Earmark: 2017 KCIL Winner: Lancaster County Community Foundation)65,000.0020752017-08-08Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8033-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 12/28/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Community Information Lab; goal: To equip the Lancaster County Community Foundation to take a leadership role in addressing its community information needs by participating in the Knight Community Information Lab.
Baltimore Community Foundation (Earmark: 2017 KCIL Winner: Baltimore Community Foundation)65,000.0020752017-08-08Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8032-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 12/28/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Community Information Lab; goal: To equip the Baltimore Community Foundation to take a leadership role in addressing its community information needs by participating in the Knight Community Information Lab.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Burnside Farm Detroit)100,000.0016092017-08-04Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7129-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing together art and urban farming by expanding to year-round a series of art installations, performances and gatherings at the farm in a new space.
University Radio Foundation (Earmark: University Radio Foundation Inc)100.0038182017-08-01Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8063-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To address the growth in mobile news consumption by using the NPR One platform to deliver local news, expand overall audience and more deeply engage with the community.
Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Activating Downtown Opa-locka Through THRIVE Campus’s Urban Farm, Urban Market, and Innovation Lab)135,000.0014542017-07-24Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8037-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 06/01/2018; goal: To expand opportunity and drive entrepreneurship in Opa-Locka by supporting the THRIVE Campus' innovation lab & makerspace, urban farm and market.
Sundance Institute (Earmark: Sundance Labs Initiative 2.0)1,500,000.002002017-07-10Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8064-- Grant period: 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2020; goal: To renew the Sundance Labs Initiative, a program that identifies and develops emerging film talent in the eight Knight resident communities.
Duke University (Earmark: Trust & News Initiative: Automating Fact-Checking)808,000.003422017-07-10Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8050-- Grant period: 07/14/2017 - 07/01/2019; goal: To accelerate innovation in the practice of fact checking by supporting new forms and technological approaches to increase accurate information and reduce the spread of misinformation.
MuckRock.com (Earmark: MuckRock)240,000.009252017-07-10Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8060-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 06/01/2019; goal: To improve access to public records for more journalists and communities by expanding the capacity of an organization that has already provided the digital tools to make the process simple and affordable.
Fastrack Institute (Earmark: Miami Mobility Fastrack)200,000.0010432017-07-10Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8027-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 05/31/2018; goal: To address Miami’s long-term transportation challenges by supporting Fastrack Institute, a series of workshops and an open prize competition for innovative urban mobility solutions.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Earmark: Cultural Competency for Journalism Education)134,000.0014632017-06-30Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8029-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 09/28/2018; goal: To promote trust, diversity and excellence in journalism by supporting a pilot program for the development of cultural competency curriculum for journalism education.
Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network (Earmark: DocumentCloud)250,000.006632017-06-30Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8024-- Grant period: 04/30/2017 - 05/30/2018; goal: To improve and make sustainable the popular, open source journalism tool DocumentCloud, to encourage investigative journalism and the exchange of public information.
Macon Children's Hospital (Earmark: Macon Children's Hospital)4,008,000.00442017-06-26Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8021-- Grant period: 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2021; goal: To support construction of the Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital, a planned $63 million facility that will be the only dedicated children’s hospital in Central Georgia.
Veracity.ai (Earmark: Veracity.ai - Disrupting Ad-Supported Online Misinformation)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8019-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 04/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping to curb the financial incentives of creating misleading content with automatically-updated lists of “fake news” websites and easy-to-deploy tools that allow ad buyers to block, in bulk, the domains where misinformation is propagated.
Joostware AI Research Corporation (Earmark: Who Said What)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8020-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 04/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping people more easily fact-check audio and video news clips with a search tool that annotates millions of these clips and allows users to explore both what is said and the identity of the speaker.
Bad Idea Factory (Earmark: The Glorious Contextubot)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8010-- Grant period: 08/01/2017 - 04/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Glorious ContextuBot will help people become better consumers of online audio and video content through a tool that provides the original source of sound bites and when they have been covered on the news.
University of Washington (Earmark: Calling Bullshit in the Age of Fake News)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8006-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Our intent is to develop a curriculum and set of tools for combatting misinformation and fake news—with a particular emphasis on data, figures, visualizations and statistics.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: Social Media Interventions)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8018-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Experimenting with the effectiveness of combatting the spread of misinformation through real-time online interventions, such as direct messages to users who post or share false information.
Politifact (Earmark: Facts Matter)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8007-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping to improve trust in fact-checking, particularly among people who identify as conservative, through experiments including in-person events; a mobile-game that tracks misconceptions about specific facts; diverse commentators who would assess fact-checking reports; and a study of the language used in these reports to determine their effect on perceptions of trustworthiness.
Univision Communications (Earmark: Immigration Lab)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8011-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: This project aims to devise a comprehensive engagement plan for undocumented immigrants and the local community in Gainesville, Georgia. And to create alternative, more effective ways to reach them and to provide a reliable and fact-checked information source on critical issues, with an emphasis on immigration and national security policy.
Periscopic (Earmark: ChartCheck)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8008-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Addressing the spread of misinformation through charts, graphs and data visualizations by fact-checking these resources and publishing results. The team will also build tools to evaluate the spread of these charts on social media and the Internet.[RD1][RD1]Not in fluxx.
Monday Note SAS (Earmark: News Quality Score Project)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8015-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating a tool to surface quality journalism from the web, at scale and in real-time, through algorithms and machine learning. The tool will evaluate and score content on criteria ranging from the notoriety of authors and publishers to an analysis of various components of the story structure.
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Earmark: Putting Civic Online Reasoning in Civics Class)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8017-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating professional development resources for teachers to become better consumers of digital content, in addition to classroom-ready materials that they can use to help students find and assess information online.
University of California, Santa Cruz (Earmark: Breaking Filter Bubbles in Science Journalism)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8004-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We will test the hypothesis that we can improve the reach of accurate science journalism by using decision science and digital platforms to tailor content to diverse communities.
The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Earmark: NewsTracker.org)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8016-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing a tool that combines online news content with engagement data from social media and other sources to help journalists and others better understand the scale, scope and shape of the misinformation problem. The tool will enable content analysis by gathering data about what is being written, by whom, where it is distributed, and the size of the audience consuming it.
KQED (Earmark: Improving Youth Civic Engagement through KQED Learn)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8013-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Encouraging young people to ask critical questions that deepen learning and improve media literacy through KQED Learn, a free online platform for students and teachers that reveals ways to ask good questions, investigate answers and share conclusions.
Hamdan Azhar (Earmark: News Inequality Project)50,000.0022162017-06-22Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8014-- Grant period: 06/19/2017 - 06/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing a web-based analytics dashboard to help media organizations and community organizers understand how – and how often – different communities are covered in news outlets over time.
Downtown Akron Partnership (Earmark: Downtown Akron Partnership 2017)1,516,000.001932017-06-22Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8022-- Grant period: 06/15/2017 - 06/15/2019; goal: To improve public life in the downtown core of Akron through specific public space projects and increased organizational capacity.
Mercer University (Earmark: Center for Collaborative Journalism)2,088,462.001402017-06-22Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8023-- Grant period: 06/10/2017 - 06/30/2021; goal: To expand and replicate successes from the Center for Collaborative Journalism in Macon, which has demonstrably informed and engaged the community.
The Wynwood Yard (Earmark: The Wynwood Yard)104,167.0015962017-06-22Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8025-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 06/01/2019; goal: To support the growth of food entrepreneurs and the continued activation of The Wynwood Yard through public-facing community events and incubator programming.
Jefferson Center (Earmark: Your Voice Ohio)75,000.0019102017-06-16Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8055-- Grant period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018; goal: To expand engaged journalism practices in Akron and other Ohio newsrooms by supporting a cohort of local media outlets to experiment with the adoption of digital tools, public discussion and collaboration in their workflow.
Armando Minjarez-Monarrez (Earmark: Horizontes: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)100,000.0016092017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8001-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Connecting two neighborhoods by painting murals depicting neighborhood residents through an industrial corridor that separates them and engaging residents to reflect on what a “new horizon” for the neighborhood would look like.
North Limestone Community Development Corp. (Earmark: Plant&Play: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)125,000.0014802017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7998-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Building an adventure playscape and community garden in Castlewood Park, a 30-acre neighborhood park on the north end of Lexington.
Nicholas Jensen (Earmark: The Grand Forks Freezeway: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)141,140.0014342017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7996-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Inspiring winter fun and city pride by turning unused bike paths into ice skating paths during winter.
Twin Lakes Library System (Earmark: The Year of Voting Dangerously: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)12,000.0035462017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7999-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Engaging the community with a mobile voting booth that prompts residents to respond to pressing local issues and initiatives.
Little Giant Creative (Earmark: A Dream Deferred - PHL Redlining: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)300,000.006202017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7989-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Building more equitable communities by launching a series of convenings across several cities where decision-makers, social entrepreneurs, activists and innovators discuss equitable community development.
City of Philadelphia (Earmark: PHL Participatory Design Lab: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)338,000.005932017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8000-- Grant period: 06/07/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Providing a space for Philadelphians to design city service solutions with a mobile, participatory city design lab that will travel from neighborhood to neighborhood.
Engage Miami (Earmark: Rep(resentative) MIA: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)124,592.0015152017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7985-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase civic engagement with new content that presents information about citizens’ local representatives and upcoming and recent votes in easily sharable infographics, memes, tweets, and video clips.
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (Earmark: The Vendor Village in the Park: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)176,878.0012212017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7992-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To expand economic opportunity by improving the vibrancy of Mifflin Square Park with improved infrastructure and easier access to permits for local immigrant food vendors, and entrepreneurs.
City of San Jose (Earmark: City Designer for San Jose: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)150,000.0012802017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7994-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To advance public life and create more well-designed public spaces in San Jose by recruiting a City Designer with urban design, planning and transit-oriented development expertise to initiate a long-term Urban Design Agenda for San Jose.
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (Earmark: Tabadul: [Re]Presenting and [Ex]Changing Our America: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)181,400.0012022017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7990-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To provoke dialogue and cultural exchange around immigration and race in Philadelphia with a public art installation that displays youth expressions of identity in a central public space.
Exhibition District (Earmark: Local Color: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)181,400.0012022017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7993-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To bring more vibrancy and strengthen public life in downtown San Jose by establishing a dynamic creative haven and modular, open space for multi-disciplinary learning/teaching in re-imagined vacant commercial sites.
Street Plans (Earmark: Miami-Dade Quickbuild Program: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)156,728.0012632017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7984-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: The Miami-Dade Transportation Quickbuild Program is a county program that seeks to empower citizens to improve their own transportation networks.
The City of West Palm Beach (Earmark: 12 for 12: Pop-up to Rent: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)180,200.0012042017-06-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7986-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 06/07/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Pop-up 12 empty storefronts simultaneously and curate local talent to activate spaces as an economic catalyst.
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (Earmark: Witnessing the Beach: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)101,400.0016072017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7965-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Movable event/exhibit places will be created by a roll-out surface to gather on the beach where 1960 wade-in protests occurred.
Civic Incite (Earmark: Civic Incite: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)105,595.0015872017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7983-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: An online platform that tracks public meetings and legislation across cities to promote in-person citizen engagement with local governments.
Varian Shrum (Earmark: Your Move, Charlotte: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)140,275.0014372017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7968-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase civic engagement through communications and events that connect municipal government staff with millennial Charlotteans to engage with pressing local issues.
Sandra Yu Stahl (Earmark: Happy 18th Birthday! Local Citizenship Kit: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)106,496.0015842017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7978-- Grant period: 06/01/0017 - 12/01/0018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase civic engagement in Detroit youth by developing a Local Citizenship Kit distributed to Detroiters when they turn 18.
City of Detroit Department of Planning and Development (Earmark: Design Center in a Box: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)205,000.0010252017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7976-- Grant period: 06/06/2017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Promoting civic engagement by creating pop-up city planning offices where residents can connect with city planning staff and others to exchange ideas and become informed about the design and planning work happening in their neighborhood and the city at large.
Detroit Bike City (Earmark: Detroit's Slow Roll: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)129,400.0014722017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7977-- Grant period: 06/06/2017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Leveraging the 25,000 cyclists who participate in Slow Roll Detroit and demonstrating how to engage Detroit’s nonprofit sector, drive renewal and smile while doing it.
Manatee County Government (Earmark: Speak Up Bradenton: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)32,300.0029432017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7966-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase civic engagement in Bradenton with a new participation framework that uses technology to give citizens a chance to participate in government decisions in non-traditional settings like bus stops, landmarks and other well-trafficked public spaces.
City of Columbia (Earmark: The State's Front Porch: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)204,256.0010312017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7969-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To support talent retention and attraction in Columbia by supporting activities and providing amenities that attract more people to the State Houseas a place for all community members to meet, linger and socialize.
City of Duluth (Earmark: Making Canal Park Pop: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)201,400.0010422017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7979-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase vibrancy in Duluth by repurposing underused space at the gateway to Canal Park with pop-up installations that attract and connect diverse residents from different backgrounds.
Atwater Beach (Earmark: Atwater Beach: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)225,700.009682017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7970-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase Detroit’s vibrancy by activating a strategic location along the Detroit RiverWalk as a new and diverse gathering place for the entire Detroit community.
Building Community Value (Earmark: Better Buildings, Better Blocks: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)157,500.0012612017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7971-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Expanding economic opportunity by empowering Detroiters to become neighborhood real estate developers through a community-based education program adapted from a University of Michigan course.
Charlotte Center City Partners (Earmark: Rail Trail Grove & Field: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)151,600.0012782017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7967-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase vibrancy and connectivity in Charlotte by turning the Charlotte Rail Trail’s last remaining vacant space into a lively place to connect with nature and neighbors.
Aberdeen Area Community Foundation (Earmark: The A Place: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)35,000.0026682017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7962-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To support talent attraction and integration in Aberdeen with The A Place, a new one-stop information/assistance center for new Aberdeen residents integrated into the new library.
Art x Love, LLC (Earmark: @PLAY: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)260,096.006542017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7964-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To foster civic engagement and increase neighborhood vibrancy with a series of interactive art challenges and playful activities in Akron neighborhoods.
Hunter Franks (Earmark: Innerbelt National Forest: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)224,453.009922017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7963-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase public life in Akron by transforming a decommissioned freeway into a temporary forest and public space.
City of Gary Redevelopment Commission (Earmark: City Church Ruins Garden: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)163,333.0012512017-06-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7980-- Grant period: 05/02/2017 - 06/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To support economic development and downtown vibrancy by investing in the redevelopment of the historic United City Methodist Church which will serve as a cultural anchor in the community.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: Back Lot Drive-In at the Tubman: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)94,325.0018292017-05-26Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7981-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase the vibrancy of downtown Macon by reviving a nearly-forgotten cultural staple, the drive-in movie, in the back lot of the Tubman Museum.
City of Saint Paul (Earmark: Bring Pop Up Meeting and Power to the People: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)74,600.0020212017-05-26Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7995-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase civic engagement in St. Paul by democratizing the process of organizing, and hosting public meetings with free tools available at library locations.
New Town Macon (Earmark: Pop-Up Garage Park: A 2017 Knight Cities Winner)25,500.0030712017-05-19Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7982-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To increase vibrancy in downtown Macon by creating a temporary public space with park-like amenities and event programming in an underutilized garage.
Mint Museum of Art (Earmark: Interactive Staircase)150,000.0012802017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7948-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 08/15/2018; goal: To develop the Interactive Staircase at the Mint Museum Uptown—an architectural installation at the entrance to the building that will utilize technology to increase visitation and enhance the visitor experience.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Earmark: Coyote Treasure Hunt)150,000.0012802017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7952-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/0218; goal: To build on the Museum of Contemporary Art’s visual description software, Coyote, to include a digital scavenger hunt that will encourage museum visitors to locate artworks based on texts.
Museum of Arts & Sciences (Earmark: The Macon Fulldome Film Festival)100,000.0016092017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7953-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/2018; goal: To launch the FullDome Festival in partnership with the Macon Film Festival at The Museum of Arts and Sciences (MAS)—an effort to introduce filmmakers to the technological possibilities of the planetarium and present new artistic works in the fulldome medium.
Minneapolis Institute of Art (Earmark: Open Source Storytelling for Museums)148,800.0014202017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7947-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/2018; goal: To expand and improve the digital storytelling platform Griot, of The Minneapolis Institute of Art — an open sourced software that allows users to explore works of art in the collection on any device.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: The Lumin Experience)150,000.0012802017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7945-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/2018; goal: To support the Detroit Institute of the Art’s launch of Lumin—a mobile tour of the art museum that relies on augmented reality technology.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Earmark: Enhancing the Vizcaya Visitor Experience through 3D Technologies)100,000.0016092017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7956-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/2018; goal: To connect visitors with inaccessible museum holdings at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens through the use of 3D modeling and printing techniques, making visible via technology what would be physically impossible.
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Earmark: Muse: Your Friendly Cultural Companion)150,000.0012802017-05-16Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7944-- Grant period: 05/08/2017 - 07/01/2018; goal: To support Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh’s development of Muse, a new visitor-facing mobile experience that engages museum visitors through fun and informative SMS chatbot messaging.
Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse (Earmark: Up Up & Away: A 2017 Knight Cities Challenge Winner)52,083.0021962017-05-11Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7991-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To better attract and develop talent in North Philadelphia with a new community space within an existing comic book store that will provide robust programming and professional development.
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting)150,000.0012802017-04-28Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7959-- Grant period: 04/01/2017 - 04/01/2019; goal: To increase diversity in the field of journalism by supporting a new organization focused on growing the ranks of investigative journalists from communities of color.
The Associated Press (Earmark: AP Fact Check)245,000.009042017-04-28Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8052-- Grant period: 03/15/2017 - 04/30/2018; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by supporting the Associated Press to expand its fact-checking efforts and disseminate the work through its broad membership network and social media.
CODeLLA.Org (Earmark: Codella Scale Up)100,000.0016092017-04-28Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7961-- Grant period: 02/15/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To support Codella, which aims to help broaden and diversify Miami's growing startup and entrepreneurial community by closing the gender gap in technology through programing that engages and encourages middle school girls to pursue opportunities in computing fields.
SPUR (Earmark: Diridon Station Study Tour)111,135.0015692017-04-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8044-- Grant period: 07/09/2017 - 11/30/2017; goal: To support a study tour in the Netherlands and France for policymakers and agency heads to bring urgency and focus to planning Diridon Station, inspire a shared vision, spark a commitment to action and build relationships amongst key decision-makers.
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) (Earmark: Accelerating the Transformation of Downtown San José's Streets & Bikeways)50,000.0022162017-03-30Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8045-- Grant period: 03/28/2017 - 11/02/2017; goal: To support public life in San José through designing better and safer bike infrastructure and streets.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Audience Engagement Beat Reporting)683,000.003812017-03-29Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8059-- Grant period: 03/20/2017 - 06/01/2019; goal: To promote excellence in journalism by providing training and best practices on how to find, build and engage audiences for news organizations delivering in-depth coverage on single topics.
Richland County Public Library (Earmark: Customer Engagement and Participation Tracking)247,000.008932017-03-29Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7929-- Grant period: 02/01/2017 - 02/01/2018; goal: To help public libraries better measure and use their program attendance data to more effectively design library programming by supporting the development of a patron engagement program designed to build more loyal and engaged customers.
New York University (Earmark: Member-supported journalism)240,000.009252017-03-27Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7924-- Grant period: 03/27/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To spread best practices for audience engagement and membership models to U.S. newsrooms and journalists from a world-leader in member-supported journalism.
University of Wynwood (Earmark: O, Miami Poetry Festival)250,000.006632017-03-24Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4797-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To create "O, Miami", the city's first, world-class poetry festival and the first festival of its kind in the countryMiami is a county-wide poetry festival inaugurating in April 2011. Our goal is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April.
Florida International University (Earmark: The FIU | Miami Urban Future Initiative)1,216,000.002362017-03-23Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7932-- Grant period: 08/21/2017 - 12/31/2021; goal: To expand economic opportunity in Greater Miami by supporting the FIU Miami Urban Future Initiative, which seeks to fill an existing research gap on economic, entrepreneurial, creative and technological assets in the region to provide evidence and inform a strategy to grow a broader, more inclusive innovation economy.
Pérez Art Museum Miami (Earmark: Augmented Reality: Bringing Art to Life)185,000.0011942017-03-23Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7955-- Grant period: 04/01/2017 - 05/01/2018; goal: To support the use of technology to engage PAMM visitors with the collection by creating augmented reality experiences accessed through a mobile application.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (Earmark: Creating a Civic Destination)250,000.006632017-03-23Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7925-- Grant period: 03/01/2017 - 06/30/2017; goal: To support the design and visioning process for transforming the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library into a world leading example of an 21st century urban public library.
New Museum (Earmark: Museum Tech Incubation Track)250,000.006632017-03-20--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7957-- Grant period: 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2018; goal: To accelerate the development of technology that engages museum visitors, by creating a museum technology track at NEW INC, the incubator and professional development program created by the New Museum.
Center for Technology and Civic Life (Earmark: General Operating Support for Center for Technology and Civic Life)508,000.004492017-03-15Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7918-- Grant period: 04/03/2017 - 04/02/2019; goal: To promote civic engagement and provide voters with better information by renewing support to the Center for Technology and Civic Life to train municipal officials to use digital tools for community outreach and elections planning.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (Earmark: Digital Content Strategy & Production)200,000.0010432017-03-15--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7946-- Grant period: 03/15/2017 - 04/30/2018; goal: To create and execute new strategies for the development of digital video and other web-based content that ensures each visitor’s experience is as rich on-line as it is in onsite.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Building Data Capacity)173,329.0012332017-03-15Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7942-- Grant period: 02/28/2017 - 02/28/2018; goal: To help Akron Art Museum visitors better understand artwork in the permanent collection by supporting the research, development and implementation of technology that puts the knowledge of the curator at visitors’ fingertips.
The Barnes Foundation (Earmark: Visual Collections Browser)155,000.0012672017-03-15Arts, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7943-- Grant period: 02/10/2017 - 03/01/2018; goal: To develop technology that allows online visitors to browse works of art by visual characteristics.
Singularity Education Group (Earmark: Open Source Virtual Research Assistant for Writers and Journalists)35,000.0026682017-03-13Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6941-- Grant period: 02/02/2015 - 09/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping content creators discover relevant information faster and more efficiently through a tool that will filter data from news feeds, extract information from metadata and keyword use, and condense it into article summaries.
Max Ogden (Earmark: Dat)50,000.0022162017-03-11Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6001-- Grant period: 06/23/2013 - 01/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Dat seeks to increase the traction of the open data movement by developing better tools for collaboration.A great model of this idea working in a different space is GitHub, which lets software developers find code written by others, adapt it for their own use and make improvements. In a similar fashion, Dat will be a set of tools to store, synchronize, manipulate and collaborate on data in a decentralized fashion, enabling a platform analogous to GitHub to be built on top of it.
NewME (Earmark: NewMe Minority Entrepreneurship Accelerator)191,000.0011822017-02-08Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7931-- Grant period: 02/01/2017 - 12/31/2017; goal: To support NewME Accelerator, which aims to improve the success of minority-led startups through mentorship, coaching, access to funding and community convenings.
Southwest Harbor Public Library (Earmark: Relationship Builder for Omeka)35,000.0026682017-01-26Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7930-- Grant period: 01/26/2017 - 10/31/2017; goal: To make the collections of local libraries more accessible through the creation of library software that reveals connections between digitized images and articles.
Democracy Works (Earmark: Democracy Works)2,516,000.00962017-01-23Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7917-- Grant period: 01/02/2017 - 01/07/2020; goal: To improve Americans’ access to information about elections by building digital tools for employers, universities and election administrators to enable voters to more capably participate in our democracy.
Center for Social Change (Earmark: Eyes on Your Mission)20,000.0032692017-01-02Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7923-- Grant period: 01/02/2017 - 12/31/2017; goal: To support 1) A video production and branding package cost free to one nonprofit team during the Summer 2017 Eyes on Your Mission Academy and 2) an event hosted by Eyes on Your Mission exploring the use of virtual reality in social justice efforts.
The Big House Foundation (Earmark: Big House Museum Music Story Teller Series)10,000.0035802016-12-19Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7702-- Grant period: 11/01/2016 - 10/31/2017; goal: To spark conversations about music through the “Rock ’N’ Roll Music Story” series, which brings renowned musicians, managers and crew members to The Allman Brothers Band Museum to talk about careers in the music business.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Birthplace of Macon Documentary Series)25,000.0030752016-12-19Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7698-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To share the stories of artists and residents and their role in the rebirth of East Macon’s Mill Hill arts village and the Fort Hawkins neighborhood through a serial video and podcast series to be shared through Georgia Public Broadcasting.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Sharing the lessons of Knight-Temple Table Stakes)881,000.003272016-12-12Journalismhttps://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.
Fairmount Park Conservancy (Earmark: Public Spaces to Create a Culture of Engagement)3,296,000.00662016-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8065-- Grant period: 01/02/2017 - 01/01/2020; goal: To develop and implement a citywide civic engagement strategy in Philadelphia by leveraging the city’s Rebuild investment to have the community lead and participate in the programming and activation of Philadelphia’s public and civic assets.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Detroit Local Journalism Engagement Fund)350,000.005742016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7911-- Grant period: 01/02/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To support projects advancing engagement and innovation in local media, with particular emphasis on ethnic media and smaller partners.
Regents of the University of Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Michigan Radio)150,000.0012802016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7915-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the relevance, reach and impact of Michigan Radio's journalism and work of the Detroit Journalism Cooperative through a new initiative designed to deepen community engagement and build a network of community residents participating in meeting community information needs.
The Center for Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Bridge Magazine)700,000.003762016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7914-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the relevance, reach and impact of local accountability reporting and the work of the Detroit Journalism Cooperative by more directly engaging with community residents on how best to meet their information needs.
Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Detroit Public Television)150,000.0012802016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7912-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the relevance, reach and impact of Detroit Public Television's journalism and work of the Detroit Journalism Cooperative through an initiative designed to deepen community engagement and build a network of residents to help them participate in meeting community information needs.
New Michigan Media (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: Ethnic Community Engagement)125,000.0014802016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7913-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the relevance, reach and impact of local journalism by supporting efforts by neighborhood and community news organizations to more directly engage with residents as part of the Detroit Journalism Cooperative.
Wayne State University (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative: WDET)350,000.005742016-12-12Journalism, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7916-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the relevance, reach and impact of WDET's journalism and work of the Detroit Journalism Cooperative through a new initiative designed to deepen community engagement and build a network of community residents participating in meeting community information needs.
Community Partners (Earmark: OpenNews Transition)1,101,730.002522016-12-12Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7907-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 01/05/2018; goal: To support the transition of OpenNews, a successful network of technologists working in journalism, to become an independent organization and to continue to build infrastructure for technologists in journalism.
Black Tech Week LLC (Earmark: BlackTech Week Infrastructure Development & Expansion)1,198,980.002452016-12-12Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7910-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2019; goal: To support the expansion of BlackTech Week and related programming, which promote diversity and inclusivity in entrepreneurship and seek to increase the number of minority-founded, venture-backed, high-growth businesses in Miami and across the U.S.
Institute for Journalism in New Media (Earmark: Newsroom Digital Transformation Project)2,514,500.00972016-12-12Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7908-- Grant period: 12/16/2016 - 02/03/2020; goal: To strengthen local journalism and contribute to its sustainability by expediting the digital and cultural change required for news organizations to compete and meet community information needs in the digital age.
Local Independent Online News Publishers (Earmark: The Local Independent Online News Publishers)200,000.0010432016-11-29Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7875-- Grant period: 11/11/2016 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand the adoption of best practices for journalistic excellence and sustainability by supporting the Local Independent Online News Publishers organization’s peer-to-peer learning network.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: Institute for NonProfit News Training and Digital Hub project)180,000.0012052016-11-29Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7873-- Grant period: 10/20/2016 - 06/30/2018; goal: To increase the success of independent public service news organizations by offering training workshops and a digital knowledge hub to exchange best practices and case studies with a focus on sustainability and technology.
Children’s Hope Chest of Dreams (Earmark: Black Lounge Film Series)60,000.0021032016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7837-- Grant period: 02/01/2018 - 01/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the excellence of African-diaspora cinema to Overtown through a new monthly film series showcasing the black experience from around the world.
Karen Peterson and Dancers (Earmark: Forward Motion: International Physically Integrated Dance)150,000.0012802016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7826-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote Miami as a leader in inclusive arts by launching the first International Physically Integrated Dance Festival featuring dancers with and without disabilities performing together.
Miami New Drama (Earmark: American Clásico: Canon Though a Multicultural Lens)150,000.0012802016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7829-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To find common ground for diverse audiences by creating bilingual adaptions of classic plays including “Our Town,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Miss Julie” at the Colony Theatre.
ProjectArt (Earmark: ProjectArt: Miami)150,000.0012802016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7830-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To immerse neighborhoods in the arts by placing emerging artists in five libraries where they will have studio space in exchange for teaching arts classes in low-income communities.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: Breakin’ Convention Miami)100,000.0016092016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7832-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce South Florida’s hip-hop culture to an international audience by bringing the Breakin’ Convention, a festival of dance and theater, to Miami.
Reading Queer (Earmark: Reading Queer Literary Festival)70,000.0020362016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7835-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2020; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring more queer voices to South Florida by expanding the annual Reading Queer Literary Festival with a series of main stage performances, writers’ workshops and literary installations.
Angel Fraser-Logan Dance Company (Earmark: Ailey Dancer Jamar Roberts returns to Miami)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7842-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire a love of dance by bringing Miami native and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jamar Roberts to South Florida to mentor and teach students, and to choreograph and perform new work.
Everett Osceola (Earmark: N8tive Reel Cinema Festival)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7844-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight the words and works of indigenous peoples by launching the first Southeastern Native American film festival.
Interactive Initiative (Earmark: Outdoor Projection Series)45,000.0025172016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7854-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage neighborhoods in art by transforming building facades with large-scale projections of interactive video and animations by local artists.
Miami Beach Cinematheque (Earmark: Miami Beach Cinematheque Interactive Archive Project)30,000.0029492016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7859-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring a rare collection to the community by digitizing and displaying the cinematheque’s archive of film memorabilia and ephemera.
Community Justice Project (Earmark: Voices: Poetry for the People)25,000.0030752016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7864-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage new audiences in the literary arts by bringing workshops led by poet Aja Monet to grassroots leaders involved in social justice issues.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Return of the Black Ballerina)150,000.0012802016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7827-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the community in the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s first local performance in a decade, with activities surrounding the event at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center.
Historic Hampton House Community Trust (Earmark: Brownsville Unity Music Project)150,000.0012802016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7828-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build on the legacy of the Historic Hampton House, the segregation-era motel in Brownsville once home to a popular jazz club, with a music education program for local youth.
Combat Hippies (Earmark: Weapons of Mass Creation)100,000.0016092016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7833-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage public conversations about the trauma of war by touring a new spoken word performance based on the stories of local veterans and refugees from the Middle East.
The M Ensemble Company (Earmark: The M Ensemble: Returning Home to Liberty City)70,000.0020362016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7836-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote a new home for theater in Liberty City, Sandrell Rivers Theater, where M Ensemble will be a resident company, with a yearlong engagement initiative.
Ali Cultural Arts (Earmark: Miss Masters: Audio at the Ali)60,000.0021032016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7839-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the presence of women in the audio engineering industry with a training program for young women and girls in a historic Pompano Beach building that once boarded African-American jazz musicians.
Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. (Earmark: International Ballet Festival of Miami)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7843-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring a world-class dance experience to Miami’s multicultural audiences through the International Ballet Festival of Miami, which presents more than 20 companies and their ballet stars from around the world in addition to a dance film series, art exhibit, dance book presentation, workshops and classes.
Artists in Residence in the Everglades (Earmark: AIRIE Nest)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7850-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the story of the cultural and ecological forces that shape South Florida by creating an interdisciplinary gallery at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades National Park.
Fringe Projects (Earmark: R & R Studios + Fringe Projects)35,000.0026682016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7858-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To stretch the bounds of public art by partnering with R&R Studios on BEAUTY FOR ALL!!!, R & R's first site-responsive project, an LED-activated mural in Downtown Miami that counteracts the ever-present messages of consumption on signs in the city.
Alexey Taran (Earmark: FLESH)17,000.0034292016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7868-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the dark side of desire, disorders and inner struggles through an experimental theater performance incorporating artists from both sides of the Florida Straits.
Torrance Carter (Earmark: AdHoc Cinema)15,000.0034392016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7870-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster the love and knowledge of film among students by bringing AdHoc Cinema, a traveling film and music series, to local schools.
HistoryMiami Museum (Earmark: Hurricane Andrew 25th Anniversary Exhibition)120,000.0015212016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7831-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew by capturing the storm’s impact through a large-scale moving exhibition.
Artists Within Reach Collective (Earmark: Artists Within Reach: Notes To My Younger Self)60,000.0021032016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7838-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster the next generation of artists by having well-known artists offer professional guidance to young creatives by addressing the question, “If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your younger self?”.
Key West Literary Seminar (Earmark: Island in the Works: Young Writers Studio)52,500.0021922016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7841-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2020; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster engagement with Key West’s literary and cultural history by providing a free, five-day summer program for Key West High School students on the literary and cultural history of the island.
The Bridge (Earmark: Take it to The Bridge)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7851-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide artistic support for musicians by building out an event space and recording room with free production and streaming services.
Carl Juste (Earmark: Havana/Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community)30,000.0029492016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7861-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the many layers and similarities between Cuban and Haitian cultures through a book of photographs and essays, and an accompanying exhibition.
CINTAS Foundation (Earmark: The Craft of Writing: Fellows on Both Sides)25,000.0030752016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7863-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Cuban writers through new fellowships in creative writing for Cubans living on the island and in exile.
Guitars Over Guns (Earmark: Music Is My Weapon)25,000.0030752016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7865-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019.
Miami Music Club (Earmark: Miami Music Club)12,750.0035392016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7871-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a space for underground musicians and artists to come together by producing a series of concerts at traditional art spaces.
Amir Baradaran (Earmark: Facing the Cloud + reStoring Po{AI}try)100,000.0016092016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7834-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To rethink how people produce knowledge and share memories using augmented reality and artificial intelligence in a large-scale participatory art project.
Florida International University (Earmark: Celebrating Miami’s Cuban Heritage)55,000.0021742016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7840-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To honor Miami’s Cuban heritage by dedicating the Miami International GuitART Festival to Cuban music and creating cultural exchanges between Havana and Miami guitar orchestras.
Tarell Alvin McCraney (Earmark: 305/One Festival)50,000.0022162016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7849-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the 305/One Festival, which celebrates the unique storytelling and solo performers coming out of Miami with a series of performances, film screenings and cultural activities.
Dana De Greff (Earmark: PageSlayers Summer Camp)45,000.0025172016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7852-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide fourth- and fifth-grade students in Opa-locka with high-quality writing instruction taught by published and award-winning professional writers of color.
Rhythm Foundation (Earmark: Axis of Love)45,000.0025172016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7853-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a cultural dialogue with communities hit by terrorism and war through “Axis of Love,” a concert series featuring instrumental music from conflict zones.
Hotbox Art (Earmark: Hotbox Art Residency Program 2016)40,000.0025642016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7855-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a catalyst for transforming the West Palm Beach Northwest Historic District by turning the shotgun homes into spaces for artist residencies for community engagement.
ArtCenter South Florida (Earmark: Art-in-Public-Life)35,000.0026682016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7857-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring art into public planning by embedding artists in city governments as part of a residency program that helps to develop solutions to policy concerns.
Alma Dance Theater (Earmark: Alma Dance Theater presents: Flowers for Spring)15,000.0034392016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7869-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use contemporary dance to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and to engage people afflicted by them.
Symone Titania (Earmark: The Unvoiced Community: BBQ Men & Women of Goulds)12,500.0035402016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7872-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the stories of the barbecue vendors of South Dade’s Goulds neighborhood with a photo documentary project and community celebration.
Bas Fisher Invitational (Earmark: NOMADIC MIAMI: Letting Artists Lead the Way)300,000.006202016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7825-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To experiment with new models for presenting art through Nomadic Miami, a series of roving exhibitions, performances and programs in specific locations determined by cutting-edge artists.
Michael Graves Education (Earmark: Origami Everglades)40,000.0025642016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7856-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To heighten public awareness about the importance of the Everglades to Miami’s future with life-size sculptures of endangered animals made through origami.
Juggerknot Theatre Company (Earmark: Miami Motel Stories)30,000.0029492016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7860-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore Miami’s many layers by presenting immersive, real-time theater experiences in three motel rooms or buildings that tell the stories of the city’s emerging neighborhoods.
Nathaniel Sandler (Earmark: Crypt Cracking: Uncovering the Unseen in SoFlo Museums)25,000.0030752016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7862-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce more people to the collections of museums through essays, tours and events focused on the many interesting items the institutions have but aren’t able to display year round.
IFE-ILE (Earmark: IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Festival)20,000.0032692016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7866-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To link Afro-Cuban culture in Miami and Havana by providing dancers and instructors from the island to participate in a cultural exchange project as part of the group’s annual summer dance festival.
The Screening Room (Earmark: The Screening Room, Miami)20,000.0032692016-11-28Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7867-- Grant period: 12/13/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand multimedia artistic programming in Miami through new installations at Wynwood’s The Screening Room.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Knight Network at IRE and NICAR Conferences)75,000.0019102016-11-23Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7874-- Grant period: 11/15/2016 - 11/15/2017; goal: To support the exchange of best practices and to increase diversity among investigative journalists, data journalists and technologists during annual meetings of the Investigative Reporter & Editors association and the National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting in 2017.
Peer 2 Peer University LLC (Earmark: Expanding the learning circle program)135,000.0014542016-11-23Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7928-- Grant period: 11/15/2016 - 12/31/2017; goal: To provide follow-on funding for Peer 2 Peer University, a previous Knight News Challenge on Libraries winner, to scale and expand their “learning circle” program to 10 cities, 6 of which will be Knight communities.
National Association of Broadcasters (Earmark: PILOT Innovation Challenge)208,333.0010162016-11-23Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7877-- Grant period: 10/15/2016 - 04/01/2019; goal: To promote innovation in the broadcast news industry by supporting two annual competitions that will identify, test, and validate ideas to serve the information needs of local communities.
Praisefest (Earmark: Praisefest)20,000.0032692016-11-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7884-- Grant period: 08/01/2016 - 08/19/2016; goal: To celebrate gospel music with a free inspirational concert series that pairs local artists with national talent.
Xoxo Performance (Earmark: #cake)31,250.0029452016-11-23Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7903-- Grant period: 06/30/2016 - 05/31/2017; goal: To explore the question, “What is the American dream in the 21st century,” through an immersive theater piece based on interviews of Charlotte residents and structured partly as a “choose-your-own-adventure” experience through Uptown".
One Degree (Earmark: One App by One Degree)250,000.006632016-11-17--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7848-- Grant period: 10/31/2016 - 09/30/2017; goal: To provide follow on support for the development of One App, a tool that will develop a standard application for nonprofit and government social service programs.
Que-OS (Earmark: BOOM Festival 2017)35,000.0026682016-11-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7902-- Grant period: 03/06/2017 - 05/26/2017; goal: To support cutting-edge art through the 2017 BOOM Festival, a three-day fringe festival of dance, theater, visual arts, music and spoken word performances at three venues in the Plaza-Midwood neighborhood.
Charlotte Black Film Festival (Earmark: Charlotte Black Film Festival)5,000.0037412016-11-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7890-- Grant period: 01/02/2017 - 06/02/2017; goal: To increase opportunities for black filmmakers and actors in Charlotte and to bring more films by African-Americans to local audiences by supporting the 2017 festival.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Earmark: Public Library Innovation Exchange)250,000.006632016-11-15Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7927-- Grant period: 11/01/2016 - 04/02/2018; goal: To promote innovation in public libraries through a residency program at the MIT Media Lab that will enable libraries and technologists to collaborate on potential model projects.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Learning Community Cohort)75,000.0019102016-11-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7938-- Grant period: 08/18/2016 - 06/30/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support the Charlotte Arts & Science Council's programs to improve the ability of emerging cultural organizations to adapt to 21st-century trends in philanthropy, organizational development and audience engagement.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Learning Community Cohort)75,000.0019102016-11-15Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7887-- Grant period: 08/18/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To help emerging cultural organizations improve their ability to adapt to 21st century trends in philanthropy, organizational development and audience engagement through a workshop series and individual coaching.
Society for News Design Foundation (Earmark: SND Digital Design Training)200,000.0010432016-11-11Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7876-- Grant period: 12/01/2016 - 12/31/2018; goal: To advance journalistic excellence by expanding the digital capacities and training efforts of the Society of News Design, a network of journalists and media professionals sharing best practices in design.
The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University (Earmark: After/Life)100,000.0016092016-11-05Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7785-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the stories of the many overlooked women and girls involved in the 1967 Detroit unrest by bringing together oral history, theatre, poetry and dance in "AFTER/LIFE," a new production developed by Lisa Biggs.
Quartz (Earmark: Quartz Bot Studio)250,000.006632016-11-04Journalism, Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7845-- Grant period: 11/01/2016 - 12/31/2018; goal: Quartz, a division of The Atlantic Monthly Group, will experiment with new ways to create and deliver news and information using bots, natural-language processing, artificial intelligence, and related technologies.
100 Words Film Festival, LLC (Earmark: 100 Words Film Festival)10,416.0035792016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7905-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 01/20/2017; goal: To help professional and student filmmakers develop storytelling skills through an innovative festival that democratizes the filmmaking process.
OnQ Performing Arts (Earmark: Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.) by Concrete Generation)30,000.0029492016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7899-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 04/28/2017; goal: To refine, record and present in Charlotte the play “Miles & Coltrane,” an original work developed by OnQ that has toured internationally.
Step Afrika! USA (Earmark: Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence)84,722.0018672016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7782-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share the story of the Great Migration through dance, by bringing Step Afrika!’s full-length dance piece based on artist Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series to Detroit.
Detroit Historical Society (Earmark: Detroit ’67: Looking Back to Move Forward)200,000.0010432016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7788-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the community in the creation of an exhibition that spans 100 years, puts the unrest in context and uses the city’s collective history to help residents define Detroit’s future.
Zimbabwe Cultural Centre of Detroit (Earmark: The Jit Exchange)11,000.0035692016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7791-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To unite dance styles from the same era, from two continents, by bringing Zimbabwean dancers to Detroit.
New Music Detroit (Earmark: Detroit Industry)36,300.0026602016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7802-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build community around one of Detroit’s artistic treasures – Diego Rivera’s frescoes at the Detroit Institute of Arts – by commissioning a major new chamber music work inspired by them and in honor of their 85th anniversary.
InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Earmark: A Laureate Leads Us)25,000.0030752016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7807-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To identify and celebrate new young poets through an annual writing contest that will select the next Detroit Youth Poet Laureate.
Final Girls (Earmark: Final Girls)7,500.0036912016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7811-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support female filmmakers in Detroit through a filmmaking collective that will host workshops, screenings and master classes.
Essay’d (Earmark: Essay'd)30,000.0029492016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7812-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote critical discourse on the the arts in Detroit through a series of activities, including peer-reviewed, career-survey essays on Detroit artists, public workshops that broaden the scope and skill set for written criticism, and artist talks that raise awareness of Detroit’s thriving art scene.
Britney Stoney (Earmark: Save Yourself)10,000.0035802016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7816-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share an artist’s creative journey by touring an original musical about following your dreams.
ARTS.BLACK (Earmark: Detroit Three – ARTS.BLACK)15,000.0034392016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7821-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To document and magnify the city’s arts scene with an online journal of critical discourse shared from the black perspective.
Alicia Diaz (Earmark: Dangerous Times, Dangerous Responses)79,359.0019022016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7781-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To examine Detroit’s role as a sanctuary for Central American refugees in the 1980s through a multimedia exhibition.
Detroit Public Theatre (Earmark: Detroit ’67 Mobile Production)60,000.0021032016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7786-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spark meaningful dialogue in communities and schools across the city with a mobile production of “Detroit ’67,” a play by native Detroiter Dominique Morisseau about a brother and sister who find themselves caught up in the uprising.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: Found Footage Detroit: Summer 1967)30,000.0029492016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7787-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer a raw look at the 1967 era in Detroit by presenting an immersive screening of unedited archival films and crowd-sourced home movies from the period, in partnership with the Detroit Free Press, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Walter P. Reuther Library and the Prelinger Archives.
Shannon Cason (Earmark: Shannon Cason’s Homemade Stories Live)65,000.0020752016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7795-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spotlight the best national and local storytellers through a monthly event, Homemade Stories Live.
The Hinterlands (Earmark: The Enemy of My Enemy)70,000.0020362016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7797-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore external narratives and perceptions of the United States by collaborating with artists from China, Russia and Iran to write new works about Americans and perform them in Detroit and online.
Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD) (Earmark: Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD))7,300.0037042016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7814-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote wire-car culture through an interactive website that serves as a resource for wire-car makers and enthusiasts, and to create a mobile parking structure to showcase models by association members.
CAN Art Handworks (Earmark: The CAN Art Wind Turbine Project)50,000.0022162016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7815-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Detroiters in a sustainability project in a playful manner by having artist Carl Nielbock create wind turbine sculptures in Eastern Market that power cellphone charging stations and help irrigate urban crops.
Midtown Detroit (Earmark: DLECTRICITY Commissions Multidisciplinary Artist Rashaad Newsome)75,000.0019102016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7779-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen DLECTRICITY by bringing multidisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome to debut a new video installation that explores Detroit’s history, and to lead a processional performance that opens the festival.
What Pipeline (Earmark: What Pipeline Presents Pope.L in Detroit)30,000.0029492016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7794-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring daring contemporary art to Detroit by inviting visual artist Pope.L for a unique exhibit and performance.
The Aadizookaan (Earmark: MAWADISIDIWAG (They Visit Each Other))50,000.0022162016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7798-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share Detroit stories in the tradition of indigenous communities by using multimedia tools that travel to communities in a mobile storytelling unit.
Seraphine Collective (Earmark: Beatmatch Brunch with Mother Cyborg)15,175.0034382016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7799-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring new voices to the electronic music scene with workshops to train and build community among female-identified DJs.
Saundra Little and Karen Burton (Earmark: Noir Design Parti: African-American Architects in Detroit)34,775.0029352016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7800-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To document the professional journeys and creative works of Detroit’s black architects through a series of videos, photographs, maps and tours.
Kristi Faulkner Dance (Earmark: Not In My House: A Performance Celebrating LGBT Identity)30,000.0029492016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7804-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore themes of identity and gender with an original performance work created with LGBT youth from the Ruth Ellis Center.
Bree Gant (Earmark: AfroFuture Past: Dance, Fashion and the Diaspora)8,000.0036792016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7817-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the intersection of African cultural traditions in Detroit’s art scene today with AfroFuturePast, which includes zines, short dance films and community events.
Barbara Barefield (Earmark: JazzSpace Detroit: A Photographic Journey)20,000.0032692016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7819-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share Detroit’s musical heritage by creating a permanent, accessible archive of Barefield’s jazz photos, music posters and art, to update her 1979 book “JazzSpace Detroit,” and present a concert and exhibit representing 40 years of jazz and creative musicians.
Emily Kutil (Earmark: Black Bottom Street View)15,000.0034392016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7823-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To connect Detroit residents with the Burton Historic Collection’s photographs of the former Black Bottom neighborhood through a website that maps the images and serves as a platform for neighborhood histories.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Earmark: Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance)67,000.0020722016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7784-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To examine how music can be a catalyst for social change with a large-scale group exhibition called “Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance,” which looks at the connections between Detroit’s music and visual arts scenes and its political history.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Earmark: Detroit ’67 Rebellion: Inside and Out)125,000.0014802016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7789-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the arts to examine the 1967 civil unrest in historical context, and broaden the conversation around the city’s future, with a series of exhibitions, performance art and a memorial fence that will gather Detroiters’ reflections.
The Scarab Club of Detroit (Earmark: Live at the Scarab Club)52,238.0021932016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7796-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen a hub for the city’s creative community with a concert series, “Live at the Scarab Club,” that mixes music, historical narratives, visual arts and poetry.
Nichole Christian (Earmark: Detroit See Me)6,000.0037232016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7801-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To saturate the city with the faces of resilient and hopeful Detroit youth through a traveling exhibit and limited edition photo book.
Jeff Sturges (Earmark: Social Sound Synthesizers)25,000.0030752016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7806-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform the act of learning to play music by creating new sound synthesizers that are inexpensive and easy to use, and invite collaborative play.
Focus: HOPE (Earmark: How Ma Bell Got Her Groove Back: Detroit for Real)164,750.0012482016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7809-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To turn the historic Michigan Bell Telephone building into a canvas for Detroit stories by projecting on it new works of light art, video and photographs.
Fringe Society (Earmark: The Stitching Hour)10,500.0035782016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7810-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the wonder of traditional textile production by having fiber and textile artists take over storefront windows on the Avenue of Fashion and turn them into studios for spinning, dyeing and weaving fabrics.
Detroit Youth Volume (Earmark: Jazz Violin “The Detroit Way”)51,623.0022082016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7813-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire the young classical violinists training with this group to become jazz musicians by employing local jazz artists as teachers.
Beautifully Wrapped (Earmark: Beautifully Wrapped and the Head Wrap Expo)45,000.0025172016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7818-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore themes of identity, fashion and cultural assimilation through “Beautifully Wrapped,” an interfaith, traveling exhibit on the art of head wrapping among Sikh Indians, Rastafarians, the Amish, Muslims and others.
12-and-Under Super Cool Poetry Open Mic (Earmark: 12-and-Under Super Cool Poetry Open Mic and Workshop)15,000.0034392016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7822-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a youth-driven open mic series, hosted by a 10-year-old poet, at prominent cultural institutions in Detroit.
WDET (Earmark: Detroit Storymakers Project)100,000.0016092016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7783-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen the craft of storytelling in Detroit by developing a network of multimedia artists and empowering them to share their stories with a wider audience – on the radio, online and in public spaces.
Big City Films (Earmark: 50 Years and One Summer)100,000.0016092016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7790-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the community in a dialogue on race relations and the unrest of 1967, conversations that will ultimately shape a school curriculum for a new documentary series on the events of that summer.
Young Nation (Earmark: On TAP)37,000.0026572016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7792-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the development of local artists by turning garages into artists’ studios in addition to holding hip-hop arts workshops and experiences that culminate in a large public art project.
Sidewalk Detroit and the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (Earmark: Busk in the Cut)154,000.0012712016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7793-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the Dequindre Cut alive with artists from around the world in “Busk the Cut,” an international festival of street performers, circus arts, graffiti artists and world music.
Lawrence Technological University Detroit Studio (Earmark: Mapping Cart)10,000.0035802016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7803-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To reconstruct Detroit’s historic West End in maps by creating a tapestry of paintings, drawings, pictures and infographics of the neighborhood created by the community using a mobile mapping cart.
Jehan Mullin (Earmark: The Taste of Displacement)15,000.0034392016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7805-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the multimedia artist, Dena Al-Adeeb, and her interactive art project, “The Taste of Displacement,” to Detroit where she will develop a site-specific piece that explores local Arab-American experiences through video and performance art.
Greg Baise (Earmark: Prisoner’s Song)6,000.0037232016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7808-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the experience of the incarcerated and prison life in America through a multimedia performance presented at four neighborhood venues.
A Host of People (Earmark: The Other Hand)25,000.0030752016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7820-- Grant period: 11/05/2016 - 12/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate difference with a new experimental play and performance series exploring the in-between spaces of those who hold multiple identities of race, culture, gender and sexuality.
North Rosedale Park Civic Association (Earmark: Great Art! Great Park!)76,000.0019072016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7780-- Grant period: 11/03/2016 - 11/03/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To continue the transformation of this neighborhood’s 7-acre park by working with local artists to create installations along the 5-mile walkway that borders it.
SoundX LLC (Earmark: Corner Concerts)5,000.0037412016-11-03Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7703-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 07/31/2017; goal: To bring the arts into people’s everyday lives for the second year with 'Corner Concerts,’ a series of pop-up live music events in vacant and underutilized spaces across downtown Macon.
Phillips Performing Arts Foundation (Earmark: Performing Arts Summer Camp)5,000.0037412016-10-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7883-- Grant period: 06/01/2017 - 07/28/2017; goal: To foster the next generation of artists with a three-week summer camp focused on dance and music.
ArtPop (Earmark: ArtPop)25,000.0030752016-10-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7886-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 07/28/2017; goal: To bring the work of 20 local artists to more people by expanding community programming around ArtPop, which displays art on billboards and other available media space.
ArtPop (Earmark: ArtPop)25,000.0030752016-10-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7937-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 07/28/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To promote the work of local artists through ArtPop (#ArtPopCLT) - a program that displays the work of emerging artists on billboards, transit facilities and other public media spaces throughout the metro Charlotte region.
University of St. Thomas (Earmark: I'm Going to Vote Today!)170,275.0012352016-10-27Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7181-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: We'll increase voter turnout by distributing 'I'm Going to Vote Today!' stickers to every registered voter just before Election Day.
The University of Akron (Earmark: SYNAPSE: Steam into Stem)20,000.0032692016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7761-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the connections between art and science by bringing nationally recognized artists to Akron to explore the power of biodesign, which takes inspiration from nature.
The Devil Strip (Earmark: Live at Lock 4)35,000.0026682016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7763-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase local musicians and bring more people to cultural events downtown by strengthening a free summer music series at Lock 4.
Inlet Dance (Earmark: When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Creative Path)15,650.0034372016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7767-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To demonstrate the possibilities of careers in the arts with a two-week residency at local high schools where students create new pieces alongside professionals.
City of Akron (Earmark: The Akron Summer Arts Experience)143,000.0014302016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7774-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide quality dance and music performances for free during the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival.
Neos Dance Theatre (Earmark: Lose Your Marbles. A dance-centric, performance art Fringe Festival)30,000.0029492016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7764-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage new voices and risk-taking art by launching an Akron Fringe Festival that showcases visual and performing arts.
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation (Earmark: Storefront Echoes)34,398.0029362016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7768-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform a slice of East Akron by commissioning an artist to help turn an underused parking lot into a vibrant space for a farmers market.
Downtown Akron Partnership (Earmark: Akron High Arts Festival)154,000.0012712016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7770-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To elevate and celebrate Akron’s arts community by expanding the Akron Art Prize into a 30-day festival featuring local artists chosen through a competitive process.
David Morgan (Earmark: Blue Is More Than A Color)35,000.0026682016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7771-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring attention to Akron’s jazz scene with a concert and recording of a local composer’s work performed by a local jazz ensemble and guest artists.
Danny Volk (Earmark: Made-up with Danny Volk - The Akron Sessions)12,500.0035402016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7772-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote local artists through an Akron-based season of “Made-Up With Danny Volk,” a performance art piece where Volk interviews local creatives while they create art on the host’s face using makeup.
Carla Davis Music (Earmark: Were You There? – An Interactive Experience in Spirituals)3,900.0038102016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7773-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share spirituals, the stories they tell and how they influenced today’s music through a series that recounts tenor Roland Hayes’ groundbreaking 1928 concert for Tuesday Musical Association.
Apollo's Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (Earmark: MUSIC ALIVE! Folk + Baroque Concerts at the Akron Art Museum)65,000.0020752016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7775-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring new audiences to music with a series of free baroque and American folk music concerts that cater to spaces at the Akron Art Museum.
Community Hall Foundation (Earmark: World [email protected] Civic)25,000.0030752016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7776-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To honor the city’s cultural diversity through a world music series that celebrates traditions from Asia, Latin America, Europe and Native American cultures.
Keepers of the Art Education (Earmark: The Annual International Hip-Hop Preservation Project)69,100.0020612016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7765-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To counteract the commercialization of rap music and culture through community-based re-education about its history and impact during an annual festival.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: Decompression Chamber)40,000.0025642016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7760-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help ease workplace stress with Tuesday Musical’s Decompression Chamber, which will bring free mini-concerts to employees and clients.
Karen Star (Earmark: If This Wallpaper Could Talk)23,081.0032532016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7766-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the quirky style, history and people of Akron through a book of portraits and stories exploring the relationship between Akronites and their wallpaper.
91.3 FM The Summit (Earmark: The 330 Road Show)16,058.0034302016-10-26--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7762-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; goal: To promote local and regional musicians with the “330 Road Show,” a series of pop-up concerts in neighborhoods around Akron featuring the artists who are streamed on the Summit’s new online “330” channel.
Dylan Yellowlees (Earmark: Akron LGBT Film, Music and Arts Festival)21,000.0032642016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7769-- Grant period: 10/26/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the LGBT community together through a festival of film, music and other genres of art.
Laurie Caner (Earmark: Canal Stories Through Song & Illustration)22,897.0032562016-10-26Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7759-- Grant period: 10/25/2016 - 12/15/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Akron’s heritage by creating a book and CD of original illustrations and songs based on stories about the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Public Radio International (Earmark: PRI UnConvention: Transition 2016)50,000.0022162016-10-24Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7824-- Grant period: 10/24/2016 - 02/28/2017; goal: To test a new model of nonpartisan audience engagement to reach millennials through a partnership with Public Radio International, Facebook and Mic.
One Voice Chorus (Earmark: Codebreaker)10,000.0035802016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7900-- Grant period: 01/01/2017 - 07/23/2017; goal: To tell the story of Alan Turing, a computer scientist who helped the British break the Nazi’s secret codes and was later prosecuted for being gay, by performing the U.S. premiere of composer James McCarthy’s “Codebreaker” in partnership with the Nashville Harmony Chorus.
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society (Earmark: Brahms v. Radiohead)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7894-- Grant period: 12/01/2016 - 02/17/2017; goal: To engage new audiences in classical music with a performance of an unexpected mash-up of Brahms and Radiohead.
Jazz Arts Initiative (Earmark: Jazz Room Series Expansion)60,000.0021032016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7896-- Grant period: 10/21/2016 - 09/16/2017; goal: To bring iconic jazz music to more residents by expanding the monthly series Jazz Room at The Stage Door Theater.
Caroline Calouche & Co. (Earmark: First Annual Show at Romare Bearden Park)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7889-- Grant period: 08/01/2016 - 09/29/2017; goal: To engage Charlotte audiences in contemporary dance and circus arts with a new, site-specific outdoor show at First Ward Park in September 2017.
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte (Earmark: Dual Perspectives)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7885-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To commission and produce two original works on one theme – one created from the vantage point of adults, the other of and for children.
Andreas H. Bechtler Arts Foundation (Earmark: Community Outreach, Access and Inclusion)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7888-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To expand the museum’s programming beyond its walls by providing access to art and arts education to seniors, the incarcerated, people with limited sight and others.
Mint Museum of Art (Earmark: State of the Art)75,000.0019102016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7897-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To bring an acclaimed exhibit to Charlotte that focuses on the range of work being created today in the United States by contemporary artists who live outside of New York and Los Angeles.
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts (Earmark: 4x4CLT: Poetry in Public Spaces)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7891-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To bring poetry into everyday spaces through 4x4CLT, which combines four poems from acclaimed poets with four works of art from local and regional artists, on posters that will be displayed in public spaces.
Opera Carolina (Earmark: Opera Unlimited)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7898-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To bring opera into people’s everyday lives by supporting Opera Unlimited, a series of small-scale performances, in conjunction with community partners, that reached 25,000 people last year.
Tosco Music Parties (Earmark: Tosco Music Parties for Seniors)5,000.0037412016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7904-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To expand Tosco Music’s sing-a-long series, which engages senior audiences in musical performances.
Field Note Stenographers (Earmark: Diggin' the Field)10,000.0035802016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7878-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To encourage a deeper appreciation of the local music scene by supporting the “Diggin’ the Field” podcast, which complements the group’s popular blog and is co-hosted online by Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Field Note Stenographers (Earmark: Diggin' the Field)10,000.0035802016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7939-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase resident awareness of the live music scene in Macon through support for the production of Diggin' in the Field - a monthly podcast that reviews music shows by local artists.
Museum of Arts & Sciences (Earmark: Art on the Trail)25,000.0030752016-10-21Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7879-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 07/28/2017; goal: To expand the museum’s impact by adding a climbing structure created by regional artists, sculptural seating and site-specific art installations along a popular walking trail.
The Rose Ensemble (Earmark: Musique et Masqueray)21,500.0032612016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7744-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To commemorate St. Paul’s connection with the French architect Emmanuel Masqueray through world-class concerts presented in two of the churches he designed, which will be accompanied by visual exhibits.
Brad Kaspari (Earmark: Wilder Gateway)35,000.0026682016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7733-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build a sculptural gateway for Wilder Playground that welcomes visitors and serves as a public art learning site for nearby City Academy High School.
Funny Asian Women...K (FAWK) (Earmark: Empowering Asian Women Through Comedy)45,000.0025172016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7739-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To host monthly comedy cabarets to talk about difficult issues Asian-American women encounter every day in Minnesota.
Springboard for the Arts (Earmark: C/Art: Lowertown)30,000.0029492016-10-11--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7741-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 10/11/2016.
Twin Cities Media Alliance (Earmark: Our Space Is Spoken For)45,000.0025172016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7747-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore how marginalized communities redefine and negotiate space with a storytelling project where spoken word poets, and performance and visual artists adapt residents’ essays and perform them in the spaces on which the stories are based.
Twin Cities Public Television (Earmark: ART Is)33,435.0029382016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7748-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase the work of emerging artists by engaging exceptional St. Paul artists of color to curate work in the TPT Street Space.
Nick Mamayek and Wes Winship (Earmark: Hamline-Midway Historical Retrospective Murals)20,000.0032692016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7737-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring beauty and pride to the Hamline-Midway neighborhood through a historical retrospective of outdoor murals on a blighted building undergoing renovation.
Richard Chin (Earmark: St. Paul Snowblower Ballet)34,338.0029372016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7740-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform the dreary toil of snow removal into joyful art with a ballet in which performers, equipped with snowblowers and shovels, stage a dance spectacle set to live music.
TaikoArts Midwest (Earmark: Taiko Tuesdays)30,000.0029492016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7743-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the impact and accessibility of taiko, the ensemble drumming rooted in Japanese traditions, with a monthly series of free pop-up concerts throughout St. Paul.
TruArtSpeaks (Earmark: St. Paul Youth Poet Laureate)16,000.0034332016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7746-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To amplify the voices of young writers through a youth poet laureate program that publishes their work, invites them to participate in civic activities throughout the year and provides a platform for modeling leadership through critical thought, voice and performance.
India Association of Minnesota (Earmark: IndiaFest 2017)52,000.0021982016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7752-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase the experience of India through a one-day festival of music, movement and mudras, ranging from classical traditions to today’s boot-stomping Bollywood.
Jehra Patrick (Earmark: Emerging Curators Fellowship)40,000.0025642016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7753-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish and build the individual practices of emerging curators from diverse backgrounds through a yearlong research, professional development and presentation fellowship.
Mizna (Earmark: Arab Film Fest: The St. Paul Edition)20,000.0032692016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7756-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To counter anti-Arab and anti-Muslim perceptions through independent Arab cinema, brought to five St. Paul college campuses and their surrounding neighborhoods.
Asian Economic Development Association (Earmark: Light Up the Night Market!)75,000.0019102016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7732-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To feature Asian-American artists at the Little Mekong Night Market with a gallery of original poster art reflecting Asian-American community life.
Cedarside (Earmark: Blessing the Boats)35,000.0026682016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7734-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019.
Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) (Earmark: CLUES Fiesta Latina)60,000.0021032016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7735-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the diverse art and culture of Latinos in Minnesota through a festival of music, dance, murals, photography and folkloric traditions during Latino Heritage Month.
Frogtown Neighborhood Association (Earmark: Frogtown Garage Concert Series)15,000.0034392016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7738-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To shine a spotlight on Frogtown’s diverse music scene and build community through a series of garage concerts that connect neighbors, artists and music lovers.
Mixed Blood Theatre (Earmark: Safe at Home)50,000.0022162016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7755-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the coexistence of arts, sports, politics and commerce through a site-specific theatrical extravaganza produced at the St. Paul Saints’ CHS Field.
Nathanael Flink (Earmark: Space 369 (II))5,000.0037412016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7736-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight local and regional artists at Space 369, an alternative, artist-run gallery in the Creative Enterprise Zone.
Sun Mee Chomet (Earmark: The Sex Show)50,000.0022162016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7742-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore sexuality and stereotypes in the Asian-American community with a new play.
Transforming Central (Earmark: Celebrating Central High’s 150th Anniversary Through Photography)5,000.0037412016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7745-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Minnesota’s oldest high school by having artist Chris Faust take photographs of Central High School’s community, which will be displayed alongside similar historic images for an outdoor art exhibit.
VocalEssence (Earmark: WITNESS 2017 - Underground Railroad)40,000.0025642016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7749-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To illuminate St. Paul’s historic role as a sanctuary for the oppressed by raising up immigrant voices, past and present, through workshops and concerts.
St. Paul Ballet (Earmark: The Art of Boxing, the Sport of Ballet)52,555.0021912016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7750-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring together the worlds of boxing and ballet with a performance that features professionals from both disciplines in two acts, under one roof, with a live feed outdoors for the entire community.
IFP Minnesota (Earmark: Stories That Unite)10,000.0035802016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7751-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To illuminate the stories of East Africans by uniting youth from Skyline Tower and Gordon Parks High School to create short documentary films.
Minnesota Museum of American Art (Earmark: Hmong Murals on Fourth Street)13.0038192016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7754-- Grant period: 10/11/2016 - 12/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase how Hmong textile traditions have found resonance in contemporary forms and urban spaces through murals created by Australian artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue.
Afoutayi Dance, Music and Arts Company (Earmark: Afoutayi eighth annual Haitian Dance, Music and Arts Festival)26,000.0030672016-10-11Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7730-- Grant period: 10/10/2016 - 10/10/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate and build understanding of Haitian culture through dance and drumming workshops, performances and community gatherings.
Zeitgeist (Earmark: Crocus Hill: A Ghost Story)862,633.003312016-10-10Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7731-- Grant period: 09/01/2016 - 11/01/2020; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2016 Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul. To engage audiences in the tale of a St. Paul Victorian mansion possessed by malevolent spirits through the talents of Zeitgeist composer/flutist Julie Johnson and writer Cheri Johnson.
The University of Akron (Earmark: W. Gerald Austen Endowed Chair in Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron)3,000,000.00762016-10-05Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7778-- Grant period: 09/19/2016 - 12/31/2017; goal: To create the W. Gerald Austen Endowment in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron to help attract world-class research faculty and top students.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Reimagining the Civic Commons)6,068,000.00122016-09-29Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6928-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2019; goal: To promote economic opportunity and strengthen civic engagement in Knight cities by investing in a connected set of civic assets as demonstration projects to reimagine the civic commons and support participating cities with a national learning network.
News Literacy Project (Earmark: Virtual Classroom)225,000.009692016-09-21Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7726-- Grant period: 09/15/2016 - 09/30/2017; goal: To address the lack of trust in media and to promote news literacy among members of the next generation through an online interactive educational program.
City of Tallahassee, Office of the Mayor (Earmark: The Longest Table)57,250.0021712016-09-21Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7184-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Building cross-community relationships with an expanded series of community conversations over meals in 100 homes.
Invest Detroit Foundation (Earmark: Strategic Neighborhood Fund)1,512,500.001952016-09-20Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7960-- Grant period: 11/01/2016 - 12/31/2019; goal: To expand opportunity and retain talent in Detroit by contributing to a public-private revolving loan and grant fund to support local retail, mixed-income housing and public amenity improvements.
The New School (Earmark: Journalism + Design expansion)1,360,333.002192016-09-20Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7757-- Grant period: 10/01/2016 - 10/31/2019; goal: To accelerate digital transformation in journalism by supporting the expansion of The New School’s Journalism + Design undergraduate program to other universities around the country, while making the university an innovation and design learning hub for professional journalists.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism)3,516,000.00592016-09-20Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7777-- Grant period: 10/01/2016 - 10/31/2021; goal: To promote digital and cultural transformation inside news organizations and universities by supporting the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to expand its innovative approaches to education, provide thought leadership, and facilitate networks to drive adoption of new ideas and best practices.
The Steve Fund (Earmark: Operational and Programmatic support of The Steve Fund)313,000.006102016-09-20Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7729-- Grant period: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2018; goal: To support the mental and emotional well-being of young people of color by conducting research and outreach in collaboration with Crisis Text Line, a service providing crisis counseling to teens via SMS.
Crisis Text Line (Earmark: Young People of Color Mental Health Initiative)300,000.006202016-09-20Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7728-- Grant period: 09/30/2016 - 08/31/2018; goal: To conduct research and expand the capabilities of Crisis Text Line, a service providing crisis counseling to teens via text message, to better assist racially diverse populations.
The 567 Center for Renewal (Earmark: Lost Keys Literary Festival)10,000.0035802016-09-20Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7701-- Grant period: 09/26/2016 - 10/28/2016; goal: To celebrate Macon writers and the literary arts in the city with a new festival in the fall of 2016 where local and national authors can showcase their talents.
The 567 Center for Renewal (Earmark: Lost Keys Literary Festival 2017)10,000.0035802016-09-20Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7940-- Grant period: 09/26/2016 - 10/28/2016; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To increase access to and awareness of the literary arts in Macon through supporting the second annual Lost Keys Literary Festival - a three day event with readings by local and regional authors, panel discussions and spoken word performances.
San Jose Taiko Group (Earmark: Japantown Immersive)30,000.0029492016-09-20Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7935-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 07/28/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support early stage planning and pilot performances for a series of site specific shows by San Jose Taiko and Epic Immersive in Japantown which will engage audiences in the unique cultural history of this neighborhood through live performance.
Teatro Vision de San Jose (Earmark: Teatro Vision Chicano Play)25,000.0030752016-09-20Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7936-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 12/31/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To create a bilingual Chicano theater production by Teatro Visión that combines inspiring source material - the classic Mexican novel Pedro Páramo and the influential work of Chicano literature The Road to Tamazunchale and personal stories, experiences and objects gathered from the San Jose Latino community.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Security Force Monitor)237,589.009452016-09-20Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7142-- Grant period: 12/08/2015 - 04/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Informing and advancing journalism, human rights and other public interest work by compiling and structuring public data on police, military and other security forces.
The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers, LLC (Earmark: The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers)30,000.0029492016-09-12Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5899-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Detroiters together through storytelling by strengthening and growing a monthly event where Detroiters share a true, personal story To bring Detroiters together through storytelling, The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers will expand its monthly event where Detroiters tell a true, personal story to a live audience. The show is curated in an effort to present a diverse lineup of everyday people who tell a 10 to 12 minute extraordinary true story. The society also partners with local businesses to expose their products to the audience and with local nonprofits to produce fundraising events. With challenge funding, the society will put together a production team that will manage everything from marketing to audio/visual setup.
Hardcore Detroit (Earmark: Detroit's dance legacy: the Jit)12,000.0035462016-09-12Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5961-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the legacy of the 1970s dance craze the Detroit Jit through a documentary featuring the original Jitterbugs and an instructional video on how the dance is performed To preserve the legacy of the 1970s dance phenomenon the Detroit Jit, Hardcore Detroit will release a documentary featuring the founders of the movement entitled The Jitterbugs: Pioneers of the Jit. This film will also include an instructional video on the dance’s foundational steps. Funding will help produce an official launch event where DVDs of the film will be available for purchase. The screening will be followed by a community Q&A and performances by local and national guest presenters. Organizers anticipate that these essential steps will inspire new collaborations and interest in a revival of the Jit, which was recently recognized for the first time on the television series “So You Think You Can Dance.”.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ballet Folklorico Moyocoyani Izel)35,000.0026682016-09-12Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7269-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share the traditional dances of Mexico's La Huasteca region by partnering with a local dance group and professionals in Mexico to teach the choreography to Detroiters To help preserve Mexican culture, the ballet will partner with a local dance group and professionals in Mexico to teach the interpretation of the La Huasteca region to Detroiters. Each of the six Mexican states of La Huasteca shares music called huapango huasteco, but interprets the dance a bit differently. The ballet will bring a folk ensemble from Mexico to accompany Detroit students as they learn the dance and study the art, culture and history of the region. In 2014, dancers will perform the interpretations from three of the states, in 2015 from all six.
Brooklyn Public Library (Earmark: TeleStory: Library-Based Video Visitation for Children of Incarcerated Parents)393,249.005522016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7714-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 06/23/2017; goal: Increasing childhood literacy by offering video story time and visitation services for children of incarcerated parents in the trusted space of public libraries. To increase childhood literacy and provide a trusted environment in which children can connect with their incarcerated parents and other family members, Brooklyn Public Library will offer free, quality library-based video visitation services in 12 branches for families who wish to read books, sing songs, visit and stay connected. By providing multiple library access points across the area, the library will help separated families easily and frequently visit and read together, creating a bridge back to the community.
Temple University School of Media and Communication (Earmark: Future-proofing Civic Data)35,000.0026682016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7707-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 12/20/2016; goal: Exploring ways libraries can support preservation and long-term access to open civic data through community information portals such as OpenDataPhilly.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Can I Fair Use It? Crowdsourcing Fair Use Knowledge)35,000.0026682016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7712-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 12/20/2016; goal: Enabling people to share information on questions of copyright and fair use by exploring existing gaps and opportunities, and testing a new approach for libraries to connect patrons with subject experts.
Foundation Center (Earmark: Visualizing Philanthropic Funding for Libraries)300,000.006202016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7715-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 06/23/2017; goal: Helping libraries find funding opportunities, increase understanding of funding sources, and track funding trends through a data visualization tool and capacity-building training. While there is a long history of philanthropic funding for libraries in the United States, most public libraries rely on government funding for financial support. Local funding accounts for nearly 85 percent of public library funding, and state funding has decreased nearly 43 percent over the past decade. Foundation Center will develop a data visualization and mapping tool, along with training, for libraries to find and track funding opportunities and increase understanding of funding for both libraries and library supporters. The tool will allow users to search and see funding sources at the national, state and local levels and answer key questions about regional funding trends. Data visualizations such as maps, network connections and partnership pathways will highlight key networks of funders and recipients as well as individual grants. Foundation Center will also deliver grant-seeking training, in-person and online, to build libraries’ capacity to effectively tap new funding sources. Foundation Center will partner with the Digital Public Library of America to leverage its extensive combined national networks to disseminate this tool and training.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: Free Library of Philadelphia Cultureshare)35,000.0026682016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7708-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 12/20/2016; goal: Advancing local engagement and strengthening community connection to untapped library collections and new work from local artists by introducing subscribers to librarian-curated digital content on a monthly basis.
Dartmouth College (Earmark: Unlocking Film Libraries Through Discovery and Search)35,000.0026682016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7713-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 12/20/2016; goal: Making film and video housed in libraries more searchable and discoverable by testing software that will annotate speech, objects and actions in film.
Refresh Miami (Earmark: Refresh Miami Tech & Startup Community Initiatives)100,000.0016092016-09-09Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7717-- Grant period: 03/01/2016 - 11/26/2017; goal: To foster greater connections among South Florida’s entrepreneurial and tech communities by supporting Refresh Miami to grow its monthly meetups, workshops and hackathons, along with an online site that includes event calendar, user-generated blog posts, job listings and member profiles.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: NewsU Reimagined)195,000.0011752016-09-09Journalismhttps://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.
Temple University School of Media and Communication (Earmark: Newsroom Digital Transformation Project)1,300,000.002252016-09-08Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6874-- Grant period: 09/15/2015 - 01/16/2017; goal: To advance journalism excellence through a digital transformation project inside legacy newsrooms.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Knight First Amendment Institute)25,000,000.0022016-09-08Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6813-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 07/01/2020; goal: To preserve broad First Amendment rights in the digital age through the establishment of an institute at Columbia University that would champion free expression through litigation, education and scholarship.
Hollaback (Earmark: Heartmob)516,000.004442016-09-08Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6810-- Grant period: 06/09/2015 - 06/05/2018; goal: To promote free expression on the Internet by developing HeartMob, a platform to provide those experiencing online harassment with a safe way to report incidents and to receive support from volunteers.
Newseum (Earmark: Newseum)25,000,000.0022016-09-08Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4351-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 04/30/2018; goal: To help foster public awareness of the value of journalism and the First Amendment; to obtain naming rights to two broadcast studios and one conference center; and to create a permanent exhibit honoring the Knight legacy and the Knight Foundation's work.
The Everglades Foundation (Earmark: The George Barley Water Prize)100,000.0016092016-09-07Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6930-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016; goal: To engage leading innovators, entrepreneurs and scientists from around the world by supporting the George Barley Water Prize, a $10 million competition for designing and implementing a cost-effective technology to remove excess phosphorous from freshwater bodies.
Rhizome Communications (Earmark: Webrecorder)200,000.0010432016-09-06Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7846-- Grant period: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote the preservation of born-digital information by providing follow on support for the development of Webrecorder, a tool for archiving dynamic web content by individuals, journalists, and cultural preservation institutions.
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (Earmark: Synaesthesia)20,000.0032692016-09-06Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7941-- Grant period: 09/01/2016 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To support "Synaesthesia" a performance event created by Black Pearl Orchestra that will immerse audiences in a musical performance and a meal curated by a celebrity chef at the Barnes Museum creating a shared cultural experience that enhances the appreciation of visual art and classical music.
Bay Area Video Coalition (Earmark: QCTools 1.0)90,000.0018342016-09-02--https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7847-- Grant period: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2017; goal: To support the preservation of video media by providing follow on support to develop QCTools, software that assists moving image conservators and archivists with the preservation process.
Morgan State University (Earmark: Baltimore Reporting Project)100,000.0016092016-09-02Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7727-- Grant period: 07/18/2016 - 07/20/2018; goal: To increase diversity and help transform journalism education by supporting Morgan State's School of Global Journalism and Communication and Pennsylvania State’s College of Communications to partner on a student-run mobile news project reporting in a West Baltimore neighborhood.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: NewsU Redesign)758,000.003572016-08-31Journalismhttps://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.
The Atlantic Monthly Group (Earmark: CityLab 2016)200,000.0010432016-08-31Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7719-- Grant period: 06/30/2016 - 12/27/2016; goal: To highlight innovation and effective practices in urban governance by supporting CityLab 2016, an annual gathering that will be held in Miami that gathers the world’s most creative mayors and city practitioners with artists, academics, entrepreneurs and other public and private sector leaders focused on improving cities and spreading urban strategies that work.
Crisis Text Line (Earmark: Crisis Text Line Phase Three Growth)2,216,000.001322016-08-31Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7706-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 06/22/2019; goal: To promote a new model for digital engagement by continuing to support the growth of Crisis Text Line, a successful Knight News Challenge grantee that provides text messaging support services for individuals in crisis.
Data & Society Research Institute (Earmark: Empowering the Public to Understand the Societal Implications of Data-Driven Technologies)250,000.006632016-08-31Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7716-- Grant period: 04/15/2016 - 04/15/2017; goal: To educate the public on the societal implications of data-driven technologies by supporting Data & Society, a research institute focused on studying the social issues arising from technology, to fund media training and outreach efforts.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Knight International Journalism Fellowships)3,460,000.00642016-08-31Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6873-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/31/2019; goal: To promote journalism excellence and digital innovation by supporting the Knight International Journalism Fellowships at the International Center for Journalists, with a focus on disseminating fellows' expertise in the United States.
Better Block Foundation (Earmark: Better Block Foundation)775,000.003532016-08-31Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6924-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2019; goal: To attract and retain talent, expand opportunity and build civic engagement by funding the creation and operation of the Better Block Foundation, a nonprofit focused on engaging people in rapidly making their neighborhoods more vibrant.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (Earmark: ArtPlace America)4,000,000.00452016-08-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6890-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2017; goal: To foster artistic excellence and broaden civic engagement in the arts through continued support for ArtPlace America - a national partnership among 15 foundations, eight federal agencies and six banks - to demonstrate the unique value the arts can bring to community development.
WGBH Educational Foundation (Earmark: Frontline Emblematic VR)580,000.004252016-08-31Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6852-- Grant period: 12/17/2015 - 08/05/2017; goal: To support excellence and innovation in journalism through virtual reality experiments with Frontline and Emblematic Group, exploring issues of technology, technique and ethics in this new medium.
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Festival O: Invigorating Art, Consumers and Civic Life)2,250,000.001262016-08-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6894-- Grant period: 12/08/2015 - 07/13/2018; goal: To support a new, research-based approach to engaging audiences for Opera Philadelphia through Festival O - a 12-day opera event that aims to turn Philadelphia into an urban stage for opera presentation, featuring world-class performers, world premieres and classic repertoire, multiple venues and genre-defying collaborations.
CappSci (Earmark: The Science Barge)298,633.006392016-08-31Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6751-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a public focal point for Miami’s climate issues with the Science Barge, a floating, urban sustainable farm and environmental education center powered by renewable energy.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Contemporary Art in Miami Fund)5,000,000.00222016-08-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6722-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/29/2020; goal: To create the Knight Contemporary Art in Miami Fund engaging South Florida audiences through support for cutting edge exhibitions by emerging and under-recognized artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Art Programming and Acquisition Fund)5,000,000.00222016-08-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6723-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/29/2020; goal: To create the Knight Art Programming and Acquisition Fund to engage South Florida audiences by supporting programming for four unique project galleries at the Perez Art Museum of Miami and providing flexible support for the acquisition of works. Pérez Art Museum Miami's (PAMM) collection focuses on international art of the 20th and 21st centuries from the perspective of the Americas and reflects the cosmopolitan makeup of Miami.
Fairmount Park Conservancy (Earmark: Reimagining the Civic Commons in Philadelphia)5,442,500.00202016-08-31Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6617-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2017; goal: To invest in five civic assets in neighborhoods surrounding and near Center City Philadelphia, support collaboration among those assets and fund experiments to understand the ways such assets can deliver more value by working together while fostering talent, opportunity and engagement. The investment in “Reimagining the Civic Commons” will capitalize on Philadelphia’s strengths including: a large pool of new talent, rebounding neighborhoods, a diverse population, an expanding community of civic innovators, and a growing group of people who want to live and work in the city. In addition to receiving funds to complete the building of each of these public places, the collective will collaborate on new activities and programming, share knowledge and resources, measure and document the impact of the projects on the community, and explore other lessons in civic innovation. All of these activities aim to enhance public access to these places and better integrate them into city life. The Conservancy will also manage a special fund to test new ideas across places and institutions that bring together newcomers and existing neighborhood residents, attract local business investments and economic opportunities and build public support for their work. Knight Foundation is committing $5.4 million to the project. William Penn […].
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: Inside|Out Nationwide Launch Oversight)98,594.0018102016-08-31Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6537-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support oversight of the Inside|Out Initiative - an audience engagement project that will bring high-quality reproductions of artworks and objects from local museum collections into neighborhoods across the eight Knight resident communities.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: PALEYIMPACT)250,000.006632016-08-30Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7720-- Grant period: 08/15/2016 - 12/13/2017; goal: To promote discussion about the role of innovation in advancing the practice of journalism in the digital age through a series of conversations and panels called PALEYIMPACT to be held at the Paley Center. To promote discussion about the role of innovation in advancing the practice of journalism in the digital age through a series of conversations and panels called PALEYIMPACT to be held at the Paley Center.
APSE Associated Press Sports Editors (Earmark: APSE Diversity Fellowship Program)31,250.0029452016-08-15Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7906-- Grant period: 09/01/2016 - 12/01/2017; goal: To foster diversity in newsrooms by supporting leadership and management training for emerging leaders in sports journalism, with a focus on promoting digital transformation.
University of Oregon Foundation (Earmark: The Communities of Practice Platform for Journalism Community Engagement)221,000.009962016-08-15Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7724-- Grant period: 05/15/2016 - 08/01/2017; goal: To spread best practices of engagement in journalism by supporting the development of an interactive Communities of Practice Platform that will collect and catalog research, case studies and tools for journalists, community leaders and technologists.
Wall Poems (Earmark: Goodyear Arts Residency)50,000.0022162016-08-12Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7901-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 01/01/2017; goal: To provide a space for artists to experiment by hosting six artist residencies with open studio hours at the Goodyear Arts Center, culminating in December 2016.
Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center (Earmark: Charlotte Jewish Film Festival)5,000.0037412016-08-10Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7893-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To entice young adult audiences to the festival with films and participatory events that focus on the meaning of and search for identity.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: African American Engagement at the 2016 Fringe Festival)25,000.0030752016-08-10Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7934-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To attract and build a diverse FringeArts audience more reflective of the Philadelphia community by supporting the 2016 Fringe Festival to present African/African American performance artists in performance, educational programing and facilitated conversations with artists.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: The Pan African Festival of Georgia)10,000.0035802016-07-29Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7705-- Grant period: 10/03/2016 - 05/05/2017; goal: To expand the impact of the 2017 Pan African Festival of Georgia, which focuses on the arts of the African diaspora, by bringing in an international dance company that will perform and provide dance classes.
National Association of Black Journalists (Earmark: NABJ Student Multimedia Journalism Projects)75,000.0019102016-07-29Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7649-- Grant period: 08/01/2016 - 07/31/2018; goal: To help increase diversity among the next generation of journalists by supporting Student Projects at the National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) annual conference in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Macon Symphony Orchestra (Earmark: Spencer Myer at the Macon Symphony Orchestra (MSO))15,000.0034392016-07-05Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7699-- Grant period: 08/01/2016 - 09/30/2016; goal: To attract new audiences to the symphony by bringing acclaimed pianist Spencer Myer to perform at the symphony’s 40th anniversary season opening concert in the fall of 2016.
Charlotte Film Society (Earmark: Charlotte Film Lab Series)25,000.0030752016-07-05Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7892-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 10/31/2017; goal: To increase access to independent films and filmmakers through the Charlotte Film Lab series, which brings national talent to the city to screen films and host discussions about their work.
Bragg Jam (Earmark: Second Sundays)10,000.0035802016-06-30Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7704-- Grant period: 07/01/2016 - 11/11/2016; goal: To bring Macon together through music by extending the 2016 Second Sundays series, a free monthly outdoor concert series in College Hill featuring a broad range of music genres.
Clayworks (Earmark: Clayworks 10th Anniversary Symposium)8,000.0036792016-06-24Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7895-- Grant period: 06/02/2016 - 07/29/2016; goal: To increase access to renowned artists working in clay by bringing four professionals to the organization’s 10th anniversary symposium, which took place in May 2016.
Streetline Percussion (Earmark: Streetline Percussion, Inc. Camp Drums & Dreams)25,000.0030752016-06-24Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7718-- Grant period: 06/01/2016 - 08/31/2016; goal: To foster artistic development in Macon through Camp Drums & Dreams - an eight-week comprehensive music education summer camp that serves Macon area youth between the ages of eight and eighteen.
TechShop San Jose (Earmark: Knight Placemaking Lab)484,000.004982016-06-21Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8040-- Grant period: 06/20/2016 - 06/17/2019; goal: To support the retention of TechShop, a collaborative makerspace, in downtown San Jose and develop a partnership between TechShop and San Jose State University focused on creating a vibrant public space that promotes community engagement through events, collaboration and learning.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Earmark: Knight Litigation Project)200,000.0010432016-04-19Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7722-- Grant period: 04/15/2016 - 09/30/2018; goal: To promote press freedom and the next generation of First Amendment precedent by expanding the Knight Litigation Project to provide more legal assistance to individual journalists, freelancers and digital communicators, as well as support for news organizations.
Project TF dba CODE2040 (Earmark: CODE2040)1,200,000.002392015-12-15Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7683-- Grant period: 01/11/2016 - 02/14/2018; goal: To support professional development for Black and Latino media entrepreneurs and innovators working in the technology industry.
Swim Pony Performing Arts (Earmark: Swim Pony Interactive Theater)50,000.0022162015-11-13Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7933-- Grant period: 09/01/2015 - 08/31/2016; part of the challenge: Community Arts Grantmaking; goal: To engage new theater audiences and foster artistic innovation through the creation of an interactive theater piece by Swim Pony Performing Arts titled "The End" incorporating multiple performance sites and audience participation in live and virtual environments based on the rules of Alternative Reality Gaming (ARG).
Sustainable Agriculture Education (Earmark: Food Works: Assessing Local Food as a Driver for Opportunity in San Jose)35,000.0026682015-11-06Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8046-- Grant period: 09/15/2015 - 09/14/2016; goal: To promote economic opportunity in San Jose by supporting SAGE’s research, analysis and reporting aimed to connect and grow the city’s food ecosystem.
Center for Active Design (Earmark: Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement Phase III)1,816,000.001702015-09-21Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/8148-- Grant period: 09/30/2015 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand civic engagement in Knight communities by supporting the Center for Active Design to develop design guidelines for public spaces that encourage more people to participate in community life.
Govloop (Earmark: GovLoop Academy)247,000.008932015-08-04Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7675-- Grant period: 08/17/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support innovation in government through the expansion of GovLoop Academy, a free online training academy for federal, state, and local government employees on topics ranging from technology to procurement to leadership.
Bill, Hillary, & Chelsea Clinton Foundation (Earmark: Clinton Global Initiative Univeristy 2015)200,000.0010432015-02-11Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7882-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 06/01/2015; goal: To support CGI U 2015, a convening led by President Clinton at the University of Miami that will bring together 1,100 leading student innovators and social entrepreneurs from around the world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Music Project)105,000.001588--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7077-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Helping 100 Miami-Dade students push their own artistic limits through a series of orchestral boot camps taking place on teacher planning days throughout the school year.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Kenny Riches)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7029-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Strengthening the indie filmmaking community through a screenwriter roundtable where participants can get feedback on new material.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Tom Austin)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7037-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating Miami Beach's centennial by publishing a cultural history of South Beach, an exploration of how the arts - music, dance, fashion, visual arts, film, literature, culinary culture and nightlife - have fueled this iconic resort city.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: A Greener Miami)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7038-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding audiences for music by hosting mini-concerts in South Florida farmers markets with events preceded by a short explanation of the composer’s inspiration.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Agustina Woodgate)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7039-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Transforming our county’s sidewalks into playful encounters with "Concrete Poetry," in partnership with Miami Dade County Art in Public Places and O, Miami.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: City Theatre)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7040-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Developing and giving voice to the next generation of playwrights through a contest where high school students from Broward to Miami-Dade create, rehearse and present short plays and public readings.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Dance Futures)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7043-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing attention to the water supply through National Water Dance Miami, a countywide celebration of site-specific dances – involving both professionals and local students –along the region’s shore.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: NC-office)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7052-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Activating a public space through culture by presenting concerts and films in a new plaza in Sweetwater adjacent to Florida International University.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Rhythm Foundation)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7061-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Providing a home for world music by rebooting the annual TransAtlantic Festival at the North Beach Bandshell – bringing in more ambitious programming and expanding the event into the adjacent public spaces.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Studios of Key West)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7065-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Providing a new way to explore Key West’s history and culture through an event called Lost at the Beach, where participants use maps and apps to discover performances and installations hidden throughout Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: 88.9 FM WDNA Public Radio)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7071-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing jazz to more Miamians by launching the Miami Downtown Jazz Festival, which will take over several blocks in downtown and continue in various venues.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Rise Up Gallery)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7045-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Strengthening an artist-run collective that provides studio space to local artists, gallery space for innovative curatorial projects and artistic programming for the community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7048-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Helping inspire South Florida artists through a residency program at the waterfront center in Crandon Park.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Obsolete Media Miami)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7053-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving legacy media, such as 35 mm slides and archival motion pictures, through an archive that serves as a resource for artists, designers, filmmakers and researchers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Southeast Overtown/ Park West Community Redevelopment Agency)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7062-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating Overtown’s culture through the sixth annual Overtown Music and Arts Festival featuring national and local recording artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Betsy-South Beach)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7064-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating Ibero-American literature and culture through Escribe Aqui/Write Here, a multi-day festival with readings and performances.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Locust Projects)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7067-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring how fear is used in the media by creating sculptures of headless chickens, called Withervanes, that change colors to reflect the prevalence of fear-related keywords in news stories.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Friends of the Bass Museum)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7069-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Infusing a library with art through a series of solo artists projects and education programs at the Miami Beach Regional Library while the Bass’ building is under renovation.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Light Project)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7079-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Providing a space for developing new work and new techniques by piloting a contemporary performance residency program at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood for international and local artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami City Ballet)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7080-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Reimagining a classic by presenting a uniquely Miami rendition of George Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during the company’s 30th anniversary season.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Kip Eagen)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7028-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging transit riders in art by creating a series of artistic billboards along the TriRail tracks that would appear to be an animated flipbook as riders fly by.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Secret Celluloid Society)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7036-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving classic films by converting a 1986 bookmobile into a portable project booth that brings 16 mm/35 mm and high-resolution digital projection to Miami neighborhoods.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Village of Pinecrest / Pinecrest Gardens)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7049-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing the arts more deeply into communities by inviting acclaimed American environmental artist Patrick Dougherty, who creates sculptures from community-sourced saplings, to create new site-specific works in the gardens.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Florida International University)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7051-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring the complexities of sea level rise in South Florida through an interdisciplinary performance featuring electronic sounds, orchestral musicians, video and dance in partnership with five prominent local artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: ArtCenter/South Florida)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7057-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring climate change through the arts by creating ARTsail, a one-month residency program aboard a sailboat where participants will create work inspired by Miami’s relationship to water.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7059-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring the realities of living and creating in cross-cultural communities through the “Borderless Caribbean,” a series of exchanges and exhibitions between Miami and Caribbean contemporary artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Miami Symphony Orchestra)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7068-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Offering visibility to pianists under 12 through a competition, where the finalists perform with the orchestra at a high-profile concert.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: FUNDarte, Inc.)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7078-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing attention to Miami’s hidden musical talents, many of whom have immigrated to the city and have not yet made it to main stage venues, through a collaborative series with established companies and artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Show Drawn; The Upper Hand Art)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7030-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Drawing attention to Miami's vibrant music scene, with the goal of encouraging more bands to play here, by creating a series of illustrations of local performances to be published in print and online.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Delou Africa)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7033-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating the arts of the African diaspora in Miami by expanding Delou Africa’s annual festival in collaboration with the founders of the national Dance Africa showcase.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Independent Ethos)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7034-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Giving South Floridians an insider’s peek into Miami’s growing indie film and music scene through a website that covers the local industry.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: IlluminArts)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7042-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging Miami audiences with an innovative, fully staged performance of a Pulitzer Prize-winning composition inspired by the visual art at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mad Cat Theatre Company)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7047-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Promoting discussion about the impact of censorship by presenting a banned play and then producing a new work inspired by incidents of censorship in South Florida.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Bakehouse Art Complex)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7050-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing Art Hack Day to Miami – an international event, where groups of hackers and artists create an instant exhibition that blends art and technology.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Teatro Prometeo at Miami Dade College)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7055-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Fostering Hispanic theater in Miami, and raising its prominence nationally, through a partnership with the national Latina|o Theatre Commons where the college will host a prominent Latino playwright in residency.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Art and Culture Center of Hollywood)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7056-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding arts education in the region by buying new telepresence equipment so that the center’s staff can interact directly with students in its distance learning arts programs.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Overtown Youth Center)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7060-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preparing teens for careers in the music industry through The Beats Academy, which will teach a range of topics from music theory to remixing.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Greater Miami Youth Symphony)55,000.002174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7066-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating cultural exchanges between Miami and Havana students through joint rehearsals and concerts with Cuba’s Amadeo Roldan Conservatory Orchestra.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: MDC Live Arts and Koubek Center)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7075-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Cultivating emerging Latino artists through an artist-in-residence program that provides them the space to produce work that reflects and engages the surrounding Little Havana neighborhood.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Seraphic Fire)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7076-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating the group’s 15th anniversary by commissioning and presenting six new American choral works, championing both top composers and emerging talent.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (Earmark: Bikepool San Jose)199,660.001165--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6888-- Grant period: 11/18/2015 - 11/18/2017; goal: To support talent attraction and retention in San Jose by expanding Bikepool, a social and safe bike commuting service, that aims to decrease single-occupancy vehicle commuting and increase community engagement through biking.
San Jose Parks Foundation (Earmark: Pop-up Park at Plaza Cesar Chavez with Groundswell Design)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6918-- Grant period: 11/02/2015 - 02/07/2016; goal: To support talent attraction and retention in San Jose through creating a Pop-Up Park at Plaza Cesar Chavez that aims to transform an underused space into a vibrant and engaging public asset.
U.S. Vote Foundation (Earmark: Local/ Municipal Election Dates and Deadlines Data Management System and API)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6896-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping to increase voter engagement by creating a nationwide system to collect, maintain and distribute information on upcoming local election dates and deadlines.
Argo Labs (Earmark: Street Quality Identification device (SQUID))35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6903-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping city agencies make better decisions on street maintenance by creating a low-cost sensor platform that collects and analyzes data through street surface imagery.
Simiary (Earmark: Pteraform)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6914-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping users learn more about places around the world and how a particular topic varies geographically through an open platform that uses an interactive world map to chart search results. The project is a follow-up to Frankenplace.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Marsha Music)6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7083-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating “Salon De’troit,” a space led by Marsha Music for artists and thinkers to exchange ideas and explore topics relating to the Motor City.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Institute of Arts)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7086-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Reimagining the Osborn neighborhood as an art destination by commissioning two Osborn-born artists and a fellow Detroit artist to engage the community in creating a large-scale welcome mural.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Free School of Hamtramck)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7087-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Sharing the poetry and visual art of imprisoned individuals who meet weekly in a writing workshop by publishing a chapbook series that showcases their art and stories.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Prankster Press)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7088-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating new ways to perceive and navigate the city through “The Detroit Atlas,” a series of maps that demarcate the city based on a variety of perceptions collected from history, weather patterns, public data and subjective experiences.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Vito Valdez and Katie Yamasaki)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7091-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving a symbol of local Chicano pride by restoring and completing a mural, the “Shield of Peace and Non-violence,” in Southwest Detroit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: CAVE Detroit)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7092-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Helping artists create more ambitious projects by providing financial support for emerging artists exhibiting at this artist-run project space.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Complex Movements)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7116-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing the interactive performance installation, “Beware of the Dandelions,” which toured nationally with stories of Detroit’s social justice movements, back home so Detroiters can experience the stories of other cities it visited.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Assemble Sound)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7118-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring the breadth of music talent in the city by pairing local musicians across genres and generations to write, produce and record albums together.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Foundation of Women in Hip-Hop)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7121-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving hip-hop culture and the legacy of Detroit rapper and producer J Dilla with daylong workshops in art and technology that help youth explore the creative potential of cutting-edge software and tools.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: InsideOut Literary Arts Project)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7122-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding the literary arts in Detroit by turning the statewide teen poetry slam “Louder Than a Bomb” into year-round programming for students.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7133-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding the DEPE Space residency program for individuals of any discipline whose work expands the thinking around what is possible when art is used as a change agent.
Cleargov (Earmark: ClearGov)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6898-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping citizens better understand local government finances through a website, which will include easy-to-understand infographics and benchmarking data that allows them to compare these finances to similar towns. The site will also serve as a platform for local governments to engage with citizens and improve transparency.
ARE.NA (Earmark: Pilgrim)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6908-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping researchers find related articles, images, academic papers, text and more through an open-source, intelligent web-crawler that gathers this online data.
Prometheus Radio Project (Earmark: LPFM Radio Impact Maps)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6910-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping radio stations understand and better engage with audiences, funders and volunteers by creating software that maps interference and population demographics for low-power FM (LPFM) radio stations in an inexpensive and straightforward way.
Vermont Journalism Trust, LTD (Earmark: Catamount plugin for Wordpress)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6913-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping journalists provide their readers with more meaningful information by building a Wordpress plugin that automates integration between news stories and datasets with contextual and historical details; for example, a story about a politician could provide a link to their top donors.
Quartz (Earmark: Mapquery)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6915-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making the creation of geographic maps easier and more accessible by creating a system for finding, merging and refining geographic data.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Deonte Osayande)4,000.003807--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7081-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding the Michigan Metaphorical Melee, a poetry festival, to include a team poetry slam, showcases of local publishers, workshops and a theater production where local poets perform characters based on their writings.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Corktown Studios)4,500.003797--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7082-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Highlighting Detroit’s rock and hip-hop musicians by professionally recording sessions of Corktown Studios’ “unplugged” performance showcase, “The Haunted Wood Revue”.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Chace Morris)7,500.003691--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7084-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Using poetry and hip-hop to examine the relationship between citizen and city within the context of “RoboCop,” the science fiction film set in Detroit with parallels to life today.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Bangla School of Music)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7089-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating Bengali culture with a bilingual songbook and CD featuring the works of Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, set to the work of Detroit composer Akram Hussain and reflecting on the immigrant experience of Bengali-Americans in the Motor City.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Exploring Gender Through 'Carmen')20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7095-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring gender and sexuality through a transgender production of Bizet’s “Carmen” where the performance is set in a minimum-security prison reminiscent of the series “Orange Is the New Black”.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Adrienne Maree Brown)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7098-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging artists in the city’s future by expanding a salon series that uses science fiction to envision – and ultimately create – a better Detroit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Historical Society)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7101-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving this moment in Detroit’s evolution by partnering with students at the College for Creative Studies to “Re-Document” Detroit in a photo series similar to one done by a professor and students in the 1970s and ’80s.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Halima Cassells)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7102-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating interactive installations where participants exchange goods, stories and ideas, and take part in up-cycled fashion workshops.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Stitching up Detroit / Grace in Action)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7105-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Providing training for teens in creative industries by launching a youth-led, membership-based community print shop focused on screen-printing, design and entrepreneurship.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Tiff Massey)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7106-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Launching a one-month residency for international and national visual artists who use metal as their primary medium.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Spread Art)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7112-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Providing space and support for Detroit-based visual, performing and literary artists through a three-month residency to create and present new work.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Artist-in-residency program)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7117-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Increasing the public’s understanding of Arab and Arab-American culture through an artist-in-residence program that engages the community and serves as an incubator for new works.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Afrikan Music Institute)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7120-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating a nomadic funk opera by staging cutting-edge outdoor musical performances throughout the city.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Diversity at Sphinx Finals Concert)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7126-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Increasing diversity in and accessibility to classical music by providing free tickets and programming – plus TV and online broadcasts – of the annual Sphinx Finals Concert at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Max M. Fisher Music Center.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Heritage Works)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7130-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Sharing West African traditions with Detroiters by providing a residency for a West African griot who will mentor local youth and artists in the oral traditions of Mali and Senegal, resulting in a performance of Detroit stories.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7132-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing more arts programs into Detroit schools by pairing professional performing artists with middle schools that don’t have theater programs for short-term residencies.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: 826michigan)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7134-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Fostering a love of literature in youth by turning the Eastern Market writing center into a pretend “robot factory” where students create stories to humanize the bots 826michigan serves more than 3,000 school-aged students with free writing and tutoring programs in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Detroit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Hair Experience)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7085-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Strengthening the Detroit Hair Experience, a hair, fashion and art event for Detroiters to share their passions with each other.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: McEwen Studio / A(n) Office)13,000.003533--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7090-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring design tactics for early industrial “balloon-frame” houses in Detroit, a research project that presents alternatives for vacant and publicly owned structures, to be displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Youth Volume)22,000.003259--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7097-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Recording a hip-hop violin single featuring Eastside youth performing classical pieces with the beats of three local artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Anders Ruhwald)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7099-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Turning a Detroit apartment into an art installation and community space that embraces fire’s transformative qualities, with everything inside made of charred wood, steel, molten glass and black ceramics.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Interstate Arts)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7103-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing the stories of a Detroit building to life in “Good Bones,” a multimedia performance of shadow puppetry and projections that explores the Sophie Wright Settlement House and the neighborhood’s stories of perseverance and evolution.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Corpus)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7109-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating a sense of place through art with a series of murals on Southwest Detroit’s commercial buildings that feature Mexican culture along with advertisements.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Alise Alousi)32,500.002941--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7110-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Sharing the stories of recent Iraqi women refugees in Detroit by pairing them with Iraqi artists and writers to develop a series of photo essays about their lives.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Scott Hocking)37,500.002655--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7113-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Utilizing the metal armatures of former commercial signage on various Detroit buildings by creating illuminated vacuum-formed sign versions of famous artworks and installing them throughout the city.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cobo Center)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7114-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Inspiring the city by programming Cobo’s large exterior screen with digital art from local and national artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sidewalk Festival of the Performing Arts)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7115-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Enlivening public spaces with nature-based art through Sidewalks and SideTrails, a residency program that develops and presents walkable performances and installations along the trails of Brightmoor’s Eliza Howell Park.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Pewabic Pottery)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7128-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating an interactive ceramic experience for all ages through a mobile clay party where participants work with an artist to decorate a pot, which is fired on site and pulled red-hot from the kiln to reveal unique designs and patterns that serve as a metaphor for creative rebirth.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Michigan Theater)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7131-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Building community through the Cinetopia Film Festival by increasing the number of free screenings and events for underserved audiences while expanding the Detroit Voices program for local filmmakers.
National Public Radio (Earmark: Carebot)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6895-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Changing how newsrooms measure and celebrate success by measuring the things that actually matter: Did people complete the story? What proportion shared it? Did we make them care?.
University of Texas at Arlington (Earmark: ClaimBuster)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6905-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping journalists fact-check statements made by politicians in real-time using a machine-learning tool that automatically identifies factual claims likely to be important to the public.
Centro de Investigacion y Politica Publica (Earmark: Municipal Financial Index Puerto Rico)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6906-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Providing people with straightforward information on municipal finances through an interactive user-friendly graphic interface that people can use to assess the fiscal condition and spending priorities of their city.
Emerson College (Earmark: @Stake)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6911-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Increasing civic engagement through a role-playing game that fosters democracy, empathy, and creative problem solving for civic issues.
Run Hop (Earmark: Hudson App)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6897-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easy and fun to discover things to read, watch and listen to through an app that sources from social signals and curated channels. Join the beta at gethudson.com.
DailyCloudt (Earmark: Billcam)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6909-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Adding transparency to the legislative process through an embeddable, shareable legislative tracking tool that connects federal and state bills and corresponding community annotation with relevant news articles, information, topical blogs and more.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Stupor)18,000.003415--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7093-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Sharing Hamtramck through “Stupor,” a zine that collects and publishes true stories from the people who frequent the city’s many bars and watering holes.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Popps Packing)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7104-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Turning an unused alley behind Popps Emporium into “The Back Forty,” a green corridor and community resource hub that modifies backyard garages and sheds into a chain of art studios, workshops, a tool lending library and more.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Afrotopia)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7107-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing together art and the cosmos in Sigi Fest, an annual performance art festival at House Opera | Opera House that aims to rejuvenate the spirit of Detroiters.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Michael Stone-Richards / Alexandrine St. Seminars and College for Creative Studies)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7108-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Highlighting the quality of contemporary art in Detroit by presenting the works in a national and international framework in the new journal Detroit Research.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Signal-Return Press)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7111-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating the art of letterpress, and the growing number of practitioners and aficionados in Detroit, with “Letterpress Love Fest: Type Takes Over Detroit,” an interactive and collaborative festival of the printing, visual and literary arts.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: rootoftwo)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7124-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Examining the impact of technology on 21st-century life with two architectural installations that propose methods for designing buildings, clothes and objects that can evade electronic means of detection.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Shara Worden)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7125-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging audiences by bringing to Detroit a newly composed modern baroque chamber opera, “You Us We All,” a work inspired by Beyonce and Bach that reinterprets classical forms for audiences in the iPhone age.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cranbrook Art Musuem)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7127-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Presenting a Detroit tour of “The Truth Booth,” a portable film studio in the shape of a speech bubble by Hank Willis Thomas and The Cause Collective that compiles responses to the statement “The truth is…”.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Riverfront Conservancy)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7135-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving the legacy of sculptor Louise Nevelson by restoring one of her prized works and possibly relocating it to the Dequindre Cut Greenway or the Riverfront.
Garden to Table Silicon Valley (Earmark: Downtown San Jose Food Hub)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6891-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; goal: To support engagement through the growth of Taylor Street Farm into a food and community hub that will support events, workshops and market days and empower local food producers and suppliers.
Code for Charlotte (Earmark: CityGram)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6900-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easier for local governments to connect with citizens by creating a notification system that allows users to receive information from the government by selecting a geographic area, category and delivery method for the notifications.
Community Initiatives (Earmark: Canaree.io)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6901-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Simplifying government data requests through a web-based application that helps startups navigate law enforcement requests for consumer data and protects user privacy.
Humantarian Open Streetmap Team (Earmark: Open StreetMap Data Quality Analysis Tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6902-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping journalists, humanitarians, academics, government officials and others determine the quality of data in the OpenStreetMap database for a user-defined area, depending on the topic of interest.
New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (Earmark: Together We Listen)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6907-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making digital audio collections from libraries and public media organizations more accessible by combining the auto-transcription services of Pop Up Archive with a community engagement model that will involve the public in updating and enriching these collections.
Vocativ, LLC (Earmark: Dataproofer)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6912-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping data journalists and others check whether a dataset is accurate or contains errors through an app that lets users assess the quality of their data before they begin reporting, analyzing, or visualizing it.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: YETI Publishing)18,000.003415--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7094-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Sharing the gospel music of Detroit by reissuing several gospel albums produced in Detroit in the 1960s and ’70s.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Third Wave Music)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7096-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing together musicians at a storefront that sells instruments and accessories, offers repairs, and educates with private and free lessons on playing, do-it-yourself repairs and songwriting.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Carrie Morris Arts Production)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7119-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 11/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Composing new narratives for Detroit by staging an Outdoor Puppet Spectacle Series featuring larger-than-life performing objects that use the city as their backdrop.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mariachi Juvenil Detroit)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7123-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving the mariachi tradition by expanding the Mariachi Juvenil Detroit program, which trains local youth to become professional mariachis, and creating an all-female ensemble. (via Latin American Social and Economic Development/LA SED).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Skyspace Detroit)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7136-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Commissioning artist James Turrell to design Detroit Skyspace, a place for gathering and inspiration at Gabriel Richard Park.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Stephen Henderson / Marygrove College)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7137-- Grant period: 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Turning the abandoned childhood home of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson into a space that promotes the literary arts via a resident fellow at nearby Marygrove College.
Local Label (Earmark: Local Label: Screenprint Showdown)48,958.002507--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6904-- Grant period: 10/12/2015 - 02/21/2016; goal: To support talent attraction and retention through a citywide competition aimed to create and promote new brand opportunities for San Jose as developed by teams of local artisans and makers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ugly Beautiful)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7370-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating powerful, provocative art that reflects the community's dialogues around racism and catalyzes change in viewpoints and perceptions in the area.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: #SaintPaulDraw: a virtual drawing collaborative)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7376-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Inviting the global community to submit experiences, memories and observations of St. Paul through a virtual art collaboration that will be curated in exhibitions.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ice Orchestra)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7367-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Experimenting with new art forms by creating a set of percussion instruments from ice and using them to play new compositions during the 2017 Winter Carnival.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Final Round)16,000.003433--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7373-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Opening a dialogue around cancer and other serious illnesses through a piece by playwright Katie Ka Vang based on her experiences with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Floating Library on Lake Phalen)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7375-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing one-of-a-kind books made by artists to people on paddleboards and in canoes and kayaks on Lake Phalen through a custom-built floating library.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Known by Heart: Writing Home)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7377-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Building community and increasing the well-being of older adults by engaging a professional writer to conduct high-quality arts activities with seniors in St. Paul's Creative Enterprise Zone.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Mobile Comedy Suitcase)6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7378-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Building a mobile comedy container that turns into a stage on which people can create and share jokes at public events.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Public Music Boxes)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7379-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging the public in music-making through the placement of handmade, interactive music boxes in libraries, colleges and skyways and at City Hall.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Flamenco en la Calle: Flamenco in the Streets)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7380-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing energy and festivity to the streets of St. Paul through a traveling flash mob of flamenco singers and dancers for Christmas and spring processions.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Spoken Word Events to Pop Up Around St. Paul)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7369-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating community in different spaces throughout St. Paul by staging more than 50 spoken literature events with local writers and music ensembles. (Cracked Walnut).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Lowertown Celebration of the Muse: A Spoken Word Festival)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7371-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating the spoken word by bringing together the voices of students with those of professional artists and poets in a series of readings and workshops.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Art to Power)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7368-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Exploring racial justice and equity with a series of art-making events that culminate in a community-driven festival.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Hmong Chronicles)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7372-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving the art of Hmong storytelling by hosting a series of public events that will share a range of love, ghost, orphan and refugee camp stories. In 2016 and 2017 the Hmong Museum will seek an answer with their year-long storytelling series, Hmong Chronicles. The Museum will partner up with local Twin Cities Hmong artists–young and old, writers and oral storytellers–on a series of four events to share and document oral storytelling in the community. The Museum’s hope is to share and preserve Hmong oral storytelling, a tradition beloved by the older Hmong community but often overlooked in the U.S. as educational emphasis is placed on the written language.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: All St. Paul's a Stage)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7374-- Grant period: 10/02/2015 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Turning the entire city into a performance space through delivery of improvisational performance telegrams to offices, parks and homes.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Dancing Through the Streets)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7364-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing the community together with Dancing Through the Streets, an event in which the audience travels to see performances at six different locations in Lowertown, culminating in a group song and dance party at the Bedlam Lowertown performance space.
Society for News Design Foundation (Earmark: SNDmakes)130,000.001467--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6845-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 10/31/2016; goal: To promote journalism innovation by supporting Society for News Design Foundation (SND) to train and educate journalists to create new products and experiences through collaboration, human-centered design and design thinking skills, and ensuring continued learning through a peer-to-peer community.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Electome)658,000.00386--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6878-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 06/30/2017; goal: To promote excellence in journalism and increase civic engagement by building a new model for capturing, analyzing and visualizing conversations about the upcoming presidential election that will provide fresh insights to journalists and better inform the public about the issues and candidates.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Raspberry Island - Gay Pirates, Beware!)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7346-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; goal: Presenting a gender-bending production of the 'Pirates of Penzance' staged outdoors on St. Paul's Raspberry Island.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7352-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing Hmong voices to the silver screen through Qhia Dab Neeg, a two-day Hmong film festival at Metropolitan State University.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Impressions)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7353-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing dynamic art into neighborhoods by combining the work of local poets and visual artists on posters in trains and buses. (Arcata Press/St. Paul Almanac).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Year of Independent Film in St. Paul)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7357-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding the geographic footprint of the film festival through events and screenings of nationally recognized independent films in new St. Paul venues.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Champion Swimmer)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7360-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring how culture shapes the fear of water with a pool-based performance piece that engages the community to talk about the disproportionate numbers of people of color who cannot swim.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Too Many Flutes?)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7348-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Combining the talents of 100 flutists with MacArthur Fellow and world-class flutist Claire Chase in a special performance of Salvatore Sciarrino's 'Cutting the Circle of Sounds.'.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Film Space)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7354-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Building community through film by creating a state-of-the art digital cinema theater in a little-used auditorium at the university.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: In the Footsteps of Gordon Parks)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7361-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Engaging young black males in the arts through a fellows program that teaches photography, visual arts, filmmaking and writing in the tradition of the late St. Paul artist Gordon Parks.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sight of Hand)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7366-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Finding the musicality in baseball through a virtuosic, percussive performance by Flying Foot Forum and CRASH that is influenced by real-life baseball signals and plays from St. Paul Saints coaches and players.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Little Mekong Night Market)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7344-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Transforming the five-block Little Mekong district with an expanded, two-weekend night market that elevates the work of artists. (Asian Economic Development Association).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Selby Avenue Art Installation)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7347-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Transforming the look of Selby Avenue through a large-scale permanent art installation by artist and community activist Ta-coumba Aiken for the wall of the academy's new 6,000-square-foot music center.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Spontaneous Performances Celebrate Frogtown)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7351-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Enlivening Frogtown through a yearlong series of street-level pop-up performances and adventurous educational opportunities. (Dangerous Productions).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Electric Machete Studios & Gallery)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7355-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Highlighting the voices of Latinos in St. Paul's West Side neighborhood by creating an arts hub with studios for music production, visual arts, performance and more.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: A Sacred Passage Tour)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7356-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring how the theater has changed the lives of a diverse group of St. Paul artists and how, in turn, these artists have shaped the theater community, through a new production to debut in 2016.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Create and stage Bharatanatyam production-The Seasons)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7358-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Elevating young, high-potential Bharatanatyam dancers through opportunities to participate in an original, professional ensemble production.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Water Tower Stained-Glass Mural Remake)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7359-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Enlivening the Creative Enterprise Zone by transforming a water tower into a beacon wrapped in a backlit, contemporary stained-glass mural.
Venture Scout US Corp. (Earmark: Startupbootcamp Miami)2,025,000.00141--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6821-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 10/01/2018; goal: To attract and retain talented people in South Florida and expand opportunity by supporting the Miami launch of Startupbootcamp, an accelerator that aims to boost the next generation of startups by each year selecting the 10 best from around the world to participate in its new South Florida business development program.
Asian American Journalists Association (Earmark: AAJA Executive Leadership Program)230,000.00959--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6832-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 12/31/2017; goal: To promote journalism excellence by supporting a human-centered redesign of the Asian American Journalists Association's Executive Leadership program aimed to develop minorities as leadership in digital journalism and improve diversity in newsrooms.
Carey Institute for Global Good (Earmark: Longform Nonfiction Program)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6884-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support in-depth reporting and new forms of storytelling through a resident fellows program for journalists working on long-form narrative projects.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Bee Real, Bee Everywhere)115,000.001556--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7343-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Raising awareness about the plight of bees, which are dying in large numbers, with a public art project of small bronze bees and sculptures that serve as bee habitats.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Quiet as its Kept)70,000.002036--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7345-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Drawing parallels between the Reconstruction era and today’s social justice movements with a new production that combines figure skating, Afro-modern dance, live vocals and Ida B. Wells’ speeches.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Northern Spark: The Green Line)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7349-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Promoting the Green Line as a creative extension of the community by using the light rail line as the backbone of the 2017 edition of Northern Spark, an all-night, multi-venue arts festival. (Northern Lights.mn).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Coffee Sleeve Conversations Come to St. Paul)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7350-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Fostering community conversations on race and the arts in St. Paul through the production and distribution of coffee cup sleeves featuring the words of St. Paul writers of color. (Coffee House Press).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: People of Color at Center of Shakespeare Remake)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7362-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Building trust between St. Paul’s immigrant communities by remaking Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” from the perspective of the Latino Garcias versus the Hmong Vangs. (Alberto Justiniano).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Wahnawotapi: A Traveling Dakota Language Table)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7363-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: An artist-created sculptural table that incorporates Dakota place names and information about Dakota sites in the area and serves as a focus for discussion and art presentations at public events and parks. (Healing Place).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Illumination Parade and Harvest Dance)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7365-- Grant period: 10/01/2015 - 09/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating a community spectacle in Frogtown with a nighttime lantern parade that illuminates the streets with larger-than-life mythical creatures created by local puppet artists and community groups.
Center for Active Design (Earmark: Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement)1,816,000.00170--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6871-- Grant period: 09/30/2015 - 12/31/2018; goal: To expand civic engagement in Knight communities by supporting the Center for Active Design to develop design guidelines for public spaces that encourage more people to participate in community life.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Irrigate: Rondo)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7341-- Grant period: 09/29/2015 - 09/27/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Irrigate: Rondo is an artist-led placemaking project in and about the Rondo neighborhood.
The Associated Press (Earmark: AP Data Services Team)400,000.00532--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6861-- Grant period: 09/29/2015 - 11/18/2018; goal: To support journalism excellence in the digital age by helping fund an Associated Press Data Services Team to increase the distribution of localized data sets and raise the level of data-driven journalism in newsrooms that have inadequate resources to pursue the work on their own. The Associated Press will add additional data journalists to its team and increase its distribution of data sets that include localized information to more than a thousand news organizations. This expansion will lead to more collaborative projects with newsrooms across the country. The Associated Press will also establish and distribute data journalism best practices as an addendum to the 2017 Associated Press Stylebook, focusing on style, ethics and standards. Additionally, it will create an online portal where customers can download market-specific information.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: CHAT Freedom Festival)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7342-- Grant period: 09/29/2015 - 09/27/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Strengthening a platform for Hmong artists of all disciplines by expanding the center’s Hmong Arts and Music Festival, which draws thousands to its annual showcase. (Center for Hmong Arts and Talent / CHAT).
Crisis Text Line (Earmark: Crisis Text Line)100,000.001609--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6879-- Grant period: 09/28/2015 - 05/24/2016; goal: To improve the responsiveness and availability of mental health support resources for young people of color by expanding the counseling programs of Crisis Text Line, a text messaging support hub for individuals in crisis.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs))608,000.00402--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6870-- Grant period: 09/15/2015 - 08/30/2019; goal: To support journalism education and journalism training through online learning courses and peer-to-peer learning initiatives to help journalists stay up to date with the transformational changes in the news and information ecosystem.
Online News Association (Earmark: ONA Local)828,000.00338--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6872-- Grant period: 09/15/2015 - 09/30/2017; goal: To accelerate the adoption of the best digital practices in journalism in communities around the country by expanding the Online News Association's Local program and peer-to-peer volunteer network.
Sustainable Agriculture Education (Earmark: Sustainable Agriculture Education)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6886-- Grant period: 09/15/2015 - 09/14/2016; goal: To promote economic opportunity in San Jose by supporting SAGE's research, analysis and reporting aimed to connect and grow the city's food ecosystem.
Wikimedia Foundation (Earmark: Knowledge Engine By Wikipedia)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6865-- Grant period: 09/01/2015 - 08/31/2016; goal: To advance new models for finding information by supporting stage one development of the Knowledge Engine by Wikipedia, a system for discovering reliable and trustworthy public information on the Internet.
TransFormCA (Earmark: GreenTRIP tools and traffic reduction strategies)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6876-- Grant period: 09/01/2015 - 08/31/2016; goal: To attract and retain talent and expand economic opportunity in San Jose by supporting more affordable and transportation-friendly housing via the expansion of GreenTRIP tools and traffic reduction strategies.
Northeastern University (Earmark: Public Access to Pricing Personalization)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6846-- Grant period: 08/07/2015 - 02/07/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype a website that will enable the public to view personalized and non-personalized versions of common retail websites, and will deliver a consumer report on which websites are engaging in price discrimination or price steering.
Syracuse University (Earmark: SpeakEZ)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6851-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 07/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype SpeakEZ, an open source interactive voice response (IVR) platform, for the textually-illiterate Burmese Karen refugee population in Syracuse, New York with a mobile phone-based voice interface to facilitate one-stop access to a range of resources and services necessary for successful resettlement.
Fair Elections Legal Network (Earmark: Vote Worker Data Project)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6860-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 03/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype the Vote Worker Data project, which will use open data to address the lack of diversity among poll workers by transforming the process of recruitment.
Center for Active Design (Earmark: Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6834-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 11/30/2015; goal: To reduce the risk of obesity and chronic diseases by promoting physical activity and healthy food access through the design of buildings, streets, and neighborhoods.
Carnegie Mellon University (Earmark: Terrapattern Mining Tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6855-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Enabling journalists, citizen scientists, humanitarian workers and others to detect “patterns of interest” in satellite imagery, through an open-source tool. For example, users could use the tool to identify destroyed buildings in conflict zones.
Anchorage Public Library and Code for Anchorage (Earmark: Collective Development)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6856-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a participatory system where residents are not the library's audience, they are its makers. People will propose a project, workshop, class, event, etc. Others will indicate their interest. When a critical mass forms around any given proposal, the library will facilitate. We want the library to function as a democratic platform to allow the public to self organize and program the library.
Emerson Engagement Lab (Earmark: DataBasic)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6839-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype DataBasic, a suite of data visualization tools for designed for people with little to no background in programming, to learn how to leverage data to better tell their stories.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Virtual Reality for Journalists)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6842-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 02/26/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype an open-source virtual reality publishing framework for journalists who lack the engineering skills to publish their own VR content.
Bocoup LLC (Earmark: Voyager)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6862-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 10/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To improve Voyager, an open source tool for open-ended data exploration which provides recommended visualizations, ranked by both data properties and perceptual principles for public use.
Highest Common Denominator Media Fund (Earmark: CrowdVoice.by)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6843-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 08/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype CrowdVoice.by, an open source tool to help journalists efficiently collecting and disseminating crowdsourced news and data.
API Evangelist (Earmark: Federal Agency Dataset Adoption)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6850-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easier to access federal data for wider use by the public by processing the more than 5,000 datasets available at 22 federal agencies; the project will be driven by Github, the software hosting and collaboration platform.
IIT Institute of Design (Earmark: Visualizing Thick Data)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6864-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping researchers and others visualize qualitative data through an easy-to-use, Web-based application designed for fast, efficient data exploration. Nineteen is a simple, web-based application designed to help qualitative researchers visualize their data without being programmers or subscribing to expensive analysis software. This project seeks to advance the existing software prototype to the next level of usability. Notably, it would like to address requests from users that enable Nineteen support collaboration and communication of data.
Soapbox Systems (Earmark: Ombuds)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6844-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 01/28/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping to preserve and protect free speech online through software that lets activists, journalists, and others working in conflict zones record statements through a peer-to-peer microblogging platform which is backed by a public record.
Digital Democracy (Earmark: OSM Lite)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6854-- Grant period: 08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype a simple, lightweight stack for managing small-to-medium custom databases compatible with existing OpenStreetMap tools so that organizations and individuals can rollout their own geodatabase.
E.thePeople (Earmark: Informed Voting From Start to Finish)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6823-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping build a more informed electorate and making the voting process easier by combining the voter services of TurboVote,which helps people register to vote,request and absentee ballot and receive election reminders,with local guides and candidate information from E.thePeople. The Center for Responsive Politics wants to help journalists and the public better understand who is funding campaigns and the sources of so-called “dark money,” the funds that certain nonprofits can spend to back candidates and issues without having to reveal where the donations are coming from. In fact, the amount of dark money in campaigns has grown exponentially – from $6 million in 2004 to $309 million in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The center has developed a system for tracking and processing information on these donations from difficult-to-access IRS 990 forms, and matching this information with Federal Elections Commission data. With new funding, the center will partner with GuideStar to retrieve greater volumes of this information more quickly and comprehensively, and create a database that any journalist can access.
Rhode Island Department of State (Earmark: Rhode Island Civic Fellowship)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6835-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Encouraging more millennials to vote through a statewide civic fellowship program designed to inspire, recruit and train them to get involved in shaping voting and elections in their communities.
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Earmark: Silent Targeting, Loud Democracy)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6836-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/22/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Promoting transparency in elections by prototyping an investigative service that tracks political ads that use online microtargeting to reveal how political action committees, parties and candidates target individual voters based on their personal information.
University of Florida (Earmark: Accessible Voting for Everyone)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6838-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/21/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making voting easy and accessible to all through an open source electronic voting system that allows citizens,including those with disabilities,to cast ballots by actions such as tapping a touchscreen or speaking into a microphone.
MapLight (Earmark: Voter's Edge)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6841-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Providing in-depth voter information that is easily accessible, neutral and factual on one platform; the mobile-optimized guide provides voter information on federal, state and local elections, including endorsements, candidate biographies, ballot measure summaries, top funder lists, videos, news, and more.
Center for Responsive Politics (Earmark: Prompt Data Query)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6847-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Bringing more transparency and accountability to elections, through an automated, interactive tool that will give users access to real-time campaign finance data.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: California Civic Data Coalition)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6869-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 08/16/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making it easier to track money in California politics with an open-source tool that will help journalists, academics and others mine campaign finance data. Campaign finance data in statehouses across America is hard to organize, access and understand. Making it easier to find and use this raw, machine-readable data can help to hold politicians accountable and enable deeper analysis of the influence of money in politics. The California Civic Data Coalition will engage data journalists from The Los Angeles Times, Stanford University, the San Francisco Chronicle and The Center for Investigative Reporting to lead an open-source effort to refine this raw data into an easy-to-use product. The work will serve as a model for other states and join an ongoing effort to consolidate money-in-politics data from statehouses across America.
Center for Responsive Politics (Earmark: Inside the 990 Treasure Trove)525,000.00443--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6820-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 04/13/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping voters and journalists better understand who is funding campaigns by partnering with GuideStar to unearth more comprehensive data on the sources of so-called 'dark money.' The Center for Responsive Politics wants to help journalists and the public better understand who is funding campaigns and the sources of so-called “dark money,” the funds that certain nonprofits can spend to back candidates and issues without having to reveal where the donations are coming from. In fact, the amount of dark money in campaigns has grown exponentially – from $6 million in 2004 to $309 million in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The center has developed a system for tracking and processing information on these donations from difficult-to-access IRS 990 forms, and matching this information with Federal Elections Commission data. With new funding, the center will partner with GuideStar to retrieve greater volumes of this information more quickly and comprehensively, and create a database that any journalist can access.
The Des Moines Register (Earmark: The Iowa Electorate)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6848-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Engaging young voters in the Iowa caucuses by sponsoring a series of public events and initiatives that use social media to draw millennial attention to issues and candidates.
Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation (Earmark: Revive My Vote)230,000.00959--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6818-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 11/22/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping Virginians with prior felony convictions restore their voting rights by organizing local law students to help remotely process rights restoration applications and lessening wait times for those who have applied; an outreach platform will also be developed to motivate and inform prospective applicants. Virginians with felony convictions face real obstacles in restoring their right to vote. Those who have already applied to restore voting rights face a severe backlog of applications. In addition, reaching out to those who have not yet applied is very difficult since Virginia maintains no comprehensive contact list of eligible citizens. Revive My Vote seeks to address both obstacles. To reduce the backlog, the group will organize and train local law students to remotely process these applications, speeding the process. In addition, the project will create a digital platform where successful applicants will inspire prospective applicants with success stories and information about rights restoration will be disseminated.
The Associated Press (Earmark: The Next Generation Beyond Exit Polls)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6819-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 11/16/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing less expensive,more accurate alternatives to exit polling by working with survey firms to develop new ways to gauge voter preferences in real time. For years, the media, academics and the public have relied almost exclusively on exit polls to explain voter behavior and declare winners on national election nights. But with the growing number of early voters – and well-publicized recent errors in candidate estimates – many have questioned their accuracy. The Associated Press, in partnership with two national polling firms, is looking to develop less expensive methods to more accurately measure voter views. Two recent experiments have used online, probability-based panels to gauge voter sentiments in real time. The AP is looking to publicize the results, refine its methods and ultimately share new tools with other newsrooms.
Long Distance Voter (Earmark: Vote-by-Smartphone)325,000.00602--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6822-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/17/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making it easier to vote by mail by using mobile technology to allow voters to request absentee ballots with their smartphone. Long Distance Voter wants to increase voter turnout by making it possible to sign up for an absentee ballot using smartphones. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, more than 25 percent of all ballots were cast by mail in 2014. Three states, Oregon, Washington and Colorado, have transitioned to a standard vote-by-mail system, with all three experiencing higher turnout and lower election administration costs. Voters in other states currently need to print and mail their forms in order to submit absentee ballots, which is difficult for many in an increasingly digital age. Long Distance Voter will use DocuSign’s electronic signature technology to enable citizens to complete, sign and mail their absentee ballots directly from their smartphones.
Internet Archive (Earmark: 2016 Political Ad Tracker)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6817-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 11/16/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Bringing accountability to the voting process by creating a public library of TV news and political advertising from key 2016 primary election states,paired with nonpartisan fact-checking and additional analysis from PolitiFact,the University of Pennsylvania's FactCheck.org,The Center for Public Integrity and others. Voters are exposed to large amounts of campaign advertising, especially in key swing states. Though these ads are designed to influence and sway votes, little information is provided about their background and accuracy. To hold candidates accountable and bring more transparency to the voting process, the Internet Archive, with the world’s largest open archive of TV news, will create a public library of TV news and political ads from key 2016 primary election regions. The library will be paired with nonpartisan fact-checking and other analysis from PolitiFact, the University of Pennsylvania’s FactCheck.org, The Center for Public Integrity and others. Ads will be tracked along with facts about their accuracy, source, frequency and context. These widely distributed library resources will provide voters with trustworthy information and encourage greater participation in the political process.
New York University (Earmark: Lenses)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6824-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 02/19/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Enabling journalists and other storytellers to transform and visualize data to build interactive election stories through an open-source,mobile-friendly tool.
Jefferson Center (Earmark: Up for Debate Ohio!)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6826-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Increasing political knowledge in Ohio through community deliberation, online engagement and the media to provide citizens the opportunity to discuss issues and campaigns thoughtfully and civilly.
Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, LLC (Earmark: Tabs on Tallahassee)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6828-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Fostering government transparency by creating a searchable database of the voting records of Florida lawmakers for newsrooms across the state.
Center for Technology and Civic Life (Earmark: Civic Engagement Toolkit for Local Election Officials)400,000.00532--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6830-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 01/17/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping local governments more easily engage with communities by developing a civic engagement toolkit for election offices,including website templates,icons and illustrations that provide visual guides for information seekers,wait-time calculators and other tools. Local governments produce information that is important to voters. However, there are few communications avenues for people to access this information and engage with their local governments to help shape policy and decision-making. To tackle this issue, the Center for Technology and Civic Life will develop a civic engagement toolkit, designed in concert with local election officials. The kit will include a set of tools for election offices such as an election website template, visual icons and illustrations, resource allocation calculators, and other tools. It will help local officials identify how to best use communication tools, and measure the reach and impact of the information they are sharing.
Urban Affairs Coalition / Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program (Earmark: Sharp Insight)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6816-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 11/22/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Engaging black men in elections by recruiting barbers in predominantly African-American communities to disseminate nonpartisan information and resources on voting. While barbershops have long been trusted spaces in the African-American community, this project seeks to build on that stature by recruiting barbers as voting advocates. The Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program and its partners will recruit Philadelphia barbers, educate them on rights restoration and other voting issues, and ask them to help disseminate voting information. The program will provide barbers with incentives for getting their male customers to take surveys, read nonpartisan election information and continually discuss the importance of civic participation. The barbers who enroll will have their names listed on a radio partner’s website, with a special radio promotion going to the shop that disseminates the most information.
Free Law Project (Earmark: OpenJudiciary.org)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6825-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping to make judicial elections more transparent by creating online profiles of judges that show campaign contributions,judicial opinions and biographies.
District of Columbia Board of Elections (Earmark: Erase the Line)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6827-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping election officials improve the voting process by creating a digital platform that will document wait-time information at polling places across the nation.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: Campaign Hound)150,000.001280--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6829-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 05/19/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping to hold politicians more accountable through a searchable archive of campaign speech transcripts that provides customized alerts to keep voters informed about candidates and allows journalists and others to monitor political speeches remotely. Few citizens have direct contact with their candidates and elected officials. As such, the media and other sources are what keep them informed about politicians both on the campaign trail and once they are in office. To give citizens more information and help journalists improve their political coverage, the Reese News Lab will create a searchable archive of campaign speech transcripts that provides users with customized keyword alerts. It will use crowdsourcing and computer natural language processing to gather recordings of speeches and generate transcripts, enabling subscribers to search for exact words spoken by politicians. Users can also monitor political speeches remotely, providing easy access. In addition, it will alert subscribers when custom keywords are spoken on the campaign trail. The archive will be piloted in North Carolina.
New York Public Radio (Earmark: Judge Your Judges)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6833-- Grant period: 07/22/2015 - 02/20/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Enabling people to make more knowledgeable decisions about judicial elections through a tool that will provide key information,insights and context about candidates,their views and the court system.
Johnson County Election Office (Earmark: User-Friendly Application for Election Data)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6857-- Grant period: 07/20/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype a data-driven application that will compile election-related information for the public and election professionals with the goal of making data-related processes much more efficient.
Data & Society Research Institute (Earmark: Data Privacy Project)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6849-- Grant period: 07/15/2015 - 01/11/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype the Data Privacy Project, an online technical support network that will make it easy for libraries to set up secure digital services and better educate individuals and communities about the challenges of always-on, networked, and easily surveilled lifestyles.
Datascope Analytics (Earmark: scrubadub)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6863-- Grant period: 07/15/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Scrubadub, a tool that will enable FOIA officers to de-identify unstructured text to rapidly accelerate the process of releasing documents while maintaining privacy for individuals.
Sunlight Foundation (Earmark: Real-Time Foreign Lobbying Mashup)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6853-- Grant period: 07/15/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To improve foreign.influenceexplorer.com, a Sunlight Foundation tool that uses Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) data to surface interesting connections between foreign clients and their U.S. agents, helping journalists write stories about countries influencing US policies.
Data & Society Research Institute (Earmark: Network Geography 101)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6866-- Grant period: 07/15/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Network Geography 101, a curriculum and toolkit of digital and analog resources for teaching people about the physical realities, hardware, and power dynamics of the internet.
Heather Bryant (Earmark: Project Facet)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6837-- Grant period: 07/14/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping newsrooms plan and coordinate coverage across publishing platforms through an editorial workflow management app that fosters collaboration across teams and with outside partners. Note: also known as Bly.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Placelet)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6840-- Grant period: 07/14/2015 - 01/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Placelet is a system for collecting, analyzing and visualizing data on the human experience of urban places. The physical sensor network collects movement, audio and air quality data with the goal of better correlating physical conditions and activity to the invisible economic and social patterns that shape the public realm at the scale of a single urban block or streetscape.
Media Public (Earmark: Media Public)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6859-- Grant period: 07/13/2015 - 01/13/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Media Public will create a platform that will allow public media organizations to recruit participants to help station staff with various activities, and receive membership in return. The platform will also serve as a repository for stations to share information with each other and with the public.
DataMade (Earmark: Your Next Representative)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6858-- Grant period: 07/09/2015 - 01/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Expanding YourNextMP.com, a crowdsourcing website for gathering and sharing key information on election candidates, to the United States and Argentina; the project is a collaboration with Argentina-based Congreso Interactivo.
ProPublica (Earmark: Audience engagement project)2,208,000.00133--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6798-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 07/30/2018; goal: To advance excellence in investigative and data journalism by improving ProPublica's audience engagement system, assisting journalists in localizing ProPublica's national investigations, and training journalists.
West Virginia University (Earmark: Reed College of Media Innovator-in-Residence Program)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6598-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017; goal: To support an innovator-in-residence program, which embeds two innovators from national and regional media organizations into the classrooms at West Virginia University, exposing students and professors to emerging technology and innovation practices.
CCCP Trust (Earmark: West Side Business Development)1,508,000.00198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6806-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2018; goal: To expand opportunity in the historic West End of Charlotte by preparing local businesses and the community to take advantage of the new streetcar link to Uptown by creating a new business improvement district.
San Jose Downtown Association (Earmark: Support San Jose Downtown Association)625,000.00397--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6811-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 07/31/2020; goal: To attract and retain talent in San Jose by expanding the San Jose Downtown Association's Street Life Plan and Public Space Activation Projects, as part of an effort to build community in the city's core.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: Applied Research Center)3,016,000.0073--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6728-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 05/30/2019; goal: To create an applied research center dedicated to transforming legacy news organizations and supporting innovative community news sites at the local and regional level.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Knight First Amendment Institute)5,000,000.0022--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6812-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 07/01/2020; goal: To preserve broad First Amendment rights in the digital age through the establishment of an institute at Columbia University that would champion free expression through litigation, education and scholarship.
Duke University (Earmark: Research into the media and philanthropy)150,000.001280--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6559-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2018; goal: For a research fellow at the Sanford School of Public Policy to study the framing of philanthropy in the media in Western liberal democracies.
Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (Earmark: Motor City Match)1,512,500.00195--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6814-- Grant period: 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2018; goal: To expand opportunity in Detroit by supporting Motor City Match, Mayor Mike Duggan's new program to bring vibrancy to neighborhood commercial corridors in the city.
Digital Public Library of America (Earmark: Extending the Digital Public Library of America's National Network to Uncovered States)1,535,792.00192--Technology, Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6736-- Grant period: 06/25/2015 - 12/31/2017; goal: To expand the Digital Public Library of America into all unserved states or regions, adding new hubs with unique items from these communities into DPLA's collection.
StoryCorps (Earmark: StoryCorps App Development)600,000.00403--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6809-- Grant period: 06/09/2015 - 06/14/2017; goal: To support the development and sustainability of StoryCorps' technology with a focus on the StoryCorps app, which allows anyone with a smartphone to record interviews that collect, preserve and share the stories of our lives.
JMJ Clutch aka Wyncode (Earmark: Wyncode Scholarships)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6717-- Grant period: 06/01/2015 - 05/31/2016; goal: To enrich the ideas, opportunities and talent in Miami's entrepreneurial ecosystem by supporting Wyncode's effort to promote tech diversity by offering scholarships to its 9-week bootcamp for students from low-income and under-represented parts of the community, with a particular emphasis on women and individuals of color.
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia (Earmark: Millenial Retention through Quality Public Schools)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6735-- Grant period: 06/01/2015 - 05/31/2016; goal: To help Philadelphia retain talented 25-34 year-olds who may leave the city due to a perceived lack of quality public schools by supporting The Fund's rebranding efforts, which includes promoting stories of excellence in public school education.
San Jose Museum of Art Association (Earmark: Covert Operations & Border Cantos)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6794-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 08/31/2016; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with two new exhibitions: 'Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknown' - a group exhibition addressing digital surveillance; and 'Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo: Border Cantos' - a cross-disciplinary response to immigration across the U.S-Mexico border.
The Wilma Theater (Earmark: The Wilma Hothouse)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6799-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2017; goal: To support talent development in Philadelphia's theatre community with 'The Wilma Hothouse' - a series of master classes and workshops led by internationally renowned theatre instructors.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Jim Campbell Exhibition)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6795-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with a solo-exhibition of cutting-edge LED light installations by internationally renowned Bay Area artist Jim Campbell.
San Jose Taiko Group (Earmark: Inspiration by Discovery - Outdoor Taiko)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6800-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage local audiences with 'Inspiration by Discovery' - a series of site-specific taiko performances in public spaces across San Jose.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose (Earmark: '57 Chevy)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6785-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with the premiere of '57 CHEVY' - a one-man play by renowned actor Ricardo Salinas.
The Commons (Earmark: The Commons)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6792-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage local audiences with 'The Commons' - a free immersive performance and concert series held in public parks throughout downtown San Jose.
Miami-Dade Entrepreneurial Development Organization (Earmark: VentureHive)210,000.001012--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6601-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support Miami's entrepreneurial community by expanding Venture Hive's accelerator program with greater mentorship and access to funding, along with programming including 2-day Angel Investor Summit and publicly-available talks, panels and workshops.
San Jose Jazz (Earmark: Progressions)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6793-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; goal: To engage San Jose at-risk youth with the arts by expanding 'Progressions'- an El Sistema-inspired program that will provide after-school, high-level music training to local K-12 students.
Two Fish Design (Earmark: SubZero Festival 2015)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6801-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with the 2015 SubZero Festival - an annual showcase of innovative and emerging artists, performers and musicians.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley (Earmark: The Giselle Project)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6805-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with 'The Giselle Project' - a ballet celebrating the rich heritage of the internationally renowned Ballet Nacional de Cuba and its iconic choreographer, Alicia Alonso.
Naatak (Earmark: Vrindavan and 2016 Main Stage Production)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6802-- Grant period: 05/01/2015 - 04/30/2017; goal: To engage San Jose audiences with diversity in the arts by premiering the Hindi film 'Vrindavan' - Naatak's 50th production, which sheds light on the culturally sensitive topic of widowhood in India.
Dance Heritage Coalition (Earmark: Culture Conversations)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6781-- Grant period: 04/30/2015 - 11/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help the San Francisco art community preserve digital arts criticism related to dance through a tool that will make these stories fully searchable using descriptive metadata and linking it to streaming dance videos.
Contextly (Earmark: Metadata beyond the Open Graph)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6775-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 11/19/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Contextly, a tool to help journalists get better metadata into their stories and provide context while they write, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-stage media and information projects.
Perceptoscope (Earmark: Perceptoscope)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6780-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Perceptoscope, a set of augmented reality coin-operated binoculars to help civic institutions publicly present site-specific media, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-stage media and information projects.
Futurism (Earmark: Futurism.co 2.0)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6782-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Futurism.co 2.0 will be prototyping a web based evolving knowledge system (Smart Feed) that aggregates the top relevant science and technology stories from hundreds of journals and publications and ranks them based on keyword usage, source credibility, and social virality metrics.
Samaruddin Stewart (Earmark: Verified Pixel Project)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6791-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Verified Pixel Project proposes to build a service that will unify several popular existing verification tests in one workflow tool using original code and layered API calls. We feel our unique technical approach will help demystify verification, allow it to scale to demand, and open up verification capability to a larger and broader audience.
Allied Media Projects (Earmark: The Ripple Mapping Tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6796-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Ripple Mapping tool collects and visualizes the outcomes of an event or program. It meets the need expressed repeatedly by non-profit organizations, foundations, social entrepreneurs and others for new ways of measuring the ever-multiplying outcomes that may emerge from a single training, grant award, or other discrete interaction.
Harlo Holmes (Earmark: Unveillance)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6807-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Unveillance is a library that combines the best aspects of friend-to-friend file sharing, machine learning, and if-this-then-that-style programmability. The platform is architected to quickly facilitate Rube-Goldberg-esque explorations of data sets.
Alamo Public Telecommunications Council dba KLRN (Earmark: KLRN Virtual Classroom)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6789-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype the KLRN Virtual Classroom, a tool that will enable students and parents to access PBS educational resources online in a safe environment, with moderated supervision. KLRN San Antonio has been a trailblazing public television station for over 50 years. We have provided not only educational and cultural television, but public services like our proposed KLRN Virtual Classroom across the South Central region. As a PBS member station, we have made it our mission to enrich the lives of people throughout South Central Texas through the power of communication -- providing quality programs and services that advance education, art and culture, and community. KLRN Virtual Classroom will be partnered with a network of homeschooling parents, Gifted Homeschool Forum, which has more than 25,000 members who will be involved in the development of curriculum topics for us to design talking points and extra resources. With this collaboration, we will be able to know instantly what we can improve on as the program expands.
Aecosoft Corp. (Earmark: OpenPermit)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6776-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 11/24/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype a tool to help citizens and businesses more easily access permitting information, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-stage media and information projects.
Open Media Foundation (Earmark: She said, he said)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6777-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype She Said, He Said, a tool to for searching videos of public meetings for moments when a specific government official is speaking, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-stage media projects.
The Lens (Earmark: Semantic timeline maker)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6787-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The world's data is expanding very quickly. Journalists need new tools to make sense of it. We're working on one such program, which extracts a timeline of events from a large amount of natural-language text. We are applying for Knight Prototype funding to improve this timeline maker so that journalists might be able to use it in real-life reporting.
WeVote LLC (Earmark: Ballot)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6803-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Ballot is a web and mobile app that helps voters navigate their ballot, review political candidates, and learn about the voting process. Our goal is to improve the voting experience and increase voter turnout by making useful info readily accessible. The key feature is a political quiz that will recommend candidates based on political compatibility.
CTY (Earmark: Numina)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6778-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 10/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Numina is a data collection tool to create analytics for places. We will deploy plug-and-play, machine learning-based sensors in high-risk neighborhoods for evaluation by the City of St. Louis Health Department. The resulting real-time pedestrian counts will help assess local physical activity interventions and inform recommendations for St. Louis' new Complete Streets initiative.
Arizona State University News Games Project (Earmark: Playable Stories)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6783-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Playable Stories Wordpress plugin and a mobile friendly Playable Stories Wordpress theme to allow journalists to rapidly design and produce interactive narrative mobile-ready news experiences based on the best principles of games and journalism.
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (Earmark: Neighborhood Drawing Tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6790-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Neighborhood Drawing Tool is a web tool that will allow users to define their neighborhood boundaries and find data aggregated to that geography. Our goal is to build a working prototype so that users can pull the data they need at the geography they want easily and quickly so they can spend more time advocating for change in their neighborhood or informing discussion at a public meeting.
mRelief (Earmark: mRelief)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6804-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We plan to secure accurate data more efficiently by developing a real-time interface for non-technical government actors to easily update changes to eligibility requirements for public assistance. Efficient eligibility screening helps beneficiaries access public assistance by reducing wait times. mRelief screening forms reduced eligibility determination time by 75 percent from 16 to 4 minutes.
Railroad Project (Earmark: Railroad)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6779-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Railroad, a communications tool that captures user reactions to video messages, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-stage media and information projects.
Chicago Public Media (Earmark: Metadata Graphing Interface)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6786-- Grant period: 04/29/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Chicago Public Media (CPM) will create a data storage container capable of housing a large volume of complex data relationships and an application powerful enough to analyze and render those connections in various user-facing interfaces in a way that web publishers may create richly described content graphs simply by drawing the known connections between entities referenced in the content itself.
Mississippi News and Information Corporation (Earmark: Mississippi Today)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6740-- Grant period: 04/15/2015 - 04/15/2016; goal: To advance journalism excellence by supporting Mississippi Today, a new nonprofit digital news outlet partnering with universities to provide top-flight coverage of race, poverty, education, health and the statehouse.
Michelle Ferrier (Earmark: TrollBusters)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6797-- Grant period: 04/14/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: TrollBusters is an online and mobile service to address online cyberbullying using positive messaging and targeted services.
Crisis Text Line (Earmark: Crisis Text Line)1,308,000.00224--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6713-- Grant period: 04/03/2015 - 09/14/2017; goal: To promote a new model for digital engagement through mobile devices and the creation of broadly distributed crisis data by growing, Crisis Text Line, a text messaging support line for individuals in crisis.
Gehl.Org (Earmark: Public Space Public Life)1,602,000.00186--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6727-- Grant period: 04/03/2015 - 07/18/2017; goal: To increase civic engagement through new methods and tools for designing public spaces in Knight communities.
PRX (Earmark: Reimagining Radiotopia)1,008,000.00270--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6721-- Grant period: 04/03/2015 - 07/18/2017; goal: To promote a sustainable model for original public media creation in the digital age by supporting PRX's Radiotopia podcast network.
SoundX LLC (Earmark: Corner Concerts)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6738-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 05/31/2016; goal: To engage Macon audiences with 'Corner Concerts' - a series of pop-up live music events in vacant and underutilized spaces across downtown Macon.
Friends of the Underline (Earmark: Underline Master Plan)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6630-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 12/01/2015; goal: To support civic engagement and talent retention in Miami by funding a matching grant for The Underline which will engage the public and design a master plan of a connected, vibrant 10-mile greenway in Miami.
Ante Diem, LLC dba Sportsmanias (Earmark: Sportsmanias Social Media and Sports Summit)50,000.002216--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6720-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 09/01/2015; goal: To support Sportsmanias' Social Media and Sports Summit in Miami, which will unite sports writers, media executives and key sports leaders from across the country to engage in conversation on the evolution of journalism and its intersection with social media.
Black Lily (Earmark: BlackStar Film Festival 2015)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6749-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with the 2015 BlackStar Film Festival - an independent film festival celebrating filmmakers of the African diaspora.
Guardian News & Media LLC (Earmark: Mobile Team)2,566,750.0094--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6622-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 07/31/2017; goal: To create a multidisciplinary journalism lab in the newsroom of Guardian US to test and adapt news content for mobile consumption using new approaches, and to disseminate metrics and learning. Guardian US will assemble a multidisciplinary editorial and production team that includes designers, developers and reporters and embed it within its news operations. With mobile audiences now accounting for over 50 percent of the Guardian’s daily traffic, the lab will aim to create new and more engaging ways for people to consume news on their mobile devices. Additionally, the lab will explore the challenges faced by journalists in the mobile age and experiment with new ways of bringing stories to life on smaller screens. It will also look at ways of engaging readers in storytelling in real time and at advancing citizen participation in breaking news.
Opera Cultura (Earmark: Bless Me Ultima Artist Commission and Engagement Work)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6773-- Grant period: 04/01/2015 - 11/30/2017; goal: To engage San Jose audiences through a series of workshops for students and adults that will culminate in the creation of 'Bless Me Ultima' - a Spanish language opera based on the work of Rudolfo Anaya.
Claire Nelson (Earmark: The Urban Consulate)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6762-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Promoting cross-city cultural and civic exchange by setting up a network of new “consulates” initially located in Detroit, Philadelphia and New Orleans that offer events and an entrée into local culture.
Crossroads Writers Conference (Earmark: Unbox Akron)52,168.002195--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6764-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Fostering a stronger connection to the city by creating a subscription service that celebrates Akron with a monthly selection of local goods and experiences delivered in a box.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: No Barriers Project)67,100.002071--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6765-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Bringing two diverse neighborhoods together in a public park that sits on their border by creating a new common space that uses light, sound and play to stimulate conversation.
Park Advocacy Macon (Earmark: Macon Civic Spaces)124,300.001516--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6766-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating an umbrella organization to bring together individual park volunteer groups to create a network of advocates, interested in improving and maintaining local parks as vibrant community engagement venues.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: 'Porch' Swings in public places)28,000.003057--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6767-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Fostering conversation among strangers by installing Charlotte’s signature porch swings in public spaces.
City Parks Association of Philadelphia (Earmark: Urban Arboreta)65,000.002075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6768-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Transforming vacant land in Philadelphia into urban forests that produce trees to be replanted on city streets and in parks.
Jun-Li Wang (Earmark: MN Nice Breakers)37,960.002652--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6769-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Making the city more welcoming by using existing events to help newcomers quickly establish social networks that attach them to the city.
North Limestone Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Northside Common Market)550,000.00433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6733-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Repurposing a vacant bus station into a market for locally grown food and locally made goods and a creative business incubator that will serve as a neighborhood hub.
Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (Earmark: The Buzz)84,055.001868--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6747-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Pairing barbers with landscape contractors to transform overgrown vacant lots through facilitated design workshops that teach mowing and pattern-making techniques.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: Take Ten Initiative)74,000.002023--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6755-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Challenging municipal workers to take 10 minutes each week to connect with a city resident and report on their thoughts and ideas.
Brand Camp University (Earmark: RE:Brand Detroit: Innovating Detroit Neighborhoods)164,810.001247--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6757-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Changing the narrative of underserved neighborhoods by developing compelling branding and digital presences for neighborhood businesses that better tell their stories.
Team Better Block (Earmark: Better Block International Hostel on Airbnb)155,000.001267--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6760-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Turning a vacant property into an AirBnB hostel and cultural hub in Akron’s North Hill to tap the entrepreneurial potential of the neighborhood’s growing Bhutanese population.
Rebuild Foundation (Earmark: ArtHouse: a Social Kitchen)650,000.00388--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6771-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Repurposing an underutilized space in downtown Gary as a culinary incubator and café designed to reinvigorate downtown while creating jobs and opportunities for residents.
LIVE Detroit (Earmark: LIVE Detroit)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6741-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Attracting and retaining residents by creating a center for information about Detroit neighborhoods and city life that showcases the best of Detroit.
Group Melvin Design (Earmark: The Pop-Up Pool Project)297,000.00640--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6742-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Introducing fun, easy solutions at city pools, which will be designed to make them more vibrant places to meet and interact with neighbors and friends.
Central Roxborough Civic Association (Earmark: Neighborhood Conservation Kit)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6752-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Putting the future of communities in residents’ hands with a toolkit they can use to create a special zoning designation called a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay.
San Jose Downtown Association (Earmark: San Pedro Squared)139,000.001444--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6754-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Testing a new method of economic revival focused on bringing activity to the streets by installing pop-up retail units on the ground floor of a parking structure opposite the lively San Pedro Square market.
MidTown (Earmark: Minimum Grid: Maximum Impact)199,195.001166--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6770-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Establishing a comprehensive network of bicycle and pedestrian connections among the entertainment and business district of Uptown and the 24 diverse neighborhoods of MidTown.
Union Capital Boston (Earmark: Community Resource Aggregator)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6784-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 12/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: UCB is an approach to overcome the poverty trap for individuals, families, and communities. Our mobile-based loyalty program for low-income families provides social and financial service rewards in exchange for community involvement in schools, businesses, health centers, and civic programs.
City of Saint Paul (Earmark: 8-80 Vitality Fellow)175,000.001223--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6746-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Promoting a more livable St. Paul by embedding a fellow in the mayor’s office who will work across departments to manage the $42 million committed to the mayor’s 8-80 Vitality Fund, which aims to ensure that walking, biking and public spaces are a priority in all city projects.
Mt. Airy USA (Earmark: Philadelphia Immigrant Innovation Hub)261,500.00653--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6748-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Harnessing the talent and energy of immigrants to revitalize distressed neighborhoods by providing centers that would offer immigrant entrepreneurs low-cost space, language assistance, workshops and trainings, and access to traditional and non-traditional sources of capital.
GREATER MSP (Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership (Earmark: 4 Play)117,000.001554--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6753-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Changing the way people perceive the city and its climate by inviting all residents to come together for an outdoor activity—whether it’s ice fishing or summer canoeing—once per season.
Scout (Earmark: South Philly's Stoop)146,960.001422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6756-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Transforming the vacant space surrounding the recently closed, historic Edward Bok school in South Philadelphia into a new community living room that brings community members together, encourages connections and engages people with neighborhood history.
Crain's Detroit Business (Earmark: Detroit Homecoming)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6759-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Engaging Detroit expats with a new digital community designed to keep them connected to Detroit and its opportunities.
Jun-Li Wang (Earmark: Rolling Out the Warm Welcome Hat)67,288.002069--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6763-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Welcoming newcomers by having city leaders hold monthly ceremonies to give them an official welcome gift, a warm hat for Minnesota winters.
The Big SandBox (Earmark: DIG Philly)149,050.001419--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6772-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Bringing together members of the community from diverse ages, ethnic and economic groups to create a movement to reinvent schoolyards across the city using traditional grassroots outreach and new digital engagement tools.
Daily tous les jours (Earmark: The Swings: An Exercise in Musical Cooperation)325,000.00602--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6734-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Bringing people together to connect and engage in four Knight resident cities (San Jose, Detroit, West Palm Beach) with a musical swings installation that plays music when used and more complex melodies when people collaborate to use them together.
Realize Bradenton (Earmark: Reuse ReCONNECT)90,140.001833--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6739-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Engaging millennials in Bradenton by experimenting with pop-up events that temporarily transform outdoor spaces into places for conversations on local topics.
College Hill Alliance (Earmark: Operation Export Macon)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6743-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Fostering city pride and helping attract newcomers to Macon by sending one man in a roaming trailer to nearby cities, to showcase the city’s best food, goods and experiences.
Michigan Historic Preservation Network (Earmark: Brick + Beam Detroit)87,424.001854--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6750-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a new community of Detroit rehabbers who will work together to combat blight, reactivate vacant buildings and improve their city.
Here's My Chance (Earmark: Next Stop: Democracy)166,394.001245--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6758-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Making voting in local elections more enticing by creating new types of signs at polling places and commissioning artists to perform site-specific pieces on election days.
Houslets (Earmark: Houslets)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6761-- Grant period: 03/30/2015 - 10/14/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Prototyping and deploying low-cost, modular housing and workspace units to test a new model for temporary and affordable housing for San Jose’s fast-growing population.
Leadership Akron (Earmark: Civic Solutions Laboratory)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6708-- Grant period: 03/02/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support the creation of the Civic Solutions Lab at Leadership Akron, engaging cross-sector cohorts to identify solutions to address community challenges in Akron.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Akron Dance Fund)5,000,000.0022--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6725-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/28/2022; goal: To create the Knight Akron Dance Fund, to support artistic excellence and innovation in dance through the establishment of a national center for choreography located on the University of Akron campus.
Koresh Dance Company (Earmark: Come Together Dance Festival 2015)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6744-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/29/2016; goal: To engage audiences with the Come Together Dance Festival at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre - a showcase of performances by 24 of Philadelphia's best dance companies.
Play On Philly! (Earmark: POP Academy)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6737-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/28/2017; goal: To engage Philadelphia at-risk youth with the launch of the Play On, Philly! Academy - an El Sistema inspired program that will provide high-level musical training and creative expression opportunities to local high school students.
University of Miami (Earmark: Recital Hall at the University of Miami)7,500,000.0010--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6724-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/29/2020; goal: To develop artistic talent in South Florida by supporting the building of a state of the art recital hall at the University of Miami.
INVISIBLE RIVER (Earmark: INVISIBLE RIVER 2015)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6745-- Grant period: 03/01/2015 - 02/29/2016; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with 'INVISIBLE RIVER 2015' - a site-specific interactive dance performance held on and along the banks of the Schuylkill River.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Gehl Studio New York)42,500.002557--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7191-- Grant period: 02/18/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support economic opportunity and integration by funding Gehl Architects to complete a public space/public life strategy for the City of Columbus, better connecting disenfrachised communities to the downtown area.
National Institute on Money in State Politics (Earmark: Follow the Money)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6683-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Establishing a database of election campaign finance and lobbying information to help journalists and the public see connections between political donors and elected officials.
Center for Technology and Civic Life (Earmark: Online Toolbox for Local Election Websites)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6684-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating an online-learning toolbox for local election administrators, to complement a previously created website template, allowing them to more easily share information with citizens and improve transparency.
R.J. Steinert (Earmark: Open Pipe Kit)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6692-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating a tool that will help data journalists and civic hackers collect data without a programmer’s assistance or proprietary software.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: PolitiFact plug-in)35,000.002668--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.
Cloudstitch (Earmark: Cloudstitch)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6681-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing a Web platform to help journalists easily create interactive, data-driven content without help from programmers.
Erin Polgreen (Earmark: Ketla)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6682-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Developing a mobile app to help content creators make news accessible to many different languages and literacy levels through visual tools that merge comic books, journalism and user-friendly delivery strategies.
Andrew Lih (Earmark: Wikipedia Space)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6687-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Establishing a visitor and discovery center at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., where the public can learn about Wikipedia and free culture.
Seth Vincent (Earmark: Flatsheet)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6677-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Flatsheet, a tool to help newsrooms and others collaboratively curate data in real time, as part of an effort to accelerate and learn from early-_stage media and information projects.
Xavier Damman (Earmark: Tipbox)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6689-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Establishing a unique and private Web address that journalists can share with potential sources to receive anonymous tips securely and privately through encrypted emails.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: CAT (Conflict Analysis Toolbox))35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6696-- Grant period: 02/09/2015 - 08/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Creating a toolbox to simplify satellite data collection and interpretation, allowing journalists, urbanists, humanitarian agencies and others to glean valuable information from satellite imagery during urban conflicts or natural disasters.
Center for Active Design (Earmark: Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement)190,000.001184--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6718-- Grant period: 02/01/2015 - 07/31/2015; goal: To encourage designers of public space and their clients to use design to 'nudge' robust civic engagement by producing a clear and accessible set of evidence-based design guidelines.
BalletX (Earmark: 10th Anniversary Season)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6726-- Grant period: 02/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with artistically excellent dance through support for BalletX's 10th anniversary season.
Silicon Valley Creates (Earmark: 2015 Legacy Laureate)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6729-- Grant period: 02/01/2015 - 01/31/2016; goal: To support San Jose/Silicon Valley's growing cultural community through the 2015 Artist Laureate Awards and Knight Legacy Laureate award - recognizing achievement in the arts and contributions to the cultural life of Silicon Valley. See also 2014 Laureate.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: 2015 Fringe Festival)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6732-- Grant period: 02/01/2015 - 01/31/2016; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival - a forum for cutting-edge dance, theater, visual arts, music and spoken word performances set in venues across the city.
8-80 Cities (Earmark: 8-80 Cities Convening and Study Tours)939,700.00317--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6629-- Grant period: 01/31/2015 - 06/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: To support a conference, city learning tours, fellowships and residencies that expose leaders from Knight communities to effective approaches to using the power of places to attract and keep talented people, expand economic opportunity and create a culture of engagement.
Manatee Community Foundation (Earmark: Spark Growth Leadership Summit)14,000.003524--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5022-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support Bradenton's tech talent retention and attraction by funding the Spark Growth Leadership Summit, a convening and conference for technologist.
Make it @ Your Library (Earmark: Maker Tool Circulating Kits)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6675-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Sharing the tools and technology of the maker movement by prototyping an equipment lending system - a process for sharing maker kits between libraries - that builds on existing interlibrary loan frameworks.
Bibliocommons (Earmark: Making the Invisible Visible)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6678-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Prototyping an app to give patrons a deeper library experience based on the user's location, interests and actions in the library.
The Seattle Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Your Next Skill)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6679-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping people acquire new skills or expand their knowledge by creating a librarian-led, referral service that connects users with materials, classes and instructors that will help them meet their goals.
San Jose Public Library (Earmark: Privacy Literacy)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6680-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Developing online tools which will help individuals understand privacy in the digital age and make more informed decisions about their online activity.
Internet Archive (Earmark: Internet Archive)600,000.00403--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6712-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping people create and share global collections of cultural treasures on the Internet Archive, one of the world's largest public libraries. The Internet Archive is one of the world’s largest public digital libraries, with an extensive collection of human culture: 2 million books, 430 billion Web pages, 3 million hours of television and more. However, the archive’s users upload only a small percentage of these materials and to preserve the world’s knowledge the public should be encouraged to contribute. The archive is embarking on a project to make the archive.org site more community-driven by improving the tools that allow people to upload, describe and organize items. With these new tools, the Internet Archive hopes to democratize knowledge by giving global communities the ability to save, manage and share their cultural treasures for free. What Wikimedia did for encyclopedia articles, the Internet Archive hopes to do for collections of media: give people the tools to build library collections together and make them accessible to everyone.
Library For All (Earmark: Digital Library for the Developing World)265,000.00651--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6714-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To promote responsive digital solutions for low-bandwidth communities by scaling a digital library platform that makes robust educational content available for libraries and schools in the developing world. Many developing countries continue to struggle with limited access to information and educational resources, leading to challenges with literacy, civic participation, knowledge building and progress. To address this issue, Library for All will expand its Digital Library, uniquely designed to work in low-bandwidth environments, making educational content available for libraries and schools across the developing world. The platform will leverage mobile technology and be accessible on all devices, including low-cost tablets and $30 feature phones. Content will be culturally relevant and available in local languages.
New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (Earmark: Space/Time Directory)380,000.00558--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6715-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Working with local communities and technologists to turn historical maps and other library collections into an interactive directory for the exploration of New York across time periods What if we could search a city’s past as easily as we search its present? What if we could explore forgotten neighborhoods, look up long-ago vanished buildings and streets, and discover the history around us? Libraries hold the records of evolving urban landscapes, but historic data that charts these changes is not easily accessible. To increase access and public exploration of this data, the New York Public Library will create a free, historical mapping service: the NYC Space/Time Directory. Using data from the library’s map collections and other sources, the directory will be a searchable, digital atlas and database of historical places, allowing scholars, students, journalists and enthusiasts to explore the city across time periods. It will be open source and community-built, engaging local museums, historical societies, universities, citizen cartographers and the New York tech community to help gather data, and to contribute code and expertise.
Metropolitan New York Library Council (Earmark: Culture in Transit)330,000.00597--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6716-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping more communities share their histories online by creating a mobile kit that will scan and digitize print materials for public archiving in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Library. Many communities are excluded from the nation’s digital cultural memory because they lack the equipment and technical support to contribute their history to local and national archives. To bridge that gap, two New York public library systems and a citywide libraries and archives membership organization will create a mobile kit, with scanners and cameras, that libraries will take to city branches, so that residents are able to record their historical items. Each item will not only be housed in local digital archives but in the Digital Public Library of America and other large-scale initiatives such as Internet Archive, providing worldwide access to local treasures. While these events provide educational and community-building opportunities, they also democratize the process of history-making — allowing people to contribute to and help define their local history. The partners include the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Library, which designed the project together after meeting online via the newschallenge.org platform.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: TRENDS Report (Boulder))15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5017-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support information sharing and engagement through funding the TRENDS report which tracks key trends and indicators for city success.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Lexington DDA + Gehl Architects)145,000.001425--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5020-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support economic opportunity and integration by funding Gehl Architects to develop a public space/public life survey in Downtown Lexington, improving the quality of public space infrastructure for all residents of different socio-economic income.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: CityMart Partnership)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5025-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support civic engagement and entrepreneurship by funding CityMart to help the City of Long Beach simplify its procurement process.
Community Foundation for Central Georgia (Earmark: Completing Milledgeville Streets Plan)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5034-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support economic opportunity and integration by funding the Completing Milledgeville Streets Plan which makes a plan to connect downtown with the Southside neighborhood.
Marshall University (Earmark: This Place Matters)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6674-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Exploring the potential of a location-aware mobile application to share African American history and link to library resources.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: We Love Long Beach)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5027-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support economic opportunity and integration by funding Citywide Block Events which organizes community dinners to increase connectivity and engagement between neighborhoods.
Legacy Foundation (Earmark: Legacy Foundation Inc. of Lake County Indiana)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5032-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support the City of Gary's economic opportunity and integration by funding a learning exchange at Indiana University in which disadvantaged youth in the community learn transferable, digital media skills from college students.
Gluejar (Earmark: GITenberg)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6685-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Exploring collaborative cataloging for Project Gutenberg public-domain ebooks using the Web-based repository hosting service GitHub.
Kent State University (Earmark: Information for Innovation)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6686-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Exploring ways to provide information services to local entrepreneurs and business counselors, to see what services they might need to reach their goals.
Alison Macrina (Earmark: The Library Freedom Project)244,700.00912--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6693-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing librarians and their patrons with tools and information to better understand their digital rights by scaling a series of privacy workshops for librarians. Private companies and the government increasingly control a large part of online communications, and as a result, society is facing a new set of challenges around privacy, surveillance, censorship and free speech. As stewards of information and providers of Internet access, librarians are in a prime position to educate patrons about their digital rights. The Library Freedom Project aims to make real the promise of intellectual freedom in libraries by bringing together a coalition of librarians, technology experts and lawyers to scale a series of privacy workshops for librarians. The workshops will provide librarians and their patrons with tools and information to better understand technology, privacy and law related to use of the Internet.
Wichita Community Foundation (Earmark: Wichita State University - Talent Retention)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5019-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support talent retention by funding a staff member to better connect STEM talent at WSU to the existing engineering companies in Wichita. The Wichita State University College of Engineering’s $50,000 grant will assist in sustaining and expanding a city-wide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) mentoring program. The grant will underwrite, in part, a project coordinator who will recruit Wichita area professionals to serve as mentors to young people with STEM potential. A coalition of 30 community stakeholders, including NetApp, Spirit AeroSystems, Koch Industries, Textron Aviation, Airbus and Tect Aerospace will provide volunteers to work with the students.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: East 7th Street Art Garden Collaboration)13,500.003531--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5031-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support civic engagement by funding an Art Garden through California University Long Beach to better connect the art district with other neighborhoods.
Community Foundation for Central Georgia (Earmark: Live Healthy for Baldwin)3,500.003811--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5033-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To promote Milledgeville's bikeability and walkability by funding a bike summit and workshop led by Gil Penalosa from 8-80 Communities, which builds cities for 8 year olds to 80 year olds.
Community Foundation for Central Georgia (Earmark: Milledgeville Film Festival)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5035-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To promote talent retention and attraction by funding the Milledgeville Film Festival which connects industry professionals within the community and university to teach them film skills.
Curators of the University of Missouri (Earmark: Journalism Digital News Archive)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6671-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Ensuring access to digital news content through development of a model for archiving and preserving digital content that can be used across the country.
American Friends of Concordia University (Earmark: Indie Games Licensing)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6672-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Prototyping models for the licensing and circulation of independent video games at libraries.
Brooklyn Public Library (Earmark: BklynShare)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6673-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Enabling people to learn new skills through a service that connects knowledge seekers with experts in their own neighborhood.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Book a Nook)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6676-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Activating library public spaces for diverse community uses by testing a software toolkit that streamlines the exploration and reservation of physical library spaces.
Digital Village Associates (Earmark: White Space 101)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6688-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Creating learning materials for libraries to explore and implement TV White Space networks to support remote library Internet hotspots that will give people wider broadband access, especially in crisis situations.
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation (Earmark: The Community Resource Lab)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6694-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 04/29/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Advancing the library as the primary anchor of an open information system that connects residents to essential health, human and social services.
Evenly Distributed (Earmark: Measure the Future)130,000.001467--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6709-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping libraries better manage one of their greatest assets - the building itself - by using open hardware to track data about its public spaces. While libraries in recent years have created makerspaces to provide access to open technology, this project will help libraries use open hardware devices to improve their own services. Librarian Jason Griffey, a former Knight Foundation Prototype Fund grantee, will train librarians to use open source hardware to better understand the library building itself, one of a branch’s most important assets. The hardware will measure a variety of factors in each room, so that libraries can make better, data-driven decisions on how to use their public spaces.
City of Boston (Earmark: Open Data to Open Knowledge)475,000.00499--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6711-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Turning Boston's open data collection into an accessible resource by working with Boston Public Library to catalog it and introduce it to the public. Boston, like many cities, has published a collection of “open data” that includes everything from building permits to a list of urban farms. The data tells a story about government and city life. Public interest in the data is clear -- with more than 14,000 views so far of neighborhood pothole data alone. But as with many forms of knowledge, making something available isn’t the same as making it useful. Through this project the city of Boston will work with local libraries to create a digital data catalog that will make it easier for residents, researchers and public employees to navigate. Once developed, the city and libraries will work together to introduce people to the resource, through, for example, introductory classes or data challenges where people are encouraged to analyze and visualize the data.
Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library (Earmark: Co-working at the Library)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6719-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 05/01/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology, Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing freelancers, entrepreneurs and innovators a collaborative space for co-working in Miami-Dade libraries.
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (Earmark: Wunderkammer Foundation)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5024-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support talent retention and entrepreneurship through a crowdsourcing event which invests in innovative projects that address the downtown core’s needs.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: Leadership Long Beach)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5026-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To promote civic engagement by funding IdeaFest, a community event in Long Beach, which transforms businesses, parks and open spaces to bring together leaders and citizens from different neighborhoods.
Peer 2 Peer University LLC (Earmark: Online Learning @ The Public Library)152,000.001275--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6710-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 02/06/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making open online courses easier to access and complete for diverse members of the community by organizing in-person study groups for patrons in Chicago Public Library branch libraries Online courses can offer people free access to useful content and knowledge, as well as education opportunities. However, the lack of peer-support and face-to-face learning options are often a barrier to successful participation, especially for newcomers. To address this issue and increase access to information and education, Peer 2 Peer University, with Chicago Public Library, will organize in-person study groups for patrons to support their free online learning experience. The project will assist participants through the library’s familiar resources and leverage Peer 2 Peer University’s experience in building online communities; it will also include reinforcement and feedback from fellow learners. Study groups will be held in local branch libraries.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5018-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To better connect Boulder's tech community to economic opportunity by funding the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado, a peer-driven program encouraging early stage companies to give 1% equity back to the community. Since its first member exit in 2008, EFCO has provided more than $3.5 million in community funding for Front Range area nonprofits, along with hundreds of hours of volunteer service.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Open Cities conference)4,400.003802--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5021-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support talent retention and attraction by funding Lexington city leaders to attend the Open Cities Conference which allows civic innovators to reimagine the future of their cities.
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Earmark: St. Louis River and Estuary Revitalization)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5023-- Grant period: 01/30/2015 - 01/29/2016; goal: To support civic engagement around the revitalization of Duluth's St. Louis River and Estuary by funding the UMD's School of Journalism to engage local media partners and citizens around this important community investment.
California State Library (Earmark: Data Equity for Main Street)470,000.00503--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6934-- Grant period: 01/26/2015 - 01/26/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Promoting data literacy by training librarians and community members how to find, use and give advice on the power of open data.
City of San Jose (Earmark: Parks Activation and Prototyping Fund)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6922-- Grant period: 01/15/2015 - 09/30/2016; goal: To support talent attraction and retention and civic engagement in San Jose by creating a Parks Activation and Prototyping Fund within the Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services to experiment with new park uses and designs in support of long-term public space improvements.
University of Colorado Foundation (Earmark: Quantified Self Data Experience: Understanding your data and the world it creates)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6957-- Grant period: 01/12/2015 - 07/12/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Informing people about digital privacy, data sharing and the future of our data-driven society using performance, interactive art, digital education, data toolkits and public discussions.
Democracy Works (Earmark: Scaling Democracy Works)1,008,000.00270--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6566-- Grant period: 01/09/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: To promote open information systems by scaling two voting information tools, while engaging government and nonprofit partners with technology that adds transparency to the voting process.
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit dba Detroit Development Fund (Earmark: Detroit Development Fund - Small Business Assistance)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6655-- Grant period: 01/05/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support opportunity in Detroit with the growth of the small business technical assistance program, primarily targeted to Detroit minority - and women-owned businesses, to advance their preparedness for small business lending and growth.
Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railway Association (Earmark: Rehabilitate Baggage Car for Bicycle Transport)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6650-- Grant period: 01/05/2015 - 10/05/2015; goal: To restore a baggage car to expand the Bike Aboard program at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway.
The Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Earmark: Pop-up Public Space)350,000.00574--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6451-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2017; goal: To fabricate and deploy a pop-up public space that will promote a culture of robust civic engagement in Charlotte by connecting diverse residents through the arts and with community problem-solving and decision-making.
Wayne State University (Earmark: CitizenDetroit)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6628-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2017; goal: To engage, educate, and mobilize citizens of Detroit through exercises and programming designed to increase their understanding of the choices ahead as the city reinvests in and rebuilds its civic infrastructure.
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (Earmark: Spring 2015 + Spring 2016)55,000.002174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6637-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 11/30/2016; goal: Presenting guest artists from different disciplines and genres to collaborate with Al-Bustan Tahkt Ensemble as part of the group's concert series in Spring 2015-16.
School of Arts and Culture at MHP (Earmark: MHP Arts Org Access)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6664-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 01/31/2016; goal: To improve sustainability for the arts in San Jose through the Community Engagement Program - an initiative that will provide local arts organizations and cultural agencies access to the production facilities of the Mexican Heritage Plaza.
Economic and Community Development Institute (Earmark: Akron Microenterprise Initiative)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6476-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To accelerate the institute's small loan lending and technical assistance programs within the city to support entrepreneurs and neighborhood businesses.
Team Better Block (Earmark: Better Block - Akron)52,083.002196--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6657-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To continue work by Team Better Block in Akron, engaging leaders, residents and recent immigrants to improve their neighborhoods through immediate redevelopment and placemaking projects.
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (Earmark: Towpath Trail Enhancement)249,000.00887--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6658-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support a planning process to increase public use of the Ohio Erie Canalway (towpath trail) in downtown Akron; the process will be led by the design firm Alta and engage the public in building ideas.
Vox Populi (Earmark: First Fridays)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6663-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To engage audiences with 'First Fridays' - Vox Populi's signature community engagement event, bringing the work of over 150 local, national and international artists to Philadelphia.
Council of Friends Groups of Akron Summit County Public Library (Earmark: Micro business center)190,000.001184--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6695-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To create a multiuse space at the library to support emerging entrepreneurs, maker activities, digital media creation and community meetings.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Uptown Columbus)5,000.003741--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7192-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support talent retention and attraction by funding Uptown Columbus Riverfest which promotes entrepreneurship and business development in Uptown Columbus.
National Geographic Society (Earmark: Out of Eden Walk)950,000.00315--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6588-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To promote long-term user engagement and excellence in journalism by experimenting with and sharing new storytelling technologies through the Out of Eden Walk project.
Hunter Franks (Earmark: Akron Innovation Lab Artist-In-Residence)96,200.001813--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6644-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To continue work by Hunter Franks that began last year, supporting public art and creative placemaking projects that contribute to city vibrancy.
Torchbearers (Earmark: Torchbearers Empowerment Initiative)65,000.002075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6667-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To take members of Torchbearers, which supports young emerging leaders, on field trips to two cities that are taking action to transform their communities; based on lessons learned, members will then have the opportunity to apply for mini grants to build out ideas to improve Akron.
Phil Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts (Earmark: Clef Club 20th Anniversary)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6690-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with the 'Preservation Jazz Series' - a series of performances and workshops led by internationally renowned jazz musicians, in celebration of the Philadelphia Clef Club's 20th Anniversary.
Akron Community Service Center and Urban League (Earmark: Ice House Entrepreneurship Program)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6487-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To introduce teenagers and young adults to entrepreneurial skills and thinking by expanding existing programs.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Tow Center)3,008,000.0075--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6618-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 01/30/2018; goal: To promote excellence in journalism through support for leading-edge research at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism that tests and adapts new technologies for the industry, and infuses the practice and teaching of journalism with innovation.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Knight Charlotte Cycling Fund)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6621-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To create the Knight Charlotte Cycling Fund to support a planning process to be led by Alta Planning or other subject matter expert and implementation of specific activities to make Charlotte a more bike-friendly city.
Downtown Akron Partnership (Earmark: Organization restructure and rebranding)249,000.00887--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6649-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To improve the capacity and impact of Downtown Akron Partnership, an organization that promotes the building of a vibrant downtown Akron.
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Earmark: Cuyahoga Valley National Park's first mountain bike trail)249,000.00887--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6654-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: For construction of trails, including the park's first mountain biking trail.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Walk [Your City] - San Jose and Lexington)182,000.001200--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6660-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support the development of a DIY walkability toolkit and the testing of that toolkit as an onramp for civic engagement through a series of wayfinding campaigns in two Knight communities.
Asian Services in Action (Earmark: Community Build Initiative)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6670-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To facilitate innovative lending programs, including peer lending circles and micro-loans for entrepreneurs in the city's Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Open Cities Conference)2,400.003816--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7193-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support talent retention and attraction by funding a Columbus tech leader to attend the Open Cities Conference in San Francisco which allows civic innovators to reimagine the future of their cities.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Leadership Fellows (Boulder))15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5016-- Grant period: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support civic engagement in Boulder by funding the 2015 Leadership Fellows which connects talent to city officials and decisionmakers. The Boulder Chamber and The Community Foundation partner to bring the Boulder County Leadership Fellows (BCLF) program. BCLF creates a pipeline for business, nonprofit, and government leadership roles as they meet leaders across all sectors over a 10 month period. BCLF combines the strengths of the two organizations’ previous endeavors in this area: Leadership Boulder County ran for 25 years; Leadership Fellows completed four years before the two merged. The program’s curriculum focuses on building networks and providing opportunities to participate local leadership roles. BCLF provides participants with a deep appreciation for the social, environmental, and economic interests our leaders as they balance their decisions making.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Historic Carolina Theater in Charlotte)550,000.00433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6620-- Grant period: 12/23/2014 - 12/22/2015; goal: To provide pre-development support to transform a historic movie theater into an active civic space in the heart of Uptown Charlotte that promotes community engagement.
National Parks Conservation Association (Earmark: Analysis of Economic Impact of Proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve)74,800.002019--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6662-- Grant period: 12/17/2014 - 12/16/2015; goal: To conduct an economic impact analysis exploring the impact of a proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve designation, resulting in enhanced recreation, heritage tourism and conservation that will contribute to building a 21st Century economy for Macon.
LaunchCode Foundation (Earmark: LaunchCode Miami)1,266,000.00228--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6602-- Grant period: 12/09/2014 - 12/01/2017; goal: To support LaunchCode in Miami, creating pathways to economic opportunity and upward mobility through apprenticeships and job placement in technology for thousands of Miami residents seeking jobs at local firms hungry for talent.
Technology Foundation of the Americas (Earmark: eMerge Americas Conference)1,516,000.00193--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6605-- Grant period: 12/09/2014 - 12/01/2017; goal: To attract and retain entrepreneurs in South Florida and promote economic opportunity through the growth of eMerge Americas, the leading Miami-based conference focused on technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Whereby.us (Earmark: New model for local civic engagement)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6666-- Grant period: 12/02/2014 - 11/30/2016; goal: To support WhereBy.Us with a program-related investment to build a new model for local civic engagement by joining journalism and unique creative events that get people engaged in local issues.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: CPJ interactive databases)458,000.00505--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6470-- Grant period: 12/01/2014 - 12/30/2017; goal: To support first amendment protection by creating interactive databases to help journalists, activists and policymakers confront the threats to free expression with evidence-based research and advocacy.
Curtis Institute of Music (Earmark: ArtistYear Fellowship Program)135,000.001454--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6656-- Grant period: 12/01/2014 - 08/31/2016; goal: To develop musical talent and engage Philadelphia audiences through support for the Curtis Institute ArtistYear Fellowship Program - a program that embeds professionally trained musicians in the community for a full year of service.
Akron Development Corporation (Earmark: Bits and Atoms Innovation Center)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6661-- Grant period: 12/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To support planning and research at the new Bits and Atoms Innovation Center, a maker and product commercialization space in the heart of downtown.
Fresh Artists (Earmark: Fresh Artists Cool Jobs Career Expo)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6648-- Grant period: 12/01/2014 - 11/30/2016; goal: To engage Philadelphia youth with 'Cool Jobs' - a three-day career expo that will introduce at-risk teens to local artists and real careers they can attain in the creative economy.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Arts Challenge South Florida)2,310,000.00123--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6550-- Grant period: 11/17/2014 - 12/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge Miami, including the winner of the People's Choice Award.
Incourage Community Foundation (Earmark: Incourage Community Learning)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6297-- Grant period: 11/14/2014 - 04/14/2016; goal: Building on previous Knight Community Information Challenge investments, Incourage will focus on boosting and measuring citizen appetite for information. It will design a grant program to sustain on-going information collection and platforms and will develop the county's news and information ecosystem - allowing good news to become great community action.
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation (Earmark: New Civics Practitioners Conference)197,000.001170--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6627-- Grant period: 11/14/2014 - 10/31/2015; goal: To introduce educators in Knight communities to action civics through the Mikva Challenge's 'New Civics Practitioners Conference' in June 2015.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit)2,502,000.0098--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6551-- Grant period: 11/13/2014 - 11/12/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit, including the winner of the People's Choice Award.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul)1,365,000.00217--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6552-- Grant period: 11/13/2014 - 11/12/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul.
Heidi Saman (Earmark: Namour)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6643-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To raise Philadelphia's profile as a hub for independent filmmaking by supporting the post-production and festival run of 'Namour' - a feature film by Knight Fellow and Philadelphia-based filmmaker Heidi Saman.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: IFE-ILE, Inc.)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7298-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the reach of the company's Afro-Cuban Dance Festival which produces an array of workshops reflecting the diversity of the African diaspora. To strengthen Afro-Cuban culture in Miami, IFE-ILE will expand the offerings of its four-day festival that features a fusion of contemporary and traditional Afro-Cuban dance. The event also includes a symposium, street fair and workshops. The 2015 festival also will host the premier of “Entre Cielo y Tierra,” choreographed by the group’s founder Neri Torres and reflecting the experiences and contributions of Cubans who arrived in the United States during the Mariel boatlift.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7303-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a performance series that mixes 20th century science and science fiction movies with musical improv and multimedia presentations. To bring art and science enthusiasts together, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science will host a performance event series, Science Art Cinema, that mixes 20th century science and science fiction films with performances and multimedia presentations. Science Art Cinema presents 16mm motion pictures and newly commissioned films, and enhances them with live music or theater, guest speakers and multimedia presentations, curated by Kevin Arrow, Frost Science Art & Collection Manager, Barron Sherer, Media Archivist, and Jorge Perez-Gallego, Frost Science Astronomer and Exhibition Developer. The series will culminate in a call for newly created and locally made films, in addition to a book, to which the community will be asked to contribute.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Pioneer Winter | Collective)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7306-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage local choreographers in creating site-specific work in non-traditional spaces that is free to all. To provide opportunities for local choreographers, the Pioneer Winter Collective's Grass Stains project will commission site-specific works throughout Miami that are free and open to the public. The participating choreographers will choose from a set of curated, nontraditional locations that will heighten the level of site-specific work in Miami. Grass Stains will help these choreographers hone their skills in site-specific performance, as well as provide them with the opportunity to be mentored by noted Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award-winning choreographer and director Stephan Koplowitz. Grass Stains seeks to help professionals push the boundaries of their practice, make their work accessible to a wider audience, and create work that is socially and culturally relevant to their community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: MDC Live Arts)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7322-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share the stories of modern-day Marines and their families through a multimedia performance based on their wartime experiences. To share the stories of modern-day veterans, MDC Live Arts will present Basetrack Live, a multimedia performance based on the real words of veterans and their families. Taking place in the South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, the performance will use photos and video from photojournalists working in Afghanistan. With an original live score and script based on testimonials by veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the show tells the stories of those stationed abroad and their families as they struggle to cope with separation and the uncertainties of war. MDC Live Arts will bring these experiences to the forefront locally through a season-long initiative designed to build bridges between Miami’s veteran and civilian populations and focus attention on the issues facing veterans post-deployment.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Olympia Theater at Gusman Center)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7323-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To infuse Downtown Miami with the arts by expanding a cabaret-style, weekly jazz performance series in the lobby of the Gusman Center. To infuse downtown Miami with the arts, the Olympia Theater will expand its monthly jazz performance series in the lobby of the Olympia Theater. Started in 2013 and curated by the Miami Jazz and Film Society, the “In the Lobby Lounge: Jazz” series has grown to host more than 200 patrons a month in a cabaret-type setting, with free admission and local ensembles performing. In 2015, the Olympia will produce a weekly lobby event that includes jazz in addition to other genres of music, poetry, storytelling and performance art.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mexican-American Council (MAC))60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7328-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Mexican culture by creating a children's mariachi academy in South Dade. To celebrate Mexican culture, the Mexican American Council will create a mariachi academy for the children of farmworkers in South Dade. Working in partnership with local schools, the Mexican consulate and South Dade’s business community, the council will recruit children enrolled in the Migrant Education Program, and bring highly qualified instructors directly to the labor camps to teach them about the music, how to play the instruments and instill a love for the arts.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Music Project, Inc.)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7329-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enhance music instruction at Miami's only El Sistema-modeled orchestral program by implementing a new teacher training program for professional artists. To enhance music instruction at Miami’s only El Sistema-modeled orchestral program, Miami Music Project will implement a new Teaching Artists Training Program for professional artists. In 2015, Miami Music Project will engage 30 teaching artists to provide free instruments and music instruction to over 400 Miami children in Little Haiti, Liberty City, Little Havana and Doral locations. These musicians follow a unique curriculum customized to the heralded El Sistema, a new model for social change and a visionary global movement that transforms the lives of children through music, which requires specialized training focused on leadership and social skills development. This training will provide comprehensive and meaningful coaching experiences and practical tools to professional musicians, empowering them to become 21st century artist educators.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Virginia Key GrassRoots Festival / Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival Organization Inc.)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7334-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring South Floridians together at the festival, which strives to provide music, workshops and events that nourish both brain and body To bring South Florida together through music, Knight Foundation funding will support the Virginia Key GrassRoots Festival of Music, Art & Dance, a four-day event that seeks to nourish minds, bodies and souls. The event will feature South Florida musicians and visual artists, a dance tent with workshops, a stage dedicated to the best of world music and a sustainability fair featuring green businesses and organizations. On site, participants can take a Salsa dance class, help build community structures for the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, learn carpentry skills, experience yoga and tai chi, and dance to the sounds of South Florida's best musicians as well as world class international artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: HistoryMiami)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7340-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase Miami through images by creating a photography center at the museum focused on curating exhibits and engaging the community in documenting life in South Florida. To tell Miami stories through images, HistoryMiami will create a photography center at the museum focused on curating exhibitions and engaging the community in documenting life in South Florida. The museum already houses more than one million historical images, including Miami Herald and Miami News collections and 30 years of ethnographic documentation of the region’s cultural heritage. The Center will collect photography from the public, capture images through its own documentation projects, offer photography programs, and more. With these activities, the center will capture, safeguard, and share the images that illuminate the Miami experience.
LAB Miami (Earmark: Learn, Act, and Build Together.)167,298.001242--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6318-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support improvements at The LAB Miami, including venue enhancements, improved web presence and more robust programming at the co-working space.
Philadelphia Young Playwrights (Earmark: 2015 Young Voices Monologue Festival)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6669-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2015; goal: To engage audiences with the creation of content-rich media, capturing the work of student playwrights at the 2015 Young Voices Monologue Festival in Philadelphia.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Center for Architecture & Design, Inc.)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7300-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring artists and architects together to share their ideas and inspirations through a lecture series. To inspire new ideas, Miami Center for Architecture & Design (MCAD) will bring together artists and architects for discussions around the trend of incorporating art into new buildings. Panelists will discuss a range of issues, including what drives inspiration, what makes great public art and how architects and artists can best collaborate. Taking advantage of Miami’s arts scene and unique architecture, MCAD will bring together local and global architects and artists who have successfully collaborated on projects.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Oliver Sanchez Studio, LLC)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7302-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support Swampspace, an alternative exhibition space for local artists and musicians in Miami's Design District. To support Miami’s grassroots arts scene, Knight Foundation funding will help strengthen Swampspace, a gallery that presents innovative visual arts and performance productions focused on artistic values. Founded in 2008 by Miami artist Oliver Sanchez, the Design District-based Swampspace helps emerging, established and overlooked artists present their work free of commercial constraints. Funding will help Swampspace build on this foundation and expand its student internship program, administer artist fees and execute other programming.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Live In Color Dance Collective)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7305-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To further develop South Florida's distinct brand of urban funk dance by training young artists and providing them with opportunities to perform. To strengthen South Florida’s distinct brand of urban funk dance, Live in Color Dance Collective will train and mentor young artists through the full production process of a piece, from auditions, to rehearsals and performance. The participants will not only benefit from instruction but will also have the chance to learn from visiting urban dancers based in Detroit and New York. Collaborations with other urban artists will showcase South Florida culture and strengthen the knowledge that the urban language is an art form that tells the true story of people and place.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Museum of Fashion)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7307-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the art of fashion through exhibitions that highlight South Florida's diversity and famous designers with local ties. To celebrate the art of fashion, curator Keni Valenti will strengthen a new museum collection that highlights vintage couture. Over the years, Valenti has amassed a collection of 15,000 articles of clothing, accessories, jewelry and more, from the 1920s to the present. With Knight Foundation funding, he will continue to preserve, collect, study and present these pieces at the Museum of Fashion in Wynwood, and partner with other institutions like HistoryMiami on exhibitions.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Stiltsville Trust)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7308-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To give local artists more access to the seven remaining historic houses of Stiltsville by creating an aquatic-inspired arts incubator and residency program. To inspire artists, the Stiltsville Trust will create an artist-in-residence program inside the seven remaining historic homes that stand in Biscayne Bay. The program will consist of two types of residencies. A studio artist program for professional artists in the visual, performing and the literary arts and architecture fields who wish to create works that contribute to the public understanding of Stiltsville, Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park and a shorter, non-studio artist program that will give preference to local artists. Participants will be asked to donate a work to the trust and the park’s collection. Organizers hope the program brings attention to Stiltsville and Biscayne National Park, one of the few national parks in an urban area that is almost entirely under water.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Bookleggers)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7311-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring literature to more people by expanding a community mobile library that provides books for free, a trade or by donation. To bring literature to more Miamians, Bookleggers will expand its community mobile library, which provides books for free, for trade or by donation. The library currently holds events each month at venues such as public parks, art galleries, museums, bars and schools. With upwards of 300 people attending each Bookleggers event, the library has exchanged thousands of books with people across Miami-Dade County. Knight Foundation funding will help Bookleggers continue its community outreach, in addition to providing a free/low-cost used book market for Miami’s literary community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7313-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a space for up-and-coming musical talent to perform by opening up Downtown Miami's Trinity Cathedral twice a month. To provide a space for up-and-coming musical talent, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral will open up its downtown sanctuary for a concert series. Each concert will feature two to four groups of a similar genre. The series is an opportunity to reintroduce Trinity Cathedral, a 1,000-person performance space with stellar acoustics, to the Miami music scene and to provide up-and-coming acts access to a venue in a city otherwise lacking in affordable performance space.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Community Arts and Culture)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7316-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate world music by expanding the Afro Roots World Music Festival to three days and host it in a variety of venues and neighborhoods around Miami-Dade County. To celebrate world music, the Afro Roots World Music Festival will expand to three days and take place in a variety of neighborhoods around Miami-Dade County. The festival celebrates the evolution of African culture in Miami, highlighting the works of both local musicians and international acts. Satellite events will include artist lectures and a show-and-tell-style presentation for children. By taking place in different areas, the event gives tourists and locals an opportunity to explore Miami neighborhoods, such as Little Haiti and North Beach.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Jai-Alai Books)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7317-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create an aesthetic voice for Miami-Dade County by launching a literary publishing house. To create an aesthetic voice for Miami, Jai-Alai Books will be a small press subsidiary of O, Miami, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to expanding and advancing literary culture in Greater Miami. The literary landscape of Miami is anchored by institutions like Books & Books, Miami Book Fair International, and university-level creative writing programs. The missing piece is publishing. By linking some the world’s best authors, trends, and works to Miami-Dade County, Jai-Alai Books seeks to deepen Miami’s connection to the literary world at-large as well as to its own literary life. Organizers expect to publish three to five titles a year in a variety of genres, each one geared for a general audience and created with the belief that everyone contributes to literary culture. As the city’s only literary publishing house, Jai-Alai's emphasis will be on projects that capture works that are essentially Miami.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Little Haiti Cultural Center)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7321-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve Haitian rara, a form of festival music used for street processions, by creating a youth rara institute where teens can learn to play and make traditional instruments. To preserve Haitian Rara, a form of festival music used in street processions, the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, in partnership with the Caribbean American Visual Cultural Preservation, will create a youth rara institute where teens can learn to play and make traditional instruments. The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets, but also features instruments made from recycled metals, drums, maracas and metal bells. Songs are always performed in Haitian Creole and typically celebrate the African ancestry of the Afro-Haitian people. The center’s program of workshops and classes will culminate with the Haitian Heritage Festival in May 2015.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Third Horizon Media)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7324-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To raise the profile of Caribbean artists by staging showcases that feature the work of cutting-edge filmmakers, musicians and visual artists. To raise the profile of Caribbean artists in Miami, Third Horizon Film, Art and Music Festival will present cutting-edge artists in the diaspora who challenge popular notions of what it is to be Caribbean. The festival seeks to go beyond traditional and folk art already available in Miami to present art at the edges, aiming to establish Miami as the capital of the Caribbean avant-garde. The four-day event will include a film festival, a musical block party and visual art exhibitions.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE))60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7325-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring a bit of the Everglades into the city by creating billboards emblazoned with large-scale, artful images of South Florida wildlife. To bring a bit of the Everglades into the city, Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) will create billboards emblazoned with large-scale images and literary works reflecting the South Florida outdoors created by its artists in residence. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016, the “wild billboards” will be strategically placed throughout South Florida’s urban core, so that the view of a billboard and its surroundings make a complete statement. Artworks such as Susan Silas’ striking images of extinct birds and Adam Nadel’s aerial photography of the stark boundaries between urban and wilderness areas will encourage viewers to reconsider these sites, and serve as a reminder that the River of Grass preceded our cities and continues to “flow” just to the west.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: University of Florida - College of Fine Arts - School of Music)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7332-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase South Florida's Brazilian community by supporting a Brazilian music institute at Broward College. The University of Florida seeks to expand the reach of the Brazilian Music Institute with a move to Broward County to the heart of the state’s Brazilian-American community. There, the institute will present Brazilian artists with a weeklong showcase of Brazilian music with internationally recognized guest performers. The institute will also offer master classes to the community, outreach programs in local schools and public performances.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI))150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7338-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To raise the profile and importance of small, artist-run galleries by hosting a national gallery swap where shows from BFI will be exchanged with galleries around the country. To raise the profile of Miami artists, BFI will take its “Weird Miami” shows and bus tours to exhibition spaces around the world in a global gallery swap. A previous Knight Arts Challenge winner, “Weird Miami” exhibitions and bus tours turn locals into tourists as they discover new artists and unnoticed places around the city. With new funding, BFI will take “Weird Miami” to Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and other cities.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cannonball Miami Inc.)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7339-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the growing number of innovative, artist-driven projects in Miami by providing micro-grants _ in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - that recognize and validate unconventional artistic projects. To support the growing number of innovative, artist-driven projects in Miami, Cannonball will expand WaveMaker Grants, its microgrant program for unconventional artistic projects. The program seeks to recognize and validate experimental, artist-centric activities that resist marketplace demands. The targeted projects are noncommercial, stimulate critical thinking and dialogue and expose the public to innovative artistic practices. Knight Foundation funding will increase the amount awarded to artists in this program, which is in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
City Lights Theater Company (Earmark: Build)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6668-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2015; goal: To engage audiences in San Jose with the Bay Area premiere of “Build” - an innovative original theatrical production by Michael Golamco.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Buskerfest Miami!)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7294-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enhance Miami's urban life by producing street performances that activate public parks, transit hubs and community plazas that often go unnoticed. To enhance civic life, Buskerfest Miami will produce a music festival and a performance series called Ear to the Ground. The projects will feature local artists performing in public parks, transit hubs and community plazas that often go unnoticed and underutilized. Both the festival and the Ear to the Ground series will encourage participation at all levels by the local artistic community and attendees through unique programming and game-like features. These events enliven public spaces while providing local artists a chance to perform and to connect face-to-face with their audience.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Children's Voice Chorus, Inc.)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7309-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enrich the lives of children in South Miami-Dade's migrant farming communities by providing transportation to the Children's Voice Chorus' program in Palmetto Bay. To enrich the lives of children in South Miami-Dade’s migrant farming communities, the Children’s Voice Chorus will provide transportation to its program in Palmetto Bay. The children will be able to participate for free in the after-school choral music education program. Over three years, the chorus hopes to add 50 children to its program roster.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: inkub8)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7312-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide professional artists a forum to collaborate and create hybrid works through weekly classes at the organization's Wynwood's studio. To provide artists a place to create, inkub8––which is dedicated to the creation of new, performance-based work––will create a lab space at its Wynwood studio. The space will have three components: a choreography lab where artists can share ideas and methods, a workspace where dancers can learn a variety of performance techniques, and a feedback forum in which artists can show works in different stages of development, followed by conversation. Inkub8 hopes to provide a space for artistic voices and give choreographers a forum for researching and developing new work outside the context of a formal project.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Amanda Keeley / EXILE Books)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7318-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster conversations on the visual arts with a pop-up store for art books that travels around Miami and is accompanied by lectures and programming. To foster dialogue surrounding the visual arts, EXILE Books will migrate throughout Miami raising awareness about artist’s books, or publications conceived of as works of art in and of themselves. EXILE evolves at each location, presenting a thematic selection of titles paired with performances, workshops, and events. Created by visual artist Amanda Keeley, EXILE offers a range of publications including self-published limited edition books, small press monographs, journals, zines, rare titles and ephemera. This hybrid art installation and retail store seeks to raise awareness about artists’ publications and catalyze debate around contemporary, independent publishing.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Centro Cultural Espanol de cooperacion Iberoamericana Inc.)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7319-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide an intimate cultural experience by expanding the Microtheater program, which produces short plays for a small audience in a confined space. To provide an intimate and innovative cultural experience, Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación Iberoamericana will expand its Microtheater program, which produces short plays for small audiences in repurposed shipping containers. First launched in Madrid, Microtheater debuted in Miami with Knight Arts Challenge funding in 2012, and continues to build an audience while providing local artists a platform for their work in its downtown venue. The Microtheater program offers seven plays at a time around one theme, performed in seven separate containers, supporting local creativity while facilitating cultural exchange.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Jason Taylor Foundation)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7320-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the 'Super Bowl' of poetry to Broward County schools through a friendly poetry competition that empowers and unites students through spoken word. To bring the “Super Bowl of poetry” to Broward County, the Jason Taylor Foundation will launch a friendly spoken-word poetry competition between local schools. Since founding the bluapple Poetry Network with actor and poet Omari Hardwick in 2012, the foundation has helped more than 40 Broward County schools activate this program, with more than 500 participants inspiring their communities with poetry. Knight Foundation funding will help launch Louder Than a Bomb Florida by bringing school-based poetry teams together for year-round in-class and after-school instruction culminating in an 11-day festival in April 2015.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: City of Doral)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7326-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide artistic programming in West Miami-Dade through a monthly series offering classical music, dance, installations, art films and more in Downtown Doral Park. In order to enhance artistic offerings in West Dade, the City of Doral will bring new programming to Downtown Doral Park. Because a majority of the region’s performing and visual arts centers are an average of 25 miles away, the city is partnering with major arts organizations to present outdoor dance and musical performances, as well as visual arts exhibitions to bring the arts more deeply into nearby neighborhoods.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Elizabeth Cerejido)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7327-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch an artist exchange program that brings together Cuban artists from Havana and Miami to present exhibitions, in partnership with a local university. To create an artistic dialogue, this project will launch an exchange initiative between Cuban and Cuban-American artists through a series of programs and exhibitions in Miami and Havana. The goal is to provide an opportunity for dialogue and exchange and discussion of issues that include artistic practices, cultural identity and the art market as they relate to the realities of living and creating in distinct social contexts. Subsequently, an exhibition project in both cities will highlight collaborative works that result from these exchanges. Academic institutional partners include The University of Miami's Cuban Theater Digital Archive, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Miami Observatory on Communication and Creative Industries in addition to Florida International University's Cuban Research Institute.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Books & Books)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7335-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring great literature into more homes by live-streaming and archiving Books & Books' Author Events featuring noted writers from a variety of genres. To bring great literature into more homes, Books & Books will expand its online streaming of author events featuring noted writers from a variety of genres. For more than 30 years, Books & Books has presented authors live for nightly talks and book signings at its three South Florida-based locations and offsite at partnering venues. LIVE at Books & Books allows people everywhere to watch author events online, call the store, order the book and have it signed by the author and shipped to their home. They can also participate in the conversation itself by submitting their questions to be read aloud during author Q&A sessions. All events are archived online, extending the life––and reach––of the events.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: Inside|Out Detroit Installs)213,150.001007--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6536-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; goal: To support Inside|Out - an audience engagement initiative that brings high-quality reproductions of masterpieces from the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts into 36 neighborhoods throughout Detroit with the objective of engaging new audiences.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: 2014 abc* Continuity Forum)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6599-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 02/01/2015; goal: To support the 2014 Continuity Forum, which presents in Miami thought leaders and top social entrepreneurs who are focused on solving pressing global challenges.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sound and Vision)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7295-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a space for filmmakers, performance and visual artists to collaborate on productions that marry technology and performance. To foster innovation in the arts, the collaborative Sound and Vision brings together musicians, filmmakers, performers, dancers and visual artists for weekly meetings to share work and concepts, perform material and challenge artistic boundaries through technology. Through the meetings, the group produces events that marry technology and performance to expand the impact of their performances.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: HICCUP)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7297-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support a Hialeah-based artist collective in creating artistic interventions throughout the city. To support experimental art in Hialeah, HICCUP, an art/design collective, will present a series of interventions throughout the greater Hialeah community. The group will produce a bimonthly publication that focuses on Hialeah's popular culture, a Hialeah souvenir that reflects the city and its manufacturing base (which often produces souvenirs for other locales), and public art/design interventions that encourage fellow residents to interact.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Key West Art & Historical Society)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7299-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To unite Key West through a kinetic sculpture parade, where artists, bike riders and the community co-create a wacky display of art on wheels. To bring Key West together, the Key West Art & Historical Society will create a kinetic sculpture parade, where artists, bike riders and the community co-create a wacky display of art on wheels. These sculptures are typically custom-built, human-powered works of art that attract creative enthusiasts. After the parade, the machines will be on display, accompanied by a day of music and free activities. Organizers hope the event will promote bike culture, environmental causes and inspire artists of all ages to participate.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7301-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the experience of collectively viewing vintage, 35mm films by expanding the Cosford Cinema Classics series. To preserve the experience of viewing vintage films, the Cosford Cinema will expand its Cosford Classics series, which showcases films presented on 35 mm celluloid. To enhance the screenings, the Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies will invite guest curators, including local film experts and internationally known scholars and filmmakers, to speak on each film, its cultural significance and the importance of film preservation in modern culture.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Andrew Yeomanson / DJ LeSpam (City of Progress Studio))35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7314-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the art of analog recording by improving a studio that allows local musicians to record on vintage equipment or preserve their works currently cataloged on older formats To preserve the art of analog recording, City of Progress studio, which allows local musicians the chance to record on vintage equipment, will upgrade its facility. Established in 2003, City of Progress provides classic analog recording equipment and vintage instruments at low cost to Miami’s musicians and artists. The studio also provides analog-to-digital transfer and preservation services to artists and labels whose body of work exists in formats no longer supported by most studios. By providing high-quality recordings, the studio hopes to create a growing catalog of recordings that reflect Miami’s dynamic music community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Nu Deco Ensemble)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7331-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage South Floridians in innovative concert experiences by supporting a new ensemble offering a hybrid of music and multimedia performances. To provide innovative concert experiences, a new ensemble will offer a hybrid of music and multimedia performances focused on works by 21st-century composers. Nu Deco Ensemble is a 20-member, virtuosic and flexible chamber orchestra focused on commissioning living composers, performing an array of genres and educating the community on classical-based composition. Founded in 2013 by conductor Jacomo Bairos and composer Sam Hyken, Nu Deco presents various styles of music, art and media works in both traditional and alternative venues.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Village of Pinecrest - Pinecrest Gardens)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7333-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enable Miami-Dade students to learn from jazz greats by expanding Pinecrest Gardens' popular Jazz Series to include a new mentor program. To enable Miami-Dade County students to learn from jazz greats, Pinecrest Gardens will expand its popular South Motors Jazz Series to include a new mentor program. In 2015, the series will mark its fifth anniversary by bringing in internationally celebrated artists. These greats will stay on at the Banyan Bowl for a second day to jam with a core group of high school students participating in the jazz magnet program at New World School of the Arts.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Opa-locka Community Development Corporation)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7337-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To reimagine Opa-locka's Ali Baba Avenue by engaging the community to make it a large-scale public art project. To re-envision Opa-locka as a destination for art, the local community development corporation will engage the community in co-creating a large-scale public artwork. Noted artist and landscape architect Walter Hood has been commissioned to overhaul one of the city’s main thoroughfares, Ali Baba Avenue, and the surrounding public realm as an artistic corridor. Hood, the community development corporation, and a Leadership Miami team called Miami Rise will work with residents to transform the avenue – currently wide, barren and unappealing to pedestrians and drivers – with painted interventions. The group hopes that the avenue will become a visual marker to signal that change is happening in Opa-locka, inspiring local residents and businesses and attracting visitors.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7296-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To examine the connections between art and technology by creating a new public center for artistic discovery, experimental performances and innovative exhibitions. To highlight new music in the Americas, the Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) will present a music series with cutting-edge sound art and music works from all 35 countries in the Americas. Over the course of two years, this project will feature at least two works from each nation in 12 dedicated concerts, and develop an exchange program. In addition, special events will be organized for select Miami-Dade County public schools. The series seeks to expand Miami’s music scene and raise awareness about the diversity of experimental electronic music in the Americas.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Letter 16 Press)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7304-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To capture South Florida's history by digitizing the work of Miami photographers from the 1970s and '80s and publishing them in a book series. To recapture South Florida’s rich history, Letter 16 Press will digitize the work of some of Miami’s most talented photographers from the ‘70s and ‘80s and publish it in a book series. This arresting imagery provides a rare window into a surreal, and often-chaotic period of Miami’s culture -- yet much of it remains trapped on 35mm film negatives, hidden away in boxes, and largely unknown to today’s audiences. With Knight Foundation funding, Letter 16 Press will carefully digitize these negatives and collect the strongest work in a series of beautifully produced books, introducing the photos to fresh eyes in South Florida and beyond.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Screening Room)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7310-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring high-quality film screenings and video installations to more South Floridians by supporting programming at Wynwood's The Screening Room. To bring high-quality video installations and film screenings to more South Floridians, Knight will support programming at The Screening Room in Wynwood. A new media exhibition and project space dedicated to the moving image, The Screening Room seeks to bring the Miami community together through new works by film and video artists. Each exhibition is accompanied by an Art Talk to contextualize the work and to create an exchange of ideas between artists and filmmakers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ranjana Warier)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7315-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Miami's many cultures by setting traditional Indian dance to the rhythms of Adrian Castro's Afro-Caribbean poetry. To celebrate Miami’s many cultures, dancer Ranjana Warier will collaborate with prominent Miami poet Adrian Castro for a project that sets traditional Indian dance to the rhythms of Castro’s Afro-Caribbean verse. Together they will portray how two seemingly disparate cultures are both about human beings’ needs to express themselves and to tell stories. This project culminates with performances in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties during April, National Poetry Month.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7330-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To commemorate the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center's 40th anniversary by presenting events where prominent artist alums share their talents with today's students. To commemorate the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center’s 40th anniversary, Miami-Dade County will present events where prominent artist alums share their talents with today’s students. The center is the nucleus of arts learning, training and access for Greater Miami’s African-American community. To mark its four decades, the center will present “Sankofa: Looking Back, Going Forward,” a yearlong series of events, performances, master classes and workshops celebrating those who have grown up in the inner city and contributed to the creativity of its young people.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: FATVillage Arts District)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7336-- Grant period: 11/01/2014 - 10/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote cutting-edge contemporary art by expanding the reach of Fort Lauderdale's FATVillage Projects Contemporary Art Space, which provides a home for artists to create and present experiential work. To promote cutting-edge contemporary art in Fort Lauderdale, FATVillage Projects Contemporary Art Space will expand its reach, opening to the public on a daily basis. The space exhibits challenging work that falls outside the realm of commercial galleries, providing opportunities for artists working with experimental, immersive, and nontraditional media to create and install new works on site. With Knight Foundation funding, the space, which is now only open for its monthly art walks, will open daily to the public and offer more programming.
Greater Akron Amenities (Earmark: A Plan to Attract and Retain 18-34 year olds)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6608-- Grant period: 10/20/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To fund Greater Akron Amenities to conduct landscape analysis and ultimately develop an action plan to attract and retain talented 18-34 year olds in Akron.
saambaa (Earmark: saambaa)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4998-- Grant period: 10/19/2014 - Invalid date; goal: Saambaa enables newsrooms to publish local information and entertainment content on a branded mobile app that helps them generate revenue and connect with a younger audience.
Rhizome Communications (Earmark: Colloq)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6574-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 04/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Colloq is a tool for creating contextual archives of online practices such as social media interactions, due to the difficulties involved in archiving them. Rather than treating them as static objects to be crawled, or big data sets, Colloq treats conversations as highly specific events, understood in context. It offers users a tool to archive behaviors for later micro-level research and citation.
MuckRock.com (Earmark: Connections: Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding via a mobile game)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6604-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 04/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: With Connections, MuckRock will be a mobile app and task management server that helps distribute large scale distributed investigative projects, helping not only tackle the editorial problems big data presents but also helping involve a more diverse, more mobile, and increasingly connected audience into newsgathering.
Fergus Pitt (Earmark: Journalism in Virtual Reality)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6612-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: This grant will prototype an innovative live-action interactive journalistic use of virtual reality-delivered over on the Occulus Rift. It will also document the processes creative, editorial and technical lessons. The result will be a full 5-10 minute experience that viewers will interact with using the virtual reality headset to immerses themselves in a 360-degree, 3D visual and audio space.
Public Radio International (Earmark: StoryAct)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6579-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 03/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: PRI seeks to develop StoryAct, a Drupal-based module to give people clear options to act on news stories. Shaped by journalists, StoryAct will display relevant user-actions within the story, integrating them into the body copy where it contextually makes sense. Our goal is to increase the number of people who engage and get involved in the news by streamlining the process of taking action.
University of Maryland (Earmark: CommentIQ)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6582-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 07/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by prototyping Comment IQ, a tool to help newsroom moderators surface interesting or constructive comments.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: PARK (Parcel Analysis Resource Kit))35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6573-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 06/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The project will develop a toolkit that allows communities to study the land use possibilities of vacant parcels in their neighborhoods. Using publicly available data, we will build a series of GIS-based tools for measuring fitness criteria of available land resources, which will be shared with community land access projects and published as an open source code library.
How Wrong You Are (Earmark: New features for How Wrong You Are)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6576-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 04/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To add two new features to How Wrong You Are: (1) an embeddable How Wrong You Are quiz format where we focus on a specific topic, and (2) functionality that enables people to participate in our project by adding their own questions.
Internews Network (Earmark: Digital Security Training Co-Pilot)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6585-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 04/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Digital Co-Pilot will be a prototype of an easy to use, small form-factor, open source tool that will allow a digital security trainer to simulate a variety of hostile digital environments, such as a censoring firewall or a surveilling ISP, in one click.
Rutgers University Foundation (Earmark: Rutgers University Foundation)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3999-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/31/2011; goal: To construct the Knight Early Learning Research Academy in Camden, offering a collection of model services for improving early childhood education, raising the possibility the Academy will set the standard for early childhood education in New Jersey. The goal of this project is to develop a proposal that details how the early childhood literacy program of the Rutgers/LEAP early childhood initiative will be implemented over the following three years. LEAP will observe centers contracting with the Camden Board of Education and rate them using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS). Based on the ratings, LEAP will choose which centers to partner with during the pilot phase, and parents will be surveyed to understand their involvement and interest in center activities. As a result of this project there will be a plan for implementing and evaluating a comprehensive early literacy and leadership development initiative targeted at Camden early childhood centers.
Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region (Earmark: Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4011-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To create a leadership resource center for area nonprofits for identifying, selecting and training board members thereby establishing the Community Foundation as the local resource for board development The Downtown Leadership Group (DLG) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting activities and development for the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks downtown. This grant will help create the needed infrastructure to support the long-term goals of the DLG. A part-time event coordinator will manage the organization's role with special events, training will increase staff capacity and a small fund will provide money for events. The grant will increase the organization's capacity to implement programs such as an annual arts festival, and become more effective in the community. A thriving DLG will result in changed public perceptions of the downtowns of East Grand Forks and Grand Forks.
Muscogee County School District (Earmark: Muscogee County School District)56,500.002173--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4031-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To transfer responsibility to the school district for continuing a successful after-school program launched by Knight Foundation.
Urban Affairs Coalition / Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program (Earmark: Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4054-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2008; goal: To implement the Philly Fellows Leadership Development Program and to lay the groundwork for the expansion of the Philly Fellows Initiative, in an effort to develop a novel approach to the retention of the region's college students.
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Centre County Community Foundation)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4046-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To launch the leadership challenge award.
Gary Community Health Foundation (Earmark: Gary Community Health Foundation)220,000.00997--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4047-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2008; goal: To strengthen the rising community leadership role of Gary's non-profit sector by providing capacity-building support for four highly committed organizations.
Concert Association of Florida (Earmark: American Ballet Theatre at the Carnival Center for Performing Arts)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4048-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To support a residency of American Ballet Theatre at the Carnival Center for Performing Arts.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Boulder Civic Forum)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4049-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2011; goal: To expand and enhance the Boulder Civic Forum to serve as a catalyst for greater civic engagement in Boulder County.
Community Television Foundation of S. Florida Television Station WPBT (Earmark: uVu)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4060-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To build, develop and maintain uVu, a video sharing website and companion digital broadcast services on WPBT/Channel 2 featuring user generated content throughout South Florida to provide communications access to grassroots community groups.
Chapman Partnership (Earmark: Community Partnership For Homeless)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4065-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2009; goal: To sustain Community Partnership's ability to provide housing and supportive services to homeless individuals and families in Miami-Dade County.
Volunteer Services of Manatee County (Earmark: Knight Youth Voice)142,000.001433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4045-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2008; goal: To raise community awareness and action on local issues by launching Knight Youth Voice, a program that adds a student journalism component to an innovative youth community service model.
The Committee of Seventy (Earmark: The Committee of Seventy)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4052-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2008; goal: To implement a series of programs designed to make the 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election more open, fair and efficient.
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (Earmark: Center City District Foundation: Dilworth Plaza Redevelopment)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4053-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To advance a concept for the re-design of Dilworth Plaza at Philadelphia's City Hall, for the purpose of re-establishing a signature public space at the heart of the city's central business district.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3957-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To take to a higher level Charlotte's groundbreaking work in race relations by instituting a method for participating organizations to sharpen their mission-based initiatives through peer review, data analysis and partnerships.
Mercer University (Earmark: Mercer University)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4055-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 10/31/2009; goal: To expand the Mercer Home Ownership Program in Beall's Hill.
U Snap Bac Non Profit Housing Corporation (Earmark: U Snap Bac Non Profit Housing Corporation)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4057-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To underscore Knight's commitment to a new community development effort on Detroit's east side by funding home repair and supportive services to residents and to secure the match required by the city of Detroit and enables the project to move forward.
The Twenty-First Century Foundation (Earmark: The Twenty-First Century Foundation)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4058-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2010; goal: To ramp up the effectiveness of a unique African-American oriented philanthropy by adding a program officer position and providing general support.
Oasis Center for Women and Girls (Earmark: Oasis Center for Women and Girls)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4063-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2008; goal: To produce an economic impact study of the local non-profit sector and execute a marketing and public relations campaign to inform the community and effectively position the non-profit sector with local government.
Intel Americas (Earmark: Intel Americas)240,069.00924--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4066-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2008; goal: To enable the city of Detroit to go wireless by developing the request for proposal that will anchor the city's strategy for buildout.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Aspen Institute)175,000.001223--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4018-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2008; goal: To help national media policy makers understand community media issues by holding roundtables and a conference The Aspen Institute convenes leaders to discuss their foremost challenges. In America today, local media face challenges as large as anyone's. Their audiences are fragmenting, shifting from boundary-spanning traditional media to media that is online, targeted or free. National policy, which sets the rules under which local media can thrive or wither, also is in a period of transition, with media consolidation, "localism," and "net neutrality," among the important issues. Aspen Institute will hold two roundtable sessions and conduct a “conference track’’ on policy change that would align national policy with community needs and concerns. A report will be widely distributed and posted on www.aspeninstitute.org.
World Press Freedom Committee (Earmark: World Press Freedom Committee)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4032-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To educate world press-freedom organizations about governmental threats to Internet communication through a conference at UNESCO's Paris headquarters, Feb. 15-16, 2007, titled: New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension This grant will support a conference called “New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension’’ on Feb. 15-16, 2007 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The conference will explore press freedom in new democracies and in non-democratic settings and focus on the challenges and opportunities of new media for press freedom, including how online news affects press freedom. This grant aims to help international organizations, including Knight grantees, learn how to make it more difficult for repressive regimes to use new methods of control to silence new media outlets.
University of Minnesota Duluth (Earmark: University of Minnesota Duluth)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4040-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 11/30/2011; goal: To establish and manage a Product Development Fund for entrepreneurs and small to medium business in the region.
Young Men's Christian Association (Aberdeen) (Earmark: YMCA Aberdeen)138,000.001446--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4056-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2008; goal: To develop a blueprint for making Aberdeen the healthiest town in America.
Arts Council Silicon Valley (Earmark: Arts Council Silicon Valley)225,000.00969--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4064-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2008; goal: To create a detailed business plan centered on the concept that creativity, both technological and artistic, is the once and future life force of Silicon Valley, and should be the basis for a coalescence of private and public decision-making This grant establishes the Arts Council Silicon Valley/Knight Stabilization Grants Program and expands the existing PARTNERS grants program to community arts organizations. It will also increase the number of Artist Fellowship grants from six to eight along with an awards increase from $3,000 to $4,000. This grant focuses on supporting arts and cultural organizations, especially those that are ethnical and/or neighborhood-based.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: MS Gulf Coast Community Foundation)232,000.00957--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4069-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To establish the Knight Rebuilding Fund.
Gloria Estefan Foundation (Earmark: Gloria Estefan Foundation)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4079-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/01/2007; goal: To benefit the Miami Children's Hospital Brain Institute through support of a fund raising event.
Superior Business Improvement District (Earmark: Superior Business Improvement District)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3878-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 10/30/2008; goal: To complete a market analysis to demonstrate market potential for specific business expansion, recruitment and other downtown revitalization efforts.
Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County (Earmark: Urban League of Lexington - Fayette County)67,600.002067--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3940-- Grant period: 12/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To bring to the fore the importance of fatherhood in children's lives by piloting an umbrella effort that will require a variety of agencies to build the issue into their work.
Florida International University (Earmark: Florida International University)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4029-- Grant period: 11/01/2006 - 12/31/2007; goal: To study and discuss the future of news in Cuba FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication specializes in teaching bilingual and Spanish-language journalism. FIU’s International Media Center works to strengthen professional news media in Latin America. It has trained more than 8,000 Latin American journalists in 14 countries since 1988. This grant will support a daylong roundtable among Cuban-American community members, Cuba experts and 10 independent Cuban journalists in exile. They will discuss the future of media in Cuba and assess what type of training independent journalists in Cuba should receive and whether the journalists working for state media could be trained for a new role in a post-Castro Cuba. In addition, Spanish-speaking FIU journalism students will participate in a student reporting project, interviewing at least 30 recently arrived Cubans about how they got their news in Cuba and what kind of news they think would fit the needs of Cubans.
Housing Partners (Earmark: Housing Partners, Inc.)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4034-- Grant period: 11/01/2006 - 11/01/2007; goal: For a consulting contract that will result in enhanced municipal government in Gulfport through objective setting, team building and effective department management and mayoral/council governance.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of News Editors Foundation)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4021-- Grant period: 11/01/2006 - 03/31/2009; goal: To revitalize high school journalism and revamp www.highschooljournalism.org The Council of National Journalism Organizations raises the visibility and membership of professional journalism groups and helps them work efficiently together. During the past decade, the council’s membership has more than doubled to 53 groups. These groups, representing at least 25,000 American journalists, set standards and offer training. With this grant, the council will work with the Society of Professional Journalists to improve and expand www.journalismtraining.org, a calendar of training opportunities, and to revamp its own web site, www.cnjo.org, and to better market the services of professional journalism organizations.
Internews (Earmark: Internews)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3891-- Grant period: 11/01/2006 - 11/01/2008; goal: To increase coordination of media development and journalism training internationally.
Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia (Earmark: Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4017-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2008; goal: For the John S. and James L. Knight JobConnection Technology Center, a large and visible room at the front of the Goodwill Career & Conference Center.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: Knight Hall)2,400,000.00118--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3993-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2008; goal: To create the programming for the Knight Institute for the Future of Journalism.
University of Maryland (Earmark: Knight Hall)2,000,000.00144--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3997-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2011; goal: To complete a new college of journalism building, Knight Hall, to house the Knight Institute for the Future of Journalism. This grant will complete construction of a new journalism building, named Knight Hall, which will be occupied by fall 2009. The new 60,000-square-foot, $27.7 million facility will house the Knight Institute for the Future of Journalism, which will bring together Knight-funded programs. They include the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism; J-Lab, which runs the Knight-Batten Awards for Journalism Innovation, New Voices and the Knight Citizen News Network; Knight Chair Haynes Johnson; and the American Journalism Review. Additional professional journalism groups may want to locate to the state-of-the-art Knight Hall. This grant aims to focus Knight’s programs on the future of journalism and improve journalism education and professional development and training. Knight Hall is supported by an additional $2.4 million grant to create the Knight Institute. Note: In 2002, a five-year, $3 million challenge grant was awarded for the journalism building.
Richard Florida Creativity Group (Earmark: Richard Florida Creativity Group)85,000.001860--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4037-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2008; goal: To launch the Knight Creative Communities Initiative, an effort to inspire community engagement and major change using a unique approach that focuses on the technology, talent and tolerance of a place The Knight Creative Communities Initiative will be a phased program with modules for leadership training, strategic benchmarking and research, and the potential to develop a codified "playbook" for use by Knight communities in their pursuit of community transformation. Richard Florida Creativity Group (RFCG) will present a series of Creative Community Leadership Seminars to train foundation staff and selected community leaders. The curriculum will be based on Florida's Three T (technology, talent and tolerance) theories of economic and community development.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Earmark: National Association of Hispanic Journalists)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4042-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2007; goal: For the 21st Annual Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala.
Stony Brook Foundation (Earmark: Stony Brook Foundation)1,700,000.00181--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3977-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 03/01/2012; goal: To establish the nation's first required college-wide program in News Literacy Stony Brook established an undergraduate journalism school in fall 2006. Its mission is twofold: train the next generation of journalists and educate the next generation of news consumers. This project will teach a News Literacy course to every entering student over a four-year period, from 2007 through 2011. At least 10,000 students will be taught how to critically judge the credibility of news reports, to understand the role and standards of responsible media and to recognize the value of choosing reliable news outlets. Stony Brook also will develop a multimedia textbook, make the syllabus and class available to other universities and create a cadre of graduate students who will advance research and knowledge in News Literacy. The project aims to demonstrate that a generation of news consumers can be taught to understand the journalism of verification so they will consume the news citizens need to make informed decisions.
fifty over fifty (Earmark: Fifty Over Fifty: New Work Award)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4019-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/31/2009; goal: To create a $50,000 New Works Award, for the next two years, that showcases new work of high artistic merit in the visual or performing arts in Miami.
Channel One Network (Earmark: Channel One: First Amendment)2,250,000.00126--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4022-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2011; goal: For a strategic alliance with Channel One to promote First Amendment and student media Channel One is the only TV channel that reaches directly into America’s middle and high schools. A daily 12-minute newscast is broadcast into 11,000 schools, 350,000 classrooms and to more than 7 million students. A third of U.S. teens watch it. This grant will promote greater First Amendment education, the creation and strengthening of student media, increased use of news in the classroom and more civics education. PSAs, First Amendment news reports and partnerships with Knight grantees will create more exposure for grantees’ work. At least 50 schools in Knight communities will be added to the Channel One network. This grant aims to spread First Amendment education and student media nationwide to help a new generation of citizens become more informed, interested and effective.
University of North Dakota Research Foundation (Earmark: University of North Dakota Research Foundation)550,000.00433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3975-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2011; goal: To increase high-value, high-tech jobs in Grand Forks by providing staff to develop, market, and manage business partnerships that result from the commercialization of research innovations developed at the University of North Dakota Rather than try to entice large corporations to relocate in Grand Forks, this project seeks to harness the region's own strengths. It will bring innovations and inventions from university laboratories to the marketplace through patenting the intellectual property, and then forming corporate joint ventures or spin-off companies. The end result will be the creation of new high-value businesses that will provide higher wage opportunities for graduating students and the community at large.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)140,000.001438--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3976-- Grant period: 10/01/2006 - 10/01/2008; goal: To support two Nieman Fellows from Latin America during the 2007-08 academic year The Nieman fellowships are the best-known of their type in the country. Each year, 24 of the best and brightest journalists spend an academic year of study at Harvard. Since 1985, Knight Foundation has helped support 16 Knight Latin American fellows. Rosental Alves, the Knight Chair in International Journalism who directs the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas-Austin, was a 1988 Nieman fellow. During the next two years, four leading Latin American journalists will spend nine months at Harvard, attending seminars and activities, designing their own course of study and writing an article about their experience for the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas web site. Upon returning to their countries, they plan to advocate for higher standards in their news organizations, influence broader press freedoms and teach and train others. A two-year, $140,000 grant was added to support two more Nieman fellows during 2007-08.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (Earmark: Radio and Television News Directors Foundation)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4007-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: To improve electronic journalism in America's high schools Since 2001, Knight Foundation has invested more than $3.2 million through the Radio and Television Directors Foundation to improve electronic journalism in America’s high schools. RTNDF has created 116 new broadcast journalism programs and strengthened at least 300 others. This grant refocuses RTNDF’s Knight-funded efforts on use of the Internet to reach more schools and students. The project will create online teacher lessons for both new and veteran high school media advisers; develop an online teacher certification credit course in broadcast journalism; promote student-to-student learning by allowing students to create “directors cuts” videos that will explain what went into producing the award winning videos posted on the RTNDF site www.hsbj.org; and continue to offer RTNDF partnerships that match schools to local radio and television stations for mentoring, but add a “virtual mentoring” capability.
Association of Black Foundation Executives (Earmark: Association of Black Foundation Executives)4,925.003781--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4023-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: For 2006 institutional support For 2006 institutional support.
GuideStar (Earmark: GuideStar)27,250.003062--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4025-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2007; goal: For 2006 TrueNorth membership.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of News Editors Foundation)146,750.001423--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3952-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: To expand national Sunshine Week in 2007 to help raise public awareness and support for open government issues This grant will help the American Society of Newspaper Editors build the Knight First Amendment Fund to continue “Sunshine Week’’ and help the nation’s leading journalism organization transform into a 21st century organization. Through this project, Sunshine Week, a national educational campaign about the importance of open government, will continue annually through at least 2010, increasing their reach each year. ASNE also will: create a reserve fund for freedom of information issues that come up each year; hold a major conference in January 2007 and others as needed to examine the issue of federal prosecutors and the news process; hire a development person to help raise $3.75 million for a second endowment fund to help ASNE reform its membership, convention and web sites policies to expand its reach among the nation’s 1,500 daily newspapers, and lead and help editors make the transition to multimedia operations.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Earmark: Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4015-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2008; goal: To help BlackCollegeWire.org find a new, permanent home BlackCollegeWire.org, a news service that advances journalism in historically black colleges, has expanded since it was created in 2002 by Knight funding. It has been housed at Florida A&M and the National Association of Black Journalists. This grant will give BlackCollegeWire.org time to search for a new, permanent home, with the help of the Maynard Institute; create and implement a strategic plan to expand the project’s mission; and continue to expand the news service, by adding at least three more schools’ online publications to the site. The project aims to give students of color better access to practical journalism experience, and to help improve journalism education at historically black colleges and universities.
Inter-American Dialogue (Earmark: Inter-American Dialogue)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3945-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2008; goal: To bring together judges and prosecutors to support IAPA's Impunity project Since 1982, Inter-American Dialogue has convened leaders from across the Americas to discuss problems and opportunities in the Western Hemisphere. The Inter American Press Association’s Impunity project has raised public awareness and helped to bring to justice murderers of journalists in the Americas. To help generate support for the Impunity campaign outside the world of journalism, the Inter-American Dialogue will hold two meetings in 2007 in Colombia and Mexico to bring together at least 30 judges, prosecutors, government officials and media leaders to discuss what to do about the uninvestigated killings of journalists. A report that will include recommendations will be widely distributed.
Richard Florida Creativity Group (Earmark: Richard Florida Creativity Group)585,000.00424--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4039-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2008; goal: To implement in three communities the Knight Creative Communities Initiative, an effort to inspire community engagement and major change using a unique approach that focuses on the technology, talent and tolerance of a place The Knight Creative Communities Initiative will be a phased program with modules for leadership training, strategic benchmarking and research, and the potential to develop a codified "playbook" for use by Knight communities in their pursuit of community transformation. Richard Florida Creativity Group (RFCG) will present a series of Creative Community Leadership Seminars to train foundation staff and selected community leaders. The curriculum will be based on Florida's Three T (technology, talent and tolerance) theories of economic and community development.
American Press Institute (Earmark: We Media: Miami)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3942-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: To support the "We Media: Miami" conference in February 2007, tentatively planned to be at the University of Miami The We Media conference brings together newspaper, online and broadcast journalists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and social thinkers to talk about the latest media developments. Now three years old, previous meetings have been held in London, San Francisco and New York. This grant supports the 2007 We Media: Miami conference, whose theme will be building and improving community. The project aims to encourage help about 300 participants learn how to use new forms of media to improve the lives of people where they live and work. The meeting aims to encourage new partnerships and projects.
The Opportunity Project Learning Center (Earmark: The Opportunity Project Learning Center)1,400,000.00215--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3959-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2009; goal: To teach social and emotional learning skills to 80 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds attending early learning centers in Wichita and providing a potential model for a statewide universal pre-Kindergarten program.
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne (Earmark: Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne)750,000.00358--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3979-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2009; goal: To help Fort Wayne embrace "New Hoosiers" by increasing the community's understanding and appreciation of other cultures through a process that strengthens the development of arts organizations in culturally diverse, underserved communities in Fort Wayne.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Knight Theater: Arts and Science Council)5,000,000.0022--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4033-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2011; goal: For an operating endowment to support extensive new cultural facilities in downtown Charlotte, including a 1,200-seat theater to be named for John S. and James L. Knight The project includes a new Afro-American Cultural Center, a new uptown Mint Museum, the Bechtler Museum and the new Knight Theater as part of the Wachovia First Street Cultural Campus — a mixed-use development scheduled to open in late 2008. The arts facilities will reside at the heart of a major office/residential complex. The 1,200-seat Knight Theater fills a needed gap in performance hall space, providing a home for N.C. Dance Theater and freeing up performance time in the larger Performing Arts Center for the symphony and opera, allowing all to grow artistically and financially.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: MS Gulf Coast Community Foundation)52,995.002190--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4041-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2007; goal: To replace the foundation's computer equipment and copier.
Social Compact (Earmark: Social Compact)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4012-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: To provide economic analysis in 5 Miami neighborhoods.
The Communications Network (Earmark: The Communications Network)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4020-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/30/2007; goal: For general operating support.
Dartmouth College (Earmark: Dartmouth College)5,000.003741--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4024-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2007; goal: For the Richard L. Fairley Scholarship Fund.
The University of Akron (Earmark: University Park)10,000,000.006--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4026-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support the core organization that proposes to develop University Park, revitalizing a community anchored by two key institutions and using innovative approaches to health and lifelong learning as part of the area's development theme.
City of Gulfport (Earmark: City of Gulfport)108,000.001578--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4028-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2008; goal: For a comprehensive charrette process to produce a SmartCode that will govern the redevelopment of Gulfport after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)850,000.00333--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4038-- Grant period: 09/01/2006 - 09/01/2009; goal: To foster transformative social change through extended support of the Gathering of Leaders annual conference of social entrepreneurs Over the next three years, this grant will help underwrite the annual Gathering of Leaders national conference of visionary leaders and social entrepreneurs. The 2007 conference will be held in Mohonk, N.Y., the location of the first two Gatherings. In 2008, the conference will be held in Miami. In 2009, the conference will be held again in Miami, or another Knight community, by mutual agreement. The Knight-New Profit relationship through the Gathering supports the foundation's commitment to transformative social change in communities.
Habitat for Humanity of Broward (Earmark: Habitat for Humanity of Broward)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4006-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2007; goal: For the 2006 Spirit of Humanities Award and Speed Build.
Musical Arts Association (Earmark: Musical Arts Association: Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency)104,552.001595--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4013-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2010; goal: To establish a Miami office for the Cleveland Orchestra.
Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (Earmark: Salzburg Seminar in American Studies: Knight Fellowship Program)135,000.001454--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3982-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2007; goal: For a conference and a plan to redesign the Knight Fellowship Program Salzburg Seminar will convene some 75 former Knight Fellows at a conference at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. The conference will allow the fellows to continue the learning from previous Salzburg events and discuss how to improve the Knight Fellowship program. Salzburg will then develop an action plan that will clarify program improvements in future years.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Merce in Miami)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3971-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2007; goal: To support the 'Merce in Miami," spring 2007 For two weeks in early spring 2007, the Miami Performing Arts Center will present the work of dance icon Merce Cunningham in collaboration with a number of cultural arts organizations in Miami, collectively titled the Merce Cunningham Retrospective. As part of this 50-year retrospective, the center will present three major works from the Merce Cunningham Dance Company repertoire: Split Sides, Views on Stage and Ocean. Workshops with company members, offered in partnership with Florida Dance Alliance, will provide professional dancers, dance students and interested members of the public the opportunity to explore the vision and genius of Merce Cunningham. Other collaborators and participants include the New World School of the Arts, The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art and Miami Museum of Art.
Akron Public Schools (Earmark: Akron Public Schools : ExEL)203,000.001034--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3980-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2011; goal: For the Akron Public Schools to participate in the Harvard University Educators' Executive Leadership Initiative (ExEL) supported by the Wallace Foundation.
Central Carolina Community Foundation (Earmark: Central Carolina Community Foundation)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4003-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2007; goal: To launch and support Yes We Can public relations campaign to galvanize the Midlands community to implement the regional 10-year Blueprint to Address Homelessness.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art)115,000.001556--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4009-- Grant period: 08/01/2006 - 08/01/2007; goal: For the Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Exhibition.
Florida Public Broadcasting Service (Earmark: Florida Public Broadcasting Service)51,000.002211--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4002-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To underwrite NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered in Knight Communities.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: University of California, Berkeley)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3978-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To teach journalism's core values to citizen contributors Citizen journalism advocate Dan Gillmor will direct the creation of five online training modules that discuss journalism’s core values: 1) thoroughness, 2) accuracy, 3) fairness, 4) transparency and 5) independence. The modules are designed to increase the quality of citizen contributions to online discussions or news reports. The modules are planned to help make editors feel more comfortable with the quality of citizen contributions, causing those editors to use citizen contributions more often. This project is part of the Knight Citizen News Network.
Participatory Culture Foundation (Earmark: Participatory Culture Foundation: Make Internet TV)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3992-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To teach citizens how to shoot news video, upload it to a blog and share it with others The Participatory Culture Foundation will create tutorials teaching how to shoot, edit and upload video to a web site. The tutorials will discuss what equipment and software to use, how to format the video for the web, how to load that video onto your own or other web sites, and how to syndicate it to others. The training modules are designed to increase the number and quality of citizen news videos online and to help more communities have video coverage of important events that would not be broadcast on local television news stations. This project is part of the Knight Citizen News Network.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Knight Case Studies Initiative)1,250,000.00229--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3995-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2011; goal: To establish the Knight Case Studies Initiative at Columbia University and plan a journalism leadership center The digital revolution is changing newsroom decision-making. The Knight Case Studies Initiative is a new journalism education model that is designed to create future journalism leaders. The case-studies program is based on the successful Harvard Case Studies run by its business school. This grant will use dynamic, multimedia techniques, integrating real-life case studies into the journalism school’s curriculum. The web-based case studies will show the real-time ethical, management and leadership issues a publisher, executive editor or a senior correspondent considers in making decisions at the highest levels of the profession. A new, permanent graduate course, “Decision Making in Journalism,” will be created from a dozen cases. This project aims to change the way journalism decision-making is taught in this country by giving teachers and the profession powerful new tools to work with.
Akron Public Schools (Earmark: Akron Public Schools)275,000.00646--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3864-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2009; goal: To continue to fund the school-based project coordinator in charge of out-of-school time programming provided to Simon Perkins Middle School students The team of eight program participants will develop leadership skills; establish better communication and joint problem-solving between state and district leaders; acquire and learn how to apply the essential leadership elements. Wallace Foundation and Harvard will create measures to assess the short-term changes in organizational structure and culture.
Online News Association (Earmark: ONA: Knight Public Service Award)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3928-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2008; goal: To fund an executive director for the Online News Association and establish the Knight Public Service Award The Online News Association will hire a full-time executive director to make ONA financially independent and self-sustaining. The executive director will conduct funding drives and programs to increase ONA membership and sponsor revenue. A new online journalism award, the Knight Public Service Award, will carry a $5,000 prize. This award will be given in October 2006, and each year thereafter, as part of the annual Online Journalism Awards. The grant also helps ONA expand its award judging by working with other professional journalism associations.
WNYC Radio (Earmark: WNYC)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3932-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To support "On the Media," a public radio program reporting on the world of journalism WNYC produces “On the Media,’’ which launched in 1995 with the help of a Knight grant. The show, with nearly one million listeners, won a 2004 Peabody award. This grant will enable the program to continue its diverse content, including reports on how the media is covering the Middle East, the war in Iraq, energy prices, the upcoming 2007 fall elections, 2008 congressional campaigns and the presidential primary. The project hopes to help listeners become better news consumers and increase demand for quality news.
Choices for Children (Earmark: Choices for Children)936,000.00318--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3944-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2011; goal: To connect unlicensed child care providers and disenfranchised families to child development resources using community-based resources and culturally-based approaches In the first year, the Exempt Care Collaborative would have the following outcomes for the Solari/Seven Trees area: 75 caregivers per year will have a better understanding of how to support children’s ongoing cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical development. 30 caregivers per year will have made progress toward a license to provide family child care in their home, or toward meeting the qualifications required to work in a licensed child care program. 50 caregivers per year will have used lending library equipment and resources to enrich the learning environment and expand learning opportunities in their homes. Children will demonstrate cognitive, social, emotional and physical development as indicated by the Developmental Assets tool. There will be a documented, coordinated effort within the Seven Trees/Solari area to integrate program components into existing services, including parenting support, links with existing formal preschool programs, Preschool For All, and kindergarten transition strategies.
Society of Professional Journalists (Earmark: Society of Professional Journalists)120,000.001521--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3866-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/31/2008; goal: To transfer journalismtraining.org to SPJ as an ongoing program.
Kent State University (Earmark: Kent State University: Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3974-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 03/31/2009; goal: To establish a Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism to lead national efforts to revitalize high school journalism Kent State’s Scholastic Media Program is considered to be one of the nation’s best. For six consecutive years, Kent State has been one of five universities to host the American Society of Newspaper Editors High School Journalism Institute. The program, part of Knight Foundation’s High School Initiative, trains high school teachers to start or improve high school newspapers. This grant will convert the vacant John S. Knight Chair in English Composition and Theory, endowed with a $1 million grant in 1990, to a Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism. The Knight Chair will create innovative programs, including an online and on campus master’s program for scholastic media teachers; be a leader crusading for First Amendment awareness and civic education, the use of news in classrooms and the creation of student media; help high school students understand journalism fundamentals; and encourage diverse students to pursue journalism careers.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4010-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/31/2010; goal: To expand the sales force to grow assets, which will provide more grants and greater civic leadership.
Samaritan House (Earmark: Samaritan House)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3633-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: For a full-time director and other organizational launch expenses.
George Washington University (Earmark: Prime Movers)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3967-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To develop a Prime Movers high school journalism program in Philadelphia Prime Movers is a program that starts and strengthens student media and develops women and journalists of color as mentors. GW ran a pilot program in 2004-05 and continued in 2005-06. It created or improved media outlets at six schools, with 12 professional mentors and 16 student mentors teaching. It also developed a national high school radio curriculum, working with the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. This grant will test new student media models in Philadelphia and develop a plan to scale up student media throughout the city, where only 18 of the 52 high schools have student newspapers.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: City University of New York)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3983-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To teach media law to bloggers and citizen journalists.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: Knight Citizen News Network)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3994-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2007; goal: To create and manage the Knight Citizen News Network The Knight Citizen News Network is designed to be an online training center for citizen journalists and a showcase for all of Knight’s web-based training endeavors, including J-Learning, at Maryland University, NewsU at the Poynter Institute and the Knight New Media Center in Berkeley and Los Angeles. It aspires to teach anyone how to use the latest technologies to produce compelling stories about and for their own communities. Administered at J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland, the grant will create a new web site to host the Knight Citizen News Network. The site will be a one-stop online training destination helping citizen journalists report valuable, informative news that mainstream media is not able to cover.
Pacific News Service (Earmark: Pacific News Service)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3996-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2008; goal: To build ethnic media networks in key Knight Foundation markets, conduct multilingual polls and strengthen ties between immigrant organizations and ethnic media at national and local levels.
Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami (Earmark: Knight Concert Hall: Miami Performing Arts Center)6,800,850.0011--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4000-- Grant period: 07/01/2006 - 07/01/2009; goal: For the new Miami Performing Arts Center and to name the concert hall in honor of John S. and James L. Knight With an additional $6.8 million, for $10.0 million in grant dollars to the Performing Arts Center buildings, Knight Foundation will earn the naming rights for a state-of-the art concert hall in the center of Miami’s cultural life. This additional support will publicly brand Knight Foundation – the name will be on every concert ticket – just as Knight Ridder’s name will come off the Miami Herald building, just across the parking lot from the proposed John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3984-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2007; goal: To support planning implementation of recommendations for rebuilding in East Biloxi (entire area east of the I-110 Connector).
Development Communications Associates (Earmark: Development Communications Associates)216,000.001003--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3990-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2008; goal: To assist Philadelphia, Boulder and Lexington leverage their Knight grant investments into large-scale, sustainable causes.
TheatreWorks (Earmark: TheatreWorks)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3972-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2011; goal: To build audiences by adapting their marketing effort based on the findings of a marketing research study and disseminate their findings and results to other arts organizations in the region.
The Preschool Project: An Early Childhood Resource Center (Earmark: The Preschool Project)134,000.001463--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3851-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2011; goal: For a literacy program targeted to Latino children in North Philadelphia family child care homes.
Urban League of Philadelphia (Earmark: Urban League of Philadelphia)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3893-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2007; goal: To implement the Urban Leadership Bridge Mural Project in the dialogue on race relations.
Reach Out and Read (Earmark: Reach Out and Read)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3951-- Grant period: 06/01/2006 - 06/01/2008; goal: To expand Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia programs in North Philadelphia.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3988-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
After School Matters (Earmark: After School Matters Inc.)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4001-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: For general operating support.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (Earmark: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3790-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: To provide training, technical assistance and consulting services to community coalitions and stakeholders in Knight communities To help six anti-drug coalitions in Knight communities achieve greater sustainability, including support and technical assistance during the submission of a federal grant application to the Drug-Free Community Support Program. CADCA will provide technical assistance to help six anti-drug coalitions in Knight communities applying for the Drug-Free Community Support Program grant. Assistance will include helping coalitions structure their organization and recruit membership to maximize effectiveness; providing technical assistance training and materials to help cultivate and sustain long-term member participation; initiating key introductions and advocacy training to gain support from decision makers and elected officials; and teaching grant writing and other sustainability techniques for the coalition. CADCA will also bring representatives from the six Knight coalitions selected for intensive support to CADCA's mid-year training program and annual National Leadership Forum conference.
Focus: HOPE (Earmark: Focus: HOPE)80,000.001872--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3826-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: For the completion of environmental studies for the Bell Building.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)10,550.003575--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3981-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)12,200.003543--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3987-- Grant period: 05/01/2006 - 05/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support IS’ work will focus on four major areas over the next three years: Public Policy and Government Relations; Nonprofit Sector Programs and Practices; Communication; and Emerging Issues and Strategic Initiatives. The non profit sector’s presence on Capitol Hill will be strengthened through the use of more than 50 advocates, who will proactively shape the regulation of the nonprofit sector and mobilize support of broad policy issues. IS has developed a baseline and is able to measure organizations that have adopted codes of ethics. IS issues a report on social justice philanthropy and opportunities for increasing it. IS also provides information on barriers to and opportunities for increased use of general operating support.
Community Foundations of Florida (Earmark: Community Foundations of Florida)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3966-- Grant period: 04/01/2006 - 04/01/2011; goal: For the Community Foundations of Florida to implement the Regional Marketing Initiative, a three-year marketing campaign to raise awareness, visibility and understanding of community foundations among professional advisers in Florida.
The American University (Earmark: American University)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3941-- Grant period: 04/01/2006 - 12/31/2009; goal: For Phase II of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, an effort to assure that the executive branch, Congress, states and the broader public implement the commission's recommendations.
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families (Earmark: Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families)9,500.003670--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3973-- Grant period: 04/01/2006 - 04/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support and annual conference support.
Syracuse University (Earmark: Syracuse University)160,000.001252--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3954-- Grant period: 04/01/2006 - 05/31/2007; goal: To increase the impact of TRACFED, a database of government actions used nationally by news media In 1997, Knight funds launched a web service called TRACFED. Run by Syracuse University, this service has become one of the web’s most important public storehouses of facts and figures about how the federal government enforces the law, where it assigns employees, and how it spends its money. Through this grant, TRAC will increase its earned income through new information products and expanded marketing and solicit monetary and in-kind contributions. It will also seek a range of partnerships to fund authoritative reports on special interest topics.
Jefferson Institute (Earmark: Jefferson Institute: Serbian Military Archive)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3968-- Grant period: 04/01/2006 - 04/01/2007; goal: To digitize key parts of the Serbian military archive, create a searchable database and train Serbian journalists to use it.
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Earmark: University of Kentucky)103,000.001599--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3793-- Grant period: 03/15/2006 - 07/13/2007; goal: To increase the impact of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, housed in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at University of Kentucky, was started in 2002 to improve the journalism reaching the 56 million people in the rural United States. This grant will help increase the Institute’s impact by completing a national survey of rural media to gauge their scope and training needs, improving its web site, www.ruraljournalism.org, and creating a journalism training module for News University.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Earmark: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)200,000.001043--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3955-- Grant period: 03/15/2006 - 03/15/2007; goal: To develop a plan for scaling up First Amendment education in Knight communities ASCD is the largest educational member organization, representing 170,000 educators from more than 135 countries. Since 2000, it has created some 100 First Amendment Schools nationwide. These are K-12 schools where students not only learn about but practice the First Amendment in their schools and communities. This grant will use the lessons learned by this project to create and test a plan to increase First Amendment education in the 26 Knight communities.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Knight New Media Center)650,000.00388--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3863-- Grant period: 03/14/2006 - 09/30/2008; goal: To re-launch the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism as the Knight New Media Center This grant re-launches the Western Knight Center as the Knight New Media Center, specifically focused on helping good journalists and good journalism succeed in the 21st century. It will specialize in delivering content training to new media journalists as well as new media training to traditional journalists. The center will convert its web site into an interactive learning and resource center and experiment with videoconferencing and webinars. This grant is part of the foundation’s effort to help journalists succeed in a new media world. The center will offer seminars directly to 150 journalists each year, including a leadership workshop for news leaders who are transforming their news operations. The content training offered to new media journalists will include improving online coverage of topics ranging from elections to urban growth to globalization. New media training includes skills training in the latest interactive storytelling techniques. Since 2002, the center has been a new media leader, both in teaching practitioners and in using the World Wide Web to draw 30,000 unique monthly visitors.
The Salvation Army (Lexington) (Earmark: The Salvation Army (Lexington))300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3908-- Grant period: 03/14/2006 - 03/14/2009; goal: For a literacy program that will help children ages 3 to 8 become proficient in reading by third grade The literacy program will serve at least 100 children each year. Participating children will gain a greater appreciation of reading and learning. Preschool children will enter elementary school better equipped with the skills and attitudes to help them learn. As a result of this project, the least 80 percent of parents will participate, several times a week, in the new literacy training programs. Outcomes will be measured through parent involvement attendance logs and a survey assessment of children’s school readiness completed by kindergarten teachers from select Title 1 buildings. The program’s education specialist and program director will monitor parent/child reports of changes in reading levels, school readiness and school grades.
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Centre County Community Foundation)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3950-- Grant period: 03/14/2006 - 03/14/2007; goal: To increase the donor advised fund.
WHYY (Earmark: WHYY)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3884-- Grant period: 03/14/2006 - 03/14/2009; goal: For the "Ready To Learn" program Approximately 1,000 participants per year in Ready to Learn workshops will increase understanding of and develop skills to promote literacy. Participants will use techniques learned to help the children in their care enter school with the skills they need to succeed. New spotlights will enhance understanding of literacy development among viewers and make them aware of Ready to Learn workshops in their communities. Large institutions like WHYY and PBS are important to underserved communities, helping to improve the quality of life and becoming one avenue for information sharing and relationship building.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Akron Art Museum)2,000,000.00144--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3969-- Grant period: 03/14/2006 - 05/31/2008; goal: For the "Create A Masterpiece" campaign, to expand the Akron Art Museum, enlarge its endowment, and name the new building in honor of John S. and James L. Knight.
Federation of American Scientists (Earmark: Federation of American Scientists)80,000.001872--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3910-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/31/2009; goal: To expand the reach of Secrecy News, which explains national secrecy policies The Federation of American Scientists publishes Secrecy News, an e-mail newsletter edited by Steven Aftergood that appears at least twice a week. The newsletter provides an important early warning service for increases in federal government secrecy. In addition to Secrecy News, the project links to online source documents, provides daily support to journalists who report on secrecy; and litigates Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. This grant will expand the reach of the newsletter though collaboration with the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government.
The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship (Earmark: The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3946-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2009; goal: To expand the development of a model alumni program for journalism training The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, named after the late U.S. ambassador to Germany and former Federal Reserve Board chairman, is an exchange program for journalists in the United States and Germany. Each year, it awards 20 two-month fellowships – 10 to Americans, 10 to Germans – and they switch countries and cover the news. The program, which has 333 alumni, maintains contact with 95 percent of them. This grant will enable the Burns Fellowship program to further develop their alumni network, and to share their best practices with Knight’s midcareer training programs.
Alliance for Human Services (Earmark: Alliance for Human Services)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3961-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/31/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)7,700.003688--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3963-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
JumpStart Productions LLC (Earmark: Jumpstart: NOW on PBS - The Sunshine Gang)45,000.002517--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3943-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: To support the PBS program NOW's special show on "The Sunshine Gang".
Friends of Historic Properties and Museums (Earmark: Napolean: An Intimate Portrait)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3947-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For a historical exhibition entitled "Napolean: An Intimate Portrait" and its related educational programs.
Philliber Research Associates (Earmark: StepUp!)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3949-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/31/2009; goal: To evaluate the "StepUp" volunteer initiative.
Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation (Earmark: Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3956-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2009; goal: For support of the U.S. Olympic trials for either the men's or women's marathon in the spring of 2008 in conjunction with the site of the Akron Marathon Championships in 2007.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Delaware Valley Grantmakers)16,050.003431--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3958-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2008; goal: For 2006-2008 general operating support.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (Earmark: Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3962-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support and to provide free technical assistance to nonprofits in Knight communities.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)44,600.002552--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3965-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)24,750.003241--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3960-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)7,150.003707--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3970-- Grant period: 03/01/2006 - 03/01/2007; goal: For 2006 general operating support.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: Knight-Batten Awards)180,000.001205--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3904-- Grant period: 02/01/2006 - 02/01/2009; goal: To continue the Batten Awards and rename them the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism The Knight-Batten Awards are co-named for the Knight brothers and Knight Ridder company CEO James. K. Batten. The awards honor novel approaches to journalism in both mainstream and community media that help people learn about and better understand community issues. J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism administers the awards. Six awards will be given each year, including a $10,000 Grand Prize Winner; $5,000 for a Runner-Up and at least three Awards of Distinction; and a $1,000 Wild Card Award that will go to a journalism school, a small news organization or an individual. This grant supports the foundation’s goal of increasing the use of new media to serve the public interest.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: Miami Dade College Foundation)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3953-- Grant period: 02/01/2006 - 02/01/2009; goal: For the Miami International Film Festival.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)205,000.001025--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3933-- Grant period: 01/04/2006 - 01/04/2007; goal: To support a Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Shorenstein Center This program matches up recognized national news leaders with their university of choice for a one-year fellowship, during which time they’ll research and envision the future of quality journalism. In 2006, former Los Angeles Times editor John Carroll became the first Knight Visiting Lecturer. At the Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, he is researching, writing, teaching and speaking out publicly about how journalism excellence is achievable in today’s fast-changing world.
YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade (Earmark: YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3605-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2008; goal: To recruit and train 40 trainees in apartment renovation, leadership and life skills while they work towards their GED.
Catawba Lands Conservancy (Earmark: Catawba Lands Conservancy)550,000.00433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3888-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2009; goal: To plan for the development of the Catawba Regional Trail, an extensive greenway encompassing natural lands in 14 counties in the Carolinas.
Fort Wayne Community Schools (Earmark: Fort Wayne Community Schools)405,000.00530--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3894-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 07/31/2009; goal: To develop a professional learning community of public school and community-based early childhood educators working together to learn more about and implement "Reggio Emilia" inspired practices in their respective educational settings.
Street Beat (Earmark: Street Beat, Inc.)375,000.00562--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3642-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2008; goal: To mobilize, train and employ teams of youth to serve as tutor mentors and teachers for younger students, other youth and adults.
Greater Twin Cities United Way (Earmark: Greater Twin Cities United Way)1,125,000.00250--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3882-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2010; goal: For the Partnership for Improving Children's Oral Health Bright Smiles program, an oral health initiative for young children in Ramsey County.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: CEOs for Cities)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3889-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2008; goal: To formulate, develop and disseminate research and strategic policy guidelines on urban economic competitiveness and to launch a special initiative designed to help cities attract and retain families with young children.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Earmark: Chihuly at Fairchild)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3948-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2006; goal: For Latticino Sponsorship of "Chihuly at Fairchild".
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Massachusetts Institute of Technology)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3883-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 06/30/2009; goal: To conduct and disseminate research on ways to improve the process and means by which Americans vote.
Richland County School District One (Earmark: Richland County School District One)339,000.00592--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3898-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 12/01/2009; goal: For school-based support of off-site after-school programming for students at Sanders and Gibbes Middle Schools.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Public Schools)360,000.00567--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3846-- Grant period: 12/01/2005 - 11/30/2008; goal: For The Parent Academy.
CASA of Aberdeen Fifth Judicial Circuit (Earmark: CASA of Aberdeen Fifth Judicial Circuit)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3815-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: To create a team of professionals to develop protocols, provide training, and serve drug-endangered children whose lives are jeopardized by their families' illegal manufacturing, sales, possession and use of methamphetamine in the home.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3858-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To expand programs for teens.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Earmark: Local Initiative Support Corporation)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3867-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To complete Phase II of the Storefront Enhancement Pilot Program of the "At Home in Duluth" Collaborative.
Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program (Earmark: Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3870-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For counseling, education, family advocacy and other support services addressing the needs of children living in domestic violence shelters.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Earmark: University of Pennsylvania)240,700.00920--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3909-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 05/31/2009; goal: To conduct an evaluation of the impact of the Community Partners in Arts Access initiative on cultural participation in North Philadelphia and Camden.
Vital Connections of the Midlands (Earmark: Vital Connections of the Midlands)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3927-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For professional development of staff at the Arthurtown Child Development Center, leading to assessment by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and accreditation of a pre-school class.
The League of Women Voters of the United States (Earmark: LWV: Sunshine Week Tool Kit)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3930-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To prepare a Sunshine Week tool kit and organize local chapter forums.
Gary Community School Corporation (Earmark: West Side Theatre Guild)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3666-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For the West Side Theatre Guild's stage production of "Steel," in honor of the city of Gary's 100th anniversary.
Bothner and Bradley (Earmark: Bothner and Bradley, Inc.)42,000.002559--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3810-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To coordinate an early childhood advocacy initiative to sustain the Wichita CARES project.
Euell A. Wilson Center (Earmark: Euell A. Wilson Center)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3861-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For an after-school and summer program providing arts education and activities for at-risk youth between the ages of 7 and 18.
Johnson & Wales University (Earmark: Johnson & Wales University)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3892-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For an endowment fund for scholarships for returning Charlotte students.
Land for Tomorrow (Earmark: Land for Tomorrow)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3896-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To build awareness of land conservation and historic preservation in North Carolina, including Charlotte and surrounding areas.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Silicon Valley Community Foundation)80,000.001872--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3899-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: For the Young Readers-Future Leaders Early Literacy Initiative focused on ages 0-8.
The Chamber of Commerce Grand Forks and East Grand Forks (Earmark: The Chamber of Commerce Grand Forks and East Forks)47,500.002513--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3912-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To further the work of the Augmenting Leadership Committee and the Celebrating Success Committee.
One Economy Corporation (Earmark: One Economy Corporation)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3915-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To partner with Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino America (MACLA) and Mercy Housing to help youth and families acquire the skills to join the economic mainstream via art and technology.
Rutgers University Foundation (Earmark: Rutgers University Foundation)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3926-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For enhancement of community engagement programming through the creation of a new Camden-based play that will be researched and performed with community participation.
National Association of Black Journalists (Earmark: National Association of Black Journalists)30,000.002949--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3931-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To support six midcareer African American journalists covering Liberia's election.
Area Partnership for Economic Expansion (APEX) (Earmark: APEX)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3768-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To provide businesses in northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin expert consulting services to expand their workforces and increase their profitability.
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation (Earmark: Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3822-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: To continue an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) campaign and provide free tax preparation to low-income residents of Gary.
Presentation College (Earmark: Presentation College)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3844-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To purchase specialized equipment and appliances to assist young adults of all faiths with disabilities/special needs in transitioning to independent living.
Wildacres Retreat (Earmark: Wildacres Retreat)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3850-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For a permanent endowment to support the William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations leadership program.
The American Institute for Social Justice (Earmark: The American Institute for Social Justice)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3877-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For free tax preparation and community organizing in central Broward County.
American Forests (Earmark: American Forests)221,875.00995--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3885-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 01/31/2008; goal: To introduce local decision-makers to detailed scientific data about the region's tree canopy and green infrastructure and to tools and techniques that can be used to balance development with environmental concerns.
San Jose Unified Educational Foundation (Earmark: San Jose Unified Educational Foundation)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3895-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2011; goal: For the Step Into K project that provides a transition program for children in high-risk neighborhoods who have not had any previous access to early learning opportunities.
Northlands Rescue Mission (Earmark: Northlands Rescue Mission)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3905-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To launch a program to help the working poor become more economically self-sufficient through life skills education and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Second Harvest Food Bank of the Chattahoochee Valley)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3907-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For the Kids Cafe program.
Native American Cultural Center & Museum (Earmark: Native American Cultural Center & Museum)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3914-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To support the Education, Arts & Culture Project that will provide opportunities for Native American youth in Brown County to come together for cultural education, activities, and ceremonies.
Mexican American Community Services Agency (Earmark: Mexican American Community Services Agency)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3916-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: To plan for the reconfiguration of wing of flagship community center and development of early childhood learning strategies.
San Juan Bautista Child Development Center (Earmark: San Juan Bautista Child Development Center)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3917-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For a comprehensive public relations and marketing campaign and to support a sick-child center.
Akron Community Service Center and Urban League (Earmark: Akron Community Service Center & Urban League)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3919-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To support construction of a new Community Learning Center with matching funds toward a $1 million challenge grant from the GAR Foundation.
The Health Trust (Earmark: The Health Trust)120,000.001521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3923-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 02/28/2009; goal: To determine the impact of the oral health program on three neighborhoods in Santa Clara County.
United Way of the Big Bend (Earmark: Whole Child Connection project)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3925-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 03/31/2007; goal: For the Whole Child Connection project, a web-based tool to link families with young children to resources in the community, and for a communications campaign to raise awareness about the Whole Child Leon project.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3929-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For Hurricane Katrina victims in Miami-Dade County.
S.O.S. Health Care (Earmark: S.O.S. Health Care)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3823-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: For continued support of the volunteer coordinator and to lay the groundwork for an advocacy campaign to promote access to health care for all.
Dorsey-Riverbend Revitalization Council (Earmark: Dorsey-Riverbend Revitalization Council)117,700.001553--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3841-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To train and provide job-placement for individuals from the 33311 area as certified AutoCAD operators.
Marshall University Research Corporation (Earmark: Marshall University Research Corporation)166,667.001243--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3880-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To move training for journalists who cover nonprofit organizations to Marshall University Many journalists know little about nonprofits, though they make up the third major sector of the economy. In 2003, for example, giving by the nation’s nearly 65,000 grant-making foundations totaled nearly $30 billion. Professor Burnis Morris has been training journalists how to cover nonprofits since 2001 under Knight Foundation sponsorship. The program, previously run at the University of Mississippi, is now at Marshall, where Morris is the Carter G. Woodson Professor. This grant will expand his program with traveling training and web efforts, so it can reach hundreds more journalists who want to cover nonprofits more effectively.
River City Soccer Club (Earmark: River City Soccer Club)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3900-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To construct the River City Soccer Club Complex.
Wellsys Corporation (Earmark: Wellsys Corporation)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3901-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To fund Phase Two of program evaluation of the Youth Development Project (Marshall Movers) and to provide organizational development services to the collaborative member organizations.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Walking Tall Circus)80,000.001872--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3902-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2009; goal: For the Walking Tall Circus.
Manatee Opportunity Council (Earmark: Manatee Opportunity Council)143,000.001430--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3906-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To launch the Economic Prosperity Program in Manatee County.
Fieldstone Alliance (Earmark: Fieldstone Alliance)115,000.001556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3911-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To develop an economic growth plan for the region, identify individuals willing to serve on task forces and begin to execute the plan.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3913-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To increase the Charlotte Housing Authority scholarship endowment.
University of South Carolina Research Foundation (Earmark: University of South Carolina Research Foundation)246,000.00902--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3924-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: For the evaluation of the after-school enrichment programs for Sanders and Gibbes Middle Schools.
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (Earmark: Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3811-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: For the Saturday academic enrichment program for students in grades 4 through 12.
Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (Earmark: Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness Communications Plan)86,000.001859--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3865-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To implement a communications improvement plan that will reach more nonprofits in Miami-Dade County.
Boys & Girls Club of Baldwin County (Earmark: Boys & Girls Club of Baldwin County)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3869-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: For technical assistance in board development and resource development training.
Early Care and Education Council of Boulder County (Earmark: Early Care and Education Council of Boulder County)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3897-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To function as a "cause champion" and for a staff position for the Early Care and Education Sustainability Initiative to develop a two-year action plan.
Discovery Place (Earmark: Discovery Place)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3903-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To plan a new environmental education facility at the current site of the Charlotte Nature Museum on Little Sugar Creek Greenway.
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum (Earmark: San Jose Children's Discovery Museum)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3921-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2008; goal: To provide hands-on science, literacy and art programming to low-income families with children ages 0-5 and training for Family Exempt Care Providers.
San Jose Unified Educational Foundation (Earmark: San Jose Unified Educational Foundation)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3922-- Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2006; goal: To implement a pre-K to grade five professional development school as a regional center for dissemination of best practices that accelerate student achievement and for training educators, parents and childcare providers.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Earmark: Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3568-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2007; goal: To support the launch of the Media Academy, a program that trains entry-level editorial and business managers.
Grand Forks Public School District (Earmark: Grand Forks Public School District)45,000.002517--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3852-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: To establish a children's international choral music festival, "Voices of the World" featuring song and dance instructors from different countries and cultures throughout the world.
Community Back to School Bash (Earmark: Community Back to School Bash)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3868-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2007; goal: To purchase backpacks and school supplies for disadvantaged children in Palm Beach County and clothing vouchers for the neediest.
Bellefonte Family YMCA (Earmark: Bellefonte Family YMCA)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3879-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: To establish the Bellefonte Family Resource Center.
Young Men's Christian Association of Paris-Bourbon County (Earmark: YMCA Paris-Bourbon County)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3798-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To provide fitness equipment for use by youth between the ages of 9 and 18.
The Goodwill Industries of Akron (Earmark: The Goodwill Industries of Akron)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3835-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: For a new collaborative program to assist youth "aging out" of foster care, providing them with career guidance, work preparation and financial education.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County (Earmark: Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3842-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To supplement the summer program at Harllee Middle School with the addition of Career Camp and to purchase a van for visits to college campuses.
The Pennsylvania State University (Earmark: Pennsylvania State University)225,000.00969--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3855-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2009; goal: To continue the Knight Diversity Scholars Program, and establish an endowment to sustain it.
Catholic Social and Community Services (Earmark: Catholic Social and Community Services)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3936-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: For operating support while providing emergency assistance and counseling to Harrison County families.
Visioneering Wichita (Earmark: Visioneering Wichita)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3756-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2007; goal: For phase II of the Visioneering Wichita collaborative, a metropolitan statistical area community capacity building initiative and long-term vision.
Children Today (Earmark: Children Today)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3797-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To provide literacy development, parental involvement and staff development activities for a child care center serving homeless children in the Long Beach area.
Pacific News Service (Earmark: Pacific News Service)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3856-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To link mainstream and ethnic media for investigative reporting projects.
The Gary Literacy Coalition (Earmark: The Gary Literacy Coalition)110,000.001572--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3703-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: To promote, enhance and coordinate accessible literacy activities conducted by coalition members.
The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition (Earmark: Read Together Palm Beach County)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3795-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: For the 2006 Read Together Palm Beach County campaign.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Earmark: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3807-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: To educate local newspaper editors and reporters in the 14-county Charlotte region about open space conservation and land use planning.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of Newspaper Editors)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3859-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To expand national Sunshine Week in 2006 to help raise public awareness and support for open government issues.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3860-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: For "South by South Africa: Crafting Cultural Understanding," a project to use cultural programs as a catalyst for civic dialogue on racism through the lens of South Africa.
South Mississippi Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center (Earmark: South Mississippi Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3937-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2008; goal: For outreach programs for at-risk families where children may be or might become victims of violence and/or neglect due to post-disaster stress.
Mental Health Association of Mississippi (Earmark: Mental Health Association of Mississippi)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3938-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: For general operating support and to provide outreach to families in Harrison County needing mental health services.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3819-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2007; goal: To attract and retain diverse, new audience members to performances and education programs.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: MS Gulf Coast Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3934-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To partially fund the Governor's Commission for Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal.
Mercy Housing and Human Development (Earmark: Mercy Housing and Human Development, Inc.)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3935-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: For operating support and to purchase computer equipment destroyed by hurricane flooding.
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (Earmark: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3939-- Grant period: 10/01/2005 - 10/01/2006; goal: To provide after school programs for local children and childcare for their families in Harrison and Hancock Counties affected by Hurricane Katrina.
New Visions Community Development Corp. (Earmark: New Visions Community Development Corp.)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3640-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2010; goal: For a mixed-use development project on Sistrunk Boulevard.
PBS Foundation (Earmark: PBS Engage)3,000,000.0076--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3740-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 02/28/2011; goal: To expand public affairs programming on public television by better connecting PBS to the citizens it serves through a highly interactive PBS Engage web site, and using the results of that effort as a catalyst for change within the system, transforming pu.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)4,405,000.0041--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3765-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To expand and improve the Knight International Press Fellowships.
The Pennsylvania State University (Earmark: Pennsylvania State University)1,500,000.00200--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3825-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2007; goal: To endow a Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society Penn State, located in the Knight community of State College, is one of the nation’s largest universities. Its College of Communications, with 3,500 undergraduates, is the nation’s largest nationally accredited journalism and communications program. In 2003 Penn State launched the Center for Sports Journalism to explore issues in sports journalism through teaching, research and outreach. It offers four undergraduate courses in sports writing, sports broadcasting, sports information and sports, media and society. This grant will create a Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society who will direct the Center for Sports Journalism, develop new and innovative courses and areas of research. The chair will help lead efforts to improve sports journalism.
Ball State University (Earmark: Ball State University)850,000.00333--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3830-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 07/31/2008; goal: To raise First Amendment appreciation, promote media literacy and encourage student media in high schools On Jan. 31, 2005, Knight released “The Future of the First Amendment,” a two-year, $1 million research project by the University of Connecticut. The national study, the largest of its kind, surveyed 112,000 students, nearly 8,000 teachers and more than 500 principals. It found that only half the nation’s high school students agree that the nation’s press should be able to publish without government interference. The survey reinforced support for Knight’s High School Journalism Initiative, which works with major journalism groups to help revitalize high school journalism and help students better understand the role of the First Amendment. With this grant, Ball State will train, coordinate and campaign to improve First Amendment education, use of news in classrooms and student media. It will hold workshops reaching 1,000 educators. It will coordinate meetings of scholastic media leaders and educators to find ways they can work together to change education policy. See firstamendment.jideas.org.
Detroit Youth Foundation (Earmark: YouthVille Detroit)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3471-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To renovate a facility for use as YouthVille Detroit, a neighborhood-based, comprehensive youth development center.
Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County (Earmark: Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3785-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: For a computer training program and wireless Internet service for a Knight-targeted neighborhood.
University of Missouri (Earmark: Committee of Concerned Journalists)2,280,000.00124--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3837-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 06/30/2011; goal: To establish a new home for the Committee of Concerned Journalists and move it toward self-sufficiency Since 1997, in conversations with thousands of journalists, the Committee of Concerned Journalists has crusaded on behalf of quality journalism as defined in the signature book, “The Elements of Journalism.” In 2001, a Knight pilot grant created the “Traveling Curriculum,’’ a training program designed to take the committee’s standard-setting work directly into newsrooms. The training, designed with teaching experts at Stanford University, has reached some 5,500 journalists from 100 news organizations. The web site, www.journalism.org, averages 32,000 unique visitors a month. Training sessions are followed by six-month reviews to push for and review tangible results. A formal assessment program by researchers at Stanford has established concrete changes at every newsroom to date. With this grant, the committee will move to the University of Missouri. There, it will train at least 4,000 additional journalists during the next three years as it develops a “fee for service” model for the training.
Marygrove College (Earmark: Marygrove College)650,000.00388--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3729-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To establish an Institute for Arts-Infused Education and to expand the Onstage arts outreach programs.
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund (Earmark: Northeast Entrepreneur Fund Inc)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3769-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To maintain the microenterprise and small business development program in the Twin Ports, provide matching funds to create a Women's Business Network in the region and to coordinate an Arrowhead entrepreneur network.
Jack & Jill Children's Center (Earmark: Jack & JIll Children's Center)405,000.00530--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3782-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To provide tuition subsidies to 30 children plus education workshops for parents to enhance job skills and financial status.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Earmark: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)2,500,000.0099--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3812-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2010; goal: For an endowment campaign and operating support.
JumpStart (Earmark: JumpStart, Inc.)1,500,000.00200--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3834-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 10/31/2011; goal: To promote economic development and employment growth in Akron and Summit County by providing financial and human capital for promising startup companies.
University of Missouri (Earmark: National Freedom of Information Coalition)1,700,000.00181--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3824-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2009; goal: To establish a new home for the National Freedom of Information Coalition and expand its ability to support state groups.
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Earmark: Great Schools Initiative)548,900.00439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3831-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: For the Great Schools Initiative, to improve teacher capacity and student performance at Booker T. Washington Academy.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3848-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To enhance the capacity of Independent Sector to strengthen its leadership voice and broaden its reach.
BioEnterprise Corporation (Earmark: BioEnterprise Corporation)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3853-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2007; goal: To accelerate the growth of the bioscience industry in the greater Akron area, attracting investment dollars and creating well-paying jobs.
Fort Wayne Urban League (Earmark: Fort Wayne Urban League)328,000.00599--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3874-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 01/31/2009; goal: For Read and Rise, an early childhood literacy program that will help low-income African-American parents better prepare their children, 0-5, for reading success in school.
Internews (Earmark: Internews)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3876-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2006; goal: To pilot an international journalism training network using health journalism training Epidemics know no national boundaries. With this grant, three non-profit groups – Internews, the International Center for Journalists and the Panos Institute in London – will work together for the first time to produce a map of journalism training worldwide. Using it, they will offer micro-grants to projects that increase the ability of existing training groups to improve and expand health journalism training. Local trainers will be encouraged to share materials freely with other programs and to connect with larger international projects. A report of best practices will be shared. The goal is to encourage better health journalism worldwide.
Community Action Council for Lexington - Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties (Earmark: Community Action Council for Lexington, Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties)567,400.00428--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3759-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2008; goal: To increase the effectiveness of early childhood educators working in a culturally diverse environment and to encourage greater involvement by minority parents in preparing their children for school.
Miami Childrens Museum (Earmark: Miami Children's Museum)320,000.00605--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3832-- Grant period: 09/20/2005 - 09/20/2007; goal: To provide after-school programming to children residing in the Overtown and East Little Havana communities.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of News Editors Foundation)80,000.001872--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3725-- Grant period: 09/07/2005 - 09/07/2007; goal: To continue the activities of the Council of National Journalism Organizations The Council of National Journalism Organizations raises the visibility and membership of professional journalism groups and helps them work efficiently together. During the past decade, the council’s membership has more than doubled to 53 groups. These groups, representing at least 25,000 American journalists, set standards and offer training. With this grant, the council will work with the Society of Professional Journalists to improve and expand www.journalismtraining.org, a calendar of training opportunities, and to revamp its own web site, www.cnjo.org, and to better market the services of professional journalism organizations.
Mercy Hospital Foundation (Earmark: Mercy Hospital Foundation)114,000.001567--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3736-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To support 10 East Little Havana residents in a Licensed Practical Nursing program.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami (Earmark: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3817-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To provide school-based mentoring for the "Bigs in Schools" program at Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglas elementary schools.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: MS Gulf Coast Community Foundation)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3849-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2006; goal: For costs associated with the martketing and outreach of the South Mississippi Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) campaign.
NAACP Special Contribution Fund (Earmark: NAACP Special Contribution Fund)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3873-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2006; goal: For the Community Impact Program and to develop the NAACP's infrastructure at the Long Beach chapter.
United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita (Earmark: United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3669-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2008; goal: For Spanish translation services for the Community Food Ministry.
Hispanic Unity of Florida (Earmark: Hispanic Unity of Florida)94,550.001827--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3746-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To expand the EITC program in the 33311 ZIP code.
The Farmworkers' Children's Council (Earmark: The Farmworkers' Children's Council, Inc.)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3806-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2007; goal: To continue support for out-of-school time programs focusing on academics, recreation and culture for children of farm, nursery and equestrian laborers.
The Abriendo Puertas Governing Board of East Little Havana (Earmark: The Abriendo Puertas Governing Board of East Little Havana)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3683-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2006; goal: For programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency.
One Economy Corporation (Earmark: One Economy Corporation)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3836-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2007; goal: To continue to bring information technology access to East Little Havana and expand services into Overtown.
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Long Beach (Earmark: YMCA of Greater Long Beach : Youth Institute)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3875-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To expand the Youth Institute model to 30 middle school students at Stephens Middle School in West Long Beach.
Riverbanks Zoological Park Society (Earmark: Riverbanks Zoological Park Society)231,400.00958--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3881-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 03/31/2009; goal: To provide standards-based after school programming for sixth and seventh grade students at Gibbes and Alcorn Middle Schools.
Trustus (Earmark: Trustus, Inc.)188,000.001190--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3886-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: For drama-based enrichment programs for middle school students participating in after school programs at Gibbes or Alcorn Middle School.
Teach for America (Earmark: Teach for America)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3827-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2007; goal: For 10 new corps members to serve in the lowest-performing public schools in Miami.
American National Red Cross (Earmark: American National Red Cross)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3920-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: For post-Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Harrison County, Miss.
Medicine Horse Program (Earmark: Medicine Horse Program)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3621-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2006; goal: To support equine-assisted therapy for at-risk youth (including those already in the juvenile justice system) in Boulder County.
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte (Earmark: YMCA of Greater Charlotte)95,000.001819--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3754-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: For the University City Community Building Project.
Allegro Foundation (Earmark: Allegro Foundation)80,000.001872--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3840-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2007; goal: To expand dance and movement classes to four preschools and add a part-time volunteer coordinator.
EdVenture Children's Museum (Earmark: EdVenture Children's Museum)197,400.001168--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3887-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2008; goal: To establish an after-school program designed to teach leadership skills to 30 middle school students per year from Alcorn or Gibbes middle schools.
Columbia Museum of Art (Earmark: Columbia Museum of Art)236,500.00947--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3890-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2009; goal: To provide museum-based enrichment and academic programs for middle school students participating in after-school programs from Gibbes and/or Alcorn Middle Schools.
The Salvation Army (Mississippi Divisional Headquarters) (Earmark: The Salvation Army (Mississippi Divisional Headquarters))500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3918-- Grant period: 09/01/2005 - 09/01/2006; goal: For post-Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Harrison County, Miss.
Wings of Faith (Earmark: Wings of Faith)135,000.001454--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3753-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For re-entry services and resources for parolees, probationers and ex-offenders.
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve (Earmark: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve, Inc.)207,900.001021--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3755-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: To create a Saturday Boys and Girls Club program that will provide educational opportunities and life skills activities for Simon Perkins Middle School students.
United Way of the Big Bend (Earmark: United Way of the Big Bend)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3771-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For the B.E.S.T. project, to strengthen a local coalition for free tax preparation for low-income families and utilization of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (Earmark: The Creative Community Index II)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3774-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: To publish "The Creative Community Index II," a study analyzing the cultural vitality of the Silicon Valley.
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Earmark: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3792-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: For a weekend and summer education program serving students of Simon Perkins Middle School.
Enterprise Community Partners (Earmark: Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3833-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 12/31/2009; goal: To support Green Communities, a collaboration forging closer ties between America's community development and environmental movements.
Florida Philanthropic Network (Earmark: Florida Philanthropic Network)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3728-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: For 2005-2007 general operating support.
United Generation Council Theatrical Troupe (Earmark: United Generation Council Theatrical Troupe)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3737-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For theatrical training for underprivileged youth.
Lexington Children's Theatre (Earmark: Lexington Children's Theatre)72,000.002026--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3739-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: For a marketing and audience development initiative focusing on the growth and long-term viability of the Lexington Children's Theatre.
Bound Together (Earmark: Bound Together)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3750-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2007; goal: To offer year-round enrichment activities, including art and movement appreciation, and expansion of the African Drum and Dance program.
Civil Society Institute (Earmark: Civil Society Institute)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3794-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: To plan a community-based component to a multi-state early childhood network and develop of a statewide partnership for Quality Pre-Kindergarten in Pennsylvania.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3829-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To develop the Social Entrepreneur Action Tank, a new initiative for translating the ideas of top social entrepreneurs into concrete policy recommendations.
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (Earmark: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3845-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 12/31/2010; goal: For the FaithfulAmerica Institute, an effort to rebuild a mainstream, interdenominational faith-based communication and policy agenda.
Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (Earmark: Funders' Committee for Civic Participation)4,750.003790--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3854-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For 2005 membership support.
Neighborhood Centers (Earmark: Neighborhood Centers Inc.)140,000.001438--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3732-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2007; goal: To complete the final phase of development of a neighborhood park.
Communications Leadership Institute (Earmark: Communications Leadership Institute)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3757-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To sponsor five Knight grantees to attend the Communications Leadership Institute.
Project Grad Akron (Earmark: Project Grad Akron)233,900.00956--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3816-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2009; goal: To launch the Bridge to GRADuation program, helping Simon Perkins Middle School students make a successful transition to high school.
SharedCare (Earmark: First Tee of Myrtle Beach)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3818-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To strengthen the First Tee of Myrtle Beach volunteer program.
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (Earmark: Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3414-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To launch the Civic Leadership Institute, a national leadership development program for Asian Pacific Americans.
Habitat for Humanity Detroit (Earmark: Habitat for Humanity of Detroit)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3565-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2007; goal: For organizational capacity building.
Foothills United Way (Earmark: Foothills United Way)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3676-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2009; goal: To provide Individual Development Accounts to low-income, bi-cultural Spanish-speaking child care providers in Boulder County.
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Earmark: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3780-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2007; goal: For an immigration reform initiative including research, public communications and legislative policy development.
Coalición Latinoamericana (Earmark: Coalición Latinoamericana)105,000.001588--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3828-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For a Latino needs assessment to analyze services needed and currently available to Latinos in the Charlotte area and to identify effective service providers and barriers to effective services.
Leon and Gadsden School Readiness Coalition (Earmark: The Early Learning Coalition)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3556-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To develop and pilot a research-based family literacy program focusing on the needs of low-income children ages 0-5 years not attending formal child care.
I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County (Earmark: I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3634-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For after-school and summer academic programming to enhance the intellectual development and academic success of 164 at-risk middle school students.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: MIT Museum Loan Network (MLN))100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3682-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For transition funding for the Museum Loan Network (MLN), to stabilize the future of the MLN directory and other museum collaboration programs.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley (Earmark: Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3696-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For 45 ballet school scholarships for underserved students.
Communities In Schools of Detroit (Earmark: Communities in Schools of Detroit)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3711-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: To improve the computer, workforce and academic skills of adult family members and students in the Mack/Alter community and to establish a wireless neighborhood.
Caring Communities of Summit County (Earmark: Caring Communities of Summit County)202,000.001036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3751-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: For Grandparents on the Rise, a program benefiting Simon Perkins Middle School students being raised by their grandparents.
New World Symphony (Earmark: New World Symphony)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3758-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: For the Internet2 Distance Learning Program, a cutting-edge arts education initiative that promotes cross-community interaction among current and future symphony orchestra leaders.
Arts Council of Manatee County (Earmark: Arts Council of Manatee County)26,000.003067--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3778-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To hire part-time office staff to support operations and volunteer services.
Kimmel Center (Earmark: Kimmel Center)91,000.001831--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3787-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For the pilot initiative, Arts for Schools Partner Program, a new outreach arts initiative for students from underprivileged schools.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Fellows Initiative)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3796-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2007; goal: For the Miami Fellows Initiative leadership program Classes 4 and 5.
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art (Earmark: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art)36,000.002661--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3838-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: To implement the long-range development plan as part of the museum's new strategic plan.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Earmark: University of Pennsylvania)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3843-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 06/30/2008; goal: To launch a third cohort of community development fellows while developing new revenue sources and a more effective program model.
George Washington University (Earmark: Prime Movers)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3862-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2006; goal: For a bridge grant to extend Prime Movers, a program that starts and strengthens student media and develops women and journalists of color as mentors, and to help it develop a national high school radio curriculum.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Earmark: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3871-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 08/01/2008; goal: To support research and communications on issues of philanthropic reform.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: University of Maryland)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3872-- Grant period: 08/01/2005 - 10/31/2007; goal: To identify and assess a range of new state and local policies on community wealth building and asset development, and to make that information available through the Web and other means.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (Earmark: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)800,000.00346--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3821-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010; goal: To work with the Brookings Institution to monitor the implementation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and develop a bipartisan policy agenda for further election administration reform.
Urban League of Broward County (Earmark: Urban League: Assets to Build Community Project)557,300.00431--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3744-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2011; goal: For the Assets to Build Community Project a matched savings program for low income families.
The City of Riviera Beach, Florida (Earmark: The City of Riviera Beach, Florida)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3767-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 01/28/2011; goal: For an academic summer camp for middle school students.
Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action (Earmark: Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action)800,000.00346--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3791-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2009; goal: To help state and local policymakers, election officials, community leaders and election-reform organizations promote election reforms and expand voter participation.
The Brookings Institution (Earmark: The Brookings Institute)800,000.00346--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3803-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2010; goal: To work with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) to monitor the implementation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and develop a bipartisan policy agenda for further election administration reform.
Civil Society Institute (Earmark: Civil Society Institute)166,600.001244--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3808-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2006; goal: To ensure that communities in Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, successfully initiate work for high quality community and school-based pre-K.
Long Beach Symphony Association (Earmark: Long Beach Symphony Association)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3839-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2006; goal: For the education project and public performance of "Dos Visiones".
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Earmark: Local Initiative Support Corporation)1,361,300.00218--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3781-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2009; goal: To establish a Housing Equity Partnership to increase the affordability of home ownership in Overtown for at least 50 households and to expand the homebuyer training program.
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Earmark: The Pew Charitable Trusts)750,000.00358--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3093-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/01/2006; goal: To construct a facility in center city Philadelphia that will house the relocated world-renowned Barnes Foundation collection and educational space.
Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (Earmark: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3719-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/01/2008; goal: To increase the donor-advised fund accordingly as Palm Beach's designation has changed from a medium to large Knight community.
The Women's Alliance (Earmark: The Women's Alliance)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3540-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 12/31/2009; goal: To develop Chapter 2, a resale shop with a job training component in Overtown.
Suited for Success (Earmark: Suited for Success)334,800.00595--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3637-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2008; goal: For job readiness programs in Overtown and East Little Havana.
Akron Summit Community Action (Earmark: Akron Summit Community Action)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3745-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 12/31/2008; goal: To support the Financial Literacy Program providing low-income families with EITC assistance, IDA matching funds, and counseling on saving, home ownership and starting a business.
University of Minnesota Duluth (Earmark: University of Minnesota Duluth)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3775-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2006; goal: To construct a full-scale prototype of a housing unit that will create new uses of regional wood resources.
Alchemy (Earmark: Alchemy, Inc.)156,000.001265--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3779-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2007; goal: To expand the after-school program at Perkins Middle School.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Earmark: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)800,000.00346--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3814-- Grant period: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2009; goal: To analyze the impact of federal and state budget proposals on Knight priority areas and help grant partners access and use budget and tax policy data.
Young Men's Christian Association of Fort Wayne (Earmark: YMCA of Fort Wayne)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3685-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2008; goal: To expand arts programming for children and families in music, dance, drama and visual arts.
LEAP/Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership (Earmark: LEAP/Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership)169,000.001239--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3743-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2008; goal: To design and pilot a Camden Early Childhood Research Learning Academy serving children birth through 5 and their families.
Southern Environmental Law Center (Earmark: Southern Environmental Law Center)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3748-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2006; goal: To develop a plan to help the Charlotte region redirect growth decisions, conserve its open space and improve its air quality.
The American University (Earmark: American University)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3783-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2008; goal: To establish the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate at the American University School of Public Affairs Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.
William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice (Earmark: William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3802-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2007; goal: To achieve implementation of the Help America Vote Act and combat serious electoral problems by providing state policymakers and nonprofit organizations with legal assistance, legislative counseling and drafting, research and technical support.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Earmark: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3820-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2006; goal: To provide grants to state coalitions for freedom of information.
Vera Institute of Justice (Earmark: Vera Institute of Justice)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3805-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2008; goal: To develop tools and support efforts by the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office and two others to ensure racial fairness in the prosecutorial process.
Alum Rock Counseling Center (Earmark: Alum Rock Counseling Center)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3809-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2006; goal: To provide both referral and intensive case management/mental health intervention services for up to 280 low-income families with children 0-5 years residing in the Mayfair neighborhood of East San Jose.
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation (Earmark: Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3752-- Grant period: 06/01/2005 - 06/01/2008; goal: To expand the education component of the Riverkeeper programs along the Catawba River.
Western Kentucky University (Earmark: Western Kentucky University)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3761-- Grant period: 05/04/2005 - 05/04/2006; goal: To create online teaching tools with the National Press Photographers Association This grant will create an online educational program for the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism contests. The contest will be judged online. The project web site also will contain additional teaching tools. A roundtable will be held to discuss ethics and First Amendment issues.
Minnesota News Council (Earmark: Minnesota News Council)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3562-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: To seed the launch of a new state news council.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Committee to Protect Journalists)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3629-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: For general operating support.
Link Media (Earmark: Link Media)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3681-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: To develop a plan to sustain Mosaic, a satellite televison program bringing Americans news and opinion from the Middle East.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association (Earmark: The Philadelphia Orchestra Association)125,000.001480--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3749-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: To continue the Camden Community Partnership Initiative, including a Neighborhood Concert program and several outreach activities.
National Executive Service Corps (Earmark: National Executive Service Corps)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3593-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: To enhance general organizational capacity, support affiliate programs in Charlotte and Miami and establish a new affiliate in Tallahassee.
Virginia Coalition for Open Government (Earmark: Virginia Coalition for Open Government)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3643-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: For a challenge grant to raise a permanent endowment.
The American University (Earmark: American University)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3784-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 09/30/2008; goal: To support efforts by the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform to strengthen the American electoral system.
NOAH (Neighbors Organized for Adequate Housing) (Earmark: NOAH (Neighbors Organized for Adequate Housing))235,500.00949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3571-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2008; goal: To provide prenatal and parenting education to low income, at-risk, pregnant teens and young adults.
National Public Radio (Earmark: National Public Radio)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3713-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: For a planning grant to enhance local news capacity.
WNYC Radio (Earmark: WNYC)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3727-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: To continue support for "On The Media,'' a public radio program reporting on the world of journalism.
The Columbia City Ballet Company (Earmark: The Columbia City Ballet Company)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3777-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: For the creation, educational outreach and tour of the "Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green" project.
TCC Group (Earmark: TCC Group)198,600.001167--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3804-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 01/28/2011; goal: For training and partnership facilitation activities for the Community Partners in Arts Access initiative grantees.
Per Scholas (Earmark: Per Scholas)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3641-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: For a computer technology training program.
Newspaper Association of America Foundation (Earmark: Newspaper Association of America Foundation)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3733-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: To develop sixth grade classes that use newspapers to teach language arts Since 1954, the NAA Foundation has coordinated the Newspaper in Education program to encourage the use of newspapers in schools. Today there are NIE programs at more than 950 of the nation’s 1,450 daily papers. This project will develop and test a set of sixth-grade language arts classes that use newspapers and meet national standards. The classes will integrate reading, writing, journalism, grammar, linguistics and visual literacy. A daily newspaper will be used as a textbook and resource. The classes will be tested in 20 classrooms in disadvantaged schools, hopefully increasing reading test scores in those classes.
San Francisco State University Foundation (Earmark: PopandPolitics)160,000.001252--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3738-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 01/31/2008; goal: To enhance the PopandPolitics web site to train multicultural students to produce multimedia stories.
National Association of Black Journalists (Earmark: Black College Wire expansion)191,000.001182--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3741-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: To expand BlackCollegeWire.org.
Washington News Council (Earmark: Washington News Council)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3813-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 03/31/2009; goal: To seed the launch of a new state news council.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (Earmark: Radio and Television News Directors Foundation)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3545-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2007; goal: To train mid-level broadcast news managers.
Hands on Miami (Earmark: Hands on Miami)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3671-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2008; goal: To bring the Citizen Academy program to Miami.
Habitat for Humanity of Madison County, Kentucky (Earmark: Habitat for Humanity)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3705-- Grant period: 05/01/2005 - 05/01/2006; goal: To purchase the material and land for building a new home.
Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (Earmark: Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication)205,000.001025--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3747-- Grant period: 04/25/2005 - 05/24/2008; goal: To train new journalism deans and directors This project will create a leadership institute to train 15 new deans and directors of journalism and mass communication programs. The deans or directors will get the tools and training they need to strengthen their programs and work more successfully with faculty, alumni and administration officials. A significant number of journalism deans are retiring. Their replacements do not all have experience in educational leadership.
Yale University (Earmark: Knight Chair in Constitutional Law and the First Amendment)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3189-- Grant period: 04/07/2005 - 04/07/2007; goal: To expand the reach of the Knight Chair in Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Three post-doctoral fellows will work with Knight Chair Jack Balkin on research projects in freedom of speech, democracy and technology. The research will result in a report on the relationship between public attitudes and Supreme Court decisions on the First Amendment. The fellows also will assist the Knight Chair on books and white papers, in outreach activities and in special programs related to law and technology.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: News21 Project Deans Meetings)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3776-- Grant period: 04/07/2005 - 07/07/2008; goal: To support a task force of journalism school deans to research key news issues This project will bring together top journalism researchers to probe major media issues. The task force will create a web site and three major reports, including one on journalism education. This grant, in partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is one of three grants designed to help journalism education. The other two promote increased specialized teaching at the participating schools – University of California at Berkeley, the University of Southern California, Columbia University, Northwestern University and Harvard – as well as a special reporting project in which students will team up to cover large, complex stories and distribute them in innovative ways.
Weaver Industries (Earmark: Weaver Industries)36,000.002661--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3626-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To purchase one van and a utility trailer for the EarthCare grounds maintenance division, which trains disabled adults for employment in the grounds maintenance and landscape areas.
Internews (Earmark: Internews)500,000.00453--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3799-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To rebuild radio journalism in northwest Indonesia in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne (Earmark: Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne)63,000.002089--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3773-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To identify opportunities for cultural involvement among Fort Wayne's underserved citizens and create strategies and methods for developing those opportunities.
Northwestern University (Earmark: MediaInfoCenter.org)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3763-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To enhance the Media Management Center's website, MediaInfoCenter.org.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Committee to Protect Journalists)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3801-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To establish a special free press fund to protect Indonesian journalists from government censorship and harassment in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Center for Women, Children and Families (Earmark: The Nest)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3672-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 11/30/2007; goal: To provide temporary respite daycare for families in crisis.
Management and Evaluation Associates (Earmark: Management and Evaluation Associates)237,000.00946--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3770-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2008; goal: To assess the effectiveness of the Rutgers/LEAP Early Childhood Development Initiative.
Trendesign, LLC (Earmark: Trendesign)51,500.002209--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3786-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2007; goal: To communicate local Knight mission and initiatives, as well as solicit community support and partnership for after school and economic development programs.
Healthy Connections Network (Earmark: Healthy Connections Network)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3194-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2007; goal: For a challenge grant to support operations of Access to Care, a local initiative to improve access to health care.
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (Earmark: Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3691-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 04/01/2006; goal: To restore the Richard Howe House to serve as a visitor's information center for residents and visitors to the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)400,000.00532--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3800-- Grant period: 04/01/2005 - 12/31/2006; goal: To train print and broadcast journalists in northwest Indonesia in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)280,000.00643--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3684-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 07/31/2007; goal: To support Nieman fellows from Latin America during the next two years.
9/11 Public Discourse Project (Earmark: 9/11 Public Discourse Project)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3680-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2006; goal: To initiate a nationwide public education campaign for the purpose of making America safer and more secure.
Afterschool Alliance (Earmark: Afterschool Alliance)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3165-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2008; goal: To provide technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to Knight grantees working on out-of-school-time programming and related youth-development initiatives in seven Knight communities.
Michigan State University (Earmark: Knight Center for Environmental Journalism)2,150,000.00135--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3501-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 04/30/2011; goal: To expand the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism in partnership with the university and launch an endowment campaign In the United States, some 2,500 to 5,000 journalists write regularly about the environment. But as many as 20,000 general assignment reporters occasionally write environmental stories. This project addresses the need for training by supporting a major outreach effort, in partnership with Michigan State University. Jim Detjen, the Knight Chair for Environmental Journalism, has directed the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism since 1999. Activities include: developing a master’s degree specialization in environmental journalism, which the university will continue in perpetuity; holding at least 20 training events; expanding the center’s web site to offer on-line modules; developing a broadcast course; producing a textbook; and launching an endowment campaign.
Institute for Global Ethics (Earmark: Institute for Global Ethics)144,355.001429--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3667-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 12/31/2007; goal: To research, develop and disseminate Standards of Conduct for Interscholastic Coaching across the U.S.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Earmark: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)1,500,000.00200--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3690-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 11/30/2008; goal: For the redesign of core exhibits, curriculum materials to serve as tools for educators, transportation and admission for underserved and at-risk students.
University of South Carolina Research Foundation (Earmark: University of South Carolina Research Foundation)125,500.001479--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3735-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2006; goal: For program evaluation of the Knight-funded arts-based after school programs in Alcorn, Gibbes and W.A. Perry middle schools.
Public Interest Projects (Earmark: Public Interest Projects)4,000,000.0045--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3772-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 04/01/2010; goal: To establish the American Dream Fund, which will provide flexible funding to immigrant-serving organizations in Knight communities.
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (Earmark: Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities)212,500.001008--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3577-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2006; goal: To support the second phase of a multi-year communications initiative promoting the smart growth and more livable communities movement.
Center for Economic Progress (Earmark: Center for Economic Progress)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3762-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2009; goal: To support the National Community Tax Coalition in providing intensive technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to organizations running Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)/Prosperity Campaigns in up to 10 Knight communities.
The New Detroit Science Center (Earmark: The New Detroit Science Center)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3607-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2006; goal: For free physical science field trips to the Science Center including a pre-visit and post-visit school-based curriculum, transportation, live stage show and demonstration, planetarium show and large-scale traveling exhibit.
TCC Group (Earmark: TCC Group)500,000.00453--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3718-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 03/15/2007; goal: To expand the Challenge Fund for Journalism, a program that teaches groups how to build their own organizations. There are roughly 50 national journalism organizations in the United States. These groups promote higher professional standards. Some are more financially stable than others. The Challenge Fund for Journalism was created in 2003 to help seven journalism groups learn how to raise money from their members. This project will train up to eight journalism groups, nominated by Knight, in capacity building and challenge grant fundraising. Depending on their needs, groups will get technical assistance, capacity grants, peer learning and matching challenge grants. The TCC Group is a management consulting firm that works with funders and nonprofit organizations. This grant is a partnership with Ford Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: News21)1,500,000.00200--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3760-- Grant period: 03/15/2005 - 10/31/2008; goal: To coordinate experimental 'News21' projects at leading journalism schools, teaching top students to work in teams to cover a large, complex story.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)10,550.003575--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3789-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: For 2005 general operating support.
Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan (Earmark: Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3413-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2008; goal: To expand the art therapy program through the introduction of specialized classes in theatre, dance, photography, painting and music for foster care children living in the residential facility and for those living in residential homes in Detroit.
Family Service Center (Earmark: Family Service Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3699-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: For coordination efforts of VITA/EITC project to include volunteer recruitment and training, marketing of free preparation services to eligible taxpayers, and program evaluation.
World Press Freedom Committee (Earmark: World Press Freedom Committee)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3714-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2009; goal: To continue monitoring press freedom issues and coordinate responses to press freedom threats.
Dade County Dental Research Clinic (Earmark: Community Smiles)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3639-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: To provide training to 30 Overtown and East Little Havana residents as dental assistants.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)44,600.002552--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3764-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: For 2005 general operating support.
KNOX Center (Earmark: Knox Center)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3539-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: To use the Effective Black Parenting model to provide services to children ages 0-5 and their parents.
GuideStar (Earmark: GuideStar)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3592-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: For consortium support of GuideStar, a national database facilitating public access to information concerning the operations and finances of nonprofit organizations.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)7,700.003688--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3766-- Grant period: 03/01/2005 - 03/01/2006; goal: For 2005 general operating support.
The Harwood Institute (Earmark: The Harwood Institute)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3581-- Grant period: 02/01/2005 - 08/31/2007; goal: To place its civic journalism archives at the University of Kansas, and help develop tools to improve community journalism.
Centre County United Way (Earmark: Centre County United Way)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3734-- Grant period: 02/01/2005 - 02/01/2006; goal: To continue to increase the awareness of early childhood mental health issues and build capacity among professions that intersect with the lives of young children.
University of Kansas Center for Research (Earmark: University of Kansas Center for Resarch)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3579-- Grant period: 02/01/2005 - 06/30/2011; goal: To develop tools to improve community journalism.
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (Earmark: Research Foundation of the City University of New York)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3675-- Grant period: 01/01/2005 - 01/01/2006; goal: For a feasibility study to develop an appropriate structure, research agenda and dissemination strategy for a think tank on foundations.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: University of Maryland)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3524-- Grant period: 01/01/2005 - 06/30/2007; goal: To disseminate research and build constituencies to promote new models for community-based economic development institutions.
PolicyLink (Earmark: PolicyLink)240,500.00921--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/2956-- Grant period: 09/09/2003 - 09/09/2004; goal: For communications support and to explore opportunities to advance equitable development in Knight communities.
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (Earmark: Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics)628,109.00396--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/2449-- Grant period: 12/05/2000 - 12/05/2001; goal: For program initiative expenses for an intercollegiate athletics task force.
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (Earmark: Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics)383,869.00556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/2156-- Grant period: 03/14/2000 - 12/31/2000; goal: For program initiative expenses for an intercollegiate athletics task force.
Tides Center (Earmark: Open Microblogging by Rob Loach)40,240.002563--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4502-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To create an addition to the free, open-source web publishing module that will allow anyone to add micro-blogging to a personal Drupal web site. Part of the Knight Drupal Initiative. A project that intends to create an addition to the free, open-source Drupal web publishing system that will allow anyone to add micro-blogging functionality – the transmission of brief text updates – to a personal Drupal web site and to allow the growing number of individuals and organizations using micro-blogging to receive or distribute notices across different web sites and micro-blogging services such as Twitter. The grantee is Rob Loach, a Web developer who specializes in the development of Web applications using Drupal and open-source Linux software. He works at Mansueto Ventures in New York (mansueto.com). More.
The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Earmark: The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association)25,000.003075--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4554-- Grant period: 02/24/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: To provide support for Washington Week programming Washington Week is a production of The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association and is PBS’ longest-running public affairs series. Hosted by Gwen Ifill, the program features Washington’s top journalists analyzing the week’s top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. This grant provides support to continue programming of Washington Week.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)9,205.003674--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4573-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
The Brookings Institution (Earmark: The Brookings Institute)12,316.003542--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4534-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: To sponsor dinner for the Brookings Board of Trustees at the home of Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz in Miami on February 25, 2009.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4574-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: To support the 2009 general program budget.
Sawhorse Media, LLC (Earmark: Sawhorse Media: Shorty Awards)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4539-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: To identify and recognize the best producers of content on Twitter by sponsoring the Shorty Awards Twitter has emerged as a powerful new medium. It combines the features of blogs, instant messages and e-mail. It’s short-form, personal nature offers opportunities for journalists, groups, nonprofits, governments, companies and individuals to communicate in ways distinct from other digital media. It is particularly suited for brief status updates, and seems useful for breaking news. A contest would provide a systematic way to discover or recognize who’s doing the best job of non-fiction work on Twitter. This grant creates the Shorty Awards. (In its first year, the award drew 50,000 entries). It is expected to become an annual event, with the number of participants growing every year. It is hoped that the winners of the first awards will inspire more journalists and others to use Twitter or similar services.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4543-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)54,500.002182--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4545-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4547-- Grant period: 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
The Chicago Community Trust (Earmark: Hyper-local Information)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4538-- Grant period: 12/24/2008 - 12/23/2010; goal: To provide a digital platform that links neighborhood residents to a wide-range of civic services and activities. This pilot will further test the viability of a digital network to provide services and link residents Chicago residents have access to a wide-range of services, but they often aren’t aware that they exist or are challenged to access them. This project would bring all these activities online in an easily accessible format tailored to neighborhood needs. The site, focused on two to four communities in Chicago’s South Side, would compile data, news reports and user-generated content to provide information such as where they can buy fresh produce, find a food pantry or enroll in a food stamp program.
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (Earmark: Women of Tomorrow)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4537-- Grant period: 12/23/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To develop a strategic business plan to expand the work of this organization nation-wide.
The Committee of Seventy (Earmark: The Committee of Seventy)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4515-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To strengthen a permanent campaign in the Philadelphia region to demand ethical conduct of public officials, educate citizens and safeguard elections.
World Press Freedom Committee (Earmark: World Press Freedom Committee)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4518-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2010; goal: To continue World Press Freedom Committee's research, monitoring and advocacy work defending press freedom abroad.
Sustainable Tallahassee (Earmark: Sustainable Tallahassee)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4329-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: For start up funding for Sustainable Tallahassee which will be the primary resource center in Tallahassee for creating a sustainable community by offering public education, networking opportunities and catalyzing green industry.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4536-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 05/31/2011; goal: For the India International Journalism Institute in New Delhi, India.
Enterprise Community Partners (Earmark: Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.)120,000.001521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4328-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support a Rose Fellow who will provide local workforce housing agencies with urban planning tools and architectural expertise as part of post-Katrina neighborhood rebuilding efforts.
Tides Center (Earmark: Cafebabel.com)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4511-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the planning and development of new Web 2.0 editorial and business strategies for an online news site covering the European Union Globalization and interdependence make the world look more and more like a true global village. The current economic challenges are a perfect example of how we all are interconnected and how political and economic events transcend borders. In today's world there is a need for a good transnational editorial and news business model that can both reach transnational audiences and distribute relevant and current information to those audiences while at the same time using that reach to generate the necessary revenue to sustain the operation. This grant gives Knight Foundation the opportunity to support Babel International in their development of a new editorial and business model that could provide news and information to transnational communities. Babel International is a nonprofit organization based in Paris and is the publisher of Cafebabel.com. The online site was founded in 2000 and was the first multilingual site covering the European Union. Note: A.k.a. Babel International PARIS, France - Cafebabel.com, the first pan-European online newsmagazine, will develop new web 2.0 tools for its site and strength its business model to ensure long-term […].
National Constitution Center (Earmark: National Constitution Center)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4532-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 03/24/2011; goal: To launch in Philadelphia a national platform for public dialogue on the most important constitutional issues facing Americans today by creating the Knight Constitutional Conversations series.
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund (Earmark: Northeast Entrepreneur Fund Inc)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4451-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To grow wealth and jobs in the region through support of business development services in the Duluth- Superior area and to create a regional marketplace for local artists.
The Five Freedoms Project (Earmark: The Five Freedoms Project)80,000.001872--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4452-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To expand programming while supporting new organizational leadership capacity and long-term strategic development.
George Washington University (Earmark: George Washington University)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4506-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To create a multimedia online discussion and opinion site where the best arguments become part of a periodic PBS special.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4528-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2010; goal: To expand the Global Business Journalism Program at Tsinghua University in China.
Absolutely Aberdeen (Earmark: Absolutely Aberdeen)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4530-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To explore the opportunities to accelerate regional economic growth in northeast South Dakota through broadband technology and develop a plan for implementation.
Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation (Earmark: Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation)115,000.001556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4531-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To retain more young adults in Grand Forks by inspiring greater community engagement through increased openness, social offerings, and improved leadership, identified by Gallup as key growth opportunities.
Henry Ford Health System (Earmark: Henry Ford Health System)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4378-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To fund predevelopment activities that will expand the Henry Ford Community Health Park campus in the city of Detroit.
LEADERSHIP TALLAHASSEE (Earmark: Leadership Tallahassee)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4482-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To produce and market a study evaluating the retention of college graduates in the Tallahassee area.
Sustainable Business Network (Earmark: Philadelphia Green Jobs Corps)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4516-- Grant period: 12/19/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To advance lower-skilled Philadelphians into career ladder positions through the creation of the Philadelphia Green Jobs Corps.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Miami Art Museum)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4492-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/31/2010; goal: To support the Miami Art Museum (MAM) with Board Development and Strategic Planning during their current transitional period of growth through an engagement with McKinsey and Co.
University of Miami (Earmark: Global Business Forum at the University of Miami in 2009)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4533-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To grow Miami's reputation as a gathering place for thought and discussion by supporting the Global Business Forum at the University of Miami in 2009.
Human Services Coalition of Dade County (Earmark: Human Services Coalition of Dade County)63,000.002089--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4498-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To develop the business plan for a South Florida Social Impact Incubator (SII) where community services, entrepreneurs and activists will work together to improve organizations and communities through social innovations.
Florida Memorial University (Earmark: Florida Memorial University)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4535-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To keep more minority students in college once they get there by the creation of a comprehensive retention plan for Florida Memorial University.
Florida International University (Earmark: Florida International University)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4493-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/15/2009; goal: For the Presenting Sponsorship of "America and the Rising Powers: A Geopolitical Summit" on February 24, 2009.
PACE -- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (Earmark: PACE)7,250.003705--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4500-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
Federation of American Scientists (Earmark: Federation of American Scientists)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4525-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 06/30/2009; goal: To support a management plan for the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4362-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 10/31/2011; goal: To expand and improve a citizen media law project that provides legal education, resources and assistance to individuals, organizations and Knight grantees.
Tides Center (Earmark: Patchwork Nation developed for The NewsHour)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4527-- Grant period: 12/16/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To use the Patchwork Nation platform and visual data display to provide a portrait of a nation in the midst of economic, political and cultural change. Patchwork Nation has embarked on a new partnership with "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," working along with The Christian Science Monitor, and you may have noticed some changes on the site in the past week. Consider this a tour of the new site, which gives users many more opportunities to get inside the numbers we regularly examine and the community types we have identified across the nation’s 3,100-plus counties. There are now essentially two versions of the site: The Christian Science Monitor’s and the "NewsHour’s." Patchwork Nation is an effort designed to better study and analyze the United States as it undergoes a period of dramatic change. It is funded by the Knight Foundation.
Naomi Fisher (Earmark: Naomi Fisher)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4400-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote South Florida's inherent relationship with art and the environment through the launch of a series of performance art projects presented in outdoor spaces Artist Naomi Fisher will create a series of performance art pieces outdoors in South Florida’s subtropical landscape. Through her work, Fisher will explore the relationship between nature and modern civilization. Fisher will do three to five performances over the next four years. The pieces will be videotaped and documented for a wider audience.
Young at Art of Broward (Earmark: Young at Art Children's Museum)500,000.00453--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4382-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the first art museum specially designed for children Through a partnership with Broward County, Young at Art is constructing what will become Florida’s first art museum for children. In five galleries, the museum will explore art as it relates to history, the environment and diverse cultures, among other topics. It will also include an art institute for painting, printmaking, digital photography and ceramics. Offering an experience for babies through teens, the museum strives to transform the way children view the arts and turn them into future patrons.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Hemisphere Festival)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4389-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/14/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To plan for an annual performing arts festival celebrating hemispheric art For all the vitality of its cultural and entertainment scene, Miami has never played host to a great, comprehensive, annual international festival of the performing arts. The Arsht Center strives to create and produce one, and this grant will support its planning efforts. The festival will be anchored by the uniqueness that is Miami – a blend of Latin American, Caribbean and North American arts and influences, highlighting Miami’s unique position in this hemisphere. What Art Basel is to visual arts, Hemisphere Festival will be to the performing arts, attracting audiences around the block and across the globe. The Festival will offer a wide range of presentations across cultural categories including music, theater, dance, film, comedy and spoken word. The Arsht Center will produce the Hemisphere Festival in cooperation with select Miami-based arts organizations and promoters. The festival will be developed through a three-year plan to build from a four-day weekend in year one to a full week-long celebration in year three.
Living Arts Trust (Earmark: O Cinema)400,000.00532--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4403-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To construct O Cinema, The Independent, Miami's first art-house cinema so that the community can experience gripping, educational and thought provoking independent films. O Cinema, The Independent will be an art-house cinema in Miami’s Upper East Side specializing in independent, foreign, art and niche market films. It will also offer lectures and discussions around its cinematic programming. O Cinema will strive to provide intriguing and entertaining high quality films at prices that are accessible to the widest audience possible.
Miami Music Project (Earmark: Miami Music Project)1,000,000.00273--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4363-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To extend the joy of music to students in Miami-Dade schools through a year-round classical education program culminating in an annual festival with performances by youth and professional musicians The Miami Music Project is a year-round, intensive classical music outreach program that also produces a two-week festival headed by Conductor James Judd. The project will create an “educational ensemble” that will perform and lead seminars at Miami-Dade middle schools. Students will be encouraged to create their own music, which will be presented at the festival. In its first year, the program will reach 2,000 Miami-Dade students, a number that will quadruple by year three.
Upper East Side Garden (Earmark: Upper East Side Garden)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4383-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the Upper East Side Garden and its mini-golf course to display sculptures and murals made by local artists, and initiate an educational design program for children With this grant, the Upper Eastside Garden will transform into a botanical park with sculptures and educational and ecological programming. The park will be designed by Edwina von Gal, who recently worked on the Parque Botánico in Panama with architect Frank Gehry. The organization will also continue to operate the City of Miami’s only miniature golf course in the sculpture garden, but with a twist. The sculpture that is part of the ninth hole will be redesigned monthly by kids. The garden will also launch a rotating two-wall mural, curated by Emmanuel Perrotin, a Miami and Paris gallerist.
Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center (Earmark: Haitian Jazz Series)80,000.001872--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4391-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expose the community to a major part of South Florida's cultural background through the creation of a live Haitian jazz series Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant La will create a music series to introduce the best Haitian jazz artists from around the globe to South Florida audiences. The concerts will showcase the complexity, versatility and sophistication of the Haitian musical tradition by introducing the work of performers who have created new sounds by infusing traditional Haitian rhythms with jazz standards. Through their creations, these artists have enjoyed a significant following, and are striving to extend the reach and impact of Haitian music globally.
Seraphic Fire (Earmark: The Miami Choral Project)684,750.00380--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4392-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use music and teamwork to stimulate under appreciated neighborhoods by building youth choirs across greater Miami The Miami Choral Project will create a little league-type network of choral ensembles throughout Miami-Dade County, at no cost to participants. With an emphasis on low-income areas, the project will be based on two models: Venezuela’s National System of Youth Orchestras, with 250,000 participants, and Pop Warner Football, which requires consistent academic improvement of its players. Eventually, a regional chamber choir will bring together the most gifted young singers. The project’s long-term goal is to see large-scale participation in free choral ensembles nationwide, with local and national honor choirs creating a sense of unity across the United States.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Ballet + Orchestra Collaboration)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4393-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 01/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spawn new passion for artistic collaboration by implementing a high-quality partnership between the renowned Cleveland Orchestra and the award-winning Miami City Ballet In a rare artistic collaboration between a major orchestra and a major ballet company, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Miami City Ballet will perform together on Jan. 29, 2009 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra will play works by Stravinsky and Bizet, while the ballet dances to the compositions with choreography by Balanchine. The project will allow the organizations to assess the demand and financial support for future artistic joint ventures that could include commissioning new works.
The Miami World Cinema Center (Earmark: Miami World Cinema Center)750,000.00358--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4402-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To assist the prosperity of the Miami's independent film community by establishing an extensive institute for connecting, funding and advising local film makers Miami World Cinema Center will be dedicated to transforming South Florida into a hub of global cinema. The non-profit center will facilitate motion picture production by promoting local talent through networking and assistance with production and finding financing. It also will enhance the programs of local educational institutions by creating specialized seminars with industry professionals, in addition to lectures and workshops for the public.
City of Miami Beach (Earmark: Sleepless Night)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4350-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To continue providing artists and residents with a free, city-wide celebration of the arts by installing Sleepless Night as an annual Miami Beach tradition Launched in 2007, Sleepless Night presents 13-hours of free cultural events, including art installations, dance, theater, music, slam poetry and acrobatics, at more than 80 venues to mark the last night of Daylight Savings Time. In its first year, more than 150,000 people attended. This grant supports continuing the festival, which the City of Miami Beach aims to offer annually with private and corporate sponsors.
Miami Light Project (Earmark: Here & Now Festival)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4385-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase the development of original, locally produced performance art through expanding the accomplished Here & Now Festival Miami Light Project’s Here & Now Festival presents bold, local and original performance art. This grant will expand the festival to deepen opportunities for local artists, while building audiences for new work. In addition, Miami Light Project will establish an annual residency and retreat program for the commissioned artists.
Village of Key Biscayne (Earmark: Key Biscayne Public Art)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4386-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 05/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create two new plazas designed by artist Jose Bedia on the southern part of Key Biscayne that will highlight South Florida's environment.
Chris Chrebet (Earmark: Leggo My Demo)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4404-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build South Florida's reputation as a center for electronic music by establishing an internet-based community platform for networking and showcasing local talent Leggo My Demo is a monthly demo competition for electronic music that now has the support of thousands of artists and producers around the word. Each month, participants submit their newest demos. The winners are featured at an event in South Florida and on the group’s MySpace page. Participants also have access to Leggo My Demo affiliate artists, with whom they can network and communicate about the industry. This grant will help the organization expand and better connect with local artists through promotions, forums and press releases furthering South Florida as a place to develop electronic music.
Philip Brooker (Earmark: Miami Poster Project)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4405-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire pride and participation in Miami's developing cultural scene by creating an annual poster competition based around capturing the spirit of the city The project will create an annual competition to capture the spirit of Miami in a poster. The idea is to go beyond the superficial notions of South Florida and create substantive images that reflect the region’s soul and spirit. Project creator Philip Brooker aims for the poster to be a piece of community interest that will help forge a sense of connection among the region’s disparate population. It will be distributed for free in both a digital and hard copy.
Miami Downtown Development Authority (Earmark: DWNTWN Miami Concert Series)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4406-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To generate community enthusiasm for music as a part of the greater sum of the arts in Miami by producing a new and expansive downtown concert series This grant will support a live music series rotating through unique venues and public spaces in Miami’s Downtown area. The series will generate activity and commerce and strengthen the sense of place and community pride in Downtown, which is rapidly transforming into an urban destination. The monthly daytime concerts will take place during the peak winter season of October through April.
Miami Lyric Opera (Earmark: Miami Lyric Opera)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4345-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help an established local presenter of affordable opera expand its presentations Like any major city, Miami needs an alternative opera company to foster local talent. Miami Lyric Opera fills that role. This grant will provide general operating support, to allow the organization to continue preparing young artists for careers at major opera houses while presenting quality productions.
National Foundation For The Advancement In The Arts (Earmark: YoungArts/Miami)600,000.00403--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4361-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop young South Florida artists by creating a new regional competition as part of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' youngARTS program Though it is a Miami-based organization, the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts has focused its programs on a national audience. This grant will create a regional program that will train and support local artists in their senior year of high school, a critical juncture. YoungArts/Miami will provide promising local artists with master classes taught by renowned artists, along with financial support and networking opportunities. Top-scoring applicants will receive cash awards at a local awards ceremony. Their teachers will be honored, as will the recipients’ schools. Also, all applicants – no matter their score – will receive detailed feedback on audition materials. The foundation hopes to use this program as a national model for other major cities.
University of Miami (Earmark: Art + Research)1,800,000.00173--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4380-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 12/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a one-of-a-kind research and production art residency program offering the chance for artists to work with experts Art + Research is a fellow residency program for emerging artists that strives to enrich South Florida’s intellectual life. Established by the University of Miami in partnership with developer Craig Robins, the two-year program will invite prominent international artists to mentor the residents who will live in the Design District. The international scholars will be key to the program, emphasizing Miami’s role as an art-world center. Also, the program will be thematically based, with a new concept focused on contemporary art and society introduced every two years. Art + Research will be an incubator for innovative arts projects that also contributes to South Florida’s reputation as an arts center.
Twenty Twenty Projects (Earmark: Twenty Twenty Projects)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4397-- Grant period: 12/15/2008 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the integrity of creative works by local artists during Art Basel by providing free display space without restrictions Twenty Twenty Projects is an alternative exhibition space located in Miami´s Wynwood arts district that was created to fuel the careers of local emerging artists who have chosen to work outside of the traditional gallery system. Since its founding by Scott Murray in 2006, the gallery has hosted 18 shows and has been written about in publications such as the New York Times, Art Papers, ArtUS and The Miami Herald. Murray earned his high school diploma from New World School of the Arts in 1998 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002, where he worked for the Meyerhoff Gallery. After moving back to Miami, Murray worked for the Fredric Snitzer Gallery as well as the Kevin Bruk gallery before starting Twenty Twenty.
NPower Charlotte Region (Earmark: NPower Charlotte Region, Inc.)2,750,000.0091--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4453-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2012; goal: To demonstrate that the use of technology (tools and support) makes nonprofits more effective and efficient.
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Earmark: GrowWNY.org (aka The Green Table))188,000.001190--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4456-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a forum where more than 170 groups concerned with the environment can exchange information and improve citizen engagement growWNY will promote information exchange and community dialogue around reviving post-industrial Buffalo by creating a forum where groups concerned with the environment can exchange information and boost civic engagement. There are more than 170 groups concerned with Western New York’s environment, often working in isolation, with no effective way of knowing what each is doing. In order to improve community dialogue and “ultimately” help revive the region, growWNY will feature discussion groups, resource directories, event calendars, job and volunteer opportunities. In addition, the site will engage the public through tools and incentives to promote environmentally-friendly behavior. With the help of individuals and groups concerned with our regional environment as well as the general public, growWNY will be designed as a convenient and dynamic tool for rapid dissemination of information, active communication, networking and collective problem solving.
Berks County Community Foundation (Earmark: Bctv.org)255,000.00658--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4464-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To establish a web-based place where Berks County citizens can find out what is happening in their community With local media outlets diminishing, this grant will help the Berks Community Television station, a 25-year-old, respected public broadcaster, establish an online community information hub, bctv.org for Berks County. The site, which will be capable of streaming video and hosting blogs and forums, will be staffed by an editor and an investigative journalist, as well as regional citizen journalists. Its reports are expected to be picked up by other regional media outlets.
The Park City Foundation (Earmark: Park City Green (Community Footprint))86,740.001856--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4469-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a place where the community can measure its environmental footprint and compare it with peers globally To help promote a dialogue on conservation in this weather-dependent community by creating Park City Green (a.k.a. Community Footprint), a site where the community can measure its environmental footprint, plan activities and exchange information and ideas.
Incourage Community Foundation (Earmark: Community Information 2.0)87,500.001853--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4475-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To research and create an on-line platform for community news and information that will foster citizen engagement and dialogue In 2009, the foundation conducted local research to ascertain digital access, literacy, perceptions related to technology and barriers to engagement. Specific investments to address declining local news coverage included support for a new, weekly print newspaper and creation of an online platform to facilitate information sharing related to community development strategies.
The Center for Public Integrity (Earmark: Center for Public Integrity)454,000.00506--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4487-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To transform the Center for Public Integrity into a news organization that uses the latest digital production and distribution tools, along with social networking, to form new reporting and distribution partnerships.
Georgia College and State University Foundation (Earmark: Georgia College and State University Foundation)1,500,000.00200--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4510-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To establish Milledgeville Community Connections: Digital Bridges, Bringing People Together, an initiative that will create the model for sustained, community-led adoption and use of broadband throughout Milledgeville and Baldwin County.
American Public Media / Minnesota Public Radio (Earmark: Public Insight Network)2,950,327.0086--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4431-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 02/28/2012; goal: To expand Public Insight Journalism to an open-source platform and extend it beyond public radio and into Knight communities.
Community Foundation of South Alabama (Earmark: Connect Southwest Alabama)169,005.001238--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4463-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 12/07/2011; goal: To create a dynamic community information system that will function as a repository of available community knowledge and information This grant will create an online, community network to store knowledge and connect people, information and ideas for an eight-county region in Southwest Alabama. To create Connect Southwest Alabama, government and civic leaders will help collect studies and research that impact the lives of everyone in the area. The website will feature those plus reports, organization profile and news that can be searched. Residents will be able to create and share information. Email groups and volunteer matching will encourage discussion and action to bring about positive change. The site will help eliminate the disconnect between residents, nonprofits and government agencies. About the Organization: The Community Foundation of South Alabama plays a key role in meeting the needs of Southwest Alabama through leadership and grants. In 2008, more than $3 million was awarded by the foundation to nonprofit organizations to support programs that make life better in the community. The foundation builds lasting endowments to ensure grants are available to support the community forever.
Coral Gables Community Foundation (Earmark: Gableshomepage.com)155,967.001266--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4471-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2009; goal: To recruit, train and empower seniors as citizen journalists, bridge the "Gray Divide" and create a model that can be used elsewhere In partnership with the University of Miami School of Communication, the community foundation will help create, launch and maintain a digital news site for seniors, Gables HomesPage. University students will pair with seniors to train them to report, write and blog. Also, an independent board will ensure operational independence and journalistic standards. The project will empower seniors as journalists and engage them in civic affairs.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4476-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the start-up of the Admiral Community Impact Center. The center will advise professional athletes who want to give back to their communities, providing them with marketing support and helping them find the nonprofits that match their goals.
Ivy Tech Community College Northwest (Earmark: Dare to Dream: One Region, One Vision)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4483-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the Dare to Dream: One Region, One Vision leadership development initiative across Gary, Ind., and seven surrounding counties, an unprecedented convening and training of leaders in this region.
Tallahassee Community College Foundation (Earmark: Tallahassee Community College Foundation)570,000.00427--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4490-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2013; goal: To establish the Knight Creative Communities Institute at Tallahassee Community College to attract and retain college graduates and young professionals and foster economic sustainability in the Tallahassee, Fla. region.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: A Civic Blast)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4461-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To deliver relevant content through new media channels targeted to 18-30 year olds who have not attended college A Civic Blast will use student-designed content and new media to inspire action and advocacy in young adults. The effort, launched by The Community Foundation, along with Colorado University - Boulder, the Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement and New Era Colorado, will build a framework for exploring 18 to 30-year-olds’ preferences for information consumption. The targeted age group doesn’t tend to be civically engaged, yet could form the basis for a new and diverse Boulder leadership. About the Organization: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County exists to improve the quality of life in Boulder County now and forever, and to build a culture of giving. Editor's Note: As of early 2011 the "A Civic Blast" web site is no longer active.
Marajen Stevick Foundation (Earmark: C-U Citizen Access)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4467-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To use a multifaceted approach to address information needs of overlooked populations in a college town The foundation will use this grant to devise ways to reach the 20 percent of the area’s residents living below the poverty line, many of them without access to services. The strategy may include cell phone alerts, bilingual radio and television reports and training citizen reporters. An interactive site, C-U Citizen Access, has been created.
Central Carolina Community Foundation (Earmark: BG Time)383,332.00557--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4470-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To bridge ethnic, economic and especially generational lines to raise digital literacy among seniors, enhancing their participation in civic dialogue Led by the community foundation, a coalition of universities and media will reach out to seniors to create an online hub, BG Time. The seniors will both use the site and create content for it. University students will train seniors in using the technology, and ultimately prepare the seniors to become “trainers” themselves. The State Media Company will host the site and promote it, while South Carolina’s Education TV will help to document the initiative. The effort, which aims to enhance senior’s participation in civic dialogue, will start with three diverse senior community centers and expand as the program evolves. About the Organization: Central Carolina Community Foundation’s mission is to promote, facilitate and increase philanthropy to create a sustainable impact on the community through responsible giving. The foundation serves 11 counties in the Midlands by distributing grants and scholarships and linking the resources of donors, nonprofits and community leaders to areas of need.
The Boston Foundation (Earmark: CommonWealth Magazine)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4478-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To support the reporting depth and on-line reach of this award-winning, quarterly journal of MassINC, a non-profit, Boston think-tank This grant will help transform CommonWealth Magazine from a paper-based quarterly journal to an interactive, digital resource. Produced by a Boston think tank, CommonWealth will launch an investigative reporting unit with an additional reporter and researcher to focus primarily on the public sector. The magazine will seek to hold government agencies accountable for their work. It will also develop a “What Works” desk to report on programs and policies that are successful in spots around the nation.
The San Diego Foundation (Earmark: The People's Post (aka Regional Information Initiative))500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4479-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To support a major effort to broaden and deepen an existing digital network of local news and information The online news site voiceofsandiego.org, the Media Arts Center San Diego, the San Diego County Library, Lincoln High School and other partners will create a digital news network, The People's Post, that includes professional and lay journalism and community-based digital storytelling. The digital storytelling feature, a key aspect, will produce reports from underserved communities through fixed or mobile story-stations dispersed throughout the region. The San Diego Foundation believes a new collective civic voice will emerge through the effort.
Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia (Earmark: Goodwill Industries: Sheltered Workshop Initiative)1,400,000.00215--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4496-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a new standard practice in Philadelphia for transitioning ex-offenders to the workplace by launching the Sheltered Workshop Initiative.
San Antonio Area Foundation (Earmark: NowCast SA)488,500.00497--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4444-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2010; goal: To develop neighborhood based, communication focus centers to provide an on-line platform for sharing neighborhood concerns, social networking opportunities and charitable giving opportunities, overlooked by traditional media outlets. Working in partnership with more than 25 public, private, governmental, educational and health-care organizations, this project will develop 11 communication focus centers strategically located throughout the city. Staffed by a technology officer and a communications officer, each center will utilize a portable backpack production system to produce NOWCastSA, studio quality video for live remote broadcasts on the web.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: ThoughtBox)277,686.00645--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4445-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 03/31/2011; goal: To create a central site where critical dialogue about the community is aggregated, archived, indexed and disseminated Everyday, in a variety of settings, authentic, thoughtful information is presented but goes unnoticed to the community at large – through sermons, lectures, civic club speeches, non-profit informational meetings, etc. This grant will help create a Virtual Community Library, or ThoughtBox to aggregate and archive the data. The library will be a place for deep exploration to increase shared understanding of critical issues. About the Organization: Foundation For The Carolinas is a nonprofit community foundation serving donors and a broad range of charitable purposes in North and South Carolina. Since 1958, the foundation has inspired philanthropy and invested in community. By forging creative connections between generous people and worthy causes, the foundation helps individuals fulfill their dreams for a better community. As a civic leader, the foundation addresses key challenges and designs initiatives that undertake critical problems and issues.
Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Earmark: Therapidian.org)128,535.001473--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4454-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To establish four neighborhood bureaus that will generate thorough written, video and audio journalism about the community With this grant, the Grand Rapids Community Foundation plans to improve community reporting by establishing neighborhood news bureaus in four areas of the city, creating an online news source, The Rapidian. Residents will be trained as citizen journalists and equipped with resources to distribute their work across platforms. Students from Grand Valley State University will help staff the bureaus. The non-profit Community Media Center will pull the content into a hub and create a “widget” that will send the news feed to 50 local Web sites.
The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia (Earmark: ConnectNetwork)120,000.001521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4460-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To transform a proven innovation into a national model for community foundations to utilize and inspire citizens to lead change Founded by the foundation and a local university, ConnectNetwork began as a way to build a community knowledge exchange that links residents information, ideas and other people for social action. Right now, more than 4,000 residents use it to share information and enhance communication across nonprofits, government and civic groups so that communities can address local challenges. This grant will help expand and institutionalize the network, so that computer link-ups will translate to in-person gatherings in the civic interest.
Manatee Community Foundation (Earmark: Manatee Connects)41,250.002561--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4468-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To develop a virtual town square for the citizens of Manatee County and not-for-profit organizations Manatee Connects will connect Manatee County citizens and non profit agencies through a highly visible and easily accessible hub website that will increase citizen participation in and awareness of non profit organizations’ programs and services, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers, news and information.
The Minneapolis Foundation (Earmark: MinnPost.com (Donor-funded News Beats))100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4472-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To introduce donors to funding news coverage at the high-quality MinnPost.com MinnPost.com, considered a leader among online news start-ups, is growing – attracting 150,000 unique visitors monthly. However the site, which serves the Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area, is not yet profitable. This grant will help the Minneapolis Foundation introduce local donors to funding media initiatives. Donors will be able to fund a beat at MinnPost.com, such as education or economic disparities. To ensure wide distribution, the reports will be available for free to print news outlets and ethnic and community weeklies. The donors’ gifts will be matched by the Minneapolis Foundation, and that combined amount will be matched by Knight Foundation.
Minnesota Community Foundation (Earmark: Minnesota Idea Open)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4474-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To spread a deeper understanding of key community issues and challenges by engaging citizens in problem solving efforts Implicit in every news story about Minnesota's problems is the need for someone to address them. This project strives to get the public engaged in that role. The grant will create a state-wide problem solving platform, MN Idea Open, to host competitions for the best ideas to resolve community challenges. Small competitions could look like a city council asking residents what to do with a vacant lot. Our major, state-wide competitions will seek to engage EVERY Minnesotan on developing solutions to critical issues, through broad media coverage and partnerships with hundreds of outreach organizations. Winning ideas in these competitions will become a reality, thanks to grants from the community foundation and its partners. About the Organization: Minnesota Community Foundation is the statewide community foundation helping to create vibrant communities where all people can find hope and opportunity. As a nonprofit organization created by and for local residents, the foundation helps individuals, organizations and communities fulfill their charitable giving goals and create positive change through philanthropy. The foundation provides charitable planning, grantmaking and investment services. Minnesota Community Foundation was established in 1949 and […].
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (Earmark: The Valley Independent Sentinel)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4443-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a vital online news report for five close-knit towns in Connecticut's Lower Naugatuck Valley Over the last decade, the five ethnically diverse towns of the Lower Naugatuck Valley have lost their newspaper and their local radio station. Residents are starved for local news and a community forum. Meanwhile, nearby, the community foundation has joined with the nonprofit Online Journalism Project to create the New Haven Independent, a vigorous digital news source. This grant will help extend the New Haven model to the valley by creating the online Valley Independent Sentinel, a hyperlocal site staffed by professional journalists and citizen contributors.
Resources for Human Development (Earmark: Thenotebook.org (Public School Notebook))200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4473-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To develop the digital format for what was formerly only a print publication The Public School Notebook is a 15-year-old newspaper that raises the level of civic discussion about Philadelphia schools. To truly engage residents and expand beyond its online readership, the Notebook will use this grant to enhance its Web site, and build online dialogue - adding breaking news, a blog and user-generated content from a larger audience.
Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia (Earmark: John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center)1,100,000.00253--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4497-- Grant period: 12/08/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To advance lower-skilled Philadelphians into careers by opening the John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Free Gospel Sundays)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4390-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a venue for local and national gospel artists to perform for the community with the continuation of free monthly concerts at the performing arts center Launched in February, Free Gospel Sundays is a monthly concert series that features some of the area’s best gospel soloists and choirs, many affiliated with churches. In its first, four-month season, the event attracted 3,000 people, with audiences increasing each month. With this grant, the Arsht Center will institutionalize the series and expand it to a total of eight free performances with free parking. WMBM 1640 AM will help identify and coordinate the performers. Free Gospel Sundays will build awareness of the Arsht Center while also celebrating the city’s diversity.
Classical South Florida (Earmark: Classical South Florida)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4398-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To ensure the continuation and progression of South Florida's only classical radio station by supplying challenge funds to motivate the financial support of listeners Under the leadership of Douglas C. Evans, vice president and general manager, Classical South Florida 89.7 Miami/Fort Lauderdale and 101.9 in the Palm Beaches began broadcasting in October 2007. It is the only nonprofit member-supported public radio station in South Florida dedicated to broadcasting classical music in the region. The station is dedicated to providing a vibrant – and uniquely regional – classical music service. Classical South Florida is proud to partner with local arts organizations to offer live broadcasts of the Cleveland Orchestra at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and present nationally renowned classical programs including Performance Today, SymphonyCast, Pipedreams and Saint Paul Sunday.
Michigan State Housing Development Authority (Earmark: Creative Cities Summit)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4434-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the second Creative Cities Summit hosted in the city of Detroit, October 12 - 15, 2008; an international Summit that aspires to attract attendees that rethink and redesign cities to compete in a global economy.
Florida Philanthropic Network (Earmark: Florida Philanthropic Network)88,200.001852--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4508-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: For 2008-2010 general operating support.
Design and Architecture Senior High School (Earmark: Paradise in a Parking Lot)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4381-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To convert an unused parking lot into a public art space for high school students to showcase their talent Inspired by Joni Mitchell’s lyrics, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” students at Design and Architecture Senior High plan to turn a black-top expanse into a botanical refuge. Using the talents of architecture and environmental science students – and the expertise of local designers – the school will create a space much like an outdoor classroom. Ultimately, it will be conducive to discussion, research and botanical inspiration. By restoring an urban eyesore, the school will create a visual splendor where students and community members can have a multi-sensory experience.
Cannonball Miami (Earmark: LegalArt Residency)400,000.00532--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4387-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To ensure longevity for the careers of local artists through a program that will provide permanent affordable work space, housing and legal counseling The Studio Initiative will provide 13 affordable live/work spaces for artists in Wynwood. The selection process for awarding them will be highly competitive, aiming to bring together promising artists who will collaborate in ways only a residential model can offer. A 14th studio will be reserved for visiting curators and scholars who will mentor the artists and critique their work. The building also will house LegalArt, which will continue to offer legal aid and provide its signature professional development series for artists on marketing, business development and other topics. The unique center will be a place where artists from all over South Florida will seek guidance, resources and a greater sense of community with their peers.
Invent Now (Earmark: Invent Now, Inc.)1,250,000.00229--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4394-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2013; goal: To support the transformation, planning, development and operation of the Visiting Inductee Program and National Inventors Hall of Fame Invention Gallery located in the National Inventors Hall of Fame Community Learning Center.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Digital Catalog for Art in Public Places)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4399-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase the awareness of an appreciation for Miami-Dade County's grand collection of art in public places by designing an easily accessible digital inventory Over the past 35 years, the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places program has installed more than 600 works of art around the county. This grant will create a Web site to catalogue the collection. Visitors to the Art in Public Places Web site will be able to take a virtual tour of the collection, create custom public art walking tours and explore the works by location, media or artist. Artists interested in participating in the program will be able to apply online and upload digital images of their work for jury presentation. Also, the software developed will help track the pieces and their condition and provide specialized instructions for care and artwork appraisals. The site will help the public appreciate its “county-wide museum of art.”.
Bas Fisher Invitational (Earmark: Bas Fisher Invitational)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4401-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To stimulate creativity in Miami's art scene by supporting an established gallery founded on providing young, unrepresented artists with free facilities and events to present their work to the community Founded four years ago, the Bas Fisher Invitational is an independent gallery offering artists unrestricted freedom. As the gallery’s reputation has grown, its programming has expanded to include collaborative shows with local artists. This grant will support the gallery’s operational costs and the creation of its website to attract a broader swath of artists and aficionados. The founders want the space to become a self-sufficient institution that will inspire and galvanize Miami’s creative consciousness.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: Trustees of Boston University)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4491-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To fund a new model of sustainable, multimedia investigative journalism based at Boston University.
Gold Coast Jazz Society (Earmark: First Friday Jazz Jams)18,000.003415--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4384-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch a free public, monthly live "jam" performance where students, regardless of skill level, can play alongside professionals in a fun-filled environment First Friday Jazz Jams will provide students of all ages and skill levels a chance to perform with veteran jazz musicians. A live rhythm section, comprised of professional jazz musicians, will be provided at Fort Lauderdale’s ArtServe facility. Open to middle school students and up, this intergenerational event will provide a chance for the community to witness the development of young jazz talent. And young musicians will be able to hone their musical skills, network with others of all ages and have fun playing great music.
ArtCenter South Florida (Earmark: ArtCenter/South Florida)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4395-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To give low-income artists the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art computers by creating a need-based center for digital arts ArtCenter/South Florida will create an ADA-accessible Computer and New Media Center so that all artists have access to the digital technology now prevalent in art-making. This grant will support building, equipping and staffing the Media Center, to be located at the center’s Lincoln Road facility. Supervised “open labs” will be available for more advanced artists who wish to work independently. By providing access to software and digital tools, low-income artists and students will have a level playing field for career advancement.
New World School of the Arts (Earmark: ARTSEEN)90,000.001834--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4396-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To allow student artists to exhibit their work by creating a multipurpose exposition space with a focus on education and community outreach and participation ARTSEEN will be a center in Wynwood with studios for New World School of the Arts seniors and spaces for workshops, exhibitions and lectures. There, New World students will be able to create their work for their senior projects while interacting with other artists. ARTSEEN also will also house a gallery space for monthly exhibitions. Open to the public, ARTSEEN will foster a dialogue between New World and the community at large and provide a focal point for Wynwood and a destination for South Florida.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County)375,000.00562--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4459-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To identify and develop emerging civic leaders who can address the changing needs in Boulder County.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4477-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 01/31/2011; goal: To support the management and coordination of "social media" tools that enable local governments to share innovations and to invent them with citizens.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)27,000.003063--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4488-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 01/31/2010; goal: To produce and distribute the Gua ("Guide") for Latino nonprofits in Miami, and Philadelphia.
Migration Policy Institute (Earmark: Migration Policy Institute)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4495-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 04/01/2010; goal: To support the development of analysis and recommendations for ways any new administration can use existing executive branch powers to improve the naturalization system as well as support to implement such recommendations.
St. Louis Beacon (Earmark: St. Louis Beacon)90,000.001834--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4503-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To expand the local reporting staff of the St. Louis Beacon and provide a viable alternative site for local news.
MinnPost (Earmark: MinnPost)105,000.001588--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4504-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To expand the local reporting capacity of MinnPost.com and provide a viable alternate local news site.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)24,650.003245--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4507-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2009; goal: For general operating support in 2008.
Generation Engage (Earmark: Generation Engage)246,000.00902--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4512-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: To provide technical support to develop local partnerships, long-term sources of funding, evaluation models and better ways to turn participation at gatherings into sustained community engagement.
[NAME] Publications (Earmark: [NAME] Publications)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4359-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase exposure for local art and artists by developing a nonprofit publishing house for Miami-based art books Gean Moreno will create the first nonprofit publishing house for South Florida-based art books. A writer and curator, Moreno’s organization will produce and distribute its own collection of titles and work with local institutions to produce high quality catalogues and thematic volumes. The publications will archive South Florida’s cultural happenings, leaving a legacy for future generations. Also, the work of local artists will be exposed to a larger audience.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)168,000.001240--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4489-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2009; goal: To cover additional expenses for moving the Gathering of Leaders Conference to Miami, Fla.
North Carolina Dance Theatre (Earmark: North Carolina Dance Theater)1,500,000.00200--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4494-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To strengthen the north end of Charlotte's uptown cultural mall with a permanent home, including classrooms and rehearsal studios, for the North Carolina Dance Theatre.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4501-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 02/01/2010; goal: To develop the Advanced Leadership Initiative, a one-year program for established leaders who want to change their careers to the social sector and need the skills and know-how to achieve their new social goals.
Chi-Town Daily News (Earmark: Chi-Town Daily News)95,000.001819--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4505-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 06/30/2011; goal: To expand the local reporting capacity of Chi-Town Daily News and provide a viable alternate local news site.
voiceofsandiego.org (Earmark: Voice of San Diego)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4509-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: To expand the local reporting capacity of Voice of San Diego and provide a viable alternate local news site.
Artformz, LLC (Earmark: Giants in the City)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4371-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote Miami's international art scene by bringing together 10 celebrated artists to create a first-of-its-kind, outdoor exhibit of giant, inflatable sculptures Giants in the City will place ten large, inflatable sculptures in Bayfront Park. The sculptures will be created and designed by ten celebrated artists, including Jose Bedia, Michelle Weinberg, Gustavo Acosta and Alette Simmons-Jimenez. Expected to attract international spectators, local art enthusiasts and people who don’t typically visit art exhibits, the project strives to be an annual event that creates a visual experience while building a sense of community.
Florida International University (Earmark: Frost Art Museum - Virtual Gallery)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4379-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer an interactive, permanent exhibition of the Frost Museum's extensive art collection to the underserved Southwest region of Miami-Dade County The Frost Art Museum, which opened an expanded facility this year, will create an interactive kiosk to offer year-round, virtual access to its permanent collection. Visitors will be able to view the works, ranging from contemporary pieces to African wood carvings. At the same time, they will have access to catalogue information and maps. Beyond the 38,000-member university community, the kiosk will benefit Southwest Miami-Dade School children and other visitors.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)12,098.003544--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4514-- Grant period: 12/01/2008 - 11/30/2009; goal: For a series of international journalism meetings through the global business journalism program at Tsinghua University in China.
United States Peace Corps (Earmark: United States Peace Corps: 50th Anniversary)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4466-- Grant period: 11/01/2008 - 12/31/2010; goal: To prepare promotional materials for the Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary, raising public awareness of the agency's 50 year legacy of service abroad.
Tides Center (Earmark: NewsCloud)249,529.00885--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4449-- Grant period: 11/01/2008 - 10/31/2010; goal: For NewsCloud to create and launch two social media publications on Facebook to test strategies that leverage social media environments to engage youth in news and information.
Central Community Redevelopment Agency (Earmark: Central Community Redevelopment Agency)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4421-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 09/30/2009; goal: To hire a consultant to support the formation of a regional funders collaborative in the next six months that will be well positioned to submit a strong application to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS) in June 2009.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector 2008 Annual Conference)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4486-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 09/30/2009; goal: To sponsor a reception at the 2008 Annual Conference on November 10, 2008, in Philadelphia and provide underwriting costs of two speakers for the conference.
Georgetown University (Earmark: Georgetown University: Our Courts First Amendment)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4438-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 10/31/2009; goal: To help Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Our Courts digital learning initiative create an interactive First Amendment learning module for middle-school students.
The Boston Foundation (Earmark: The Boston Foundation: City to City Boston 2008)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4485-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 09/30/2009; goal: For the City to City Boston 2008 Leadership Visit at Viscaya Museum and Gardens on October 21, 2008.
Participatory Culture Foundation (Earmark: Participatory Culture Foundation: Miro Local TV Platform)589,000.00423--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4420-- Grant period: 10/01/2008 - 10/31/2010; goal: To create 17 open-source community video news sites that tap into public access television's structure and audience using a template that could be repeated in other communities to create local video news sites.
Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (Earmark: Digital Public Square (YourPBC.org))916,084.00321--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4366-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 06/30/2011; goal: To position the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties as a civic leader by extending their management of Knight Foundation's community guideline Created in 1972, the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties offers grants in five target areas: affordable housing, education, services to the elderly, health care and the environment. This funding will extend the community foundation’s role as Knight’s grant making agent, in lieu of a local program director. The community foundation will continue to fund innovative civic engagement efforts while launching Digital Public Square, a website and virtual community featuring important events, research findings, public policy debates and other resources for Palm Beach County.
Wichita State University Foundation (Earmark: Wichita State University Foundation)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4358-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 10/31/2013; goal: To transform the way students in south central Kansas learn science, technology, engineering and math by creating a comprehensive elementary through college education system that will be replicated throughout the state This grant will fund a new Wichita State University Foundation effort to change the traditional mindset that characterizes careers in the sciences as the purview of the academic elite. The foundation will create a new hands-on curriculum with a project-based approach to problem solving to make the sciences more accessible to all. The funding will help implement the model in a minimum of 18 middle and nine high schools, train teachers and teach other state universities how to employ it. The foundation expects that 36 to 40 additional freshmen per year will enter the university’s College of Engineering by 2012 and more engineering degrees will be awarded to Wichita high school graduates who will be ready to enter fields in the region’s booming aviation industry.
World Wide Web Foundation (Earmark: W3F: World Wide Web Foundation)5,000,000.0022--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4436-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 10/31/2013; goal: To be the first funder of the World Wide Web Foundation, thereby helping it raise subsequent funding for an endowment.
Waccamaw Community Foundation (Earmark: Waccamaw Community Foundation)290,000.00641--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4442-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 12/31/2009; goal: To seed the development of a regional leadership network through a pilot program of the American Leadership Forum The Waccamaw Community Foundation is a non-profit originally formed as an affiliate of the Foundation for the Carolinas. This grant aims to build ties amongst leaders in the many municipalities that make up the Grand Strand area, so that they can tackle regional issues together. The funding will be used for a one-year pilot program of the American Leadership Forum curriculum, which enables local leaders to explore the interconnections of communities and strengthen their collaborative leadership skills. Participants will also explore ways to fund the program into the future.
Leon County Schools (Earmark: K-12 Civics Curriculum)471,291.00501--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4439-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 10/31/2011; goal: To restore the civic mission of schools by creating a civics curriculum that spans elementary, middle and high schools (K-12) Leon County Schools, consistently ranked among the top districts in Florida, will use this grant to create a civics curriculum that will become a state-wide model. In 2008-09, all Leon County seventh graders will take a year-long course in civics. Also, the school district will create an on-campus mock-election for all K-12 students to simulate voting in actual local, state and national elections as they occur. Other programs will include a district-wide mock local government and court system, and on the elementary and middle school level, a district-wide legislative simulation. The program aims to boost civic education, which the state Legislature named a priority after test results show it was lagging.
BioInnovation Institute in Akron (Earmark: W. Gerald Austen Bioinnovation Institute in Akron)20,000,000.004--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4455-- Grant period: 09/15/2008 - 09/30/2015; goal: To create the Knight Research and Education Collaborative in Akron to manage six research, educational and clinical initiatives expected to improve Akron's economy and quality of life by bringing in more than $125 million dollars and creating 2,100 jobs The grant will establish the Knight Research & Education Collaborative in Akron, which will plan, coordinate and fund research and training initiatives that are expected to transform the Northeast Ohio economy. The collaborative, supported by the region’s major hospitals, university and medical school, will attract health-care businesses and create higher paying jobs in a region that once relied on the manufacturing industry. The partnership’s six initiatives include efforts to: increase research in the area’s growing biopolymer industry; create a center each for health care training, clinical trials and medical device development; and boost support for existing community clinics. The project expects to create 2,100 jobs, double the amount of research expenditures to $80 million and recruit or create 19 new companies – all by 2013.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: The Paley Center for Media)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4465-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: To hold two forums on how to use new technologies to increase the reach and impact of independent and investigative journalism documentaries.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4356-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 09/30/2009; goal: To promote independent journalism through the creation of an annual I.F. Stone award.
SnagFilms LLC (Earmark: SnagFilms)210,000.001012--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4373-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 08/31/2011; goal: To create a new digital distribution platform for documentary films.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4441-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 08/31/2011; goal: For sponsorship of the 8th Annual Women's Leadership Breakfast with keynote speaker Sherry Lansing.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami (Earmark: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4446-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 01/31/2011; goal: To stimulate donations through a challenge grant in order to serve 5,000 additional children by 2015 with the benefits of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami (BBBSGM) program.
Council for Educational Change (Earmark: Executive PASS Program)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4450-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 10/31/2009; goal: To advance school success by creating goal-based activities infusing business and educational strategies by expanding the Executive PASS Program, a partnership between corporate leaders and dedicated principals.
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation (Earmark: Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4422-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 09/30/2011; goal: To facilitate the provision of pro bono legal support for Knight's Ashoka Fellows, Ashoka Journalism Fellows, and News Challenge winners and to strengthen the grantees' online resources.
Tides Center (Earmark: Tides Center)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4295-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 01/31/2009; goal: To increase the coordination of independent media development and journalism training internationally.
Chapman Partnership (Earmark: Community Partnership For Homeless)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4352-- Grant period: 09/01/2008 - 09/30/2011; goal: To bring Community Partnership for Homeless' collaborative model of addressing homelessness to four or five cities nationwide, decreasing homelessness in those locations by developing specific local, regional and statewide plans that address the problem.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: Technology Affinity Group)4,900.003782--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4448-- Grant period: 08/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)5,550.003735--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4333-- Grant period: 08/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4429-- Grant period: 08/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
World Wide Web Foundation (Earmark: W3F: World Wide Web Foundation)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4435-- Grant period: 08/01/2008 - 04/30/2009; goal: To support the creation and launch of the World Wide Web Foundation.
The Communications Network (Earmark: The Communications Network)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4432-- Grant period: 08/01/2008 - 07/31/2010; goal: For 2008 and 2009 general operating support and development of new website.
Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation (Earmark: Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4360-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 12/31/2011; goal: To develop a workforce development strategy in the Grand Forks region.
The University of Texas at El Paso (Earmark: The University of Texas at El Paso: BorderZine)412,200.00527--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4325-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To create BorderZine, a bilingual online news magazine, to train Latino journalism students nationwide.
Arizona State University (Earmark: News21 Project)4,875,000.0039--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4376-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To help lead journalism education into the 21st Century by expanding the experimental News21 student reporting project to 12 colleges.
Citizen Schools (Earmark: Citizen Schools)3,060,000.0071--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4377-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the growth of Citizen Schools, a cutting-edge after-school learning program, through the opportunity capital campaign. These resources will enable Citizen Schools to begin the expansion to 60 campuses in eight regions across the United States.
Center City District Foundation (Earmark: Dilworth Plaza Redevelopment)850,000.00333--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4408-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: To create a signature public space for Philadelphia by advancing the redevelopment of Dilworth Plaza The Center City District works to strengthen the competitiveness of Center City Philadelphia as a place to live, work and visit. This grant will help the economic development agency transform Dilworth Plaza, the city’s unwelcoming and underutilized public square adjacent to City Hall. Funds will help develop construction and engineering plans and tally the cost of transforming Dilworth Plaza into a central gathering place. The plans will be based on designs that emerged from a Knight-funded 2006 session, where architects, with public input, imagined a verdant plaza with space for outdoor cafes and cultural events.
Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation (Earmark: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4418-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support the building of a memorial to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to honor his national an international contributions to world peace through non-violent social change.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)425,000.00522--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4447-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2010; goal: For the second convening of the Media Learning Seminar for Community Foundations in Miami in February 2009, and to convene a special meeting as a part of the Council's annual community foundation conference to be held in October 2009 For the second convening of the Media Learning Seminar for Community Foundations in Miami in February 2009, and to convene a special meeting as a part of the Council's annual community foundation conference to be held in October 2009.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: News21)450,000.00507--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4364-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To expand a task force of top journalism school deans with the goal of leading journalism education into the 21st Century.
PICO National Network (Earmark: PICO National Network)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4372-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support the expansion of naturalization resources by using this faith-based approach to community organizing for immigrant families moving from green card to full citizenship in Philadelphia/Camden, Boulder, San Jose and Long Beach.
The American University (Earmark: J-Lab)2,400,000.00118--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4375-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To expand J-Lab's activities, while increasing institutional support for J-Lab by moving it to American University.
Opportunity Fund Northern California (Earmark: Opportunity Fund)1,855,000.00168--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4409-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2012; goal: To fund the Citizenship Savings Program (an Individual Development Account, IDA) to address the financial barriers associated with citizenship fees for immigrant populations in Silicon Valley.
Tampa Bay Partnership (Earmark: Tampa Bay Partnership)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4424-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
American Leadership Forum (Earmark: American Leadership Forum: Common Good Collaborative)1,540,000.00190--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4411-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To seed a change from individual to collaborative activity by funding the ALF Network Development Fund and co-creating the Common Good Collaborative.
McColl Center for Visual Art (Earmark: Innovation Institute: McColl Center for Visual Art)1,130,000.00249--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4261-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To strengthen a building block for creative community problem-solving through an experiential, artist-led creativity program, called the Innovation Institute The McColl Center for Visual Art, an urban artist-in-residence program, is as an incubator of new ideas for using the visual arts to benefit the community. At its three-year-old Innovation Institute, artists lead hands-on classes for executives that encourage creative problem-solving. This grant will help the center improve its recruitment strategy to ensure diversity and attract community leaders. The center also aims to increase the number of annual programs and create an alumni network where professionals will be challenged to give back some of what they learned to the community.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies)1,440,000.00213--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.
DonorsChoose.Org (Earmark: Donors Choose : Mustaches for Kids)245,000.00904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4357-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To bring the "Mustaches for Kids" challenge to Knight communities and to encourage young men to financially support local public classroom education.
I-LEAD (Earmark: Improving graduation rates)900,000.00324--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4370-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To improve Philadelphia's educational attainment rankings by creating a new delivery model for college education in distressed neighborhoods The Institute for Leadership Education, Advancement, and Development, Inc. (I-LEAD) formed in 1995 to promote grassroots community leadership efforts. In a city where only one in seven has a higher degree, many participants yearned for college credit for their training. So I-LEAD launched College in the Community, where it partners with Harcum College and respected neighborhood institutions to present a two-year degree program on site. I-LEAD will use this grant to work with five new community partners, strengthen student recruitment, hire 80 new instructors and expand student services. With that, College in the Community’s enrollment will grow from 100 to 500 students over three years. Leaders also aim to achieve a 60 percent graduation rate.
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas (Earmark: Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas)450,000.00507--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4416-- Grant period: 07/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To connect low-skilled workers to high-skilled, high-paying aviation jobs by improving the local workforce development system and engaging funders to form a regional funding collaborative.
Sue Duncan Childrens Center Foundation (Earmark: Sue Duncan Childrens Center Foundation)6,000.003723--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4428-- Grant period: 06/10/2008 - 06/09/2009; goal: For general operating support in lieu of an honorarium for Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, who spoke at the March 9, 2008 Board dinner.
Children First Fund: The Chicago Public School Foundation (Earmark: Children First Fund: The Chicago Public School Foundation)13,000.003533--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4427-- Grant period: 06/10/2008 - 06/09/2009; goal: For general operating support in lieu of an honorarium for Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, who spoke at the March 9, 2008 Board Dinner.
Ariel Education Initiative (Earmark: Ariel Education Initiative)6,000.003723--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4426-- Grant period: 06/10/2008 - 06/09/2009; goal: For general operating support in lieu of an honorarium for Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, who spoke at the March 9, 2008 Board dinner.
UNITY: Journalists of Color (Earmark: UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4347-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: To unite Knight's journalism grantees, and recruit for the foundation's programs and the Knight News Challenge.
Mercer University (Earmark: College Hill, Beall's Hill)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4353-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: To underwrite the development of a five year business plan for the potential College Hill Alliance, marketing support for Beall's Hill neighborhood and start-up funding for College Hill Corridor programs.
Digital Innovations Group (Earmark: Digital Innovations Group: Games for Change Festival)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4355-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To create a track at the annual Games for Change Festival that will increase the number and quality of News Games.
National Immigration Forum (Earmark: National Immigration Forum)85,000.001860--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4417-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 06/30/2009; goal: To support the creation of an Ad Hoc Working Group on Naturalization that will be a catalyst for bringing Knight grantees, foundations and national organizations supporting the naturalization together to increase funding, capacity and effectiveness.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Earmark: Art Education Center)500,000.00453--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4243-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To help catalyze growth of the downtown cultural district by supporting a capital campaign to expand and improve the museum facility, create a new education center, and strengthen the museum's collections and library The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, which exhibits and collects works of American artists, serves an audience of more than 90,000 annually. This grant will help improve the museum’s facilities and programs, in order to create a new cultural hub for the downtown area currently undergoing a renaissance. Through the capital campaign, the museum plans to add 10,000 square feet of gallery space, a café, museum shop and WiFi-enabled lounge that will create a new downtown destination. A new Art Education Center and public art library, centered on K-12 learning, will more than double the number of local students participating in programs. The museum will also fill gaps in its permanent collection of American art, strengthening its identity as a premier regional American art museum.
United Way of the Midlands (Earmark: Homeless housing program)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4413-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 11/30/2011; goal: To launch a comprehensive housing and services program for the homeless to decrease homelessness in Columbia and address a persistent obstacle to downtown development This $5 million challenge grant will launch a comprehensive housing program for Columbia’s homeless. Spearheaded by the business community, which believes the homeless problem is hindering downtown development, the public-private initiative will offer a variety of housing options to 200-250 homeless people each year. Job training, financial help and an on-site pharmacy also will be offered. The United Way of the Midlands will be the effort’s lead agency.
Service Corps of Retired Executives Association (Earmark: Service Corps of Retired Executives Association)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4229-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To help meet the GAR Foundation challenge to support SCORE's expansion of marketing and administrative activities to startup, entrepreneurs, and existing businesses in Akron and Summit County.
Georgia Tech Research Corp (Earmark: Georgia Tech Research Corp: News Games Site)142,165.001432--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4342-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; goal: To produce a web site studying and explaining News Games to help developers create more of them.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: Long Beach Community Foundation)1,350,000.00220--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4365-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 12/31/2010; goal: To position Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) as a civic leader by extending their management of Knight Foundation's community guideline.
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Earmark: Job Opportunity Investment Network)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4407-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2011; goal: To change the way employers and funders support career advancement for lower skilled Philadelphians by creating the Job Opportunity Investment Network With tens of thousands of Philadelphians mired in dead-end jobs, the Knight Foundation will launch a new effort to train residents for career-track positions that already exist in the region. The Job Opportunity Investment Network, made up of business, government and civic groups and managed by the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, will fund partnerships in order to prepare 500 low-skilled Philadelphians for jobs that pay family-sustaining wages. The network also will create a space for a regional discussion on workforce issues.
76th Annual US Conference of Mayors Host Committee (Earmark: 76th Annual US Conference of Mayors Meeting)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4423-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 05/31/2009; goal: For Silver Sponsorship of the 76th Annual US Conference of Mayors Meeting in Miami on June 20-24, 2008.
Tallahassee Film Festival (Earmark: Tallahassee Film Festival, Inc.)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4326-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 07/31/2010; goal: For start-up funding for the first two years of the Tallahassee Film Festival - one of several projects coming out of the Knight Creative Communities Initiative in Tallahassee.
TechSoup Global (Earmark: TechSoup Global)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4412-- Grant period: 06/01/2008 - 05/31/2009; goal: To support TechSoup's 2008 NetSquared Conference, May 27-28, 2008 on the Cisco Systems Campus, San Jose, CA.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Investigative Reporters and Editors: IRE Conference Miami 2008)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4367-- Grant period: 05/01/2008 - 04/30/2009; goal: To increase interest in innovative investigative reporting models at a key Miami conference.
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (Earmark: Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4388-- Grant period: 05/01/2008 - 04/30/2009; goal: For general operating support, in lieu of an honorarium for James Clifton, CEO of Gallup, who will be speaking at the June 8, 2008 Board Meeting.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4414-- Grant period: 05/01/2008 - 04/30/2009; goal: To cover additional expenses for the Gathering of Leaders Conference.
WHYY (Earmark: WHYY)90,000.001834--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4337-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 04/30/2009; goal: To cultivate a robust engine for high-quality, 24/7 local information by facilitating the launch of WHYY's web news service.
IDB Miami 2008 Host Committee (Earmark: IDB Miami 2008 Host Committee)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4346-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: To sponsor the CEO Forum on Philanthropy as part of the Inter American Development Bank's 2008 global annual meeting in Miami.
Tides Center (Earmark: PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Bloggers)70,000.002036--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4348-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2009; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To speed digital news innovation by adding three new bloggers to the "idea lab" within the PBS MediaShift web site.
Mercer University (Earmark: Mercer University)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4374-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: For general operating support.
Tides Center (Earmark: Reporting On)15,000.003439--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4312-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 07/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a social networking tool to help reporters use one another as resources, to identify trends and to add context to their own work Reporters working on similar topics will be able to communicate and share ideas using a social networking tool and a web site created through this project. The site will indicate how many journalists across the country are working on the same issue, such as declining tax bases or water problems. Reporters then could exchange resources and approaches, or use one another’s communities as examples in their own stories. Journalists in small newsrooms often feel isolated. Given the opportunity to communicate with others, a reporter can add context to articles and, perhaps most importantly, know when a seemingly small local story is part of a larger regional, or national, trend.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: City University of New York)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4316-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 04/30/2010; goal: To extend a novel program helping journalism students get internships as part of a practical curriculum and to help establish CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.
President and Trustees of Colby College (Earmark: Colby College: News Literacy)246,612.00897--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4317-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 04/30/2011; goal: To improve the news literacy of liberal arts students.
Shake-A-Leg (Earmark: Shake-A-Leg)98,000.001812--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4368-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: To inspire community support of Shake-A-Leg by hosting a luncheon on April 22, 2008 for 200 of Miami's business leaders with presentation by Erik Weihenmayer.
Tides Center (Earmark: Community Radio in India)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4313-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 10/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To use the latest software and computer-based FM transmitters to reduce the cost of creating rural radio stations This project will connect rural radio stations to the Internet by using new software and computer-based FM transmitters. The innovations will significantly reduce the cost of creating the stations in India - from an estimated $50,000 to $2,500. India is issuing a new round of community radio station licenses, so the proposal is timely. The effort will start by helping nonprofits already operating in India launch radio stations.
Generation Engage (Earmark: Generation Engage)25,500.003071--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4349-- Grant period: 04/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: To invest in the leadership development of 75 young leaders from Knight communities by enabling their attendance at an international network of young Latin American leaders at a forum at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Miami in April 2008.
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Gulf Coast (Earmark: Habitat for Humanity Work Project 2008)1,050,000.00258--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4304-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 04/30/2010; goal: To fund the sole Platinum level sponsorship of Habitat for Humanity's annual Jimmy & Roslyn Carter Work Project to build, rehab and frame 108 homes on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in May 2008.
Tides Center (Earmark: News on Cell Phones)325,000.00602--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4320-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/10/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a news system for cell phones in developing countries While computers can readily access news feeds through the Internet, only the more expensive cell phones have the same capability. This project will make it easy for significantly cheaper models to select and receive news feeds, expanding the news universe for those whose only digital device is a cell phone. Users, particularly in areas where Internet access isn’t affordable, will be able to receive news via text messaging. They also will be able to rate top stories in lists to be shared with friends. The project will be tested in the rural area of a developing country.
Citizen Schools (Earmark: Citizen Schools)2,100,000.00137--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4252-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2013; goal: To increase citizen involvement in the public schools by expanding a successful after-school program while experimenting with emerging technology to strengthen the volunteers' role with the organization and its long-term future.
Tides Center (Earmark: The News is Coming / Iindaba Ziyafika)630,400.00394--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4278-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 02/28/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop an innovative multimedia news system to unite a town separated by race and class divisions Local news reports disseminated through cell phones will help connect an all-black township in South Africa with the white population living in the urban center – giving everyone in Grahamstown equal access to news and information. Articles from the community newspaper, Grocott’s Mail, will be delivered to mobile phones, the only modern communications system available in the rural township. In a partnership with a local university, journalism students will create audio and video feeds for distribution. Meanwhile, masters-level students will study the project’s design and impact, while post-graduate students develop a sustainable business model for the technology. The project will create open-source software so that small town newspapers around the globe will be able to send mobile reports.
Video Volunteers (Earmark: Video Volunteers)275,000.00646--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4321-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To train 100 Community Video Producers, and expand a media distribution network for 300 villages in India Video Volunteers, a New York-based nonprofit, will train 100 people in rural India as Community Video Producers. These citizen journalists will produce magazine- style video news reports, typically on local social issues, and show them on widescreen projectors in poor communities. The idea is to distribute public interest information to the poor – without having to provide the entire population with digital tools. To date, Video Volunteers’ screenings in India have reached 140,000 people in 150 communities. The video technology is not new. The innovation is to do citizen journalism on a significant scale in a poor, rural area.
Tides Center (Earmark: Spot.Us)340,000.00589--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4323-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 05/01/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a micro-payment system to fund investigative news reports Spot Journalism will provide a new way to pay for local investigative reporting by soliciting financial support from the public. Through this project, independent journalists and residents will propose stories, while Spot Journalism uses the Web to seek “micro-payments” to cover the costs. If enough donors contribute the amount needed, a journalist will be hired to do the reporting. The money has to come from a variety of sources, though. Each project will need many small contributions before being approved in order to avoid personal crusades. In addition to offering a new model for investigative work, Spot Journalism will provide a way to discover the issues important to a community while giving a voice to those who wonder why a given problem is not being investigated.
City Year (Earmark: City Year Miami)1,200,000.00239--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4339-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 04/30/2011; goal: To develop new young leaders while at the same time have an impact on education in Miami by supporting the start-up, launch and implementation of a full-time City Year site in Miami-Dade County.
Associated Students UCLA (Earmark: Community News Network)275,000.00646--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4265-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a new kind of college newspaper by involving award-winning journalists in the creation of an open-source software platform Student editors at the UCLA Bruin will create online publishing software geared to mobile editing. College journalists then will be able to use the content management system to remotely assign and edit stories, videos and photos for online college sites. Also, readers will use it to submit their own content and communicate with one another.
The Saint Paul Foundation (Earmark: The Saint Paul Foundation)1,575,000.00189--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4288-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support the transformation of St. Paul neighborhoods adjacent to a planned light rail line by fostering a unique collaboration of government, nonprofit and private stakeholders.
Deproduction (Earmark: Denver Open Media)380,000.00558--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4314-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create free open-source software to enable Public Access Television stations to better serve and engage communities DOM is the culmination of the Open Media Foundation's innovative 3-part vision for putting the power of the media in the hands of the community. Designed to ensure all communities have the media and technology resources they need to engage in local and global communications, DOM offers state-of-the-art video equipment, as well as media distribution via the Internet and our three community-programmed television channels.
Tides Center (Earmark: Transparent Journalism)350,000.00574--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4315-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help search engines better distinguish between well-reported journalism and everything else on the Internet With the copious amounts of information – and misinformation – on the Internet, the public needs more help finding fair, accurate and contextual news. This project will create a system to do just that. The plan: to design a way for content creators to add information on their sources to their reports, as a form of “source tagging.” For instance, a reporter could note that an article was based on personal observations, interviews with eyewitnesses or specific, original documents. Filters would then use this data - the “story behind the story” - to help find high-quality articles. A reader searching the phrase “Pakistan riots” for example, might find 9,000 articles. But filtering by “eyewitness accounts” would yield a more selective list. Berners-Lee, Moore and the Web Science Research Initiative are working with the BBC and Reuters on how to best integrate the tagging into journalists’ normal workflow.
Tides Center (Earmark: Printcasting)837,000.00337--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4322-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To enable individuals to create narrowly targeted, local niche publications with local advertising Printcasting will allow individuals to easily create ad-supported, customized publications with a mix of local news and information. The software will help aggregate feeds from news organizations, bloggers or newsletters, for example, so that would-be publishers can pick and choose among them to create a niche publication. The Printcasting model then will guide users through placing articles, photos and ads onto a template that either could be delivered by e-mail or printed at home and distributed. For example, a publication for reef-diving photographers could include ads for nearby dive shops or underwater cameras. The idea is to pair localized ads and content to create targeted publications.
Tides Center (Earmark: Sochi Reporter)600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4264-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To test the latest social networking and user-generated-content tools in a small Russian town about to host the Olympics The people of Sochi, the Russian resort city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, will be able to use the latest online tools to both discuss and influence the impact of the games. A web site and database will allow the community to track and debate how the plans are changing life there over a five-year period. The idea is to help residents better prepare for the Olympics, to inform the media about the city’s issues and to use discussions about the games as a way to improve life in Sochi.
Tides Center (Earmark: RadioEngage)327,000.00600--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4318-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an easy to use software package to help public radio stations create web sites Drupal, one of the popular open-source software platforms that publish web sites, will be used to create a turnkey web site for radio news organizations. This content management and publishing system will address the needs of radio news sites, such as creating and archiving audio and text, producing podcasts and playlists and streaming live audio and video. KUSP, a public radio station on California’s Central Coast, will test the project.
Tides Center (Earmark: Freedom Fone)876,000.00329--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4319-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 07/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an economical way for poor people to use cell phones to create and gather information in forms difficult for authoritarian governments to control Freedom Fone will provide a voice database where users can access news and public-interest information via land, mobile or Internet phones. In a concept similar to a telephone tree employed by many private companies, users will call in and then dial specific numbers to find the information they need. Independent radio station content will be broadcast, along with frequently updated audio reports created specifically for Freedom Fone. Users will be able to pose questions and leave answers on a voicemail system. The concept, which employs both new and old technologies, will allow the poor to receive and contribute information in a practical and economical way. It will be tested in Zimbabwe.
WNYC Radio (Earmark: WNYC)2,000,000.00144--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4332-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support the launch of a new national morning show for public radio.
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Earmark: Ben Franklin Parkway Development)1,250,000.00229--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4336-- Grant period: 03/10/2008 - 04/30/2011; goal: To accelerate the transformation of the Ben Franklin Parkway into a world-class, pedestrian-oriented cultural campus through coordinated, extensive public space investments The Ben Franklin Parkway, extending from JFK Plaza to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was designed in 1907 as a dense cultural boulevard in the style of great European thoroughfares. But after the Depression and post-war suburbanization settled in, the Parkway took on the feel of an intra-city highway. This grant will help return the Parkway to its original intention by redeveloping fallow public spaces and reengineering traffic patterns to create a more walkable destination. The effort, which comes as major cultural institutions along the Parkway have embarked on expansion plans, is part of a unique partnership between Knight Foundation, two other foundations and local government.
Link Media (Earmark: Link Media)235,000.00950--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4327-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 03/31/2009; goal: To launch a series of online Global News Literacy modules showing how news is covered differently in different countries.
Editor & Publisher (Earmark: Editor & Publisher's Interactive Media Conference)119,500.001552--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4338-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For a high-profile Interactive Media Conference in Las Vegas to announce the Knight News Challenge winners.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs)12,052.003545--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4354-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 02/28/2009; goal: To support the "Celebrate Culture" community lunch on February 6, 2008.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (Earmark: Radio and Television News Directors Foundation)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4306-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 01/31/2009; goal: To expand the Sunshine Week PSA campaign in 2008 to help raise public awareness and support for open government issues.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4324-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 02/28/2009; goal: To inspire community transformation through presentation of Malcolm Gladwell at Foundation for the Carolina's 50th Anniversary event.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: University of Akron)440,600.00518--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4340-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 02/28/2009; goal: To underwrite half of the cost of developing a 10-year business plan for a new Academic Health Center in Akron.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: University of Akron)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4344-- Grant period: 03/01/2008 - 02/28/2009; goal: To develop a strategic plan that will meet the goal to achieve systemic change in health-care education, research and clinical services through the creation of an Academic Health Center in Akron.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4286-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)24,750.003241--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4331-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)9,205.003674--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4334-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4335-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)54,500.002182--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4330-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
Alliance for Human Services (Earmark: Alliance for Human Services)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4260-- Grant period: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008; goal: For 2008 general operating support.
ArtServe (Earmark: ArtServe: Arts Calendar)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4224-- Grant period: 12/15/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To increase audience participation in South Florida's cultural events by launching an online calendar tool using the tested Artsopolis platform.
Americans for the Arts (Earmark: American for the Arts: NAMP Conference)51,000.002211--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4245-- Grant period: 12/14/2007 - 12/14/2008; goal: To increase audience participation in Miami's cultural scene by offering 100 scholarships to the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference.
Campus Philly (Earmark: Campus Philly)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4244-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 02/28/2009; goal: To move the needle on Philadelphia's college graduate retention rate by fostering a coordinated, regional approach to student recruitment, engagement, and career placement.
Broadway Area Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Broadway Area Community Development Corporation)630,000.00395--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4255-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To help spur Gary's economic capabilities by supporting a comprehensive neighborhood-centered plan that trains women in the construction trades and engages residents in rehabilitation work.
Young Women's Christian Association of Gary (Earmark: YWCA Gary)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4256-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To help spur Gary's revitalization and bolster an important youth-serving institution through support of a program to develop the entrepreneurial spirit in youth while improving their academic skills.
Catawba Lands Conservancy (Earmark: Catawba Lands Conservancy)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4266-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To strengthen the sense of regional community by supporting the Carolina Thread Trail, a green "interstate" of major trails and linear parks that will link more than 2 million people to places in 15 counties.
Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative (Earmark: Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative)1,250,000.00229--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4272-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To assist Detroit in implementing land use plans for more than 4,400 publicly-owned abandoned or vacant properties in the pivotal Northend neighborhood.
New World Symphony (Earmark: Knight New Media Endowment)5,000,000.0022--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4282-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 03/31/2012; goal: To enable a unique orchestral academy to solidify its role as cultural icon by creation of a Knight New Media Endowment that will help the organization capitalize on technology and explore new performance formats.
Jobs for the Future (Earmark: Jobs for the Future)1,350,000.00220--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4290-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the national funders collaboration on workforce development for low-income workers and to support planning grants for seven Knight communities to respond to a competitive request for proposal process from the same funders collaborative.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)4,500,000.0040--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4293-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To provide universal digital access in 26 Knight communities within five years through the creation of the Knight Center of Digital Excellence (K-CoDE) and a $10 million Digital Opportunity Challenge Fund to facilitate the implementation of the program.
Council On Culture and Arts (Earmark: Council On Culture and Arts)375,000.00562--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4172-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To help change Tallahassee's sense of place by supporting a unique arts center strategically positioned among universities, downtown, and state government.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)534,000.00441--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4181-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To provide a top-flight U.S. education to a new generation of journalists who would return to Latin America in leading roles, with an emphasis on digital journalists.
University of Maryland Foundation (Earmark: Knight Center for Specialized Journalism)1,145,000.00247--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4233-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To transform the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism into a multimedia, digital learning center.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: The Free Library of Philadelphia)450,000.00507--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4267-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To highlight the new cultural and economic vision for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by catalyzing the growth of the Philadelphia Book Festival.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Knight School Education Series Endowment)10,000,000.006--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4281-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2012; goal: To help create a vibrant museum culture in Miami by endowing Art for all Miami, an art education program that will lower the barrier to entry to the visual arts by taking 40,000 students to class at the museum each year.
National League of Cities (Earmark: National League of Cities)880,000.00328--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4283-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 06/30/2011; goal: To provide mayors and their staffs in Knight communities with the training, resources and support necessary to advance the naturalization of eligible immigrants.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Blue Grass Community Foundation)2,550,000.0095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4285-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2012; goal: To use the 2010 World Equestrian Games, an Olympics-like event held for the first time in the U.S., as a springboard for capital and social improvements, creating an enduring legacy for the community.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Committee to Protect Journalists)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4311-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To strengthen CPJ's worldwide reporting network.
Internews (Earmark: Internews)600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4123-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the digital retraining of Internews' network of 60,000 journalists worldwide.
The League (Earmark: The League: GenerationOn)1,200,000.00239--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4183-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To bring The League, a student-based civic engagement program, to scale through developing a 21st Century media outreach and expanding the program into six Knight communities.
Holy Cross Children's Services (Earmark: Holy Cross Children's Services)1,300,000.00225--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4242-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To stimulate employment opportunities for African-American men in the pivotal Northend neighborhood by supporting Wings of Faith's day labor initiative.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Knight Commission on the Information Needs in a Democracy)1,700,000.00181--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4259-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 01/31/2011; goal: To call national attention to the issue by creating a high-level Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Earmark: Local Initiative Support Corporation)5,500,000.0017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4287-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To support LISC's national strategic shift to expand the services it provides in low-income neighborhoods and to have greater impact on their social and economic vitality. Detroit, St. Paul and Duluth will be pilot cities.
National Council of YMCAs of the USA (Earmark: National Council of YMCAs of America)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4291-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 02/28/2011; goal: To develop the model YMCA Newcomer-Immigrant Program which will be implemented in seven Knight communities and then replicated nationally to support the successful integration of immigrants into our communities.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)413,000.00526--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4299-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To tackle at a local level the issue of how to meet the information needs of communities in a democracy by convening a Media Learning Seminar for Community Foundations, to be held in Miami in February, 2008.
Ashoka (Earmark: Ashoka News & Knowledge Entrepreneurs)3,000,000.0076--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4251-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To identify and invest in social entrepreneurs in journalism through Ashoka Fellowships Founded in 1980 by social entrepreneur Bill Drayton, Ashoka finds, supports, and advance the impact of leading social entrepreneurs around the world. Since 1981, Ashoka has elected more than 1,800 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows. The fellows are chosen because they have innovative solutions to social problems and the potential to create lasting, visible change. As fellows, they are given living stipends, professional support and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. With the digital revolution turning journalism upside down and inside out, never before has the field had such entrepreneurial opportunity. Ashoka will use its tested selection criteria to find leading social entrepreneurs in journalism, criteria that align with Knight Foundation's elements of transformation.
National Council of La Raza (Earmark: National Council of La Raza)1,210,000.00238--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4274-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To support a naturalization program to increase applications for naturalization by five-hundred thousand in Knight communities over three years.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas (Earmark: Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4276-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2012; goal: To address Wichita's "talent imperative" by creating an innovative program that networks youth development and workforce development in the setting of a key neighborhood institution.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Knight Exhibition Series Endowment)5,000,000.0022--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4280-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2012; goal: To solidify Miami as a cultural destination through development of cutting-edge contemporary arts exhibitions supported in whole or part by an endowment that provides a sustainable base of funding.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Aspen Institute)600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4292-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To focus the Aspen Forum on Communication and Society on issues of media and community.
Florida Public Broadcasting Service (Earmark: Florida Public Broadcasting Service)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4298-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To support quality journalism reaching influential leaders, in turn earning underwriting opportunities on Morning Edition on National Public Radio affiliates in 26 Knight communities and two media capitals.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Earmark: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4169-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To advance and expand post-Katrina recovery for low-income and minority communities by supporting an initiative to resolve issues of property title status.
The Housing Authority of the City of Biloxi (Earmark: Biloxi Housing Authority)220,000.00997--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4231-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; goal: To broaden post-Katrina recovery by revitalizing the historic Main Street area with new housing, commercial and retail space.
Tides Center (Earmark: Appleseed: The News Literacy Project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4247-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 04/30/2009; goal: To develop and launch Appleseed: The News Literacy Project.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (Earmark: Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network)99,849.001808--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4289-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To develop the capacity of the nonprofit sector in four Knight communities to advocate for universal access by supporting the NTEN Municipal Wireless Empowerment Project.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4297-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To advance universal access in South Florida by creating an effective collaboration among Miami-Dade County, the City of Miami and Miami-Dade Public Schools.
GuideStar (Earmark: GuideStar)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4305-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To improve nonprofit services to the media and to create a News University module on covering the nonprofit sector.
Manatee Chamber Foundation (Earmark: Manatee Chamber Foundation)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4308-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To demonstrate the broad value of arts and culture by conducting a comprehensive impact study of the arts sector in Manatee County.
International Women's Media Foundation (Earmark: International Women's Media Foundation)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4310-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: For general operating support.
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute (Earmark: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4147-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To focus the region's attention on dramatic growth over the last 13 years by funding a 2008 Citistates Report and using it to structure a new benchmarking initiative.
Equal Justice Works (Earmark: Equal Justice Works)242,000.00917--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4195-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 10/31/2010; goal: To support Equal Justice Works post graduate legal fellowships in Knight Foundation cities.
The North Carolina A&T State University (Earmark: The North Carolina A&T State University: Black College Wire)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4200-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 03/31/2009; goal: To help BlackCollegeWire.org become self-sustaining.
Community Building Initiative (Earmark: Community Building Initiative: Crossroads Charlotte)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4249-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To strengthen the capacity of community leaders and organizations to address issues of race and ethnicity as the community becomes a majority non-white population.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Fund for Excellence in Government)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4257-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To revitalize city government by providing Macon's new mayor and council a wide-ranging Fund for Excellence in Government, to be established at the Community Foundation of Central Georgia.
Mecklenburg Ministries (Earmark: Mecklenburg Ministries)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4269-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 06/30/2011; goal: To inspire more faith leaders to lead an increasingly diverse community in racial reconciliation by expanding an anti-racism program inside congregations and by deepening relationships between black and white clergy.
City of Miami Little Haiti Cultural Center (Earmark: Elevate Miami)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4279-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To provide educational opportunities to students by supporting Elevate Miami, a program that will secure computers for every sixth grader in the city of Miami.
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (Earmark: The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4296-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 04/01/2010; goal: To bring together governors staff with national experts to identify state policy issues and challenges with regard to immigrant integration, including issues related to workforce development, health, humans services, education, and naturalization.
Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region (Earmark: Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region)105,000.001588--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4302-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To revitalize a key neighborhood adjacent to the rebounding downtown by creating an actionable vision of increased home ownership and resident participation.
Advantage Carolina Foundation (Earmark: Advantage Carolina Foundation)245,000.00904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4089-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To address one of the region's most pressing problems - to improve air quality - through a business-led awareness, education and change effort.
The Pennsylvania State University (Earmark: Pennsylvania State University)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4156-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To develop model civic engagement programs that utilize location-aware services and applications made possible by wireless technology for use in Knight communities.
City of Duluth (Earmark: City of Duluth)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4160-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To grow the regional economy by reducing barriers to development and investment in Duluth through implementation of contemporary land use regulations.
New World School of the Arts (Earmark: New World School of the Arts)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4168-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To enhance Miami's cultural landscape by growing artists of many disciplines via a match to the New World School of the Arts' Key88 endowment campaign.
Detroit Renaissance Foundation (Earmark: Business Leaders for Michigan)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4186-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To enhance the ability of the Detroit region's creative community to build out a comprehensive, actionable vision by inventorying and mapping creative sector assets.
City of Saint Paul (Earmark: City of Saint Paul)180,000.001205--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4213-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To maximize the development opportunities of a new light rail line by supporting a comprehensive second phase of the city's planning effort.
Miami Dade College (Earmark: Miami Dade College: Miami Leadership Roundtable Speaker Series)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4225-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 01/31/2011; goal: To broaden development of Miami's civic leaders by supporting the Miami Leadership Roundtable Speaker Series to include a track for lectures by women in government, business, and the media.
Tides Center250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4234-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To pioneer a new way of covering political campaigns by going beyond the red-vs.-blue debate.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: University of California, Berkeley)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4236-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2008; goal: To stabilize an important investigative reporting program at U.C. Berkeley during a time of economic uncertainty for enterprise journalism.
Housing Partners (Earmark: Housing Partners, Inc.)70,500.002034--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4238-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To strengthen the ability of the City of Gulfport to transform itself after Hurricane Katrina by assisting its governmental leadership to change from a crisis management environment to a focused, professional public administration system.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Earmark: Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4254-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 04/30/2009; goal: To finish an investigative reporting project started by slain Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey.
Francis Parker School (Earmark: Francis Parker School)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4268-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/01/2008; goal: For a scholarship endowment.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: Tubman African American Museum)241,000.00919--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4270-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2009; goal: To help a key local institution succeed by providing technical and project management support for a critical capital campaign.
Centro Mater (Earmark: Centro Mater)4,600.003796--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4275-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/01/2008; goal: To provide support for a video production to benefit development efforts.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4307-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To strengthen multi-cultural leadership in a fast-changing community through support of the community foundation's work in identifying, developing, and networking emerging civic leaders.
Boy Scouts of America (Great Trail Council) (Earmark: Boy Scouts of America (Great Trail Council))250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4113-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To help meet the GAR Foundation challenge grant for the $2.3 million historic restoration of the 1930 Camp Manatoc Conference Center and Dining Hall.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4189-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To do a feasibility study on a Detroit Symphony Orchestra summer home on the revitalized riverfront.
MidTown (Earmark: Midtown, Inc.)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4210-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To lead community renewal in the pivotal MidTown neighborhood by supporting stabilization, commercial, and residential redevelopment, and economic integration.
Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County (Earmark: Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County, Inc.)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4212-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To take Tallahassee and Leon County to a comprehensive regional vision by supporting an action plan based on committed cooperation between the public and private sectors.
The Council on Foreign Relations (Earmark: The Council on Foreign Relations)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4227-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2009; goal: To train journalists to do foreign policy reporting for the 2008 presidential election.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Public Schools)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4228-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 03/31/2009; goal: To begin rethinking how to prepare Miami-Dade Public School students for the 21st century by providing a planning grant that will create the Education Council of International Cities.
City Connect Detroit (Earmark: City Connect Detroit)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4235-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To help develop and guide a collaborative of Knight grantees in the key Northend neighborhood by supporting a skilled coordinating organization.
New World Symphony (Earmark: New World Symphony)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4241-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To enhance Miami's cultural landscape by partially underwriting the direct costs associated with the engagement of more than 30 guest artists and conductors during the symphony's 20th Anniversary Season.
Fort Wayne Central Improvement Foundation (Earmark: Fort Wayne Central Improvement Foundation)41,000.002562--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4250-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To enhance the ability of the community foundation to work in the digital world by supporting a wireless network and video-conferencing equipment in its building.
The Arts League of Michigan (Earmark: Design Detroit Initiative)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4271-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To help launch the signature Design Detroit Initiative by providing a planning grant to the key coordinating group.
College Summit (Earmark: College Summit)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4301-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To test an innovative program aimed at getting more high school kids to college by providing seed funding for three high schools in Miami-Dade County, with 1,000 seniors benefiting.
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Earmark: Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4303-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To prepare for diverse new residents and to renew work with Native Americans by transforming Aberdeen into a welcoming community that connects newcomers to education, business, government, and human services.
Independent Television Service (Earmark: ITS: One Water)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4139-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2009; goal: To develop a new global network of public broadcasters that will coordinate worldwide release of "One Water'' and other works produced by the Knight Center for International Media.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: Tuesday Musical Association)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4188-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To honor the memory of the Knight brothers' mother through support of the Clara I. Knight Scholarship Endowment Fund at the Tuesday Musical Association.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: The Detroit Institute of Arts)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4220-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 03/31/2011; goal: To help the Detroit Institute of Arts transform its relationship to audiences by supporting a pilot project using a PDA (personal digital assistant) to deliver information about exhibits.
The Pennsylvania State University (Earmark: Pennsylvania State University)245,000.00904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4253-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To build a more effective bond between the university and the community by instituting "AlcoholEdu" an innovative program aimed at curbing alcohol use among Penn State students.
Please Touch Museum (Earmark: Please Touch Museum)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4273-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 01/31/2011; goal: To re-open one of Philadelphia's great historic structures as a centerpiece for the revitalization of Fairmount Park by supporting the launch of the Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall.
Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County (Earmark: Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4277-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To strengthen a key neighborhood's Internet and digital access capability by helping expand a successful pilot to a Community Technical Center.
The Reinvestment Fund (Earmark: The Reinvestment Fund)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4284-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To create a radical new vision for Camden by developing and presenting to the governor of New Jersey a plan for reconnecting the city to its most valuable asset, the Delaware River waterfront.
Hands on Miami (Earmark: Hands on Miami)205,000.001025--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4300-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 09/30/2011; goal: To enhance the ranks of Miami's civic leaders by launching and developing an alumni network for Silver Knight award recipients.
Bradenton Downtown Development Authority (Earmark: Bradenton Downtown Development Authority)234,000.00955--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4309-- Grant period: 12/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To help form a broad-based, lead cultural organization through support of the Bradenton Culture and Business Alliance.
George Washington University (Earmark: George Washington University)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4199-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 07/30/2008; goal: To complete a new approach to starting student media by establishing Media Clubs in Philadelphia.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: ASNE Foundation)160,000.001252--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4215-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 11/01/2008; goal: To create a new First Amendment awareness campaign and strengthen national Sunshine Week in 2008 This grant will increase the number of participants in Sunshine Week 2008. Public officials will be asked for their positions on open government and the First Amendment, their views posted on the popular web site, SunshineWeek.org. Partnerships will include radio, television and the web. A prominent personality who will be national spokesperson. Sunshine Week began in 2005 as an annual event to celebrate the importance of open government and free expression during the week of the March 16 birthday of James Madison, fourth president of the United States and author of the Bill of Rights. The American Society of Newspaper Editors is raising an endowment that will make the week a permanent part of the journalism landscape. In addition to strengthening Sunshine Week, this grant will help ASNE’s First Amendment Committee research and develop a campaign to spread First Amendment awareness more generally. These projects came about after a steep drop in public support for the First Amendment and a rollback of Freedom of Information laws nationally in the wake of the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
The Enterprise Center (Earmark: The Enterprise Center)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4221-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To strengthen the impact of regional universities and health care institutions on distressed communities by expanding the University Purchasing Initiative.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: Miami Dade College Foundation)6,210.003721--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4263-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 11/01/2008; goal: For the Patrick de Bokay dinner event in an effort to promote awareness and support for the film festival among key civic leaders.
Internews (Earmark: Internews)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4248-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 11/01/2008; goal: To provide reporting tools for journalists covering Burma's military crackdown.
Chez Panisse Foundation (Earmark: Chez Panisse Foundation)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4262-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 11/01/2008; goal: For general operating support.
Philadelphia's Children First Fund (Earmark: Philadelphia's Children First Fund)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4198-- Grant period: 11/01/2007 - 06/30/2010; goal: To complete the merging of Philadelphia's new Media Clubs into the regular operations of the school district.
North Carolina Open Government Coalition (Earmark: North Carolina Open Government Coalition)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4135-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 06/30/2011; goal: For a challenge grant to raise a permanent endowment The N.C. Open Government Coalition is a relatively new group, formed in 2004 by a broad alliance of groups to promote public access to government records, meetings and activities. A start-up grant from the National Freedom of Information Coalition, a Knight grantee, provided seed money for what had been a state volunteer organization. This grant is expected to help the North Carolina Open Government Coalition raise an endowment of $500,000 to $750,000. The $25,000 in annual interest income from the endowment is expected to permanently fund a part-time executive director to organize programs, build membership, hold yearly state conferences and publish educational materials. The board leadership and members will focus on coalition-building and fund raising. Ultimately, this grant aims to raise public awareness of the importance of open government in a democracy.
The Ohio State University Foundation (Earmark: The Ohio State University)177,300.001220--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4151-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To train journalists to do in-depth public affairs reporting with digital media skills During January through June in 2008 and 2009, a total of four leading journalists will be Knight Digital Media and Public Affairs Fellows in the Kiplinger Program. Newsrooms will publish/air the fellows’ digital media projects and use them as examples for other journalists who want to learn multimedia storytelling. Fellows will share what they learned with colleagues and provide training and assistance in producing effective projects. It’s expected that newsrooms will offer returning fellows opportunities to pursue more high-quality, multimedia public affairs projects. Ultimately, this grant will result in Kiplinger revamping its program to focus on digital reporting on public affairs. The Kiplinger Program at Ohio State agrees to continue the digital media emphasis after the grant term is over. This grant is part of a series helping training programs adapt to the digital revolution in news.
Fund For Our Economic Future (Earmark: Fund For Our Economic Future)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4174-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To advance the success of a collaborative aimed at changing Northeast Ohio's economic agenda by enhancing a key executive's compensation package.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Aspen Institute)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4196-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 03/31/2008; goal: To support the Aspen Institute's Congressional Program on U.S. Policy in Latin Affairs including immigration.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)625,000.00397--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4214-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To field-test the concept of establishing free universal wireless in Knight communities by implementing the first phase of the Akron Community Wireless project.
Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation (Earmark: Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4219-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To advance post-Katrina progress by providing operating and capital support to a key organization whose strategy is effective and equitable rebuilding of the housing stock.
Smithsonian Institution (Earmark: Smithsonian Institute: Star-Spangled Banner Project)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4226-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 01/31/2009; goal: For the Star-Spangled Banner campaign.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4240-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/01/2008; goal: For sponsorship of the 7th Annual Women's Leadership Breakfast with keynote speaker Pat Mitchell.
MinnPost (Earmark: MinnPost)380,000.00558--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4294-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/01/2008; goal: To provide additional funding to MinnPost through an anonymous donor.
Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Earmark: IAPA: Impunity Project)2,500,000.0099--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4120-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2012; goal: To broaden the Impunity project to judges and lawmakers, making the unpunished killing of Latin American journalists "everybody's problem" The Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, also known as the Inter American Press Association Press Institute, has defended freedom of the press in the Americas for more than half a century. In the 1990s, the association convinced leaders throughout the hemisphere to sign the Declaration of Chapultepec in support of free expression. At the time journalists were killed in Latin America and South America with an impunity rate of 100 percent, meaning that every murdered escaped without arrest, prosecution, conviction or imprisonment. IAPA began to develop an Impunity campaign, a successful combination of rapid response teams that investigate murders, coverage of the crimes and letter to local authorities, a hemisphere-wide advertising campaign and visits to heads of state. After a year of study, IAPA has determined that the next best phase for this campaign would be to expand its campaign for arrests to be made in the murders of journalists by making impunity “everybody’s problem.” The project would be expanded by organizing forums and meetings with judges and lawmakers in countries where there is the greatest likelihood that policy and legal changes […].
MinnPost (Earmark: MinnPost)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4203-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To help launch a new kind of "digital daily,'' a quality nonprofit online news organization serving the state of Minnesota MinnPost is a new not-for-profit enterprise, whose mission is to publish a new, high-quality daily news report online and to develop a sustainable business model for quality journalism. In many cities, daily newspapers are cutting back staff as advertising dollars move to other media. Critics argue that these dailies are getting less serious, less ambitious, less courageous and far less comprehensive. The digital revolution is causing “creative destruction’’ of the economics of metropolitan daily newspapers and network television. This grant will help launch a new kind of “digital daily,’’ a quality nonprofit online news organization serving the state of Minnesota and enable them to help launch and support activities for 15 months. MinnPost has a combination of ad revenue, foundation support and membership donations. It is an experiment in a new nonprofit business model for quality journalism.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)3,300,000.0065--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4205-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; goal: To transform the way Charlotte addresses critical issues by expanding a tested scenario planning model into a vehicle for redefining civic values, changing decision-making models and strengthening social networks.
Levine Museum of the New South (Earmark: Levine Museum of the New South)400,000.00532--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4206-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 03/31/2010; goal: To stimulate a community conversation around the multiple cultural traditions in Charlotte through the Newcomer Project.
Louisiana State University and A & M College (Earmark: LSU: Multicultural Student Leadership Conference)35,000.002668--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4232-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 01/31/2009; goal: To increase multicultural journalism education through a conference that will create a best practices book and a popular web site This project will create a best practices book on journalism and mass communication schools with the greatest record of success in understanding and teaching about news and newsroom diversity. The book will have recommendations on how to implement similar programs at other schools, and be a resource guide for programs interested in improving their diversity records. About 2,000 copies of the book will be sent to journalism schools and professional journalism organizations. The book also will be posted on the Manship School of Mass Communication’s web site, Mass Communicating: the Forum on Media Diversity (www.masscommunicating.lsu.edu). It is expected that the project will increase the teaching of media diversity in U.S. journalism schools and help develop a Rainbow School Network, a consortium of schools that will work together nationally on behalf of diversity. Ultimately, this grant aims to increase diversity in newsrooms and in news coverage.
Miami-Dade Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Miami-Dade Public Library Project L.E.A.D.)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4258-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/01/2008; goal: To benefit Project L.E.A.D. at the 25th Anniversary of Books & Books celebration.
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund (Earmark: Northeast Entrepreneur Fund Inc)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4115-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 11/30/2017; goal: To invigorate the region's economy through long-term support of an initiative aiming to accelerate the supply and skills of local entrepreneurs.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Impunity Project experiments)550,000.00433--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4122-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 09/30/2009; goal: To test Impunity Project experiments in Russia and the Philippines Founded in 1981, the Committee to Protect Journalists is the world’s leading monitor of abuses against journalists. As a leader, CPJ stays current on the best work of other organizations. It has been impressed with the highly structured project by the Inter American Press Association to fight “impunity’’ for those who would kill journalists. The decade-long IAPA Impunity campaign has produced more than 75 convictions in cases of the murder of journalists, and changed national laws to remove statues of limitations and provide federal prosecution for those who would kill human rights workers, journalists, judges and other people working for civil society. CPJ studied impunity worldwide and chose very different countries, Russia and the Philippines, to test techniques pioneered by IAPA. During the next two years, CPJ will raise the public profile of impunity in Russia and the Philippines by campaigning for arrests to be made in the murders of journalists and investigating and publishing information about the deaths of journalists and missing journalists. As a result, the level of impunity in those countries – now among the highest in the world – is expected to go down. Further expansions […].
National Public Radio (Earmark: National Public Radio)1,500,000.00200--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4204-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 03/31/2010; goal: To help NPR move itself from a public radio company to a public media company NPR is the nation’s largest source of quality radio news. In 2005, Knight gave NPR a $250,000 planning grant to enhance local news capacity. That spurred the system to work with its member stations to devise a plan to set up local news “hubs” around the country, which it is now phasing in. But NPR’s news issues have become even more pressing. Though its on-air programs have grown in popularity this past decade to reach nearly 27 million listeners each week – a 40 percent increase over the past five years – the rate of growth is slowing. To add to its reach, NPR is making a major push in the area of digital technology. During this grant, about 600 NPR staff will be trained in its new audio production and content management system. Additionally, up to 40 NPR senior managers, leaders and training staff will learn how to transform the NPR newsroom for the digital future; and about 400 NPR reporters, producers, editors and other staff will have completed multimedia skills training. It’s expected that NPR staff will learn how to gain understanding of […].
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Earmark: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4208-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase achievement in Miami-Dade schools through expansion of an innovative and in-demand program that teaches entrepreneurship.
Breakthrough Miami (Earmark: Breakthrough Miami)3,250,000.0067--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4209-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 08/31/2012; goal: To bring a significant number of talented but disadvantaged minority middle schoolers to high school graduation and beyond by expanding the proven Breakthrough program using a "cluster" strategy.
Silicon Valley Education Foundation (Earmark: Silicon Valley Education Foundation)1,729,240.00177--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4217-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To bring forth "innovators of tomorrow" from within Silicon Valley's fragmented education system by supporting a center to set curricula and engage the private sector as active partners.
World Press Freedom Committee (Earmark: Pre-Olympic China information study)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4222-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2008; goal: For a conference and major web campaign about China's information control before the 2008 Beijing Olympics The World Press Freedom Committee monitors threats to press freedom in the United Nations system and other major intergovernmental organizations. It promotes a common front against press restrictions through the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, and works to ensure that press freedom is a primary consideration for the future of news on the Internet. This grant will support a two-day conference in Paris, to examine freedom of expression in China, in advance of the Beijing Olympics. The 50 participants, including sports journalists, editors and photographers, are expected to learn about China’s methods of information control so they are better prepared to cover the Beijing Olympics. The committee’s web site will make conference material widely known, especially among the thousands of sports writers who will be attending the Olympics. This grant aims to make China’s internet and other censorship practices more widely known.
Public Interest Projects (Earmark: Public Interest Projects)4,750.003790--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4230-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/01/2008; goal: For 2007 General Operating Support for Public Interest Projects' Funders' Committee for Civic Participation.
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Earmark: Stanford University)90,000.001834--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4101-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 03/31/2009; goal: For a strategic plan to increase the impact of the John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists This one-time grant will determine how this longtime fellowship program can change to reflect the news industry’s digital transformation. Fellowships will be completed by spring 2008. It is expected that the fellowships will be restructured with an increased emphasis on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. The fellowships will explore requiring action plans from program applicants, as well as ways to collaborate with the Knight Digital Media Center at U.C. Berkeley and University of Southern California, News University, the Knight Citizen News Network, J-Lab and other Knight digital media grantees and the International Center for Journalists, which recently restructured the Knight International Journalism Fellowships.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas)1,600,000.00187--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4117-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 08/31/2011; goal: To refocus the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas as a digital media center In 2002, Rosental Alves, former executive editor of Brazil’s most prestigious newspaper, launched the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. During the past five years, the center has trained thousands of journalists, using distance learning to extend its training; created a trilingual web site in English, Spanish and Portuguese; helped create self-sustaining professional journalism groups in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia; formed the Austin Forum, a network of journalists’ organizations; and helped form a new national organization of investigative reporters in Colombia. This grant will help Alves will lead journalists into the 21st century by teaching great journalists the latest digital techniques, and also by using the latest digital techniques to teach great journalism throughout the Americas. This grant will enable the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas to expand its digital media work while raising funds for a fifth year of operation and to study the feasibility of an endowment. By the end of the grant, the center will have directly trained 2,200 journalists through nine innovative seminars or workshops that mix online and on-the-ground training, 35 moderated online training […].
Center for Nonprofit Excellence (Earmark: Center for Nonprofit Excellence)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4173-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To help Akron's nonprofits undergo generational leadership change by supporting a key center whose purpose is a higher performing nonprofit sector.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: CEOs for Cities)71,400.002031--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4182-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To develop a succinct, non-technical summary of theories of urban success that urban leaders can use to better understand the challenges they face and establish a basis for the policies they undertake.
Florida International University (Earmark: Florida International University)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4190-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To increase the health awareness of Miami children by helping fund a "Fun & Fit as a Family Weekend" as part of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
Gulf Coast Business Council (Earmark: Gulf Coast Business Council)2,768,000.0090--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4218-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To advance post-Katrina progress by strengthening a pivotal leadership group's operations and providing capital support for an innovative nonprofit center to be named for the Knight Foundation.
Proteus Fund (Earmark: Proteus Fund Inc)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4237-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 02/28/2008; goal: To support the Democracy Agenda Project.
Area Partnership for Economic Expansion (APEX) (Earmark: APEX)90,000.001834--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4016-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase the region's capacity for economic development by providing operating support to a key organization that offers business consulting services.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)3,815,000.0054--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4155-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2010; goal: To advance journalism excellence and free expression worldwide through a redesigned, high-impact, project-based Knight International Journalism Fellowship program The International Center for Journalists was founded in 1984 to improve journalism in nations that have little or no tradition of independent media. ICFJ became Knight’s number one journalism grantee when the foundation created the Knight International Press Fellowships. Over the years, Americans traveled abroad to improve the skills of more than 30,000 journalists worldwide, along with exchanges, training seminars, workshops and conferences. This grant will redesign the project to focus on high-impact, innovative projects around the world. The fellows are expected to produce measurable results of transformational change. Projects should be designed to produce lasting, visible impact. Editors participating in the International Journalism Exchange and those who attend the World Editors Forum will create and implement action plans to transform their news organizations. The ultimate goal of this work is to raise journalism standards and increase free expression worldwide.
Northspan Group Incorporated (Earmark: Northspan Group Incorporated)90,000.001834--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4170-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase the region's capacity for economic development by upgrading an online regional economic and business database.
Our Pledge (Earmark: Our Pledge, Inc.)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4184-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 04/01/2010; goal: To assist in the start-up of an organization that will focus on a national campaign to encourage immigrants to integrate into the fabric of American cultural and civic life.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Public Schools)1,820,000.00169--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4187-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2011; goal: To scale up the school system's ability to educate a large, diverse, often-disadvantaged student body by increasing parental involvement through expansion of The Parent Academy.
Trustees of Davidson College (Earmark: Davidson College)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4207-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 10/31/2008; goal: To support a transformational model program at Davidson College to eliminate student debt through increased scholarships and work-study.
1stACT Silicon Valley (Earmark: 1st ACT Silicon Valley)3,515,000.0060--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4216-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a new sense of place in Silicon Valley by supporting an initiative that uses the lens of creativity to bring the future into focus and inspire physical and cultural improvements.
Gallup (Earmark: Gallup, Inc.)2,371,000.00121--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4223-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 02/28/2010; goal: To add an additional indicator to all Knight communities that can measure residents level of civic engagement and provide an indicator of their potential economic vitality which can then inform civic and philanthropic investments.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)350,000.00574--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4239-- Grant period: 10/01/2007 - 02/28/2008; goal: To plan and design the creation of a Knight Center for universal access and broadband innovation.
Queens University of Charlotte (Earmark: Al Jazeera English Research Project)59,840.002163--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4165-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 12/31/2008; goal: To study whether Al Jazeera's English programming increases cross-cultural dialogue and understanding This one-time grant will support sample surveys and interviews in Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the United States, the countries that watch Al-Jazeera English the most, to analyze the demographics, world views and cultural attitudes of AJE’s viewers. A summary of the findings will be produced and distributed via the Internet. It is expected that this grant will determine whether viewers of Al-Jazeera English have different perceptions of the United States, international events and a more global world view. Additionally, this grant aims to increase cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, lessening the likelihood of conflict. Al-Jazeera English is generally unavailable on cable TV.
Wireless Philadelphia (Earmark: Wireless Philadelphia)135,000.001454--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4191-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/30/2011; goal: To begin bridging the digital divide by creating a comprehensive digital inclusion program in the city which has pioneered wireless access.
Philadelphia Youth Network (Earmark: Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc.)230,000.00959--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4192-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/01/2009; goal: To reinvent how Philadelphia addressees concurrent crises of idle youth, low labor force participation, and a rising high school dropout rate by facilitating an extensive plan to reform, expand, and finance Career and Technical Education in the schools.
Suburban Newspapers of America Foundation (Earmark: Suburban Newspapers of America Foundation)180,000.001205--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4178-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 08/31/2009; goal: To move suburban and community newspapers into the digital world by developing e-learning classes, in collaboration with News University SNA Foundation, collaborating with News University, will develop up to three e-learning classes designed specifically for suburban and community journalists. The self-directed courses and webinars will train them how to extend their print content to the web. Possible classes include: covering breaking news online for weekly print publications; how to produce web-first content; how to blog professionally; covering town meetings to engage readers in the story beyond the facts; and building social networks in local communities. The classes will be promoted and a virtual local journalism community will be developed. It is expected that journalists will learn how to cover breaking news and local newspaper web sites will become more interactive with their readers. As of Jan. 1, 2008, News University had 60,000 registered users.
Seraphic Fire (Earmark: Seraphic Fire Chamber Orchestra)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4201-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/30/2009; goal: To broaden Miami's cultural offerings by presenting four concerts by the newly formed Seraphic Fire Chamber Orchestra.
Tides Center (Earmark: PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Bloggers)120,000.001521--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4211-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/01/2008; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To speed digital news innovation by creating an "idea lab" within the PBS MediaShift web site for Knight News Challenge winners.
Summit County Chapter - Ohio Music Teachers Association (Earmark: Summit County Chapter - Ohio Music Teachers Association)52,200.002194--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4070-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To support the replacement of the Steinway grand piano donated to the Akron-Summit County Main Library in 1969 by Mr. and Mrs. John S. Knight.
University of Montana Foundation (Earmark: University of Montana: Reznet)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4146-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 08/31/2009; goal: To expand Reznet into a multimedia Native news site and integrate multimedia into all its training University of Montana professor Dennis McAuliffe, Jr. is a leader in journalism education for Native Americans. He created Reznet, which trains Native American journalism students while paying them to work on Reznet’s online news site, and requiring them to apply for internships. While the mainstream media continues to struggle with the lack of diversity in its newsrooms, an even greater void exists in the online journalism world. The web site, www.reznetnews.org will be enhanced, making it more interactive with user-generated content and social networking, and will be promoted virally and through other means. To change that they will integrate more multimedia into Reznet’s training and by doing so, help what was once an online “school paper’’ evolve into a mainstream multimedia Native news site.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: The Paley Center for Media)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4193-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008; goal: To hold a series of meetings to explore alternative economic models for independent documentaries and other investigative journalism The digital revolution, which is strengthening ease of production in documentary video, might provide better ways to distribute and pay for documentaries. This grant will enable the Paley Center for Media to hold three forums in New York to explore ways to expand the reach and effectiveness of documentaries. The first forum will bring together a group of foundations that support documentaries on social issues with the goal of exploring how they can collaborate. The second forum will convene media companies that broadcast documentaries, as well as Internet companies and other production and content distributors. The third forum will convene representatives of the creative community, journalists and leading documentary filmmakers and producers. Participants will discuss the potential of new funding and distribution models that were identified during the first two forums. By holding these forums, it is expected to create a new fund or a new model to support documentary films and distribution; an agreement to explore topics that receive little coverage; and an agreement on better and more targeted marketing using technology to engage audiences. The grant aims to expand the […].
Columbus State University (Earmark: Columbus State University)75,500.001909--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4194-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 01/31/2008; goal: To reinforce Columbus' successful record of civic vision by supporting a community-wide education campaign on redevelopment powers and Tax Allocation Districts.
Philadelphia Academies (Earmark: Philadelphia Academies, Inc.)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4197-- Grant period: 09/01/2007 - 09/30/2011; goal: To strengthen Philadelphia's response to concurrent crises of idle youth, low labor force participation, and rising dropout rates by expanding the innovative Industry Pipeline Initiative.
Philadelphia's Children First Fund (Earmark: Philadelphia's Children First Fund)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4137-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2008; goal: To launch the first phase of merging Philadelphia's new Media Clubs into the regular ongoing operations of the school district This is a companion to the George Washington University grant. Philadelphia’s Children First Fund is an independent nonprofit established by the School District of Philadelphia in 2003. It improves and enhances academic performance through district-approved programs. Through this grant, a full-time program manager will help create a total of 24 after-school media clubs by the end of the 2007-08 school year. Some 400 students will participate, using the Internet to produce student media seen by thousands. A new journalism course will be developed during the grant period and piloted during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic school years. After the grant period, the school district will integrate the journalism course into the high school curriculum and starting with the 2011-12 school year, the course will be offered to all 69 high schools. The George Washington and Philadelphia projects came about after a national survey funded in 2004 by Knight Foundation showed three quarters of America’s high school students said they did not know their First Amendment rights, or took them for granted, and that some 40 percent of the nation’s high […].
Public Interest Productions (Earmark: News Challenge Bloggers)136,000.001451--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4159-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2009; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For a public education campaign to highlight community news innovation, featuring the Knight News Challenge winners Ten winners of the first year News Challenge were awarded $15,000 each through Public Interest Productions, to blog about their media innovation subject areas.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Aspen Institute)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4167-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To help leading mainstream business media understand the importance and value of shifting toward a more strategic long term economic strategy.
University of Missouri Columbia (Earmark: University of Missouri Columbia)105,000.001588--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4175-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To study how the effectiveness of online-only news sources compares with online sites of traditional news organizations This project brings together the nation’s top experts in content analysis from three well-known journalism schools with a leader in the field of online news audience research. Esther Thorson, acting dean at the University of Missouri-Columbia and director of research for the Reynolds Journalism Institute there, is directing this project. During this grant, an academic team, led by the University of Missouri School of Journalism, will develop a comprehensive description of alternative community news models in the United States. The variety of new digital media news sites in 52 cities will be analyzed for the type of stories they cover, to create a more complete picture of the scope and quality of emerging digital news in these cities. The final report from the project would provide a more comprehensive picture of alternative community news innovations.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Community Foundation of Central Georgia)32,750.002940--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4176-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/31/2009; goal: To strengthen civic engagement at a key point in Macon's history through support of a broad-based initiative to increase citizen awareness of issues and candidates in the 2007 elections.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4179-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2008; goal: To assist the nation's main provider of information about the philanthropic process by providing general operating support in 2007.
George Washington University (Earmark: George Washington University)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4131-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2010; goal: To launch the first phase of a new approach to starting student media by establishing Media Clubs in Philadelphia Retired Washington Post columnist Dorothy Gilliam is working with The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs to improve high school journalism. With Knight grants, GW developed the Prime Movers program, recruiting more experienced journalists, especially women and people of color, in partnership with young ones, to start or revitalize high school media, especially in schools with high populations of students of color. This grant will bring to a total 24 the number of media clubs created in Philadelphia high schools. Participating students will be taught by teachers trained by the Prime Movers program and mentored by Prime Mover-trained professional journalists and interns from Temple University’s School of Communications. It is expected that this program will create motivated mentors, get high school students of color interested in journalism careers and help retain young journalists in newsrooms, especially women and people of color.
Bay Area Video Coalition (Earmark: PBS Mediashift Idealab)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4152-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a section of the PBS MediaShift blog devoted to community news experiments.
1stACT Silicon Valley (Earmark: 1st ACT Silicon Valley)125,000.001480--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4185-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 07/31/2008; goal: To help launch a new vision for Silicon Valley by supporting development of a focused plan aimed at making downtown San Jose a more viable, fun and pedestrian-friendly place.
Mississippi Main Street Association (Earmark: Mississippi Main Street Association)65,000.002075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4027-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2008; goal: To capture the opportunity for Gulfport to move its post-Katrina recovery forward by supporting a master revitalization plan for the historic downtown.
Marshall University Research Corporation (Earmark: Marshall University Research Corporation)15,000.003439--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4161-- Grant period: 08/01/2007 - 08/01/2008; goal: To create a blog on covering nonprofits for Knight training alumni Professor Burnis Morris directs a program at Marshall University to train journalists how to cover nonprofits. Journalists and the public know little about nonprofits and philanthropy. Yet the U.S. nonprofit sector is the sixth largest economy in the world, with assets of $1.76 trillion. This grant will enable Professor Burnis Morris to create and run the first blog for journalists who cover nonprofits and philanthropy issues. Alumni from training courses at the University of Maryland’s Knight Center for Specialized Journalism will participate.
University of Miami (Earmark: World Equestrian Games Planning)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4171-- Grant period: 07/03/2007 - 08/31/2008; goal: To prepare Lexington, Ky., for the 2010 World Equestrian Games by bringing together stakeholders to identify projects with enduring significance for the community's physical character and quality of life.
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board (Earmark: Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board Inc)535,000.00440--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4149-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; goal: To improve Philadelphia's educational attainment rankings and workforce competitiveness by systematically re-enrolling college drop-outs through the launch of Graduate! Philadelphia (G!P).
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: Civic Leadership Pilot Project)550,000.00433--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4157-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2008; goal: To position the Long Beach Community Foundation as a civic leader by asking it to identify opportunities and issue grants on Knight Foundation’s behalf. The Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) became an independent entity in 2006. Knight Foundation, one of LBCF’s founders, has a long and close relationship with the group. As part of a pilot project, this grant enables the Long Beach foundation to continue acting as Knight’s grant-making agent. The LBCF, in turn, will continue to play a key civic leadership role and promote the Connected Corridor project, which aims to develop Long Beach’s Atlantic Avenue into a vibrant thoroughfare.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)1,717,000.00178--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4163-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 06/30/2010; goal: To develop innovative strategies for community challenges by linking civic leaders and social entrepreneurs and to develop an on-line strategy for accelerating the social entrepreneurship movement.
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank (Earmark: Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4008-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To restructure completely the system of food distribution to the needy by supporting the renovation of a massive warehouse and trucking facility.
Pro-Literacy Detroit (Earmark: Pro-Literacy Detroit)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4134-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To connect a critical segment of the Detroit work force to job opportunities through support of an innovative pilot project that uses Internet-based literacy and training programs.
The Franklin Institute (Earmark: The Franklin Institute)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4145-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To create momentum for a set of initiatives that transform the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a destination cultural campus by supporting the physical expansion of one of the Parkway's signature institutions.
TCC Group (Earmark: Journalism Training)450,000.00507--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4068-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; goal: To train journalism leaders and strengthen their nonprofit professional groups The TCC Group is a 25-year-old for-profit management consulting firm that works with funders and nonprofit organizations. During the next two years, this project will strengthen from 24 to 28 journalism and nonprofit groups, selected by Knight and a partnership of three other funders, by building their organizational and fund-raising capacity through technical assistance and capacity and challenge grants. These groups will include a mix of those working in Knight priority areas. By the end of the grant period, it is expected that each of the organizations will have strengthened its leadership, increased its organizational capacity and diversified its sources of funding, particularly from individuals, to promote greater sustainability. TCC will analyze their strengths and results and document success stories. Ultimately, the project hopes to strengthen these groups, which have been an important part of the professionalism of journalism in the United States.
Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (Earmark: Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop)531,500.00442--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4116-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/01/2012; goal: To develop a cadre of young minority leaders by revamping a one-week summer workshop into an intense year-long leadership development, personal growth and cultural arts experience.
WNYC Radio (Earmark: Taking Radio 'Out of the Box')600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4081-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 01/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To improve a city's awareness of its arts and culture by bringing more diverse voices to WNYC public radio using a new type of interactive web site To improve a city’s awareness of its arts and culture by bringing more diverse voices to WNYC public radio using a new type of interactive web site. WNYC will use social networking and social engagement tools to “take radio out of the box” and change it from a one-way to a multi-directional conversation. WNYC will create a new portal for cultural news, trends and events, using the tools of e-mail, audio, video, live events, user-initiated meet-ups and social networking. It will create an interactive, noncommercial, social networking platform built around users’ interest in cultural events. It will give listeners an ownership stake in the development of content, while also sharing its expertise with the audience. WNYC will partner with several dozen cultural organizations in NYC, including The New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, The Met Opera Guild, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, Carnegie Hall, Studio Museum of Harlem, Queens Museum, Museo del Barrio, Asia Society, and Harlem Chamber of Commerce. WNYC will work with many smaller community-based arts and […].
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)2,800,000.0089--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4136-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2012; goal: To speed the news industry's digital transformation by increasing the number and impact of multimedia workshops offered by the Knight Digital Media Center News leaders agree that the fundamentals of journalism – who a journalist is, what a story and a new medium are, and why we interact with audiences the way we do – have been upended. Journalists need to be able to make the leap to a web-first, web-centric environment. And they also need to bring along with them the fair, accurate, contextual search for the truth that defines their role in democracy. The new demand for this work offers new opportunities for the Knight Digital Media Center to leverage change in the industry. This grant will help to expand their multimedia training workshops, add new seminars on emerging technology and increase both distance-learning and on-site training for newsrooms. All activities will be marketed and branded under the banner of the Knight Digital Media Center. Program participants will return to their newsrooms with multimedia storytelling skills; an understanding of digital technology; an ability to teach others and a new mindset that will make them leaders in making the transformational changes newsrooms need to survive and thrive in the […].
Camillus House (Earmark: Camillus House)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4153-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2012; goal: To scale Miami's effective response to homelessness to include the chronically homeless through support of a new facility whose work, combined with the proven success of other institutions, would bring Miami closer to the ideal of ending homelessness.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)24,650.003245--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4177-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 06/30/2008; goal: To bolster philanthropic standards and leadership in South Florida by providing general operating support to the key organization engaged in such work.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)2,400,000.00118--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4138-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To speed the news industry's digital transformation by increasing the leadership workshops and special topic seminars offered by the Knight Digital Media Center With this grant, the Knight Digital Media Center will speed the news industry’s digital transformation by increasing its leadership workshops and special topic seminars. The center will reach 100 journalists directly with its new work. They, in turn, will change newsrooms populated by thousands of other journalists and change media seem by millions of Americans. Specifically, center alumni will learn how to gain understanding of how to better cover news online, and gain tools for managing change and transformation in newsrooms.
Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (Earmark: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties)507,584.00450--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4150-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 01/01/2009; goal: To test the concept of a community foundation providing grant support services to Knight Foundation by having the community foundation serving Palm Beach take on this role for the balance of 2007, with an emphasis on civic leadership.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)653,000.00387--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4158-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 03/31/2011; goal: To work in conjunction with New Profit, Inc. to produce the research, evaluation and Harvard case studies on the three city pilot projects to enhance urban public problem solving by social entrepreneurs.
Community Futures Collective (Earmark: Community Futures Collective)1,000.003817--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4180-- Grant period: 07/01/2007 - 07/01/2008; goal: For the Common Grounds Collective of New Orleans in memory of John Melancon.
Generation Engage (Earmark: Generation Engage)246,300.00899--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4166-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 03/31/2009; goal: To engage Charlotte-area young adults in the democratic process by launching an innovative program that brings political figures to their attention using a variety of technologies.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Oakland Jazz Scene Game)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4084-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 06/30/2008; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To complete the development and public launch of the game "Saving 7th Street: The Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs" Re-creating Oakland’s once vibrant jazz and blues club scene as an online video game and virtual world. The game will allow players to experience the club scene as it was in its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, before it fell victim to redevelopment schemes and urban decay. Goals: “Reconnecting residents of a community to their history and cultural heritage through video game technology and storytelling.”.
Tides Center (Earmark: Placeblogger)222,000.00993--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4095-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To make it easier for people to find hyperlocal news and information about their city or neighborhood through promotion of "universal geotagging" in blogs To make it easier for people to find hyperlocal news and information about their city or neighborhood through promotion of “universal geotagging” in blogs. Goals: “Placeblogger wants to make it so simple to know what’s fresh, interesting and compelling about where you are right now, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.”.
Louisiana State University Foundation (Earmark: LSU: Multicultural Student Leadership Conference)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4080-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 04/30/2008; goal: To increase multicultural journalism education through a conference that will create a best practices book and a popular web site.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Citizen Media Law Project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4086-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a 50-state database that will contain legal actions against citizen journalists, as well as state-specific legal guides The Citizen Media Law Project, a joint venture between Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Center for Citizen Media, is creating a set of online resources for citizen journalists. This will include state and federal legal guides; advice on business formation; and a database of lawsuits, subpoenas and legal threats involving citizen media.
Ithaca College (Earmark: Digital News 'Incubators')230,000.00959--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4091-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create "incubators" at seven academic institutions to foster creative thinking about solutions to digital news problems Create ‘incubators’ at seven academic institutions to foster creative thinking about solutions to digital news problems. The schools are: Michigan State, University of Kansas, Kansas State, Western Kentucky University, Ithaca College, University of Nevada-Las Vegas and St. Michael’s College.
Media Mobilizing Project (Earmark: Media Mobilizing Project of Philadelphia)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4099-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop online digital newscasts for Philadelphia's immigrant community and to distribute them via the new citywide wireless platform Project: To develop online digital newscasts for Philadelphia’s immigrant community and to distribute them via the new citywide wireless platform. Goals: “We aim to utilize Wireless Philadelphia to empower immigrant communities with tools to represent themselves.”.
New York Academy of Medicine (Earmark: New York Academy of Medicine)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4144-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 06/30/2008; goal: To create global agreement of the responsibilities of government and media during disasters that threaten public health.
Citizens Union Foundation (Earmark: NY News Games)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4085-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 09/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To use "news games" to tell stories and engage a nonprofit news organization's audience. Gotham Gazette will produce at least three “news games” each year, for two years. The games will focus on life and problems in New York City. They will put the players into the shoes of decision-makers. Using real information about civic life, each game will show players how key decisions can change the course of a community. The choices individuals make will be tallied and available on the web site. Those choices, as well as players’ ideas and comments, will be presented to relevant public officials for further discussion. Gotham Gazette also will partner with community organizations to hold public forums with citizens, civic leaders, policy experts and city officials to discuss the results. Gotham Gazette will seek assistance from Knight News Challenge gaming experts in New York City, especially the Parsons School of Design, which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in game design. Tentative games are: The Garbage Game, where player have to juggle cost, environmental impact and fairness to find a way to handle the city’s garbage problem. Players will become their household garbage and follow the route it takes. Emergencies, where players will […].
Tides Center (Earmark: Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker)89,874.001850--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4096-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a citizen/professional journalism project using innovative web tools and citizen journalism practices to track Boulder's implementation of a carbon tax Create a citizen/professional journalism project using innovative web tools and citizen journalism practices to track Boulder, Colo.’s, implementation of a carbon tax.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: The School of Journalism and Mass Communication Foundation of North Carolina)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4100-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2008; goal: To expand Knight Chair activities to digital media, and hold an annual high-profile conference to amplify the chair's work.
Editor & Publisher (Earmark: Editor & Publisher's Interactive Media Conference)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4102-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; goal: For a high-profile Interactive Media Conference in Miami during which the winners of the Knight News Challenge will also be announced Executives, editors, and publishers from leading media Web sites at this renowned forum, now in its 20th year, for an in-depth discussion of critical new-media challenges facing traditional media companies. The Interactive Media Conference, hosted by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek, will also feature the 14th-annual EPpy Awards, honoring the best media-company Web sites. Online entry coming soon to www.eppyawards.com.
Michigan State University (Earmark: Michigan State University: Wharton Center)15,000.003439--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4154-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 06/01/2008; goal: To provide underwriting support for the Wharton Center's 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2007.
Artspace Projects (Earmark: Artspace Projects)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4162-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2008; goal: To reinforce the cultural center of downtown Fort Lauderdale by helping complete renovation of 37 live/work artist loft units and an historic school in the nearby Sailboat Bend district.
City Connect Detroit (Earmark: City Connect Detroit)195,000.001175--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4062-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2011; goal: To strengthen the new Office of Neighborhood Investment program set up by Detroit's mayor by supporting a key position that links the city to the philanthropic community.
University of Maryland (Earmark: University of Maryland)70,000.002036--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4130-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 05/31/2008; goal: To study the transition of U.S. journalism schools into the digital future and sponsor a conference to help Chinese media create sustainable business models.
Generation Engage (Earmark: Generation Engage)246,300.00899--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4164-- Grant period: 06/01/2007 - 07/31/2009; goal: To engage San Jose-area young adults in the democratic process by launching an innovative program that brings political figures to their attention using a variety of technologies.
National Constitution Center (Earmark: National Constitution Center)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4140-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/01/2009; goal: To extend the national reach of the Constitution Center's highest profile programs through the Knight Initiative for Civic Education.
Penn Praxis (Earmark: Penn Praxis)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4142-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/01/2008; goal: To foster civic engagement around the re-imagination of the Delaware Waterfront by supporting the development of the web-based journalism tool, www.planphilly.com.
Syracuse University (Earmark: Syracuse University)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4073-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/01/2010; goal: To create a permanently expanding and independent source of federal government information for journalists and citizens by making TRACFED, a database project, self-sustaining.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Earmark: Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4105-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 03/31/2009; goal: To integrate multimedia into all the Maynard Institute's training.
Generation Engage (Earmark: Generation Engage)246,300.00899--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4143-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To engage Miami-area young adults in the democratic process by launching an innovative program that brings political figures to their attention using a variety of technologies.
The Communications Network (Earmark: The Communications Network)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4148-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/31/2009; goal: To provide underwriting support for the annual conference to be held in Miami in 2007, and general operating support to increase organizational capacity.
Duke Student Publishing Company (Earmark: NextNewsRoom Project)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4083-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To plan an "ideal newsroom" for the digital news era Project: The Chronicle staff will plan an “ideal newsroom” for the digital news era and create an online resource for student newspapers and other news organizations looking to bring their facilities up to date with new media trends. Goals: “We want to prepare future generations of journalists and consumers for an era of constantly changing media choices.”.
Duke University (Earmark: Duke University)76,000.001907--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4133-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 05/01/2008; goal: For a high-profile debate of ''trial by media" in the aftermath of the Duke lacrosse case.
Five Freedoms Project (Earmark: Five Freedoms Project)184,550.001196--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4035-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 09/30/2008; goal: To launch a new organization dedicated to bringing First Amendment education to America's schools through web-based lesson plans, Five Freedoms media clubs and a Leadership Academy that will develop a handbook for school leaders.
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Earmark: Playing the News)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4087-- Grant period: 05/01/2007 - 06/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a flexible-format reality-based newsgame that focuses on community issues Playing the News is a news simulation environment which lets citizens play through a complex, evolving news story through interaction with the newsmakers. Goals: “We hope to imagine a new way to compile and display the development of complex news events.” Nora Paul and the Institute for New Media Studies will provide a game prototype that uses community-based “scenario builder” and “dialog builder” tools that will allow community leaders, game makers and journalists to develop games using real community issues. Paul will create guidelines and documentation so that others can more quickly develop issues scenarios for games about their communities. She will blog about the game platform project and will write a final report explaining the process. Specifically, Paul will produce a script for the platform, a functional version of the simulation, a news-scenario-building procedures manual, a technical design document, technology documentation, a website for product building and testing and a user-friendly toolset that allows individuals to easily build news scenarios on the game platform. In addition, she will provide a demonstration version of a game based on the platform. The scenario builder and dialog builder software developed will […].
Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (Earmark: Salzburg Academy Program on Media and Global Change)120,000.001521--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4108-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: To enable students and faculty from journalism schools in Latin America to study how global issues are covered differently in different countries through the new Salzburg Academy Program on Media and Global Change.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4124-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4128-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)54,500.002182--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4126-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)10,550.003575--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4127-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: The Free Library of Philadelphia)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4141-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: To highlight new possibilities that the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has to offer the region, both culturally and economically, by supporting the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs)125,000.001480--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4111-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 06/30/2008; goal: To encourage diverse, young audiences in Miami to attend arts and cultural events by learning how to reach them with messages about performances and discounted tickets.
The Bill of Rights Institute (Earmark: The Bill of Rights Institute: Constitution Day)95,000.001819--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4114-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: To teach young people about First Amendment freedoms by creating a special Constitution Day 2007 newspaper tabloid and online module in partnership with the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)25,205.003074--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4118-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2010; goal: To help the organization achieve its goals of assisting philanthropy in South Florida by providing new office space in Miami.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)24,750.003241--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4125-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
Historic Macon Foundation (Earmark: Historic Macon)700,000.00376--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4050-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 04/30/2012; goal: To advance the revitalization of Macon's linchpin Beall's Hill neighborhood by creating a revolving loan fund and development incentive managed by the Historic Macon Foundation.
Tides Center (Earmark: Everyblock)1,100,000.00253--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4076-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 07/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create, test and release open-source software that links databases to allow citizens of a large city to learn (and act on) civic information about their neighborhood or block With this project, Adrian Holovaty will create 10 city-specific web sites devoted to public records and hyper-local information. They will include the Knight cities of Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Jose and Charlotte. The sites will allow users learn more about life around them. When they type in their address, they will get a page filled with information relevant to that address, including government records, news stories and community discussions. The first five city sites will launch by June 30, 2008. Holovaty will blog and speak at conferences about the process of creating the city databases.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Rising voices)244,000.00913--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4077-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To extend the successful Global Voices project to people from additional communities worldwide Over the past two years, Global Voices has introduced readers around the world to the brilliant, funny, insightful and touching voices of bloggers from developing nations. Rising Voices is our new effort to introduce thousands of new developing world bloggers to the world, helping students, journalists, activists and people from rural areas to the blogosphere. Goals: “It’s becoming clear that the world is listening, so now we’re trying to get new groups of people talking.”.
VillageSoup (Earmark: VillageSoup)885,000.00326--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4088-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 06/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an open-source version of VillageSoup’s successful community news software, combining professional journalism, blogs, citizen journalism, online advertising and “reverse publishing” from online to print. Goals: “Turning independent weekly newspaper companies and entrepreneurs into an imposing, lively, worldwide creative energy that is competitive with media company chains.” Richard Anderson has received $885,000 to rewrite the VillageSoup online publishing platform from its original proprietary software to a new open-source publishing system. It will field-test this system in its existing Times/Citizen newspaper operations and in up to 12 additional communities. After successful field testing and debugging in year two of the grant, it will make this new publishing system available to anyone. VillageSoup launched in 1996 as a for-profit company that developed web applications for local businesses and used news to drive traffic to those sites. A key element of its business model, even back in 1996, was community discussion and user-contributed content. Says Anderson: "Ultimately, the publishing system will be made available to anyone who wants to start a hyper-local news and advertising site. This all-in-one solution will encourage greater citizen journalism.".
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Center for Future Civic Media)5,000,000.0022--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4094-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create new community news products in a major national center with MIT's Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies program With its $5 million Knight News Challenge award to the Media Lab and the Comparative Media Studies Program at the >Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Knight Foundation teams up with one of world's premier technological innovators. MIT will create a Center for Future Civic Media to test and investigate civic media in local communities. The center pairs the technological innovation of the Media Lab with the social and cultural expertise of the Comparative Media Studies Program. "We are moving to a Fifth Estate where everyone is able to pool their knowledge, share experience and expertise, and speak truth to power," says Chris Csikszentmihályi (pronounced Cheek-sent-me-hi), MIT's director of the Computing Culture Research Group, who will lead the center as co-director, together with Henry Jenkins, co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. Says Jenkins: "We now have more than a decade's worth of research into the kinds of online communities which emerge within networked cultures. With this project, we seek to draw on that research to strengthen people's ties to their own local communities." The Center will develop new theories, techniques, […].
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of News Editors Foundation)2,750,000.0091--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4110-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2010; goal: To teach the next generation of journalists, increase student media and improve First Amendment awareness among all high school students by expanding highschooljournalism.org.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)4,000,000.0045--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4119-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 04/30/2010; goal: To expand and deepen a collaborative investment to improve urban neighborhoods in 23 communities.
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (Earmark: Radio and Television News Directors Foundation)1,200,000.00239--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4043-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 05/31/2011; goal: To increase student broadcast media and improve First Amendment awareness among high school students.
Yale University (Earmark: Yale University: Knight Law and Media Scholars)2,500,000.0099--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4072-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 08/31/2010; goal: To train the next generation's leading legal journalists and media lawyers by creating the Knight Law and Media Scholars.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship)552,000.00432--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4082-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 07/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To support the development of media entrepreneurship and the creation of new digital media products through the establishment of a center at Arizona State University To support the development of media entrepreneurship and the creation of new digital media products through the establishment of the Knight-Kauffman Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University. Goals: “Growing a cadre of talented young entrepreneurs trained to harness the promise of emerging technologies, new methods of storytelling and interactivity through innovative new media products for a new generation of news consumers.”.
MTV - Dept of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs (Earmark: Mobile Youth Journalism (08 Election))700,000.00376--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4090-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2009; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To cover a presidential election for young people via mobile media by creating a nationwide Mobile Youth Journalists network and to reuse their video reports on MTV MTV will use its $700,000 Knight News Challenge grant to empower one young person in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cover issues of prime importance to today's youth - such as the environment, the upcoming presidential election and sexual health - as Knight Mobile Youth Journalists. Knight "MyJos" will create weekly video news reports for multimedia distribution, including online and over cell phones, and the most popular reports will be showcased across MTV's platforms. By enabling young adults to report on issues that interest them and distribute those reports on their most commonly used digital mediums, MTV will offer its audience another innovative way to be heard on today's most pressing social and political issues. Goals: "By reporting on the issues most relevant to young adults with new tools of engagement, Knight's 'MyJos' will help mobilize this age group to effect positive social and political change.".
Northwestern University (Earmark: Medill's Graduate Journalism Program)639,000.00391--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4092-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 09/30/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an academic program blending computer science and journalism, designed to fill a staffing void at many digital news sites To create an academic program blending computer science and journalism, designed to fill a staffing void at many digital news sites. By offering scholarships to Medill’s graduate journalism program to people with education and/or expertise in computer programming, the goal is to turn out students who understand both journalism and technology, connect one to another in ways that build audiences and also enhance and protect the civic functions of journalism in a democratic society. Goals: “A democratic society in the digital age needs people who understand both journalism and technology,".
Independence Visitor Center Corporation (Earmark: Independence Visitor Center Corporation)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4109-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 04/30/2012; goal: To fuel the continued growth of Philadelphia as a heritage tourism destination by supporting the complete renovation of the Ben Franklin Underground Museum, thus creating a facility on a par with the best biographical museums in the world.
The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Earmark: The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association)1,151,000.00246--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4074-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2010; goal: To move the Online NewsHour onto a more widely accessible, interactive, multi-platform web site that appeals to younger audiences.
Chi-Town Daily News (Earmark: Chi-Town Daily News)340,000.00589--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4093-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a new, low-cost model for training citizen journalist in every neighborhood of a major city to contribute to a citywide news site The Chi-Town Daily News will recruit and train a network of 75 citizen journalists – one in each Chicago neighborhood. The journalists will work with editors to produce a professional, comprehensive daily local news report. Goals: “A daily online news report written by citizen journalists that has more scope and depth than the coverage you find in many large newspapers.”.
Fund For Our Economic Future (Earmark: Fund For Our Economic Future)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4106-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 05/31/2011; goal: To advance the success of a region-wide collaborative aimed at changing the fundamentals of Northeast Ohio's economic agenda through support of the organization's intensive Phase Two plans.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: New Economy Initiative)10,000,000.006--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4107-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 06/30/2012; goal: To speed the transition of southeast Michigan to a knowledge-based, entrepreneurial, creative economy through support of a broad-based philanthropic collaborative called the New Economy Initiative.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Fellows Initiative)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4121-- Grant period: 03/12/2007 - 04/30/2008; goal: To strengthen the leadership ranks of the Miami region by responding to a challenge that will build an endowment for the acclaimed Miami Fellows Initiative.
University of Miami (Earmark: University of Miami MFA Program)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4132-- Grant period: 03/01/2007 - 03/01/2008; goal: To create a blueprint for a possible Masters in Fine Arts program.
Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami (Earmark: Knight Concert Hall: Miami Performing Arts Center)0.003820--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4104-- Grant period: 03/01/2007 - 03/01/2008; goal: To tell the story of the Knight brothers, their connection to Miami, and why their name is borne by the Knight Concert Hall, through commissioning a bronze bas relief plaque that will be placed at the hall.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: City University of New York)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4044-- Grant period: 03/01/2007 - 03/01/2009; goal: To enable low-income journalism students to get work experience comparable to others through this internship. This internship is an integral part of the curriculum of the new journalism program.
The University of Oklahoma (Earmark: The University of Oklahoma: AEJMC Directory)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4036-- Grant period: 02/01/2007 - 12/31/2010; goal: To create a useful, interactive global directory of journalism schools.
Human Services Coalition of Dade County (Earmark: Human Services Coalition of Dade County)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4103-- Grant period: 02/01/2007 - 02/01/2008; goal: To encourage civic engagement in Miami by publishing a bilingual book of Daniel Shoer Roth's columns for use in the Human Services Coalition's Stories of Truth and Hope project.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Center for Journalists)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4071-- Grant period: 02/01/2007 - 02/01/2008; goal: To start a global business journalism program at Tsinghua University in China.
IC Foundation (Earmark: IC Foundation, Inc.)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4075-- Grant period: 02/01/2007 - 12/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help 21st Century News Challenge Commercial Product winners present their products to venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
William J. Clinton Foundation (Earmark: William J. Clinton Foundation)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4078-- Grant period: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2008; goal: To support the Clinton Global Initiative in 2007.
Jefferson Institute (Earmark: Jefferson Institute)62,000.002095--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4061-- Grant period: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2008; goal: To study the economic value of journalism training internationally and recommend how training centers can sustain themselves.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)7,700.003688--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4098-- Grant period: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
Alliance for Human Services (Earmark: Alliance for Human Services)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4097-- Grant period: 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2008; goal: For 2007 general operating support.
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit dba Detroit Development Fund (Earmark: Detroit Development Fund (aka Shorebank))3,980,000.0052--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4059-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2016; goal: To accelerate neighborhood transformation in Detroit by supporting equity-like developer investments in affordable housing, multi-family rehab, and other projects, and to solidify ShoreBank as a community development agent.
United Way of the Midlands (Earmark: United Way of the Midlands)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4014-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2009; goal: To ensure United Way's civic leadership position in the Columbia area by jump-starting its rebuilding efforts.
National Security Archive Fund (Earmark: National Security Archive Fund)700,000.00376--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4004-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2011; goal: To increase the freedom of flow of information to citizens and journalists by underwriting comprehensive audits that keep pressure on officials to release information in a timely and legal manner.
Focus: HOPE (Earmark: Focus: HOPE)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4067-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2009; goal: To increase the job skills of residents near Focus: HOPE's campus through support of the organization's comprehensive campaign.
Ashoka (Earmark: Ashoka Fellows)3,200,000.0068--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3998-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 11/30/2010; goal: To select 15 promising social entrepreneurs in Knight Communities and to infuse them with the intellectual, financial and social capital required to increase their likelihood of success in their communities To identify and support social entrepreneurs (‘Ashoka Fellows’) around the world whose innovations aim to create systemic social impact by dramatically improving the way people get and use information. The grant created the News and Knowledge program to provide three-year fellowships focused on developing fellow skills and strengthening their networks.
University of Miami (Earmark: Knight International Media Center)3,500,000.0062--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4005-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 01/31/2012; goal: To test, measure and implement new global news techniques at the Knight International Media Center, with two Knight Chairs in residence The University of Miami will establish a new, permanent Knight International Media Center, which will specialize in understanding how news and information crosses borders. Two previously endowed Knight Chairs at the university will be converted to Knight Chairs in residence at the center, specializing in visual journalism and cross-cultural communication. The Knight Chair in Visual Journalism will experiment with the impact of dynamic, multimedia visual communication in film, photography, illustration and graphics. The Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication will take on the cultural issues of getting international groups of journalists to work as teams to cover the world’s most pressing problems. The center will develop demonstration projects that include innovative photojournalism exhibits and a non-verbal documentary, One Water, which shows the state of the world’s water supply. The School of Communication will add new media and global media courses to its curriculum. This project aims to raise awareness worldwide of under-reported stories of global significance.
National Infantry Foundation (Earmark: National Infantry Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4051-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2009; goal: To fuel the revitalization of South Columbus by supporting the National Museum and Heritage Park.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: American Society of News Editors Foundation)1,233,249.00234--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3857-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2011; goal: To increase public awareness of the importance of open government and endow Sunshine Week by creating the Knight First Amendment Fund This grant will help the American Society of Newspaper Editors build the Knight First Amendment Fund to continue “Sunshine Week’’ and help the nation’s leading journalism organization transform into a 21st century organization. Through this project, Sunshine Week, a national educational campaign about the importance of open government, will continue annually through at least 2010, increasing their reach each year. ASNE also will: create a reserve fund for freedom of information issues that come up each year; hold a major conference in January 2007 and others as needed to examine the issue of federal prosecutors and the news process; hire a development person to help raise $3.75 million for a second endowment fund to help ASNE reform its membership, convention and web sites policies to expand its reach among the nation’s 1,500 daily newspapers, and lead and help editors make the transition to multimedia operations.
United Way of Allen County (Earmark: United Way of Allen County)450,000.00507--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/3985-- Grant period: 12/04/2006 - 12/04/2010; goal: To add a second pillar to Fort Wayne's embrace of "New Hoosiers" by connecting immigrant populations to educational and literacy services.
University of Miami (Earmark: Henry Mancini Institute – Outbound)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4848-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expose new audiences to great music, the University of Miami will create a community engagement program featuring its Henry Mancini Institute's multigenre orchestra. The orchestra will bring its blend of stylistically diverse music to such community venues as Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the U.M. Gusman Concert Hall. The program also will include two free community concerts featuring new works by U.M. Frost School of Music students, faculty and guest artists, and a dozen mixed-genre concerts at select public schools. To expose new audiences to great music, the University of Miami will create a community engagement program featuring its Henry Mancini Institute's multigenre orchestra. The orchestra will bring its blend of stylistically diverse music to such community venues as Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the U.M. Gusman Concert Hall. The program also will include two free community concerts featuring new works by U.M. Frost School of Music students, faculty and guest artists, and a dozen mixed-genre concerts at select public schools.
WDNA-FM (Earmark: Close Encounters of the Jazz Kind)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4860-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To open the WDNA venue for cross-cultural and cross-generational close encounters in music, film, visual and audio arts, and the humanities, bringing exciting and enlightening programs to the station every week both on and off the air.
The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Earmark: Women 2.0 Media Project)150,000.001280--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5045-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 02/29/2012; goal: To support a multimedia project that will preserve and document the history of women who changed modern America. The title of the this project is Makers: Women Who Make America, formally known as the Women 2.0 Media Project.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5086-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support continued investment in emerging cultural organizations that are viewed as having the capability of filling gaps in local cultural programming or are unique in their programmatic approach, either artistically or in reaching emerging audiences.
University of Miami (Earmark: Cuban/Latino Theater Archive)66,000.002074--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5133-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To preserve and enhance access to sources of Cuban and Latino theater through the digitization of select playbills, posters, photographs and recordings.
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays (Earmark: Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5136-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To promote and enhance appreciation for Hispanic culture in Miami through 12 monthly Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays events held in Little Havana.
City of Miami Beach (Earmark: Sleepless Night 2011)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4855-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The city of Miami Beach will inspire and bring South Florida together with a third Sleepless Night festival featuring indoor and outdoor art and performances across Miami Beach. The 13-hour festival, to be observed at the end of daylight saving time 2011, will feature more than 150 performances, exhibits and cultural events at more than 80 locations, including five outdoor stages. As many as 150,000 attendees are expected to share a newfound sense of community as they mingle and experience the work of 300 artists. The festival also aims to stimulate tourism and the local economy by attracting crowds to the city.
WLRN (Earmark: Art Street)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4857-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To meet a growing demand for WLRN's original broadcast content through eight original videos designed specifically for its online platform at ArtStreetMiami.org.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: Bass Museum Curatorial Fellowships)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4864-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer hands-on training to emerging curators or recent curatorial studies and/or art history master of arts graduates through a curatorial fellowship program To foster dialogue within the Miami arts community, the Bass Museum of Art will create three one-year curatorial fellowships in contemporary art. This project will offer hands-on training to emerging curators or recent master of arts graduates. Among other activities, the fellows will conduct studio visits and gather materials to help the museum develop a complete archive on Miami artists. They will also help create an outdoor art program for Collins Park. In addition, the fellows will develop programming and contemporary artists' projects for display in the Bass' small-project room, called The Cabinet, and facilitate an educational lecture series for museum members.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4868-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To draw younger, music-oriented audience members to the Miami Art Museum and to introduce them to contemporary art through an exhibition titled "The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl".
Rhythm Foundation (Earmark: Big Night In Little Haiti)125,000.001480--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4869-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase Haitian music through a monthly concert series in Little Haiti featuring the country's diverse rhythms and to partner with area businesses to activate the neighborhood To showcase Haitian music, the Rhythm Foundation will produce a monthly concert series in Little Haiti featuring the country’s diverse rhythms. The free series will include performances in such venues as restaurants, art studios and other cultural centers. The concerts will allow Haitian artists to reach a larger audience and will showcase the broad and rich culture of Little Haiti, including its food, music and fine arts. The project also will help unify the community and attract South Floridians to the neighborhood, creating a broader audience for retail businesses and the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Interactive components on a website will use social media to generate interest and gauge impact.
Friends of Gusman (Earmark: Gusman Center Stage Access)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4871-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer three to five local resident companies reduced rates to present performances in a variety of genres at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts through a rental subsidy fund.
Michael Bell (Earmark: Scholastic Writing Awards Program)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4805-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage students and teachers to stretch their creativity and achieve beyond standardized tests through the Scholastic Writing Awards of Miami-Dade, the forum for identifying and motivating the community's next generation of writers Through an affiliation with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Writing Awards Program will help identify and motivate young writers. The project aims to foster a South Florida network of talented teen writers, encouraging participation from more than 400 public and private schools serving grades seven through 12. In the fall, the awards program will issue a call for submissions to all middle and high schools and conduct a workshop for teachers. Best works will compete nationally as American Voices Nominees and Regional Gold Key finalists. Winners will participate in a summer workshop for teen writers and attend a national awards ceremony.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (Earmark: Hot Topics Discussion Series)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4846-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To educate audiences on trends that are influencing the direction of contemporary art in the United States with the Hot Topics Discussion Series, five interactive discussions with prominent guest speakers that focus on current issues in contemporary art To engage South Florida in new contemporary art ideas and national trends, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood will host a series of five interactive presentations featuring prominent guest speakers. The Hot Topics Discussions Series will focus on current issues influencing the direction of contemporary art in the United States. The project also will explore the role the arts play in community life and advance awareness of the center and its advocacy efforts.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Art Commission for Knight Masterworks Season 2011-12)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4856-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; goal: To commission a limited-edition print commemorating the 2011-12 John S. and James L. Knight Masterworks Season, a series of concerts and performances that showcases the world's best in classical music and dance at the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Miami Theater Center (Earmark: The Red Thread)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4859-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To produce approximately 62 performances of The Red Thread, a world-premiere play inspired by ancient Chinese folktales, for an estimated 16,000 children, teachers, family members and nonprofit program staff between April and December 2011.
Historical Association Of Southern Florida (Earmark: Folk and Traditional Artists Showcase)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4861-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase folk and traditional artists, reaching new audiences and offering technical assistance to build artist capacity beyond the residency.
Centro Cultural Brasil-USA da Florida (Earmark: Oscar Niemeyer Interactive Exhibit)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4863-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expose South Floridians to the mind of controversial modern architect Oscar Niemeyer with an interactive exhibit showcasing his creative process.
Locust Projects (Earmark: Locust Arts Builders Exhibition)90,000.001834--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4866-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; goal: To offer a total of 45 young artists enrolled in local high schools the space, time, budget and institutional support to create a professional-level visual art exhibition in the Locust Arts Builders Exhibition (The LAB).
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Miami-Dade Cultural Deal of the Week)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4867-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To drive audiences to arts performances and activities through a cultural "deal of the week" feature on the Department of Cultural Affairs web site, in partnership with a daily deal provider such as Groupon or Dealon To help arts groups expand their audience, the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs will partner with an online coupon site to offer a cultural “deal-of-the-week.” Every week, the site will feature an “unbeatable deal” on the best cultural activities to do and see in Miami. The county will brand CultureDeal and market it through social media and online advertising, offering high-value, income-earning deals for local arts activities. The project aims to boost local arts groups in their efforts to sell tickets and memberships, target younger audiences, convert occasional ticket buyers into subscribers and create a model that can be replicated nationally.
South Florida Composers Alliance (Earmark: @Listening Gallery)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4870-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To represent established sound artists in the Listening Gallery, a 24-channel sound installation broadcasting sound art on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, Florida To foster the appreciation and understanding of sound art, the South Florida Composers Alliance will create a publically accessible exhibition space at ArtCenter South Florida on Lincoln Road. The Listening Gallery, a 24-channel installation, will pipe sound art outside the ArtCenter to the seven million pedestrians who annually stroll Lincoln Road. The project will include curated exhibits and educational outreach programs, and will work in partnership with Art Basel, Sleepless Night and other cultural festivals. A new website will host a sound archive, list details about the exhibits and stream related audio files. The Listening Gallery aims to create opportunities for cultural exchange in the sound arts community worldwide.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: FIU Knight Creative Writing Fellowship)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4874-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create Knight Fellowships for graduate students pursuing master of fine arts degrees in Miami, enabling Florida International University to attract America's top young writers to South Florida About the project: To advance South Florida’s literary community, Florida International University will create a fellowship program in creative writing for graduate students in the fine arts. Eight Knight Fellows will receive an annual stipend for three years as they participate in a range of community activities, including teaching creative writing in Miami-Dade public schools, coordinating a reading series and representing FIU and South Florida at national writers conferences. The fellowship program aims to help attract America’s top young writers to South Florida and generate creativity within Miami’s arts community.
BalletX (Earmark: Jerome Robbins Foundation New Essential Work Program)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5057-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 12/31/2011; goal: To commission two new vibrant, stylish works by accomplished choreographers Tobin del Coure and Roger Jeffrey in collaboration with the Jerome Robbins Foundation New Essential Work Program which is coordinated by Damian Woetzel.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Charlotte)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5085-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Impunity Campaign: Committee to Protect Journalists)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5087-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 12/31/2011; goal: To extend projects in Russia and the Philippines as part of CPJ's global campaign against impunity.
Chicago News Cooperative (Earmark: Chicago News Cooperative)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4778-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support a new Web-based, multi-platform nonprofit news organization in Chicago The Chicago News Cooperative aspires to be the leading news and information website in Chicago. This grant will enable the Cooperative to continue to provide important journalism about civic affairs in Chicago. It will also continue to develop new revenue-generating activities. It will make its web site a forum for publishing important and compelling news in the Chicago metropolitan area through which it will engage audiences in dialogue about civic affairs.
DawnTown (Earmark: Architectural Contest)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4816-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore innovative architecture, DawnTown will sponsor an annual architectural contest resulting in the creation of a temporary structure. To explore innovative architecture, DawnTown will sponsor an annual architectural contest resulting in the creation of a temporary structure. The organization will solicit nominations of architects from around the world who are working with innovative styles, techniques or materials. One winner will be awarded a budget to design a temporary structure to be built on a Miami site. The structure will demonstrate the winner’s innovation and attract people to experience architecture and their community with fresh eyes.
Foundation for New Education Initiatives (Earmark: Miami-Dade Cultural Passport)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4847-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help 120,000 to 140,000 Miami-Dade County Public Schools students experience South Florida’s cultural richness, the school board will sponsor an arts field trip in every grade. The Cultural Passport program will reach more than 130,000 public school students. To help Miami-Dade students experience South Florida’s cultural richness, the school board will sponsor an arts field trip in every grade. The Cultural Passport program will reach more than 120,000 public school students – or twice the number that participate now. An advisory board representing the cultural, business and educational communities will work together to help coordinate the program. New curricular materials will educate students about the cultural arts they will experience, and teachers will lead activities in the classroom to engage students before and after the arts field trip. The project aims to instill a love and understanding of arts and culture in young people – and to support the long-term future of the arts. Miami-Dade County Public Schools provides the highest quality education so that all students are empowered to lead productive and fulfilling lives as lifelong learners and responsible citizens. The school district's core values are excellence, integrity, equity, and citizenship. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is committed to […].
ArtSouth (Earmark: From Rubble to Resurrection)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4851-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To equip Haitian youths with the historical background and studio skills needed to regenerate the art of Haiti under the guidance of Haitian-American and Caribbean artists To recapture and promote Haiti’s cultural traditions, ArtSouth will create a youth training program in Homestead led by experts on Haitian art. Some 250 youths recruited from South Florida-based Haitian-American organizations will participate in after-school art classes and workshops on Haiti’s historic arts traditions. Haitian-American and Caribbean artists will guide the students as they learn about Haiti’s artistic heritage and use two- and three-dimensional media, techniques and tools to create their own art.
Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. (Earmark: Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4854-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer arts, cultural and educational programming to underserved Hispanic communities through a Miami Hispanic Cultural Art Center (MHCAC) To culturally enrich the region, Miami Hispanic Ballet will create the Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, offering multidisciplinary programming in Little Havana. The ballet group will hire instructors to offer high-quality classes, including comprehensive and progressive training in classical ballet, modern dance, flamenco, jazz and lyrical dance for ages six through adult. The cultural arts center also will hold Spanish-language theater production and literary workshops, and host up to six visual arts and historical exhibitions annually, as well as provide after-school and summer programs to underserved Hispanic communities.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5052-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To host the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC)'s Legacy Tour as the fifth dance performance in the 2010-11 John S. and James L. Knight Masterworks Season.
International Research and Exchange Board (Earmark: World Press Freedom Day)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5110-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To support bringing World Press Freedom Day to the United States for the first time.
Aperture Foundation (Earmark: Merce Cunningham: Sixty-Five Years)45,000.002517--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5121-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To make new multimedia materials and information widely accessible to online audiences with the e-book release of "Merce Cunningham: Sixty-Five Years".
FUNDarte (Earmark: Miami On Stage)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5135-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To curate "Miami On Stage," a multi-disciplinary performing arts series featuring work by South Florida artists.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5065-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: 10 Questions: Brazil)30,000.002949--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4955-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To adapt and implement the "10Questions" platform in Brazil's presidential election as a first step to bringing the system to Latin America.
Coral Morphologic (Earmark: Urban Reef: Coral Morphologic)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5060-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support Urban Reef - A series of Fluorescent Coral Video Projections across the City of Miami during Art Basel 2010.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)10,925.003570--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5069-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (Earmark: Artists Corps)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5030-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support research and development for Artists Corps, a project of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) that will place teaching artists in schools and communities across the country in a federal workforce/service program.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: TEDWomen)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5053-- Grant period: 11/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support TEDWomen conference and online distribution of materials highlighting women who have changed their field and communities.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Earmark: LISC Building Sustainable Communities)4,000,000.0045--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5001-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2013; goal: To advance LISC's Building Sustainable Communities in Detroit, Twin Cities and Philadelphia.
New Museum (Earmark: The Last Newspaper)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5012-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support the presentation of "The Last Newspaper," a major group exhibition featuring approximately 30 artists and 10 organizations dedicated to animating the constant daily flow of information as a physical experience.
Tides Center (Earmark: Huffington Post Investigative Fund via Tides Fdn.)15,000.003439--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5028-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support the Huffington Post Investigative Fund in lieu of an honorarium for Arianna Huffington to speak at the Media Learning Seminar on February 28, 2011.
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Making the Case: Cultural Census Project)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4916-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To build awareness of the significant contributions that arts and culture organizations make to the social capital of the region with a long-term, comprehensive Cultural Census project called "Making the Case".
World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology & Learning (Earmark: Globaloria)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4921-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To expand the Globaloria Civics Track, a digital platform that lets students create their own web-games that focus on civics, news literacy and journalism topics.
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (Earmark: Arab American National Museum)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4923-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To help the Arab American National Museum (AANM) document the impact and aftermath of 9/11 on Arab Americans in four Michigan cities.
Matrix Theatre Company (Earmark: River Resurgence Pageant: Matrix Theatre Company)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4924-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To engage Detroit residents in remembering and re-imaging their relationship to the local environment by creating a series of image, story and masking workshops on Detroit's hidden and buried waters.
Wesleyan University (Earmark: Wesleyan Media Project)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4930-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support the Wesleyan Media Project's analysis of broadcast advertising during the 2010 election.
TU Dance (Earmark: TU Dance Center)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4942-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To develop and launch programming for the TU Dance Center including dance classes and a summer intensive, making the center a hub of community and professional activity for local and regional dance.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society (Earmark: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Digitization Project)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4944-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To create an extensive digital database of concerts on the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) website and thereby greatly increase free online access to locally-produced classical music.
Grassroots Grantmakers (Earmark: Grassroots Grantmakers)9,500.003670--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4949-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Sphinx Organization (Earmark: Sphinx Organization)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4952-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To help build appreciation of and participation in classical music in black and Latino communities through two music training programs for 1,200 Detroit-area youths and an annual music competition.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Akron)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4971-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: 'Rise to the Occasion' at U of Akron)425,000.00522--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4808-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2013; goal: To create and implement an innovative education recruitment and retention model that will increase the number of African-American males enrolling in and graduating from the University of Akron.
Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Earmark: MiVote.org)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4896-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To improve public broadcasting's experimental citizen forum, MiVote.org, and extend it beyond the 2010 election to engage citizens in issue coverage.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: Tow-Knight Center in Entrepreneurial Journalism)3,020,000.0072--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4909-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2015; goal: To establish the nation's most intensive program of its kind at the City University of New York with the Tow-Knight Center in Entrepreneurial Journalism.
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (Earmark: Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4919-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To provide opportunities for young people in Southwest Detroit to showcase their cultural heritage and interact with community members throughout the city with the expansion of a bilingual performance training program for youths.
Detroit International Jazz Festival (Earmark: Detroit International Jazz Festival)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4929-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To develop an umbrella organization for jazz in southeast Michigan through support of Jazz Planet, an audience development and outreach project.
Springboard for the Arts (Earmark: Springboard for the Arts Incubator Program)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4940-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To attract artists to St. Paul with the expansion of the Arts Incubator Program, providing arts groups with resources and support to help them engage their communities and supporters.
Community Builders (Earmark: Cascade Village)1,710,000.00180--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4956-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support the success of Cascade Village by empowering residents through engagement activities and life-skills education.
PACE -- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (Earmark: Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement)7,250.003705--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4962-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: Tubman African American Museum)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4964-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For a pilot project to digitally photograph 100 of the most important works in the Tubman's collection, create narrative documentation for each item, and make all readily available through the website.
Sunlight Foundation (Earmark: National Data Apps)1,216,678.00235--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4967-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To create a suite of National Data Apps - platforms and tools for delivering federal data to the public.
Macon Film Festival (Earmark: Macon Film Festival (MaGa))20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4969-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support the growth of the Macon Film Festival, its increased presence in Macon and the Middle Georgia region and the continued growth in attendance and community workshop participation.
Student African American Brotherhood (Earmark: Student African American Brotherhood)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5000-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To increase high school graduation rates and college access for at least 90 African American male students by extending the Student African American Brotherhood's network to high schools in Akron, Macon, and Miami.
Sphinx Organization (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Detroit)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5037-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Johnson C. Smith University (Earmark: Soul of the Community Fellows Program)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5042-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support the creation of a curriculum for Gallup: Soul of the Community survey and to fund Knight Fellows to implement SOTC strategies in Charlotte.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: Hotspots: The Free Library of Philadelphia)760,340.00356--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4719-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To expand access to broadband technology and digital literacy training beyond physical library walls in Philadelphia.
Front Porch Forum (Earmark: Front Porch Forum)220,000.00997--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4785-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create open-source software for neighborhood news To help residents connect with others and their community, this grant will help rebuild and enhance a successful community news site, expand it to more towns and release the software so other organizations, anywhere can use it. The Front Porch Forum, a virtual town hall space, helps residents share and discuss local news, build community and increase engagement. The site, currently serving 25 Vermont towns, will expand to 250.
City of Saint Paul (Earmark: City of Saint Paul)245,000.00904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4901-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To provide the planning and project management capacity to secure funding for a public/private community fiber network to dramatically increase access to broadband.
New York University (Earmark: The Local: East Village)203,800.001032--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4931-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To provide start-up support for a community-engaged hyperlocal news and information site, The Local: East Village.
Public Art Saint Paul (Earmark: The Language of Urbanism: A Six-Mile Photographic Inquiry)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4939-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To reflect and engage residents along University Avenue with the production of Wing Young Huie's University Avenue Project-The Language of Urbanism: A Six-Mile Photographic Inquiry.
Mu Performing Arts (Earmark: Theater Mu)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4953-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To produce WTF, a contemporary play by Katie Ka Van exploring the second-generation Hmong-American experience.
National Conference on Citizenship (Earmark: Civic Health Index: A Tale of Two Cities)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4960-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To produce "Civic Health Index: A Tale of Two Cities," a report comparing and contrasting the civic cultures of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota and Miami, Florida.
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (Earmark: COSEBOC: Boy, Don't You Turn Back: The Power of Resilience)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4968-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support the Fifth Annual Gathering of Leaders, "Boy, Don't You Turn Back: The Power of Resilience", which convenes up to 300 educational practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and allies focused on effective schooling for boys and young men of color.
Fundación Educativa Carlos M. Castañeda (Earmark: Politics, Economy & Journalism in Cuba)3,000.003812--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4972-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To hold a five-conference discussion series focusing on politics, the economy and contemporary journalism in the Bacardi House in collaboration with the University of Miami Institute of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS).
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Florida International University)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5036-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To implement an initiative comprised of alumni career services, a mentoring circle and an internship experience, designed to enhance the professional development and networks of Florida International University (F.I.U.) graduates.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: CEOs for Cities)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5041-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To develop and test ways for urban leaders to amplify the factors that drive attachment in their community as defined in the Gallup: Soul of the Community survey.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Earmark: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4917-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To advance the sustainability and grow local support of the Charles H. Wright Museum as it launches the national Apollo Theatre exhibition in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4925-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To feature artists who show exceptional promise in the field and who are interested in democratic and collaborative practices in their art-making through the emerging artist exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD).
SoChange (Earmark: SoChange)170,000.001236--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4926-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 12/31/2014; goal: To create a software platform that aggregates consumer buying power and lets them direct it toward businesses that behave in socially responsible ways.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Miami)48,000.002509--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4945-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Plowshares Theatre Company (Earmark: Plowshares Theatre Company)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4957-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support Plowshares Theatre Company in carrying out its artistic mission of developing new works in African-American theater for a culturally and socially diverse audience.
Macon Symphony Orchestra (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Macon)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4963-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: COF Fall Community Conference)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4966-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For conference support to ensure a well-attended, dynamic Council on Foundations (COF) Community Foundation conference as part of the Knight Community Information Challenge.
Capitol Theatre (Earmark: Big Night Fund)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4970-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To create the Big Night Fund, which will provide reduced facility rental fees for area non-profit organizations.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Macon Arts Alliance : Fired Works)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4973-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support enhanced marketing of the Fired Works Regional Ceramics Exhibit and Sale, the primary fundraiser for the Macon Arts Alliance.
Hayiya Dance Theatre (Earmark: Hayiya Dance Outreach)6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4974-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support growth in programming and community outreach as well as application for tax exempt status.
The Center for Public Integrity (Earmark: Center for Public Integrity)1,700,000.00181--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4739-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To complete the digital transformation at the Center for Public Integrity.
Learning Matters (Earmark: Learning Matters)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4820-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To create a new, more sustainable model for Learning Matters and support coverage of the important educational issue of digital and media literacy.
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (Earmark: Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program)920,520.00320--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4893-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 01/01/2015; goal: To engage 120 African-American male high school students in improving their academic outcomes and in mentoring 240 K-3 students.
Media Mobilizing Project (Earmark: Media Mobilizing Project)67,500.002068--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4910-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To advance universal access and digital literacy in Philadelphia by supporting the preparation of broadband stimulus funding applications by the Digital Philadelphia Broadband Initiative (DPBI).
Queens University of Charlotte (Earmark: James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University)5,750,000.0016--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4932-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 07/31/2014; goal: To name the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte and establish its special endowed mission of teaching digital and media literacy to students and the community.
Park Square Theatre Company (Earmark: Park Square Theatre Company)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4941-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To expand programming to teen audiences through use of a new 142-seat thrust stage.
Penumbra Theatre Company (Earmark: OKRA: Penumbra Theatre Company)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4943-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To support Penumbra Theatre's New Play Development Program called OKRA.
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art (Earmark: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art)2,930,000.0087--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4946-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 10/31/2013; goal: To complete construction of the final of the five new buildings and two historic buildings that make up the new Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art campus in Biloxi and to produce a related documentary.
The Minnesota Opera (Earmark: Minnesota Opera Company: Wuthering Heights)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4948-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To record and distribute the Minnesota Opera's production of Bernard Herrmann's opera Wuthering Heights in movie theaters worldwide.
Tubman African American Museum (Earmark: Poetic Peace: Tubman African American Museum)6,000.003723--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4965-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: To increase awareness of spoken word art by making the Poetic Peace programming available to a wider audience and inviting increased participation through nominal awards.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Knight Masterworks Season)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5044-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To continue to elevate classical programming in the community and to fulfill Knight's commitment to sponsoring last season's John S. and James L. Knight Masterworks Season, inaugurated in 2009-10.
Florida International University (Earmark: Challenges of Poverty, Health and Sustainability : FIU 2010 Geopolitical Summit)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5050-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For the presenting sponsorship of "Challenges of Poverty, Health and Sustainability," Florida International University's 2010 Geopolitical Summit on Oct. 18 and 19, 2010.
Marygrove College (Earmark: Marygrove College)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5054-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2011; goal: For planning support of an Urban Leadership Initiative intended to enhance the leadership capabilities of traditionally marginalized students and residents.
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (Earmark: Un Techo Para Mi Pais)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5043-- Grant period: 09/01/2010 - 08/31/2011; goal: To support Un Techo Para Mi Pais' membership in the Clinton Global Initiative enabling their attendance at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
Stroome (Earmark: Stroome)230,000.00959--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4733-- Grant period: 09/01/2010 - 08/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a popular open source online collaborative video-editing platform To simplify the production of news video, Stroome will create a virtual video-editing studio. There, correspondents, editors and producers will be able to upload and share content, edit and remix with friends and colleagues – all without using expensive satellite truck technology. The site will launch as eyewitness video – often captured by mobile phones or web cams – is becoming a key component of news coverage, generating demand for supporting tools.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector 2010 Annual Conference)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4915-- Grant period: 09/01/2010 - 08/31/2011; goal: To provide sponsorship support of the 2010 Annual Conference on October 20-22, 2010 in Atlanta.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade 10th Annual Women's Leadership Breakfast)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5029-- Grant period: 09/01/2010 - 08/31/2011; goal: For sponsorship of the 10th Annual Women's Leadership Breakfast with keynote speaker Sue Kronick.
NowSpots (Earmark: NowSpots)260,000.00655--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4742-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 08/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop open-source software allowing "real-time advertising" that can be updated at any time by local business using social media As a way to help online startups become sustainable, this project will develop an improved software interface to help sites create and sell what are known as "real-time ads." These ads are designed to be engaging as they constantly change -- showing the latest message or post from the advertiser's Twitter account, Facebook page or blog. Challenge winner Brad Flora helped pioneer the idea on his Chicago news site WindyCitizen.com.
Arizona State University (Earmark: CitySeed)93,600.001830--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4784-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a mobile community-engagement application To inform and engage communities, CitySeed will be a mobile application that allows users to plant the "seed" of an idea and share it with others. For example, a person might come across a great spot for a community garden. At that moment, the person can use the CitySeed app to “geotag” the idea, which links it to an exact location. Others can look at the place-based ideas, debate and hopefully act on them. The project aims to increase the number of people informed about and engaged with their communities by breaking down community issues into bite-sized settings.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4885-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To help the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program promote collaborative news projects.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4920-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To present a major exhibition of Miami-based Bruce Weber's photographs of Miami's Haitian community.
Easter Seals South Florida (Earmark: Easter Seals South Florida)42,000.002559--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4938-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To support Easter Seals' aquatics program.
Chez Bushwick (Earmark: Chez Bushwick)12,000.003546--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4958-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: For additional production support of the one-week Miami residency of REPLICA, a multidisciplinary performance work for stage, gallery and alternative exhibition space that manipulates concepts of space and representation.
November Eleven (Earmark: One-Eight)202,000.001036--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4731-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 01/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To interactively chronicle the new uses of social media by the military Broadening the perspectives that surround military operations in Afghanistan, this project will chronicle the deployment of a battalion of U.S. Marines by using an online journal and the social web to report on America's longest war. The troops and their families have the potential to be interactive audiences for the journal -- challenging and augmenting coverage, and distributing content through their own social media channels. The approach will directly serve the stakeholders and inform the wider public by bringing in on-the-ground views on military issues and the execution of U.S. foreign policy. U.S. Marines were recently authorized to use social media on military networks, and this project will also examine the impact of that policy shift.
Development Seed (Earmark: TileMill 2.0 (aka Tilemapping))76,960.001906--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4751-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To build a suite of open-source tools that local media can use to make custom, embeddable hyper-local maps To inspire residents to learn about local issues, TileMill (originally Tilemapping) will help local media create hyper-local, data-filled maps for their websites and blogs. Journalists will be able to tell more textured stories, while residents will be able to draw connections to their physical communities in new ways. The tools will be tested in Washington, D.C. 2010 Update: Ushahidi, a 2009 Knight News Challenge winner, used a prototype after the earthquake in Haiti to create maps used to crowdsource reports on places needing aid.
Georgia Tech Research Corp (Earmark: The Cartoonist)378,000.00561--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4788-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 08/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help journalists tell stories through games To engage readers in the news, this project will create a free tool that produces cartoon-like current event games – the game equivalent of editorial cartoons. The simplified tools will be created with busy journalists and editors in mind, people who have the pulse of their community but don’t have a background in game development. By answering a series of questions about the major actors in a news event, and value judgments about their actions, The Cartoonist will automatically proposes game rules and images. The games aim to help the sites draw readers and inspire them to explore the news.
PRX (Earmark: PRX StoryMarket)75,000.001910--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4789-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 06/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create StoryMarket, a crowd-funding platform for public radio, so citizens can pay for the professional production of stories they would like to see in the news Building on the software created by 2008 challenge winner Spot.us, this project will allow anyone to pitch and help pay to produce a story for a local public radio station. When the amount is raised (in small contributions), the station will hire a professional journalist to do the report. The project provides a new way for public radio stations to raise money, produce more local content and engage listeners.
Wiki Spot (Earmark: Local Wiki)360,500.00566--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4732-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an easy-to-use open source "wiki" platform tailored to the needs of local communities Based on the successful DavisWiki.org in Davis, Calif., this project will create enhanced tools for local wikis, a new form of media that makes it easy for people to learn — and share — their own unique community knowledge. Members will be able to post articles about anything they like, edit others and upload photos and files. This grant will help create the specialized open-source software that makes the wiki possible and help communities develop, launch and sustain local wiki projects.
Stamen Design, LLC (Earmark: CityTracking)412,000.00528--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4907-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 08/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To build a web service and open source tools to display public data in easy-to-understand, highly visual ways To make municipal data easy to understand, CityTracking will allow users to create embeddable data visualizations that are appealing enough to spread virally and that are as easy to share as photos and videos. The dynamic interfaces will be appropriate to each data type, starting with crime and working through 311 calls for service, among others. The creators will use high design standards, making the visuals beautiful as well as useful.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: Technology Affinity Group)4,900.003782--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4936-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (Earmark: MIRA: 2nd Annual National Immigrant Integration Conference)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4954-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To provide sponsorship support of the 2nd Annual National Immigrant Integration Conference on Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2010, in Boston.
Society Technologies Foundation (Earmark: GoMap Riga)265,000.00651--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4786-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 06/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create map based social network where people can browse news and engage in civic action through an online local community map To inspire people to get involved in their community, this project will create a live, online map with local news and activities. GoMap Riga will pull some content from the web and place it automatically on the map. Residents also will be able to add their own news, pictures and videos while also discussing what is happening around them. GoMap Riga will be integrated with the major existing social networks and allow civic participation through mobile technology. The project will be tested in Riga, Latvia, and ultimately be applicable in other cities.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: Order in the Court 2.0)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4787-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 03/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To clearly show how modern technology can increase access to the courts with a pilot in the Quincy District Court in Massachusetts To foster greater access to the judicial process, this project will create a laboratory in a Boston courtroom to help establish best practices for digital coverage that can be replicated and adopted throughout the nation. While the legislative and executive branches have incorporated new technologies and social media, the courts still operate under the video and audio recording standards established in the 1970s and 80s. The courtroom will have a designated area for live blogging via a wifi network and the ability to live-stream court proceedings to the public. Working in conjunction with the Massachusetts court system, the project will publish the daily docket on the web and build a knowledge wiki for the public with common legal terms.
Arts & Business Council of Miami (Earmark: Arts & Business Council of Miami)70,000.002036--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4918-- Grant period: 08/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To create a new online platform for generating greater citizen awareness of South Florida's arts and cultural events.
Akron Area YMCA (Earmark: University Park YMCA)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4612-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013; goal: To help fund the construction of University Park YMCA, a new facility in Akron's biomedical corridor.
Pacific News Service (Earmark: The California Endowment : Pacific News Service)255,500.00657--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4819-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To raise awareness about the connection between people’s health and where they live, The California Endowment in partnership with the Pacific News Service will create a youth-produced news network in five underserved neighborhoods in California. As part of The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities program, the funds are being used to expand a network of youth-led media outlets to raise awareness of the connection between your health and where you live. Many of the communities served by BHC are "media deserts" or neighborhoods that have been abandoned by traditional news media and do not have reliable and trustworthy information sources. Youth media creators will be trained in each community to develop multi-lingual and multi-media content to report about community health. They will develop a project plan that describes the audiences that they want to reach and their strategy for reporting on community health. Youth in each community will customize their own plans that can encompass print, television, online, mobile phones, or any combination of outreach methods that will best fit their local audiences.
The Boston Foundation (Earmark: Commonwealth Online)78,000.001904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4832-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To engage residents and increase understanding of citizens' political motivations by enhancing the interactivity of CommonWealth Online To empower more residents to voice their opinions on Massachusetts issues by providing polling software for a website centered on politics and policy.
Black Hills Area Community Foundation (Earmark: Black Hills Knowledge Network)205,500.001022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4838-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: For Knowledge Network, an "everything Black Hills" information hub created by local journalists and librarians To broaden residents’ access to local information, this project will create the Black Hills Knowledge Network, an easy-to-use website run by journalists and a consortium of librarians. The site will aggregate and curate content developed by local government, media, nonprofits and other community institutions. It also will encourage residents to communicate with one another and lawmakers and will link their ideas to online source documents. In addition, the project will train residents and community journalists to fill gaps in news coverage, especially on issues affecting the urban and reservation Lakota communities.
Grantmakers in the Arts (Earmark: Grantmakers in the Arts)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4904-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013; goal: To educate and inspire the field of arts philanthropy through an Information and Communication Initiative, which will provide valuable communication tools for funders and arts nonprofits.
Media Development Loan Fund (Earmark: Global Voices)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4934-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support Global Voices' general operations.
Austin Community Foundation (Earmark: ACCESS News: Texas School for the Deaf)185,500.001192--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4798-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To provide news and information to the deaf and hearing impaired through public access television programming and an interactive website ACCESS News aims to inform and empower the deaf community through public access television and an interactive website featuring the perspectives of the hearing impaired. The project will engage students at Texas School for the Deaf to help produce 20, 30-minute shows annually in spoken English with American Sign Language and English and Spanish captions. The students will gain skills and experience, and contribute to the deaf community’s understanding of local issues, while bringing the perspective of the hearing impaired to the larger community.
Tulsa Community Foundation (Earmark: Oklahoma Watch)153,000.001274--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4818-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To expand in-depth reporting on issues, like teen pregnancy and female incarceration To encourage debate and action, this project will create an online news hub focusing on women’s issues such as teen pregnancy and female incarceration. The content will be distributed to the mainstream media, in an effort to increase coverage on these critical topics. Over time, the project will develop a reporter-in-training program.
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (Earmark: Dubuque 2.0)205,500.001022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4822-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To save energy, money, and resources by creating an environmental news and information hub called Dubuque 2.0 A new web portal will feature alternative media, community events, “guerrilla marketing,” contests and games to motivate residents to reduce their carbon emissions. On Dubuque 2.0, residents will be able to share ideas, information and practices for building a sustainable community.
The Alaska Community Foundation (Earmark: Alaska Public Telecommunications : Alaska Community Foundation)175,500.001222--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4823-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To build a comprehensive news and information service by partnering with Alaska Public Telecommunications to add hyperlocal blogs and a "virtual community think tank" to the existing public radio and television offerings As a way to connect Alaskans, the state’s public radio and TV stations will create a robust online news hub. The site will host hyperlocal blogs in addition to virtual community “think tanks” on specific issues like arts and culture, Alaskan natives and local business. Organizers will make a special push to include the voices and contributions of rural Alaskans.
The Raymond John Wean Foundation (Earmark: TheNewsOutlet.org)79,000.001903--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4825-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To directly engage residents of the Youngstown, Ohio metro area in the selection of news stories and coverage using student journalists to increase the volume of news stories dedicated to under-reported issues, people and neighborhoods To give people of Youngstown, Ohio a voice, TheNewsOutlet.org will provide a space for residents to vote on stories to be covered concerning underreported issues, people and neighborhoods. Student journalists will then report the stories for mainstream media. A pilot project produced stories on topics ranging from lottery ticket sales to neighborhood revitalization efforts. Reports were published in a local paper and on public radio.
The Seattle Foundation (Earmark: Crosscut.com)185,500.001192--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4828-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To expand in-depth and explanatory coverage on an online news site called Crosscut.com To provide more context about local issues, the Seattle news site Crosscut.com will launch two new features. The Explainer will describe the complex issues of the day in simple language. And Spotlight Projects will produce comprehensive coverage of a hot topic. An experienced reporter will be hired to lead the coverage, attending meetings and curating and posting background material on the site. In addition, the site will hire a community editor to include the viewpoints of ethnic, youth and other underrepresented communities.
Council for Educational Change (Earmark: Council for Educational Change)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4628-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 05/31/2012; goal: To improve student achievement in Miami-Dade County Public Schools by delivering leadership training for principals and other administrators assigned to underperforming, "fragile" schools.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: Investigative News Network)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4743-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2012; goal: To establish the Investigative News Network, with the founder of the Voice of San Diego and other foundations, as an entrepreneurial organization.
Hawaii Community Foundation (Earmark: Hiki No)240,500.00921--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4821-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2013; goal: To link more than 60 middle and high schools across the islands of Hawaii to produce weekly newscasts for PBS Hawaii stations To broaden young students’ perspectives, increase media literacy and develop future leaders, this project will create a statewide student news network linking middle and high schools across the islands of Hawaii. Called Hiki No, Hawaiian for “can do,” the journalism network, in partnership with PBS Hawaii, will produce newscasts on air and online.
West Anniston Foundation (Earmark: West Anniston Today)67,000.002072--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4826-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To create a weekly radio call-in show and interactive website to provide credible information on dealing with toxic poisoning As a way to provide credible information on the effects of industrial pollution in West Anniston, this project will create a weekly call-in radio program and website dedicated to the issue. West Anniston Today will provide information from the Centers for Disease Control and other sources on PCB waste left in the area. Residents will be able to ask questions, get feedback from specialists and act on a solid base of knowledge.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: uVu Video)103,000.001599--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4830-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To increase public interest news and information in South Florida by expanding an online video website called uVuvideo.org.
The Pittsburgh Foundation (Earmark: Public Interest News)253,000.00659--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4835-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To engage Pittsburgh residents around local news and information by creating an online source for professionally produced public-interest news.
Jumo International (Earmark: Jumo)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4890-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 12/01/2012; goal: To connect people to the organizations, information and causes they care about so they can take action and connect with people of similar passions.
Craigslist Foundation (Earmark: Likeminded)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4902-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013; goal: To create an online knowledge network about community engagement practices and to connect people seeking to translate those ideas into action.
The Philanthropy Roundtable (Earmark: The Philanthropy Roundtable)9,500.003670--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4927-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support and sponsorship of the Annual Meeting October 14-16, 2010.
Link Media (Earmark: Link TV)245,000.00904--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4737-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To test a "semantic" news video player and related tools, with a focus on how young news consumers use the tool.
The Open Planning Project (Earmark: OpenBlock)235,000.00950--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4794-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 10/31/2011; goal: To enable the creation of online sites that graphically display local data by neighborhood.
El Paso Community Foundation (Earmark: NewspaperTree)203,000.001034--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4811-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To support investigative reporting on issues affecting the community on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border by relaunching NewspaperTree.com To strenghten in-depth reporting on issues on both sides of the Mexico-Texas border, NewspaperTree.com will return, making government and public affairs news more accessible to residents of the El Paso area. The site will provide a fun and easy-to-use forum for residents to express and exchange viewpoints. In addition, it aims to increase policy makers’ awareness of the needs of the community by aggregating news about immigration, U.S. relations with Mexico and drug trafficking policy.
San Antonio Area Foundation (Earmark: San Antonio Area Foundation)205,500.001022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4827-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To increase the visibility of a hyperlocal news site by linking it to a new weekly public television program.
The Cleveland Foundation (Earmark: MyMedia)69,000.002062--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4829-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To train youth as reporters and improve their media literacy as part of the foundation's established youth development initiative To increase the youth voice on local issues, this project will train 20 teens in media literacy and the creation of informational products such as videos and podcasts for the website, MyCom: My Commitment, My Community. MyCom.net focuses on inspiring young Cleveland residents to reach their full potential. The trainees will then use those skills to increase their presence in the local mainstream media and inform families and other youths of important issues. The project will also produce online training modules so that more Cleveland teens can learn how to produce their own stories.
The New York Community Trust (Earmark: Feet in Two Worlds)110,500.001570--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4831-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: To strengthen ethnic media in New York City and increase its contributions to mainstream media by expanding media training for immigrant journalists To bring new perspectives to civic discourse in New York City, this project will strengthen the ethnic media through a training program called Feet in Two Worlds. While the ethnic media’s role in New York City is expanding, immigrant journalists still struggle to find an audience and platform outside their communities. Feet in Two Worlds will provide blogging and online journalism training and mentoring for up to 20 immigrant and ethnic media journalists. A smaller group will participate in the project’s public radio training program.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Knight Case Studies Initiative)220,000.00997--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4883-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To extend the original grant as an evaluation is done on distribution and sustainability of the Knight Case Studies Initiative at Columbia University.
Jobs for the Future (Earmark: National Fund for Workforce Solutions)1,110,000.00251--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4636-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013; goal: For the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, an effort to strengthen and expand high-impact workforce development initiatives across the country, including in selected Knight communities.
Tribune Publishing Company (Earmark: The Columbia Daily Tribune)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4771-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 12/31/2010; goal: To install and test at The Columbia Daily Tribune newly revised computer code that replicates and then adds to the local data mapping functionality of EveryBlock.com.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: I-News)305,500.00613--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4824-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2012; goal: For an investigative reporting team to provide in-depth reporting for media outlets across Colorado To increase public interest investigative reports across the state, I-News, the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network, will report and deliver multimedia investigative reports to news outlets across Colorado. The I-News team of veteran reporters will also create a network of community watchdogs by training residents on how to use public records, social media and other tools to better keep an eye on civic affairs. I-News will also offer specialized training in investigative journalism for partner newsrooms, raising the amount and depth of regional reporting.
Greater New Orleans Foundation (Earmark: Thelensnola.org)63,000.002089--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4837-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: To increase understanding of how recovery dollars are being spent by enhancing visualization data available at an online site called The Lens.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Knight Masterworks Season)600,000.00403--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4897-- Grant period: 07/01/2010 - 04/30/2014; goal: To extend the John S. and James L. Knight Masterworks Season over the next three years and to elevate the level of programming.
Emerson Engagement Lab (Earmark: Emerson College: HUB2)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4708-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To enable members of Knight communities to participate in the planning and development of public spaces through the use of the interactive game platform HUB2.
The American University (Earmark: American University)240,000.00925--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4795-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 07/31/2011; goal: For an independent investigation of broadband speeds and availability in the Washington metropolitan region.
Shake-A-Leg (Earmark: Shake-A-Leg)95,555.001817--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4899-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 06/13/2011; goal: To recognize as a grant, expenses previously incurred by Knight Foundation to stage the April 22, 2008 outreach and awareness luncheon hosted by and for the benefit of Shake-A-Leg.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: Change By Us)235,000.00950--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4657-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To launch a digital platform (Change By Us) that changes the fundamental nature of the relationship between citizens and their local governments by engaging them in decision making and service delivery Together with the National League of Cities, the partners will develop a council of cities that have an ownership stake and oversight of the project, allowing them to have a voice in what features get prioritized, developed and added to the platform. They will create a network for Change By Us host cities to share key learning, failures and best practices with one another. This project will result in lowered barriers to citizen participation in community problem solving; increased likelihood of growing participation and engagement by citizens; and a platform and a technology for engagement program that can be replicated and sustained nationally.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4776-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 10/31/2012; goal: To provide best practices in professional development and assist in building short-term solvency and long-term institutional capacity for local arts organizations in Miami and Detroit.
iFOCOS (Earmark: PitchIt! Challenge)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4777-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support the PitchIt! Challenge to provide seed-stage investments to help launch innovative new media ventures.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Code for America)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4891-- Grant period: 06/14/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support a program that increases engagement and transparency in government by asking top developers and designers to become CFA fellows, giving a year of service in city governments, including two Knight communities.
Globe Newspaper Company (Earmark: The Boston Globe)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4723-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 12/31/2010; goal: To install and test at The Boston Globe newly revised computer code that replicates and then adds to the local data mapping functionality of EveryBlock.com.
Afro-American Cultural Center (Earmark: Harvey B. Gantt Center)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4849-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To bring alive African-American arts and history through a bolder, more dynamic education program Educational offerings in 2010-2011 will integrate the artwork, experiences and wisdom of scholars, famous artists and emerging artists. This project will re-introduce the public to an important community institution and establish a firm foundation on which to build its ongoing education program.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Akron Art Museum)107,500.001579--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4858-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2012; goal: To help digitize the Akron Art Museum's collection.
Andreas H. Bechtler Arts Foundation (Earmark: Bechtler Museum of Modern Art)107,500.001579--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4878-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To create a digital library of the rarely seen collection of 1,400 works in the Bechtler family collection.
City of Akron (Earmark: City of Akron)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4884-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To bring entertainment to Akron area residents through Lock 3 Live and to support the Lock 3 Summer Arts Experience for high school students who display an aptitude in the arts.
Cleveland International Film Festival (Earmark: FilmSlam : Cleveland International Film Festival)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4727-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: For FilmSlam, the annual student film festival that is presented to underserved high school students as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF).
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Charlotte)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4833-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: For seed funding for a series of public random acts of culture and creativity.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4834-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To invest in emerging arts organizations to fill gaps in local cultural programming.
Levine Museum of the New South (Earmark: Courage: The Carolina Story That Changed America)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4840-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To create innovative programming around the return engagement of the nationally acclaimed Civil Rights exhibit, COURAGE: The Carolina Story That Changed America.
Youth Venture (Earmark: 2010 Youth Venture Summit)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4889-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To support the 2010 Youth Venture Summit, a gathering of young leaders who are addressing social issues in their communities throughout the U.S.
United States Artists (Earmark: United States Artists)2,500.003813--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4908-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To support the work of American artist Zoe Strauss and her I-95 project in Philadelphia.
Grants Managers Network (Earmark: Grants Managers Network)4,750.003790--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4913-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To provide contributing organizational support of the Grants Managers Network in 2010.
League of American Orchestras (Earmark: League of American Orchestras)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4796-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To launch a new media and communications strategy in conjunction with an interactive Town Hall meeting at the 2010 National Conference in Atlanta, Ga.
Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (Earmark: Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4817-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To provide extensive arts training for 75 African American youth in Akron through support of the new YEPAW Institute.
Akron Area Arts Alliance (Earmark: Summit Artspace)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4888-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To further establish Summit Artspace as a central and highly visible headquarters for arts and culture where artists and the public can interact and showcase the value of the arts to economic development and neighborhood revitalization.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Public Schools)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4906-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To support scholarship prizes for an architectural design contest for Design and Architecture Senior High senior students.
Northeastern University (Earmark: Initiative for Investigative Reporting)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4814-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2012; goal: To expand a proven model, the Investigative Reporting Seminar, into an institute serving community newspapers and digital news startups.
McColl Center for Visual Art (Earmark: McColl Center for Visual Art)80,000.001872--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4839-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To add "art stars" to the residency program, elevating the visibility of the center in the community and in the world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Un Techo Para Mi Pais)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4911-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To host a fundraiser for the opening of Un Techo Para Mi Pais' Miami office with an exhibition of recognized photographer Petra Barth's works showcasing the effects of the natural disasters in Haiti and Chile.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Knight Fellow at the Shorenstein Center)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4793-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support a Knight Fellow at the Shorenstein Center.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: Greater Akron Musical Association)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4836-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To produce and present George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess in a semi-staged performance in April 2011.
Trustees of Davidson College (Earmark: Concierto: WDAV)55,000.002174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4841-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2011; goal: To develop and pilot Concierto, a nationally syndicated Spanish-language classical music service expected to launch 2011.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: Tuesday Musical Association)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4875-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2012; goal: To engage young people and develop a future audience for classical music by expanding the educational outreach component of the FUZE! series, a collaboration between Tuesday Musical Association and the Akron Art Museum.
TechSoup Global (Earmark: Apps for Inclusion Challenge)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4892-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To administer the Apps for Inclusion Challenge, sponsored by the Knight Foundation and the FCC.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: 2010 Berlin Biennial)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4905-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To send 22 recent New World School of the Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts graduates to Berlin, Germany for the 2010 Berlin Biennial.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)19,750.003409--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4914-- Grant period: 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (Earmark: Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4886-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To illuminate the role played by journalism within and beyond the Japanese-American Internment Camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II.
Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center (Earmark: Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4852-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support earthquake relief efforts in Miami's Haitian community through three distinct initiatives: Community Support and Counseling, Census Outreach and Naturalization Outreach.
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (Earmark: Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4853-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support earthquake relief efforts in Miami's Haitian community through direct legal counseling to Haitian individuals.
FSG Social Impact Advisors (Earmark: FSG Social Impact Advisors)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4887-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: For research and publication of a book exploring catalytic philanthropy and how today's most effective donors solve pressing problems and advance critical causes.
National Geographic Society (Earmark: BioBlitz : The National Geographic Society)90,000.001834--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4806-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: For the 2010 Miami-Dade BioBlitz, a hands-on educational program designed to expose adults, kids, and teens to scientific study and bio diversity in Biscayne National Park.
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami (Earmark: Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4876-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support earthquake relief efforts in Miami's Haitian community through direct legal counseling to Haitian individuals.
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (Earmark: FANM Miami)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4877-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support earthquake relief efforts in Miami's Haitian community through a Community Support and Counseling initiative.
SnagFilms LLC (Earmark: SnagFilms)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4959-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - Invalid date; goal: SnagFilms is a company dedicated to ubiquitous distribution of non-fiction (documentary) and independent films. The company enables better, faster and cheaper distribution of this content, broadening the audience for the films and generating additional revenues for the filmmakers, who can then go on and create more films.
International Center for New Media (Earmark: International Center for New Media)249,000.00887--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4790-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2013; goal: To partner with the Austrian based International Center for New Media and add a new category to the contest for the best digital projects covering the Millennium Development Goals.
Palo Alto Unified School District (Earmark: Palo Alto Unified School District)35,000.002668--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4792-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To create and pilot a 21st Century Literacy curriculum.
The Miami Herald Charities (Earmark: 52nd Silver Knight Awards)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4880-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To fund student scholarships for the 52nd Silver Knight Awards, a ceremony recognizing outstanding students who have not only maintained good grades but have also applied their knowledge to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.
Miami Childrens Museum (Earmark: Miami Children's Museum)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4810-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To reduce debt incurred with the expansion of Miami Children's Museum and to initiate an aggressive fundraising campaign to eliminate remaining debt.
United Way of Miami-Dade (Earmark: United Way of Miami-Dade)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4882-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To support earthquake relief efforts in Miami's Haitian community through basic needs and food bank assistance.
Area/Code Entertainment LLC (Earmark: Battlestorm)470,450.00502--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4780-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 04/30/2012; goal: To support the development and implementation of a game in Biloxi to increase awareness and change habits towards disaster preparedness in an entertaining and informative way.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy)809,991.00341--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4736-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2012; goal: To advance a detailed national policy discussion of the findings of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4812-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 04/30/2013; goal: To join a collaboration of funders to learn from and build the capacity of innovative nonprofits partnering with the government through a newly created social innovation fund.
Gallup (Earmark: Gallup: Soul of the Community)135,000.001454--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4813-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2011; goal: To increase the Soul of the Community's sample size to 1,000 in Knight's eight core communities to enable greater understanding of the impact of survey on various groups such as youth and young adults.
Area/Code Entertainment LLC (Earmark: Area/Code: Macon Money)492,590.00495--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4781-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support the development and implementation of a game in Macon that uses an alternative form of local currency - Macon Money - to literally connect Macon residents to each other and to the College Hill Corridor in new ways.
Patchwork Nation (Earmark: Patchwork Nation)450,000.00507--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4799-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 06/30/2012; goal: To advance new reporting models and partnerships by extending the Patchwork Nation system of county-by-county demographic breakdowns to individual congressional districts.
National Urban Squash and Education Association (Earmark: National Urban Squash and Education Association, Inc.)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4809-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 03/31/2011; goal: To catalyze support for the creation of an urban youth squash and education program in Detroit.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: New England Center for Investigative Reporting)400,000.00532--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4698-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 04/30/2012; goal: To establish revenue-generating projects at Boston University's New England Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Training for PolitiFact)200,000.001043--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.
Florida Public Broadcasting Service (Earmark: Florida Public Broadcasting Service)664,000.00384--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4803-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support quality journalism reaching influential leaders, and in turn earn underwriting opportunities on National Public Radio's Morning Edition in the eight staffed Knight communities and seven major media markets.
Personal Democracy Forum (Earmark: Personal Democracy Forum: 10 Questions)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4843-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To increase public engagement in the local electoral process by creating an online multimedia dialog between voters and candidates.
Muscogee County School District (Earmark: Muscogee County School District)285,400.00642--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4772-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 04/30/2011; goal: To acquire a high-tech mobile library and community information center to serve three rural counties in West Georgia.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: PolitiFact training)200,000.001043--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.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)23,000.003254--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4912-- Grant period: 04/01/2010 - 08/31/2012; goal: To provide office space in Miami for Donors Forum South Florida from 2010 to 2012.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Spot.us)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4842-- Grant period: 03/15/2010 - 03/14/2011; goal: For general operating support of Spot.Us.
Asian American Journalists Association (Earmark: Asian American Journalists Association)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4845-- Grant period: 03/15/2010 - 03/14/2011; goal: For general operating support.
voiceofsandiego.org (Earmark: Voice of San Diego)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4844-- Grant period: 03/15/2010 - 03/14/2011; goal: For general operating support.
Massachusetts General Hospital (Earmark: Massachusetts General Hospital)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4807-- Grant period: 03/15/2010 - 03/14/2011; goal: For support of Massachusetts General Hospital in honor of Dr. Gerald Austen.
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library (Earmark: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library)106,661.001583--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4744-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: To increase access to the latest Internet information resources, digital literacy training and skills necessary for the residents of Summit County to become a more informed and engaged community.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)54,500.002182--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4773-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4774-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)4,205.003803--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4783-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (Earmark: 'Creating A Public Square in a Challenging Media Age')98,500.001811--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4745-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: To issue a white paper that will advance the findings of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy and provide ideas to implement its recommendations. Note: The finished white paper by Norm Ornstein was published as "Creating A Public Square in a Challenging Media Age." Please see related project here.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4779-- Grant period: 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
Free Press (Earmark: Free Press)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4730-- Grant period: 02/01/2010 - 01/31/2011; goal: To organize public responses to the Knight Commission recommendations, doing four white papers on key policy areas. Note: please see related project here.
Sawhorse Media, LLC (Earmark: Sawhorse Media: Shorty Awards)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4734-- Grant period: 02/01/2010 - 02/28/2011; goal: To identify and recognize the best producers of content on Twitter by sponsoring the Shorty Awards.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: The School of Journalism and Mass Communication Foundation of North Carolina)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4705-- Grant period: 02/01/2010 - 02/29/2012; goal: To convert the existing James L. Knight Professorships to the James L. Knight Chair in Digital Advertising.
South Dakota Community Foundation (Earmark: Donor Advised Fund at South Dakota Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4746-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Blue Grass Community Foundation)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4759-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Waccamaw Community Foundation (Earmark: Waccamaw Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4763-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Centre County Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4768-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of North Florida (Earmark: The Community Foundation of North Florida)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4769-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4753-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: Donor Advised Fund at Long Beach CF)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4760-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Community Foundation of Central Georgia)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4761-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund (Macon, GA).
Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (Earmark: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4764-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: MS Gulf Coast Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4747-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4750-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Central Carolina Community Foundation (Earmark: Central Carolina Community Foundation)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4752-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4754-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (Earmark: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4756-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region (Earmark: Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4758-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Wichita Community Foundation (Earmark: Wichita Community Foundation)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4770-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Facts About Cuban Exiles (Earmark: Facts About Cuban Exiles)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4738-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support FACE's Community Pride and History Project.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4748-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Earmark: Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4755-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Community Foundation of Central Georgia)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4762-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund (Milledgeville, GA).
International Research and Exchange Board (Earmark: IREX)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4735-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010; goal: For general operating support. IREX is the organizer of World Press Freedom Day.
Manatee Community Foundation (Earmark: Manatee Community Foundation)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4749-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Legacy Foundation (Earmark: Legacy Foundation)2,500,000.0099--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4757-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2016; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
The Philadelphia Foundation (Earmark: The Philadelphia Foundation)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4765-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement and existing donor-advised fund.
The Saint Paul Foundation (Earmark: The Saint Paul Foundation)3,500,000.0062--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4766-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Silicon Valley Community Foundation)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4767-- Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Earmark: TwinPorts Connex.com)122,000.001519--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4664-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: For TwinPortsConnex.com (formerly theDuSu.com), an information hub by young people, for young people focusing on their issues and what connects them to Duluth and Superior To attract and retain young adults in Duluth and Superior, the community foundation created TwinPortsConnex.com (formerly TheDuSu.com), an online portal designed to help young adults share information and ideas. Currently, the portal provides information on working, living, playing and connecting in the Twin Ports. This grant will help increase site interactivity, enhance content, conduct research and increase guerrilla marketing tactics so TheDuSu can better provide the information young people need to thrive in the area. About the Organization: The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation encourages private giving for the public good. The community foundation is a permanent community endowment, built by gifts from hundreds of individuals and organizations. Guided by a 12-member board of volunteer civic leaders, the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations and to individuals for scholarships and provides leadership on important community initiatives in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Since its inception in 1983, it has distributed $33 million and currently holds over 280 different funds, each with its own charitable purpose.
ACT for Alexandria (Earmark: ACT for Alexandria)102,000.001601--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4671-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: For the ACTion Network, a public issues online forum where problems are posted, debated and citizens decide on what actions to take in response To encourage community problem-solving in Alexandria, Va., this effort will create an online site where residents can post problems, debate solutions and decide on a course of action. While email lists have greatly improved the way neighbors disseminate local information, this project aims to provide the next generation platform for communities to freely share their thoughts and beliefs and act on them to improve their city.
Teach for America (Earmark: Teach for America Miami Program)6,000,000.0013--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4677-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 01/31/2015; goal: To close the achievement gap of 25,000 students in the Miami-Dade public school system by providing funding for Teach For America Miami-Dade to grow from 95 teachers to 350 teachers per year over five years, while placing the teachers in a feeder pattern Teach For America is the largest provider of teachers for low-income communities in the country, with approximately 7,000 members teaching nationwide. This grant will concentrate the newly enlarged TFA corps in the lowest performing feeder-school patterns in the Miami-Dade system, increasing the time spent at each school and thus having the greatest impact on students as they advance through grade levels. As a result of this grant, TFA expects to see increased student achievement each year, including raising reading levels by one and a half years, increasing children’s mastery of more difficult subjects and closing the gap in FCAT scores between low-income and more affluent students.
California Community Foundation (Earmark: Be Counted, Represent)72,000.002026--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4680-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To use cellular phones and other technologies to alert Latino youth to the importance of census participation To encourage Los Angeles-area Latinos to participate in the U.S. census, this grant will help launch a dual Internet-mobile phone application, Be Counted, Represent. Voto Latino – This census-challenge game will target Latino youth to take an online pledge to be counted and give them an opportunity to become virtual 2010 Census recruiters by tapping others in their social networks to do the same. The site will also stream viral videos with celebrity-driven public service announcements that highlight the importance of participating in the census. The project, in partnership with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Voto Latino, will provide accurate, instant bilingual information about the importance of participating in the census as it impacts federal funding and political representation. About the Organization: As L.A.'s foundation, the California Community Foundation has been around since 1915 and has about $1 billion in assets.
Coral Gables Community Foundation (Earmark: GablesHomePage.com)130,000.001467--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4681-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To make GablesHomePage.com an information source for news by and about mature citizens of the area To help strengthen community dialogue, this grant will support GablesHomePage.com, a real-time source for news including information by and about the area's mature residents. This year, the site will add two partnerships: one with the University of Miami's student newspaper for timely sports and campus coverage, and another with The Miami Herald, which will use Gables Home Page as a source for news and information. In addition Gables Home Page will provide a free venue for residents to post news, photos, commentary (blogs) and classifieds.
Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Earmark: Open Indicators Consortium)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4682-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To launch the "Open Indicators Consortium" which will improve public discourse by providing open-source visualization tools Despite the increasing availability of data, and the technology to analyze it deeply, the average person's informed voice is missing in much of the public discourse in vital areas like health care, education and job growth. Debate is often defined by experts, lobbyists and pundits. As a counterweight to that trend, four community foundations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut will engage a range of local stakeholders to help develop easy-to-use and highly consumable analytical and visualization tools. They will include charts, maps, scorecards, dashboards, narrations and animations that reflect local stakeholders’ needs and preferences. These tools will ultimately help transform the quality and breadth of public discourse in communities, and eventually in the nation. In addition to the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, the project partners include The Boston Foundation, The Rhode Island Foundation and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
Health Foundation of South Florida (Earmark: HealthNewsFlorida.org)302,000.00614--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4687-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: To expand reporting capacity of Florida health news coverage in Tallahassee, Bradenton and Miami To strengthen knowledge of local health issues, the foundation will expand Health News Florida’s coverage. Reporters will be assigned to new areas, significantly increasing the amount of original reporting produced. Stories will be available to the public at no charge on the Web site and through e-alerts in addition to being reprinted by newspapers statewide directly and through the Associated Press. The information will help Florida residents make more informed choices about health policy and their personal care. The grant will also help Health News Florida develop a sustainable business model.
Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (Earmark: Mississippi Center for Nonprofits)388,615.00554--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4702-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 10/31/2012; goal: To raise the bar on professionalism for Biloxi's 400 nonprofits through a core competencies certification program The Mississippi Center for Nonprofits is the state’s only nonprofit management resource center – the primary source of management training, technical information, advice, answers and coaching for nonprofits. Following Hurricane Katrina, local nonprofits missed much some needed help because many national funders felt they lacked the expertise to handle the funds and the work. In response, MCNP will offer comprehensive training in nonprofit governance and management that could become an eligibility requirement for funding from local grant makers. The program, Excellence in Action, will train board members, staff and potential leaders in board governance, financial management, information and technology, leadership development, ethics and compliance, and organizational management and planning. As a result, MCFN expects a more professional and effective nonprofit sector, with board and staff members of 120 organizations completing the certification process.
Harrison County Library System (Earmark: Harrison County Library System)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4720-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To increase computer & Internet access for the citizens served by the nine member libraries in the Harrison County Library system by purchasing 77 additional laptops, 10 new desktops and software as well as upgrading to a faster, more secure network.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Boulder County Civic Forum)450,000.00507--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4722-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 10/31/2012; goal: To expand and enhance the Boulder County Civic Forum to serve as a catalyst for greater community engagement in Boulder County The Boulder County Civic Forum was founded in 1998 as an external information arm of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County to collect data needed for healthy decision making. Since then, the Civic Forum has published Boulder County Trends, an every other year look at quality of life as measured by 50 community indicators. In 2006, the foundation brought the forum in-house and named a part-time director. Community leaders regularly use the forum’s findings to make decisions about organizational priorities, plans and actions. Its research has become a trusted and reliable source for key indicators in the community. This grant will enable the work to be carried forward and include an online, interactive database to allow deeper analysis and understanding of the forum's information. Knight dollars will also support collecting primary research in areas where data are not currently available, and the continued publication of Boulder County Trends, with an update in English and Spanish. The position of director will become full time.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Ready.Set.Learn.)104,000.001597--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4661-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To create a community awareness campaign for the importance of early school readiness for at-risk children To raise awareness about the importance of school readiness for at-risk children, this grant will help launch a digital information campaign in Boulder, Colorado. The Community Foundation has collected ten years of research showing that the achievement gap is a major problem facing Boulder County. The gap will continue to widen until the community invests further in early childhood education. But the broader community hasn’t fully grasped the issue’s importance. The READY. SET. LEARN campaign will help parents, business leaders and the general public understand that there is a direct connection between a community’s investment in early childhood education and the achievement gap that weighs down otherwise high-performing school systems. The campaign aims to create a groundswell of voices calling for someone to improve access to quality early care and education for Boulder County's at-risk preschool students. About the Organization: The Community Foundation exists to improve the quality of life in Boulder County, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving. The foundation is the place where giving is informed and inspired to have the greatest impact on the vision of a […].
National Freedom of Information Coalition (Earmark: National Freedom of Information Coalition)2,000,000.00144--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4697-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 01/31/2013; goal: To strengthen state groups that advance freedom of information by creating the Knight FOI Fund.
Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (Earmark: Amazing County (aka CountyBounty))94,400.001828--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4669-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To raise awareness of local resources and history by creating Amazing County (aka CountyBounty), an online awareness scavenger hunt To raise awareness of local history, needs and resources, this grant will help create an online treasure hunt, Amazing County, in Chautauqua County, New York. A sprawling rural area with 44 municipalities, communities tend to be insular, which impedes regional progress. Many residents are unaware of the area's rich history and cultural assets. Brain drain is a concern, with many younger residents moving away. Amazing County, an online treasure hunt, will showcase the county and increase community pride while aiming to engage and retain residents under 40. About the Organization: The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) is committed to improving the northern Chautauqua community through the promotion of local philanthropy, targeted grantmaking, local scholarships and leadership. Since 1986, the organization has distributed over $7.3 million within the community in the form of grants and scholarships.
Rhode Island Foundation (Earmark: Community Forums)102,000.001601--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4679-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create NPR-style forums organized around six key sectors using radio and online As a way to promote community engagement around pressing concerns in a state where residents are known for their fierce independence, this grant will create a series of forums to be broadcast on public radio station WRNI. The conversations will also continue online through various social media. The project strives to unite Rhode Islanders around major issues in health, education, arts, the environment, economic development and human services. Presenting in-depth information and a balance of perspectives will encourage innovative solutions to the problems contributing to Rhode Island’s economic challenges. About the Organization: Founded in 1916, The Rhode Island Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States, and one of the few to serve an entire state. The foundation strives to be a catalyst for positive change in Rhode Island by inspiring philanthropy and taking a leadership role in working with partners to address the state’s most pressing issues and the needs of its diverse communities. The foundation has invested more than $242 million in Rhode Island in the past decade, and has accepted gifts of more than $246 million during that […].
Incourage Community Foundation (Earmark: Community Information Action Agenda)152,000.001275--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4685-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To develop a "community information action agenda" for filling holes in the information ecosystem. The proposed grant builds on the previous Community Information Challenge grant made in late 2008 In order to help meet the Wisconsin Rapids area’s information needs, the community foundation will evaluate the region’s changing media landscape, pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and create a community information action agenda. The plan formed will raise awareness about the availability of quality local news and information and broadband access while fostering support and partnerships for funding solutions.
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (Earmark: River Partnership Online Network)141,000.001435--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4688-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create digital platforms that allow communities along the Mississippi River to get contextual information on how to protect and use the river and its tributaries In an effort to inform and engage residents around Mississippi River issues, a coalition of community foundations within the River Partnership of Community Foundations will launch a series of local Web sites that translate national and regional stories into the local context. Also, on the Web, residents will be able to make their voices heard on issues of water quality and the importance of sustainable development on the rivers’ shores while picking up tips to help river life. About the Organization: The River Partnership of Community Foundations was created in 2006 as a collaborative effort among 18 community foundations located in the ten-state Mississippi River Corridor region (from Minnesota to Louisiana) who share an interest in how the Mississippi River and its tributaries contribute to the economic, cultural, and environmental vitality of their communities. The River Partnership embraces two equally important organizing principles: 1) a shared passion for and commitment to a treasured natural resource (the Mississippi River and its tributaries), including the need to protect and restore these rivers; and 2) a belief […].
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Central Pennsylvania 2-1-1)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4689-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2012; goal: To launch a 2-1-1 information and referral service in 15 counties in Central Pennsylvania In order to provide residents with vital civic information, this grant will help launch a 2-1-1 phone information service in 15 Pennsylvania counties. Residents will have access to round-the-clock answers to questions about local services for basic needs and emergencies, as well as general community information. While there will also be an online component, much of this area is without broadband Internet access, and phone service is likely to be the primary link. About the Organization: The Centre County Community Foundation’s mission is to help donors fulfill their philanthropic goals by building and maintaining a permanent collection of endowment funds. The Foundation champions the betterment of Centre County for both present and future generations through trustworthy leadership shaping effective responses to community issues and opportunities.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Earmark: CTMirror.org)302,000.00614--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4690-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: To develop an online website, CTMirror.org, with news, information, analysis and discussion about Connecticut state government and public policy To increase access to unbiased Connecticut news and information, this grant will help launch an online site offering news, information and discussion about the state’s government and public policy. Providing insight and analysis, the site will disclose the “whys” and consequences of public policy decisions. It will use the vast capacity of the Internet to provide data from voting records and school test scores to original source documents in ways that are accessible and searchable. The project will also provide channels for information to flow from the people to public officials, through online public hearings, issue forums and conversations. Additionally, it will offer a diversity of opinions through op-ed articles and moderated reader feedback.
Allen County Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Allen County Public Library Foundation)135,000.001454--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4700-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 08/31/2011; goal: To increase access and introduce English-language learning technology to up to 2,000 underserved Burmese and Hispanic citizens.
San Jose Public Library Foundation (Earmark: San Jose Public Library Foundation)246,420.00898--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4709-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: For 250 public access computers at eight San Jos Public Library locations.
Duluth Public Library (Earmark: Duluth Public Library)160,000.001252--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4714-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To increase access and training capacity at the Duluth Public Library by leveraging a Gates Foundation grant.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: YouChoose Bay Area)302,000.00614--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4652-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support "YouChoose Bay Area" (a.k.a. Envision Bay Area), an effort to reduce carbon emissions in California using the Internet, public radio and public television to inform the community As a way to increase resident involvement in Northern California’s pressing land use issues, this grant will help launch an Internet, public radio, television and community information campaign called "YouChoose Bay Area" (a.k.a. Envision Bay Area). Land use planning is a mystery to many people, yet it has a great impact on their lives and the community. Using a series of “what if” scenarios enhanced by visualization tools, this project will provide residents with the information they need to develop a deeper understanding of policy decisions and their impact.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Earmark: The Florida Independent)352,000.00571--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4667-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create an investigative journalism news site called The Florida Independent In order to strengthen investigative reporting in Florida, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, the Community Foundation of Central Florida and the Center for Independent Media will create a nonprofit, statewide online news network. The Florida Independent will provide original investigative reports on subjects currently under-covered at the state level and link communities’ issues with reporting in the state capital. Experienced Florida journalists will lead coverage of topics such as aging, health care, housing and social services and use online tools to engage with and connect interested residents. An advisory board will ensure fairness. The site will strive to safeguard the public’s interest by providing critical information on issues that affect Floridians.
The Chicago Community Trust (Earmark: The Chicago Community Trust)202,000.001036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4673-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To build up the community information infrastructure in Chicago To stimulate new ways to provide the Chicago region with critical local news and information, The Chicago Community Trust has launched “Community News Matters,” a grant program to support the city’s media innovators. The Knight Foundation support will help fund projects designed to increase the flow of high-quality information to the public and to develop new distribution and business models. In addition, the Trust will conduct a study examining the region’s information infrastructure – its strengths and weakensses – and convene a conference on the topic.
Arkansas Community Foundation ("ARCF") (Earmark: Write for Arkansas)252,000.00660--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4675-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To add reporters to community newspapers in each major region of the state and post their stories and blogs online In order to provide more in-depth coverage of local issues, this project will add five reporters to cover community and economic development issues for community newspapers in Arkansas. To view news about this project, click here. The reporters will write articles for print and blog about their communities and experiences on a new Write for Arkansas Web site. The additional reporting staff will help Arkansas residents and leaders have a greater understanding of the state’s challenges and needs. Meanwhile, the project’s online component will chronicle local issues from across the state and open a new channel of communication allowing residents to participate in the news.
Lander Community Foundation (Earmark: WyoFile.com)122,000.001519--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4683-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: To provide nonpartisan, public interest journalism through the nonprofit newsroom, WyoFile.com To increase the availability of information on complex state issues, this grant will support WyoFile.com, which examines Wyoming public policy and politics. Historically, Wyoming’s economy and culture have been rooted in natural resource industries including agriculture, timber, mining and oil and gas development. Like many energy colonies with small populations and vast landscapes, industrial proponents have heavily influenced Wyoming policies. WyoFile.com will increase its staff and reporting budget to further engage Wyoming’s residents, lawmakers, educators and business people through an independent, alternative source of content and analysis.
The New York Community Trust (Earmark: Beyond Bullets)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4684-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To create "Beyond Bullets," a media campaign that reduces gun violence, using youth reporters and roving anti-gun film festivals As a way to raise the collective consciousness about the impact of gun violence, this grant will help launch a media campaign using youth reporters and roving anti-gun film festivals. Television, movies and music videos normalize carrying weapons and glamorize them as a source of personal power, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. Meanwhile, news media focus on sensational stories about gun-related homicides, but rarely work to illuminate the causes or portray effective community solutions. The Beyond Bullets media campaign will challenge the mainstream entertainment and news media’s narrative. The effort will offer in-depth youth reporting on the causes and costs of gun violence, and the unheralded – yet strong – efforts to combat it.
Akron Community Foundation (Earmark: Akron Digital Media Center)350,000.00574--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4686-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To establish a digital media center that trains citizen journalists whose content is broadcast to downtown projection screens and posted to existing online site in partnership with the local newspaper In order to strengthen community news and information-sharing, this grant will create the Akron Digital Media Center, a new digital media academy that trains residents to share news and information about their neighborhoods using cutting-edge technology. Citizen journalists of all ages will be given the training and tools to express their individual voices through the creation of news stories, music, documentaries, videos and other projects. Uploaded content will be broadcast on an open-application portal provided by the Akron Beacon Journal, which citizens can then tap into using their mobile phones, computers and other emerging technologies.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Knight International Journalism Fellowships)6,000,000.0013--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4701-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 01/31/2013; goal: To lead a new group of high-impact projects advancing news in the public interest through Knight International Journalism Fellowships.
Middle Georgia Regional Library (Earmark: Computers for Improved Access at Macon Library)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4710-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 03/31/2011; goal: To provide improved digital access for library patrons and create a civic gathering place The Middle Georgia Regional Library System serves 83,000 patrons in six counties, a 9.6 percent increase over 2008. In Macon, Washington Memorial Public Library will use Knight funds to transform itself from an aging traditional public library into a hub for information and community activities. The project combines access to computers, training and software with a reconfiguration and updating of the library's reading room and children's section. The project's focus will be the purchase of 70 desktop computers, plus 15 laptops for patron checkout. Wireless access will be upgraded so neighboring residents may use free wireless. New software for the children's area will give the littlest patrons a good start in computers. The project will fulfill the increased demand for digital access by patrons who would otherwise have none. The library anticipates usage to increase from 60,700 sessions per year to over 120,000. It plans to schedule four to eight classes per month with about 2,000 Macon residents benefiting from the classes each year.
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library (Earmark: Saint Paul Public Library)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4716-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase access to job search assistance and computer based job skill training outside of Library facilities, particularly for people who speak English as their secondary language The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library was established in 1945 to increase funding and to present free cultural programming to the public. This grant will launch the Mobile Workplace Project to help Spanish, Hmong and Somali speakers who find it difficult to use library resources. A mobile service with 10 laptops will bring computer training to the underserved communities. At nine or more partner locations, library staff will offer computer training and help with job searches. In addition, members of the cultural communities will ensure that training is delivered in several languages. With the Mobile Workplace Project, St. Paul Public Library expects a 50 to 100 percent increase in its computer classes.
Fund For Our Economic Future (Earmark: Fund For Our Economic Future)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4620-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To build on existing citizen engagement efforts to provide new ways for citizens to learn about local issues; form opinions and offer solutions for making local governance more effective across the region The Fund for Our Economic Future, a collaboration of 70 Northeast Ohio philanthropies working to advance the region’s economy, has raised nearly $60 million for economic development. Knight’s grant money will support two projects and a charrette aimed at engaging citizens in their government. An administrative staff, contractors, a public relations and marketing firm and an online development firm will be hired. The first project, the Citizens' Choice Awards, will deal with government collaboration, with the expected results of creating a comprehensive citizen engagement platform, increasing awareness of and demand for local government collaboration, efficiency and reform efforts; and the development of citizen-based policies. Experts on traditional and social media, advocacy journalism and civic engagement will lead the charrette in developing a recommendation for integrating new media, advocacy journalism, online data portals, social networks, grassroots community outreach, grant making and policy development into the citizen engagement platform. The Citizens' Policy Program will focus on such topics as sprawl, tax-revenue sharing and school consolidation with a goal of developing […].
Community Foundation of North Florida (Earmark: To The Village Square: We The People)72,000.002026--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4650-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To expand a community problem solving process which includes in-person and online discourse about challenges and ideas for meeting the challenges In an effort to revitalize the dialogue among the city’s diverse residents, this grant will help launch “The Village Square: We the People,” a 21st century virtual and real world public square. The project will offer unique town hall forums in addition to constructive online engagement and a community problem-solving Wiki. Organizers aim to renew Tallahassee's marketplace of ideas where good solutions rise from an informed citizenship, and where abundant information can be channeled into constructive results. About the Organization: The Community Foundation of North Florida is a nonprofit public charity serving the 10-county Big Bend area by facilitating and promoting charitable giving and strengthening nonprofit organizations. The foundation helps people give in perpetuity to their favorite charities and helps nonprofit organizations with grants, education and endowment building expertise.
Community Foundation of New Jersey (Earmark: New Jersey Spotlight)352,000.00571--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4670-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: To create a public information news service providing always-on website, weekly newsletter and tools for data analysis and web discussion forums Expanding coverage of New Jersey state issues, this grant will help create a public interest news service that provides continuously updated online news, a weekly newsletter and online discussion forums. Analytical articles will provide useful tools so that residents, civic organizations and industry can relate the stories and data to their own communities. Also, the site will provide a place for residents to connect with each other and lawmakers on pressing issues. The site strives to increase local knowledge and understanding of statewide policy.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: GreenSpace)352,000.00571--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4672-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2012; goal: To create a digital platform for engaging the seven-county region in development and use of greenways and green spaces they share To encourage support for creating more livable communities, this grant will develop an information hub for the seven-county region of southeast Michigan that will inform residents about how to be good stewards of the area’s natural resources. The “GreenSpace” project will bring together all the available information on the topic – benefiting anyone from a family searching for a place to hike or bike, to a resident advocating for more parks and recreation and a government official developing land use policy. The hub will encourage users to contribute content and share links to information, helping to nurture leadership and action on important issues. About the Organization: The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations committed to the future of southeast Michigan. The Foundation works to improve the region’s quality of life by connecting those who care with causes that matter. The Foundation supports a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs. Since its inception, the Foundation has […].
Michigan's Children (Earmark: Our Life in the D)126,000.001476--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4674-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To create a multi-media youth news service focused on news in neighborhoods and schools in partnership with the Skillman Foundation: Our Life in the D. As a way to boost involvement in Detroit issues, this grant will help create a multi-media youth news service, where student reports will focus on neighborhoods and schools called KidSpeak Neighborhood News. Close to 40 percent of Detroit’s population is functionally illiterate, and many Detroit parents lack a high school diploma – creating obstacles to their children’s success. Also, many low-income families don’t have the Internet access that could bring them vital information about their communities. Engaging families by providing opportunities for their children to create high quality content will help fill the communications gap, bring young voices into public debate and empower residents and communities to create positive changes.
Richland County Public Library (Earmark: Computers for Job-help Center)438,000.00520--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4707-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To increase Richland County residents' access to and knowledge of the technology they need to be competent job seekers and employees The Richland County Public Library consistently ranks high nationally in such areas as circulation, staffing and materials. In 2001, it was named National Library of the Year. The library's 11 branches have seen a 30 percent increase in use over the past two years. With unemployment high, residents are turning to the library in record numbers for job searches, resume preparation and unemployment services. Knight’s grant will create a job-help center at the Main Library, adding 54 computers to create a consolidated center where library staff can more readily help job seekers. Also an underserved branch in a community where almost 40 percent of residents live below the poverty line will see increased technology training, Tech Tuesdays with classes and a technology instructor. Other branches will get new computers and related equipment. In 2008, more than 578,000 people used the library's Internet computers. With the additional computers, the library expects that number to increase to 768,500.
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (Earmark: Manatee County Board of County Commissioners)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4715-- Grant period: 12/07/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To provide additional public internet access to Manatee County residents through laptop computers, digital enhancements to a community bookmobile and expanded bandwidth at the central library.
The Broward County Film Society (Earmark: The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival)70,000.002036--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4556-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate cultures from around the world through a free film and community discussion series The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival will celebrate global cultures and foster dialogue in South Florida through a free film and community discussion series called Around the World in 80 Nights. Local groups whose country or ethnicity is represented on screen will introduce the film, facilitate a Q & A period and, whenever possible, enlighten the audience about their local community and customs.
United Negro College Fund (Earmark: United Negro College Fund)80,000.001872--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4557-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand knowledge of a culturally significant musical instrument by supporting the Florida Memorial University Steel Band program through scholarships This grant will expand the public’s knowledge of a culturally significant musical instrument by supporting the Florida Memorial University Steel Band program through scholarships. The funds will cover a portion of tuition plus expenses involved with touring and an annual youth festival. The students will travel to the Steel Band Festival at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and take part in Florida Memorial University’s annual Youth Steel Festival, now in its 10th year. The grant will help students gain experience in arranging, band management and production.
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Earmark: Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired)125,000.001480--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4558-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase opportunities for blind and sighted artists by expanding the center's unique music inclusion program This grant will expand the center’s unique music inclusion program, which helps the blind develop marketable job skills while fostering talent. Participants will write and perform songs while mastering full production skills under the tutelage of skilled professionals. This program is a national model for inclusion and workforce development, with several former participants now employed in the mainstream music industry.
Locust Projects (Earmark: Locust Projects: Out of the Box)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4559-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote experimental art by commissioning site-specific, public projects to be exhibited on billboards “Locust Projects: Out of the Box” is a new initiative that will increase exposure to contemporary art by commissioning site-specific, public artworks. Created by a different artist each year, the work will be exhibited on a high profile billboard in Miami-Dade. The experimental project aims to challenge the billboard as a tool for commercial advertising while giving artists an opportunity to reconsider their own artistic practice.
The Girls Club Foundation (Earmark: Girl's Club)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4560-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To nurture the career of a South Florida artist by supporting an exhibit at an alternative gallery space dedicated to contemporary female artists This grant will nurture the career of Miami artist Frances Trombly by supporting an exhibit at Girls’ Club, an alternative gallery space dedicated to contemporary female artists. Girls’ Club will commission Trombly to create an exhibit of hand-woven canvasses entitled “Paintings.” An accompanying limited edition artist’s book will be produced with hand-woven pages and a text commissioned by a recognized arts writer. The exhibit will provide Trombly the opportunity to realize an ambitious project, while increasing Girls’ Club’s stature and the awareness of cultural offerings in Fort Lauderdale.
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (Earmark: Women of Tomorrow)68,931.002063--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4721-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2010; goal: To provide support to continue implementation efforts a National Expansion Business Plan.
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: National Urban Fellows)185,000.001194--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4725-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support a national urban fellow for 2010-11 and the dissemination of research from lessons learned from the program over the past 40 years.
Media Development Loan Fund (Earmark: Global Voices)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4728-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support Global Voices' general operations.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Miami Foundation)5,500,000.0017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4741-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Sweat Records (Earmark: Sweat Records)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4565-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen a local resource by expanding community programming and creating an online site exclusively for buying local music and art This grant will help Sweat Records, a store and community resource that offers live performances, film screenings and an art gallery, strengthen and expand its cultural offerings. Sweat Records will hold additional workshops on a variety of cultural and educational topics. In addition, Sweat Records will develop an e-commerce site showcasing music and other goods made in South Florida.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4566-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To facilitate the exchange of ideas and goods by creating an online cultural classifieds service where artists post openings and workshops and goods for sale or donation This grant will increase opportunities for blind and sighted artists by expanding the center’s unique music inclusion program, which helps develop marketable job skills while fostering talent. Participants will write and perform songs while mastering full production skills under the tutelage of skilled professionals. This program is a national model for inclusion and workforce development, with several former participants now employed in the mainstream music industry.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4579-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For 2010 general operating support.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Nieman Labs)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4607-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; goal: To expand coverage on Nieman Labs of new business models for news, media innovation and community news experiments.
Community Telecommunications Network (Earmark: Community Telecommunications Network)810,000.00340--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4623-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To enable the Detroit Connected Community Initiative to provide high-speed Internet access in two large, low-income Detroit neighborhoods, utilizing WiMAX and Wi-Fi technology.
Community Initiatives (Earmark: The Bay Citizen)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4711-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To help launch the The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit, nonpartisan member-supported news organization providing in-depth original reporting for the San Francisco Bay Area.
BankAtlantic Foundation (Earmark: BankAtlantic Foundation)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4553-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase exposure to the arts by expanding a program that partners arts nonprofits with local elementary schools BankAtlantic will expose more students to the arts by expanding a program that partners arts nonprofits with schools. To do that, BankAtlantic managers from more than 30 locations across South Florida will team up with a local non-organizations and an elementary school. Together, they will organize field trips or in-class presentations by visual and performing artists.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: The Wolfsonian: Illuminating the Arts)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4563-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the reach of the museum by projecting images of the collection and new works on its exterior walls This project, entitled The Art of Illumination, will expand the Wolfsonian’s reach by converting the museum’s exterior facades into public exhibition spaces, using the latest digital technology and lighting systems. The images will range from large-scale digital reproductions of pieces in the museum’s collection to contemporary works that convey the museum’s mission to illuminate the active role of design in shaping every day life experiences. The technology will be flexible to allow for displays in a variety of formats, including images, video, film, photography and static and/or moving text – even interactive mobile technology. The project will elevate the museum as a civic landmark while contributing to Miami Beach’s reputation as a center for art and design.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Free Gospel Sundays at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4564-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To broaden appreciation for South Florida's gospel tradition by expanding Free Gospel Sundays at the Arsht Center With this grant, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County will broaden local appreciation for gospel music by continuing its Free Gospel Sundays program for a third and fourth year. The series celebrates the gospel tradition with concerts open to the public in the Knight Concert Hall. Performers include local gospel soloists and choirs and nationally recognized headlining artists.
Akron Public Schools (Earmark: Akron Public Schools)211,000.001010--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4605-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To provide funding for Akron Public Schools to develop a process and implementation plan for making 40 Community Learning Centers responsive to the community's needs.
fifty over fifty (Earmark: Fifty Over Fifty: New Work Award)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4706-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To continue the New Works Award, for the next two years, that showcases new work of high artistic merit in the visual or performing arts.
National Constitution Center (Earmark: National Constitution Center)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4713-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To support the priorities of the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution at the Constitution Center.
The Ohio State University Foundation (Earmark: The Ohio State University)31,000.002948--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4717-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2010; goal: To create and distribute a series of video stories about the importance of information flow, following the launch of the Knight Commission on Information Needs in a Democracy.
Lexington Partnership for Workforce Development (Earmark: Creative Cities Summit in Lexington)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4726-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support the three-day Creative Cities Summit in Lexington which brings together leading thinkers and practitioners from around the world to discuss the latest in creative community best practices, and showcases regional examples of community innovation.
Akron Community Foundation (Earmark: Akron Community Foundation)5,500,000.0017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4740-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund.
Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation (Earmark: Author Reading Series)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4550-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster literary dialogue through an author reading series In order to increase appreciation for the literary arts in South Florida, the Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation will launch an author reading series. At these events, the audience will have a chance to hear from and interact with some of the world’s best-known contemporary poets.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Earmark: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens)80,000.001872--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4555-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight Vizcaya's historic and artistic importance by commissioning site-specific contemporary artworks inspired by this National Historic Landmark This grant will highlight Vizcaya’s historic and artistic importance by commissioning site-specific contemporary artworks inspired by this National Historic Landmark. The works will be on display for a minimum of two to three months. Vizcaya also will host companion educational programs for the public. The program aims to encourage new perspectives on Vizcaya’s history,spaces and collections while enhancing its role as a place for innovative artistic production.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Miami City Ballet)900,000.00324--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4561-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase the ballet - and the region's cultural significance - by providing orchestral accompaniment during the 2011-13 repertory seasons In a rare artistic collaboration between a major orchestra and a major ballet company, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Miami City Ballet will perform together on Jan. 29, 2009 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The orchestra will play works by Stravinsky and Bizet, while the ballet dances to the compositions with choreography by Balanchine. The project will allow the organizations to assess the demand and financial support for future artistic joint ventures that could include commissioning new works.
Miami Light Project (Earmark: The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse)400,000.00532--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4567-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a hub for creative activity in Wynwood by opening an office, performance and gallery space for a diverse group of arts organizations This grant will help create The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood, a multidisciplinary office, performance and gallery space for a diverse group of arts organizations. The group will share everything from a theater and rehearsal area to conference rooms and office equipment. An advisory board of participating groups will make decisions about the space. Initially, the warehouse will include a performance space with seating for 100, a screening venue for 75, plus a gallery and communal office space. The Light Box will create an affordable and creative home for local organizations while striving to become a hub of activity for the Wynwood Arts District.
New World Symphony (Earmark: Sound and Sight Video Series)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4570-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To attract new and younger audiences by commissioning contemporary artists to produce videos to accompany the music during select performances The $5 million Knight New Media Endowment for the New World Symphony will advance its use of digital technology, including further implementation of Internet2, which permits performers and audiences to share real-time experiences with other artists around the world. Once completed, the new Gehry-designed home for New World Symphony will be the world’s most technologically advanced classical music performance space. “Knight Foundation is founded upon principles of communication. Its origins are in print media, and now it recognizes the challenges and opportunities of new media,” said Howard Herring, New World Symphony president. “We are grateful for Knight Foundation support of our cutting-edge work with new media. We look forward to exploiting the capabilities of our new campus as we inform and transform musicians and audiences here in Miami and around the world.”.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Earmark: Large-Scale Outdoor Sculpture)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4572-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expose new audiences to contemporary art by exhibiting large-scale outdoor sculpture on Fairchild's grounds The Coral Gables garden will expose new audiences to contemporary art by exhibiting large-scale outdoor sculpture among its expansive trees and foliage. Guests will have the opportunity to take in the beauty of the garden and learn about fruit and vegetable gardens, tropical plants, native species and conservation while enjoying the artists’ works.
Tides Center (Earmark: Huffington Post Investigative Fund)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4718-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support developing both innovative business plans and innovative digital content delivery for investigative reporting through the hybrid model at Huffington Post Investigative Fund.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: [email protected])240,000.00925--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4562-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote imaginative thinking among school children through a curriculum-based art program [email protected] aims to promote imaginative thinking among early elementary school children through a curriculum-based art program. Developed by the Bass Museum of Art in conjunction with Stanford University’s acclaimed d.school (Institute of Design), IDEA fuses art with Design Thinking, a creative process focused on building ideas by withholding judgments (i.e., there is no right or wrong). This method of problem-solving eliminates fear of failure and encourages brainstorming and prototyping. Miami-Dade teachers, who will be trained at the museum, will employ the curriculum at school and then invite students to the Bass’ Free Family Sundays where there will be coordinated activities.
Florida Grand Opera (Earmark: Free For All)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4568-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To cultivate a new audience for opera by holding a drawing for free tickets to a performance of Carmen “Opera FREE-FOR-ALL” aims to identify and cultivate a new audience for opera by holding a drawing for free tickets to a 2010 performance of Carmen. Some 2,200 tickets will be given away to the public through a chance-giveaway. Those entries not receiving free tickets will get a code entitling them to purchase a ticket to a different performance of Carmen at a discount.
Teatro Avante (Earmark: International Hispanic Theatre Festival)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4569-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support and enhance an award-winning Hispanic theater festival by adding a comprehensive Latin American theater conference Teatro Avante will elevate the importance of Hispanic theater in Miami by expanding its 25th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival in 2010. The educational component, co-sponsored by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College and Mexico’s Rodolfo Usigli Theatre Research Center, in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute in Miami, will include a conference on Latin American theatre, post-performance forums, visual art and other exhibits.
Kathleen Hudspeth (Earmark: Kathleen Hudspeth)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4571-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote traditional print media and artists' books by creating a communal print shop serving the arts community Turn-Based Press will promote a culture of printmaking by creating a communal print shop serving the arts community. The organization will offer expertise in addition to tools and materials to artists for the production and investigation of print and book arts. Equipment may include an etching press, letterpress, screen-printing equipment and bookbinding related items.
Tides Center (Earmark: NewsCloud)249,942.00884--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4668-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 04/30/2011; goal: To launch and support twelve news organizations on NewsCloud's Facebook community application platform.
DonorsChoose.Org (Earmark: Donors Choose: GivingCards)145,000.001425--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4724-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To spur citizen engagement in support of 400 classroom projects in high-need Detroit schools and through the distribution of GivingCards to key members of Knight's organizational network.
Mobilizing America's Youth (Earmark: Mobilizing America's Youth)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4729-- Grant period: 12/01/2009 - 12/31/2010; goal: To support the integration of Generation Engage's programming model into the organization and continue to conduct outreach to community college students in three Knight communities (San Jose, Charlotte and Miami).
National Immigration Forum (Earmark: National Immigration Forum)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4637-- Grant period: 11/01/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To support the continuation the Ad Hoc Working Group on Naturalization that has been a catalyst for bringing Knight grantees, foundations and national organizations supporting naturalization together to increase funding, capacity and effectiveness.
The Real News Network (Earmark: The Real News Network)249,950.00883--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4602-- Grant period: 11/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To develop a video-news publishing and audience interaction platform that combines interactivity, social media and context to engage its audience in story selection, user contributions and recommended content Real News Network is a nonprofit 501(c)3 founded in 2005, a viewer-supported online video-news service. Its mission is to engage viewers in solving community problems. It provides video journalism that presents facts, history and context, while allowing interactivity and social networking. The Real News Network – with its 2 million views per month and 9 million views on YouTube – provides an opportunity to experiment with an online news-video model with a significant audience. This grant will develop an innovative platform that allows interactivity between citizens and journalists and engages its audience through the use of social media and context. We expect the platform to become a model of open-source integration of online publishing software and social networking services. It can be used by anyone who wants to tell stories with video and create a community of news consumers interested in solving community problems.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Committee to Protect Journalists)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4591-- Grant period: 11/01/2009 - 10/31/2010; goal: To move Impunity Project pilots in Russia and the Philippines towards sustainability, and expand to an additional country Every year, on average, several dozen journalists are killed across the globe because of their work. In 9 of every 10 cases, those responsible literally get away with murder. When societies refuse to silently accept the slayings of people like judges and journalists, when they stand up for the free flow of information needed to investigate and bring perpetrators to justice, they advance the cause of freedom. CPJ wants to use its global leadership to expand the impunity work worldwide, starting with the nations where journalists are most likely to be assassinated, specifically Russia and the Philippines.. During the grant, CPJ will continue to call international attention to the murders of journalists in Russia and the Philippines, seeking arrest and prosecution of those responsible. CPJ will lead other free press organizations to unite in the fight against impunity and will expand this pilot to a third country. It is hoped that as a result, the arrest rate will begin to increase, the impunity rate to decline. By the end of this grant, CPJ is expected to demonstrate the actual country-by-country impact needed […].
Channel One Network (Earmark: Channel One Network: Five Freedoms)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4699-- Grant period: 11/01/2009 - 10/31/2010; goal: To revamp and test Five Freedoms, a new approach to teaching high school students about the First Amendment.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Executive search)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4676-- Grant period: 10/31/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support Miami Art Museum's executive search for a chief curator, a search necessary in ensuring the overall vitality of the institution.
Texas Christian University (Earmark: Texas Christian University)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4704-- Grant period: 10/31/2009 - 10/31/2010; goal: To retrain Schieffer School faculty and media professionals in digital and multi-media story-telling in lieu of an honorarium for Bob Schieffer to speak at the Media Learning Seminar III.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall)73,700.002025--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4659-- Grant period: 10/31/2009 - 10/30/2010; goal: For the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performance at Independent Sector Conference, November 4, 2009.
World Press Freedom Committee (Earmark: World Press Freedom Committee)140,000.001438--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4608-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 01/01/2012; goal: To strengthen the monitoring of global threats to press freedom and facilitate a merger with Freedom House As the Irvine Foundation and others report, strategic restructuring — including mergers, back-office consolidations and joint ventures — are an increasingly popular option for nonprofits facing stiff competition, rising community needs and decreasing funds. This grant will allow the World Press Freedom Committee, an early grantee of Knight Foundation, to continue its most important activity as it restructures. For 30 years, the committee has carefully monitored global groups such as the United Nations and UNESCO and campaigned for the free flow of information. Its work helped overcome attempts to radically limit press freedom internationally. The committee seeks to secure the future of this monitoring work by merging with Freedom House, a larger, better financed NGO with a compatible mission. Freedom House publishes the most important international guide to press freedom.
Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition (Earmark: Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition)910,000.00323--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4621-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To establish the Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition, an organization that will pilot and sustain broadband technology strategies to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Miami-Dade County.
Detroit Public Library (Earmark: Detroit Public Library)866,000.00330--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4629-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To introduce a Technology, Literacy & Career Center at the Parkman Branch that will expand computer access provide technology and assist customers in developing basic literacy and life skills.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (Earmark: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)804,100.00344--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4639-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To meet the growing demand for job-related services by replacing old computers, increasing bandwidth and creating a new Job Center in the Main Library.
JumpStart (Earmark: JumpStart, Inc.)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4642-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To leverage stimulus resources to assist six Knight communities struggling to become more diverse entrepreneurial economies.
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System (Earmark: LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System)83,250.001869--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4651-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To purchase 150 Netbooks computers for public use in the main office and branches of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Pubic Library System.
Wichita Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Wichita Community Foundation)122,500.001518--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4653-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center.
Alexander Mitchell Public Library (Earmark: Alexander Mitchell Public Library)59,000.002165--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4655-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: Technology Affinity Group)4,900.003782--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4592-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
New America Foundation (Earmark: New America Foundation)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4611-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To create media policy ideas and advance the findings of the Knight Commission on the Information needs of Communities The New America Foundation is a nonprofit based in Washington D.C. It was founded in 1999 and it is headed by Steve Coll, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner for distinguished non fiction. New America is a new think tank model that uses the work of its fellows, digital media, innovative communication strategies and its network of media connections to analyze, explain and propose policy solutions to challenges on key issues being faced by the United States. The grantee will create a media policy fellowship program at the New America Foundation. They will create and distribute practical ideas for media reform. The grantee is expected to create ideas that can help set up the framework for a federal media reform that aims to bridge the digital divide and bring communities the information they need. In doing that, the grantee is expected to advance the recommendations made by the Knight Commission. By the end of the grant, policy reforms from Congress and the F.C.C. that arise from the work, ideas and recommendations of the program’s fellows are expected. Ultimately, this project aims to […].
Twin Lakes Library System (Earmark: Twin Lakes Library System)49,400.002505--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4634-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2010; goal: To upgrade existing computers and provide new mobile teaching capabilities, providing community outreach in partnership with the Digital Bridges project and Clearwire wi-max service.
United States Artists (Earmark: United States Artists, Inc.)1,000,000.00273--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4643-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2014; goal: To invest in 18 of America's finest artists working in the 26 Knight communities and illuminate the value of artists to society.
Lexington Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Lexington Public Library Foundation)82,000.001871--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4656-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 04/30/2011; goal: To build technology and training capacity at the Lexington Public Library to address increased computer usage and demand in Lexington, Kentucky, and to outreach to parts of the community that might not find the central library or its branches easily acces.
Historical Association Of Southern Florida (Earmark: Historical Association of Southern Florida)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4662-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To underwrite the exhibition of locally owned Lincoln and Civil War materials at the museum as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration.
East Grand Forks Campbell Library (Earmark: East Grand Forks Campbell Library)28,650.003056--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4663-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Journalism Training for UNITY Journalists)50,000.002216--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 […].
Native American Journalists Association (Earmark: Native American Journalists Association)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4694-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (Earmark: The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4695-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)181,818.001201--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4609-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: To support the work of Council on Foundations (COF) on two initiatives: 1) Creating public-philanthropic partnerships in the area of universal access and 2) Promoting the importance of information needs of communities at COF's fall 2009 conference.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Blue Grass Community Foundation)560,000.00430--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4622-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To expand broadband access into underserved neighborhoods, improve the public safety network, support economic development and enhance the tourism/visitor experience in Lexington, Ky.
College for Creative Studies (Earmark: College for Creative Studies: Argonaut Building)1,010,000.00267--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4625-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To provide a new anchor institution in the northern-most end of Detroit's proposed "Creative Corridor".
Cranbrook Educational Community (Earmark: Cranbrook Educational Community)1,080,000.00257--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4626-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; goal: To establish Cranbrook as a new cultural and education partner in Detroit's Creative Corridor while developing a long-term, integrated partnership with the Arts League of Michigan.
Horry County Memorial Library (Earmark: Horry County Memorial Library)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4640-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To meet the growing demand for services by replacing and adding computers in all branches and creating a mobile computing lab.
Muscogee County School District (Earmark: Muscogee County School District)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4588-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2010; goal: To purchase computers, audio visual and telephone equipment for the new Mildred L. Terry Public Library branch.
Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research (Earmark: Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research)2,100,000.00137--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4600-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2014; goal: To diversify the local economy by providing startup funding to build a composite prototyping lab whose products can be manufactured locally.
University of Central Florida (Earmark: University of Central Florida)54,156.002187--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4614-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: To support data collection, analysis and dissemination of the 2009 Florida's Civic Health Index, a partnership between Florida Joint Center for Citizenship and the National Conference on Citizenship.
Broward Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Broward Public Library Foundation)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4631-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To provide Creole, Spanish and English training for teachers offering computer literacy classes in library branches.
Chez Bushwick (Earmark: Chez Bushwick)12,000.003546--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4641-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To produce the one-week Miami residency of REPLICA, a multidisciplinary performance work for stage, gallery and alternative exhibition space that manipulates concepts of space and representation.
Grand Forks Public Library (Earmark: Grand Forks Public Library)37,600.002653--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4654-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center.
International Women's Media Foundation (Earmark: Elizabeth Neuffer Fund)60,000.002103--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4665-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: For a one-time bridge grant to support the Elizabeth Neuffer Fund in honor of the slain journalist The Elizabeth Neuffer Fund was created in 2004 through the International Women’s Media Foundation. This program honors the memory of Elizabeth Neuffer, a 1998 winner of the Courage in Journalism Award and a reporter for The Boston Globe, who died in Iraq on May 9, 2003. In collaboration with Elizabeth’s partner, Peter Canellos, now editorial page editor of The Boston Globe, and her brother, Mark Neuffer, the IWMF established this fund to support professional development of a journalist each year who shares Elizabeth’s passion for social justice and has been covering the world’s most difficult stories. The women selected have ranged from freelancers to veteran reporters with the BBC. Neuffer fellows may also work with the Boston Globe or New York Times. The fellowship includes housing with a family; a stipend to cover meals, ground transportation, and other living expenses; and health insurance. It does not provide a salary or honoraria. Fellows spend nine months at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Until recently, the program was supported by the Boston Globe Foundation and New York Times Foundation. Both suspended their operations […].
Pennsylvania Ballet Association (Earmark: Pennsylvania Ballet Association)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4678-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: To support the world premier of a Matthew Neenan ballet on October 21, 2009 by matching a challenge grant from the Jerome Robbins' New Essential Works Program.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Earmark: National Association of Hispanic Journalists)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4693-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
Asian American Journalists Association (Earmark: Asian American Journalists Association)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4696-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
Mobilizing America's Youth (Earmark: Mobilizing America's Youth)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4703-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: For general support.
Charlotte Center for Urban Ministry (Earmark: Charlotte Center for Urban Ministry: Moore Place)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4615-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To support Charlotte's 10-year plan to end homelessness through the establishment of Moore Place - the city's first permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless.
National Public Radio (Earmark: National Public Radio)1,000,000.00273--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4627-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To extend Knight Foundation's digital training of the NPR newsroom by creating 12 local news test sites linked to one another and to NPR. This grant is the test project of the creation of a new local reporting network This project will expand NPR’s reach to local news. The goal is for 12 test sites to become models for the 880 NPR stations across the country. Eventually, we hope each site becomes a local content expert and the linking of all sites with one another and that NPR national creates a new reporting network that focuses specifically on news of local interest. We expect that other NPR sites will join this network and that it becomes a new model for a national news network. It is hoped that NPR will become an authoritative source of local online news, convert a loyal radio following into a powerful, nationwide online network, and distribute public radio content widely across emerging media platforms.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4638-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To insure that the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a major cultural institution in Detroit's design corridor, is able to expand and diversify its audiences through a series of free community-based concerts.
Miami-Dade Public Library System (Earmark: Miami-Dade Public Library System)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4645-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To increase the amount of Internet access points in Miami-Dade public libraries and to purchase more laptops for public use.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Earmark: Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative)1,020,000.00263--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4646-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 12/31/2012; goal: To create the Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative (MSWFC) which will move low-wage workers into higher-paying jobs while providing employers with the skilled employees they need.
Chapin Memorial Library (Earmark: Chapin Memorial Library)65,000.002075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4648-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To meet a growing demand for services by replacing and adding computers and adding bandwidth.
Council of Friends Groups of Akron Summit County Public Library (Earmark: Akron-Summit County Public Library)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4658-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 10/31/2012; goal: To meet the growing demand for job training via mobile computer labs at 17 branch Akron-Summit County Public Libraries, an additional 3300 people per year will have access and will receive training per year, because of Knight's investment.
National Association of Black Journalists (Earmark: National Association of Black Journalists)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4691-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
Journalism and Women Symposium (Earmark: Journalism and Women's Symposium)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4692-- Grant period: 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: To promote diversity and boost under-represented groups in journalism through subsidized training and operational support.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Spot.us expansion)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4606-- Grant period: 09/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To expand Spot.us, a project that publicly finances local investigative reporting, to Los Angeles in a partnership with the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California Spot.us is a 2008 Knight News Challenge winner. It uses micropayments collected from the public to fund local investigative and enterprise reporting. Since its launch in San Francisco a year ago, about 30 articles have been proposed, funded and written, the highest profile one for The New York Times. Rather than backing a news organization, the public is asked to consider funding individual stories. By seeing what stories the public is willing to pay for, and creating a mechanism to do so, Spot.us is testing the viability of an alternative funding stream for local news during an era in which daily newspapers are shedding local reporters. This project will extend Spot.us to Los Angeles through a partnership with the University of Southern California School of Journalism. The platform will be redeveloped to be more easily extended to additional cities with new features. Ultimately, we hope this grant shows how to scale Spot.us to any city and have it be sustainable there. Additionally, it is hoped that Spot.us shows that crowdsourced reporting […].
University of Wynwood (Earmark: Poem Depot Project)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4632-- Grant period: 09/01/2009 - 08/31/2011; goal: To support the University of Wynwood in its mission to improve literary life in Miami by funding a lecture series, a forum for intellectual discussion, advisory services to high school writing programs and the Poem Depot Project.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: United Way for Southeastern Michigan)1,025,000.00259--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4437-- Grant period: 09/01/2009 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support a funders collaborative in the Detroit metro region that will develop critical workforce partnerships between employers, workforce development agencies, community-based organizations and the philanthropic community In Michigan, unemployment is the highest in the country at eight percent. Detroit’s rate is double that. This grant will support a funders collaborative which, matched by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, aims to transform workforce development in Detroit. In particular, the collaborative will provide training for 500 residents a year to work in the health sector, Michigan’s largest employer. The group also will increase training and degree programs for entry level health employees and develop opportunities for immigrants by offering health-based English as a Second Language classes. The United Way, a lead agency, has invested in workforce programs for decades and recently included offering financial stability programs as part of its business model.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)19,750.003409--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4647-- Grant period: 09/01/2009 - 08/31/2010; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
Texas Tribune (Earmark: The Texas Tribune)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4660-- Grant period: 08/31/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To launch The Texas Tribune, a new nonprofit statewide online news organization The Texas Tribune is a new nonpartisan, nonprofit media startup whose mission is to promote civic engagement and discourse on government, politics, public policy and other matters of statewide interest. The core product of the Texas Tribune will be its destination web site, www.texastribune.org. The site will blend text reporting with the newest presentation and visualization tools; audio and video; original source documents; highly curated news aggregation from other sources; and proprietary, searchable databases. Texas Tribune will produce events and specialized publications, and plans to syndicate content to other online, print and broadcast news outlets. In addition, Texas Tribune will document best practices – both on the editorial and business side -- and share them with the larger news community, including other Knight grantees, through the new Investigative Reporting Network. Texas Tribune will help fill the new void in the amount of quality statewide news coverage in Texas, the nation’s second most populous state. They expect to reach its growth targets and become a sustainable model for other statewide news sites to follow. The Texas project will collaborate with other Knight projects in California, New York, and Washington, […].
DawnTown (Earmark: DawnTown)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4644-- Grant period: 08/15/2009 - 03/31/2011; goal: To bring innovative architecture ideas to Downtown Miami.
Miami Dade College (Earmark: Miami Dade College - Miami: City of Refuge)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4575-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 11/30/2011; goal: To establish Miami as a City of Refuge for persecuted writers Free speech writing can still be a perilous act in many places throughout the world. Between January and June 2006, 19 writers were murdered, 33 had received death threats and 142 were imprisoned, according to International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee. Cities of Refuge North America aids persecuted writers around the globe by creating safe havens for them in North America, spaces where they may practice their craft freely, unfettered by censorship and political repression. They assist writers worldwide while enriching both communities and the literary landscape in North America. This grant gives Knight the opportunity to set a Knight community as a City of Refuge for persecuted writers. Grant funds will support the costs of hosting a persecuted writer in residence for two years. During that time, the writer will teach a course at MDC and participate in public readings and discussions.
International Women's Media Foundation (Earmark: International Women's Media Foundation)220,000.00997--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4599-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2011; goal: To support the International Conference of Women Media Leaders The International Women’s Media Foundation is a global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide. Started in 1990, the foundation today is a global network dedicated to cultivating leadership, honoring courage and building opportunity. The IWMF anchors its work in research and monitors the status of women in the news media worldwide. This grant will support the 2011 International Conference of Women Media Leaders which will bring together between 100 and 150 leading women journalists from around the world to develop a global strategy to grow gender equality within the news professions. During the conference, the group will unveil the results of its Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media, which will frame conference discussions and help drive change.
Area/Code Entertainment LLC (Earmark: Area/Code Entertainment)203,605.001033--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4610-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2011; goal: For the research and concept development of community-centric urban games in five Knight Communities.
Mobilizing America's Youth (Earmark: Mobilizing America's Youth)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4603-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 01/31/2010; goal: To provide general operating and strategic planning support for Generation Engage's work in Charlotte, Miami and San Jose.
Musical Arts Association (Earmark: Musical Arts Association: Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency)130,000.001467--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4624-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 08/31/2012; goal: To provide office space in Miami for the Cleveland Orchestra from 2009 up to 2012.
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (Earmark: Management Leadership for Tomorrow)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4635-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2010; goal: To partner in developing best practices for mentorships and identifying opportunities for underrepresented individuals' placement in nonprofit organizations.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4649-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2010; goal: To reimburse OneCommunity for using $250,000 of its grant payment to retain New America Foundation for targeted assistance to Knight communities with federal stimulus grant preparation and assessment.
Tides Center (Earmark: The Extraordinaries (via Tides Fdn.))250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4630-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 05/31/2011; goal: To foster community engagement by allowing residents to use a mobile phone for volunteer activities in their community For individuals, finding time to give back is a challenge. Many people don’t have several hours each week to volunteer. The Extraordinaries offers a new option, by letting people volunteer on demand, in bursts of idle time, using a smart phone application. A user could translate a document for a community group, for example, while waiting to catch a plane. The project, which will test launch in San Jose, Calif., seeks to transform the volunteer economy by making it possible for people to volunteer on demand, and for organizations to tap into the volunteer workforce.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector 2009 Annual Conference)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4633-- Grant period: 08/01/2009 - 03/30/2010; goal: To provide Leadership Circle sponsorship support of the 2009 Annual Conference on November 4-6, 2009 in Detroit.
ProPublica (Earmark: Document Cloud)719,500.00375--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4520-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 11/30/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a public, easily searchable index of original source documents on the Web Source documents are the foundation of investigative journalism. Yet, once used, the documents are often either locked away or thrown away. They are lost to further inquiry. In a few cases, source documents are placed on the Web. But those are in a variety of formats, difficult to search. This grant will create a new way to find, search, annotate and share documents among news organizations or individuals. It will be tested in New York in a partnership with the Gotham Gazette. The grantee will create an open standard for describing and sharing information about source documents. The project will take source documents beyond the limited search capabilities of the PDF format and make them an intrinsic part of the searchable Web. The software will be released as public, open-source code for use by others. We expect this project to make sharing and finding source documents easier through “fielded metadata,” indexing and other content notes about the documents provided by web users. This grant is being made to DocumentCloud, a new nonprofit formed by employees of ProPublica and The New York Times. But because it did […].
Tides Center (Earmark: CMS Upload Utility)10,600.003574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4523-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 11/30/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a quick way to convert and load multiple newspaper files to a Web site Joe Boydston is the Vice President of Technology and New Media for the McNaughton Newspaper Group, a small, family owned group of newspapers in Northern California. Boydston works with a team of Web programmers, designers and marketing professionals committed to creating and supporting tools that help shape community media organizations. Simple technical problems are keeping community newspapers from making their content available on the World Wide Web. Journalists use computers at even the smallest newspapers. But there is no free, easy-to-use software allowing news organizations, particularly those with small budgets and older equipment, to send batches of stories to be reformatted and published to the web. This grant will create new and easy-to-use tools to enable content producers to publish more legacy content online. We expect this grant to allow small community newspapers to publish more timely news and information to the web. Ultimately, this grant will save news organizations time and money, allowing them to use their resources to bring their community the news and information it needs.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4587-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2010; goal: To support an education and outreach initiative to facilitate the integration of law enforcement into urban policy at the federal and local level.
City of Grand Forks (Earmark: City of Grand Forks)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4601-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2013; goal: To increase resident engagement, property values and the percentage of home owners in a key Grand Forks neighborhood through the establishment of a revolving loan fund.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Foundation (Earmark: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Foundation)38,000.002650--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4619-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To sponsor the Bicentennial National Town Hall Series "Lincoln, Miami, and the American Dream" to be held on November 1, 2009, at the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Knight Neighborhood Challenge)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4598-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2014; goal: To establish the Knight Neighborhood Challenge.
Sunlight Foundation (Earmark: Politiwidgets)565,000.00429--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4425-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 08/31/2011; goal: To create and launch web tools allowing easily accessible public information on Congress Sunlight Foundation was founded in January 2006 to harness the power of the Internet and new information technologies to enable citizens to learn more about what their elected representatives are doing. Sunlight aims to use the tools of open government to help reduce corruption, improve the conduct of public officials and increase the public’s trust in its democratic institutions. The digital revolution has created the potential for a quantum leap in government openness – but only if we can make its instant information easy to find and use. Sunlight Foundation proposes to create a series of new, easy-to-use web tools to allow journalists and citizens to know not just about earmarks but many other actions of our Congressional representatives. During the next two years, the grantee will develop, market and distribute a series of easy-to-use open-source software programs to provide journalists and citizens “integrated information” on Congress. These tools will provide more information about members of Congress more easily to more web users than ever before. This nonpartisan project can be expected during the midterm election to increase debate of fact-based issues the data reveals: earmarks, campaign […].
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: Center for Investigative Reporting, California Watch)1,320,000.00223--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4484-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2011; goal: To launch a new foundation-sponsored collaborative multimedia investigative reporting project in California.
Ushahidi (Earmark: Ushahidi)70,000.002036--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4519-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop a web site, map and timeline to organize and display citizen reports from large news events The mainstream press is not big enough to be everywhere news breaks out. During crises, there rarely is a centralized point for reporting and searching for data about a particular situation. Ushahidi can help fill the gap by creating a free web map and timeline that journalists and citizens can use to contribute multiple reports of large news events. Contributed by web, e-mail or mobile phone, the reports will be displayed as locations on the map, as well as on the timeline. The visual display of the source and type of information will help with trend analysis. The map has been tested in Kenya and will be rebuilt so that it can be used worldwide.
Citizens Union Foundation (Earmark: Councilpedia)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4522-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create Councilpedia, a web project that will help Gotham Gazette expand coverage of New York lawmakers by tapping into what the public knows The online Gotham Gazette, which focuses on New York City issues, will use this grant to expand its City Council coverage with a wiki devoted to local legislators. Crowd-sourcing is the practice of asking a community to contribute its knowledge to a report on a given topic. Wikis are web pages that anyone can contribute to or edit. These techniques are combined in this grant to engage citizens to more actively participate in local politics. This project will enlist New Yorkers to scrutinize records and share what they know about local legislators, their actions, and their funders. This contributed information will be moderated and vetted by the nonprofit news organization, the Gotham Gazette. Councilpedia is a test of whether or not New Yorkers will collectively report on their city council using the methods that millions of people worldwide have used to create and check their own encyclopedia, Wikipedia. With this grant, Gotham Gazette will expand its City Council coverage through a wiki devoted to local legislators and those who donate to the legislators’ campaigns. The project […].
ProPublica (Earmark: ProPublica)1,010,000.00267--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4596-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2012; goal: To create a sustainable business model for ProPublica ProPublica, founded in 2008, is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. To date, it has more than 30 full-time journalists in its newsroom, making it the largest new nonprofit investigative news operation in the nation. Its major investigations to date have included examinations of stimulus spending, gas drilling and nursing abuses. ProPublica is led by Paul Steiger, a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation trustee and the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. Knight Foundation president Alberto Ibargüen serves on the group’s board. This grant will openly create a sustainable business model that draws on diverse funding sources, including institutional philanthropy, board contributions, individual contributions, corporate philanthropy, earned revenue and investment income. By the end of the grant, ProPublica will have a mature development operation, well along in implementing a diversified development plan. Future development work will be funded out of operating funds. It is expected that this model will allow ProPublica to continue its high-quality investigative reporting for the public interest. Ultimately, we hope its success in doing so will spur other emerging investigative journalism nonprofits.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4617-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010; goal: For 2009 general operating support.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)164,300.001249--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4618-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To explore and discover business model opportunities in 2009 and 2010 towards a more sustainable organization.
KaBOOM! (Earmark: KaBOOM!)1,489,000.00211--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4440-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 05/31/2011; goal: To provide 5 Knight communities with an engagement program that develops civic leaders by involving citizens in projects to improve at least 14 neighborhood playgrounds.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (Earmark: Mobile Media Toolkit)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4524-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 02/28/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To advance the use of mobile technology to produce and distribute news and information With more than half the world owning a mobile device, the media industry, civil society groups and citizens yearn to use the technology to create and distribute news and information. Yet they often lack the knowledge and tools necessary. The Mobile Media Toolkit will offer media production tool sets for download and use on a variety of phones across regions of the world. The toolkit will include applications for video and audio recording, a distribution tool for mobile content to social media sites and detailed how-to information that outlines what users can do with the phones they have.
Boston Cyberarts (Earmark: Virtual Street Corners)40,000.002564--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4526-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 03/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To use video reports of two different neighborhoods to spur civic conversation The Greater Boston neighborhoods of Brookline and Roxbury are 2.4 miles apart, yet there is little interaction between them because of divisions of race and class. This project will connect them through citizen journalists’ video newscasts that will be projected on life-size screens to enable real-time interaction between citizens. Organizers hope the broadcasts spur crowds and discussion about their shared region, and engage citizens to think beyond their social circles. Reporters could then mine those crowds for further stories.
Tides Center (Earmark: City Circles)100,700.001608--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4529-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop new, open source software allowing commuters using a new light rail route in downtown Phoenix to get news and information The city of Phoenix debuted a new light rail transit system last winter, changing the physical and social fabric of the city. Now The Daily Phoenix (aka The Zonie Report) will use print, web and mobile technology to cater to these new commuters, offering news and information, games, social networking features and promotions. Daily Phoenix will deliver relevant community information on a “stop-by-stop” basis, creating and distributing the open-source tools to interact and access this information via mobile devices or the web. Users will be able to access this anywhere, on or off rail. By using a combination of hyper-local news, games, profiles, networking features and local business promotions, this project will allow citizens to connect and engage with an entirely new, and growing, community.
Jefferson Institute (Earmark: Data Visualization Tools)243,600.00916--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4581-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create open source tools that make community news and information easy to visualize As more information becomes available online, the challenge is to easily find, use and make sense of huge amounts of complicated data. Data visualizations are powerful depictions of abstract information that can reach millions of people by creating clear pictures that effectively communicate what the numbers actually mean. Unfortunately, the tools to create these visual representations are usually too expensive and difficult for smaller news organizations and everyday citizens to use, creating a gap for the future of community journalism. This grant will create a suite of easy-to-use tools for anyone to use on any standard set of data ranging from government databases to demographics and statistics.
Mercer University (Earmark: College Hill Alliance)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4597-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2012; goal: To revitalize Macon's historic neighborhoods and business districts through the establishment of the College Hill Alliance (CHA).
Tides Center (Earmark: MediaBugs)335,000.00594--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4521-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop a service to allow users to better report, track and resolve errors, issues and problems in news coverage All journalists make mistakes, but they sometimes view admitting errors as a mark of shame. MediaBugs aims to change this climate, by promoting transparency and providing recognition for those who admit and fix their mistakes. MediaBugs will create a public test web site in a U.S. city for people to report errors in any news report – online or off-line. Comments will be tracked to see if they create a conversation between the reporter and the error submitter, and then show whether corrections or changes resulted. Based on a system that technology teams use when releasing software, this aggregation process will display trends in errors and show which news organizations are responsible to public questions and comments.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit Inc.)1,715,200.00179--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4593-- Grant period: 07/01/2009 - 07/31/2012; goal: To support the national Gathering of Leaders, where social entrepreneurs will unite with resources and leaders across sectors to accelerate transformative social change.
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (Earmark: New Business Models for News Project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4583-- Grant period: 06/01/2009 - 06/30/2010; goal: For the New Business Models for News Project, to openly produce detailed business plans that will be used to create sustainable models for the future of news While print journalism has largely set the news agenda for the rest of the industry, traditional business and distribution models are no longer viable on their own. Quality news content benefits society as a whole, but is expensive to produce and a growing number of organizations are declaring bankruptcy or shutting down their print operations entirely. The opportunity here is to experiment with new, different business models to create ways of sustaining journalism as it rapidly changes in the 21st century media environment. This grant will bring together editors, publishers, entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, business strategists and consulting experts to openly build and publish three new business plans for 21st century journalism. These plans will focus on hyperlocal, city-metro and paid-content models, with all work being progressively shared on the web through blogs, Google Docs, video and open discussions. This grant will result in at least three complete business plans focusing on hyperlocal, city-metro and paid-content models. These models will be grounded in real-life examples and cases, including existing Knight News Challenge projects. All […].
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: National Urban Fellows)68,000.002064--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4595-- Grant period: 06/01/2009 - 07/31/2010; goal: To support the leadership development of women and people of color in the nonprofit sector through the sponsorship of a class of 2010 national Fellow to reside in Miami.
ZERO1 - The Art and Technology Network (Earmark: Zero1 - The Art and Technology Network)975,000.00313--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4582-- Grant period: 06/01/2009 - 08/31/2012; goal: To build an internationally recognized cultural identity and sense of place for the Silicon Valley by strengthening ZERO1's organizational capacity and making its biennial international digital arts festival a signature cultural event.
Teach for America (Earmark: Teach for America Miami Program Pilot)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4586-- Grant period: 06/01/2009 - 01/31/2011; goal: To close the achievement gap of 2,000 students in the Miami-Dade school system, by providing matching funding for Miami-Dade's TFA program 2009 summer institute training of 25 additional TFA teachers.
World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology & Learning (Earmark: Globaloria)227,500.00967--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4580-- Grant period: 06/01/2009 - 08/31/2010; goal: To empower students to create their own web-games that focus on First Amendment, News Literacy and Journalism topics The World Wide Workshop Foundation is a global, nonprofit educational organization. Its mission is to harness the potential of computers and the internet to enhance technological fluency for creative learning. Under the leadership of Dr. Idit Harel Caperton they developed Globaloria in 2006 as a network for learning social-issue web-based game design that empowers youth with digital literacies and web 2.0 skills so they can actively participate in 21st century life. The opportunity is to experiment with an educational model that is relevant to today’s generation of students, allowing them to analyze, design and build their own web-based games to “learn by doing.” This project also provides innovative opportunities for civic engagement and participation among technologically-underserved and economically-underprivileged students in rural West Virginia. This grant will support Pilot Year 3 of Globaloria. At least 45 students will use the new “News and Information” platform during the 2009-2010 academic year to create 20 games that reflect and reinforce their connection to First Amendment, News Literacy and Journalism related topics. It is expected that the success of this approach will encourage more and more […].
French-American Foundation (Earmark: Symposia on Immigration Reporting)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4542-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 06/30/2010; goal: To improve the quality, depth and awareness of immigration reporting in North America and Europe through two international symposiums, one in Paris and one in the United States The global economy has made of immigration a global issue. More and more people move from one country to another in search of better opportunities in employment, education, health, safety and quality of life. The increase in mobility of people from one country to another generates news; however, media coverage tends to focus on illegal immigrants and sensational stories that center around crime and economic peril. News coverage can have an impact on immigrant communities and the ways they are perceived. This grant gives Knight the opportunity to improve the quality and depth of reporting on immigration and bring international attention to the issue. It also gives Knight the opportunity to participate in a strategic partnership with other foundations to showcase international best practices, and give journalists the tools they need to produce balanced and insightful reporting on issues such as immigration, integration, access to education, employment and health care. The grant will create a network of journalists and leaders interested in immigration issues. It will give journalists, nonprofit organizations and leaders […].
C.E.O. Women - Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (Earmark: C.E.O. Women - Creating Economic Opportunities For Women)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4544-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 05/31/2011; goal: To make C.E.O. Women's economic opportunity program available to immigrant and refugee women of San Jose and eventually to other communities.
Stony Brook Foundation (Earmark: Stony Brook Foundation)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4585-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 06/30/2011; goal: For a planning grant to help secure stimulus funding for News Literacy education Educated citizens are more demanding news consumers. The pioneering Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University will seek to expand news literacy at the high school and college level by seeking millions of federal stimulus dollars newly available for education programs. This planning grant will give the Center the time and resources to seek up to $10 million in stimulus funds, including from the Department of Education’s innovation fund. They will also develop a specific project plan and solidify partnerships with 25 universities. These funds would be used to hire between 50 and 100 journalists for up to two years at the universities. The journalists would receive News Literacy instruction training from the Center. Preference in funding would go to universities that agree to find ways on their own to sustain the News Literacy classes.
Rubicon Programs (Earmark: New Foundry Social Ventures)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4433-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 05/31/2011; goal: To prove that social enterprises can operate at a large scale in the United States and can have a significant impact on moving people out of poverty by funding the roll-out of New Foundry Social Ventures (formerly Rubicon National Social Innovation/RNSI)) work in San Jose and Philadelphia.
Pacific News Service (Earmark: Pacific News Service)247,000.00893--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4415-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 04/30/2011; goal: For the Ethnic Media Digital Divide Initiative, a one-year pilot project to expand the digital reach and capacity of low-tech ethnic print publications New American Media, founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, is a national multi-channel news and communications organization connecting ethnic media with one another, with youth media and with the larger civic media. NAM is dedicated to bringing the voices of those traditionally marginalized by both “old” and “new” media—including ethnic minorities and immigrants—into the national discourse. Ethnic media are gaining recognition as the fastest growing sector of American journalism. Close to 51 million ethnic adults, or one out of four American adults, depend on the ethnic media sector for news, information and entertainment, according to a 2007 New American Media multilingual poll. However, fewer than 30 percent of ethnic news outlets have a robust presence online. At a time when the traditional business and distribution models are no longer viable on their own, the biggest challenge for ethnic media is bridging the digital divide so they can continue to meet the information needs of their communities. The opportunity here is to help these outlets secure their own long-term survival by creating a model to […].
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Earmark: National Association of Hispanic Journalists)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4590-- Grant period: 05/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To launch web-based digital journalism training as a regular part of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists convention Founded in 1984, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists is dedicated to the recognition and advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. The 2,300-member group trains and networks Hispanic journalists, holding an annual conference and job fair attended by nearly 2,000 and a annual banquet that has raised more than $600,000 in scholarships for more than 400 college journalism students. This grant will sponsor the participation of 38 Hispanic journalists at the annual NAHJ Convention, where they will receive training in online journalism. They will continue to offer digital training at future conferences. NAHJ also will track whether or not participants in this training get jobs as a result. It is expected that the web pages containing the training will receive significant traffic, extending the value of the training beyond the convention. Ultimately, we hope this grant helps to increase newsroom diversity by giving Hispanic journalists the opportunity to receive the knowledge and skills they need to be marketable in today’s media environment.
American Red Cross, Horry County Chapter (Earmark: American Red Cross, Horry County)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4594-- Grant period: 04/24/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: For emergency relief for the Myrtle Beach area in response to the wildfires in April 2009.
Strive for College Collaborative (Earmark: Strive For College Collaborative)14,100.003523--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4589-- Grant period: 04/20/2009 - 12/31/2009; goal: To support a one-day session on college applications and financial aid for approximately 175 low-income Miami area high school juniors conducted by the University of Miami Strive chapter.
Gallup (Earmark: Gallup, Inc.)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4552-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 03/31/2010; goal: To add news and journalism-based questions to the Gallup survey to determine if a citizens' engagement with the news media affects their engagement or attachment to place.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4540-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 02/28/2010; goal: To support the Independent Sector's efforts to develop a revolving loan fund for nonprofits that are on the front lines of serving our nation's most vulnerable people in the economic recovery.
Free Press (Earmark: Free Press Policy Summit: Changing Media)75,000.001910--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4584-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 03/31/2010; goal: To host the Free Press Policy Summit: Changing Media on May 14, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Free Press is the nation’s largest grass-roots media reform group. The Newseum is the largest venue dedicated to press freedom. Knight Foundation’s leadership of a national discussion on the future of news will add diverse views as both public policy and private practice are being reshaped by the economics of the digital age. This grant will bring together members of Congress and the FCC, academics, industry leaders, activists, Knight Foundation grantees, members of the Knight Commission for the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy and citizens to respond to specific media policy proposals. The specific summit goals are to: 1) identify viable policy solutions to the crisis facing journalism; 2) show the interconnection of Internet, public media and traditional journalism; 3) get feedback from a diverse group of stakeholders often absent from the debate; and 4) explore policy strategies that would bring fast, affordable, open Internet access to every home and business in America.
OneCommunity (Earmark: OneCommunity)2,428,377.00117--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4548-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 04/30/2010; goal: To provide funding for second year operations for the Knight Center of Digital Excellence, which was created in December 2007 to provide universal digital access in the 26 Knight communities within five years.
Tides Center (Earmark: World Summit Youth Award)53,200.002189--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4551-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 11/30/2009; goal: To sponsor the participation of 80 young people from around the world at the World Summit Award and help them network with one another about the best practices in digital journalism, communications and technology The WSYA selects and promotes best practice in e-Content. It demonstrates young people's potential to create outstanding digital contents and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together in the efforts to reduce poverty and hunger, and to tackle ill-health, gender inequality, lack of education, lack of access to clean water and environmental degradation. The WSYA is organised as a follow up activity of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) and its action plan towards the year 2015.
Scoop Media (Earmark: Scoop Media: Scoop44)136,400.001450--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4541-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 06/30/2011; goal: To support the launch of Scoop44, a nonprofit youth-run news bureau covering the administration in Washington, D.C. Scoop44 was launched in February 2009 under Scoop Media, a New York-based nonprofit corporation founded by student journalists in November 2007. There is no major media organization run by young Americans that is designed to cover major political issues. The opportunity is to take advantage of the explosion of digital tools, online reporting and social media to create an organization by and of young people. This grant experiments in creating a new kind of self-sustaining nonprofit news bureau run entirely by young journalists. It is expected to increase the quality and quantity of news stories focusing on how new policies relate to and affect the nation’s youth. In addition, a majority of each day’s stories will be produced for multiple platforms using multiple media. Ultimately, this grant will help inform a new generation around national and international issues central to the nation’s future that affect Americans of all ages. (Note: Scoop44 is currently operated as Scoop2012.com).
The Orange Bowl Committee (Earmark: The Orange Bowl Committee, Inc.)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4549-- Grant period: 04/01/2009 - 02/28/2011; goal: To enhance local youth sports competition and thus bring our diverse community together through sports by supporting the creation of the Orange Bowl Field at Moore Park.
Chapman Partnership (Earmark: Community Partnership For Homeless)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4576-- Grant period: 03/09/2009 - 03/08/2010; goal: For general operating support in lieu of an honorarium for John Zogby to speak at the March 8, 2009 Board dinner.
Tides Center (Earmark: Drupal Voicebox Module by Bill Fitzgerald)88,380.001851--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4480-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 11/30/2010; goal: To create a free digital publishing system that allows communities to share local news and information with one another. This grant is part of the Knight Drupal Initiative, a contest that taps into and uses the social network and aggregated knowledge of a technology community for the benefit of better grant-making. The digital revolution means the local public square is moving online. More and more, the places that connect individuals together and help them discover their common needs and challenges are local online news and information sites. But in a networked world, a single online community can be like a single island in the ocean. Communities need a network through which they can connect with other communities that might have similar needs and challenges so that they can learn from one another. This grant will release a free publishing system that can be easily used by anyone in any community. It is expected that the new free publishing system will allow communities to receive, create and share information both within the community and with other communities. We also expect this grant to help communities share strategies, best practices and lessons learned. Ultimately this grant will be a big step toward […].
Tides Center (Earmark: Managing News by DevelopmentSeed)195,000.001175--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4481-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 09/30/2010; goal: For a free, open source Drupal module that will help people map where news is happening. Part of Knight Drupal Initiative. This grant is part of the Knight Drupal Initiative, a contest that lets computer programmers recommend the kind of news tools they think the open-source community needs. This grant gives Knight the opportunity to create new media tools that will help people organize online news and information in ways that make it more useful to them. The grant gives Knight the ability to help create the following two free and open-source Drupal-based tools: 1) A mapping tool that allows people to geo-tag stories and see the location on a map of where the stories originated; 2) A news monitor that allows people to aggregate multiple local news sources based on topic or issue. By the end of this grant there will be free, open-source Drupal-based mapping and news aggregation tools. It is expected that these new media tools will work together or separately on any Drupal site. We also expect this grant to provide clear and easy documentation on how to implement the new media tools. It is hoped that this grant will help lower the barriers to entry […].
Tides Center (Earmark: Documenting Drupal by Addison Berry)50,500.002215--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4499-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 12/31/2011; goal: To expand the users of Drupal by creating clear, easier to use operating instructions. Part of Knight Drupal Initiative. This grant is part of the Knight Drupal Initiative, a contest that tapped into a community of software developers to help the foundation make better technology grants. Drupal is an open source software package that allows anyone to start a news and information site. The software developers who improve it on a volunteer basis number more than 300,000. Millions download and use the software. Many of those users do not have extensive backgrounds in Web technology. Having clear, concise, up-to-date documentation is essential for the technically inexperienced who want to get a Web site implemented. Lack of good, accessible documentation leaves an extremely useful tool out of reach for many people. This grant will make the Drupal software easier to use by allowing more than two million current users to take full advantage of its capabilities, and by enabling more people with little or no technical knowledge to begin using it. We expect that by using Drupal, more people will be able to exchange ideas, news and information and increase the number of annual Drupal downloads.
Tides Center (Earmark: Instant Syndicating Standards by Nick Vidal)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4457-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 09/30/2011; goal: For free, open-source software that enables people to discover and syndicate the news and information that matters most to them within their social network. Part of Knight Drupal Initiative This grant is part of the Knight Drupal Initiative. The foundation asked the Drupal community for its top ideas to improve this open source software platform. This grant focuses on the use of the software package for social networking, a hugely popular activity in the digital era. It will create a software application intended to make the sharing and receiving of information through social networks much easier. The grantee will develop free, open-source software that allows individuals to create and share a personal stream of information. This Drupal software application will be used on Orkut, Google's social networking platform. Orkut is the most used social networking platform in both Brazil and India, two of the world's most populous countries. It is expected that the new Drupal application will allow people to easily distribute information they are looking for in their social network. It is expected to help individuals navigate through the enormous amounts of information on the web and their networks to find exactly what they are looking for. Ultimately this […].
Tides Center (Earmark: Drupal for Facebook by Dave Cohen)86,260.001857--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4458-- Grant period: 03/01/2009 - 10/31/2011; goal: To allow anyone, anywhere to easily create a "one-click" Drupal online news site that could be integrated into Facebook for publishing and distribution. Part of Knight Drupal Initiative This grant is part of the Knight Drupal Initiative, a contest tapping computer programming skills to create new software that speeds media innovation. Facebook is one of the world's fastest-growing web sites, a social networking site with scores of millions of users. This experiment allows Knight Foundation to help create a free and easy-to-use online news area that is integrated into Facebook. It would allow any of the millions of Drupal-software users to create their own easy-to-use news site that can be shared via Facebook. The new software also would allow Facebook profiles to be imported into the Drupal news sites, making it easy for the news site users to create their own communities. This grant will create an open, free, useful and reliable integration between Drupal and Facebook, along with a ready-to-use structure for an online news site. It is expected that by the end of 2009 at least 50 web sites or Facebook applications will be based on the software package developed by this project. We also expect that by […].
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5349-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support the Knight Digital Media Center's operational costs during the planning of its transformation into a revamped and self-sustaining program The Knight Digital Media Center offers workshops to mid-career journalists to enhance their expertise and multimedia skills. Our goal is to provide the foundation of technical skills and story-telling techniques required by New Media platforms. We are housed at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. We also provide tutorials and video presentations from industry experts. The Knight Digital Media Center was launched in April 2006 to focus on helping journalists succeed in the rapidly changing media landscape of the 21st Century. It is built on the foundation of the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism which trained more than 750 professional journalists between 2000 and 2006, as well as providing at least 75,000 more journalists with access to resources and online training opportunities through the efforts of its fellows.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Knight-MIT Civic Media Conference)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5580-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 06/01/2013; goal: To host the annual Knight-MIT Civic Media Conference in June, 2012.
Weathervane Community Playhouse (Earmark: 'Flyin' West' outreach)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5560-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 05/31/2013; goal: To launch a grassroots community outreach campaign to support the production of Pearl Cleage's "Flyin' West," scheduled to run February 7-24, 2013.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)44,500.002554----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5563-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 05/31/2013; goal: To support the Council's efforts in 2012 to provide its members access to specialized services, trusted connections, and innovative tools.
Americans for the Arts (Earmark: 2012 Emerging Leaders Preconference)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5564-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 06/01/2013; goal: To support the establishment of the Knight Fellows program and the Fellows' participation in Americans for the Arts' 2012 Emerging Leaders Preconference, scheduled for June 7-8, 2012 in San Antonio, Tex.
PolicyMic (Earmark: PolicyMic)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4979-- Grant period: 05/29/2012 - 05/29/2013; goal: PolicyMic is an online media network that redefines engagement with the news. On PolicyMic, the more you respond to articles, share your ideas, and accumulate credibility from others, the more you'll be able to do and say. PolicyMic has built a unique, dynamic, growing community with diverse political viewpoints that encourages ongoing discussion and engagement.
Chute (Earmark: Chute)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4978-- Grant period: 05/17/2012 - Invalid date; goal: Chute is dramatically lowering the cost of collecting visual media and converting it into usable information. Existing information providers can use Chute to empower their audience as media creators. Developers can build new tools to manipulate media in innovative ways. Chute can play a particularly important role for smaller information providers for whom the cost of developing mobile apps and integrating user generated content has proved largely prohibitive to date.
Florida Philanthropic Network (Earmark: Florida Philanthropic Network)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5566-- Grant period: 05/10/2012 - 05/10/2013; goal: To support funding a technology consultant to assess FPN's needs and manage upgrades.
Chez Bushwick (Earmark: Artist Residency)105,000.001588--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5556-- Grant period: 05/09/2012 - 05/09/2015; goal: To support a three-year artists' residency for collaborations between Chez Bushwick Founding Director Jonah Bokaer and Miami-raised sculptor and conceptual artist Daniel Arsham at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.
Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (Earmark: Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5466-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 04/30/2014; goal: To provide extensive arts training for youth in Cascade Village of greater Akron, and to leverage our 2010 Communities grant by enabling youth to engage their community through the arts and encourage passion for the arts.
Get Schooled Foundation (Earmark: Fantasy Election '12 Game)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5434-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: For development of a fantasy election and civic participation game by MTV A world-class coalition of philanthropic, technology, and political accountability partners including Knight Foundation, PolitiFact, RealClearPolitics, foursquare and more are teaming up with the network to launch “Fantasy Election ’12.” Part of MTV’s “Power of 12” campaign, the first-of-its-kind desktop and mobile game will give young people a new way to hold presidential and congressional candidates accountable, and reward youth for getting involved in Election ‘12. Similar to Fantasy Football, “Fantasy Election ‘12” enables users to draft a team of candidates pursuing the presidency or congress, earning and losing points based on how their players behave in the real world. Users will also earn bonus points for real world actions like registering to vote, voting, and testing their political knowledge. Overall, success in the game will be based on two things: how candidates behave and what players do.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Earmark: Music in The Garden)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5477-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 04/30/2013; goal: To offer audiences a unique South Florida experience combining the tropical world, art and music in an engaging outdoor music festival produced in partnership with The Sixth Floor Trio.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: News21 Project Deans Meeting)50,000.002216--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5289-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 04/30/2014; goal: To continue a task force of top journalism school deans to lead the journalism education field and to speak on media issues.
Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida (Earmark: Florida Nonprofit Alliance)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5549-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 04/30/2013; goal: To support the establishment of the Florida Nonprofit Alliance The Florida Nonprofit Alliance (FNA) is forming to a) provide a collective voice for nonprofits at the local, state and federal levels, b) to serve as a central resource and referral center for all nonprofits to gather, analyze, and share important sector data, and c) to represent the needs of the nonprofit sector in Tallahassee and Washington, DC.
University of Nebraska Foundation (Earmark: Journalism Dean's Mobile Media Fund)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5469-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 09/03/2013; goal: To fund digital news and information projects and experiments in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by creating the Mobile Media Fund.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)5,000.003741----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5550-- Grant period: 05/01/2012 - 04/30/2013; goal: For 2012 support of the organization during its merger transition period.
Razoo Foundation (Earmark: HIP Giving Donor Challenge)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5567-- Grant period: 04/27/2012 - 04/26/2013; goal: For Hispanics in Philanthropy's Cultures of Giving Donor Challenge.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (Earmark: Made in Philly)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5383-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring visual art to a wider audience by placing locally produced art in public advertising spaces in the same neighborhood where the piece was produced Summary: To bring visual art to a wider audience, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists will place locally produced art in public advertising spaces in the same neighborhood where the piece was produced. The hyper-local visual art initiative will populate neighborhood public spaces like bus shelters, vacant storefronts and rail and subway platforms with images and public art exhibitions that are “created 100 feet from here.” For over a decade, the center’s Philadelphia Open Studio Tours have brought people to artists’ studios. This project will bring studio artwork directly to the people in their own communities.
The Crossing (Earmark: Performances at the Icebox)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5394-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce a wider audience to contemporary chamber music by establishing a series of new works designed specifically for a nontraditional venue-the recently restored Crane Arts' Icebox Summary: To introduce a wider audience to contemporary choral music, The Crossing will establish a series of new works designed specifically for a nontraditional venue – the recently restored Crane Arts’ Icebox. The project seeks to engage active art-goers who frequent performing arts spaces, but who may not attend a church, the traditional home of choirs. Because The Icebox has such unique cathedral and acoustic properties, The Crossing will develop four significant choir commissions for it over two years, each of which will be designed aurally and physically for the space.
The Hacktory (Earmark: Corps of Interactive Tech/Artist Teachers)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5396-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote the use of technology in the arts by developing a corps of interactive artist teachers who will share their knowledge and expertise in programming and engineering with Philadelphia artists Summary: To promote the use of technology in the arts, The Hacktory will develop an intensive tech/art curriculum where local artist-educators working in digital and technical mediums will teach a new corps of fledgling artists. The new artists will gain experience by teaching not only at The Hacktory, but also at local schools, after school programs and other educational organizations. Regular reunions for the artists and original instructors will be planned throughout their term to provide the new corps with support and to trade ideas. A final exhibition will feature their new skills.
Orchestra 2001 (Earmark: New Music Celebrations of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5402-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting a new concerto based on the civil rights leader's life and featuring local performers Summary: Orchestra 2001 will present a new music project celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring collaborations with the St. Thomas Gospel Choir, composer Jay Fluellen, and young musicians and composers from West Philadelphia’s “Play On, Philly!” program. The concert will include the world premiere of a new clarinet concerto based on King’s life by Curtis Institute faculty composer Richard Danielpour, featuring clarinetist Anthony McGill, a Curtis graduate. Open rehearsals and educational activities will take place in four African-American communities with a final concert at the Kimmel Center during the week of Martin Luther King Day, 2014.
Partners for Sacred Places (Earmark: Philadelphia Theatrical Design Center)180,000.001205--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5408-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the capacity of the city's theater community by providing a new space for theater designers and visual artists at a decommissioned church Summary: To expand the capacity of Philadelphia’s theater community, Partners for Sacred Places will provide a new space for theater designers and visual artists at a spacious local church. By providing office, storage, construction and implementation space, as well as the opportunity to share equipment, the space will naturally promote more collaboration, labor efficiency and a greener approach to theatrical productions. The project will also offer storage space for standard size flats and platforms, costumes and props while helping to preserve and repurpose a much beloved and endangered church, giving it a future value to the community.
University City District (Earmark: A Permanent Place for Temporary Art in University City)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5412-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish a new outlet for public art that showcases temporary installations to the city's tens of thousands of daily commuters Summary: To establish a new outlet for public art, University City District will showcase rotating installations at one of Philadelphia’s newest public spaces, The Porch at 30th Street Station. By creating new, site-specific works of art for The Porch, which is within one of the city’s major centers of transportation and employment, art will elevate and enliven the mundane experience of commuting. The district will partner with Greenhouse Media, a Philadelphia-based group that has facilitated public art all over the country, including the High Line in New York City and the MOMA in San Francisco.
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (Earmark: Midnight Madness)350,000.00574--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5400-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage new audiences in the visual arts by launching With Art Philadelphia, a two-year joint marketing program that includes late-night happenings for younger audiences at local museums To engage younger audiences in the visual arts, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, in partnership with the city of Philadelphia and partner museums, will launch a series of late-night summer happenings for audiences ages 40 and under. Anchored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, these events will include music, food and rare midnight tours of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Barnes Foundation and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The series is part of With Art Philadelphia, a two-year collaborative marketing program to showcase the visual arts in the city and to position Philadelphia as a great arts destination. With Art Philadelphia is led by a partnership of 10 city organizations and cultural partners.
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (Earmark: Daniel Arsham: Performative Architecture)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5417-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a new sculpture series by artist Daniel Arsham at the museum that will debut along with a live performance and explore the boundaries between the galleries and theater Summary: The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) will commission artist Daniel Arsham to create a sculptural intervention within the museum’s architecture that will explore the boundaries between museums and theaters. Arsham’s exhibition will become a stage for interactive, performative sculptures as well as a live performance choreographed by Jonah Bokaer. Arsham’s prior works for stage design, including those for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, are typically limited in scale and material to move easily between theaters. During his Philadelphia residency, Arsham will develop a more complex, interactive space and explore new materials and media.
Little Berlin (Earmark: Little Berlin Fairgrounds)10,000.003580----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5382-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help transform the East Kensington neighborhood by turning an empty lot into an event space for musicians, art fairs and children's workshops Summary: To help transform the East Kensington neighborhood, the Little Berlin Fairgrounds will turn an empty lot into an event space for musicians, art fairs and children’s workshops. The space will also feature a sculpture garden where local artists will build outdoor installations. By making the space easily accessible to the public, the project will engage the neighborhood in the arts.
The Wilma Theater (Earmark: Creating a Common Artistic Voice)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5401-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enhance training for local actors by creating a series of master classes Summary: To enhance training for local theater artists and increase the diversity and skill level of the local theater community, The Wilma Theater will create a series of master classes. Curated by artistic director Blanka Zizka, the classes will take place over the course of two seasons. These classes will enhance not only the Wilma’s productions, but also the available talent pool for all of Philadelphia’s theater and film producers.
The Clay Studio (Earmark: Guerilla Mug Assault)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5395-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the relevance of handmade ceramic objects in the 21st century by providing a handmade mug to people leaving coffee shops with disposable cups and encouraging them to post about their experiences on the Web Summary: The Clay Studio seeks to explore the relevance of handmade ceramic objects in the 21st century. To generate excitement for two exhibitions exploring the sociological and anthropological issues associated with dining and the personal significance taken on by ceramic objects for their makers and users, the studio will target individuals leaving Philadelphia coffee shops with disposable to-go cups. Some 500 people will receive a free handmade mug of their choice with an attached tag including the maker’s bio and the project’s premise. They will also be encouraged to post their experiences using their mug and the relationship they develop with it on the studio’s blog and social media sites.
Sean Stoops (Earmark: Animated Architecture: 3D Video Mapping Projections on Historic Sites)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5405-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support an innovative form of 3D storytelling by creating a series of outdoor video art events screened on local buildings Summary: To support an innovative form of 3D digital animation, the project will create outdoor and indoor video art events screened on local buildings. The site-specific events, at venues throughout the city, will use 3D projection mapping – a recent technology that animates stationary objects with immersion video, sound and music. Viewers will not need special glasses for the viewings; animations will be processed by software that projects over architectural surfaces, generating the animated 3D effects.
The University of the Arts (Earmark: Creative Incubator)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5410-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote economic stability for the city's cultural community by offering support to emerging creative businesses with pre-seed funding, mentorships programs and workshops Summary: To promote economic stability for the city’s cultural community, the University of the Arts will offer support to emerging creative businesses with pre-seed funding, mentorship programs and workshops. The effort will expand its current programming to accommodate burgeoning creative businesses, providing access to workshops on business and entrepreneurship not normally available to the artistic community. Classes will help new companies develop business plans, offer free advice on strategies, marketing, legal questions and business critiques.
Kimmel Center (Earmark: Underground Residencies at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5420-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage new audiences in the performing arts by creating a residency program for innovative and emerging art groups in the Kimmel Center's black box theater Summary: To engage new audiences, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will create a residency program in its black-box theater for innovative and emerging arts groups. In contrast to the center’s more traditional offerings, the new Innovation Studio will be a place to produce new, edgier programs and to provide the support and visibility local groups need to gain exposure and expand their audience base.
The Village of Art and Humanities (Earmark: ARTward Bound: a creative orienteering adventure)60,000.002103----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5392-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop young people's awareness of the city's vibrant cultural scene through interactive scavenger hunts led by local artists Summary: To develop young people’s awareness of the city’s vibrant cultural scene, The Village of the Arts and Humanities will organize interactive scavenger hunts led by local artists. Through the scavenger hunts, students will be challenged to create impromptu art across various neighborhoods, hunt for treasure in artists’ studios, design and build temporary installations with found objects and more. Participants will record their expeditions with homemade pinhole cameras and through online and homemade journals. The action-packed, adventure-based program will introduce hundreds of Philadelphia teens to local artists, writers, performers and cultural destinations.
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Earmark: Bring to Light: Philadelphia)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5407-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage broader audience participation in the city's visual arts by expanding "Philly Photo Day 2012," where the community is invited to take and submit a picture that is ultimately used in an exhibition Summary: To encourage broader audience participation in the city’s visual arts, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will expand Philly Photo Day, where every member of the community is invited to take a picture on the same day for an exhibition. On Philly Photo Day – Oct. 26, 2012 – the center will distribute disposable digital cameras to community centers in underserved neighborhoods and send artists to teach residents how to use the cameras. In addition to the exhibition at the center, the captured images will be exhibited in public spaces throughout the city, including trains, buses and on billboards.
The Brothers Network (Earmark: Henry 'Box' Brown - The Escape Artist)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5413-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce more diverse audiences to the performing arts by creating a multidisciplinary festival that features black male choreographers, filmmakers, actors, writers and composers Summary: The Brothers Network will create a multidisciplinary festival inspired by the life of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved African who shipped himself to Philadelphia in a wooden box to gain his freedom in 1849. The wooden box will serve as an artistic metaphor to explore the pedagogy of oppression and to examine the notions of liberation through symposia, dialogue and artistic interpretation.
Moore College of Art & Design (Earmark: Urban Drive-In with DIY Food Culture)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5414-- Grant period: 04/02/2012 - 04/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce the work of local visual artists and filmmakers to a wider audience by establishing an urban drive-in movie theater on the Parkway Summary: To introduce the work of local visual artists and filmmakers to a wider audience, The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design will establish an outdoor independent film series on the Ben Franklin Parkway. From May through September, films by area artists and filmmakers will be shown on a large, outdoor screen. Filmmakers will introduce their work and participate in Q&A sessions with moviegoers. In place of the traditional concession stand, a rotating roster of Philadelphia food trucks will serve a variety of street snacks for picnicking in Aviator Park. In the spirit of classic drive-in theaters, video works and short films by area artists will precede feature presentations.
Detroit Creative Corridor Center (Earmark: Design in Detroit initiative)510,000.00447--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5140-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2015; goal: To support the growth of "Design in Detroit," a three-year initiative that will engage 10,000 Metropolitan Detroiters as leaders who champion 1,000 projects proposed by the local creative community The project activities of Design in Detroit are organized around growing the capacity of the initiative; soliciting ideas from the city’s creative community; and mobilizing the public, especially those with loose cultural connections, to actively support these ideas.
Swim Pony Performing Arts (Earmark: Outside The (Black) Box)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5378-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To weave the arts into the community by presenting revamped versions of plays in non-traditional spaces, including Eastern State Penitentiary and the Land Conservancy of Elkins Park Summary: To weave the arts into the community, Swim Pony Performing Arts will present original, contemporary plays in nontraditional spaces, including Eastern State Penitentiary and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The yearlong series will produce two new versions of popular works from the company’s repertoire – The Ballad of Joe Hill and The Giant Squid – and also feature the premiere of a gothic love story. Swim Pony Performing Arts will create new partnerships beyond those traditionally involved in the city’s theater community as a way of attracting younger, more adventurous art-seeking audiences.
GoKash Productions (Earmark: Philly Urban Theatre Festival)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5381-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote original plays through a free theater festival dedicated to the contemporary African-American experience Summary: GoKash Productions will promote original plays through a free theater festival dedicated to multicultural themes. Over the past two years, the festival has drawn between 2,000 and 3,500 patrons to an event largely focused on the contemporary African-American experience and partially funded by ticket sales. With this new support, the event will be free and will launch with the theme “Diversity OnStage,” to include diverse topics and artists from a range of ethnic and racial backgrounds.
Erica Hawthorne (Earmark: Small But Mighty Arts Grants)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5404-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 04/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To give a boost to local artists by creating a mini grant program to help cover their production costs with awards ranging from $50 to $1,000 Summary: To give a boost to local artists, this project will create a mini grant program to help finance their art making with awards ranging from $50 to $1,000. Most current grants are highly competitive and geared toward larger organizations, providing little to no small grant funding options for individual artists. For example, $100 could mean the ability to purchase supplies for a visual artist’s next great piece of work, while $500 could cover studio cost for a recording artist. The program will help keep local artists producing works that enrich the city.
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial (Earmark: ColorWheels: Delivering Creativity to Your Neighborhood)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5419-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the community in hands-on art-making by expanding the reach of a mobile studio where participants create projects inspired by their neighborhoods Summary: To engage the community in hands-on art making, this project will expand the reach of its mobile studio where participants create projects inspired by their neighborhoods. ColorWheels is equipped with the supplies needed for teaching artists to lead culturally relevant art projects influenced by neighborhood settings and informed by community members. While currently focused on the South Philadelphia neighborhoods surrounding Fleisher, this grant will bring ColorWheels to community sites, neighborhood festivals and public schools throughout Philadelphia.
COSACOSA art at large (Earmark: Site and Sound Gardens)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5424-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform overgrown and abandoned spaces into "sacred" art parks for the community by engaging residents to create visual and sound gardens in the Niceville-Tioga neighborhood Summary: COSACOSA will work with artists and community residents to transform vacant lots in Nicetown-Tioga into a series of visual and sound “gardens.” These art parks will include both permanent and temporary sculpture and sound art exhibitions, and will explore issues of concern to the neighborhood. Monthly family-friendly art-making workshops will help build community ownership and provide neighbors of all ages and abilities with new creative opportunities. The gardens will bring neighbors of different ages and cultures together while creating a model for site and sound place-making in other city neighborhoods.
Business Volunteers Unlimited (Earmark: Business Volunteers Unlimited)400,000.00532--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5455-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2015; goal: To continue to engage Akron's emerging talent by connecting its diverse young business professionals with the local nonprofit community through Business Volunteers Unlimited According to data from the Soul of the Community study, Akron has the unique challenge that young people actually move there for jobs but three years later still say that they don’t feel engaged in the community, which then decreases their willingness to stay. Business Volunteers Unlimited / Center for Non-profit Excellence (BVU/CNE) proposes a systematic way to engage these would-be leaders in the community by training and placing young professionals in nonprofit board seats that are normally held by people 55 years and older. To build the pipeline of young professionals, BVU/CNE will increase business member organizations and partner with over 900 emerging leaders of the Greater Akron Chamber’s Young Professional Network, Project Blueprint and The Urban League.
Nexus Community Partners (Earmark: Nexus Community Partners)850,000.00333--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5174-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 04/30/2015; goal: To identify and foster successful community engagement practices within low-income communities and to share the learning locally, regionally and nationally Nexus Community Partners was initially established in 2003 as Payne-Lake Community Partners (PLCP). Their original focus was to connect communities of color and immigrants to the economic, political and educational mainstream, and to accelerate investment and revitalization along two aging commercial corridors: Payne Avenue in St. Paul and Lake Street in Minneapolis. Since then they have evolved to support inclusive, place-based community building initiatives that expand community assets, build social and human capital, and result in more powerful and engaged communities. Nexus will convene the partners, provide technical assistance, connect the partners to other resources and work with them to develop and execute communications and evaluation plans. Each of the partners will work to 1) build trust amongst residents, 2) develop residents’ skills for community engagement and 3) connect residents to information and resources they need in order to take action on the issues affecting their lives.
Asian Arts Initiative (Earmark: Neighborhood Spotlight Series)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5398-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide everyday artistic experiences in Chinatown and South Philadelphia by creating site-specific works for nontraditional places like restaurants, storefronts and public plazas Summary: This series seeks to provide everyday artistic experiences for residents and visitors alike in Chinatown and South Philadelphia. The Asian Arts Initiative will invite five teams of artists to create site-specific works of art in nontraditional places – a restaurant, storefront window, parking lot, public park or plaza, for example. Each installation will engage residents through community workshops, other public programming and multimedia content. The project invites audiences to experience neighborhoods as destinations of diverse histories and spirited complexity.
Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund (Earmark: Skateable City)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5418-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help transform neighborhoods by turning blacktop lots into art-laden skate parks Summary: To help create a sense of place, the Franklin’s Paine Skatepark Fund will turn several West Philadelphia blacktop lots into art-laden skate parks. Guided by a recently completed Master Plan for Philadelphia Skateboarding, and in partnership with the city, the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, Mural Arts Program and Recycling Artists in Residency, the fund will work with local artists to design functional and artistic obstacles, as well as way-finding markers that blaze a trail through the cityscape. Leveraging the artistic and design skills intrinsic to the skateboarding community, the fund will seek to create a skateable connection between neighborhoods.
Arden Theatre Company (Earmark: Arden Festival Fridays)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5423-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To diversify artistic offerings with Arden Festival Fridays, presenting theater performances alongside dozens of gallery events during Old City's monthly First Fridays Summary: First Friday in Old City is a destination for culture lovers. Yet the event with 50-plus galleries includes just one theater company. Arden Festival Fridays will help diversify artistic offerings by celebrating Philadelphia’s many performing arts groups. Every First Friday, a different group will have the opportunity to make the Arden its own. This curated, multidisciplinary performance series will embrace unlikely collaborations, showcase new, innovative work and provide the first established performing arts forum on First Fridays.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: The Arts Strategy Group)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5435-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To elevate the national arts conversation by convening a group of distinguished leaders to discuss and promote critical issues in the arts through the Arts Strategy Group, hosted by the Aspen Institute.
Somos Mayfair (Earmark: In Our Hands/En Nuestras Manos)775,000.00353--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5453-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 06/30/2015; goal: To support the Somos Mayfair "In Our Hands" program that creates a network of peer mentors who engage their neighbors in social and civic matters that affect their lives Somos Mayfair was created in 1997 to improve the lives of the approximately 30,000, primarily Latino residents in the Mayfair neighborhood. It is an anchor Latino-led, Latino-serving agency in Silicon Valley with a specific neighborhood focus, and led by a staff who are Mayfair residents themselves. Under the leadership of Executive Director Jaime Alvarado, it has been testing its new model for creating community networks to overcome neighborhood challenges. Somos Mayfair will recruit and train 150 neighborhood “Promotores,” or peer mentors over three years, in the best practices for mentoring and group facilitation. By working together on their identified priorities of school readiness and family wellness, residents aim to achieve an even more critical goal: to transform their disconnected, transition neighborhood into a networked community of mutual support and engagement.
Foundation for New Education Initiatives (Earmark: Foundation for New Education Initiatives)635,979.00392--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5471-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To support the expansion of wireless connectivity at nearly 40 schools in Greater Miami, an initiative that will provide digital access for students in neighborhoods marked by a severe lack of internet connectivity.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Gravity and Grace)110,000.001572--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5472-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To support Gravity and Grace, an exhibition featuring work by El Anatsui to run June 16 through Oct. 7, 2012, engaging local and national communities through innovative programming in celebration of the museum's 90th anniversary Gravity and Grace features twelve recent, monumental wall and floor sculptures widely considered to represent the apex of the artist’s career. In addition, a series of drawings illuminates the artist’s process, and wooden wall reliefs reference his earlier work in wood and bear fascinating compositional relationships to the large metal pieces.
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (Earmark: Black Pearl Pops!)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5391-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase diverse cultures by transforming a symphonic "pops" concert into a celebration of world music Summary: To showcase diverse cultures, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra will transform a symphonic pops concert into a festival of world music. Featuring guest performers from the Afro Pop, Arab Pop and Pop Latino traditions, this festival will use the orchestra’s unique multicultural spin on classical music to connect with new audiences and showcase a shared musical heritage. While diversity is a challenge for the classical music field, this project will help the orchestra engage Philadelphia’s diverse communities and reinvent the 21st century orchestra.
Catzie Vilayphonh (Earmark: Laos in the House: Voices from Four Decades of the Lao Diaspora)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5416-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote storytelling within the Lao-American community through a writing, performing and filmmaking workshop Summary: This project aims to create a writing, performance and filmmaking workshop to promote storytelling among Lao-Americans as a healing medium for war refugees whose upbringings did not prioritize art education. Working with artists in various genres from across the country, this community-based work will be presented during the Lao New Year celebration in April and reflect 40 years of the Lao-American diaspora. This project aims to give voice to previously unheard stories in hopes of healing the scars of war and beginning the process of regular intercultural and intergenerational exchanges.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Settle It! On-demand fact-checking app)125,000.001480--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.
Internet Archive (Earmark: Internet Archive 2012 Election Database)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5457-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2012; goal: To develop a searchable semantic database of television programming and advertising from 2012 and the past ten years, with a focus on uses for the 2012 election.
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: CIR on Youtube)800,000.00346--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5458-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2014; goal: To establish an investigative news channel on YouTube The Center will manage the channel by coordinating the aggregation and production of content. YouTube will provide access to the platform and back-end support, will promote the channel and will train the Center and its partners in digital video production. Knight grantee The Investigative News Network will recruit new partners to the project; develop the system for distributing revenue earned from advertising; and coordinate agreements regarding rights and legal liability. The grant will result in a YouTube channel devoted to investigative reporting.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Tow Center for Digital Journalism)1,000,000.00273--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5461-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2014; goal: To fund widely disseminated research into transparency and impact in journalism which provides best-practice data with tools and recommendations for implementation The project would be led by Emily Bell, head of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Bell, who led The Guardian’s online operations for a decade, brings a working journalist’s approach to an academic setting. It is our hope that the project would deeply analyze the most important projects, and produce quality reports, recommendations and tools that are useful to the field.
NeighborGoods (Earmark: Favortree)350,000.00574--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5464-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2014; goal: To launch a "play it forward" favor-trading game that allows neighbors to engage offline by sharing goods and services with each other to strengthen social capital and trust.
CommonPlace (Earmark: CommonPlace)127,400.001474--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5473-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To build a web platform for local community engagement in Akron that uses trained community organizers and creates a local online sharing network for neighbors and civic leaders to connect.
Rosa Herrera (Earmark: Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5215-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2014; goal: To cultivate Miami's brightest talents through the support of an ensemble, Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, dedicated to creating a body of work to be presented in Miami and to establish this innovative artistic vision as part of the national dance community.
Musicopia (Earmark: Musicopia)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5380-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 04/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To empower and inspire Philadelphia's youth by providing them with weekly drumming lessons and performing opportunities Summary: To empower and inspire Philadelphia’s youth, Musicopia will operate an expanded indoor percussion ensemble with participation in tri-state competitions. The program targets at-risk students across the city in hopes of inspiring participants to develop self-discipline, self-confidence and a desire to graduate from high school. With this grant, the program, one of the few of its kind in the region, seeks to double the number of students able to participate in the program.
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos (Earmark: AMLA Flash Jazz Mobile)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5406-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To cultivate new audiences for Latin jazz by presenting "pop-up" performances of local artists using a portable stage Summary: To cultivate new audiences for Latin jazz, Artists and Musicians of Latin America (AMLA) will present “pop-up” performances of local artists and student ensembles via a portable stage. The Flash Jazz Mobile will present free concerts in different neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia from April through November 2013. Using social media, residents will be able to track the progress of the mobile stage and share photos of the events as a way to build community involvement.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Black Male Engagement (BMe) Fund)216,000.001003--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5438-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: For the BMe Fund which will provide grants to black men in Detroit and Philadelphia who have shared their stories and are engaging others in strengthening their cities Twenty men – teachers, businessmen, writers and pastors among them – have been named the 2012 winners of the BMe Leadership Award, created to honor black men who step up to lead the community. Together these men are engaging and reshaping Philadelphia and Detroit. With the award, the BME Challenge is providing $443,000 in funding to accelerate their work. Hear about the projects they are leading in the videos below. We hope you’ll share them with your friends and colleagues to inspire others to strengthen their communities. Read more about the Challenge and the winners here.
Apollo's Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (Earmark: Apollo's Fire Outreach)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5465-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To expand Apollo's Fire's Akron-area presence by supporting the presentation of its five subscription programs at Akron-area venues as well as a series of Baroque Bistro concerts at a popular Akron marketplace throughout the season.
Keepers of the Art (Earmark: Fifth Annual Akron Hip-Hop Showcase)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5468-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To support the production of the Fifth Annual Akron Hip-Hop Showcase, a beloved community event, offering authentic, hands-on arts enrichment and youth development programming This Labor Day weekend will mark the 5th Anniversary of the Akron Hip-hop Showcase, the brainchild of Keepers of the Art Inc. who has produced the event since its inception. Held at the Akron Civic – a different venue than the previous four years – this year’s featured performers are the legendary rap icons De La Soul, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Jeru tha Damaja, Special Ed, DJ Mick Boogie, and the 2012 Akron Hip-hop Showcase online talent search winner – Ashtabula Ohio’s own Ali tha Prince. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The show begins promptly at 8. Tickets are $15 and $20. The official Showcase after-party will take place upstairs in the Civic immediately after the concert. After-party tickets must be purchased along with concert tickets.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5470-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: For 2011 and 2012 support of The Foundation Center's efforts to provide the philanthropic sector with access to free resources and services needed to effectively serve their constituents.
Cleveland Modern Dance Association (Earmark: Trey McIntyre Project)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5475-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To offer Akron access to the Trey McIntyre Project, a groundbreaking contemporary ballet company, while celebrating the city's rich dance history and making Akron a destination for dance.
The Miami Rail (Earmark: The Miami Rail)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5479-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To debut "The Miami Rail," providing arts and culture coverage in Miami for a local and national audience distribution via print and Web For about a year now I have been working on developing The Miami Rail. The idea was born when Phong Bui came to Miami to give the opening lecture at Lester’s and asked what I would think about “franchising” The Brooklyn Rail down to Miami. I am thrilled to announce that under the generous arms of The Knight Foundation, The Brooklyn Rail and Phong Bui, we have a firm launch date of June 1st. The idea has been helped along with a creative advisory committee that includes Matthew Abess, Christy Gast, Daniel Milewski, and Mylinh Nguyen, and of course Phong Bui. Our Editor is Hunter Braithwaite and I will be acting as Publisher and founder. There’s a slew of exciting details in this Miami New Times article, please read and stay posted for the first issue! You can start following us at miamirail.org. — Nina Johnson.
Umbel (Earmark: Umbel)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/1-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 04/01/2012; goal: Umbel is an audience measurement company that uses big data from social and other sources to dramatically increase digital publishers’ understanding of their audience and online advertising revenue. Umbel does this by correlating audience social information with web analytics and other data to create real insight into who the audience is, what they like and who might be interested in reaching them. Austin, Texas, May 15, 2012 – Umbel, which aims to set the standard for digital audience measurement, today announced that Knight Foundation participated in the company’s $3.7 million Series A round of venture financing through its Knight Foundation Enterprise Fund, a new, early-stage venture fund dedicated to advancing media innovation. The amount of the strategic investment was not disclosed. Umbel marries traditional research and big data analysis of social sources to give publishers real-time intelligence about the audiences that engage with them. With this information in hand, Umbel empowers publishers to convey their audience’s true value and brand preferences more effectively to advertisers and sponsors. The recently-raised funds will be used to support new hires and aggressively execute on the product roadmap. “By enabling news providers to become more data driven, Umbel makes original, online news content much […].
Art Sanctuary (Earmark: Hip H'Opera)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5386-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate two art forms that use the human voice to tell profound stories by creating a "Hip H'Opera" that uses the stories of urban life Summary: This project will celebrate two art forms that use the human voice to tell profound stories by creating a Hip H’Opera, using the stories of urban life. The five-year project, in partnership with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, included two years of collecting teens’ stories. Artists involved are Haitian composer Daniel Bernard Romain and lyricist and hip-hop choreographer Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The event will include education programs in arts careers, staging and set design to benefit hundreds of students.
Campus Philly (Earmark: Campus Philly’s Passport to the Arts)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5390-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a lifelong appreciation of the arts by offering free or discounted admission to venues and performances for college students Summary: To foster a lifelong appreciation of the arts, Campus Philly will offer free or discounted admission to venues and performances for college students. The Passport to the Arts will include diverse offerings, allowing students to explore emerging and alternative experiences in addition to mainstream events. With established college relationships and a database of 30,000 students, Campus Philly will use the passport to connect an extremely large and diffuse student population with Philadelphia’s cultural scene, generating an appreciation for and attachment to the city.
Center City District Foundation (Earmark: New Public Art at Dilworth Plaza)400,000.00532--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5403-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help transform historic Dilworth Plaza by commissioning sculptor Janet Echelman to create an artwork inspired by the site's historic association with water and steam Summary: To help transform historic Dilworth Plaza (Philadelphia City Hall) into a focal point for the city’s thriving downtown, the Center City District commissioned internationally recognized sculptor Janet Echelman to create an artwork inspired by the site’s historic association with water and steam. The piece will be embedded in the plaza’s new 11,600-square foot fountain and will trace above ground in real time the paths of the three subway lines below. The artwork aims to physically and psychologically transform the way people view the city’s central square and enter its public transit system.
Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse Project (Earmark: Project: In the Light: A Skyspace by James Turrell)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5411-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spark dialogue about contemporary art by incorporating the work of internationally acclaimed light and space artist James Turrell into a new Quaker meetinghouse that is open to all Summary: To spark dialogue about contemporary art, the Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse will incorporate the work of internationally acclaimed light artist James Turrell into a new facility. With a tradition of welcoming people of all faiths, the Quaker site will open at dawn and dusk to residents and tourists of all ages and backgrounds. Known for combining art and science to create simple, luminous chambers that prompt greater self-awareness through silent contemplation, Turrell’s works are commissioned by museums worldwide. This permanent installation in a nontraditional setting aims to become a major landmark, fostering dialogue about the intersection of art, spirituality and the human experience.
Bearded Ladies Cabaret (Earmark: Bearded Ladies Cabaret Revolution)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5427-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To attract new audiences to theater and use the medium as a way to explore politics, gender, sexuality and identity through a series of original, late-night cabarets Summary: To attract new audiences to theater, The Bearded Ladies will create a series of original and immersive late-night cabarets at The Wilma Theater. These shows will use the spectacle, intimacy and informality inherent to the cabaret form to tackle questions of politics, gender, sexuality and identity. Because topical, artistically ambitious cabaret is rarely produced in Philadelphia, this series aims to attract new audiences to Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts.
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture)36,000.002661--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5439-- Grant period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2013; goal: To continue to break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of Philadelphia residents with a second season of Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in nontraditional settings.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Politifact apps)125,000.001480--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.
voiceofsandiego.org (Earmark: Web-to-print publishing)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5305-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 11/30/2012; goal: For the development of a new marketing and shareholder program and a web-to-print publishing of local news content Voice of San Diego, a pioneering nonprofit news organization focusing on local investigative reporting in San Diego, is going beyond its online site to publish a print and digital monthly magazine. Voice of San Diego Monthly is part of the site’s new membership program, which aims to build a community of readers to help support the organization into the future. Members receive the publication for free, along with other benefits. The magazine is also available on demand at MagCloud.com. For years, Voice of San Diego (VOSD) has relied on thousands of donors, sponsors, foundations and partners to support its mission. The membership program – developed with a $186,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - will assist VOSD in building a robust and well-organized community of supporters out of its thousands of existing donors.
Smithsonian Institution (Earmark: ARTLAB+)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5441-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2014; goal: To create ARTLAB+, a dynamic and dedicated space serving as a national model for peer-based learning that provides free digital arts education through the Hirshhorn Museum.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5452-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: For 2012 support of SECF's efforts to provide affordable, relevant, timely programming that support and strengthen member organizations.
National Conference on Citizenship (Earmark: Civic Health Index and SOTC research)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5352-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: To explore the connections between the Knight "Soul of the Community" findings on community attachment and the findings of the Civic Health Index that civic engagement leads to economic resiliency.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: Technology Affinity Group)4,900.003782--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5462-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: To support TAG's efforts in 2012 to promote the understanding of how information and communications technology can help members further their philanthropic goals.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: GMCC Partnership)4,205.003803--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5456-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: For 2012 support of the Foundation's work to leverage its relationship with South Florida professionals and civic leaders in partnership with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Mobile tech for COF conferences)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5454-- Grant period: 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: To enhance connectivity and learning experiences of grant makers who participate in the Council's three annual conferences by supporting both Wi-Fi access and a mobile conference app.
TED Conferences, LLC (Earmark: TED Prize: The City 2.0)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5480-- Grant period: 02/23/2012 - 02/22/2013; goal: To leverage Knight's tech for engagement initiative with the 2012 TED Prize: The City 2.0, which will identify and support innovative citizen engagement programs in cities and distribute these models to other cities around the world.
Downtown Akron Partnership (Earmark: First Night)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5467-- Grant period: 02/09/2012 - 02/07/2013; goal: To build on the popular First Night event by implementing a series of events designed to highlight and promote the arts and culture entities emerging and/or thriving in the Downtown Akron area.
DonorsChoose.Org (Earmark: DonorsChoose.org)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5448-- Grant period: 02/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: To spur citizen engagement through the distribution of GivingCards.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5440-- Grant period: 02/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: For 2012 membership and to support the organization's efforts to lead, strengthen and mobilize the nonprofit and philanthropic community.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Global Business Journalism Program)125,000.001480--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5144-- Grant period: 02/01/2012 - 01/31/2014; goal: To move the Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University toward sustainability as it attracts more revenue and students The International Center for Journalists and Tsinghua University in Beijing launched China’s first Global Business Journalism Program on September 17, 2007. The initiative includes a two-year master’s degree program and professional trainings for working journalists from around the country. The founding sponsors of the program are Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Bloomberg, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, which form a unique partnership between business and media organizations. The overall goal of the program is to create a cadre of top-notch business reporters and editors, who can produce clear, balanced and insightful coverage of China’s markets and the global economy. Tsinghua University, one of China’s premier research and teaching institutions, host seminars, briefings, and field trips to supplement the demanding program. The program’s faculty also organize parallel training workshops for working journalists throughout the academic year. Bloomberg News contributed ten Bloomberg terminals for the program’s business media lab to provide students with access to real-time information and data in the business world. GBJ will help make China’s markets more transparent and foster greater understanding between […].
Democracy Works (Earmark: TurboVote)205,000.001025--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5436-- Grant period: 02/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: To support TurboVote, an online platform for registering, finding election information, and voting by mail. This grant will fund the development and expansion of TurboVote, a one-stop platform that helps users register to vote, provides local election information, and guides users through the process of voting by mail. The system will provide personalized information including election office contacts, voting details, and candidate information. By enabling the scale and deployment of TurboVote, this grant will create a lasting service aimed at making voting easier. In the 2012 election this service will simplify the voting process for at least 500,000 users, most of whom will be college students—a group frequently disadvantaged by the complexity and rigidity of voting procedures. In the process, TurboVote will create a number of local election information datasets, which other groups will use for other projects and tools.
National Public Radio (Earmark: NPR Digital Training for Journalists)1,500,000.00200--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5389-- Grant period: 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2014; goal: To expand digital training of public radio journalists Related: see "How National Public Radio embraced digital" on Knight Blog.
Participatory Culture Foundation (Earmark: Amara)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5393-- Grant period: 01/01/2012 - 12/31/2012; goal: To expand and improve the Universal Subtitles tool for titling and translating video across the Internet.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Citizen Engagement Challenge)51,000.002211--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5442-- Grant period: 01/01/2012 - 12/31/2012; goal: For prize money for the Knight Citizen Engagement Challenge at TED2012 The 2012 TED Prize was awarded to "TheCity20.0rg" at TED2012. Read more here.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: Strategic planning)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5444-- Grant period: 01/01/2012 - 12/31/2012; goal: For operating support to map out and implement a strategic vision and organizational sustainability plan.
The Salvation Army (Charlotte Area Command) (Earmark: City of Hope shelter)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5776-- Grant period: 12/19/2011 - 12/17/2012; goal: For the City of Hope shelter project.
Emerson Engagement Lab (Earmark: Community PlanIT)675,000.00382--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5399-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 12/31/2013; goal: To implement Community PlanIT, an online tool that enables engagement in local community planning efforts, in four Knight communities: Detroit, Akron, San Jose and Philadelphia Current community planning processes regularly take up to a year and often engage only a handful of residents. Community PlanlT has the ability to change that by speeding up the process to a few days and perhaps most dramatically by increasing citizen participation in local decision making. The platform will expedite community learning and participation around the local planning process through approximately 30 days of online engagement that culminates in a face-to-face meeting with planning officials and other participants Knight's initial 2010 investment in HUB 2.0, the predecessor to Community PlanlT, resulted in an open-source online social media/game platform for place-based planning. The platform has been implemented in two communities in the Boston area and its effectiveness as an engagement tool has been positively evaluated. By enlisting unconventional community participants in the process, Community PlanIT addresses the concerns of city planners, government officials and communit-y or-g anizers that too few voices are represented in important local planning efforts.
Mercer University (Earmark: Center for Collaborative Journalism)3,740,000.0056--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5308-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 02/28/2017; goal: To create the Center for Collaborative Journalism, a unique community news and journalism training partnership between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting aimed at improving news flows and engaging citizens.
KaBOOM! (Earmark: KaBOOM!)1,510,000.00197--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5359-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support an expanded KaBoom! model to include expanded training for volunteers and capacity building for the local sponsoring nonprofit in nine playgrounds builds in Akron, Miami and Detroit.
TED Conferences, LLC (Earmark: TED2012 Sponsorship)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5430-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 12/11/2012; goal: To advance Knight's technology for engagement strategy by sponsoring TED 2012 The theme of the TED 2012 conference is “Full Spectrum.” Full Spectrum is a term that TED has adapted to mean the use of multiple formats and approaches to create the most powerful possible impact on an audience. Full Spectrum is an invitation for the TED community to think about perspective, about collaboration and innovation. It’s an opportunity to showcase connectivity, data collection and the idea eco-system. It acknowledges globalization through local discussion on how language helps us with our desire to understand. Full Spectrum is considering the sense of possibility that comes when we think about the different perspectives on a single story.
Issue Media Group (Earmark: Detroit Urban Innovation Exchange)508,820.00448--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5364-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 01/31/2015; goal: For the Impact Project.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)1,663,000.00185--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5367-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 11/30/2014; goal: To focus the Knight Digital Media Center at USC training in support of Knight Foundation's Community Information Needs initiative.
JumpStart (Earmark: JumpStart, Inc.)1,010,000.00267--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5374-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 12/31/2014; goal: To implement new methods for community members to engage with public, private and philanthropic entities to build economic engines that foster entrepreneurship and create jobs.
Minnesota E-Democracy.Org (Earmark: E-Democracy.org)625,000.00397--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5363-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 12/31/2014; goal: To increase online engagement in lower income, highly diverse communities through scaling up public neighborhood forums in St. Paul.
Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia (Earmark: Macon Public Radio)854,600.00332----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5311-- Grant period: 12/12/2011 - 09/30/2016; goal: To create Macon Public Radio to be housed in the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University as part of a unique community news partnership between a university, a newspaper and a public broadcaster.
The Corporation of Yaddo (Earmark: Yaddo Residency Program)125,000.001480--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5366-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 12/31/2013; goal: To provide professional development opportunities for eight talented artists from Knight Foundation's resident communities at a four to eight week, world-renowned residency program at Yaddo.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc. EyeTrack)50,000.002216--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.
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: La Bohème Simulcast Event)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5397-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To launch Philadelphia's cultural season with a live, high-definition simulcast of the Opera Company of Philadelphia's Opening Night performance of Puccini's La Bohème on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall.
Jazz at Lincoln Center (Earmark: Wynton Marsalis's, "The Ballad of the American Arts")80,000.001872----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5429-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To support the presentation of Wynton Marsalis's, "The Ballad of the American Arts" at the New World Center in Miami Beach, Fla. on May 22, 2012.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (Earmark: Naturalization Collaborative)4,850.003787----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5431-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: For general operating support of the organization's efforts to influence the philanthropic field to advance the contributions and address the needs of the world's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and refugee populations.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: TMA's 125th Anniversary)125,000.001480----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/4928-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; goal: To engage the community through the celebration of Tuesday Musical Association's 125th Anniversary Season, dedicated to the memory of Clara I. Knight.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5361-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with an event and by exploring the effectiveness of for-profit / non-profit news collaborations.
Media Impact Funders (Earmark: Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media)4,850.003787--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5373-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: For 2012 membership and for projects to increase and improve media grant-making, and raise understanding of media policy and trends.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)20,000.003269--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5375-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with an event and by exploring the role of diversity in local information ecosystems.
One Economy Corporation (Earmark: National Broadband Adoption Initiative)150,000.001280----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5377-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To support One Economy's leadership to bring public and private resources together to support the initial phase of a National Broadband Adoption Initiative.
Macon Symphony Orchestra (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture Macon)18,000.003415--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5384-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in nontraditional settings.
Macon Film Festival (Earmark: Macon Film Festival)30,000.002949----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5422-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; goal: To increase the organizational efficiency of Bragg Jam, Inc. and Macon Film Festival, Inc. by utilizing a shared employee for bookkeeping and administrative duties.
Philadelphia Dance Company (Earmark: New Work in Ballet)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5432-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 12/31/2012; goal: To support emerging choreographer, and Alvin Ailey Director, Matthew Rushing in the creation of a new ballet to premiere the fall of 2012 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
MPT Foundation (Earmark: Media Innovation Tools)230,000.00959--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5058-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; goal: To create a media innovation web site to review online tools and websites that deliver new forms of news and information.
Duquesne University (Earmark: Mobile Media Content Research)125,750.001478--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5124-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; goal: To evaluate the ways in which audiences access the quality, usability, and trustworthiness of news content created and delivered via mobile devices.
World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology & Learning (Earmark: Globaloria West Virginia)250,000.00663--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5332-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 01/31/2013; goal: For one-time support that will allow the digital media literacy program in West Virginia to fully transition to a state-supported program.
Crossroads Creative Group (Earmark: Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival)15,000.003439----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5342-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To generate growth and sustainability for the Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival, a modern approach to the traditional Literary Festival, by supporting a regional marketing initiative of the event.
voiceofsandiego.org (Earmark: Web-to-print publishing)86,100.001858--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5350-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For an experiment in web-to-print publishing of local news content Voice of San Diego, a pioneering nonprofit news organization focusing on local investigative reporting in San Diego, is going beyond its online site to publish a print and digital monthly magazine. Voice of San Diego Monthly is part of the site’s new membership program, which aims to build a community of readers to help support the organization into the future. Members receive the publication for free, along with other benefits. The magazine is also available on demand at MagCloud.com. For years, Voice of San Diego (VOSD) has relied on thousands of donors, sponsors, foundations and partners to support its mission. The membership program – developed with a $186,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - will assist VOSD in building a robust and well-organized community of supporters out of its thousands of existing donors.
Center for Advancing Health (Earmark: Center for Advancing Health)150,000.001280----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5362-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 03/31/2013; goal: To move evidence-based health information into a mobile delivery system.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)20,000.003269--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5371-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with a symposium and white paper exploring the role Internet, cable television, satellite television and mobile broadband service providers could play in local accountability journalism.
Creative Visions Foundation (Earmark: Social Creatives)33,000.002939----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5379-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To develop a plan for the build-out of version 2.0 of Social Creatives, an online training ground where individuals can learn and practice the essential skills of being agents of change.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (Earmark: Dancing around The Bride)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5388-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 02/28/2013; goal: To support the exhibition "Dancing around The Bride: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Marcel Duchamp" from October 2012 to January 2013 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)40,000.002564--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5409-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 06/30/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with a public hearing, a second event, a white paper, and a multimedia product exploring the role of philanthropy in advancing local journalism.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: MCB Strategic Planning)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5421-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To develop a five-year strategic plan and with the guidance of an advisory search committee, contract a firm to identify a qualified artistic director to preserve the reputation of one of Miami's premiere cultural institutions.
Miami Museum of Science (Earmark: Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science)10,000,000.006--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5425-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 12/31/2016; goal: Knight’s support will help engage the community in exploring science, technology and the environment by both supporting the new, high-tech facility and ensuring that more South Floridians participate in programming. Over time, funds will allow hundreds of thousands of Greater Miami students to visit at least once during elementary and middle school. More visitors will also get to participate in on-site, science-based research activities.
Wesleyan University (Earmark: Wesleyan Media Project: Video Monitoring)248,679.00891--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5341-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; goal: To track and analyze all broadcast television advertisements and YouTube videos aired during the 2012 election.
McColl Center for Visual Art (Earmark: McColl Center for Visual Art)70,000.002036--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5415-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To elevate and energize community discussion, engagement and excitement by bringing six to eight new Knight artists in residence to McColl Center for Visual Art leading to increased regional and national attention.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: Next Big Thing)195,770.001173--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5177-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: For The Next Big Thing in Digital News Innovation, a series of forums that allows news and information entrepreneurs to showcase and pitch their startup enterprises to an audience of high level media executives and investors.
Musical Arts Association (Earmark: The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5293-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 02/29/2012; goal: To engage Akron residents who are new audiences in classical music through performances by The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: Free to Tweet)196,000.001171--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5357-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For the "Free to Tweet" campaign, a national celebration of the First Amendment through social media.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)20,000.003269--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5372-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with a white paper exploring the role of university initiatives in supporting local accountability journalism.
University of Nebraska Foundation (Earmark: Information Needs of Communities)20,000.003269--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5385-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To follow the FCC's "Information Needs of Communities" report with a white paper exploring the role of universities in advancing local accountability journalism.
University of Wynwood (Earmark: O, Miami 2012)175,000.001223--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5426-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To produce "O, Miami," a month-long, world-class poetry festival seeking to expand individual's access to poetic literature across Miami-Dade County.
Miami Bach Society (Earmark: Tropical Baroque Music Festival XIII)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5428-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To celebrate the meeting of musical traditions from Europe and South America through a concert given by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI at the Tropical Baroque Music Festival XIII.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5433-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To build on the success of the recently launched digital concert series by supporting the broadcast of an additional thirteen Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts between January and June, 2012.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: DIA Metro Area Outreach)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5236-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support public engagement with masterpieces from Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) through the installation of high-quality reproductions in communities throughout metropolitan Detroit.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture, Akron)36,000.002661--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5276-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with 60 Random Acts of Culture, a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings in the greater Akron area.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture for Miami)68,000.002064--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5333-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support a second season of Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of seemingly spontaneous, brief cultural performances in public places throughout Miami-Dade County.
Symphony Silicon Valley (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture for San Jose)38,000.002650----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5368-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in nontraditional settings.
National League of Cities (Earmark: National League of Cities)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5157-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To develop case studies of "bright spots" of community engagement across America to include a review of Knight communities and innovative technologies used to achieve greater engagement.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Macon365.com)64,500.002087--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5235-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To launch Macon365.com, a centralized community arts and events calendar in the Artsopolis Network to serve as a marketing, planning, audience development and fundraising tool for the 60 arts and cultural organizations served by the Macon Arts Alliance.
Signal-Return (Earmark: Signal-Return)100,000.001609----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5338-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support Signal Return, a vibrant and accessible new storefront for printmaking center, aimed at supporting Detroit's expanding arts scene and its resurgent small business economy.
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (Earmark: Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5351-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support a presentation of the major works of Igor Stravinsky, collaboratively produced by Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival during the 2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
University Musical Society (Earmark: 'Renegade' series)50,000.002216----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5353-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support the opening and closing productions of the University Musical Society's (U.M.S.) "Renegade" series, celebrating the artist Phillip Glass through the production of "Einstein on the Beach", as well as a Michael Tilson Thomas residency.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Free Gospel Sundays)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5360-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2014; goal: To present and produce Free Gospel Sundays, a series of four free Gospel concerts that make the performing arts attractive and accessible to a diverse audience while developing Miami's cultural horizon.
Hatch Detroit (Earmark: Hatch Detroit)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5307-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To engage Detroiters as leaders in economic renewal by supporting the launch of Hatch Detroit, a public contest and citizen network that spurs retail entrepreneurship in the city.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: Americas Business Council Foundation)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5344-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To co-sponsor the Americas Business Council Foundation's event in Miami.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: CPJ Development)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5356-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 02/28/2013; goal: To help CPJ move its fundraising and advocacy work into the digital space.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)10,925.003570----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5365-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: For 2012 general operating support.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: TEDxWomen)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5369-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 12/31/2012; goal: To support TEDxWomen, a one-day conference celebrating the role of women and girls as leaders in business, politics, philanthropy and the nonprofit world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Fiscal Agency Program)49,585.002503--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5370-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: For support of the fiscal agency program established in 2010.
Theatre Macon (Earmark: Our Stories, Our Lives)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5248-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support the production of "Our Stories, Our Lives: The African American Experience", a performance that will provide much needed opportunities for local African American actors and bring a more diverse audience to Theatre Macon's community.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)200,000.001043----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5303-- Grant period: 11/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: For a working group that will suggest tax law changes to stimulate the growth of the nonprofit media sector and facilitate philanthropic giving to nonprofit media.
City Theatre (Earmark: CityWrights Miami - A Professional Weekend for Playwrights)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5188-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To convene established and emerging playwrights from across the nation annually for a productive and creative week dedicated to developing craft, improving business practices and understanding new technologies that are impacting the way playwrights work City Theatre will cultivate South Florida playwrights by hosting an annual conference that brings together local writers with national playwrights, artistic directors and industry leaders. CityWrights will go to the heart of a playwright's craft, offering master classes, workshops and mentorships in artistic and professional development. The process will be open to all through public readings with local actors and directors, giving audiences a role in the process from page to stage and promoting the theater as a center for fresh, new works.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: TC: Temporary Contemporary)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5196-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop a curated selection of temporary, outdoor artist projects within the City Center/Arts District, a 40-block area that is home to many of South Florida's most prominent cultural facilities and institutions The TC: Temporary Contemporary project will surprise and engage the public by populating the city center area of Miami Beach with temporary public art projects that include sculpture, murals, sound installation and video. The Bass Museum will select more than a dozen artists over two years to create public art that will be installed throughout the project period. The effort aims to strengthen the city’s arts district by bringing public spaces alive through the wonder of art.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: New Works Fund)300,000.00620--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5200-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To contribute to ballet's future by commissioning and presenting creations from the finest established and new artists Miami City Ballet will broaden its programming and support the future of ballet by establishing a fund for the creation of new works. The New Works Fund will explore the next generation of choreographic legends by premiering new works this season by Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and British choreographer Liam Scarlett. The project aims to excite audiences and infuse dance with new energy, while placing Miami City Ballet and South Florida at the cutting edge of the international ballet scene.
Miami Dade College (Earmark: MDC Live! at Miami Dade College)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5213-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop local artists by providing intensive creative training and substantive professional development opportunities through the Cultura del Lobo Performance Series Summer Intensives Miami often lacks professional development programs for active performing artists who want continuing educational opportunities without having to enroll in a degree program. Popular in many universities worldwide, summer intensives that feature master artists address a need for professionals seeking advanced-level, world-class training at home. Miami Dade College’s MDC Live! series proposes to expand its educational component to create more in-depth intensives and long-term learning opportunities for performing artists.
Inkub8 (Earmark: Inkub8 Residency Program)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5219-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish an artist residency series in Wynwood Art District's only space dedicated to the creation of new performance-based work, offering showings, question and response sessions and a multi-camera recording system Inkub8, an experimental, hybrid performance space in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, will expand its offerings and cultivate more local performing artists by creating a residency program. The effort will offer space for a month and a modest stipend in exchange for artists teaching classes and exhibiting works. The final event, a performance with all the resident artists, will further nurture community building, expand the definition of performance and explore new mediums that incorporate movement, dance, theater, sound art and other emerging hybrid forms.
Grantmakers in the Arts (Earmark: 2012 Annual Conference)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5241-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 12/31/2012; goal: To provide support for the Grantmakers in the Arts 2012 Annual Conference to be held in Miami, Florida.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: News21: 'Hunting Corruption')115,000.001556--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5252-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support Hunting Corruption, the independent News21 program at the University of California Berkeley, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative for the Future of Journalism Education.
University of Southern California (Earmark: News21: 'Chasing the Campaign')115,000.001556--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5266-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support a final News21 program at USC, Chasing the Campaign: Political Process, Campaign Management and Campaign Funding in the 2012 Election Cycle, whose content will be used for the university's Neon Tommy, and part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative.
Ohio Shakespeare Festival (Earmark: Rare Works by Shakespeare)10,000.003580----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5287-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; goal: To produce professional, theatrical productions of Shakespeare's infrequently-staged masterpieces, Love's Labours Lost and The History of Richard III.
2:1 LLC (Earmark: Firehouse Detroit)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5322-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 03/31/2012; goal: For support of the Firehouse Project, a community-based, multidisciplinary performance and installation, transforming a decommissioned firehouse in the City of Detroit into a resonant musical instrument.
Power House Productions (Earmark: Sound House)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5337-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To engage the community in the development and implementation of an auditory experience known as Sound House, a project that incorporates sound recording and amplification technologies as part of a larger Power House painting installation.
PACE -- Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (Earmark: PACE)24,750.003241--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5355-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Roofless Records (Earmark: Worthy Spectacles and Obsolete Mediums)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5197-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To document music and art in Miami and to help local artists engage a national audience with the launch of regular seasonal catalogs and programming This project will support and develop Miami’s experimental music scene by expanding the local label Roofless Records. The label currently hosts live events and releases limited editions of local artists’ works. Roofless is dedicated to the concept of a label release as an art object – maintaining a free-form aesthetic and ethos with regard to the design, development and production process. With Knight funding, Roofless will be able to launch seasonal catalogs and a publishing house, and continue to curate it signature events.
GableStage (Earmark: Winter Shakespeare Festival – New Audience, Old Master, Outdoors and Free)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5206-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To produce a winter Shakespeare festival, featuring both British and South Florida actors performing in free, outdoor productions of Shakespeare's plays, marketed specifically to students. GableStage will introduce a new audience to an old master by launching a Winter Shakespeare Festival, in collaboration with acclaimed playwright and Miami native Tarell Alvin McCraney and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The festival will stage new productions of Shakespeare’s plays, adapted and led by McCraney, an international playwright in residence at the company. Admission will be free to the public and the performances presented outdoors in Coconut Grove and in downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park. GableStage will also organize educational activities and bring performances to Miami-Dade Public Schools, especially those in low-income neighborhoods.
Florida Grand Opera (Earmark: Unexpected Opera in Unexpected Places)240,000.00925--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5208-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To attract new and challenge existing patrons, broaden the company's repertoire and strengthen its business model by offering underperformed and new operas in unique, intimate and approachable settings and venues Florida Grand Opera will bring opera to new audiences by presenting new or updated operas in a unique, intimate space once a year. This project aims to attract younger audiences to bold and modern productions in nontraditional venues. The opera company will find new production spaces and create a custom marketing strategy, following up with new patrons and establishing a model that can be replicated by other opera and performing arts groups.
Ceramic League of Miami (Earmark: CLM Center for Ceramics)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5212-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To revitalize arts and crafts in South Florida with the C.L.M. Center for Ceramics, a workshop atmosphere inspiring an array of projects by artists, craftsmen and students The Ceramic League of Miami will further strengthen the ceramic arts in South Florida by providing artists and potters working in clay with access to kilns and studio facilities at its South Dade location. The league will equip the center with a custom-built soda kiln and host a series of workshops, lectures and classes to introduce the project. The project aims to introduce students and young artists to the possibilities of working with clay and raise public awareness about the broad appeal and varied styles of the ceramic arts.
Cuban Museum (Earmark: Sweet Home Museo Cubano)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5214-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring distinguished Cuban emigré artists of various artistic disciplines to Miami-Dade County, bringing a wealth of talent to South Florida and making it a center for Cuban-exiled and Cuban-American artists The Cuban Museum will bring the work of distinguished Cuban artists in exile to South Florida through a series of exhibitions and performances at the Cuban Museum. The one-year series will feature performances by Cuban exile pianists, singers, a saxophonist and filmmaker-playwright, among other artists of various disciplines. Sweet Home hopes the exhibits will attract new visitors, increase interest in Cuban-American art, and make the museum a home away from home for Cuban artists in exile.
Northwestern University (Earmark: News21 Accountability Project)115,000.001556--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5249-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support the Medill News21 Accountability Project, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative for the Future of Journalism Education.
Matter Ventures (Earmark: Public Media Accelerator)2,500,000.0099--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5324-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 10/31/2014; goal: To initiate and advise innovation in public media by establishing the Knight PRX Public Media Accelerator A new effort will provide funding and expertise to entrepreneurial teams with innovative ideas to increase the impact of public service media. Called the Public Media Accelerator, the project will be launched and operated by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and supported by a $2.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Modeled on mentorship-driven technology startup incubators, the Public Media Accelerator aims to strengthen public media’s essential role in meeting community information needs across new platforms and devices. “Forty years ago, public broadcasting harnessed the technology of the time to engage audiences with high quality content that was otherwise inaccessible,” said Jake Shapiro, CEO of PRX. “We are expanding this vital service to include today’s pervasive and participatory media, particularly mobile.”.
New America Foundation (Earmark: Wireless Internet Infrastructure)250,000.00663----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5328-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To promote citizen empowerment and digital connectivity in Detroit by supporting the Open Technology Initiative's local deployment of wireless mesh Internet infrastructure.
Michigan Philharmonic (Earmark: Bollywood Music Festival)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5336-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To provide opportunities for cultural exchange by supporting the Michigan Philharmonics' Bollywood Music Festival at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts in Detroit, Mich.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Earmark: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy)9,750.003667--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5354-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Bridge Red (Earmark: Bridge Red Studios Project Space)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5186-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a space for exhibition, documentation and creative exchange of works and ideas by strong and developed local artists who do not get the exposure their work merits Bridge Red Studios will give new exposure to long-standing artists by providing a space to exhibit their works and ideas. While the arts community continues to grow and expand in South Florida, the community will benefit from a space dedicated to mid- to late-career artists. Bridge Red Studios Project Space will be a venue to showcase these visual artists of significant accomplishment, as a way to help them foster connections with new audiences.
Arts & Business Council of Miami (Earmark: Arts Board Marketplace)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5190-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To close the gap in the number and diversity of board candidates accessible to arts organizations by developing a program aimed at matching business and community participants with available board positions at arts organizations in the Greater Miami area To increase the number and diversity of board candidates accessible to arts organizations, the Arts & Business Council of Miami will create a program to match business and community participants with available board positions at Miami arts groups. The council will develop and launch an innovative website and online platform, train arts executives about board recruitment and management, and provide leadership seminars for business professionals. The project aims to build new leaders for the cultural community, as well as new audiences and income sources.
Miami-Dade Public Library System (Earmark: Writer-in-Residence: Young Adult Fiction)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5195-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage creative writing among the community's teens, ages 13 to 18, with a three-month residency comprising a mentoring program and a forum for creative expression. The Miami-Dade Public Library System will encourage creative writing among teens by creating a writer-in-residence program for an author of teen novels. While typical the writer-in-residence program focuses on the writer, this program centers on teens, inspiring them to express themselves through their writings. The library will select one resident author who will mentor 20 students in creative writing. Teens will share their works aloud at a culminating event. The resident author will also create a pamphlet of creative writing tips and conduct several workshops open to library users across the county about the different components of writing, both as a creative outlet and as a possible career path.
[NAME] Publications (Earmark: Miami Women Artists Books)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5198-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the female artists' community in Miami through the curation and production of four Miami female artists' books for local and international distribution To celebrate local women artists, [NAME] Publications will dedicate its Miami artists book series for one year exclusively to four women and their work. These original works are seen as a space where artists can further develop their ideas and projects, not just as a simple container of previous works. The designer books will be showcased in international collections and libraries and promoted at art book fairs, aiming to increase the understanding of Miami’s diverse cultural community, both locally and internationally.
Dimensions Variable (Earmark: Dimensions Variable: Three Program Objectives)40,000.002564----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5202-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To present site-specific works by local, national and international artists, architects, designers and collaboratives and to engage audiences in a rigorous lecture and discussion series, thus reinforcing local relevance and cultural value Dimensions Variable will present experimental works in South Florida through exhibitions at an independent space featuring site-specific works by national and international artists. Producers will invite artists from near and far to create the unique works; they hope to engage audiences through lectures and discussions that broaden Miami’s engagement in an international contemporary art dialogue.
Coral Morphologic (Earmark: Aqua/Cultural Transformation: The New Miami Science Museum)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5203-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To portray fluorescent corals as living art forms in a new, pop-cultural iconography of Miami that reflects its unique subtropical location and growing intellectual, artistic identity Coral Morphologic has teamed with the Miami Science Museum to build excitement for its arrival downtowns at Museum Park by collaborating on a multimedia art-science project at Miami International Airport. This public project will promote the world-class aquarium exhibits that will be central to the new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, to be completed at the end of 2014. High-definition screens will be installed in airport terminals and waiting areas to portray fluorescent corals as living art forms and icons of the city. These installations will engage, relax and entrance travelers of all ages, while reinforcing Miami’s position as a gateway to the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Additionally, coral aquascapes also will be shown on the New World Symphony’s 1,700 square foot outdoor projection wall during a night of underwater film.
Tigertail Productions (Earmark: 'Is Paris Burning?')75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5204-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster the appreciation and understanding of new work and thinking in the dance field with "Is Paris Burning?," a 3-year series of artist-curated and site-specific performances that examine and re-invigorate traditional conceptions of dance in Miami Tigertail Productions will foster new thinking in dance with “Is Paris Burning?” a series of guest artist encounters, artist-curated events and site-specific performances that examine and reinvigorate traditional choreography. Tigertail will select a Miami-based artist to conceive a program for stage. National dance leaders and choreographers will lead exchanges and discussions on what is happening in the field. The project will bring to Miami choreographers for informal encounters with area choreographers. “Is Paris Burning?” seeks to create new opportunities for Miami choreographers and establish Miami as a place where a new movement and style of dance is taking place.
Artists in Residence in the Everglades (Earmark: Artists in Residence in Everglades)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5205-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inform, connect and support artists, writers and musicians who wish to be ambassadors for the Everglades by providing month-long onsite residencies To help artists bring their passion for the Everglades to the public, the Artists in Residence in Everglades program will expand to include additional programming, a stipend and professional support. Because artists and art lovers are great ambassadors for the beauty of the park’s rare ecosystem, the program will help connect artists in the Everglades with Miami’s urban art scene, creating a bridge of artistic exploration connecting South Florida’s east and west coasts.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: News21: 'Powering A Nation')115,000.001556--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5251-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support PoweringaNation.org, the independent News21 program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative for the Future of Journalism Education.
One Laptop per Child Foundation (Earmark: Laptops for Holmes Elementary School)245,000.00904--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5264-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To bridge the digital divide for students in Holmes Elementary School by giving laptops, training and specialized curriculum to all students and teachers.
Commons Labs (Earmark: Platform for civic discourse)222,000.00993--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5317-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To support the development of a digital platform for civic discourse.
Miami Lyric Opera (Earmark: Classical Opera Staging for Young Talents)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5179-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen Miami Lyric Opera's orchestra and to expand its seasonal offerings across eight opera productions Miami Lyric Opera will strengthen local opera by providing a larger venue and additional performances for the company’s popular subscription series. The project will include expanding the orchestra and enlarging the audience potential to 5,500-6,000 (from a current audience of less than 3,000). The projected results: production enhancement, greater exposure for young singers, more professional productions and a wider diffusion of lyric opera across the community.
Teatro Avante (Earmark: Miami: Hispanic Cultural Capital of the U.S.)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5192-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring a greater representation of Latino theater, playwrights, directors and artists from throughout the U.S. to the Miami-based International Hispanic Theatre Festival. Teatro Avante will bring a greater representation of Latino/Hispanic theater, playwrights, directors and artists from throughout the world to the Miami-based International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. This project will create an online, bilingual platform to establish Miami as the nation’s center for Latino/Hispanic performing arts and to collect information and promote dialogue about the richness and diversity of Latino artists’ work. Teatro Avante will create an educational program featuring scholars and researchers, as well as exhibits, and present an annual national conference on Latino theater in the United States.
The M Ensemble Company (Earmark: New Play Series)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5209-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch a script development plan providing a forum and mentorship opportunities through which African-American playwrights will be trained to write for The M Ensemble New Play Series The M Ensemble Company will cultivate African-American playwrights by creating a mentorship program to assist in developing scripts for a new play series. The company will hold a bimonthly play-writing workshop geared toward beginners at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse. A quarterly seminar for new and established playwrights will examine the challenges, rewards and opportunities of writing plays for black theater companies. Early-career playwrights will attend an intensive workshop and work closely with a mentor to develop a specific work. The project is designed to develop and sustain audiences for theater and play reading, and to expand and enrich playwrights in a supportive and dynamic atmosphere. The project will culminate in a two-day public reading of selected plays.
Miami Downtown Development Authority (Earmark: Downtown Miami Concert Series – Summer Shows at the Gusman)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5217-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the Downtown Miami Concert Series with summer shows at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, establishing continuity within the series, building audiences, supporting local businesses and offering quality summertime productions The Miami Downtown Development Authority will help strengthen a sense of community in the urban core by making the outdoor, winter Downtown Miami Concert Series year-round, with summer shows at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. The expanded concert series, which will feature four genres of music, aims to introduce new generations to the Gusman, increase foot traffic in the downtown area and spur commerce while promoting Flagler Street as a neighborhood where new businesses and rich history come together.
Nonprofit Finance Fund (Earmark: Artplace)4,000,000.0045--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5319-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; goal: To support ArtPlace, a creative place-making initiative that uses investments in the arts and other creative assets to shape the social, physical and economic character of cities, towns and communities across the U.S. In a shift from earlier approaches to economic development and the arts, ArtPlace neither treats the arts as an add-on nor expects development to follow on its own from stand-alone investments in cultural projects. Instead, ArtPlace supports projects in which cultural groups operate in concert with other community partners, private and public. By leveraging the arts and culture with all of a community’s other existing assets, ArtPlace aims to help communities achieve vibrant growth while doing more with less. ArtPlace sees its role as providing venture capital, seeding entrepreneurial projects that already enjoy strong local buy-in, connect to a community’s economic development strategy and have the potential to attract additional private and public support to the community.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5335-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To engage a worldwide network of music lovers with a digital media plan that will make accessible the work of Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) both locally and internationally.
WHYY (Earmark: News Works)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5347-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: For a consultative process to expand and strengthen WHYY's use of digital technologies.
Northwestern University (Earmark: Master's in Journalism for Programmers)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4881-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 10/31/2014; goal: For expanded support for scholarships to computer programmers to study journalism.
Karen Peterson and Dancers (Earmark: Inclusive Dance – Benefits for All – Expanding the Boundaries)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5175-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a 15-week dance program to 500 special needs middle and senior high school students that will help them discover creativity, teamwork and strong self-esteem Karen Peterson and Dancers will provide dance instruction to 450 middle and senior high students with special needs, helping them develop creativity, teamwork and strong self-esteem. Teachers will meet once a week for 15 weeks with each classroom of 20 to 25 students to research movement toward performance. A five- to seven-minute dance will be created for students at each participating school, and the project will end with a gala dance concert. The training aims to help students learn self-expression and self-confidence while using movement for fun.
Peter London Global Dance Theater (PLGDT) (Earmark: Peter London Global Dance Theater)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5191-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support and develop the artistic talents of exceptional dancers and choreographers from South Florida who historically have had limited access to professional performance opportunities in the community The Peter London Global Dance Theater will launch in South Florida to support and develop the talents of exceptional local dancers and choreographers who have historically had limited access to local, professional performance opportunities. To help develop talent, the company will conduct master classes and summer workshops, perform many local shows pro bono, and establish collaborations among painters, composers, actors and singers to create innovative performances. A repertoire of thought-provoking choreography that reflects South Florida’s multiculturalism will also be created. The goal is to build a world-class contemporary dance company with solid finances and management that benefits the community through its artistry.
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (Earmark: CoBrA—Multidisciplinary Response to International Collaboration)300,000.00620--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5193-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale will enhance local knowledge and dialogue concerning the CoBrA art movement, formed in the aftermath of World War II, through an international partnership that includes artistic residencies and a major exhibition from the museum’s collection. The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale will enhance local knowledge and dialogue concerning the CoBrA art movement, formed in the aftermath of World War II, through an international partnership that includes artistic residencies and a major exhibition from the museum’s collection. The movement, named for artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam, rejected traditional Western culture and embraced rich colors and intriguing, spontaneous-feeling designs. The museum will develop an interactive CoBrA website, produce three exhibitions on the movement’s art forms and cultural connections and host a range of artistic competitions and workshops. The project aims to ignite dialogue, strengthen awareness of the museum’s CoBrA collection and reveal the movement’s impact on contemporary artists.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: MOCA Art Institute at the Museum of Contemporary Art)300,000.00620--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5194-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote creativity and build community through innovative arts and communications programs for youths and adults at the MOCA Art Institute, housed in MOCA's educational wing The Museum of Contemporary Art will inspire teens to become lifelong learners and lovers of art by creating an institute to provide free year-round programs in art history, museum studies, studio art, design, creative writing and more. The MOCA Art Institute will offer enriching experiences for thousands of students through an array of comprehensive educational programs in art and communications that use engaging curriculum and a dynamic museum environment to build skills, develop aesthetic analysis and promote creativity through exposure, experience and interdisciplinary discussion. Instruction includes an after-school program for teens, summer journalism and photojournalism courses for inner-city youth and the teen-produced MOCAZINE, an arts and literary journal.
Bas Fisher Invitational (Earmark: Weird Miami Bus Tours)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5199-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To integrate the South Florida community with WEIRD MIAMI, a creative city tour that turns locals into tourists as they discover unnoticed and unknown places while tracing undocumented histories, redrawing maps and making new friends Bas Fisher Invitational will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the city and its artistic offerings by expanding the popular, artist-led Weird Miami bus tours, which introduce locals, as well as tourists, to lesser-known places and cultural projects. Bas Fisher will invite artists to create tours and exhibitions that reflect their relationship with the city. The project also will create an interactive, online presence to enhance the experience.
City of Miami Little Haiti Cultural Center (Earmark: The Haitian Heritage Art Project)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5201-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To implement a year-round Haitian Heritage Arts Project, a unique arts-based endeavor that focuses on the revival and creation of traditional Haitian arts and crafts The Little Haiti Cultural Center will support traditional Haitian arts by conducting workshops in papier-mâché, textiles and other disciplines, then host a community festival to highlight them. Project organizers will recruit residents for courses in Haitian fine arts and crafts, including monthly weekend workshops where Haitian guest artists will conduct classes and discuss the creative process. The project will culminate with a Haitian Heritage Art Fest featuring the new artwork of project participants, as well as a street parade with traditional Haitian attire, masks, Kompas music and Haitian cuisine.
Magic in Action (Earmark: Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5210-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish the Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival as an annual event, building on the success of Magic in Action's inaugural free, day-long street festival celebrating Overtown's rich history and culture and featuring music, art, food and local vendors The Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival will celebrate the musical and artistic heritage of Overtown with an annual street festival that draws top acts. Organizers, originally part of a Leadership Miami team, will set up workshops to organize fund raising, marketing and community partnerships. The resulting annual festival of music, art, food and local vendors will draw increasing numbers of diverse audiences, higher-profile acts and sponsors.
Young at Art of Broward (Earmark: Edouard Duval Carrié – The Spirit of Haiti)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5216-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spark new understanding of global diversity and to engage children and families in cross-cultural appreciation of Edouard Duval Carrie's artwork through an imaginative museum installation titled, "The Spirit of Haiti" Young at Art Museum will engage the community in Haiti’s rich artistic traditions through an installation by artist Edouard Duval Carrie, accompanied by family workshops and art-making activities. The museum will collaborate with Carrie and commission the firm Architecture Is Fun to design and develop an installation called The Spirit of Haiti. The museum will develop art activities for the installation, provide free field trips to low-income children and develop family workshops to serve a projected 2,500 people annually. Plans also include producing a four-part Haitian perspectives artist series, based on Haitian culture.
Miami-Dade County Dept of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (Earmark: Noches Tropicales/Tropical Nights)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5218-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight the rich cultural heritage found in Hispanic music and dance with four annual artistic performances in Miami-Dade Parks to residents and visitors of all ages Miami-Dade Parks will highlight America’s rich music history by expanding the successful Noches Tropicales to include Tropical Nights, featuring Latin, jazz, blues, folk and other contemporary music. The project aims to extend the park system’s arts programming and encourage community engagement with the arts.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Foundation for the Carolinas)500,000.00453----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5246-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To strengthen the community foundation's leadership in the community and support its expanded spaces for engagement.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: News21: 'New York World')115,000.001556--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5250-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support New York World, the independent News21 program at Columbia, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative for the Future of Journalism Education.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: Opening Concert with Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5283-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: For support of the opening concert of Tuesday Musical's season, in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and featuring Wynton Marsalis on September 20, 2011.
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: Music Hall Center)50,000.002216----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5334-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To support Music Hall Center as it provides access to its facilities to community arts groups at reduced rates.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: U.S.-Russian Young Journalists Exchange)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5340-- Grant period: 10/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; goal: To pilot a U.S.-Russian Young Journalists Exchange Program.
Light Factory (Earmark: Light Factory Lecture Series)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5082-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To provide a lecture series with notable internationally renowned artists and thereby offer the Charlotte region an in-depth look at the creative process and the power of moving and still images.
Tides Center (Earmark: Poderopedia)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5167-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create an editorial and crowd-sourced database that allows visualizing the relationships among political, civic and business leaders To promote greater transparency in Chile, Poderopedia (Powerpedia) will be an editorial and crowdsourced database that highlights the links among the country’s elite. Using data visualization, the site will investigate and illustrate the connections among people, companies and institutions, shedding light on any conflicts of interests. Crowdsourced information will be vetted by professional journalists before it is posted. Entries will include an editorial overview, a relationship map and links to the sources of information.
GroundWorks DanceTheater (Earmark: Innovative Dance for Akron)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5171-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support acclaimed choreographers Ronen Koresh, Doug Elkins and Kate Weare who will bring internationally and nationally recognized cutting edge dance innovation to audiences in Akron.
Minnesota State Fair Foundation (Earmark: Giant Sing Along)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5172-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For a participatory public art experience called the Giant Sing Along at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair.
Mint Museum of Art (Earmark: Digital Outreach)107,500.001579--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5260-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To create a more accessible and comprehensive website, including a digital library of portions of the collection plus a comprehensive microsite on North Carolina Pottery.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: Multi-media 60th Anniversary Concert)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5286-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the direct artistic costs of presenting a multi-media concert combining music and photography in celebration of the Akron Symphony Orchestra's 60th Anniversary.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Art digitization project)35,000.002668--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5291-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To fully realize Phase Two of the Akron Art Museum's collection digitization project, including the development of new content for engagement.
Walker West Music Academy (Earmark: Young Artist Professional Training)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5295-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 09/30/2013; goal: To support the Young Artist Professional Training Program to provide students the opportunity to expand their professional and artistic skills and enable them to better navigate the professional music business.
The Schubert Club (Earmark: Social Media Outreach)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5298-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To engage a group of young professionals by piloting a program providing subsidized tickets in exchange for social media coverage and community ambassador support geared at building future audiences.
Teatro del Pueblo (Earmark: Latino-Asian Fusion Series)12,000.003546--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5300-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To foster cross-cultural exchange and dialogue among Twin Cities Latino and Asian communities, Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater will collaborate on a series of new works titled "Latino-Asian Fusion Series".
National Jewish Theater Foundation (Earmark: Holocaust Theater Archive)60,000.002103--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5312-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To research, catalog and produce theater-related activity for the first research- and production-oriented Holocaust-related theater archive and digital website.
One Voice Mixed Chorus (Earmark: OUT in Our Schools)12,000.003546--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5315-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To expand the "OUT in Our Schools" program to include two additional school outreach performances.
Opera Carolina (Earmark: Madama Butterfly Outreach)68,000.002064--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5211-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To cultivate a new audience for opera through a free-ticket giveaway for a performance of Madama Butterfly.
Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet (Earmark: Reach Out and Dance)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5278-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: For the expansion of the Reach Out and Dance (ROAD) program in the Akron Public Schools.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Power2Give.org tool for nonprofit arts)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5281-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To assure the successful launch of power2give.org, an innovative fundraising site that will allow cultural organizations in Charlotte and Miami to post projects online and market them to potential donors.
City of Akron (Earmark: Akron Summer Arts Experience)65,000.002075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5282-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support robust programming through the Akron Summer Arts Experience including: Lock 3 summer concerts, festivals, and community events; Lock 4 free concerts; Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival; Sunday Symphonies; and Lock 3 Summer Arts Experience.
Keepers of the Art (Earmark: Akron Hip-Hop Showcase)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5284-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the production of the 4th Annual Akron Hip-Hop Showcase conference.
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (Earmark: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5296-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the development of a strategic alliance with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) by providing funds to develop infrastructure and support the administrative integration of both organizations.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5301-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 10/31/2012; goal: To plan the expansion of the Knight Digital Media Center at USC and create a new curriculum to increase the leadership and impact of Knight Community Information grantees and ethnic media.
Creative Capital Foundation (Earmark: Spanish-language Professional Development)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5318-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the presentation of two Spanish-language Professional Development Program workshops for artists in 2011 and 2012 - one in Miami, FL and one in San Jose, CA, two communities with large Spanish-speaking populations.
Mu Performing Arts (Earmark: Mu Daiko Concert)15,000.003439--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5321-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To produce Mu Daiko's 15th anniversary concert and Minnesota tour celebrating the influence of women in Japanese ensemble drumming.
Penumbra Theatre Company (Earmark: Signature Series)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5325-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the development and marketing of the Signature Series, a new initiative to offer artistically excellent and award-winning African-American plays to theaters around the country.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Gardner Leadership Award)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5330-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To sponsor Independent Sector's John W. Gardner Leadership Award dinner, which this year, honors Bill Drayton, CEO and founder of Ashoka.
Community School of the Arts (Earmark: Educational Outreach)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5242-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To inspire young artists-in-training by providing free tickets for them to attend professional arts events.
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society (Earmark: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society)125,000.001480--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5244-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To sponsor an expanded KnightSounds season, including the commissioning of a synchronized digital animation video to accompany one concert performance.
The American University (Earmark: Knight-Batten Awards @ J-Lab)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5245-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To continue J-Lab's programs at American University in 2011, including the Knight-Batten Awards.
Cleveland Modern Dance Association (Earmark: MOMIX)15,000.003439--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5279-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To provide lead sponsorship for the 2011 performance and multiple outreach programs for the MOMIX (dance) project.
Community Hall Foundation (Earmark: Akron Civic Theatre)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5285-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To help engage diverse audiences in the Akron Civic Theatre's 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons with intergenerational, multi-cultural and community based programming.
TU Dance (Earmark: TU Dance Center)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5294-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To advance the TU Dance Center in St. Paul as a hub for local dance activity and a valued community resource, including service to underrepresented local populations.
Weathervane Community Playhouse (Earmark: Artistic Enrichment Outreach)10,000.003580--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5309-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To provide theater and artistic enrichment programs to Akron schools with limited field trip budgets, specifically targeting Title I schools.
Public Interest (Earmark: Speaking of Home)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5310-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For the creation Speaking of Home (SOH), a public art project focused on illuminating the lives of Minnesota's diverse communities while transforming the St. Paul skyway system.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: PANDA)150,000.001280--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5164-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help news organizations better use public information by creating PANDA, new software that cleans up and aids in analyzing it. To help news organizations better use public information, the PANDA Project, in partnership with Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), the Chicago Tribune and The Spokane Spokesman-Review, will build a set of open-source, web-based tools that make it easier for journalists to use and analyze data. While national news organizations often have the staff and know-how to handle federal data, smaller news organizations are at a disadvantage. City and state data are messier, and newsroom staff often lack the tools to use it. PANDA will work with tools like Google Refine to find relationships among data sets and improve data sets for use by others. PANDA will be simple to deploy, allowing newsrooms without software developers on staff to integrate it into their work.
Springboard for the Arts (Earmark: Arts Incubator Program)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5297-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support a sustainability initiative for the Arts Incubator Program, providing fiscal sponsorship, pro bono legal services, fundraising support and organizational development assistance to artist-led non-profit projects.
The Communications Network (Earmark: The Communications Network)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5306-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To advance Knight Foundation's leadership in the field of foundation and non-profit communications by providing sponsorship support for the annual Communication Network conference in Boston on September 21-23, 2011.
United States Peace Corps (Earmark: Peace Corps Digital library)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5323-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support Peace Corps' 50-year legacy of service and to augment the Peace Corps Digital library with new materials.
The Philanthropy Roundtable (Earmark: The Philanthropy Roundtable)4,500.003797--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5326-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Tides Center (Earmark: Spending Stories)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5166-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To increase fiscal literacy among journalists and the public by creating simple digital tools that link public spending data to public spending narratives News stories about government finances are common, but readers often find it challenging to place the numbers in perspective. Spending Stories will contextualize such news pieces by tying them to the data on which they are based. For example, a story on City Hall spending could be annotated with details on budget trends and related stories from other news outlets. The effort will be driven by a combination of machine-automated analysis and verification by users interested in public spending.
Hot Summer Jazz Festival (Earmark: Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5207-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To support the Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival, a free music event that opens the downtown St. Paul performing arts season in September.
Momoko Ito Foundation (Earmark: Safecast)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5274-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To establish Safecast, a network of sensor devices to collect crowd-based submissions of data about the environment.
Actors' Summit (Earmark: Actors' Summit)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5277-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To entice new audiences to the Actors' Summit, through a community engagement program targeting youth and their parents.
Cleveland International Film Festival (Earmark: Knight Night in Akron)70,000.002036--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5280-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support "Knight Night in Akron" and Akron Preview Event for the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival (2011) and 36th Cleveland International Film Festival (2012).
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Earmark: Minnesota Cultural Data Project)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5292-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the Minnesota Cultural Data Project (CDP), a powerful online management tool designed to strengthen the nonprofit arts and cultural sector by collecting and disseminating comprehensive, high-quality data to support fact-based decision making.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society (Earmark: Alliance with GTC Youth Symphonies)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5299-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the development of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) and Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) strategic alliance.
Sphinx Organization (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture for Detroit)36,000.002661--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5304-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To implement Year 2 of Knight Foundation's Random Acts of Culture initiative, a highly successful program central to the strategy of audience engagement.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)19,750.003409--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5331-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Grants Managers Network (Earmark: Grants Managers Network)4,750.003790--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5339-- Grant period: 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012; goal: To provide contributing organizational support of the Grants Managers Network in 2011.
Network World Events & Executive Forums (Earmark: DEMO Conference)35,000.002668--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5327-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For sponsorship of the Fall 2011 DEMO an important platform for new digital media entrepreneurs. Sponsorship includes two scholarships for two entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented groups.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5320-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Tides Center (Earmark: ScraperWiki)280,000.00643--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5238-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To make it easier for journalists to collect information from across the Web by adding new features to ScraperWiki.org ScraperWiki.com provides a way to make it easier to collect information from across the web from diverse sources. The site helps anyone freely create “scrapers” to collect, store and publish public data, and make it freely available for anyone to use. As such, the site provides journalists with updated, aggregated data that allows them to produce richer stories and data visualizations. This grant will add a “data on demand” feature where journalists can request data sets and be notified of changes in data that might be newsworthy, and data embargos that will keep information private until a story breaks. To accelerate the adoption of the platform, the U.K.-based site will host “journalism data camps” in 12 U.S. states.
Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition (Earmark: Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition Outreach)80,000.001872--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5288-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To assist the Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition in reaching economic sustainability and challenge member organizations to commit to greater financial support.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: FoCAS 2011)200,000.001043--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5255-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To underwrite the cost of Aspen Institute's Forum on Communications and Society that analyzed issues of networks and citizenship and proposed strategies to improved access to information and participation for individuals and communities.
OneAmerica (Earmark: 3rd Annual National Immigrant Integration Conference)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5290-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To provide sponsorship support of the 3rd Annual National Immigrant Integration Conference on October 24-26, 2011, in Seattle.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Earmark: Digital Media Incubator at PNI)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5302-- Grant period: 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To launch a digital media incubator in Philadelphia, the fourth largest media market in the United States Ben Franklin Technology Partners has received a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to launch the incubator with Philadelphia Media Network, Inc. (PMN), owner and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and philly.com. The strategic partnership will also include Drexel University, DreamIt Ventures and the Philadelphia Foundation. Set to begin operation in September 2011, the program will provide four startup or early stage technology companies with a minimum of six months of office space -- at PMN’s offices at 400 North Broad Street – technical and administrative support, mentoring, and access to the Philly.com platform for launching their digital media “apps” or related products. While Philadelphia Media Network will host the incubator and provide Philly.com as a platform for launching the new products, Ben Franklin Technology Partners will provide mentoring and strategic business counsel to the startups. Drexel University will provide graduate and undergraduate students with the unique opportunity to work with and move freely between the startup companies and PMN’s established media business. BFTP also will work with DreamIt Ventures, a nationally-renowned Philadelphia-based startup accelerator program, […].
The Raymond John Wean Foundation (Earmark: TheNewsOutlet.org)62,000.002095--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5185-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For the TheNewsOutlet.org, a multimedia investigative journalism project run by college students and professional editors To keep citizens up to date on local issues, The Raymond John Wean Foundation will expand TheNewsOutlet.org, a collaborative, investigative reporting platform run by college students and professional editors. The project will use the existing model in Youngstown, Ohio, which crowdsources story topics from and about the community, and expand it to other universities and media partners throughout the state. The foundation hopes that greater interaction and increased local content will foster solutions to neighborhood problems.
Greater New Orleans Foundation (Earmark: School Board Coverage)52,000.002198--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5222-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To provide greater transparency and accountability in charter schools by using college journalism students to tweet from and write on board meetings of over 40 independently run charter schools To provide greater transparency and accountability in charter schools, the local news site The Lens will train college journalism students to tweet from and write about local charter school meetings. New Orleans has the highest percentage of students attending charter schools in the country, yet there is little coverage of the boards that govern them. Each student journalist will cover a different school and report the events and details of important board meetings and gatherings. All relevant content will be archived, in order to ensure greater accountability in how the schools are run.
Lincoln Community Foundation (Earmark: Refugee Storytelling)26,000.003067--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5229-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To use journalism students to work with refugee communities to tell their stories in videos and post them online To provide more coverage of the city’s refugee community, journalism students from the University of Nebraska will move a class to a local community center and use multimedia storytelling to share stories. The content will then be offered to local outlets, aiming to promote both understanding in Lincoln and civic engagement among the city’s newest residents.
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Earmark: Grow Citizen Journalism)132,800.001465--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5231-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: For the Grow Citizen Journalism Project to engage diverse communities in environmental information and action using mobile media tools, targeted messaging, and training in citizen journalism To empower disenfranchised local communities affected by environmental issues, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo will expand its GrowWNY.org site, a previous challenge winner, to include mobile reporting, mapping and new information applications. These new tools will give a voice to low-income communities and people of color who are disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and have few resources to take action. The Grow Citizen Journalism project will also train citizens in story creation techniques so they can share their first-hand experiences with their toxic surroundings to raise awareness of the issues and encourage action.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Code for America)750,000.00358--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5263-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support our strategy of investing in citizen-centered solutions in three Knight communities by piloting the Code for America model, which deploys technology professionals to develop original solutions that engage citizens in community challenges.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: Miami International Film Festival)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5272-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To attract the world's best filmmakers to Miami annually to share their new works with Miami audiences and fellow filmmakers through the Miami International Film Festival Grand Jury Competitions The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation sponsors the grand jury prizes for the festival, which is produced and presented by Miami Dade College. "These prizes help place the festival – and Miami's growing film scene – on the world stage," said Dennis Scholl, vice president/arts and Miami program director for Knight Foundation, which has supported the festival since 2006. "For South Floridians, the arts are also one way to bring our diverse community together. Films spark dialogue, transport us and move us, creating the common cultural experiences that make great cities." "The Knight Foundation awards continue to be the bedrock of our ability to attract high-quality North American and U.S. premieres to Miami," said festival executive director Jaie Laplante. "We are fortunate to have the continued support of the foundation, and an invitation to the three Knight Foundation competitions continues to be highly-sought among international and domestic filmmakers." The three categories are: Knight Grand Jury World Competition ($20,000): given to U.S. films premiering at the festival and created by […].
Own Local (Earmark: Own Local)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4961-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - Invalid date; goal: Own Local sells digital media services to small and medium businesses (SMBs) in partnership with local news publishers, enabling publishers to leverage their local brand and provide a one-stop shop for SMB digital services and improving revenue for small and regional publishers in particular.
Vermont Community Foundation (Earmark: VTDigger.org)104,000.001597--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5180-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: To hire an investigative reporter at VTDigger.org to cover health care reform and energy issues in Vermont To bolster watchdog journalism, VTDigger.org will use funds to hire an investigative reporter to cover health reform and energy issues in Vermont. The reporter will gather material for long-form stories while providing daily coverage to the news site’s 23,000 readers statewide. Stories will focus on health and energy as they are issues that drive the state’s economy and are among the topics Vermonters care about most.
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (Earmark: Charlottesville Tomorrow)52,000.002198--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5181-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To add an engagement editor to the successful Charlottesville Tomorrow hyper-local news site To strengthen engagement with readers and donors, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation will increase the staff of the community’s hyper-local news site and expand coverage for its community wiki, which provides in-depth information on local issues, and for its 3D mapping projects, which aids in community planning. In doing so, Charlottesville Tomorrow seeks to increase community involvement in local issues.
Long Beach Community Foundation (Earmark: Public Access TV)327,000.00600--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5223-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To bring locally produced video news and information back to Long Beach over Public Access TV In returning public access television to Long Beach, this project will create hyper-local, multilingual programming on a variety of platforms. Programming, some contributed by residents reporting from a network of neighborhood studios, will be presented in English, Khmer and Spanish. A nightly program will showcase professional and citizen-created content, aiming to get more people engaged in local issues. In addition, an outreach and training program will encourage people of all ethnicities and age groups to participate.
Brooklyn Community Foundation (Earmark: Providing a Voice for Brooklyn Residents)52,000.002198--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5232-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To launch The Brooklyn Bureau, a hyper-local investigative news site and news aggregator To improve this rural community’s access to news and information, North Country Public Radio will expand and deepen its broadcast and digital operations and encourage residents to contribute content and help sustain its regional news and information service. Training programs will both engage community members in the news and help establish a path for the next generation of public media professionals.
World Wide Workshop for Children's Media Technology & Learning (Earmark: Globaloria)950,000.00315--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5258-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 09/30/2014; goal: To advance a new and successful way of teaching digital literacy and community engagement to students and young adults in San Jose and Silicon Valley by using the Globaloria game design system.
KaBOOM! (Earmark: KaBOOM!)195,000.001175--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5259-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2012; goal: To fund the 2,000th KaBOOM! community-built playground at Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. in June 2011.
Springboard for the Arts (Earmark: Springboard for the Arts)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5268-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To bring Springboard for the Arts' Community Supported Art program to Knight Foundation's eight communities over the next two years, inspiring local art movements.
Miami-Dade Public Library System (Earmark: Miami-Dade Public Library System)805,755.00343--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5271-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To create an interactive learning space within the public libraries where young people can learn to use and create digital media as a way to engage with their peers and community.
The Piton Foundation (Earmark: CitizenAtlas)202,000.001036--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5228-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For CitizenAtlas, a digital tool to help real people tell real stories based off of public data To foster greater civic dialogue, The Piton Foundation will draw on its 15 years of democratizing information to create free tools to help citizens translate public data into captivating stories. A major component will be an easy-to-use, online platform that allows users to post their stories and search data and content for others to interact with. The program will also provide training and outreach programs to empower underprivileged communities to navigate the site and tell their stories. The Children’s Corridor, a North Denver neighborhood home to some of the city’s poorest communities, will serve as a pilot for the public release.
California Community Foundation (Earmark: Report and Map It)77,000.001905--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5233-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For Report and Map It, a project using mobile phones to document unfair car impoundments To raise awareness about the growing number of car impoundments affecting the poor, the California Community Foundation will enable locals to use mobile phones to anonymously report the impoundments. The Report and Map It campaign will feature a mobile app that will aggregate information and location details from text messages and photos sent by residents. This data will be presented in a digestible way, aiming to stop abuses by influencing policy. The campaign will also establish a bilingual, region-specific website and training sessions to help residents learn about their legal rights.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Earmark: National Citizenship Collaboration)2,345,000.00122--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5273-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support the creation of the National Citizenship Collaboration to test new program models, technology, collaboration and resources to enable more immigrants to become naturalized citizens in Detroit, Miami, San Jose, Long Beach and Charlotte.
1stACT Silicon Valley (Earmark: SoFA)1,810,000.00172--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5170-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: To create a sustainable transformation of San Jose's urban core into a vibrant cultural and social hub for the region.
Puerto Rico Community Foundation (Earmark: Increasing rural access to information)127,000.001475--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5220-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To increase access to information on jobs, technology and entrepreneurship in rural communities This project will provide information on jobs and entrepreneurship to communities in rural Puerto Rico, where the unemployment rate is about 40 percent. Organizers will share tips on how to create jobs, get permits and manage projects, among other topics, either online or through texting and other mobile technologies.
The Winnipeg Foundation USA (Earmark: Community News Commons)202,000.001036--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5224-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: For Community News Commons, a grassroots project to engage, mentor, train and empower citizen journalists To strengthen the flow of community news in Winnipeg, the Community News Commons project will create local hubs to train, engage and empower citizen journalists. The hubs, including a partnership with Canada’s first news café – operated by the Winnipeg Free Press daily newspaper – and the city’s libraries, local community college programs and other media partners, will host training and provide internships and reporting mentorship for local residents and college journalism students. Multimedia reports will be distributed through an onsite news station, via the Web and at café-hosted community news events.
The Denver Foundation (Earmark: Colorado Data Commons)134,900.001462--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5225-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For Colorado Data Commons to take public data and make it easy for citizens to access and use To increase residents’ access to useful news and information, The Denver Foundation, partnering with The Piton Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network, will create an online tool to unlock public data and make it easy for anybody to read and use. The project, called the Colorado Data Commons, will begin by identifying the barriers that keep government data from being more accessible, then devise tools to solve those problems. Some key features include an ability to link datasets and provide multiyear comparisons, creating not only tools that remove the barriers but also ways to visualize data that integrate social media so people can share their analyses. As an example, community groups could use the system to create a dashboard tracking, or even mapping, issues important to them.
The Community Foundation of Utah (Earmark: Youth On-Air)27,000.003063--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5227-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To support Youth-On-Air, a multimedia network that shares youth-produced content and engages it viewers in civil discourse To engage young people in local issues, 20 Salt Lake City teens will have the opportunity to develop a Youth-On-Air broadcasting program. Working with Spy Hop Productions, the students will produce original stories about the issues affecting their lives. These stories will then be shared on TV, on radio and online through Web streaming. Their stories will inform and engage citizens of all ages in conversations around social, political and economic issues of significance, while empowering teens to express themselves and take action for change.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Kiva for Small Business in Detroit)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5267-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To engage Detroiters as community leaders by empowering them to use Kiva to champion the success of local businesses.
The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation (Earmark: The Children's Movement of Florida)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5165-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2013; goal: To develop and implement a strategic plan to increase the online presence of The Children's Movement of Florida.
Adirondack Community Trust (Earmark: North Country Public Radio)302,000.00614--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5182-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the North Country Public Radio expansion of regional broadcast and digital news/information services To improve this rural community’s access to news and information, North Country Public Radio will expand and deepen its broadcast and digital operations and encourage residents to contribute content and help sustain its regional news and information service. Training programs will both engage community members in the news and help establish a path for the next generation of public media professionals.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Food Information Center)52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5184-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To gather information on local food and health assets and disseminate that information in ways which allow for healthy lifestyle choices To promote healthy, informed lifestyle choices in the East End neighborhood of Lexington, the Blue Grass Community Foundation will create a virtual food information center where locals can share information about local food and health assets. Community members, including kids in this area where 97 percent of students receive free or reduced lunches, will interview elders to produce stories. The site, in addition to in-person seminars, will ensure that residents can learn about gardening, food preparation, cooking and entrepreneurship.
South Dakota Community Foundation (Earmark: Dakotafire Media)242,000.00917--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5221-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: For Dakotafire Media, an alliance of journalists from 29 rural community newspapers who will share a virtual newsroom to improve coverage of regional issues To strengthen regional coverage, Dakotafire Media will create an alliance of rural journalists to provide in-depth reporting on topics vital to rural South Dakota. The alliance will connect these journalists through online meetings, social networking and collaborative writing software – allowing them to cover topics they couldn’t meaningfully address alone. The journalists, many of whom come from newspapers with staffs of three or fewer people, will also be able to exchange ideas and learn from each other. As some of these newspapers don’t have websites, Dakotafire will offer an online presence for them. The funding comes at a time of great change in the rural Dakotas, where the population is declining and aging, and metro newspapers are retreating to urban centers.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Mobile Vote App)37,000.002657--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5226-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For a mobile voter app, to connect Latinos to voter registration information To empower and engage young Latinos, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will team up with Voto Latino to create a mobile app that will connect voters to information about voter registration. The multifaceted mobile voter application will be available to Apple and Android devices, and will target young Latinos – currently the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. It will explain the voting and registration processes, provide details on prerequisites and answer frequently asked questions.
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (Earmark: Neighborhood Nexus (aka Neighborhood Corner))52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5230-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: For the Neighborhood Corner, an online site where neighbors can bring data to life with stories, videos and photos of their community To help inform residents and engage them in neighborhood issues, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta will connect residents to an extensive data hub and train them on how to add their personal stories, photos and videos of their communities. The hub, called Neighborhood Nexus, is a comprehensive information resource that empowers community leaders to enhance the quality of life in the Atlanta region. The Community Foundation hopes the online collaboration and in-person dialogue will transform decision making and empower citizens and leaders to lobby for and make improvements in their area.
The Akron Neighborhood Trust (Earmark: The Akron Neighborhood Trust)674,010.00383--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5243-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 07/31/2014; goal: To build residents as leaders of change in a key Akron neighborhood through a process that transforms the local community learning centers into spaces for engagement.
Do Something (Earmark: Do Something)1,500,000.00200--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5247-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support the development of an SMS-based mobile platform designed to increase the number of teenagers engaged in community service and to keep them active and engaged DoSomething.org proposes to triple the number of teens engaged in community action by changing its own operational model, adding new mobile-phone texting capabilities and a membership approach that encourages sustained engagement and increased leadership by teens. Through this Mobile Membership Model, DoSomething plans on engaging more than five million teens over the next four years through peer-to-peer encouragement, school engagement clubs and active recruitment by their sponsoring corporate partners through their marketing efforts.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: News21 Project)2,100,000.00137--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5254-- Grant period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2012; goal: To create a journalism education innovation fund that will initially take on a long-term national News21 project at Arizona State University The nationally acclaimed Carnegie-Knight News21 program, created by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is an intensive experience in which students work with top professionals to blend serious, in-depth reporting with innovative digital storytelling to create powerful national investigative news packages. The program started in the 2005-2006 academic year with five schools – the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, Harvard University, Northwestern University and the University of Southern California. Three years later, seven other schools joined News21 – Arizona State University, University of Maryland, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, University of North Carolina, University of Texas and Syracuse University. It has been headquartered at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2008.
The Institute On Higher Awesome Studies (Earmark: Awesome Foundation News Taskforce)244,000.00913--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5145-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To experiment with a new funding model for local news by bringing together leaders and innovators in communities to provide microgrants to journalism and media projects. To experiment with a new funding model for local journalism, the Awesome News Taskforce will bring together 10 to 15 community leaders and media innovators in Detroit and two other cities to provide $1,000 microgrants to innovative journalism and civic media projects. By encouraging pilot projects, prototypes, events and social entrepreneurial ventures, Awesome News Taskforce will encourage a wide swathe of the community to experiment with creative solutions to their information needs.
The Kiwanja Foundation (Earmark: FrontlineSMS)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5147-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help journalists use text messages to reach and engage with rural communities. FrontlineSMS: Media will create a new platform that allows journalists to more effectively use text messaging to inform and engage rural communities. The Frontline SMS platform already enables users in underserved areas to organize interactions with large numbers of people via text messages, a laptop and a mobile phone – without the need for the Internet. This grant will enable FrontlineSMS to expand its software platform and work with community radio stations and other rural journalists.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Document Cloud Reader Annotations)320,000.00605--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5146-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To engage readers in discussing and crowdsourcing news by allowing them to add their own notes and comments to material collected and displayed by previous Challenge winner DocumentCloud. A 2009 Knight News Challenge winner, DocumentCloud helps journalists analyze, annotate and publish original source documents. Hundreds of newsrooms are already using the tool. With this grant, DocumentCloud will develop a new feature allowing newsrooms to invite public participation in annotating and commenting on source documents. The tool will help newsrooms involve their readers in the news and improve DocumentCloud as a journalistic tool and investigative reporting resource.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: Openblock Rural)275,000.00646--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5150-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To increase access to local information and strengthen rural newspapers technical expertise by using the OpenBlock system to aggregate and publish local, municipal data. Rural news organizations often struggle to move into the digital age because they lack the staff to make public data digestible. OpenBlock Rural will work with local governments and community newspapers in North Carolina to collect, aggresgate and publish government data, including crime and real estate reports, restaurant inspections and school ratings. In addition, the project aims to improve small local papers’ technical expertise and provide a new way to generate revenue.
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Earmark: The Public Laboratory)500,000.00453--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5151-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To make technology work for communities by creating a tool kit and online community for citizen-based, grassroots data gathering and research. To make technology work for communities, the Public Laboratory will create a tool kit and online community for citizen-based, grassroots data gathering and research. The Lab is an expansion of Grassroots Mapping – a project originated at the Center for Future Civic Media at MIT. During the project, residents used helium-filled balloons and digital cameras to generate high-resolution “satellite” maps gauging the extent of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill – at a time when there was little public information on the subject. Expanding the tool kit beyond aerial mapping, Public Laboratory will work with communities, both online and offline, to produce information about their surroundings.
The Associated Press (Earmark: Overview Project)475,000.00499--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5152-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help journalists find stories in large amounts of data through a new tool that finds patterns in and visualizes document sets. Overview is a tool to help journalists find stories in large amounts of data by cleaning, visualizing and interactively exploring large document and data sets. Whether from government transparency initiatives, leaks or freedom of information requests, journalists are drowning in more documents than they can ever hope to read. There are good tools for searching within large document sets for names and key words, but that doesn't help find stories journalists are not looking for. Overview will display relationships among topics, people, places and dates to help journalists to answer the question, “What’s in there?” The goal is an interactive system where computers do the visualization, while a human guides the exploration – plus documentation and training to make this capability available to anyone who needs it. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Consolas}.
Waldo Jaquith (Earmark: The State Decoded)165,000.001246--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5154-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a digital platform that will display local laws and court decisions in a way that provides clarity and context. The State Decoded will be a platform that displays state codes, court decisions and information from legislative tracking services to make government more understandable to the average citizen. While many state codes are already online, they lack context and clarity. With an improved layout, embeddable definitions of legal terms, Google News and Twitter integration, and an open API for state codes, this project aims to make important laws the centerpiece of media coverage.
Adaptive Path (Earmark: iWitness)360,000.00567--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5148-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To bridge the gap between traditional and citizen media with a web-based tool that aggregates user-generated content during big news events. To bridge the gap between traditional and citizen media, iWitness will create a web-based tool that aggregates user-generated content from social media during big news events. Whether a parade or protest, election or earthquake, iWitness will display photos, videos and messages in an easy-to-browse interface. Created by a premier web design firm, iWitness will make it easier to cross-reference first-person accounts with journalistic reporting, opening up new avenues for storytelling, fact-checking and connecting people to events in their communities.
Ushahidi (Earmark: SwiftRiver)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5153-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To increase transparency by creating a platform that helps verify information emerging from mobile phones and the social web. As news events unfold, mobile phones and the Internet are flooded with information. Through SwiftRiver platform, Ushahidi will attempt to verify this information by parsing it and evaluating sources. Working across email, Twitter, web feeds and text messages, the platform will use a combination of techniques to identify trends and evaluate the information based on the creator’s reputation. The project builds on Ushahidi’s past efforts to verify the crowdsourced information collected in global crisis scenarios like the Kenyan election crisis in 2008 and the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan.
The Tiziano Project (Earmark: Tiziano 360)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5155-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help communities better tell their stories by building an accessible, multimedia storytelling platform. Using visually dynamic, multimedia storytelling, the Tiziano Project provides communities with the equipment, training and web platform needed to report on stories that affect their residents’ lives. Tiziano will build an improved platform based on the award-winning project 360 Kurdistan. Using HTML5, the platform will display the work of professional and community journalists and will enable news organizations, community groups and individuals to easily manage digital content for mobile and tablet devices. The project will also build an interactive map to serve as a hub for projects developing similar sites in their communities and enable direct communication between these communities and their audiences.
NextDrop (Earmark: NextDrop)375,000.00562--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5149-- Grant period: 06/23/2011 - 06/22/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop a new, mobile model for disseminating community information by testing a service that notifies residents of a city in India when water is available. To develop a new way of disseminating critical community information, NextDrop will launch a service, in conjunction with local utilities, that notifies residents of Hubli, Karnataka, India when water is available. NextDrop will work with water utility employees who operate the valves that control the infrequent flow of water. NextDrop will notify neighborhood residents via text when the water is turned on. This system will be replicable in any community as a way to distribute all types of community information.
Sphinx Organization (Earmark: Virtuosi Tour to Miami, Charlotte, Macon)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5173-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To engage local diverse and underserved audiences and to showcase talented young musicians of color with performances by the Sphinx Virtuosi in Miami, Charlotte and Macon.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Earmark: Communications Outreach)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5257-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To develop new ways for the NAACP and Crisis magazine to communicate with a new generation of members and readers.
Citizen Effect (Earmark: Detroit4Detroit / Philly4Philly)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5261-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To help Citizen Effect, a young nonprofit based in Washington DC, expand its innovative philanthropy model -- connecting 'citizen philanthropists' directly to projects they care about in their communities In Philadelphia: Over the course of 2012, Philly4Philly will empower 150 citizen philanthropists to complete 150 community projects in support of Philadelphia area nonprofits. Each Citizen Philanthropist will receive online and offline fundraising tools, training from experts at Citizen Effect, and an online technology platform to support their efforts. Read more. In Detroit: Citizen Effect is using Detroit4Detroit to help 150 Detroiters partner with local organizations to lead 150 social-change projects across the city. While Detroiters connect with their projects on the Internet, Citizen Effect staff also personally coach each “Citizen Philanthropist” on his or her leadership. While partner organizations continue to fundraise and hire for additional initiatives, the network of citizens they’ve partnered with offers a complementary, modern approach to harnessing the natural energy among Detroiters. Read more.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Code for America)235,000.00950--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5262-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To build an online catalog of applications that local governments and community leaders can use to locate, understand and deploy the best available tools for community engagement.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: CitizenshipWorks Innovation Fund)178,000.001219--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5270-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To create the CitizenshipWorks Innovation Fund to invest in new tools and technologies that help legal permanent residents become U.S. citizens.
Migration Policy Institute (Earmark: Naturalization Collaborative)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5269-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 06/30/2014; goal: To convene a national bipartisan advisory panel on naturalization, to conduct research on the benefits of becoming a U.S. citizen and to develop a framework to measure the success of local naturalization programs.
Minnesota Council on Foundations (Earmark: Minnesota Council on Foundations)5,055.003740--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5275-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Earmark: What it Takes)491,652.00496--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5084-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 06/30/2013; goal: To pilot the What it Takes e-mentoring program which uses software to help engage 50-100 professional African-American men as mentors to hundreds of black boys.
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research (Earmark: Digital Learning and Literacy Initiatives)240,000.00925--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5160-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To support the 2011 Forum on Digital Learning, develop a national Games and Learning Publishing Council, and pilot 'Action Teams' in two Knight communities to localize national digital literacy initiatives.
Global Youth Action Network (Earmark: Youth Movements)211,138.001009--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5265-- Grant period: 06/01/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To develop an interactive map that globally aggregates youth-led social action projects and to upgrade the TakingItGlobal membership platform.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Earmark: AEJMC)180,000.001205--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5187-- Grant period: 05/15/2011 - 10/31/2013; goal: To encourage innovation in journalism education by rewarding innovative uses of Knight News Challenge software by faculty and students.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: New World School of the Arts)120,000.001521--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5240-- Grant period: 05/15/2011 - 05/31/2014; goal: To enrich the education of New World School of the Arts B.F.A. students with an international travel program that will expose them to national and international art scenes.
TEDxMIA (Earmark: TEDx Miami Event)64,000.002088--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5256-- Grant period: 05/15/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To connect and inspire communities in Miami through four quarterly events featuring speakers and performers who share ideas live and through online streaming.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: DASH Design Competition)95,000.001819--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5253-- Grant period: 05/15/2011 - 05/31/2012; goal: To benefit D.A.S.H. design students with a) scholarships for seniors participating in an annual design competition and b) room and board for sophomores and juniors participating in a summer pre-college education program in New York City.
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: National Urban Fellows)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5074-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 07/31/2012; goal: To support the leadership development of women and people of color in the nonprofit sector through the sponsorship of a class of 2012 National Fellow to be placed at the Knight Foundation.
Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (Earmark: Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5138-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To strengthen their ability to educate and influence decision makers on the importance of affordable, high-capacity broadband to community anchor institutions (CAI) across the country.
Human Services Coalition of Dade County (Earmark: ReServe Miami)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5237-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 06/30/2012; goal: To launch ReServe Miami, a service offering retiring baby boomers meaningful service opportunities that use their experience to benefit nonprofits and government agencies.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Earmark: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)120,000.001521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4782-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2013; goal: To enhance and expand middle and high school program delivery using the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's new curriculum, coordinated within the existing Teach for America/Knight Foundation feeder pattern strategy.
NewsCloud (Earmark: NewsCloud)190,000.001184--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5143-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To transform the NewsCloud Facebook platform into a turnkey solution.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Miami City Ballet executive search)55,000.002174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5239-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To support Miami City Ballet's search for an Executive Director, a search necessary in ensuring the overall vitality of the institution.
Online News Association (Earmark: Online News Association)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4712-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2013; goal: To hire a business development manager to set up revenue-generating streams that will allow the Online News Association to reach long-term sustainability.
City Year (Earmark: City Year)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4951-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To scale the City Year program to reach 50 percent of the off-track students in Miami-Dade County public schools with a specific focus on schools in the existing Teach for America/Knight Foundation feeder pattern strategy.
Sixth Floor Trio (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture)36,000.002661--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5141-- Grant period: 05/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To partner Sixth Floor Trio with Knight Foundation on a Random Acts of Culture Tour of America and the 'Music of the People' video project, featuring Sixth Floor Trio performances in four Knight communities.
Mobilizing America's Youth (Earmark: Mobilize.org: Democracy 2.0)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5067-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 03/31/2014; goal: To allow Mobilize.org to expand Democracy 2.0 - its community-based, millennial-led engagement project - into five Knight communities: Detroit, San Jose, Miami, Charlotte and Philadelphia.
The Artblog (Earmark: theartblog.org)7,000.003708--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5070-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To translate artblog's 'Maps&Listings,' a curated listing of Philadelphia art shows and events, into a mobile phone application for audiences on the go.
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (Earmark: Tune Up Philly)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5088-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand Tune Up Philly, an intensive after-school music program that offers young students daily music instruction with the region's most talented teaching artists.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: International Media Institute of India)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5104-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 01/31/2013; goal: To move the International Media Institute of India toward sustainability as it attracts more revenue and graduates two more classes of students The International Media Institute of India (IMII) was conceived by leading Indian editors and senior journalists who not only experienced difficulty in finding skilled and knowledgeable journalists to hire but also wanted to do something to arrest the qualitative decline in the profession and make it answerable to public good. Training and orientation of journalists has not kept pace with the boom in the media industry in India and many developing countries. In today's fast-paced life, it has become even more important for media organizations to increasingly rely on professional competence and ethical discipline. The IMII was conceived to inculcate exactly these qualities.
Pig Iron Theatre Company (Earmark: Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5117-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To open the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, a two-year professional training program for actors and directors scheduled to open in fall 2011.
The District One Community Education Center (Earmark: Dance Africa Philadelphia)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5118-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Dance Africa to Philadelphia, presenting African dance while building community among people of African descent and members of all ethnicities.
Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Philly Theatre Casting Couch)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5062-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To feature the Philly Theatre Casting Couch as the core component of an ongoing audience engagement initiative intended to increase recognition of Greater Philadelphia as a world-class theater city.
Darla Jackson (Earmark: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5098-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To facilitate the safe creation and public exhibition of the artwork of Philadelphia's sculptors by starting a 'sculpture gym,' where artists can access heavy-duty tools and storage space and get one-on-one help with projects.
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (Earmark: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5112-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote understanding and respect among youths and adults of all ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds with an Arab Music Concert Series.
Hidden City Philadelphia (Earmark: Hidden City Philadelphia)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5119-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire residents to explore Philadelphia's history and imagine new futures for the urban landscape with Hidden City Philadelphia, a quadrennial festival that transforms private space into public space for community enjoyment.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: The Center for Civic Media)3,760,000.0055--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5176-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 06/30/2014; goal: To accelerate adoption of community news and information technology through The Center for Civic Media at MIT The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing an additional $3.76 million in MIT’s Center for Civic Media to further its groundbreaking work with new technologies to inform and engage communities. The center, launched in 2007 with seed funding from Knight, will use the new support to solidify its leadership in the emerging media innovation field and expand its curriculum and outreach programs. Read news release.
Astral Artistic Services (Earmark: Astral Artistic Services)35,000.002668--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5076-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create an innovative five-concert project, including a one-day three-concert festival, presenting contemporary composers exploring their African-American, Asian-American and Latin-American cultures.
Tiny Dynamite Productions (Earmark: A Play, a Pie and a Pint)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5077-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To produce 'A Play, a Pie and a Pint', a series of plays performed in non-traditional venues at non-traditional times on days when other theaters are traditionally dark.
Vox Populi (Earmark: Spectrum)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5081-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch 'Spectrum,' a series of events in performance, film and video by national and international emerging and established artists over 24 months.
Taller Puertorriqueño (Earmark: Taller Puertorriqueño)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5093-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a unique and alluring community setting where award-winning work is presented side-by-side with local and emerging talent in a series of seven monthly outdoor, live performances in the Heart of Latino Philadelphia.
New Kensington Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5096-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To unite the Kensington community of Philadelphia with the larger region in the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby, a fun event highlighting local artistic talent.
Mighty Writers (Earmark: Mighty Writers)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5097-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To relive the lost legacy of Philadelphia black radio by creating an audio documentary, a website, panel discussions and a digital community radio station.
Philadelphia Film Society (Earmark: Philadelphia Film Society)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5109-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To sponsor a short film contest that requires filmmakers to showcase Philadelphia by incorporating one of 20 recognizable city landmarks, characters or objects into a film.
Strong Women, Strong Girls (Earmark: Strong Women, Strong Girls South Florida)157,500.001261--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4950-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 03/31/2013; goal: To support a pipeline of skills development programming for 150 high-risk girls in Miami-Dade County through the collaboration of Strong Women, Strong Girls South Florida and Alonso Mourning Charities' Honey Shine Mentoring Program.
Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement (Earmark: Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement)40,000.002564--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5066-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement establish a dedicated, accessible office and collaborative gathering space for its free writing and performance workshops that offer youths an environment to network and collaborate with other young writers.
Temple University School of Media and Communication (Earmark: Arts Wide-Open at Temple Performing Arts Center)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5078-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer Arts Wide-Open at Temple Performing Arts Center, offering local public school students after-school, age-appropriate activities with professional artists.
Kathleen Bonanno (Earmark: Musehouse)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5080-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish Musehouse, a center for writers of all ages to share their work in readings, engage in workshops and conferences and participate in a literary magazine.
Philadelphia Theatre Company (Earmark: [email protected])75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5092-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To present [email protected], a ground-breaking and community-enriching annual new play festival, and to fuel its potential to achieve local and national recognition.
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (Earmark: iConduct!)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5095-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To initiate iConduct!, a free city-wide summer concert festival that uses hands-on audience participation with classical music to engage new audiences, promote musical literacy and create connections among Philadelphia's diverse communities.
BalletX (Earmark: BalletX)13,000.003533--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5103-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enrich the BalletX audience's experience of dance further by inviting fellow artists from the region to perform during intermissions.
Fund for Philadelphia (Earmark: City Hall Presents)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5113-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a performing arts program series that will bring into City Hall musical concerts and dance, theatrical and spoken word performances.
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (Earmark: Passport to the Arts)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5114-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch 10th Grade 'Passport to the Arts,' a program that entitles all 10th grade students in Philadelphia to attend events at participating arts and culture organizations, free of charge, for one year.
The Saint Paul Foundation (Earmark: Central Corridor Funders Collaborative)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5178-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 03/31/2014; goal: To support an informed and engaged approach to transit-oriented community development through the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative (CCFC).
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5189-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 04/30/2012; goal: To produce a special exhibition of Secretary Madeleine Albright's personal collection of jewelry used as part of U.S. diplomacy and now open to the community "Read My Pins" in the Freedom Tower includes a snake Albright began wearing because Iraqi news media called her a "serpent" for attacking Saddam Hussein, Miami New Times reported. It was that gesture that started her on using her jewelry for something more than decoration. Albright used another pin, a bluebird with diamonds and rubies, after Cuban planes shot down one flown by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. She placed the pin so the bird's head was down in mourning. The exhibit is sponsored by Miami Dade College. When Albright visited it Wednesday for an opening reception she made another kind of statement, with a gold brooch given her years ago by the college president, Eduardo Padron, The Miami Herald said. "I might wear a turtle because it has been slow for the Cuban people," Albright responded when asked what pin she would wear to show support for the country now.
University of Miami (Earmark: Knight Fellows Program at RSMAS)235,000.00950--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4903-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 04/30/2013; goal: To create The Knight Fellows Program at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, allowing the school to increase its research proficiency by attracting an elite class of national and international Ph.D. scientists.
Media Development Loan Fund (Earmark: Legal Aid for Developing World Digital Journalists)110,000.001572--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4947-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 12/31/2013; goal: To promote freedom of expression by joining in a global project providing legal representation to selected bloggers and digital journalists Media Development Loan Fund is a mission-driven investment fund for independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression. We provide low-cost capital and technical know-how to help journalists in challenging environments build sustainable businesses around professional, responsible, quality journalism. Working in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Southeast Europe and the CIS, we help essential independent news providers to expand their audience, improve their news products and become financially self-sustainable. MDLF provides leading journalists with the support they need to create lasting institutions for change.
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (Earmark: RAAMP It Up Wednesdays)45,000.002517--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5064-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase local artists in RAAMP It Up Wednesdays, free evening concerts in various musical genres at the African American Museum in Philadelphia Plaza.
Nichole Canuso Dance Company (Earmark: Nichole Canuso Dance Company's The Garden)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5079-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the way Philadelphia audiences experience live performance and widen their perspective on their daily urban surroundings with an immersive performance project inspired by Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities.
Fresh Artists (Earmark: Fresh Studios)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5089-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish Fresh Studios, a multi-faceted, inter-generational collaborative bringing together local art makers (children, teens, artists, retired and master art teachers as well as raw recruits) to support all-age art making in public schools.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Earmark: Building Audiences)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5090-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase exposure for local artists with Building Audiences, a curation project on The Key, a website showcasing Philadelphia's thriving local music scene.
Dance/USA (Earmark: Dance USA Philadelphia)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5094-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; goal: To highlight Philadelphia's professional dance community with a portable sprung floor, allowing artists to perform, rehearse and teach in non-traditional venues.
Mann Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: Cross-Over Classical)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5101-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build audiences for classical programming by providing a new 'Cross-Over Classical' series presenting world-renowned pops and contemporary artists with orchestra for The Mann's 2011-13 summer seasons.
Fairmount Park Art Association (Earmark: Fairmount Park Art Association)250,000.00663--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5102-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To premier 'GPS Intersect/Open Air,' a project by internationally renowned new media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that will transform the Philadelphia night sky into an array of lights through searchlight voice activation via mobile devices.
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Opera Company of Philadelphia)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5105-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch Philadelphia's cultural season with a live, high-definition simulcast of the Opera Company of Philadelphia's Opening Night performance of Bizet's Carmen on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (Earmark: Philadelphia Mural Arts Program)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5107-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (Haas & Hahn), known as the Favela Painters, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia to produce their first permanent art projects in North America.
LiveConnections.org (Earmark: Philadelphia's World Cafe Live)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5108-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To install a high-definition video system at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live to provide underserved populations with low-cost or free access to innovative, high-quality arts programming developed by LiveConnections.org.
The Barnes Foundation (Earmark: Mobile Art App: Barnes Collection)120,000.001521--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5111-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide the public with user-friendly access to the Barnes collection through a state-of-the art mobile application for audiences of all ages.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5115-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch SCRATCH Night in October 2011 as part of the Live Arts Festival; the monthly salon will foster the social, interactive and accessible qualities of art-making while investing in artists creating new performance works.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association (Earmark: iNotes)150,000.001280--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5116-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 05/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To launch iNotes, a smart phone application that provides real-time and in-depth program notes developed to increase an audience's knowledge of and appreciation for classical music.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Knight Latin American Nieman Fellows)197,200.001169--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5139-- Grant period: 04/01/2011 - 09/30/2012; goal: To support two Knight Latin American Nieman Fellows during the 2011-12 academic year and test a new summer fieldwork program To encourage journalism excellence and press freedom worldwide, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation supports annual Nieman Fellowships for accomplished Latin American journalists.
Participatory Culture Foundation (Earmark: Miro)196,000.001171--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5055-- Grant period: 03/21/2011 - 03/31/2012; goal: To support Miro, a free Internet-based video player that enables consumers and community groups to view and distribute online video.
Lawrence Community Works (Earmark: Lawrence Community Works)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5163-- Grant period: 03/15/2011 - 03/31/2012; goal: For a planning grant to increase the internal capacity of Lawrence Community Works to track, use and share information on how residents of Lawrence, Mass. engage in civic and community development.
Hialeah Public Libraries (Earmark: E-Libraries: Miami)164,000.001250--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5183-- Grant period: 03/15/2011 - 03/31/2013; goal: To increase access to the Internet and digital literacy skills to the residents of Hialeah using their 5 strategically located neighborhood e-libraries.
Cinequest (Earmark: Cinequest: Picture the Possibilities)75,000.001910--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5049-- Grant period: 03/01/2011 - 02/29/2012; goal: For year one of Cinequest's three-year project "Picture the Possibilities" ("PTP") to empower youth with the tools, mentors and experience needed to turn their stories into films while challenging them to drive change in their communities The Cinequest brand was built around the “Maverick” spirit, and for over 20 years has remained true to this core ideology as it quietly grew to become the entertainment industry’s answer to emerging technologies and accelerated creative ideas that outpace the industry itself. Cinequest’s Picture the Possibilities (PTP) is a new mentoring and education program that empowers underserved youth with innovative tools, mentors, and training needed to turn their stories into film, while challenging them to drive change in their local community and around the world. Personal stories of youth around the globe—the challenges they face, their ideas for social change, and their visions for economic improvement will engage peers as well as global leaders. Participants will use uniform central questions to shape the subject of their stories. An example question may be: “How is your life today and how do you envision a better tomorrow?” The topic chosen will provide a springboard to share accounts of their personal lives and their ideas to […].
Do Something (Earmark: Do Something SMS)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5159-- Grant period: 03/01/2011 - 02/29/2012; goal: To support the development of a technology plan for an SMS-based mobile membership platform designed to increase the number of participants and incentivize increased action and retention.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Harvard University)124,194.001517--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5059-- Grant period: 03/01/2011 - 03/31/2012; goal: To evaluate the impact of the Text Haiti campaign and the significance for mobile charitable giving.
Community School of Music and Arts (Earmark: Arts4School)100,000.001609--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5039-- Grant period: 03/01/2011 - 02/29/2012; goal: To expand the "Arts4School" program already in place in East Palo Alto's Costaño Elementary School and to replicate it in east San Jose's Lyndale Elementary School Community School of Music and Arts enhances the quality of life in our region by engaging our diverse community in high-quality arts education, performances and exhibitions. CSMA is a center for arts education where children and adults can learn and develop their artistic skills. Any student is welcome here, from the complete novice to the professional wanting to cross train and be stimulated by contact with peers. Those who can't afford tuition are invited to apply for financial aid. CSMA students are offered performance and exhibition opportunities matching their developing abilities, so that they become confident and seasoned in sharing their accomplishments with others. CSMA faculty is composed of professional musicians, practicing artists, and experienced teachers, complemented by visiting artists in residence. CSMA is a cultural mirror of the region it serves. The school offers a diverse curriculum reflective of our changing society and then celebrates that diversity through performance and exhibition. CSMA is an integral part of the larger community. We offer in-depth, sequential arts education programs in local classrooms and present performances […].
PBS MediaShift (Earmark: PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Bloggers)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5142-- Grant period: 03/01/2011 - 03/31/2014; goal: MediaShift Idea Lab is a group weblog by innovators who are reinventing community news for the Digital Age. Each author won a grant in the Knight News Challenge to help fund a startup idea or to blog on a topic related to reshaping community news. MediaShift Idea Lab is a group weblog by innovators who are reinventing community news for the Digital Age. Each author won a grant in the Knight News Challenge to help fund a startup idea or to blog on a topic related to reshaping community news. The authors will use Idea Lab to explain their projects, share intelligence and interact with the new-media community online. If you're interested in joining them, and getting a grant from the Knight News Challenge, please visit the News Challenge website. To see biographies of all Idea Lab authors, go to this page.
Discovery Place (Earmark: RACE: Are We So Different?)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5046-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 02/14/2012; goal: To present RACE: Are We So Different?, the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural and historical points of view.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5161-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 02/14/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Delaware Valley Grantmakers)5,500.003736--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5168-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 02/14/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
YouthBuild USA (Earmark: YouthBuild Alumni Study)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4802-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2013; goal: For a retrospective study of YouthBuild alumni to understand the factors that initiate and then sustain their civic engagement over a lifetime.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: The Social Innovation Project)99,657.001809--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4895-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To support The Social Innovation Project at Harvard, which uses the framework from Stephen Goldsmith's book "The Power of Social Innovation" to help practitioners promote social innovation. The Social Innovation Project builds on the Ash Center's existing capacity to generate, gather, and share knowledge on how communities are transforming their approaches to social issues. The Project identifies and engages civic leaders and entrepreneurs that are successfully transforming their community’s approach to social service delivery.
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (Earmark: CTOs for Good)28,000.003057--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5158-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To support CTOs for Good, a group of Chief Technology Officers from nonprofits that focus on mobilization and engagement, and their first in-person meeting on February 24-25, 2011.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)54,500.002182--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5162-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 02/14/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
The American University (Earmark: J-Lab)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4801-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To enable J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism to develop a focused plan for its future work promoting media innovation and entrepreneurship.
Searching for Solutions Institute (Earmark: Imagine Solutions Conference)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5068-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To support the second annual conference to engage and enable private-sector leaders to more effectively address social issues.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: South Florida Progress Foundation)4,205.003803--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5169-- Grant period: 02/15/2011 - 02/14/2012; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
Mercer University (Earmark: Macon Journalism Collaborative)96,000.001814--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5125-- Grant period: 02/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: For a planning grant to determine the feasibility of establishing a Journalism Collaborative between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting.
The Beacon Council Economic Development Foundation (Earmark: One Community One Goal)137,500.001447--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5047-- Grant period: 02/01/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To address current and future needs for curriculum and training enhancement by implementing a Miami-Dade County Targeted Industry Study and Strategy Formulation that revisits the One Community One Goal (OCOG) effort in education As Miami-Dade County's official economic development partnership, The Beacon Council is charged with bringing new, job-generating investments to the community, while assisting existing businesses in their efforts to expand. By doing this, The Beacon Council facilitates the creation of quality jobs for each and every resident of Miami-Dade County. Since its creation in 1985, The Beacon Council has assisted over 800 companies which have created more than 55,000 direct jobs, retained more than 16,000 existing jobs, and added more than $2.8 billion in new capital investment to our community. These are just a few of the companies that have benefited from The Beacon Council's location or expansion services: Caterpillar, Porsche, Federal Express, Burger King, Ryder Systems, Inc., Goya, Bertram Yachts, BD BioSciences and Discovery Channel Latin America.
Rochester Institute of Technology (Earmark: Rising Above the Crowd)154,900.001270--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5063-- Grant period: 02/01/2011 - 07/31/2011; goal: For Rising Above the Crowd, a real-time experiment in community engagement using mobile devices and interactive displays.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy)250,000.00663--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5048-- Grant period: 02/01/2011 - 03/31/2012; goal: To analyze issues of Internet unity, governance and structure and propose strategies to increase global Internet freedom The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy was a blue ribbon panel of seventeen media, policy and community leaders that met in 2008 and 2009. Its purpose was to assess the information needs of communities, and recommend measures to help Americans better meet those needs. Its Report, Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, was the first major commission on media since the Hutchins Commission in the 1940’s and the Kerner and Carnegie Commissions of the 1960’s. In the digital age, technological, economic and behavioral changes are dramatically altering how Americans communicate. Information is more fragmented. Communications systems no longer run along the same lines as local governance. The gap in access to digital tools and skills is wide and troubling. This new era poses major challenges to the flow of news and information people depend on to manage their complex lives. The Commission’s aims are to maximize the availability and flow of credible local information; to enhance access and capacity to use the new tools of knowledge and exchange; and to encourage people to engage with […].
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: Philadelphia)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5056-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of Philadelphia residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Macon Regional Crime Stoppers (Earmark: Macon/Bibb Law Enforcement Foundation)110,000.001572--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5120-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To create the Macon/Bibb Law Enforcement Foundation (MBLEF). This new foundation's mission is to mobilize the community to support public safety officers in the City of Macon and Bibb County.
City of San Jose (Earmark: New Pathways for the Arts)35,000.002668--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5128-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To grow the culture of innovation in the San Jose arts community through the support of the New Pathways for the Arts Initiative, a tested national model for innovation training.
The Arts Partnership (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: St. Paul)45,000.002517--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5106-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
The Miami Herald Charities (Earmark: Silver Knight Awards)210,000.001012--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5134-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2012; goal: To recognize outstanding high school seniors who have maintained excellent grades and contributed significant service to their schools and communities through the Silver Knight Awards.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Earmark: Reporters Committee)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5083-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 01/31/2012; goal: To help the Reporters Committee engage with a new generation of journalists.
Initiative for Excellence in Public Service (Earmark: Initiative for Excellence in Public Service)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5129-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To help newly elected officials develop into thoughtful, effective leaders through the Initiative for Excellence in Public Service (IEPS) led by former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson The Good Government Initiative will exist under the Committee on Civic Engagement out of the UM Office of the Provost, and William Scott Green, UM’s senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education. Through seminars, workshops and classes held on campus and elsewhere, The Good Government Initiative will train elected officials who sit on school, city, county and zoning boards.
Opera San Jose (Earmark: Puccini's La Boheme)45,000.002517--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5100-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To present one private performance of Puccini's La Boheme as an audience development project for targeted members of the San Jose community who have never or not recently attended an opera.
Localocracy (Earmark: Localocracy)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5137-- Grant period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support an "Online Town Common" platform to enhance community dialogue in partnership with established media organizations Over the next 12-16 months Localocracy will launch its product in more than two dozen communities, including a partnership in Boston with The Boston Globe and with several nonprofit publications. Its platform allows residents to communicate across multiple news and content sites, for example, readers of the Arlington Advocate’s Wicked Local web site and readers of the Boston Globe’s YourTown Arlington web site will be able to trade comments without leaving those respective publications’ Web sites. Overall the Localocracy platform aims to create a more robust civic dialogue and create the possibility of real civic action resulting from discussions on local issues.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Miami City Ballet)200,000.001043--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5130-- Grant period: 12/15/2010 - 12/31/2011; goal: To support a major media campaign to increase awareness among South Florida residents about their local Miami City Ballet (MCB), one of the nation's leading ballet companies.
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (Earmark: Women of Tomorrow: Philadelphia, Detroit, Charlotte, Palm Beach)2,999,923.0085--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5061-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 11/30/2017; goal: To support the expansion of this Miami-based mentoring program into four Knight communities: Philadelphia, Detroit, Charlotte and Palm Beach.
Nonprofit Finance Fund (Earmark: Nonprofit Finance Fund)2,000,000.00144--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5099-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 01/31/2012; goal: To support creative place-making investments that use the arts and other creative assets to shape the social, physical and economic character of cities, towns and communities across the United States. ArtPlace is a collaboration of top national foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts and various federal agencies to accelerate creative placemaking across the U.S. Participating foundations include Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Ford Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Robina Foundation and an anonymous donor. In addition to the NEA, federal partners are the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education and Transportation, along with leadership from the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy Council.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4894-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 01/31/2014; goal: To support Living Cities and the Integration Initiative, a multidisciplinary focus on both neighborhood and system transformation in five cities, including St. Paul and Detroit.
The Bay Area News Project (Earmark: Armstrong CMS)975,000.00313--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5072-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 03/31/2012; goal: To support the free publishing software for nonprofit news organizations developed by two leaders, The Bay Citizen and The Texas Tribune.
University of Florida (Earmark: Bob Graham Center for Public Service)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5071-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 02/28/2014; goal: To support the Bob Graham Center for Public Service's pioneering approach to prepare University of Florida students to be informed, skilled and engaged citizens The Bob Graham Center for Public Service is a community of students, scholars and citizens who share a commitment to training the next generation of public and private sector leaders for Florida, the United States and the international community. Sen. Graham founded the Center as a means of going beyond the classroom and giving students insight into the nuts and bolts of political leadership. It's part of his lifelong dedication to the idea that citizens need a firm grounding in democratic government to discharge their rights and responsibilities, regardless of which field a Bob Graham Center student chooses for a career, be it politics, business, the arts or the sciences.
Fund For Our Economic Future (Earmark: Fund for Our Economic Future)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5075-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 11/30/2013; goal: To sustain and strengthen a regional collaboration of philanthropic funders whose investment dollars will help to transform Northeast Ohio into a high growth economy by increasing job and income growth and decreasing poverty.
Mozilla Foundation (Earmark: Knight-Mozilla News Technology Fellowships)2,500,000.0099--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4937-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 06/30/2014; goal: To establish the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Fellowships, to accelerate media innovation by embedding technologists in news organizations.
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Centre County Federation of Public Libraries)350,000.00574--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4992-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 08/31/2012; goal: To significantly improve access to and utilization of broadband Internet for rural residents of Centre County Pennsylvania through the Centre County Federation of Public Libraries (CCFPL).
Media Impact Funders (Earmark: Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media)4,850.003787--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5051-- Grant period: 12/13/2010 - 12/12/2011; goal: For 2011 general operating support.
National Security Archive Fund (Earmark: 2011 Knight Open Government Survey)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5073-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 10/30/2011; goal: To determine how well the federal government follows its own freedom of information rules with the 2011 Knight Open Government Survey.
The Center for Public Integrity (Earmark: Center for Public Integrity, Huffington Post Investigative Fund Merger)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5091-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support the merger of Center for Public Integrity with Huffington Post Investigative Fund.
Southwest Community Mental Health Services Group (Earmark: Roosevelt Hotel Art Installation)6,000.003723--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5123-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To mount an art installation on the abandoned Roosevelt Hotel highlighting the potential held by vacant urban spaces in collaboration with the Hygienic Dress League, the Detroit Civic Intervention and local community activist Philip Cooley.
Games for Change (Earmark: Games for Change)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5126-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; goal: To add a News Games resource hub to an expanded web site, make the annual Knight News Games award permanent and widely promote such games.
Citizen Logistics (Earmark: Groundcrew Foundation)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5131-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support the establishment of the Groundcrew Foundation and the preparation for the deployment of Groundcrew, a mobile-based tool for community organizing, at three nonprofit organizations in Silicon Valley.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Frost Art Museum)35,000.002668--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4850-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To reach broader audiences and create engaged online communities by implementing advanced technology and social media in the Frost Art Museum's programming.
William Stewart (Earmark: Rhythms of Africa Music Program)25,000.003075--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4862-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To involve approximately 30 children, ages 13 to 16, with limited musical sophistication in an intensive program of music education in rhythm and percussion To celebrate African rhythms and history, musician William Stewart will offer percussion classes for children and produce community performances. The project will involve at least 30 teenagers, ages 13-16, with limited musical experience, in an intensive program of music education in rhythm and percussion. The group will work with professional musicians and technicians, create and rehearse musical selections and ultimately perform for schools and general audiences, including the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. The program will strive to create positive behavioral and cognitive impact through the children’s exposure to and intimacy with learning and making music. Another goal is to replicate the program throughout the region to reach more students, schools and communities.
Funding Arts Broward! (Earmark: Knight New Work Awards)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4865-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish three annual Knight New Work Awards to enhance output by arts groups in Broward County, to remove barriers for local artists and to extend arts enjoyment to a greater number of residents.
Borscht Corporation (Earmark: Borscht Film Festival)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4872-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To shape Miami’s cinematic identity, the Borscht Film Festival will showcase and create original films that tell unique Miami stories. The festival will issue an open call for local filmmakers to join them in the process, and will provide financial and professional support for producing the films created annually. After they are completed, the films will be available online, shown at the Borscht Film Festival and made available to national and international film festivals.
Florida Grand Opera (Earmark: Opera Free-for-all Subscriber Outreach)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4873-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To convert contest winners of free tickets from Florida Grand Opera's February 2010 Free-For-All project into ticket purchasers through an outreach campaign by providing discounted tickets to performances in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Symphony Silicon Valley (Earmark: Random Acts of Culture: San Jose)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5122-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings.
Coral Morphologic (Earmark: Urban Reef: Coral Morphologic)20,000.003269--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5127-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: To support the expanded scope of Urban Reef - A series of Fluorescent Coral Video Projections across the City of Miami during Art Basel 2010.
Donors Forum of South Florida (Earmark: Donors Forum of South Florida)24,000.003247--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5132-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2011; goal: For general operating support in 2011 General operating support provides Donors forum with funding to assist with the cost of core staff, communications tools and other costs associated with delivering services to its constituents.
Palm Beach Poetry Festival (Earmark: Palm Beach Poetry Festival)50,000.002216--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4815-- Grant period: 12/01/2010 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To attract poetry writers and the general public to South Florida from across America and over the Atlantic with a poetry festival offering eight nationally advertised workshops led by critically acclaimed poets To foster the appreciation of poetry in South Florida, the Palm Beach Poetry Festival will produce its seventh annual, six-day series of events. The festival will attract poetry writers from across the country to participate in eight nationally advertised workshops led by critically acclaimed poets. The festival will feature craft talks and poetry readings, as well as a late-night coffeehouse and poetry jam. Year-round community outreach events, including visits to schools and performances at Morikami Museum, will generate interest in and awareness about the annual poetry festival.
BalletX (Earmark: Dance eXchange)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5723-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To further the careers of young dancers by both teaching them the art of dance instruction and having them instruct in local schools BalletX will launch a new program to both expand its community outreach and further the careers of its dancers by training them as dance instructors. Members of the company and artistic staff will receive instruction in the methodology of the National Dance Institute, which emphasizes dance as a means of building self-confidence and transcending cultural, physical and cognitive barriers. Applying this pedagogical standard, BalletX will design a half-year outreach program for students in Philadelphia’s public schools. In teaching these students, BalletX and its dancers will gain professional experience in dance education while at the same time engaging children in the art of dance. BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, unites world-class choreographers with an outstanding company of professional dancers to forge new works of athleticism, emotion and grace. Founded in 2005 by then-lead Pennsylvania Ballet dancers Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, the Company is committed to producing original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences. As the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater, BalletX has built a repertoire of more than 35 world […].
Breadboard at the Science Center (Earmark: The Department of Making + Doing: A Civic Prototyping Lab)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5724-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the city’s art and tech communities together through a new alliance and facility that will provide hands-on programming, plus a civic prototyping lab addressing community issues The Department of Making + Doing is building a collaborative space for curious Philadelphians to realize ground-breaking art and design that inspires, educates, excites and encourages creative “making.” The center’s partner organizations — Breadboard, The Hacktory, NextFab Studio and Public Workshop — will provide programming that will transform the space at 3711 Market St. into a vibrant place of creative production and civic innovation, where participants are encouraged to use technology and scientific concepts to tackle creative challenges. The partners hope the space will produce hybrid projects and products that could shine equally in an art exhibition, patent office, scientific conference or even a bus stop. Breadboard is a hybrid program at the University City Science Center that facilitates cross-disciplinary art exhibits, artist residency programs, community outreach initiatives and special programs offering public access to a new generation of fabrication technology and workspace in an effort to empower individuals and convene communities around creative applications of technology. Breadboard also manages a public art space known as the Esther Klein Gallery that examines […].
Commonwealth Youthchoirs (Earmark: Girls Empowered Through Music)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5725-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To empower girls through music by launching a large-scale choral event for seventh- to 12th-grade girls, featuring female conductors and composers : Creating a new opportunity for choristers from Pennsylvania Girlchoir to collaborate with students from across Philadelphia, Girls Empowered Through Music will bring together more than 350 girls in grades seven to 12 for shared connection and intensive music-making in a festival weekend that culminates in a public performance at a major Philadelphia cultural venue. The project, the choir’s creative answer to activist Eve Ensler’s call to girls to “be their authentic selves,” gives young female singers the affirming experience of learning and performing repertoire written and conducted by women. Under the direction of Music Director Vincent Metallo, the Pennsylvania Girlchoir maintains a repertoire steeped in the classical tradition and enhanced by music from many cultures and time periods. Established in 2004, Pennsylvania Girlchoir has sung with the region’s most distinguished ensembles and received critical acclaim. Pennsylvania Girlchoir is a member choir of Commonwealth Youthchoirs under the leadership of Executive Director Susan Ashbaker.
The Philly Pigeon (Earmark: The Pigeon Presents: The Philadelphia Poetry Slam)13,000.003533--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5726-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring poetry to a wider audience and support the development of more performance poets by expanding The Pigeon Presents: The Philadelphia Poetry Slam To bring poetry to a wider audience and support the development of more performance poets, The Pigeon Presents: The Philadelphia Poetry Slam will expand its offerings of events and workshops. The Pigeon now hosts monthly slams that include workshops followed by competitions where local poets present original works in a variety of styles. With challenge funding, the Pigeon will expand the series to host additional workshops and mini-slams where artists can test out a new work in a smaller environment. The Pigeon also will expand its video series of slams that are available on YouTube and will soon run on local public access television. As a way to engage more young adults who grow too old for youth poetry programs, The Pigeon will also offer young poets free tickets to workshops and slams. The Pigeon Presents: The Philadelphia Poetry Slam is run by its co-founders and performance poets Alyesha “Ms.” Wise and Jacob Winterstein. The Pigeon hosts monthly workshops that are followed by a poetry slam, which is a friendly competition between poets judged by five […].
Ars Nova Workshop (Earmark: Freedom in the City Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5733-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To honor Philadelphia’s rich jazz legacy by producing a month-long festival in venues across the city during Jazz History Month Philadelphia has a rich jazz legacy, producing the talents of Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Sun Ra and more. The Freedom in the City Festival will honor this history by offering 30 days of programming that will take place at current and defunct spaces of significance — literally mapping the history of jazz in Philadelphia. While the current local jazz scene struggles as venues have closed, the festival will transport audiences to a Philadelphia teeming with iconic sounds, with an eye to reshaping the narrative around the city’s jazz scene and its future. For more than 10 years, Ars Nova Workshop has brought the world’s leading artists of jazz, improvised and experimental music to Philadelphia and built a robust audience for this extraordinary art form. The workshop acts as a facilitator between artists and their audiences, while working to inform, inspire and challenge listeners in order to elevate the role of jazz, improvisation and experimental music in contemporary culture. The workshop seeks to be a vital cultural resource for Philadelphia, where events provide a forum for discourse, emergent trends in contemporary […].
Art Sphere (Earmark: Creating Legacies Thru Art)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5735-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enrich Philadelphia’s youth by providing free access to arts education resources and hands-on instruction to organizations with limited resources Creating Legacies Thru Art will create a free online catalog of curricula and resources so that community groups, after-school programs and schools can empower and educate children in areas where visual arts programs are scarce. To help these groups implement their own unique art education programs, Art Sphere will provide teachers and volunteers to deliver hands-on instruction and guidance. Changing lives through art since 1998, Art Sphere is the only nonprofit of its kind to deliver a range of artistic and human services to culturally underserved youth throughout the Philadelphia region. Art Sphere uses art as a strategic tool to educate and create meaningful experiences for people of all ages. With the support and partnership of public institutions and private organizations, Art Sphere mobilizes a diverse volunteer base to focus on beautifying public spaces and encouraging flourishing communities.
New World Symphony (Earmark: John Cage Centennial)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5800-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 05/30/2014; goal: To celebrate New World Symphony's 25th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth through the production of Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration.
Hyperaudio Incorporated (Earmark: Hyperaudio Pad Development)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5864-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 10/31/2013; goal: To develop and deploy Hyperaudio Pad, an open source tool for editing audio and video content by editing a precisely matched text transcript.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: Digital Advocacy for Press Freedom)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5893-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To fund innovative digital advocacy for press freedom.
The Murray Dranoff Foundation (Earmark: Dranoff International 2 Piano Competition)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5920-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To create and distribute a radio documentary on the 12th Dranoff International 2 Piano Competition live from Miami.
Reading Terminal Market Corp. (Earmark: Under the Cosmopolitan Canopy: Art at the Reading Terminal Market)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5707-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To weave the arts into people’s everyday lives by curating a formalized performing arts series at Reading Terminal Market With more than six million shoppers per year, the Reading Terminal Market is one of Philadelphia’s most visited sites, a popular venue for pop-up performances by organizations ranging from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia to the Canadian circus troupe 7 Fingers. The market seeks to continue to weave the arts into visitors’ everyday lives by expanding its current programming and developing a more proactive approach to pop-up performances. This will include partnerships with some of the city’s performing arts organizations such as FringeArts and Dance/USA Philadelphia. The market will also expand its existing lunchtime performance series to more fully represent the city’s population and provide additional, free access to performing arts. One of America’s largest and oldest public markets, the Reading Terminal Market serves as a public trust providing a venue for independent local businesses to showcase the Philadelphia region’s culinary bounty and cultural diversity. Housed since 1893 in a National Historic Landmark building, the market offers an incredible selection of farm fresh produce, meats and poultry, plus the finest seafood, cheeses, baked goods, confections, flowers, kitchenware, cookbooks, jewelry and […].
Black Lily (Earmark: BlackStar Film Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5712-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support global black cinema through a film festival that will also feature a short screenplay contest The BlackStar Film Festival is a highly visible platform for independent black filmmakers, providing genre-defying and beautifully crafted works to an audience thirsty for fresh perspectives. With challenge funding, the film festival will expand to include a short screenplay contest, where emerging writers can compete for a chance to have their work read during the festival and judged by a panel of industry professionals. The winning screenplay will be awarded a cash prize to produce the short film. BlackStar will also begin streaming exclusive short films on its website monthly, in 2014, building an archive of work that can be used for education or entertainment. The BlackStar Film Festival, deemed “the black Sundance” by Ebony magazine, is the only event of its kind in Philadelphia. Focusing on cinema of the African Diaspora, the four-day festival provides an opportunity for filmmakers, patrons, and enthusiasts from all over the world to come together.
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Artist-Designed Bike Racks for Philadelphia: Public Art with a Purpose)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5715-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create more public art and enliven city streets by hosting a competition for artists to design new bike racks While Philadelphia’s bike racks are utilitarian and unexceptional in appearance, they are critical to the city’s efforts to promote cycling. To raise their profile, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the city’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy will launch a competition among local artists to design and install artistic bike racks. These functional public sculptures will showcase local artists as well as raise awareness of the importance of bike parking. Founded in 1972, the nonprofit Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia works to make the Philadelphia region a better place to ride a bike. Through education and advocacy, the Bicycle Coalition promotes bicycling as a healthy, low-cost and environmentally friendly form of transportation and recreation.
The Rotunda (Earmark: Sanctuary)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5721-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To challenge musicians to turn a 100-year-old Beaux Arts sanctuary into a musical instrument using their voices and other sound experiments While The Rotunda, a community venue recently placed on the city’s Register of Historic Places, offers 300 events per year in its performance room, a small but growing number of special projects occur in its 100-year-old Beaux Arts sanctuary. Through this project, organizers seek to turn that space into a musical instrument. Improvisational and experimental musicians will be invited for a three-month residency to create public performances that artfully use the sanctuary’s acoustics. Usually, venues adapt to the needs of the musicians; here, musicians will adapt to the acoustics and layout of this unorthodox site in which sound carries in unexpected ways and whispers can be heard from 100 feet away. Applicants don’t have to be skilled in traditional music – someone who wants to explore the sounds of bottles and cans will be as eligible as a violinist. The eight residents will participate in studio tours where the public can hear works in progress, in addition to three concerts at which they will perform solo and ensemble pieces. The Rotunda is an arts and culture community venue fueled […].
South Street Headhouse District (Earmark: Street Performance Corridor)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5729-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring cultural vibrancy to the South Street neighborhood by organizing a series of pop-up and street events featuring music, theater and visual arts To bring more cultural vibrancy to the area, the South Street Headhouse District will produce a series of seasonal pop-up and street events that build on local traditions. The district is composed of more than 400 primarily small businesses with a legacy as a commercial corridor and artistic community. It welcomes more than 1 million visitors annually. The performance series seeks to continue to reinvigorate the district as a great place to eat, shop and stroll and to provide a venue for talent in Philadelphia. The South Street Headhouse District is a historic commercial corridor and home to more than 400 unique businesses, including some of the region’s best restaurants, retailers, and services. The district is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in Philadelphia, with a vibrant artistic heritage. The mission of the district is to create a thriving business area through physical improvements as well as marketing and promotional initiatives.
Taller Puertorriqueño (Earmark: Getting to Know You (Conociéndote): Bridging the Audience Divide)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5730-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage more audiences in the city’s Latino arts scene by organizing gallery exhibits, including mixed-media installations and music performances To engage more audiences in the city’s Latino arts scene, Taller Puertorriqueño will organize a series of gallery exhibits and musical performances. The series, Getting to Know You (Conociéndote), continues Taller’s efforts to transform the community it serves into a cultural crossroads where people come together. Conociéndote will integrate five exhibition sites centering around three commissioned, multimedia and socially relevant outdoor art installations in and around its campus in an area known as El Centro de Oro (The Golden Center). School groups and afterschool students will tour the exhibits, and music and dance performances will enhance each event. Organizers hope the fresh, contemporary art will attract both Philadelphia’s Center City arts audience and local residents to bring economically, educationally and culturally disparate groups together. Founded in 1974, Taller Puertorriqueño, (The Puerto Rican Workshop) works to fill the gap of Latino cultural programming in the Philadelphia region. Taller’s programs work at the nexus of arts, culture, human rights, and social advocacy to catalyze social change and community advancement. Taller's education programs for at-risk inner city children and youth offer culturally based […].
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: Artists U: Planning Mondays & AU 101 Course)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5731-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase professional development opportunities for local performance artists by expanding a pilot project that allows artists to seek targeted advice and counsel Individual artists have few resources available to them for professional development, and often grow their careers reactively instead of proactively. Too many talented and accomplished artists are exhausted and discouraged about the future. Artists U will expand its professional development program with two elements: Planning Mondays, where any visual or performing artist can drop in once a week for a one-on-one consultation; and AU Intro Course: Building a Sustainable Life as an Artist, a three-week course on strategic planning, finances and creating an artist statement. Paired together, both programs will give artists the tailored, personal help they need to create a life that is both ambitious and achievable. Artists U is a grassroots, artist-run platform for changing the working conditions of artists. Having started in Philadelphia and expanded to Baltimore and South Carolina, Artists U wants to change the conversations artists have in their heads, with each other, and with the world. The group pushes artists to build lives that are balanced, productive, and sustainable. Everything Artists U does is artist-to-artist and free for all participants.
Nonprofit Finance Fund (Earmark: ArtPlace)4,000,000.0045--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5803-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; goal: To continue support for ArtPlace, a creative placemaking initiative in communities across the U.S.
Cinequest (Earmark: Cinequest Film Festival)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5825-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2016; goal: To provide audiences with a new way of experiencing the Cinequest Film Festival through social media, online journals, touch-based interactions, video content, online ticketing and more.
Grantmakers in the Arts (Earmark: Grantmakers in the Arts)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5883-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 04/01/2015; goal: To support communications tools and exchange of information through publications, research, and professional development opportunities.
Breakthrough Miami (Earmark: Enrichment Program for young adults)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5884-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 05/01/2014; goal: To support and propel talented students from under-served communities through a comprehensive academic enrichment program that prepares them to enter college-prep high school, graduate on time and enter college ready to succeed.
Fund for Philadelphia (Earmark: Philadelphia Poet Laureate)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5886-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; goal: To elevate the role and public discourse of poetry and language in Philadelphia and to highlight the talent and creativity of the community's young people.
Stacey Wilson (Earmark: Sights & Sounds: An Illadelph Experiment)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5694-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the connection between music and art by offering an aural experience for patrons that pairs individual works of visual art with a unique music mix To explore the connection between music and the visual arts, this project will commission the work of 15 prominent Philadelphia DJs, whose music will be the inspiration for artworks created by 15 local visual artists. The DJs will work in the musical genre of their choice, and the visual artists will receive the DJs’ music in a random selection. In the end, a dynamic exhibit will showcase each piece of art, each accompanied by iPods the viewer will listen to, immersing them in the experience and embarking on the same aural journey as the piece’s creator. Stacey “Flygirrl” Wilson is a Jane of all trades. She’s a visual artist, graphic designer, event planner and promoter, creative director and project manager for various brands. Her background is extensive, ranging from managing nightclubs to planning private parties for Prince to being the owner of the longest running party in Philadelphia, Tastytreats. Her art has been featured on the walls of The Real World Philadelphia house and Half & Half and the pages of Jill Scott's […].
Philadelphia Young Playwrights (Earmark: Philadelphia Young Voices Monologue Festival)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5703-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help students gain a deeper understanding of how to leverage theater for social change by expanding a festival, in collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, featuring professional productions of high school students’ monologues. Philadelphia Young Playwrights and collaborating partner InterAct Theatre Company plan to expand the audience for their Young Voices Monologue Festival, a week of professionally performed monologues written by high school students from across the Philadelphia region. This public event is the culmination of a six-month process through which artists teach the craft of monologue writing to hundreds of area students, helping them express their important and under-represented hopes, fears, dreams, points of view and observations. More than 400 monologues are submitted each year, of which 15 to 20 are selected for development and production at The Adrienne in Center City. With challenge funding, the festival will double the number of participating schools to 16, including urban and suburban, private, public and parochial, and schools for juvenile offenders and special needs populations. This expansion, and accompanying tour, will significantly increase the number and diversity of monologues submitted, as well as interest in attending the spring performances. Philadelphia Young Playwrights believes that every young person has a voice worth […].
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Earmark: Four Exhibitions on the Leading Edge of Contemporary Photographic Practice)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5709-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To cultivate new audiences for contemporary photography by organizing innovative exhibitions featuring digitally printed photographic murals, nontraditional approaches to portraiture and auxiliary programming the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will present four multidisciplinary exhibitions that will take photography past the gallery walls to become an immersive experience. For example, for the fourth annual Philly Photo Day, not only will the center invite Philadelphians to take a photograph within the city limits and hang each print, the center will also select 40 works to be blown up and shown on billboards. The center will also produce 20 digital photographic murals in conjunction with community centers and the city’s Mural Arts Program. For another exhibition, photographer Blake Carrington will produce images created in Philadelphia using custom software to translate audio recordings into visual data. Carrington will focus on re-imagining portions of the city, questioning ownership and the ways people perceive their relationship to natural and built spaces. Two additional shows will feature performance artists who use photography and conceptual artists who use nontraditional approaches to portraiture. The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is a community hub for contemporary photography. Devoted to the study, practice and appreciation of photography, the center organizes innovative exhibitions, inspiring […].
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Opera in the City: Svadba - Wedding)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5710-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer a more immersive opera experience by launching a series of 50-minute operas, the first of which, about a Serbian wedding, will be followed by an authentic Balkan wedding feast To offer a more immersive experience, Opera Philadelphia will launch Opera in the City, where each year the company will match an opera geared at nontraditional, diverse audiences with an equally unorthodox site within the city. The series will launch in fall 2013 with a challenge-funded production of Ana Sokolovic's Svadba - Wedding, in collaboration with FringeArts. Svadba is a Serbian, a cappella opera fusing operatic and folk music and telling the story of Milica, a bride-to-be, and her five friends on the night before her wedding. The 50-minute production will offer the audience an immersive operatic experience followed by an authentic Balkan wedding feast for the entire audience featuring a local Balkan orchestra. Opera Philadelphia creates outstanding productions of both classic and new operatic works that resonate within the community, assembles the finest international creative artists, and presents programming that educates, deepens, and diversifies the opera audience in Philadelphia and beyond. Performance offerings include large-scale works at the historic Academy of Music, intimate chamber operas as part of […].
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (Earmark: City Wide Side-by-Side)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5711-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To deepen amateur musicians' engagement with classical music by offering adults opportunities to perform alongside the orchestra's professionals. Description: Further blurring the lines between creators and consumers of classical music, City Wide Side-by-Side will give exceptional amateur musicians a chance to rehearse and perform alongside the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra. This audition-based opportunity will provide up to 40 adult amateurs the chance to deepen their connection to classical music. The culminating performance, of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, will take place June 21, 2014, in honor of National Music Day. To heighten the program’s impact and reach, the audition and rehearsal process, public performance and behind-the-scenes moments will be made into a mini-documentary that will capture the amateurs and professionals as they work together, side-by-side, to present a world-class concert. Based in Philadelphia, the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2007 and is the only professional orchestra in the region, and one of few in the country, to champion ethnic diversity in classical music. Founded by award-winning Music Director Jeri Lynne Johnson, one of only a few African-American women conductors on the scene today, the orchestra is dedicated to normalizing diversity in classical music. This mission is achieved by offering […].
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (Earmark: Landlab Series)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5719-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To address the city’s environmental issues by hosting artists who will collaborate with scientists to create public environmental artworks and educational programs In an effort to address the city’s environmental issues, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and The Center for Emerging Visual Artists will launch an artist residency program that invites professional artists and environmental scientists to work together to create real solutions to threats to Philadelphia’s ecosystems. The program operates on three equal platforms: art creation, ecological restoration and public engagement. Four residencies will grant selected artists resources and space on the Schuylkill’s property to create “ecoventions”: public artworks, often permanent installations, that prevent or remediate environmental damage. The six-month, paid residencies will leverage the curiosity of both artists and scientists to produce new methods for exploration and discovery, in addition to new contemporary artworks. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education was founded in 1965 as the nation's first urban environmental education organization. Its 365-acre sanctuary serves as a living laboratory to foster appreciation, deepen understanding, and encourage stewardship of the environment. The Center reaches over 15,000 Philadelphia-area residents each year with an array of educational programs, including standards-based programs for schoolchildren, continuing education for teachers, and a […].
David Guinn (Earmark: Freewall: the Artists’ Wall)9,000.003676--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5728-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Philadelphians with art by bringing artist-created temporary outdoor wall-painting installations to Center City Freewall is a new, artist-run venue that brings temporary outdoor wall-painting installations to Center City Philadelphia as a way to engage the public in a dialogue about art. The 55-by-28-foot wall at 1214 Sansom St. operates like a gallery dedicated to site-specific, public artwork, allowing artists to extend their studio practice in a public context and at an architectural scale. Artists are given wide latitude to pursue their vision in public, free from external requirements. Challenge funding will provide a stipend to the artists, pay for materials and equipment, and allow for documenting the work from inception to completion. A graduate of Columbia University, David Guinn is a Philadelphia-based artist specializing in large-scale wall paintings. Since 1998, Guinn has painted more than 30 projects throughout Philadelphia and other cities in North America including New York, Washington, D.C. and Montréal. His work has been widely noted in the media, both locally and internationally. In 2012, Guinn founded Freewall, an outdoor space in Center City Philadelphia dedicated to promoting innovative wall-based artwork and advancing the dialog around public art. Guinn teaches mural painting at Moore College of […].
Theresa Rose (Earmark: Operation Food for Thought)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5736-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create connections between neighborhood restaurateurs and artists by commissioning dinners featuring art projects from across neighborhoods To create connections between neighborhood restaurateurs and artists, Operation Food for Thought will produce cutting-edge art and food projects that respond to growing trends in contemporary art and emerging food culture. The project will commission internationally renowned artists to develop site-specific and content-relevant local food projects. Participating restaurants will be predominantly family run and reflect the neighborhood’s demographics. During the spring of 2015, each artist will present their project that may include artist-designed dinner events, menu additions and other collaborations with the restaurants. Theresa Rose is the visual arts program director for FringeArts, as well as an artist and organizer. Rose previously served as public art project manager for the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, having managed the city's Percent for Art Program and produced Soil Kitchen, the city's first temporary and participatory public art commission. She is also founder of Philly Stake, a micro-granting program for creative community engaging projects. While earning her master’s in fine arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she co-chaired the Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
The Village of Art and Humanities (Earmark: The Urban Experience: Village Artist-in-Residence Program)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5740-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer a home to emerging and mid-career artists seeking an urban environment by creating a year-long artist residency program To support emerging and mid-career artists, the Village Artist-in-Residence program will award yearlong residencies to exceptional artists seeking community based social practice for the investigation and execution of their work. In exchange for a commitment to create an original project that responds to, engages and/or reflects on the North Philadelphia community, the residents receive housing, a $10,000 stipend, access to extensive art-making facilities, a solo exhibition and a critical catalogue. The Village will partner with universities and museums to share resources and provide additional career-making opportunities such as lectures and workshops. For many artists, the program will be the first time they are able to fully devote themselves to their artistic practice. The Village of Arts and Humanities supports the community’s voices and aspirations by providing opportunities for self-expression rooted in art and culture. The Village inspires people to be agents of positive change through programs that spark creativity, engage youth, revitalize community, preserve heritage and respect the environment.
Drexel ExCITe Center (Earmark: Technology-enhanced live concerts for improved audience engagement)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5741-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage and develop new audiences for music with a series of live concerts enhanced with audio-driven media technologies The Drexel University ExCITe Center, which focuses on the intersection of art and technology, will launch a series of live music concerts that employ new media technologies, such as projected visuals and mobile apps, to better engage audiences. Working with prominent national and local artists, these performances will span multiple genres — pop/rock, jazz and classical. The aim of this project is to demonstrate that real-time interactive visualizations can improve the concert experience, better inform listeners, and attract new audiences to a wide range of musical forms and styles. The Expressive & Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center is a strategic initiative of Drexel University to foster highly multidisciplinary research and education activities spanning all academic units. Efforts focus on the intersection of art and technology, as the center believes the arts inspire innovation, but also that artistic work increasingly depends upon a fundamental understanding of technology. The Center opened its new 11,000-square-foot space on Drexel’s campus earlier this year.
Philadelphia Film Society (Earmark: Filmadelphia at the Roxy)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5742-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide students and local filmmakers the opportunity to share their cinematic work by holding monthly community screenings at the Roxy Theater. Description: To provide students and local filmmakers the opportunity to share their work, the Philadelphia Film Society will host monthly community screenings at its new home at the Theater at the Roxy. While technological advancements have made the production of films more accessible than ever to all levels of filmmakers, avenues to exhibit their works remain limited. Exhibition is particularly difficult in Philadelphia due to the lack of movie theaters, which inhibits the ability to experience a diverse selection of movies. The society hopes to foster greater creativity through film by providing filmmakers of all ages, levels and backgrounds a venue to showcase their work and elicit audience feedback, using the Theater at the Roxy as a hub for the Philadelphia filmmaking community. The Philadelphia Film Society’s mission is to utilize film’s unique capacity to engage a broad cross-section of the community, while further providing access to powerful films from around the world in order to increase education and understanding. It does so by annually producing a top-tier film festival featuring the best of American and International cinema. […].
Internet Archive (Earmark: Archive.org TV News Search & Borrow)1,000,000.00273--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5817-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To support the expansion of the Internet Archive's TV News Search & Borrow, a digital library database of television news content. The Internet Archive, one of the world’s largest public digital libraries, will expand its research library to make readily available hundreds of thousands of U.S. television news programs, with $1 million in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. “TV stations capture some the most important news events in a format that is too often locked away. This project with the Internet Archive makes these important stories accessible to journalists, researchers and the pubic through a deep, user-friendly site,” said Michael Maness, vice president for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation. With this funding, the archive will expand its TV News Search & Borrow service, which now includes 400,000 broadcasts dating back to June 2009. The aim is to help strengthen the work of journalists, scholars, teachers, librarians, civic organizations and others. The service uses closed captioning to allow users to search, quote and borrow U.S. TV news programs. Available at no charge, the public can use the index of searchable text and short-streamed clips to explore TV news. In this way, they can discover […].
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism)62,800.002092--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5889-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To launch the Knight Award for Media Innovation at CUNY’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.
Edge Zones (Earmark: Miami Performance International Festival 2013)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5655-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To support the production of works by Miami artists at the Miami Performance International Festival 2013 which aims to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the realm of performance art in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Lee Ann Etzold (Earmark: Point Bold: A Neighborhood Project)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5680-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a greater sense of community between two geographically close but culturally diverse neighborhoods by producing a theatrical performance written and performed by its residents While the Point Breeze and Newbold neighborhoods border each other, residents often feel miles apart. To bring the communities together, the Point Bold Neighborhood Project will engage artists from both areas in creating a theatrical event inspired by true neighborhood stories, addressing neighborhood issues, and written and performed by the community. The project will build an ensemble of artistic neighbors (not just professionals) to collect personal and community histories, as well as impressions of the neighborhoods’ past, present and future. The performance will be presented in a springtime extravaganza that leads the audience from the auditorium of G.W. Childs Elementary School to the adjacent Love Garden for a celebratory dance party. Lee Ann Etzold is a Philadelphia-based theater artist who has created original works in the United Kingdom, France, Czech Republic and regionally in the United States. She co-founded New Paradise Laboratories and has created original physical theater works with Bill Irwin, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Headlong Dance Theatre, Brat Productions and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. She studied theater at Virginia Tech, clown in Paris […].
Sruti, The India Music and Dance Society (Earmark: Bringing Indian Music with an Edge to Philadelphia)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5695-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Indian music and introduce it to a young and urban audience by offering a concert series with rotating ensembles of professional musicians To bring Indian music to new audiences, the 26-year-old Sruti Music and Dance Society will hold a concert series geared toward a young, urban crowd. Indian music, much of which is improvised like jazz, is emerging as an area where traditional forms are now being treated to creative makeovers, and the series will play off that trend. Each concert will be held in a nontraditional venue in the city’s core and will be accompanied with post- or pre-show chat sessions and a community workshop. Sruti, The India Music and Dance Society is a not-for-profit cultural presenting organization based in the Philadelphia area. The mission of Sruti is to promote Indian classical dance and music, to bring together the people of the Greater Delaware Valley who are interested in these arts, and to effectively serve their common interest. Sruti has been fulfilling this mission since 1986 with a group of dedicated volunteers. Sruti presents on an average about ten events a year, including music and dance performances and educational outreach programs.
Shakespeare in Clark Park (Earmark: Your Prince and Mine)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5722-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage audiences in new ways with an interactive event around Shakespeare's Henry IV, enabling attendees to participate in a battle scene To engage audiences in new ways, Shakespeare in Clark Park will team up with Team Sunshine Performance Corporation to involve audiences in a summer 2014 performance based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV. The piece, “Your Prince and Mine,” will offer three avenues of participation: 1) a preshow happy hour/education session open to the public that prepares the audience for the performance; 2) the production of the play itself, which will include 3) an enormous battle scene in which community members will be part of a stylized spectacle that brings the play’s war into focus. Organizers hope the large-scale event provides a galvanizing opportunity for thousands to uniquely interact with live performance — and with each other. Shakespeare in Clark Park is a theater company committed to presenting free, outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s plays, creating an annual summertime cultural event accessible to the Clark Park neighborhood and the greater Philadelphia area. A collaborative and experimental approach to classical work draws artists from the Philadelphia theater, music, clown, and improvisation communities to create the company’s signature style – clear, physically engaged […].
Pasión y Arte Flamenco (Earmark: Philadelphia Flamenco Festival 2014)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5727-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the contributions of Flamenco dance by producing a two-week festival including an educational symposium and performances by groundbreaking Flamenco artists To celebrate the contributions of Flamenco, the all-female dance company Pasion y Arte seeks to expand its festival in 2014, partnering with Drexel University for a two-week event featuring open workshops, an educational symposium, film screenings and eight performances. Preceded by a one-month residency with innovative Spanish Flamenco artist Rosario Toledo, the festival will showcase her work as well as showcasing Flamenco Nuevo: The Galvan Legacy featuring performances by Pastora Galvan and Flamenco giant Israel Galvan. Through the festival, Pasion y Arte seeks to celebrate contemporary pioneers, explore a unique vision of Flamenco that merges traditional and modern aesthetics and engage new communities in the city’s cultural landscape. Pasión y Arte is an all-female flamenco dance company that treasures the traditions of classical flamenco while also seeking to expand the art form in new and modern ways. Pasion y Arte and its Artistic Director Elba Hevia y Vaca present new and commissioned works that draw upon mastery and respect for flamenco dance, cante and palos while experimentally incorporating elements of other dance forms, music genres, multimedia and narrative […].
Ernest Stuart (Earmark: Center City Jazz Festival)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5734-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase audiences for jazz by expanding the Center City Jazz Festival to include additional events and venues To increase audiences for jazz, the new Center City Jazz Festival will expand in to add a second day and include new venues. The festival focuses on presenting new, live jazz at venues big and small in Center City Philadelphia. Challenge funding will also help the festival set aside free tickets for students and provide performances at a local high school. The Center City Jazz Festival was funded in 2012 through a Kickstarter campaign, during which $17,200 was raised from 188 individual contributions. The day-long festival debuted last April and featured 17 original bands from the Philadelphia and New York City areas. The bands performed in four packed venues all centrally located and within a short walking distance of each other.
Dance/USA (Earmark: Month-long Pop-Up Exhibition of Local Dance-In-the-Making)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5737-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To raise the visibility of live dance by creating a pop-up studio in a highly visible public space where passers-by can witness the usually private rehearsal process To raise the visibility of live dance, Dance/USA Philadelphia will create a pop-up studio in a highly visible public space where companies will rehearse during a month-long exhibition planned for 2014. With trained docents on hand, passers-by can engage in casual conversation about what they see as they watch and listen to the rehearsal process through glass windows. Organizers expect more than 15,000 people to encounter the project, enabling new audiences to be captivated by the breadth and diversity of dance being made in Philadelphia. Founded in 2007 as a branch office of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, Dance/USA Philadelphia provides advocacy, resources, and collaborative opportunities for the dance community in Greater Philadelphia. Director Lois Welk is committed to maintaining a high level of responsiveness, keeping services available at little or no charge, and to programming that is inclusive in terms of dance genre and budget size.
Pig Iron Theatre Company (Earmark: Dr. Dog plus Pig Iron: Leavers and Takers, the Concert-Spectacle)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5738-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To merge two indie-arts genres by translating the music of rock band Dr. Dog into a theatrical spectacle The Obie and Barrymore Award-winning Pig Iron Theatre Company will work with one of Philadelphia’s highest-profile indie rock bands, Dr. Dog, to create a concert spectacle billed as a multimedia opera in the tradition of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” Combining the band’s music with Pig Iron’s adventurous performance style and live performers from Philadelphia’s contemporary dance and theater communities, this collaboration aims to revolutionize the experience of live rock music. The project will bring together two passionate but disparate groups of fans — both indie rock fans and indie theater lovers — to build a new audience for hybrid performance in Philadelphia and beyond. Since its inception in 1995, Pig Iron Theatre Company has grown from a small, fringe performance troupe into one of the best-known groups of its kind on the East Coast. Over that time, they have created 27 original works, garnering praise from audiences, peers, and critics. The New York Times hailed Pig Iron as “one of the few groups successfully taking theatre in new directions.” Rather than beginning their work from a writer-proposed script, they start with an […].
Play On Philly! (Earmark: POP Creates)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5743-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To cultivate students’ music skills by coordinating a multifaceted creative initiative that will teach music production and technology, composition, jazz and more. To cultivate students’ creative skills, Play On, Philly! will expand its after-school music education program to teach students to improvise, compose and record music while presenting public performances throughout the Philadelphia region. The program focuses on using music to build students' academic and social skills by engaging them through musical instruction for three hours each weekday. Challenge funding will enable the program to expand, adding classes in composition, music production and technology, and jazz. Play On, Philly! is an innovative education and social initiative that provides opportunities for personal development to children through the study of music. Inspired by the social development and music education program of Venezuela, El Sistema, Play On, Philly! seeks to enrich the lives of Philadelphia youth by providing daily musical instruction in communities that have little access to music education.
Inta (Earmark: Eiko & Koma perform free outdoor events)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5758-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring bold, highly theatrical performances by dancer/choreographers Eiko & Koma to two unique public outdoor spaces, the Reading Viaduct and PAFA’s Lenfest Plaza As part of a year-long residency at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, artists Eiko & Koma will mount two “living installations”/outdoor performances in two well-known Philadelphia public spaces: the Spur of the Reading Viaduct (April 2014) and the academy’s Lenfest Plaza (September 2014.) Recipients of a MacArthur Genius Award, dancers/choreographers Eiko & Koma are known for their bold, highly theatrical performances in outdoor sites, theaters and museums. The projected yearlong academy residency will include community workshops, installations, seminars, public dialogues and gallery performances, followed by outdoor performances and public activities such as a viaduct field trip to explore the unexpectedly diverse flora and fauna of a currently unused city space. Eiko and Koma began working together as an experiment in their native Japan, and their collaboration has endured for over 40 years. After studies in Germany and the Netherlands, they settled in America in 1976. Since then, they have presented their stage, gallery, site and media works across North America and the world. Much honored for the originality and intensity of their peerless theater-making, […].
Akron Development Corporation (Earmark: BioMedical Corridor Development)74,000.002023--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5828-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To develop a strategy that engages business and non-profits in greater Akron around the creation and implementation of a BioMedical Corridor. The Akron BioMedical Corridor, located in downtown Akron and established in 2006, brings together three nationally known hospitals (Akron General Medical Center, Akron Children's Hospital and Summa Health System), the unique Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA), the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and a world-leading biomaterial center at the University of Akron. The Corridor also hosts the Akron Global Business Accelerator, the winner of the 2008 National Business Incubation Association Incubator Innovation Award, which provides low cost space coupled with effective, hands-on, business development support, including: business planning, networking with key collaborators and customers, access to legal and accounting services as well as access to capital. A key component of the Corridor is the Akron BioInvestments Funds, which provides access to grants and loans to appropriate companies.
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Fundraising platform)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5887-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 04/30/2014; goal: To support the launch of Power2Give in Detroit and southeast Michigan, a Knight-funded online crowd sourced fundraising platform specifically designed for arts and culture organizations.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: FOCAS 2013-14)500,000.00453--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5799-- Grant period: 03/30/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the 2013-14 Forum on Communication and Society at the Aspen Institute, focused on the the theme of open government.
Macon-Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau (Earmark: Tourism Technology Initiative)48,075.002508--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5885-- Grant period: 03/29/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To create the Tourism Technology Initiative that will bring seven Macon cultural attractions into the digital age through creation of individual website presence, social media utilization, and online ticket sales to attract additional visitors.
Appfrica Labs (Earmark: Abayima)150,000.001280--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5785-- Grant period: 03/21/2013 - 03/20/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For content distribution and publishing via SIM cards for sharing information in technologically-limited or high-risk situations The majority of mobile phone users around the world use simple feature phones which, unlike smartphones, do not have advanced storage or secondary communication options like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Abayima wants to build an open source application that people can use to store information to SIM cards – effectively turning the cards into storage devices and their mobile phones into e-readers. This app is particularly useful for sharing news and information in countries where communication networks are unsafe to use due to surveillance or where authorities or other circumstances have shut off access to the Internet altogether. The team has successfully piloted a program with Ugandan activists during the country's 2011 elections, while all SMS traffic in the country was monitored for voices of dissent. With challenge funding, Abayima plans to build the kit as an open source, full service, easy-to-use platform which enables publishing to SIM cards.
Wikimedia Foundation (Earmark: Wikipedia Mobile)600,000.00403--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5790-- Grant period: 03/21/2013 - 04/20/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For creating tools to deliver Wikipedia for free to users in the developing world As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. News Challenge funding will help create software to bring Wikipedia to lower-end, more basic phones - the kinds the majority of people use to access data outside of the West. Specifically, efforts will be focused in three areas: developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of how feature-rich the device is – including new ways to access Wikipedia via text; increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile; and improving the way feature phones access the platform.
Democracy Works (Earmark: TurboVote)1,025,000.00259--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5792-- Grant period: 03/18/2013 - 03/18/2017; goal: To grow TurboVote, a digital tool that makes registering and voting easier, and expand to Knight resident communities.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: Technology Affinity Group)4,900.003782--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5890-- Grant period: 03/14/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For 2013 Knight Foundation membership to support the organization's promotion of the understanding of how information and communications technology can help further philanthropic goals.
Institute for America's Future (Earmark: Black Male Re-Imagined Conference)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5827-- Grant period: 03/05/2013 - 06/28/2013; goal: For Black Male Re-Imagined II, a two day convening of high level influencers in the black male engagement space designed to transform perceptions of black men.
Hollaback (Earmark: iHollaback Prototype)40,000.002564--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5798-- Grant period: 03/03/2013 - 08/03/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a pilot of a mobile application designed to allow individuals to report street harassment. Piloting a mobile app that allows people to report street harassment directly to their cities. It is being developed in partnership with the New York City Council.
Ideastream (Earmark: Civic Commons)600,000.00403--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5782-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 04/30/2015; goal: To expand on and provide deliberative online engagement tools and services to elected officials, civic leaders and media entities to inform and engage stakeholders and citizens on key community issues and deepen reader engagement with media content Since its establishment in 2010 by the Fund for Our Economic Future, Civic Commons has worked with 15 large organizations to involve the public in important community issues. Through activities on the ground and online tools, citizens have been able to weigh in on issues from raising taxes to fund schools to urban redevelopment in blighted areas. Kent State University, for example, hired Civic Commons to engage students and faculty in creating a strategic plan that covers eight campuses and 40,000 students. Civic Commons will now expand on this model as a program of ideastream, a multiple media public service organization that applies the power of media to strengthen communities through education and public service. With ideastream, Civic Commons will continue to work with educational, cultural and civic organizations to foster community engagement. “Civic Commons will also support the community engagement efforts of ideastream including WVIZ/PBS, 90.3 WCPN and WCLV 104.9,” said Jerry Wareham, president and CEO of ideastream. Civic Commons will be […].
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Akron Art Museum Audience Engagement)750,000.00358--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5795-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 04/01/2016; goal: To support groundbreaking exhibitions at the Akron Art Museum as it transitions to new leadership and strives to become a model for small to mid-sized art museums, and to further the Museum's audience engagement mission.
Learning About Multimedia Project (Earmark: The LAMP Prototype)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5801-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 08/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build an online video editor for use in media criticism and education. Building an online video editor that allows students to remix and respond to copyrighted materials as part of a media literacy class. The project will be piloted in New York City schools.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: DVG Membership)5,500.003736--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5839-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For 2013 membership in the Delaware Valley Grantmakers to support the work of Philadelphia Program Director Donna Frisby-Greenwood.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Fund for Local Independent Cinemas)96,000.001814--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5940-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 02/28/2015; goal: To expand The Knight Fund for Local Independent Cinemas by adding a digital presence to an ongoing advertising campaign for participating art house venues in Miami.
National Jewish Theater Foundation (Earmark: Holocaust Theatre Archive)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5611-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 02/28/2014; goal: To build a publicly accessible, web-based register of all theater works relating to the Holocaust from 1933 to the present. National Jewish Theater, a not-for-profit company which celebrates Jewish culture, history and identity as well as the creative contributions of Jewish theatrical artists-playwrights, composers, lyricists, actors, musicians, choreographers, directors, and designers-by creating, preserving and presenting these works to diverse audiences across America, and throughout the world.
Project for Public Spaces (Earmark: Placemaking Leadership Council)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5761-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: Launching a leadership council to advance placemaking as as movement for community renewal the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) will establish a Placemaking Leadership Council and host a two day meeting in Detroit on April 11-12, 2013. Over the two days, 100-150 selected participants will develop the Placemaking Campaign's five-year strategic agenda.
The Associated Press (Earmark: Geomancer Prototype)28,000.003057--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5794-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 08/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype system to allow journalists to easily combine datasets based on geographic information. Seeking to make newsrooms more efficient by creating a tool that enables journalists to easily combine data for their stories with geographically related data sets, a task that currently represents a significant technical hurdle for many reporters on deadline.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: DeVos Helps Miami, Detroit Arts)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5773-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 03/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To implement a series of intensive consultations with ten arts organizations in Miami and another ten in Detroit, as part two of the DeVos Institute's work in these communities. As one of the largest, busiest performing arts centers in the world, the Kennedy Center and its leadership have developed extensive expertise in strategic planning, artistic planning, board management, marketing, fundraising, and financial management. Founded in 2001 by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser, the DeVos Institute of Arts Management leverages this expertise to train, support, and empower arts managers and their boards locally, nationally, and internationally. Since its inception, the DeVos Institute has advised thousands of individuals, organizations, governments, and foundations throughout the United States and in over 80 countries on six continents. The Institute operates on the premise that while, as a culture, we spend heavily to encourage artistic talent, too little is spent to train the managers and boards who keep those artists at work. In areas hard hit by the global economic downturn, this need is especially urgent and is amplified by the rapid technological and cultural change affecting arts businesses around the world. To address this gap, the DeVos Institute partners with public and private leadership […].
Greenbelt Alliance (Earmark: Public Square)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5796-- Grant period: 03/01/2013 - 09/30/2013; goal: To transform the current community engagement system for land use issues by developing technology resources that connect people with place-based information about their communities and by providing a platform for community members to identify local issues and collaborate to improve their neighborhoods. Public Square (aka Our Backyard) from Greenbelt Alliance: creating a platform to help residents easily find information on land use issues like access to affordable housing or limited transportation choices. Community members will be able to identify local issues through an online platform and collaborate to improve their neighborhoods.
Student African American Brotherhood (Earmark: SAAB National Conference)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5809-- Grant period: 02/18/2013 - 05/18/2013; goal: To support the key note speaker and materials for the upcoming national SAAB conference as part of their efforts to engage thousands of black males in strengthening their communities.
Guide (Earmark: Gui.de)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4985-- Grant period: 02/05/2013 - Invalid date; goal: Gui.de is a new engaging format for online news that gives all publishers, from bloggers to large news companies, the ability to offer their audiences a video experience Guide is a software company focused on turning online news, social streams and blogs into video for on-the-go consumption. Its multiplatform app, Guide, using latest generation avatar and text-to-speech technology to turn traditional web content into an audio-visual stream for curation and consumption on-the-go.
Submittable (Earmark: Submittable)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4984-- Grant period: 02/05/2013 - Invalid date; goal: Submittable enables publishers to collect, review and charge for submissions of text, video and pictures, providing better, more timely responses to audience generated content. Here’s how it works: Once content arrives in the system, Submittable’s sorting, filtering, and ranking features make it easy to curate and take action on the incoming work. Multiple editors or readers can view, comment, and rank submissions. The software also helps publishers create value by putting a small charge - usually no more than what the post office charges to send a letter - on the submission process. This increase quality, decreases spam and creates revenue for the presently undervalued editorial skill sets.
South Florida Progress Foundation (Earmark: GMCC Partnership)4,205.003803--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5816-- Grant period: 02/04/2013 - 02/03/2014; goal: For 2013 support of the Foundation's work to leverage its relationship with South Florida professionals and civic leaders in partnership with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Nieman Lab expansion)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5638-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support an expansion of Nieman Lab with a focus on mobile, through reporting, research, conferences, and data.
ArtCenter South Florida (Earmark: Development of new Residency Program)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5769-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 02/28/2014; goal: Development of a new residency program at the ArtCenter.
Machine Project (Earmark: Art in public and private spaces)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5811-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To explore the presentation of art in public and private spaces by prototyping a project in Los Angeles with three artists and presenting in Miami.
Mississippi Gives (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Biloxi)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6157-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support Mississippi Gives use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Out of Eden Walk (Earmark: Storytelling: Out of Eden)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5806-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 02/01/2015; goal: To support experimentation with new long-form storytelling tools and approaches during Paul Salopek's 7-year journalistic walk around the world. From 2013 to 2020, writer Paul Salopek is recreating that epic journey on foot, starting at humankind’s birthplace in Ethiopia and ending at the southern tip of South America, where our forebears ran out of horizon. Along the way he is engaging with the major stories of our time — from climate change to technological innovation, from mass migration to cultural survival — by walking alongside the people who inhabit these headlines every day. Moving at the slow beat of his footsteps, Paul is also seeking the quieter, hidden stories of people who rarely make the news.
Data Juncture (Earmark: eCitizens.org)47,900.002510--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5507-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop software that provides real-time alerts by email of city council agendas, minutes and support documents by keyword or topic Building an online service giving citizens the ability to subscribe to receive an alert when their local government is working on issues they care about most. The project, to be piloted in San Diego, will use data from Granicus, a major software company for city documents as well as manually scraping municipal websites.
Community Television Foundation of S. Florida Television Station WPBT (Earmark: Art Loft)95,000.001819--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5759-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To produce, procure and commission original, local arts content A profile of Miami’s own dynamic and inventive choreographer Rosie Herrera kicked off WPBT2 public television’s new original series "Art Loft," which began Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 at 7:30pm. Hosted by Kalyn James, this weekly 30-minute art program showcases local and national artists, openings, installations, performances and art organizations that are positioning South Florida as an emerging leader in the world of art. "Art Loft" draws on the wide variety of local producers to help develop and produce content that provides viewers a lens on this thriving and exciting arts scene. "Art Loft" is designed to be a collaboration between WPBT2, local artists, producers and other PBS stations around the county.
Cleveland International Film Festival (Earmark: Day and Knight in Akron)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5781-- Grant period: 02/01/2013 - 02/28/2014; goal: To present "Day and Knight in Akron" which would parallel a full day of the Festival in Akron on Thursday, April 11, 2013.
Social Venture Partners Charlotte (Earmark: SEED20)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5696-- Grant period: 01/08/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To bolster community engagement around SEED20, an initiative to discover, spotlight, support, and fund the region's social entrepreneurs and their high-impact, innovative ideas for building social value.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Ga. Gives Day)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5713-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 02/15/2013; goal: To support the Community Foundation of Central Georgia's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
TKOH (Earmark: TKOH)330,000.00597--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5789-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For a tablet application that helps people easily record stories and oral histories, prompted by photos or videos on the screen Current tools for recording oral history, such as video cameras and professional audio equipment, can be difficult to use and hamper the social nature of a conversation. This project, called Thread, will ease the process by building a simple application that enables users of all experience levels to create rich audio/visual stories that can be archived and shared easily with groups of people, ranging from immediate family members to the extended user community, depending on the user’s preference. By making it easy to record and share stories amongst generations and communities, Thread, will make it possible to preserve the stories of target groups, including rural ranchers in New Mexico whose lives reflect a disappearing culture of endurance and gifted storytelling, before the app launches more broadly.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations)44,500.002554--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5804-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To continue to support the Council's efforts in 2013 to provide its members access to specialized services, trusted connections, and innovative tools.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: eMerge Americas Conference)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5810-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: Through a fiscal sponsorship with The Miami Foundation, to develop and stage a large-scale, annual conference called eMerge Americas that serves as a catalyst for establishing Miami as the technology hub of the Americas.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Earmark: NAACP Support)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5652-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: For general operating support.
Benevolent, NFP (Earmark: Benevolent crowd funding platform)200,000.001043----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5666-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To implement Benevolent.net's program in Charlotte, Detroit and San Jose to enable citizens to engage with each other by supporting one-time challenges that their neighbors confront through an online platform Launched in December 2011, Benevolent aims to transform the way people provide and receive support, bringing dignity and self-determination to both sides of the giving equation. The site uses a crowdfunding model to enable individuals to make micro-donations to help cover smaller, one-time needs that often fall through the gaps in the social safety net, such as eyeglasses, work uniforms, security deposits, computers and transit passes. Reflecting Benevolent’s potential impact, founder Megan Kashner was invited to present at last year's White House Forum on Philanthropy Innovation, where the keynote speaker, Jean Case of the Case Foundation, hailed it as one of the most innovative programs discussed at the forum. The Charlotte and Silicon Valley programs are supported by a $200,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, which supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. The Detroit program is supported by an $85,000 grant from the Marjorie S. Fisher Fund, founded by Mrs. Fisher to support families in need. Benevolent establishes partnerships with […].
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Earmark: Online Giving Technology)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5744-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
Community Foundation of North Florida (Earmark: Community Foundation of North Florida)25,000.003075----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5747-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support the Community Foundation of North Florida's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
Grants Managers Network (Earmark: GMN Conference Support)9,750.003667--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5779-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To provide contributing organizational support of the Grants Managers Network in 2012 and sponsorship of the annual conference to be held in Florida in 2013.
Chris Csikszentmihalyi (Earmark: RootIO)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5784-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To enable radio stations to transmit over cellular phone networks and citizens to set up their own radio stations Radio continues to be a powerful tool for community information, and the RootIO project amplifies it by mixing its power with new mobile and Internet technologies. RootIO is an open-source tool kit that allows communities to create their own micro radio stations with an inexpensive smartphone and transmitter, and to share, promote, and collaborate on dynamic content. The project will be piloted in Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Radio Network, UNICEF Uganda and UNICEF Innovation Unit.
Community Foundation of New Jersey (Earmark: Hurricane Sandy Inform and Engage Fund)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5797-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/01/2015; goal: To show why media projects should be part of disaster relief funds by creating the Hurricane Sandy Inform and Engage Fund At its core, this is the goal of the Inform and Engage Fund: to recognize the role that reliable, accessible news plays in the health and well-being of New Jersey’s communities as they recover from Hurricane Sandy. The fund also has collaboration as part of its DNA. It is born from collaboration among funders: The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Knight Foundation, the Rita Allen Foundation and our own TPF. In seeking applicants, we’ve made clear that projects focused on collaboration and partnership will get preference when it comes to funding. Applicants for funding include legacy news organizations who are challenging their old reputations as lone wolves, not team players; start-up, entrepreneurial projects that are driven by the passion and creativity of one person or a team; public media seeking to move their journalism into action; and universities seeking to feed knowledge into all of these efforts through research and continuing education.
Grassroots Grantmakers (Earmark: Grassroots Grantmakers)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5755-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For membership dues in Grassroots Grantmakers.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: Wi-Fi Hotspots)132,216.001466--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5777-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 06/30/2013; goal: To serve as bridge funding to maintain support of the three active hotspots through June 2013 at which time the City of Philadelphia will assume fiscal responsibility.
Cafedirect Producers Foundation (Earmark: Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation (CPF))260,000.00655--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5786-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For a mobile platform enabling smallholder farmers to have questions translated and answered by others around the world Smallholder farmers in developing countries have limited access to support and best practices. The Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation, which designs projects to support small-scale farmers, will use mobile to address this need by building a platform allowing farmers to ask questions and share knowledge about any farming topic, have it translated by volunteers, answered by farmers in other communities and returned to them via basic SMS messages. Knight funds will enable the project, called WeFarm, to expand on successful pilots in Kenya, Peru and Tanzania, where farmers exchanged more than 4,600 SMS messages, an average of more than 70 per user, on topics such as frost control and animal husbandry.
Digital Democracy (Earmark: Digital Democracy)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5787-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For developing a mobile toolkit and training low-technology communities to collect and share information In remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon, where mining and oil drilling are impacting the environment, health and economies of indigenous communities, residents lack the tools to collect and report these events to the outside world. Digital Democracy, a nonprofit that builds community technology capacity in marginalized communities, will create and combine existing open software to produce a tool kit communities can use to share their stories and make informed choices. The team will work with local partners in the Peruvian Amazon to deploy and test the tool kit and train residents in its use.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Online Giving Day Initiative - Miami)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6033-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the Miami Foundation's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day support)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5763-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support the Miami Foundation's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
Textizen (Earmark: Textizen)350,000.00574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5788-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For a platform that helps governments design surveys and feedback campaigns powered by mobile phones and text messaging Textizen is building software to transform the citizen feedback loop. Across the country, a growing number of civic leaders are looking for new ways to connect with constituents. Neighborhood meetings are costly to run, and attendance isn’t always representative. By placing questions in physical places and inviting residents to respond from their mobile phones, Textizen creates new ways for meaningful civic participation. Started as a Code for America pilot project in Philadelphia, Textizen identified early best practices by experimenting with several types of campaigns. One, for example, asked for feedback on public transit changes by posing a text-to-vote question at a bus stop. Building on these pilots, the team will license the software to cities seeking to create new open, engaging channels for civic participation.
WITNESS (Earmark: WITNESS)320,000.00605--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5791-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: For a mobile application to verify and authenticate media shared from mobile devices In situations of conflict or civil unrest, where ordinary people are using their mobile phones to create and share media, news organizations and others have trouble authenticating the origins of photos, videos or audio. In collaboration with The Guardian Project, the international human rights organization WITNESS seeks to solve this problem by launching the InformaCam app. The mobile app allows users to incorporate key metadata in their video (who, what, where, corroborating identifiers), watermark it as coming from a particular camera, and share it in an encrypted format with someone the user trusts. News outlets, human rights organizations and everyday people could use the app in a variety of ways - for a breaking news story using first-hand video from a citizen journalist, sharing evidence of war crimes from a conflict zone, or to verify the images of a fender bender that someone could take to small claims court. Alongside this, WITNESS is advocating for incorporation of a “citizen witness” functionality based on InformaCam into other platforms and apps.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Strategic Planning)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5498-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support strategic planning for the Akron Art Museum as it transitions to new leadership and strives to become a model for small to mid-sized art museums.
GiveMN (Earmark: GiveMN)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5765-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support the Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread their knowledge and best practices to other Knight community foundations #givingday.
Middle Georgia Regional Commission (Earmark: Ga. Citizen Access)62,200.002094--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5783-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To establish an effective two-way communication program between the community, elected officials, and Transition Task Force in order to develop a new, consolidated government that is focused on the needs of its citizens.
ProPublica (Earmark: Experimentation with Umbel)24,000.003247--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6139-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support experimentation with Umbel, an analytics tool for understanding audience, to help inform journalism coverage and business development.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Lawrence donor advised fund)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5780-- Grant period: 12/19/2012 - 12/18/2013; goal: To establish a donor advised fund in honor of Belinda Lawrence's service to Knight Foundation.
Florida Philanthropic Network (Earmark: Florida Philanthropic Network)62,800.002092--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5762-- Grant period: 12/19/2012 - 12/18/2013; goal: For 2012 and 2013 membership, general operating support and Annual Summit sponsorship.
Girls who Code (Earmark: Girls Who Code)435,000.00521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5690-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2014; goal: To help address the shortage of women in the technology field by deploying a new program in Detroit, Miami and San Jose to encourage girls (ages 13-17) to build their skills and seek opportunities in technology.
New York University (Earmark: GovLab (The Governance Lab))3,120,000.0070--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5679-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 01/30/2019; goal: To develop a multi-school, multi-disciplinary network of students, faculty and professionals working to design and implement ways of using technology for citizen engagement Housed at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, the GovLab will train graduate students across disciplines and universities to design, build and implement tech-based solutions to pressing problems communities face across the country. Through its project-based learning work, GovLab Academy aims to instill the mindset and skillset required to tackle the pressing need for institutional innovation. Leading experts will train teams of graduate students to work with communities to develop solutions. Knight funding complements a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study the impact of the academy’s projects and share the lessons learned.
The Sapling Foundation (Earmark: Put TED Ideas into Action)985,000.00312--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5691-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 11/30/2014; goal: To partner on a program that will leverage the full TED platform to empower individuals to take collective action on "ideas worth doing" and expose TED's audience to Knight's tech for engagement strategy TED is a community of some of the most talented problem-solvers in the world, and its events produce many breakthrough “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Knight is partnering with TED, a non-profit organization, to work on amplifying and measuring the impact of these ideas as they ripple through society, producing technology tools and best practices for connected action. At this week’s annual TED conference, Knight is running a workshop on online engagement that features members of the TED community from the business, political and social sectors, and sponsoring a pavilion centered on Tech for Engagement, that will be the scene of several problem-solving TED challenges.
University Park Development Corporation (Earmark: University Park Alliance)6,000,000.0013--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5593-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2017; goal: To help University Park Alliance strengthen its core engagement and partnership work and to launch efforts that provide sustainable long-term income.
Minnesota State Fair Foundation (Earmark: Public Art at the Fair)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5615-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2014; goal: To support participatory public arts experience at the 2013 and 2014 Minnesota State Fairs.
Endeavor Initiative (Earmark: Endeavor Miami)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5700-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2017; goal: To establish Endeavor Miami which will connect, educate and inspire Miami's startup community by identifying, mentoring and accelerating high-potential entrepreneurs in South Florida.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Expanding Code for America)5,020,000.0021--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5684-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2017; goal: For Code for America's work focused on rewiring government to better engage with citizens using innovative technology solutions The self-described “Peace Corps for Geeks” is building a network of cities, citizens, community groups and startups committed to helping government work better for everyone. With new Knight funding, Code for America will expand one of its four programs to 13 communities. The organization, which has helped accelerate innovation in local governments, will also redeploy the successful apps and platforms it develops to more communities.
Miami Book Fair International (Earmark: Honoring Mitch Kaplan at MBFI)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5752-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 12/09/2013; goal: To honor Mitch Kaplan's contribution to Books & Books 30th Anniversary.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Media Impact Project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5775-- Grant period: 12/10/2012 - 01/08/2014; goal: To support the creation of the Lear Center for Media Metrics With $3.25 million in initial financing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's Norman Lear Center is about to create what it is calling a “global hub” for those who would measure the actual impact of media — journalistic, cinematic, social and otherwise.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: Free to Tweet II)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5770-- Grant period: 12/07/2012 - 02/28/2014; goal: To increase awareness of the First Amendment through the Free to Tweet II campaign.
Campus Philly (Earmark: Strategic Planning)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5598-- Grant period: 12/07/2012 - 12/06/2013; goal: To conduct a strategic plan that will identify how the organization should shape its activities over the next three to five years.
Florida Grand Opera (Earmark: Florida Grand Opera)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5771-- Grant period: 12/07/2012 - 12/06/2013; goal: To commence a strategic planning process.
Cannonball Miami (Earmark: Cannonball Miami)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5774-- Grant period: 12/07/2012 - 12/06/2013; goal: To engage the board and staff in the development of a five-year strategic plan for Cannonball Miami, ensuring the financial and programmatic future of Miami's premiere artist residency Based in downtown Miami, Cannonball is a non-profit arts organization known for its advocacy and innovative programs supporting today's artists. Core initiatives include: SeminArt, providing free educational and professional development services to artists; LegalLink, an in-house legal advice and referral service for artists and arts organizations; and the Residency Program, which offers long-term live/work space for local artists and short-term residencies for visiting cultural producers.
County of Summit Auditor (Earmark: Summit County CFA Partnership)250,000.00663----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5689-- Grant period: 12/06/2012 - 12/05/2013; goal: To partner with Code for America to create an interactive website on regional hiking, bicycling and water trails. Dan Avery, Alan Williams and Katie Lewis hail from various cities in the U.S., but they now share something in common: they are hanging out in Akron, Ohio! These three Code for America fellows arrived in Akron on Feb. 2 as part of a partnership between Summit County and Code for America, a San Francisco based non-profit that helps cities and counties use technology to open up access to government. The fellows will work with the county to help build a technology solution for mapping out Summit’s vast and wonderful array of hiking, biking and water trails. But they won't do it alone. For the past month, the fellows have met with residents and leaders of Summit to find out how they use the park system, and to get ideas toward solving the problem of access to the park. Knight Foundation provided a $250,000 grant to help this project launch. On Feb. 19, the fellows had a chance to engage with Akron residents at a Knight Community breakfast and share their thoughts on how to approach this community-led project. Stay tuned, the […].
Ashoka (Earmark: Ashoka Future Forum)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5754-- Grant period: 12/06/2012 - 12/05/2013; goal: To support the Ashoka Future Forum's second gathering aimed at developing partnerships between business leaders and social entrepreneurs to solve social issues.
Wikimedia Foundation (Earmark: Wikipedia)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5772-- Grant period: 12/05/2012 - 12/04/2013; goal: To support Wikimedia Foundation's operation of Wikipedia and other knowledge sharing platforms.
Florida Philanthropic Network (Earmark: Florida Philanthropic Network)8,800.003678--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5496-- Grant period: 12/04/2012 - 12/31/2013; goal: To provide office space in Miami for Florida Philanthropic Network from 2012 to 2013.
Chapman Partnership (Earmark: Turning the Page fund)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5768-- Grant period: 12/04/2012 - 12/20/2013; goal: For the Turning the Page fund in honor of former Knight Foundation President Creed Black.
Young Involved Philadelphia (Earmark: Young Involved Philadelphia)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5555-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; goal: To prepare 170 young professionals over the next two years for non-profit board service.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Open Elections)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5669-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a comprehensive, open database of election results in the United States Elections are fundamental to democracy, yet the ability to easily analyze the results are out of reach for most journalists and civic hackers. No freely available, comprehensive source of official election results exists. Open Elections will create the first, with a standardized, linked set of certified election results for U.S. federal and statewide offices. The database will allow the people who work with election data to be able to get what they need, whether that’s a CSV file for stories and data analysis or a JSON usable for Web applications and interactive graphics. The project also will allow for linking election data to other critical data sets. The hope is that one day, journalists and researchers will be able much more easily to analyze elections in ways that account for campaign spending, demographic changes and legislative track records.
Momoko Ito Foundation (Earmark: Safecast Radiation & Air Quality)399,600.00550--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5672-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To build a network of low-cost air quality monitoring devices and data collection in Los Angeles and Detroit, and scale radiation monitoring globally Safecast, a trusted provider of radiation data in post-quake Japan, is now expanding with challenge funding to create a real-time map of air quality in U.S. cities. A team of volunteers, scientists and developers quickly formed Safecast in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, when demand for radiation monitoring devices and data far surpassed the supply. The project has collected more than 4 million records and become the leading provider of radiation data. With News Challenge funding, Safecast will measure air quality in Los Angeles and expand to other U.S. cities. Disclosure: Knight Foundation Trustee Joi Ito is an officer of the Momoko Ito Foundation, which is receiving the funds on behalf of Safecast.
University Park Development Corporation (Earmark: University Park)1,875,000.00167--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5748-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2015; goal: For a program-related investment providing direct financial support for University Square and advancing the development of Akron's Exchange neighborhood.
Media Impact Funders (Earmark: Media Impact Forum)19,850.003408--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5750-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: For Knight's 2013 membership which supports the organization's programs promoting best practices in media philanthropy, and also sponsor a Media Impact Forum event in January 2013.
University of Wynwood (Earmark: University of Wynwood and Coral Morphologic)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5760-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support streamlined operations for University of Wynwood and Coral Morphologic, two arts-related organizations sharing a facility in Overtown.
American Statistical Association (Earmark: Data Exposition 2013)2,500.003813----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5661-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To provide cash prizes to the winners of the Data Exposition 2013 hosted by the American Statistical Association.
National Conference on Citizenship (Earmark: Civic Data Challenge)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5699-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To support the National Conference on Citizenship's second annual Civic Data Challenge - turning civic health data into useful community tools The Challenge will turn the raw data of “civic health” into useful applications and visualizations that have direct impact on public decision-making.
Miami CoWorking LLC (Earmark: The LAB Miami Co-working Space)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5645-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To strengthen Miami's startup community by creating a co-working facility for entrepreneurs to work, gather, share and learn Following a successful fundraising round, The LAB Miami announced today that it will open a new 10,000 square foot collaborative work-learn campus for local and international innovators in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. As Miami’s entrepreneurial community continues its evolution, The LAB Miami’s unique work-learn campus will offer an in-house community of mentors consisting of experienced angel and venture investors that will provide guidance, support and counsel for up to 300 members. The campus is seeking a diversified mix of tenants that includes tech startups, programmers, designers, investors, serial entrepreneurs, nonprofits, artists and academics to create a dynamic environment.
Musical Arts Association (Earmark: 2012 Blossom Music Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5663-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To eliminate economic and geographic barriers to entry and encourage greater audience engagement at the 2012 Blossom Music Festival.
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society (Earmark: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5677-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the expansion and diversification of the Charlotte Symphony's audiences through continued support for its KnightSounds concert series.
Macon Film Festival (Earmark: Macon Film Festival)7,500.003691--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5739-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To enhance the ability of Macon Film Festival, Inc. to fulfill its mission of celebrating the art and craft of the moving image by presenting a four day film festival in February of 2013.
Participatory Culture Foundation (Earmark: Amara)500,000.00453--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5757-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 01/31/2014; goal: To put Amara, the collaborative tool for online video subtitling, onto a sustainable growth path through a program related investment.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Knight International Journalism Fellows)3,150,000.0069--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5637-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 02/29/2016; goal: To launch a new, revamped round of Knight International Journalism Fellows Knight's support for the program seeks to spur a global culture of news innovation. Knight Fellows will partner with newsrooms, startups and other organizations to help them quickly adopt or invent technology that engages and informs the public. They will also work in key areas such as mobile services, data mining, storytelling and social media. Knight Fellows also will share their lessons from the field in a new blog on the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) multi-language website for tools and training, www.ijnet.org.
Pop Up Archive (Earmark: Pop Up Archive)300,000.00620--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5671-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create open-source software for organizing and publishing archival content from small and independent content producers Founded by University of California grad students, the project beta tested by helping archive the collection of the independent, Peabody-winning production team the Kitchen Sisters.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Census.IRE.org)449,750.00517--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5673-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To update and expand Census.IRE.org, a tool for journalists to easily find Census and other information about communities Despite the high value of Census data, the U.S. Census Bureau’s tools for exploring the data are difficult to use. A group of news developers built Census.IRE.org for the 2010 Census to help journalists more easily access Census data. Following early positive feedback, the team will expand and simplify the tool, and add new data sets including the annual American Community Survey, which informs decisions on how more than $400 billion in government funding is distributed.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: William C. Friday Memorial Fund)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5701-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: For the William C. Friday Memorial Fund in honor of his work with the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
Lonely Goat Media (Earmark: Lonely Goat Media)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5753-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 02/28/2013; goal: To support the creation of free resources and events for women in media innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Black Male Engagement (BMe) Fund)20,800.003266--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5767-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To provide operating monies that support networking events and story gathering activities conducted by local Black Male Engagement (BMe) team leaders in Detroit and Philadelphia.
Bocoup LLC (Earmark: Open Gender Tracking Project)30,000.002949--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5490-- Grant period: 11/30/2012 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build software that will track the gender balance in published news stories Raising awareness of gender balance in the media by creating a deployable service newsrooms and other content providers can use to evaluate the gender split of both writers and voices in stories. Funding will help build the service as well as conduct two case studies with The Boston Globe and Global Voices.
North Central Texas Council of Governments Foundation (Earmark: Community crime watch neighborhood portal)47,500.002513--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5491-- Grant period: 11/30/2012 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build software to help local law enforcement agencies collaborate with neighborhood crime watch groups Creating a new community crime watch portal updated with data from local law enforcement agencies. The site will offer mapping to see where crime is happening and alerts to be sent to crime watch groups. The council will be partnering with the Dallas Morning News.
The New School (Earmark: Data Toys)49,646.002502--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5486-- Grant period: 11/30/2012 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create several prototypes for data toys: experimental, digitally-enabled devices that allow users to explore data and systems through play Building physical and digital models of complexity in the news that encourage open-ended play. Their first projects are in partnership with Public Radio International and Radiolab and are being built through a class at Parsons The New School for Design.
Middle Georgia State College Foundation (Earmark: Better broadband access)101,750.001606--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5521-- Grant period: 11/29/2012 - 11/28/2013; goal: To quantify the necessary investment in the Macon community to coordinate, utilize and maximize all existing assets to improve broadband access and adoption.
The Forum for Youth Investment (Earmark: FFYI Presidential Youth Council)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5667-- Grant period: 11/27/2012 - 10/26/2013; goal: To support the campaign for the creation of the Presidential Youth Council, ensuring that young people's unique perspectives play a role in shaping the federal policies that affect their lives Six U.S. senators recently introduced a bipartisan resolution supporting the creation of a Presidential Youth Council - a body of 16- to 24-year-olds who would advise the president and his cabinet, offer suggestions on the design and implementation of youth policies, and make recommendations on long-term issues affecting the nation. The council would provide young people involved in public systems (such as education, juvenile justice and child welfare) with a direct line of communication to officials who oversee those systems. SparkAction - the Forum's collaborative journalism and advocacy site - provides organizational support to the youth-led Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council. The resolution was authored by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N. M.). Read about the movement and the latest developments on this blog.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Online giving technology)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5714-- Grant period: 11/21/2012 - 11/20/2013; goal: To support the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Online Giving Technology)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5746-- Grant period: 11/21/2012 - 11/20/2013; goal: To support the Blue Grass Community Foundation's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
Legacy Foundation (Earmark: Online Giving Technology)25,000.003075----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5745-- Grant period: 11/21/2012 - 11/20/2013; goal: To support the Legacy Foundation's leadership role in the use of online giving technologies and to spread the knowledge and best practices they acquire to other Knight community foundations.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Kon*Fab)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4982-- Grant period: 11/09/2012 - 11/09/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The mission of Kon*Fab is to explore news and information through a more serendipitous discovery. Most newsreaders are built on predictive behavior algorithms that can lead to an uninspiring repetitious flow of the news. The mission of Kon*Fab is to explore news and information through a more serendipitous discovery. Kon*Fab will improve user experience by linking news with the real-time activities of individuals inhabiting physical locations. This alternate model for presenting the news will provide users the opportunity to stumble across new people with new interests potentially improving local engagement around news and community.
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: FOIA Machine Prototype)46,000.002516--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4980-- Grant period: 11/09/2012 - 11/09/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: FOIA Machine will aid journalists and private citizens in accessing millions of important governmental documents around the world that are covered by freedom of information laws (which exist in more than 90 countries). FOIA Machine will help people navigate FOI laws by automating submissions, creating requests in the proper format, making documents publicly available on the web, and using the web to rally support when governments are not responsive.
United States Fund for UNICEF (Earmark: UNICEF Data Severity Index)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4983-- Grant period: 11/09/2012 - 11/09/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The Data Severity Index will increase the efficiency of government action by prioritizing disaster risk reduction data and allowing for more intelligent filtering. Too much data can overwhelm and challenge the human resources at a government agency, limiting their ability to act timely on disaster risk reduction and in engagement with their local community. The Data Severity Index will increase the efficiency of government action by prioritizing disaster risk reduction data and allowing for more intelligent filtering. Building on an existing reporting system, Open Locast, the platform will be field-tested in two cities, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where youth are reporting local issues.
The World Press Institute (Earmark: GroundTruth)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4981-- Grant period: 11/09/2012 - 11/09/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: GroundTruth is a communications platform designed to help journalists, researchers and community organizers establish engagement with people who have valuable expertise via text messages and mobile phones. It will give producers the tools to build panels of sources, send out simple surveys, visualize resulting data, and followup with sources for interviews and other needs.
OpenEnded Group (Earmark: 3D Art Installation for the Web)70,000.002036--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5449-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support an artistic project by OpenEnded Group that combines 3D visualizations with personal testimonies, showcasing a unique cross-section of Detroit, to be presented as an installation and on the Web using the emerging WebGL framework.
Student African American Brotherhood (Earmark: Student African American Brotherhood)205,000.001025--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5460-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To provide operating and business development support to the Student African American Brotherhood to ensure their ability to effectively engage thousands of black males in strengthening their communities.
Springboard for the Arts (Earmark: 4th Annual Film Screening in Mpls.)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5613-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To sponsor the fourth annual world-premiere screening of new films, scheduled for Oct. 23, 2012 at Open Book in Minneapolis.
American Composers Forum (Earmark: Collaboration with Cherry Spoon Collective)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5624-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support a performance collaboration between the American Composers Forum and the Cherry Spoon Collective, a new multi-generational, multi-instrumental group of over 30 local musician-composers.
Nautilus Music Theater (Earmark: 'Dead Man Walking' Opera)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5625-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To develop a chamber version of the critically-acclaimed opera, Dead Man Walking.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: TEDxWomen)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5651-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support TEDxWomen, a two-day conference celebrating the role of women and girls as leaders in business, politics, philanthropy and the nonprofit world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Miami Foundation)16,028.003432--Technology, Communities, Arts, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5657-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: For support of the fiscal agency program.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (Earmark: Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees)4,700.003794--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5664-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support the organization's efforts to provide resources that address the challenges facing newcomers and their host communities.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Privacy and Open Government)50,000.002216--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5685-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To convene a meeting with city-level technologists and privacy experts to address the challenge of how cities deal with privacy issues for individual citizen data collected by local governments.
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (Earmark: River Days ArtScape)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5640-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To educate, challenge and engage a richly diverse community and to foster civic pride the inaugural River Days ArtScape art competition, held June 22 - 24, 2012.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation (Earmark: Journalism Training)36,000.002661--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5641-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To expand health journalism training to include digital reporters.
University Cultural Center Association (Earmark: DLECTRICITY)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5650-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support DLECTRICITY, a free nighttime contemporary art festival featuring site-specific installations of light, 3-D video mapping, sound and performance in Midtown Detroit's Woodward Corridor.
Globe Newspaper Company (Earmark: @bostonglobe and @civicMIT)250,000.00663--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5674-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To establish a partnership for newsroom innovation between The Boston Globe and the MIT Center for Civic Media, and later other universities.
Opera Carolina (Earmark: Audience Development)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5686-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To provide free and subsidized tickets for upcoming opera productions, building on a successful 2012 audience building initiative.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector)17,150.003422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5702-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: For 2013 membership and to support the organization's continued efforts to advance the common good by leading, strengthening, and mobilizing the nonprofit and philanthropic community.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)19,750.003409--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5704-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support Hispanics in Philanthropy's efforts to work with grantmakers to strengthen Latino communities through membership in the organization.
Chamber Music Society of Detroit (Earmark: inDepth)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5565-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To launch "inDepth," a series of innovative chamber music concerts in various unconventional venues in downtown Detroit.
Root Cause Institute (Earmark: Leadership and Sustainability Institute)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5596-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To launch and pilot the Leadership and Sustainability Institute which will help support and sustain at least 30 Knight grantees working in the Black Male Achievement field.
VocalEssence (Earmark: WITNESS School Program)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5614-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To increase awareness and appreciation of African American music and culture through support of the WITNESS program in St. Paul schools Called “one of the irreplaceable music ensembles of our time” by Dana Gioia, past chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, VocalEssence is renowned for its innovative exploration of music for voices and instruments under the enthusiastic direction of Artistic Director and Founder Philip Brunelle. Each season, the organization presents an eclectic series of concerts featuring the 130-voice VocalEssence Chorus, the 32-voice professional Ensemble Singers, guest soloists and instrumentalists. VocalEssence was founded in 1969 as the Plymouth Music Series, an arts outreach program of Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Ten years later, the organization was incorporated as a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit. In 1991, the first full time executive director was brought on board to expand its local and national impact. In 2002, the Series formally changed its name to VocalEssence, capturing the essence of its mission to explore music for the human voice, from the spoken word to choral singing.
The Hinterlands (Earmark: The Circuit)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5617-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support development of The Circuit, an 18-month theatrical exploration of Detroit sub- and popular culture through the framework of American Vaudeville.
Hot Summer Jazz Festival (Earmark: Concrete & Grass Lowertown Music Festival)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5633-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival, a free music event held in Mears Park that opens the downtown St. Paul performing arts season in 2012 and 2013.
Minnesota Museum of American Art (Earmark: Nina Simon MMAA Support)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5642-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To work with museum innovator, Nina Simon, author of Museum 2.0 on the future direction of the MMAA and its relationship to the St. Paul community in its new home at the Pioneer Building.
The Philanthropy Roundtable (Earmark: 2012 Annual Meeting Support)9,500.003670----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5665-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: For 2012 general operating support and sponsorship of the Annual Meeting October 11-12, 2012.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: abc* Continuity Forum in Miami)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5675-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To co-sponsor the Americas Business Council Foundation's event in Miami The three-day gathering brings leaders together to confront the most pressing social and environmental issues in the Americas. It’s becoming one of the important convenings of thought leaders in Miami – and another sign that Miami is increasingly a place where important conversations are taking place. This year’s conference lineup includes Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (who is also a Knight Foundation trustee), KIVA co-founder Jessica Jackley, The Humane Society’s, CEO and President Wayne Pacelle, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Knight Foundation, which is focused on building more informed and engaged communities, is a sponsor of the conference. For several years, Knight has worked to build Miami’s art and cultural life and, as it continues that work, is now also focused on making Miami more of a place where ideas are built. To do that, Knight funds important gatherings that connect and inspire, and invests in the tools that allow people to better take action.
The Pop Tech Institute (Earmark: PopTech Impact Fund)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5697-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support the PopTech Impact Fund, which supports unconventional, collaborative discovery and innovation The Impact Fund helps high-potential teams of collaborators in the early stages of their work by providing in-kind support, resources and small amounts of risk capital to projects where either success or failure may illuminate new paths to field-wide impact. Instead of operating in months-to-years, our goal is to respond to opportunities in days to weeks by harnessing the power and capacity of our network. The PopTech Impact Fund will become fully operational in 2013. To receive an update, or to learn how you or your organization can support the Impact Fund, please email [email protected].
Searching for Solutions Institute (Earmark: 2013 Imagine Solutions Conference)75,000.001910----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5618-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 01/31/2014; goal: To support the third annual conference to engage and enable private-sector leaders to more effectively address social issues.
Sphinx Organization (Earmark: SphinxCon)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5620-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support SphinxCon, a national convening on the issues and importance of diversity in the performing arts.
Locust Projects (Earmark: Locust Talks)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5630-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support a Locust Talks lecture series, hosting public lectures at the gallery space by innovative curators from institutions across the world, followed by individual studio visits.
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (Earmark: ARTecho)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5656-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To raise awareness of the realities of global poverty through ARTecho, an artistic social initiative during Art Basel Miami 2012.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (Earmark: NCRP Support)9,750.003667--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5676-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support NCRP's efforts to promote philanthropy that serves the public good, is responsive to people and communities with the least wealth and opportunity, and is held accountable to the highest standards of integrity and openness.
University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: The Rashomon Project Prototype)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5688-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 05/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a tool for organizing multiple videos recorded at a public event into a single timeline Offering journalists an improved tool to review user-submitted content by allowing users to easily assemble video of breaking news chronologically, so that the same event can be viewed by various angles. It is organized by the University of California Berkeley’s CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative.
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (Earmark: TECHO)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5751-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support TECHO's membership in the Clinton Global Initiative that enables attendance of its U.S. CEO at the 2012 Annual Meeting.
Michigan Philharmonic (Earmark: Michigan Philharmonic)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5605-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support collaboration between Michigan Philharmonic and the Arts League of Michigan.
Cannonball Miami (Earmark: Art Practical)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5612-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To provide Art Practical a two-month residency to research, write and produce a magazine profiling the arts in Miami.
One Laptop per Child Foundation (Earmark: One Laptop Per Child at Holmes Elementary)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5643-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 08/01/2014; goal: To continue the test of One Laptop Per Child at Holmes Elementary so that the school system has more evidence to consider adopting and expanding it.
Casa de Maryland (Earmark: NIIC 2012)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5653-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support naturalization programming at the 2012 National Immigrant Integration Conference in Baltimore.
The World Press Institute (Earmark: Whisper Mobile App)49,530.002504--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5659-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a prototype of Whisper - a mobile engagement platform.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: Twin Cities Summer Live Music/Dancing)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5660-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support a summer long weekly event offering free dance lessons, social dancing and live music by Twin Cities artists in Landmark Plaza on Thursday nights.
Forty Ninth Parallel (Earmark: News Aggregator)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5662-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build and test a location-based, mobile news aggregator to help individuals connect to news that is trending in their area, as the first phase of a project to build pop-up civic spaces based on news and information.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: GEO Strategy & Practice Support)10,925.003570----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5682-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support GEO's efforts to promote strategies and practices that contribute to grantee success.
Andreas H. Bechtler Arts Foundation (Earmark: Bechtler Digital Library)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5692-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To complete the next phase of the museum's digitization project to create a digital library of the rarely seen collection of 1,400 works in the Bechtler family collection.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Contemporary African-American Art)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5698-- Grant period: 11/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To support Miami Art Museum's acquisition of contemporary art by African-American artists.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Live from Orchestra Hall digital content)230,000.00959--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5693-- Grant period: 10/20/2012 - 10/19/2013; goal: To continue support for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's digital media activity in 2012-13, including Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, digital audio and related projects.
Public Stuff (Earmark: Public Stuff)0.003820--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4976-- Grant period: 10/10/2012 - 10/10/2013; goal: PublicStuff, a New York-based startup, has created a mobile-friendly SaaS system that lets citizens make real-time requests to their local governments for public services. Here’s PublicStuff’s value proposition: Say you notice a pothole in the street or lingering trash on a curb, and you want to report it to the authorities. The way that most cities typically manage the reporting and handling of such issues is through a telephone line or a basic email inbox, which means that the reception and handling of public requests can be slow and spotty. PublicStuff has made a web-based system aimed at providing a faster and more efficient way for such requests to be submitted, received, and closed out.
Business for the Arts of Broward (Earmark: Power2give.org in Broward)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5509-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To connect local cultural projects to donors by bringing to Broward County power2give.org, which allows cultural organizations to crowd-source funding for specific projects. To connect local cultural projects to more donors, Business for the Arts of Broward will bring power2give.org to its community. The online crowdsourcing platform is designed to connect donors directly with projects they are passionate about, whether it is, for example, a new theatrical production in need of costumes or a musician needing a new instrument. Since the Arts and Science Council in Charlotte, N.C., launched the platform approximately a year ago with Knight support, three other arts agencies across the country have used the platform to raise more than $1 million for arts projects. Business for the Arts of Broward is a nonprofit organization engaging business and business leaders to advocate and educate about the importance of the county’s art and cultural community as well as to recognize the connection between cultural vitality, creative success and economic development.
The Betsy Hotel (Earmark: A Hub for Creative Writing in South Florida (The Betsy Hotel))60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5511-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To brand South Florida as a muse for authors by expanding a new writer-in-residence program on Miami Beach to include community outreach events. To brand South Florida as a muse for authors, The Betsy Hotel will expand its new writer-in-residence program on Miami Beach. The program offers a private space for writers offering them the solitude and support necessary to complete their work. The award-winning writers will also participate in public readings and a workshop and art salon series. A biannual publication will contain commentary and works from the writers. The mission of the Writer’s Room at The Betsy Hotel is to create a very special place on South Beach for writers and other creative artists where they can find the tranquility and inspiration needed to do their best work. The room is made available to visiting artists working in a wide variety of domains and disciplines – with a focus on poets during final-stage efforts. Betsy is a historic property committed to exploring the capacity of the arts to bridge past, present and future.
Frank Falestra (Earmark: International Noise Conference)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5514-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage South Florida musicians to produce innovative compositions by giving them the opportunity to perform and network with modern composers at an experimental music event. Now in its 10th year, the International Noise Conference is an exceptional opportunity for South Florida musicians to perform and network with composers from other cities. This year, with challenge funding, the experimental music festival will expand. Local, national and international musicians will be invited to participate, and a recording studio and music archive will supply tools to encourage innovative compositions. New works will be produced and broadcast over the Internet. Frank “Rat Bastard” Falestra for over two decades has been one of the most ubiquitous presences in the local music scene. When Rat’s not fronting conflagrations such as Laundry Room Squelchers, women who play anything that generates a sound, or Scraping Teeth, Spin’s worst band in America of 1993, he’s heading up the International Noise Conference, a weeklong cacophony that has blasted Miami for 10 years. For over 25 years Rat was part of what has become known as the Miami noise scene that played at Churchill’s almost every week.
New Profit (Earmark: New Profit, Inc.)935,000.00319--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5608-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; goal: To continue Knight's sponsorship of the nation's premier annual gathering of social entrepreneurs through 2015 to support building the field of social entrepreneurship.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Arab American National Museum)750,000.00358--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5626-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; goal: To support cross-cultural understanding through a forum that focuses on the role of arts in building and engaging communities. The Arab American National Museum, the only one if its kind in the United States, uses arts and culture to break down racial and ethnic barriers in Southeast Michigan. The museum produces Detroit’s annual Concert of Colors, a free festival of world music, which once included a forum on “Community, Race and Culture” that explored the role of arts in building and engaging communities. Knight funding will restore the forum and help rebuild the Cultural Exchange Network of 50 arts organizations that originally facilitated the Concert of Colors. The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan will create the Knight Detroit Community Building Arts Fund, to support the Arab American National Museum's arts programming promoting tolerance and diverse cultures.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Film Festival Fund)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5632-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Miami Film Festival Fund, to support the Miami International Film Festival as it enters its fourth decade of programming.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5647-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: To organize Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, a three-month, community-wide project that addresses the lessons of the Holocaust and how they relate to such issues as bullying, hate crimes and racial profiling.
Mapbox LLC (Earmark: New Tools for OpenStreetMap)575,000.00426--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5649-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Launching tools that make it easier for communities to contribute to OpenStreetMap, the community-mapping project used by millions via foursquare and Wikimedia and becoming a leading source for open, street-level data. DevelopmentSeed will create the tools. OpenStreetMap, a community mapping project, is quickly becoming a leading source for open street-level data, with foursquare, Wikimedia and other major projects signing on as users. However, there is a significant learning curve to joining the growing contributor community. With Knight News Challenge funds, Development Seed will build a suite of easy-to-use tools allowing anyone to contribute data such as building locations, street names and points of interest. The team will promote the tools worldwide and help contribute to the growth of OpenStreetMap.
Americans for the Arts (Earmark: American for the Arts)4,950.003780----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5654-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: To support the work of the American for the Arts organization as a participant and premium organizational member through December 31, 2013.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Delaware Valley Grantmakers)5,500.003736--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5658-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: To support the organization's efforts to promote philanthropy that makes a positive difference in the greater Philadelphia region.
Temple University School of Media and Communication (Earmark: Urban Apps and Maps Studio)635,400.00393--Technology, Communities, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5447-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; goal: To provide opportunities for hundreds of underserved residents to join Philadelphia's growing apps development community Each year, the 10-15 community fellows chosen to continue in the program throughout the year will devise at least one app per year that is marketable. By the conclusion of project the studio will create 30-45 experienced developers and a total of 300 urban millennials who will understand how to create and use mobile applications, devices and social media for community engagement.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: The Hialeah Cultural Center)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5523-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate and preserve the arts and culture of Hialeah - Florida's fifth largest city - by supporting the opening of the Hialeah Cultural Center. To celebrate and preserve the arts and culture of Hialeah, Florida’s fifth largest city, Miami Dade College will create and launch the Hialeah Cultural Center. Miami Dade College’s Hialeah Campus, serving a city without art museums and with limited opportunities for arts performances, will conduct start-up activities for the new center, including planning, program development and promotion. A launch event will showcase the work of area artists and feature a public discussion on intellectual and artistic freedom. Additional activities include hands-on art projects and a video of oral histories from Hialeah. Miami Dade College’s Hialeah Campus, with over 17,000 students registered annually, became the college's seventh campus in 2005. Serving the Greater Hialeah-Miami Lakes and Hialeah Gardens area, it offers day and evening classes seven days a week. Courses leading to associate degrees in arts or science are offered, with business, computer technology and health sciences the most popular programs. The Hialeah Campus is undergoing the most significant expansion in its history, a transformation leading to a "greener" footprint with more open spaces and state-of-the-art […].
The Miami Symphony Orchestra - MISO (Earmark: Residency Program)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5526-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help develop South Florida's musical voice and infuse the symphonic repertoire with new energy by commissioning works through a composer-in-residence program. The Miami Symphony Orchestra will commission new works through a composer-in-residence program, as a way to further develop South Florida’s musical voice. The orchestra will train, develop and promote three emerging composers to create music reflective of the city of Miami, including Latin-American, Afro-Caribbean and traditional orchestral pieces. The program will give the orchestra an original focus and new purpose as it channels the inspired energy of talented composers. The Miami Symphony Orchestra's mission is to present the highest levelof musical artistic excellence to the diverse audience of South Florida. By combining symphonic music from Latin America and Spain with the music of American composers and the great European masters, MISO strives to enlighten and entertain the multicultural community and help to develop the audiences of the future.
Neil de la Flor (Earmark: Series Celebrates Genre- and Gender-Bending Literature)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5527-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote Miami as a center for LGBT literature by creating a Reading Queer series for writers who create hybrid, genre-bending works. To promote Miami as a center for LGBT literature, Neil de la Flor will create a Reading Queer series for writers who create hybrid, genre-bending works. The annual, weeklong series will feature headliners at local cultural centers and galleries and writing workshops. An anthology of the series also will be printed. The project will reach out to young people to give them a safe space to talk about and explore sexual themes.
Lip Service (Earmark: Lip Service: True Stories from All Miami Communities)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5533-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To give a voice to more Miami stories by coaching underrepresented members of the community to present a spoken-word performance about their experiences. To give voice to more Miami stories, Lip Service will create live storytelling performances about personal experiences focused on people who, for a variety of reasons, don’t often have opportunities to tell their stories. The performances, taking place quarterly at the Miracle Theatre and other community theaters, will be produced in collaboration with local community groups. Created by Andrea Askowitz and Esther Martinez, Lip Service gathers, shares and broadcasts true, personal stories from our community. Each quarter, eight stories are chosen from hundreds of submissions. These stories are edited, rehearsed and then read by their authors before a live audience. Through the writing and editing process, the meaning of a life event is crystallized; on stage, personal stories are transformed into art.
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays (Earmark: Monthly Cultural Festivals)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5535-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To accelerate the transformation of Little Havana's arts district by expanding the scope and programming of the popular monthly cultural festival, Viernes Culturales. To accelerate the transformation of Little Havana’s arts district, Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays will expand the scope and programming of its popular monthly cultural festival. The event will also establish new offerings for younger generations such as introducing the game of dominoes and offering Latin dance classes. By expanding its marketing and promotional campaigns, it will bring diverse communities together with artists from different Hispanic nations and provide new opportunities for emerging artists. Gallery tours will also be offered. The mission of Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays is to promote cultural, artistic and economic renaissance of historic Little Havana, to accelerate the transformation of its arts district using arts and culture to bring people of different cultures together, to promote economic revitalization and tourism, and to provide a venue for visual artists and entertainers to showcase their work while linking the artistic community to the public.
Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (Earmark: Art Exhibit and Festival)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5537-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the art of the African diaspora by producing a multidisciplinary juried arts festival to coincide with a major public art installation in Opa-locka. To celebrate the art of the African diaspora, the Opa‐locka Community Development Corporation will produce a multidisciplinary juried arts festival and exhibit to coincide with major public art installations in Opa‐locka. The event will bring noted national and regional artists from throughout the African diaspora to Opa‐locka. Highly participatory community programming will engage youth, residents and attendees in the art‐making process. Lectures and workshops will increase exposure for artists and community access to the arts. The event is part of a larger plan to make quality art of all forms accessible in Opa‐locka. The nonprofit Opa‐locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC) serves as a catalyst in rebuilding North Miami‐Dade’s most challenging low‐income neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities. Its mission is to create and stimulate economic development and affordable housing, improving the quality of life for residents in Opa‐locka and neighboring communities. OLCDC is leveraging a $22 million HUD housing rehab grant to catalyze the sustainable revitalization of Opa‐locka. Art is a strategic component of this approach. A major grant from the National Endowment for the […].
Arts for Learning Miami (Earmark: ArtWorks)225,000.00969--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5540-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide opportunities for high-school students to pursue their interests in the arts while also learning essential work skills by offering six-week paid summer art internships and apprenticeships. Arts for Learning/Miami will provide opportunities for high school students to pursue their interests in the arts while learning essential work skills by offering six-week paid summer art internships and apprenticeships. Professional artists will team with students five days a week to focus on a specific art form such as dance, printmaking, painting, graphic design or photography. The program will focus on students from the Miami neighborhoods of Overtown, Wynwood, Little Haiti and Liberty City to help them develop deep appreciation for the arts. Students will also participate in Art Basel Miami Beach, via tours or volunteering. Miami’s leading organization dedicated solely to advancing teaching and learning through the arts, Arts for Learning (A4L) works to ensure that the arts are central to the life of every child. Connecting professional visual and performing artists to school, preschool, after-school and summer programs, A4L annually reaches thousands of students, giving them the opportunity to experience and understand an art form, create a work of art, and connect their work to other areas of learning. […].
Actors' Playhouse Productions (Earmark: 'In the Heights' for Eighth- to Twelfth-Graders)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5541-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To culturally enrich Miami-Dade Schools ninth grade students by making 3,000 seats available to the Tony winning musical In the Heights, coupled with a rap-writing contest. To enrich Miami-Dade Schools eighth- through 12th-grade students, Actors’ Playhouse Productions will make 3,000 seats available to the Tony-winning musical In the Heights, and engage them through a rap-writing contest. Students will prepare with study guides on the show’s plot line and will participate in discussions with the director, actors and creative team to better understand the performance and possibilities for arts careers. Students will then write their own personal or family story that mimics the play’s musical score or is in a style appropriate to their cultural background. Finalists will perform their works at the Miracle Theater. Actors’ Playhouse is the nonprofit resident theater company and managing agent of the historic Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables. Winner of 75 regional Carbonell Awards for artistic excellence, Actors’ Playhouse is a Florida Presenting Cultural Organization and one of 22 major cultural institutions in Miami-Dade County. In addition to its Mainstage season, Actors’ Playhouse offers Musical Theatre for Young Audiences, a National Children’s Theatre Festival, a theater conservatory and summer camp program, as well as outreach […].
Dance Esaias Corporation (Earmark: TruSchool Hip-Hop/Sixth Street Dance Studio)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5542-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To broaden and support the TruSchool Hiphop program for kids by incorporating new forms of dance, writing and cultural events. The 6th Street Dance Studio’s TruSchool is a free hip-hop program for young people serving Little Havana and Overtown and based on the original elements of hip-hop. With challenge funding, the studio will incorporate house dance, lindy hop, writing and cultural events into its programming, as well as deejaying, emceeing, spoken word and graffiti. The project also will also collaborate with local, national and international performance companies to mentor the program’s participants. Miami’s nonprofit, professional 6th Street Dance Studio/WholeProject is located in the heart of Little Havana. Directed by professional dancer-choreographer Brigid Baker, the studio is known for its open-air, open-door hospitality and has been home to some of the best professionals in contemporary, urban and commercial dance. Baker ensures that the studio upholds life principles of deep ecology, diversity and greenness. The studio is “dedicated to conquering barriers of racism, sexism, classism and all other forms of small mindedness.”.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Knight Center at the University of Texas-Austin)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5600-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; goal: To provide bridge support for the Knight Center at the University of Texas-Austin, for its digital journalism training work in the Americas, as an in-depth assessment and a sustainability study are conducted to help plan the future of the Center.
Open Knowledge Commons (Earmark: Digital Public Library of America)1,000,000.00273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5606-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; goal: To include Knight-community libraries in the creation of a national digital library network DPLA is a groundbreaking project that will make our country’s local archives digital, searchable and freely accessible. This project is working towards the day that users will be able to search any topic – be it the Civil War or the New Deal – and immediately pull up information from pictures, videos, oral histories, manuscripts and more from collections across the country. We’re starting with seven pilot sites – with libraries and digital collaborative in Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah participating as “service” hubs.
Borscht Corporation (Earmark: Borscht Film Festival)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5610-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: To continue efforts to shape Miami's cinematic identity by commissioning and creating Miami films and organizing the Borscht Film Festival.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Earmark: Livingston Awards for Young Journalists)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5636-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; goal: To extend the prestigious Livingston Awards for Young Journalists for two years while a permanent endowment is sought.
The Deering Estate Foundation (Earmark: Theater Lab)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5517-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring a meaningful cultural dialogue between artists and audiences by supporting a performing art series and a residency opportunity that includes lectures and master classes at the estate. To foster a cultural dialogue between artists and audiences, the Deering Estate Foundation will support a performing art series and a residency opportunity that includes lectures and master classes at the estate. Building on its already successful visual, literary and performance art program, the expanded residencies will include a playwright development program, retreats and a resident theater company. Interdisciplinary workshops, lectures and master classes will be offered in exchange for residency opportunities. The mission of the Deering Estate Foundation is to raise public awareness, outreach, understanding and the appreciation of the Deering Estate at Cutler and to raise funds to support education, research, exhibits and collections, natural conservation and historical restoration and preservation.
Miami Light Project (Earmark: Artists in Residence Program for Emerging Artists)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5532-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support emerging artists by creating an artist-in-residence program as part of the annual Here & Now Festival, which commissions and presents local works. Artists will be offered year-round, dedicated rehearsal space at The Light Box and professional development support including workshops on financial, legal and marketing topics. Presenters, managers and agents from across the country will be invited to Miami to attend the performances and speak one-on-one with each of the commissioned artists. Founded in 1989, the nonprofit Miami Light Project presents live performances by innovative dance, music and theater artists from around the world, supports the development of new work by South Florida-based artists, and offers educational programs for students of every age. Since inception, it has reached a diverse cross-section of communities throughout Miami-Dade County with an extensive outreach effort that includes partnerships with other arts organizations, universities and social service agencies. Miami Light Project is a cultural forum to explore some of the issues that define contemporary society.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Miami Ballet Fund)5,000,000.0022--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5607-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Knight Miami Ballet Fund, to strengthen the institution, help the company expand its repertoire and commission new works under a new artistic director.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Knight Detroit Museum Fund)2,250,000.00126--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5628-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To experiment with new programs that will take the institute’s world-class art collection out of the museum and into the community As museums seek meaningful ways to engage with the public, the Detroit Institute of Arts found a winning model with its Inside|Out program, which brings high-quality reproductions of masterpieces from the museum’s collection to the streets and parks of metro Detroit. The program, which recently completed its third year and is sponsored by Knight Foundation, has fostered concerts, poetry readings, talks, tours and art installations, as well as a sense of pride in the community and ownership of the museum. Now the institute wants to build on that success by experimenting with a range of programs to inspire creativity, knowledge of art and the museum’s collection, and a dialogue about local arts and culture. The Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan will create the Knight Detroit Museum Fund, in support of increased community engagement using new models at the Detroit Institute of Arts, to take the art out of the museum and into the community.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Earmark: Visiting Artists for Detroit School of Arts)2,250,000.00126--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5629-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support artistic instruction by professional artists from key organizations such as Sphinx, the Mosaic Theater, the Michigan Opera and others at the Detroit School of Arts A coalition – including the University of Michigan, the Detroit Arts Corridor Organization, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan Opera Theatre, Sphinx, Mosaic Youth Theatre, among others and the school district – is working to position the Detroit School of Arts as one of the nation’s preeminent arts high schools. Knight funding will help forward that mission, by bringing professional artists from these key organizations into the classrooms, after school and during the summer, as mentors and role models. The project will strengthen the pipeline of talented local artists building the vibrant local arts community.
WIRED / Advance Magazine Publishers (Earmark: Wordpress feedback and suggestion module)25,000.003075--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5634-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a Wordpress module that allows news organizations to accept feedback, corrections, and translation in-line with text, and incorporate them into content on the fly.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Earmark: Knight Detroit Children's Book Fair)750,000.00358--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5648-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the arts to foster an interest in reading by weaving interactive cultural experiences throughout the museum’s Children’s Book Fair The museum’s Children’s Book Fair engages kids from throughout the city with featured writers, book giveaways, and a range of performing artists. Families also participate in hands-on arts projects that focus on the relationships between art, language and reading. Knight funding will help the fair build on that success by developing interpretative arts experiences that seek to foster creativity and compel an interest in reading.
Florida State University Foundation (Earmark: Florida State University's Garnet and Gold Scholar Society)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5234-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: For the Community Engagement Experience portion of Florida State University's Garnet and Gold Scholar Society.
Thought Loom (Earmark: The Synapse Performance)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5482-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To position South Florida as a hub for dance by pairing South Florida-based choreographers with national and international dance artists for seasonal performances. To position South Florida as a hub for dance, Thought Loom will pair South Florida-based choreographers with national and international dance artists for seasonal performances. Three South Florida-based choreographers will be selected to create original works using dance artists hired from cities outside of Florida. Each will work with his/her cast for several weeks, culminating with a run of live performances. Thought Loom is a virtual/physical platform whose mission is to cultivate the generation, execution, and communications of ideas that nurture and push the field of dance. It hopes to create a generative pipeline between and among dance artists from around the globe, as well as thinkers from other disciplines. Thought Loom is the brainchild of choreographer Letty Bassart and is being built with bicontinental dance artists, Lydia Bittner Baird and Ilana Reynolds; as well as generous contributors, designers and co-dreamers.
Urgent (Earmark: Murals for Dorsey Park)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5513-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage and inspire young artists by having them create murals in Overtown's historic Dorsey Park commemorate it as the home of South Florida's Negro League baseball team. To engage and inspire young artists, Urgent Inc. will help young people create murals in Overtown’s historic Dorsey Park to commemorate it as the home of South Florida’s Negro League baseball team. Artist Kadir Nelson will help mentor young people as they work on the murals and learn about a time and place that connects them to their cultural past. The 30 murals created will be officially dedicated to the players of the Negro and Cuban leagues. URGENT Inc. is a community-based organization whose mission is to empower young minds to transform communities. It does this by promoting shared leadership through empowerment, education and engagement to create collective well-being. Urgent Inc. chooses to work with individuals and communities that are most in need of transformation because its vision is that all people will have the social, educational and economic resources to thrive. It believes elders are the anchors of communities, parents are the coaches, but young people are the drivers of change.
Pablo Malco Foundation (Earmark: The Hip-Hop Symphony)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5518-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate South Florida's broad cultural traditions in a Hip Hop Symphony that combines dance and music in a show for all ages. To celebrate South Florida’s cultural traditions, the Hip-Hop Symphony combines hip-hop dance and music with classical music and instrumentation. The show features 13 versatile hip-hop and contemporary dancers, a 20-piece orchestra, a five-piece rock band and seven-voice choir. Several tickets will also be donated to youth organizations as a way to engage young people in theater productions and classical music. The Pablo Malco Foundation strives to provide performing arts excellence. from beginning-level classes with master instructors to professional performance opportunities for novice and professionals. The foundation is committed to helping youths grow with positive morals, dignity, confidence, self-esteem and self-discipline; to providing quality classes in which aspiring performers may continue their education; to providing paid work opportunities for performing artists in our community who live from their art or craft; and to producing fun-filled world-class musical productions for the entire family to enjoy.
The Miami Children's Initiative (Earmark: Liberty City Renaissance)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5519-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share local history through the arts by creating the Liberty City Renaissance, a year-round series featuring local African-American artists and culture. The Miami Children’s Initiative will launch a cultural movement that shares local history using the arts, inspires and showcases local African-American artists, and encourages the creativity of the next generation of performing and visual artists. The project includes a jazz series led by the musician Nicole Henry and the Orchestral Academy for Liberty City’s kids from 4- to 18-years-old in partnership with the Miami Music Project. The initiative will establish Liberty City Renaissance Arts Council responsible for commissioning work from local artists and maintaining a robust and lively online presence. The Miami Children’s Initiative is creating a community‐based network that develops, coordinates and provides quality education, accessible health care, youth development programs, opportunities for employment – all ingredients for safe neighborhoods for children and families.
Brazz Dance Theater Incorporated (Earmark: Miami Dance Mecca)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5524-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build Miami's reputation as an emerging center for contemporary dance by creating new works, helping dancers develop professionally and launching a Brazilian dance festival. To build Miami’s reputation as an emerging center for contemporary dance, the Augusto Soledade Brazzdance company will create new works and help dancers develop professionally. Company classes, master class series, new work and repertory performances will be available to professional and advanced dancers as will internship opportunities. The project seeks to increase the ranks of local professional dancers who remain in Miami to pursue a dance career and simultaneously attract out-of-town dancers into the community.
Coral Gables Cinemateque (Earmark: Coral Gables Art Cinema)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5525-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring high quality, unique and culturally diverse films to the community by increasing programming and educational outreach at the theater. The Coral Gables Art Cinema, one of South Florida’s leading, first-run alternative movie theaters, will expand to include a number of new components. With challenge funding, the nonprofit arts center will produce a three-day annual event as part of existing family programming, in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival; and launch initiatives to support feature film production and distribution, including visiting director, screenwriter and producer residencies, in conjunction with existing exhibition programs. Coral Gables Cinemateque Inc. is a nonprofit that presents and supports the media arts in South Florida, primarily by developing and running the two-year old Coral Gables Art Cinema as a venue for alternative film serving the whole community. This state-of-the-art, 141-seat theater is runs seven days a week, presenting premieres of quality American independent and international features that speak to the linguistic and cultural diversity of the region. Most films are not generally available at other venues in South Florida. Also programmed are classic films, family events, educational activities and film festival weeks.
Open Lab (Earmark: An Open, Friendly Space for Filmmakers)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5538-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster the local film scene and build community among filmmakers by creating a monthly gathering where producers screen their films in a variety of locations. To help build the local film community, Open Lab will create monthly gatherings where filmmakers screen their work. Monthly events will include work-in-progress screenings with feedback sessions and case studies from industry experts. These open get togethers will be held at a different space each month, engaging audiences from various parts of the community and introducing them to cultural organizations and arts venues around Miami. The project will culminate with visits from three leading industry experts, connecting the Open Lab community with the national resources and knowledge on how to market and distribute completed films. Open Lab’s mission is to propel Miami's existing film and video art scene nationally and internationally with monthly gatherings at various locations where filmmakers screen their work, exchange ideas and engage South Florida’s diverse voices to produce new work.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Earmark: Expanded Cultural Programming)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5539-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring together nature and art by strengthening Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's music program under conductor Teddy Abrams. To bring together nature and art, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will strengthen its GardenMusic program under conductor Teddy Abrams. Musical performances and concerts will be available throughout the year. Additional fine art exhibitions and an annual weeklong festival will celebrate various forms of music that integrate the visual, dramatic and performance arts. Fairchild's mission is to save tropical plant diversity by exploring, explaining and conserving the world of tropical plants; fundamental to this task is inspiring a greater understanding and love of plants and gardening so that all can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the tropical world.
Centro Cultural Espanol de Cooperacion Iberoamericana Miami (CCEM) (Earmark: Mini Theater in a Shipping Container)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5543-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Spanish theater into the community by offering a series of exciting yet short plays to small audiences in a unique venue - a 150-square foot shipping container. Lasting 15 minutes each, the plays will be presented three times a year in both English and Spanish. Actors from around the world will be invited to participate as a way to support local creativity and cultural exchange. CCEMiami’s mission is to contribute, through culture and science, to social and human development in South Florida. It seeks to disseminate information on the breadth and diversity of Spanish culture in Miami, to cooperate with local actors and cultural institutions, and to promote the exchange of cultural ideas, projects and proposals from different countries.
FUNDarte (Earmark: Miami on Stage Knight New Works)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5544-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen the local performing arts by providing seed funding for new works for local companies and artists. FUNDarte will use Knight Foundation funding to strengthen the performing arts scene by commissioning three original contemporary performance works by Miami-based artist companies. As an outgrowth of FUNDarte’s three-year-old Miami on Stage series, which presents completed full-length works by local artists, the Knight New Works component will select three projects to fully produce, present and tour to two additional locations in greater Miami. FUNDarte will also offer managerial and logistical support to the artist-driven works. FUNDarte is a multidisciplinary nonprofit dedicated to producing, presenting and promoting music, theater, dance, film and visual arts that speak to Miami’s diverse cultures, with a special emphasis on artists from Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain. FUNDarte works to nurture emerging artists and those with little or no exposure to South Florida audiences, to facilitate intercultural and international exchanges, and to provide local audiences and artists with educational opportunities that expand their creative, critical and social perspectives.
The Project [theatre] (Earmark: Strengthening Alternative Theater)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5548-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen Miami's alternative theater scene by providing funding to develop a new theater company dedicated to innovating and redefining the theatrical experience. The Project [theatre] will use challenge funding to expand efforts to redefine the local theatrical experience. To attract both new and existing theatergoers, the Project will create large-scale immersive theater events in which the audience literally follows and experiences a story throughout its environment. The organization will also expand its Beer & Cigarettes project that blurs the line between spectator and spectacle. During these immersive, site-specific performances, the audience acts as voyeurs and stories unfold throughout a bar over the course of a night. These nontraditional theatrical experiences intend to help establish Miami as a place for theatrical innovation." The Project [theatre] works to redefine the theatrical experience in Greater Miami.
Connect to Compete (Earmark: Connect2Compete)3,000,000.0076--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5568-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2016; goal: For Connect2Compete, a national public-private coalition to make Internet services, equipment and training affordable and compelling for low-income families, with a focus on Knight communities.
Zeitgeist (Earmark: Zeitgeist)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5616-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 01/15/2014; goal: For the purchase of a Steinway B grand piano for their presenting space and to be matched 1:1 upon evidence of matching funds from individual and institutional sources.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Sphinx Organization)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5619-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the development of young musicians of color through Detroit’s annual Sphinx Competition The annual Sphinx Competition seeks to increase diversity on concert stages by providing new opportunities to young Black and Latino string players. The annual competition identifies, recognizes, rewards and nurtures young and talented musicians of color by providing 18 musicians the opportunity to compete and perform live on stage before audiences and judges for prizes and performance opportunities. Since 1998, the competition has aided and developed more than 200 young classical musicians of color, clearly demonstrating the incredible diversity of talent and artistic excellence that exists within Black and Latino communities. Knight Foundation’s funding will support all aspects and activities of the Sphinx Competition, including the Competition's Honor and Final concert performances that reach over 3,000 in live audiences and 2 million in broadcast audiences annually. The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan will create the Knight Detroit Young Musicians of Color Fund, in support of the artistic and professional development of young musicians of color through Detroit's annual Sphinx Competition.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: FOCAS 2012)215,000.001006--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5621-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: To support the 2012 Forum on Communication and Society (FOCAS) event in Aspen, Colorado, focused on next steps for the open government field.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Miami Classical Music Fund)2,000,000.00144--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5622-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Knight Miami Classical Music donor advised fund, in support of the expansion of the Cleveland Orchestra's presence in Miami, as its winter home.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra)2,250,000.00126--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5623-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the audience for classical music by offering the symphony experience globally through expanded webcast and mobile content As symphony orchestras contemplate how to better engage audiences in the digital age, Detroit’s is embracing new opportunities to expand both access and interaction. Last year, the symphony reached 120,000 music lovers from 75 countries through webcasts of its performances, sponsored by Knight Foundation. New funding will enhance the organization’s digital outreach, by expanding the webcast through new, worldwide distributors in addition to creating preconcert and intermission content, enhancing its DSO to GO app with mobile ticketing, experimenting with HD viewing parties and simulcasting concerts outdoors. The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan will create the Knight Foundation Digital Innovation Fund, in support of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's expanded capacity for digital experimentation in the area of audience engagement.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Michigan Opera Theatre)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5627-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the opera into the community through performances in community spaces and commissioning a new opera based on the city’s rich cultural history The Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan will create the Knight Detroit Opera Fund to support the Michigan Opera Theatre, build awareness of opera within Detroit's urban core with partnerships leading to new performances and expanding audiences.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (Earmark: The Wait We Carry)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5635-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 01/31/2014; goal: To develop a platform and database that tracks veterans' wait times for VA health and mental care, education benefits, and other services.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: University Park Alliance)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5489-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2013; goal: To provide bridge funding to University Park Alliance for interim operations support while working toward a larger grant supporting revitalization efforts through urban re-investment and community engagement.
Ranjana Warier (Earmark: Demystifying Indian Classical Dance)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5510-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote cross-cultural understanding by showcasing Indian Classical dances through adaptations of western fairy tales. To promote cross-cultural understanding, Ranjana Warier will showcase traditional Indian dance through the stories of Western fairy tales. Leading professional Indian classical dancers will collaborate on the performance, while a lecture series will seek to demystify the complexity of traditional Indian storylines. The resulting stage shows will maintain the integrity of the ancient art form while breaking it down to make it more enjoyable for all ages. Ranjana Warier was introduced to Indian classical dance at the age of 6. She has been an active performer/choreographer at events and festivals in United States and abroad. Recognized for her efforts to educate children on culture and history of India through dance, she thrives on preserving and promoting India’s artistic traditions. She has won grants from local government organizations and is the artistic director of Rhythms School of Dance in South Florida. Warier, a cyber security engineer for Miami-Dade County, has an engineering degree and a master’s degree in computer science.
Miami International Airport (Earmark: Introducing Travelers and Residents to Global and Local Rhythms)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5528-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage and connect audiences to global and local rhythms by presenting performances of world music to travelers at Miami International Airport. To engage and connect audiences to global and local rhythms, Miami International Airport will present performances of world music to its travelers. Building on the success of the airport’s Random Acts of Culture performances, the project will coordinate elements of live performances and formulate a list of key ensembles and areas for performance. Additional exhibits will offer a range of visual experiences including a contemporary fine arts show and children’s arts and crafts from around the world. Presentations will highlight global issues. The primary mission of the Miami International Airport’s Division of Fine Arts and Cultural Affairs is to humanize and enrich the airport environment. The division does this by: providing a cultural and educational experience for passengers and the public; creating an exhibition program unique to Miami that reflects the history, cultural life and resources of Miami-Dade County; addressing the interests of the traveling public with exhibitions that will communicate culture, environment and art resources of an international scope with special emphasis on the areas served by Miami International Airport.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (Earmark: Hot Topics Artist Series)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5529-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share the work of dynamic, national visual artists by hosting "Hot Topic," an ongoing lecture series. To foster conversation around the visual arts, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood will host an ongoing lecture series featuring nationally and internationally recognized artists. Audiences will not only hear the artist’s stories, but learn about the trends influencing the direction of contemporary visual art. The project builds upon the center’s previous Knight Arts Challenge grant that establishes a series of Hot Topics discussions. The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is an independent nonprofit that operates visual arts galleries in the 1924 Kagey House, an Art School adjacent to the main facility, and a 500-seat theater in downtown Hollywood. The center, incorporated in 1978, is one of eight organizations designated a Major Cultural Institution by the Broward Cultural Division. Each year, ACCH presents more than a dozen contemporary gallery exhibitions; more than 70 arts-education programs for children and adults; and the free or low-cost Family Performance Series.
Miami Theater Center (Earmark: Miami Theater Center: Sandbox Series)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5530-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help nurture small performing arts groups by providing them with a small, well-equipped black box theater at discounted rates. To help nurture individual artists and small performing arts groups, Miami Theater Center (MTC) will provide a small, well-equipped black box theater at discounted rates. The theater will make available its 70-seat space to promising performing artists and provide public relations, marketing and production support. Talented artists will be chosen to produce and perform their work in the theater and be provided a commissioning fee and rehearsal and performance space for six shows. MTC, under the leadership of artistic director Stephanie Ansin, produces classical and contemporary works that entertain and educate audiences of all ages and abilities.
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Earmark: Bring It Home Miami)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5531-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate native talent by presenting a Bring it Home Miami series at the South Dade Cultural Center featuring artists from South Florida who have developed national and international reputations. To celebrate native talent, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs will present a Bring It Home Miami series at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Center. Featuring artists from South Florida who have developed national and international reputations, it will honor and welcome talented alumni back “home.” The series seeks to kindle community pride among South Floridians around the accomplishments of its homegrown talent. The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and its volunteer advisory board, the Cultural Affairs Council, develop cultural excellence, diversity and participation throughout Miami-Dade County by strategically creating and promoting opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and all of our residents and visitors who are their audiences.
Creative City Collaborative of Delray Beach (Earmark: Arts Garage Jazz Project)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5534-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To facilitate an exchange of art and ideas by presenting contemporary musical performances, films and visual art exhibitions at a Palm Beach collaborative. The Creative City Collaborative will facilitate an exchange of art and ideas by presenting contemporary musical performances, feature films, visual art exhibitions and new theater productions at a Palm Beach collaborative. The project will continue its signature repertoire series and add special new programming, including performance that will highlight regional emerging artists. Arts Garage will also partner with regional cultural arts organizations to produce new plays and expand its educational programs. The Arts Garage mission is to build and promote the cultural community that celebrates Delray Beach, and to be the instrument for Delray Beach as the international cultural destination for artists and patrons.
Sweat Records (Earmark: Free Concerts Make Miami a Musical Destination)140,000.001438--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5536-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help make Miami a musical destination by providing a stipend for touring acts to provide free or affordable concerts for an all-ages crowd. To help make Miami a musical destination, Sweat Records will provide a stipend for touring acts to provide free or affordable concerts for an all-ages crowd. The project will increase the number of quality events it brings to the community and will host and pay more touring acts to visit. Sweat Records will also revamp its stage area with new sound equipment, a simple lighting rig and seating for more patrons. Concerts will be documented via audio, video and photography. Highlights will be posted online and performers will get high quality footage for promotional use. Sweat Records was founded in 2005 to fulfill the dual missions of providing Miami with a world-class record store and to be a unifying entity for South Florida's independent music scene.
Rhythm Foundation (Earmark: Big Night in Little Haiti Gets Bigger)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5545-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce new audiences to Haitian music by expanding the successful, one-year-old Big Night in Little Haiti concert and art series. To continue the growth of Little Haiti as a cultural and entertainment destination, and to introduce new audiences to Haitian music, The Rhythm Foundation will expand its successful Big Night in Little Haiti monthly concert series. A previous Knight Arts Challenge winner, the project offers free concerts, art exhibits, food and kids activities on the third Friday of each month at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. The growth involves the collaboration of civic, institutional and media partners who can provide additional outreach activities, documentation and broadcast reach, in addition to special events within the series. Rhythm Foundation is a nonprofit organization celebrating its 24th season of presenting outstanding international artists in South Florida. It is considered the foremost presenter of world music in South Florida – presenting more than 500 concerts, events and festivals by established and innovative artists from around the world.
LAB Miami (Earmark: A Three-Day Art Hackathon)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5547-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bolster innovation in the arts by bringing together creative professionals and techies for a three-day art hackathon, where they will develop apps and websites that answer one question: how do we enhance the delivery of local art to users? The LAB Miami will bolster innovation in the arts by bringing together creative professionals and techies for a three-day art hackathon. During the event, coders and designers will develop apps and websites that answer one question: how do we enhance the delivery of local art to users? The project seeks to bridge Miami’s tech and creative communities. A product demo will be open to the public on the final day of the event. Other programming for the hackathon includes keynote speeches by tech and creative leaders and a mentor system to coach teams. The LAB Miami Innovation Campus is a center for technology, design and social enterprise. Composed of working space, education platform, gallery, pop-up shop and cafe, The LAB Miami is a place to learn, act and build. Through this shared space concept, entrepreneurs are easily able to collaborate, cocreate and connect, thus improving their practice and developing effective networks. The LAB Miami is also committed to providing a […].
Mercer University (Earmark: College Hill Innovation Corridor)2,261,000.00125--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5562-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2015; goal: To establish an "Innovation Corridor" that will attract and retain entrepreneurial businesses and individuals who will help revitalize downtown Knight Foundation announced a $2,261,000 grant to Mercer University to continue the work of the College Hill Alliance. This follows Knight’s 2009 investment of $2 million that has been leveraged with $24 million of additional private and public funding to redevelop this Intown Macon neighborhood. The results of the first three years of the College Hill Alliance’s work are impressive. In partnership with the Knight Neighborhood Challenge, managed by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, we’ve discovered what we intuitively always knew - that the answers to Macon’s challenges, and the key to our shared future, come from within our own community. College Hill is more than a location - it’s a movement. And in addition to creating a sense of place, the thing that makes College Hill different from most neighborhood revitalization efforts is that it is nurturing new leaders at every level. Developing what I call “everyday leaders”: young, not so young, new people to town, folks who have always been here but not had the opportunity to make a difference. Now they are. College Hill is creating a […].
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Borscht Film Festival)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5631-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Miami Independent Cinema Fund, to help the Borscht Film Festival make Miami a center for independent filmmaking.
Amplify Labs (Earmark: LocalData)300,000.00620--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5670-- Grant period: 10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing a set of tools that communities can use to collect data on paper or via a smartphone app, then export or visualize the data via an easy-to-use dashboard. The city of Detroit has used the tools, created by Code for America fellows, to track urban blight. LocalData is a combination of several things. It provides for the collection, organization, and visualization of information in one continuous system. It’s designed to be used beginning at the street level: City workers or community members can either use an app to register information directly or scan paper documentation into the system. From there the information can be exported into different formats for display or analysis.
Captricity (Earmark: Captricity)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4975-- Grant period: 09/14/2012 - 09/14/2013; goal: Captricity is an award-winning cloud-based service that turns paper information into digital data more easily, quickly, and cheaply than existing alternatives. The company was founded in 2011 by Kuang Chen and Jeff J. Lin. For more information, please visit http://captricity.com/press-center..
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Miami Art Student Travel Fund)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5639-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Knight Miami Art Student Travel Fund, in support of experiential learning opportunities, critical to the personal growth and artistic development of Miami's young talents, at Design and Architecture High School (DASH) and New World School for the Arts (NWSA).
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Ideas Fund at the Wolfsonian-FIU)5,000,000.0022--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5646-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Knight Ideas Fund, to support innovative programming at the Wolfsonian focused on increasing digital and physical access to the collection including the creation of an "Ideas" event.
Mexican Heritage Corporation (Earmark: Mexican Heritage Corporation)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5594-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the development of new works and professional development for the Mexican folkloric dance group, Los Lupeños.
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (Earmark: MassINC)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5604-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support a regional media network that will increase the public affairs and investigative reporting capacity of nine community newspapers.
Independent Sector (Earmark: Independent Sector Annual Conference)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5644-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the John W. Gardner Award Dinner, which this year honors Jeff Skoll, during the 2012 Independent Sector Annual Conference.
San Jose Taiko Group (Earmark: San Jose Taiko Group)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5583-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the exploration and unique presentation of artistic partnerships between San Jose Taiko and various technologists.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Miami City Ballet)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5599-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support four programs aimed at ensuring a sustainable financial future for Miami City Ballet.
Sourcemap (Earmark: Sourcemap)20,000.003269--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5602-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 11/30/2012; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a farm-to-table traceability system for school food, built on the Sourcemap platform.
FUNDarte (Earmark: FUNDarte)50,000.002216----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5597-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To support the presentation of three Latino-focused plays, produced by FUNDarte in collaboration with local and international artists.
The Washington Post Company (Earmark: Truthteller)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5603-- Grant period: 09/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype an application that fact checks speeches and other live content in real time and delivers relevant information to viewers.
The 567 Center for Renewal (Earmark: The 567 Center)7,500.003691--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5588-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the development of an arts education program at The 567 Center in downtown Macon.
New World Symphony (Earmark: Choice & Chance: John Cage Centennial)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5590-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the production of Choice & Chance, A John Cage Centennial Festival.
Afro-American Cultural Center (Earmark: Harvey B. Gantt Center Exhibits)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5592-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support Gantt Center exhibits and programming in 2013 including the exhibition of Church Hats; works by Jonathan Green; and Question Bridge: Black Males.
Jefferson Institute (Earmark: Macon Content Digitization Project)247,000.00893--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5316-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To pilot in Macon a new way for libraries to engage patrons by digitizing its unique local materials and creating new digital content from it.
Cinequest (Earmark: 23rd Annual Cinequest Film Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5585-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To engage audiences through the founding of the Cinequest Audience Favorite Feature and Audience Favorite Documentary awards, to be premiered during the 23rd Annual Cinequest Film Festival from Feb. 26-March 10, 2013.
Cityscape Detroit (Earmark: Detroit Soup)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5313-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support Detroit Soup's expansion so that more young social entrepreneurs can engage, partner, and succeed with the broader community The Detroit SOUP project has steadily been helping great ideas in and for the city find a footing -- and funding. It's grown over the years, but the idea remains simple: people gather once a month, and for $5, receive a meal and a chance to vote on which pitched idea should receive the funding collected from the entrance fee. It's a simple idea, but a great one, and NBC Nightly News took notice, airing a Making a Difference segment about Detroit SOUP and facilitator Amy Kaherl on Wednesday night.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: National arts policy collaboration)240,000.00925--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5515-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2015; goal: To launch a community-driven grassroots movement to establish a national arts policy and strengthen the sustainability and support for the nations' arts and cultural assets through research, policy change and public-private collaboration.
Hayiya Dance Theatre (Earmark: Hayiya Dance Theatre)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5587-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the business development of Hayiya, Inc. through the development of a three-year plan.
Poetic Peace Arts (Earmark: Poetic Peace Open Mic Tuesday Night)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5589-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the work of local spoken word artists participating in Poetic Peace Open Mic Tuesday Night.
The Tech Museum of Innovation (Earmark: The Tech Museum of Innovation)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5591-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the Open Source Project, an art and technology program, focused on creating a scientific experience for artistic audiences.
National Conference on Citizenship (Earmark: Civic Data Challenge)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5609-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To provide cash prizes to the winners of the National Conference on Citizenship's Civic Data Challenge, which is co-sponsored by Knight.
City of Akron (Earmark: Lock 3 Summer Arts)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5520-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support downtown arts summer programming, including Lock 3 (concerts and festivals) and Lock 3 Summer Arts (professional and apprentice student public art), for this, the 10th-anniversary season of Downtown Akron's premier event and entertainment venue.
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose (Earmark: Mexican Heritage Plaza performances)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5586-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To expand and diversify Abhinaya's audiences in Silicon Valley through the production of two performances as well as a full-length concert at San Jose's Mexican Heritage Plaza featuring new choreography.
San Jose Repertory Theatre (Earmark: "Disconnect")10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5595-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To support the production of Disconnect, a play by Anupama Chandrasekhar, set in a contemporary Indian call center, highlighting the connections and disconnections between economies and people on opposite sides of the world.
Glassy Media, LLC (Earmark: SuperPACapp)240,421.00923--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5601-- Grant period: 08/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: To create an application that provides instant information on political advertisements run by third-party groups, including finance and organizational data While watching a political TV ad, a user can hold up her phone to identify the commercial and receive objective, third-party information. The Super PAC App allows the user to rate the ad, while understanding who and how much money is behind the ad, what claims the ad is making, and whether those claims are based on facts.
Atavist (Earmark: Atavist)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4977-- Grant period: 07/03/2012 - 07/03/2013; goal: Atavist software enables you to quickly and easily tell your story through digital apps, ebooks, and magazines. It seamlessly integrates multimedia across mobile devices and the Web. Atavist lets you publish anything, everywhere.
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: National Urban Fellows)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5314-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support a National Urban Fellow at the Knight Foundation and Miami Foundation and to support the Public Service Leadership Diversity Initiative.
CEOs For Cities (Earmark: Change By Us)590,000.00422--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5343-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2014; goal: To upgrade the Knight-sponsored Change By Us and launch it in three Knight communities to more effectively engage citizens in community-wide programs.
University of Southern California (Earmark: KDMC Mobile project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5443-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 08/31/2013; goal: To create a mobile platform that enables community organizations to significantly improve the way they inform and engage their audiences.
Greater New Orleans Foundation (Earmark: Public radio station WWNO)102,000.001601--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5476-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To increase local news reporting in southeast Louisiana, the Greater New Orleans Foundation will help expand the city’s NPR affiliate, WWNO. Previously devoted almost exclusively to classical music, the station will build a news service to cover issues like education reform, arts and culture. WWNO will add a reporting staff and will partner with two local online news organizations, one of which – The Lens – is a Knight Community Information Challenge winner.
Santa Barbara Foundation (Earmark: Newsource: The Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative)502,000.00451--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5484-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To provide independent, in-depth investigative news and analysis, with an emphasis on content relevant to the county’s substantial Latino community, the Santa Barbara Foundation will launch a new journalism initiative called Newsource. The project will include an online news site with original content that will be shared with media partners in TV, radio, print and online news. Beginning in year two, stories will be produced in English and Spanish, with enterprising beat reporting on public policy, education, the environment and cultural diversity. The project will also offer Media Partnership Grants for two local organizations that want to work together on an investigative topic covered by the initiative. Community participation and engagement will be emphasized.
The Raymond John Wean Foundation (Earmark: The NewsOutlet.org)302,000.00614--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5500-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To produce an investigative report on gas- and oil-well drilling, The Raymond John Wean Foundation will help enable a new operating partnership between the NewsOutlet.org and a local National Public Radio affiliate. The NewsOutlet.org, a previous Knight Community Information Challenge winner, started at Youngstown State University and expanded to the University of Akron and Kent State. The site has helped the universities strengthen their investigative-reporting and video-storytelling expertise. Media partners benefit from its content, with more than 100 story packages produced across a variety of platforms. In addition to the report on gas- and oil-well drilling, the NewsOutlet.org will report on other investigative and enterprise stories for media partners across Ohio.
Resources for Human Development (Earmark: The Notebook)202,000.001036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5501-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To help a Philadelphia Public Schools news site better connect with its audiences, Resources for Human Development will enable The Notebook to produce more content in accessible and usable forms. The site has established itself as a source of education information among educators and policy makers. Increased capacity will help users better evaluate site content – who is reading it and how it is delivered. The Notebook, a Knight Community Information Challenge winner, will then find new ways, like mobile apps, to better reach parents of public school students. The site will also look for ways to increase revenue as its audience grows, whether through membership or fund raising.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Earmark: Mass Media Campaign)52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5506-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To combat the problem of payday-lending debt in Mississippi, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation will launch a community awareness campaign on local safe-lending options. With one in five Mississippians carrying payday-lending debt, and with residents struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Horizon oil spill, the campaign aims to educate consumers about safer small loans. It will convene local business, government and nonprofit leaders in an informational session for consumers; hold community educational forums in neighborhoods targeted by payday lenders; and explore innovative solutions with banks and large employers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
University of Southern California (Earmark: Knight Digital Media Center)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5516-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To conduct and disseminate research on the potential economic benefits of naturalization on the wages of immigrants in the U.S. and an analysis of the individual costs to achieve this goal.
Good360 (Earmark: Good360)250,000.00663----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5522-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To enable Good360 to effectively engage communities, individuals and companies through an online product exchange platform.
The Chicago Community Trust (Earmark: Second Century Project)100,000.001609----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5551-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support the Second Century Project, a series of events that culminates in the publication of a book and multimedia content marking the 100th anniversary of the community foundation field.
DailyFeats (Earmark: DailyFeats)236,000.00948--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5557-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; goal: To increase community engagement feats completed by users of DailyFeats to 15 percent of the total actions on the platform and develop a statistical analysis of individuals' civic engagement interactions through social networks.
Aspen Institute (Earmark: Aspen Forum for Community Solutions)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5558-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2014; goal: To launch the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions, which will demonstrate new, effective ways that community stakeholders can engage to solve problems and seize opportunity The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions will spotlight communities that are successfully engaging every day citizens, practitioners and leaders in making significant headway on local issues, and share their knowledge, resources and tools nationwide; it will also build an incentive fund to galvanize similar work in more communities. Melody C. Barnes, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will chair the Aspen Forum. “The time is now to bring together leaders and advocates across party lines and all sectors – business, education, non-profit, philanthropy, and government — to move the needle on the challenges facing our communities. Cities and towns around the country are deploying this collaborative strategy successfully, and we’re going to ensure others can do the same,” said Barnes.
University of Nebraska Foundation (Earmark: Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Mobile Journalism)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5559-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2014; goal: To create the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Mobile Journalism.
CriticCar Detroit (Earmark: iCritic Detroit)57,500.002168--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5345-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To allow audiences at various cultural events throughout the city to share their opinions on Web-based platforms by recording video reviews to post on the iCritic Detroit website and other outlets In Detroit, iCritic Detroit will provide criticism and access to cultural events through a mobile video booth where audience members will record their reviews that are posted on local websites and shared on social media channels.
Drexel University (Earmark: Art Attack: Embedded Arts Journalists)57,500.002168--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5346-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; goal: To increase local arts coverage through a partnership between Drexel University and The (Philadelphia) Daily News to "embed" nonprofit arts journalists who will write regularly for a high-circulation city newspaper.
ProPublica (Earmark: ProPublica Paired Programming Project (P5))2,000,000.00144--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5446-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2015; goal: To support a rapid-response news applications team and associated training programs at ProPublica ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalism non-profit, will expand its industry-leading work in data-driven news applications with $1.9 million in new support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. ProPublica’s team will provide more apps across a wide range of subjects, enabled by additional staff members and the continued presence of a reporting fellow. The funding also will create a job shadowing program for journalists from across the country. One journalist per month will spend several days at ProPublica’s offices in New York, undertaking “paired programming” by developing a news application and learning best practices in the field. Participants will be chosen by a selection panel consisting of Dan Sinker, head of the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership, Clay Shirky, New York University professor and author, Scott Klein, editor of news applications at ProPublica, and Richard Tofel, ProPublica’s general manager. Those interested in applying for the ProPublica Paired Programming Project (P5) can find details at http://www.propublica.org/P5 and can submit their application to [email protected].
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Earmark: New Jersey News Collaborative)802,000.00345--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5492-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: With challenge funding, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation will help develop a network of news organizations and journalists in New Jersey, and launch creative projects to encourage more civic dialogue and participation. Given the dramatic changes in media and technology, an opportunity exists to rethink the way New Jersey news organizations can work with one another, share resources and reach broader audiences. The founding partners, which include Dodge, Montclair State University and New Jersey Public Radio, will work on a range of projects to expand coverage, engage the public and provide training and services to the news ecosystem. Selected activities include hiring reporters to focus on New Jersey issues, coordinating collaborative reporting projects, offering website-in-a-box functionality for new organizations and journalists, and developing creative community engagement projects. It will also help foster the next generation of media practitioners by providing them with training in journalism, media and business practices.
The Oregon Community Foundation (Earmark: Northwest News Cooperative)302,000.00614--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5493-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To better serve the information needs of rural Oregon news organizations, The Oregon Community Foundation will create a cooperative news network where partners – including Oregon Public Broadcasting and local newspapers – will be able to share content. Other activities include creating a business plan to make the cooperative self-sustaining based on syndication fees for members and expanding community news partnerships. The network will also hold live events in rural communities to highlight specific issues facing communities and broadcast the discussions on radio and TV.
Arizona Community Foundation (Earmark: Flagstaff Emergency Information Source)57,000.002172--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5494-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To ensure that residents are prepared for and quickly recover from wildfires, floods, hazmat incidents and disasters, the Arizona Community Foundation will help Flagstaff’s two largest news organizations provide better real-time information. A digital project manager will work with KNAU Arizona Public Radio and the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper to create a real-time emergency information network that employs mobile apps and audio and video streaming.
Community Foundation of New Jersey (Earmark: NJ Spotlight)252,000.00660--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5503-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To expand coverage in an online statewide policy news site, the Community Foundation of New Jersey will help NJ Spotlight increase its health-care coverage and build an online discussion platform. A previous Knight Community Information Challenge winner, NJ Spotlight has established itself as a trusted source of information on critical community issues like public finance, education, energy and the environment. The online discussion forum will build on the site’s successful live “Roundtable” series on public policy issues.
The Chicago Community Trust (Earmark: Kick-Starting Civic Innovation)252,000.00660--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5504-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: The Chicago Community Trust will create apps and other tools to help increase the utility of local government data to benefit community organizations and the broader public. The Trust will also help explain and tell stories hidden in hundreds of data sets now available in the region so that they can be used as reporting tools in local media. The project expects to develop at least five apps that will help residents monitor government activities & efficiency and five apps that directly solve community problems.
Wyoming Community Foundation (Earmark: WyoFile)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5508-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To provide more critical information to residents, the Wyoming Community Foundation will partner with WyoFile.com to build its capacity and readership. A previous Knight Community Information Challenge winner, the site will ensure consistent and quality content by hiring a full-time writer dedicated to reporting issues before the Wyoming Legislature. It will also hire a part-time minority reporter, who will cover the Wind River Indian Reservation, which spans 2.2 million acres and is home to 2,500 Eastern Shoshone and more than 5,000 Northern Arapaho Indians.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Project L.I.F.T.)1,135,000.00248--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5575-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2017; goal: To add a community engagement manager and embed engagement in a large-scale community initiative focused on student achievement.
Jefferson Institute (Earmark: Social media and opinion research tool)15,000.003439--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5576-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: For a proof of concept to match news and social sentiment with polling and socioeconomic demographics to create an open public opinion reporting and analysis tool. The Jefferson Institute, creator of the demographic data project Patchwork Nation, will test its concept for a research tool allowing journalists and others to overlay demographic, geographic and public opinion data with social media data and sentiment analysis. Jefferson Institute hopes this tool will surface new insights about how different communities engage with current events.
Trustees of Davidson College (Earmark: Concierto: WDAV)30,000.002949--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5581-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support a comprehensive marketing initiative for WDAV's Concierto program that will significantly increase audience, carriage and visibility in 2012-13.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: D.A.S.H.)95,000.001819--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5584-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To benefit D.A.S.H. design students with a) scholarships for seniors participating in an annual design competition and b) room and board for sophomores and juniors participating in a summer pre-college education program in New York City.
The Community Foundation in Jacksonville (Earmark: Interaction and Engagement Website)102,000.001601--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5488-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To increase public understanding about how education funding works in Duval County, The Community Foundation in Jacksonville will create a website to serve as a hub of information, interaction and engagement. The site, in partnership with the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, will help residents compare schools in their neighborhood, try their hand at cutting or increasing the school budget or interact with a visualization of district academic performance. Visitors to the site will also be able to research issues and share their opinions with public officials. A full-time staff member will help coordinate the site’s development.
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (Earmark: Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service)192,000.001181--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5497-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To increase coverage of local issues like education, safety, and health and wellness, United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee, in partnership with the Zilber Family Foundation, and working with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, will expand the capacity of an existing local news site. The site is currently being piloted in three Milwaukee neighborhoods; additional staff will allow it to cover 10 more. The site will hire part-time staff members who live, work or volunteer in those areas and provide them increased training in reporting, writing and multimedia skills. It also will increase its reach by establishing relationships with media and community organizations and making its website more useful. A partnership with the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University, which has provided in-kind contributions such as a newsroom, computers, software, and video and audio recorders, will continue to be strengthened.
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (Earmark: Online Housing Preservation Tool)52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5499-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To track affordable rental housing in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Preservation Network will create an online tool. By combining federal and local data on subsidized housing with on-the-ground information about individual buildings from D.C. agencies, advocates and residents, it will enable information sharing and real-time collaboration on the affordability of specific buildings. Nonprofit housing advocacy organizations will use the information to focus tenant organizing and landlord outreach to properties most at risk.
The Boston Foundation (Earmark: Public Data Project)137,000.001448--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5505-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To encourage the more effective use of data in reporting, The Boston Foundation will train journalists and community members to access information and create compelling data visualizations that can be embedded in news stories and on blogs and websites. The foundation and its partners will use a new, open-source data analysis and visualization platform to engage and train journalists from major community-based and social media outlets. Its efforts to engage and mobilize organizations and residents will focus in three Boston neighborhoods: Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan. It will also coordinate a free one-day conference around the topic of data.
Florida Grand Opera (Earmark: Florida Grand Opera)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5512-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To assist in funding the search for a new general director/chief executive officer upon the retirement of Robert M. Heuer.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: XO Laptops for Project L.I.F.T.)2,888,000.0088--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5582-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2017; goal: To provide laptops to 3,200 K-5 students in order to increase digital access as part of a large-scale community initiative focused on student achievement This grant will provide One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptops to all 3,200 K-5 students in seven schools in the LIFT zone. These laptops were chosen, rather than tablets or traditional laptops, because they are designed especially for children and run on Linux and open-source software. They are durable, and easy to repair.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: 10Questions Mobile)50,000.002216--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5483-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 11/30/2013; goal: To create 10Questions mobile app and pilot test it in the Mexican presidential election.
Berks County Community Foundation (Earmark: Free Flow)52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5487-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To identify information gaps in five local communities, Berks County Community Foundation will use Knight Foundation’s Community Information Toolkit to determine what kind of information residents need but aren’t getting through the online news site, bctv.org, and other media outlets. A previous Knight Community Information Challenge winner, bctv.org is an important source for professionally reported stories and a voice for local residents. However, it is unclear how much of that news is being received in Berks County’s communities. Students from nearby Alvernia University will be trained to produce reports on issues that need further exploring.
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo (Earmark: Investigative Post)102,000.001601--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5495-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To increase local environmental coverage, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo will fund a beat reporter dedicated to environmental issues at a newly launched nonprofit investigative news site. The new reporter will tap into the expertise of local academics and environmental groups, recruiting them for multidisciplinary research teams to produce high-quality investigative journalism. The teams will be built in collaboration with the Western New York Environmental Alliance and many of the region’s 20 universities and colleges, including the State University of New York at Buffalo, St. Bonaventure University, Canisius College and Medaille College. This project deepens the community foundation’s commitment to engaging the public in Western New York’s environmental issues. In previous years, the foundation has received funding from the Knight Community Information Challenge for its efforts to build and expand GrowWNY.org , a communications hub for citizens and environmental groups in Western New York. The foundation is currently working on a Knight-funded project to develop a mobile platform that enables low-income communities and people of color to protect their neighborhoods from environmental hazards.
The Cleveland Foundation (Earmark: Neighborhood Voice)32,000.002944--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5502-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To connect residents to the services and institutions available in the Greater University Circle neighborhood, the Cleveland Foundation will create a mobile app for the Neighborhood Voice, its local news publication and website. By extending the successful community news site, the smartphone app platform seeks to increase the hyper-local opportunities for two-way, real-time exchanges. Residents and employers will be linked through job listings, information will promote healthy lifestyle opportunities, and neighbors will enjoy new connections with their local cultural, educational and medical institutions. Neighborhood and business associations will have access to the app to post information and collect feedback from users. A searchable directory will help grow businesses, connect people and improve access to information.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: Rite of Spring)75,000.001910----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5554-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To bring GroundWorks Dance Theater and Akron Symphony Orchestra together in a newly staged interpretation of Rite of Spring during the work's 100th anniversary.
Ashoka (Earmark: Ashoka Support Network)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5561-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support the Ashoka Support Network Global Summit's first worldwide gathering in Miami aimed at developing a greater and more effective partnership between business leaders and social entrepreneurs.
The Tor Project (Earmark: The Tor Project)320,000.00605--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5574-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop an open security toolkit for journalists, allowing them to avoid digital surveillance by governments and other groups Summary: With world press freedom in decline for the past decade, journalists and their sources are often threatened by governments, criminal organizations and others who monitor their mobile and online communication to see who is talking to the press. To help protect reporters and their sources, the Tor Project will use its vast network of volunteers to create a toolkit for journalists. The kit will include Tor Project’s existing secure web browser and anonymous upload utility, along new tools and training videos.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Wolfsonian-FIU)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5579-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support the development of a five-year strategic plan to engage museum stakeholders, with Dr. Jonathon Fanton as leading consultant working with Wolfsonian leadership.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance)57,500.002168--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5348-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To create the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance, a collection of trained arts journalists who will publish under the CAA banner on TV, radio, print, online and a newly developed app Charlotte’s arts journalism takes a leap forward this month as the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance launches. Funded by a $100,000 Community Arts Journalism Challenge grant awarded by Knight Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance is a partnership between the Charlotte Observer, public radio station WFAE, television station WCNC, UNC Charlotte, Qcitymetro.com and CharlotteViewpoint.org. Its goal is to collaborate in reporting, coverage and journalist outreach in order to “elevate both the volume and the quality of local arts coverage.” The five media outlets will each enlist freelance journalists to cover the arts then share the content freely with member organizations. UNC Charlotte will develop seminars and courses to help equip journalists who are new to covering the arts. Alliance Spokesman Rick Thames, the editor of the Charlotte Observer, writes of the new partnership: “By collaborating, we also expect to reach wider audiences, which will only benefit both our community and the arts organizations that aspire to enrich it.”.
ElectNext (Earmark: ElectNext)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5450-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To invest in the development and distribution of ElectNext, a voter education platform that matches voters to candidates, for down ballot races in Philadelphia.
Embrace Music Foundation (Earmark: Solutions in Music)50,000.002216----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5459-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013; goal: To support a feature performance at a major cultural venue for two distinct groups of at-risk youth as well as 28 hours of instruction in a musical education program.
Living Cities (Earmark: Living Cities)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5463-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; goal: To support the creation and deployment of technology for local governments to more effectively engage citizens.
Maine Community Foundation (Earmark: Maine Boomer Reporting Corps)52,000.002198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5474-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2013; goal: To engage older adults in reporting local news stories, the Maine Community Foundation, in partnership with the University of Maine’s Center on Aging, will train older adults in rural communities to be citizen reporters. These reporters will create local news stories, blogs, newsletters and social media content relevant to the community. The Center on Aging will work with the University of Maine’s New Media Department to provide training in accessing and reporting information. Workshop topics will include journalistic writing and ethics, photography and video production and social media basics. Expert media consultants and advisers will provide assistance in website development, newsletter and e-newsletter design and layout, blogging and more.
Key Biscayne Community Foundation (Earmark: Citizen Scientist)62,000.002095--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5485-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/31/2014; goal: To engage residents and visitors in the health of coastal areas, the Key Biscayne Community Foundation will create a citizen scientist program to monitor the local marine habitat. The project will recruit volunteers to help determine key information gaps, identify critical resources valued by residents and visitors, and develop a way to collect data on the status of the coastal environment. Data collected through surveys, personal interviews and other methods will be analyzed and presented for multiple audiences, and an online data portal will provide public access to the information. The project will help to bring greater media attention to local issues, increase collaboration among community organizations and engage residents in protecting their natural resources.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Innovation Challenge for Africa)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5552-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 10/31/2013; goal: To establish Africa's first continental innovation challenge focused on digital and data-driven media experimentation Winners will receive cash grants ranging from $12,500 to $100,000, as well as additional technology and business development support. They will also have access to a dedicated AMI CivicTech code lab, for technical advice, start-up support and one-on-one mentoring from the world’s top media experts.
Participatory Politics Foundation (Earmark: OpenGovernment.org)225,000.00969--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5553-- Grant period: 07/01/2012 - 07/01/2013; goal: To build in Knight communities local city versions of OpenGovernment.org, a free and open-source website for contacting local government agencies and officials.
Behavio (Earmark: Behavio)355,000.00570--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5569-- Grant period: 06/18/2012 - 06/18/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To help people and communities make better use of data collected by mobile phones Behavio wants to open access to, and help make sense of, the data routinely collected by mobile phones. Their open source Android platform turns phones into smart sensors of people's real world behaviors and surroundings: how people use their phones, how they communicate with others, and environmental factors like sound, light and motion. As a result, Behavio can understand trends and behavior changes in individuals as well as entire communities, and help them understand and make use of this information. With News Challenge funding, Behavio will create a software development kit for programmers to build apps with smarter sensors; build a set of tools for journalists and others who want to see trends in community data; and launch a mobile application that allows individuals to explore data about their lives. [Note: Behavio Inc. is also known as FUNF].
University of Nebraska Foundation (Earmark: Drone Journalism)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5445-- Grant period: 06/18/2012 - 06/18/2013; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To fund research and experimentation into the use of drone vehicles as news and information-gathering tools, to study the ethics of these techniques and to publish case studies and best-practices guides Professor Matt Waite will lead a project to research and experiment with drone vehicles as potential tools for news and public data collection. The university will conduct live experiments as well as research into the ethics, legal issues and best practices of drone journalism. Read more at Knightblog.org.
Peepol.tv (Earmark: Peepol.tv)360,000.00567--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5573-- Grant period: 06/18/2012 - 06/18/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To empower people to share breaking news by creating a searchable map of events streamed around the world. Summary: Livestreaming breaking news has proven its potential - but hasn’t yet reached it. Peepol.tv aims to change that by creating a streamlined platform for posting, finding and watching livestreams from around the world. The Peepol.tv team will build a searchable map, aggregate streams from other sources, create topic curation and add features like music and social media interaction. The idea grew from a mini-media innovation challenge at last year’s MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Recovers.org)340,000.00589--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5572-- Grant period: 06/18/2012 - 06/18/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop a collaborative organizing dashboard for governments, outside organizations and the public to use in disaster response and other situations. Summary: When a tornado touched down in her Massachusetts yard, Caitria O’Neill and her neighbors struggled to match the sudden wave of resources with massive community needs. While large aid organizations can deliver significant resources, in each disaster untrained local volunteers must help structure unofficial resources long-term. O’Neill and her sister Morgan O’Neill teamed up with engineer Alvin Liang to create Recovers.org, and to build and deliver Web tools and local hubs for disaster recovery efforts. Their online organizing platform, located at [townname.recovers.org], can be launched before or immediately after an event, to turn interest into aid. Already their platform has helped turn the post-disaster spike in interest into money, supplies and volunteers in five communities. Post-disaster launches are pro-bono, but the team licenses the software to areas interested in preparing and enabling the community’s response. The platform is already being used ahead of a disaster for preparation and community organizing in five communities nationwide.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: Community Journalism Executive Training (CJET) program)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5577-- Grant period: 06/10/2012 - 06/10/2013; goal: To host a summit and training for nonprofit news organizations, in partnership with the Knight Digital Media Center The Community Journalism Executive Training (CJET) program, to be held October 18 - 20, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. and hosted at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, is made possible by support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $100,000 grant allows INN to produce the program and fund attendance for 40 executives from journalism producers around the country. The attendees will be joined by 10 mentors, entrepreneurs and executives with experience in running successful technology, media and digital news operations.
Democracy Works (Earmark: TurboVote)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5546-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 01/31/2013; goal: To support TurboVote's deployment, testing, and expansion on college campuses in Miami TurboVote, an up-and-coming startup, wants to become the “Netflix of voting” by revolutionizing voter registration and vote by mail via the Internet and snail mail. The concept is simple: Users fill out voter registration or vote by mail forms on their Internet browser, then TurboVote prints an official document based on that data. TurboVote sends users a paper copy through snail mail along with an envelope pre-printed with the address of each user’s local voter election board — very much how Netflix’s original business model works. Once a user gets the form and envelope, all they’ve got to do is sign the form, stuff it in the envelope and drop it in the mail. But that’s not all: TurboVote also send users text message reminders when registration or voting deadlines are approaching to remind them to get their paperwork in the mail. Reminders are sent for elections at every level of government, including local, state and federal.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: 2012 Council on Foundations Annual Conference)5,000.003741----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5478-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 05/31/2013; goal: To support the integration of arts programming at the 2012 Council on Foundations Annual Conference.
North Carolina Dance Theatre (Earmark: Dangerous Liaisons)60,000.002103----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5481-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 05/31/2013; goal: To present the World Premiere of Sasha Janes' ballet "Dangerous Liaisons," utilizing innovative technology to attract new and diverse theatergoers.
Minnesota Council on Foundations (Earmark: Minnesota Council on Foundations)6,750.003717--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5578-- Grant period: 06/01/2012 - 06/01/2013; goal: For 2012 support of the organization's work to encourage and informed, innovative an in-touch community of regional grantmakers.
New America Foundation (Earmark: Real World Testing of Circumvention Tools / OpenITP)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6595-- Grant period: 10/15/2014 - 04/14/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We're going to automate testing of censorship-busting tools so we can test them in hard places in real time. Then we'll know which tools work in times of urgency.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Literary Detroit)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7236-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To jump start a monthly series that includes communal composition, word games and more giving poets and audience members a space to co-create poems and stories and play with language The Motor Signal Reading Series invites local poets to read their work, then goes beyond the typical poetry reading by asking performers to involve the audience in an act of literary co-creation. Past readers have prompted the audience to contribute a line or two of poetry according to different constraints — write in the voice of someone you know, or use a particular word, for example — with audience members called upon to read the collaborative poem. Other readers facilitated a political talkback based on the themes in their work, and experimented with text-message poetry sent from the audience to the readers in real time. Co-sponsored by Literary Detroit and letterpress studio Signal-Return, the new series breaks down barriers between the poet and audience and is welcoming to the attendees, many of whom haven’t encountered poetry since grade school.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Gratiot & Riopelle)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7238-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve Detroit's historic signs by saving the typography around the city via photography and making them into useable, digital typefaces for local business and letterpress use To preserve the beauty of Detroit’s historic signs, Gratiot & Riopelle will turn the typography used on them into 10 usable digital typefaces for local businesses, as well as wood type for letterpress use. When historic buildings are renovated, the hand-painted signs are often discarded. This project will help maintain the city’s visual legacy.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Leith Campbell - (John Cage Sundial))6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7239-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use a sundial set to the cadence of the sun to reinterpret a piece by composer John Cage that was meant to be played as slowly as possible As a contrast to the compressed time scales of current society, artist Leith Campbell’s new work will draw an observer into the most ancient and inexorable tempos: the stately and endless passing of days. The sun, condensed by reflection into a line, will trigger musical tones as it passes over the installation, and play composer John Cage’s work 'As Slow aS Possible.’ In experiencing the near imperceptible movement of the sun, and hearing the slow change of musical timbres, observers will be have a chance to sit and reflect. Campbell hopes to have the piece permanently installed as a reminder to not think just upon the immediate timescale, but also that of years, decades and generations as we plot our collective course forward.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Apetechnology)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7246-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a post-industrial homage to the Javanese tradition of shadow puppetry through a modern performance with towering, robotic puppets and gongs ApeTechnology will create a post-industrial homage to a Javanese tradition by creating a large-scale, robotic performance based on the epic Hindu poem the “Ramayana.” In the style of Javanese shadow puppetry, towering robots will perform in a choreographed pantomime of the narrative, accompanied by computer-controlled gongs and instruments.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: New Music Detroit)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7247-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spotlight challenging and dynamic new music from the late 20th century through today during 'Strange Beautiful Music,' a daylong marathon concert Strange Beautiful Music is a daylong marathon concert featuring challenging new music, from the late 20th century through today. Curated by New Music Detroit, the festival spotlights prominent Detroit musicians as well as guest artists from around the world. With challenge funding, Strange Beautiful Music will take place next at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and offering additional seating and an opportunity to grow and diversify the event’s audience.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: What Pipeline)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7248-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the narrative of the city's creative talent by publishing a series of art books on Detroit-based artists past and present To expand the narrative of the city’s creative talent, What Pipeline, an artist-run gallery in Southwest Detroit, will publish a series of art books that highlight past and present Detroit-based artists. Planned publications include a book of prints by Mary Ann Aitken, a largely unrecognized artist who studied with the Cass Corridor artists in the early 1980s, and a book of poems and photographs by artist, poet, filmmaker and feminist Isaac Pool, whose work explores the fluidity of gender and personality.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: DIRT TECH RECK)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7253-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a video series profiling established and emerging artists that will explore the creative processes that drives Detroit's musicians To continue Detroit’s musical legacy, DIRT TECH RECK will work with local music greats and newcomers to create a suite of videos that explore their creative processes. From them, aspiring musicians will be able to learn production techniques and business tips that make Detroit an international city for music. Then, DIRT TECH RECK will work with Submerge and Allied Media Projects to create workshops to expand on the videos’ themes.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Raiz Up)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7259-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use hip-hop to spark conversations about the city's cultural heritage and social issues through 'Paint my Roots - Pinta mis Raices,' a series of concerts, workshops and collaborative murals The Raiz Up will launch a series of concerts, workshops and collaborative murals that use hip-hop culture to spark conversations about the city’s cultural heritage and social issues. Each mural will display a QR code that links to a song created by local musicians and youth that reflects that mural. In addition to creating art and community engagement, the project seeks to break down the stereotypes that exist of hip-hop culture by showing its power as a tool for social activism, capable of bringing generations together and stimulating social change.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Body Rhythm Dance Theatre)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7263-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Detroit's former Black Bottom neighborhood by creating a dance piece dedicated to its legacy To celebrate Detroit’s former Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods, Body Rhythm Dance Theatre will create a musical dedicated to its legacy. From the 1920-40s, Black Bottom was the residential area and Paradise Valley was the entertainment hub affording young black entertainers an opportunity to perform. Nearly all of Black Bottom’s inhabitants migrated from the South in search of opportunity and a better life in Detroit. Body Rhythm Dance Theatre will track the highs and lows of one family’s journey from Macon, Georgia, to surviving in the Motor City and ultimately the neighborhood’s demise in the 1960s.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7266-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To invite international curator Jens Hoffmann to create a salon-style exhibition exploring a cross-section of Detroit's visual arts over the past 15 years MOCAD has launched a fresh, salon-style space that will be home to a three-year series guest curated by Jens Hoffmann and entitled Detroit Affinities. These solo exhibitions will present the work of 10 emerging artists, five from Detroit and five from the rest of the U.S. and abroad. Artists will be at the center of the museum community, encouraged to work across disciplines and engage directly with museumgoers. By working with Hoffmann, Detroit-based artists will build their global network and help shape the future of art and culture in the region.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Hinterlands)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7268-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore Detroit's 20th century history of radical art and politics through 'The Radicalization Process,' a yearlong performance series built on interviews, artifacts and historic footage To explore Detroit’s 20th century history of radical art and politics, The Hinterlands will launch The Radicalization Process, a yearlong performance series built on interviews, artifacts and historic footage. The project will culminate in a full-length touring piece premiering in spring 2016. The group will use its highly physical method of creating original theater to question the nature of extremism in America and to foster conversations between Detroit artists, audiences, activists and skeptics alike. Research for the work will delve into Detroit’s radical history, looking at groups such as the Weather Underground, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and others, in addition to investigating the extreme artistic practices of American performance companies and their ties to radical politics.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Corktown Cinema)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7277-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand Corktown Cinema's offerings to include music, performance art and filmmaker and artist talks The Corktown Cinema will create the modern version of the walkable neighborhood cinema, with a new location in either Corktown or Hamtramck that serves the residents of the city’s most densely populated and diverse areas. With funding, the cinema will renovate a facility and begin showing independent and international films not offered locally and foster the local arts community by providing a space to show local films, art and performances.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Dabls African Bead Museum)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7286-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To enhance an educational center for African culture by creating and renovating an exhibition and programming space for the African Bead Museum Founded in 1994 in Detroit’s Grand River neighborhood, the African Bead Museum is most recognized by its dazzling outdoor installations of recycled materials, vibrant colors, iron and mirrors by founder Olayami Dabls. Continuing with 12 installations, Dabls’ artwork speaks to the community about the power of African culture and the idea that the creative process can elevate the human experience. The museum, however, has no interior space for exhibits — there is only a small bead shop inside the severely damaged building. Challenge funds will repair the building and create that exhibition space so that the museum can share African artifacts and become a community-based educational center.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design - University of Michigan)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7290-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand Brightmoor's community of makers by turning an abandoned home into the Brightmoor Maker Space where neighbors can develop creative skills The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan will work with its partners in the Brightmoor neighborhood to repurpose a building and launch the Brightmoor Maker Space, an incubator for creative enterprises and a community space for sharing and developing skills. The Maker Space will offer art and design workshops—think prototyping, 3D printing, and hands-on work—as well as programming on entrepreneurship, among other topics. The space will also include locally-driven initiatives, from screen printing to the Michele Schara Artist and Designer in Residence Program.
DataKind (Earmark: Scale DataKind programs)1,100,000.00253--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6446-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; goal: To scale existing DataKind programs advancing data-driven practice in the social sector while piloting new strategies for generating review to grow and sustain the organization's work.
CommunityRED (Earmark: ADAPT game)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6570-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We are building an open-source, mobile game application that teaches journalists how to assess digital threats, risks, and vulnerabilities for themselves and their sources. As journalists and citizen journalists report from contentious settings, they face a myriad of security issues and increasing digital risks. This tool teaches critical thinking skills to mitigate those risks.
Play On, Philly! (Earmark: El Sistema Symposium)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6624-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 06/30/2015; goal: To build the sustainability and artistic excellence of Play On, Philly! and other El Sistema-inspired programs by supporting the Naitonal El Sistema Symposium in Philadelphia.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: McEwen Studio)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7242-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To re-design an existing vacant house as an opera and performance space, in which community members collaborate with visiting artists Inspired by the flexibility of uses for houses in Detroit, this project stages a re-design of an existing vacant house as an opera and performance space, in which community members collaborate with visiting artists. For this multi-year project, McEwen Studio is purchasing and renovating a vacant home, and repurposing it into a performance space and artist residency studio. There, artist groups, including the acclaimed collective HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN?, will stage new works that incorporate stories from the Southwest Detroit neighborhood. The project explores what might occur when the borders are erased between art and community, makers and receivers, museums and homes.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Trinosophes)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7244-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a commissioning program that will fund new works in music and the visual arts and award a prize to an artist for their contribution to Detroit's culture To ensure that Detroit remains a creator and not just consumer of culture, Trinosophes will launch a three-pronged commissioning program aimed at facilitating the creation of new works. The Composer’s Commission will support composers who plan major pieces that require extensive support; the Exhibition Series awards artists whose work sheds light on the city’s cultural contributions; the Trinosphere is a $5,000 cash prize given to an established but under-recognized artist for important contributions to Detroit and Michigan culture.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: CLAVE (Community of Latino Artists, Visionaries and Educators))12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7245-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To honor the spirit of Southwest Detroit by creating 'Inspiración,' a mosaic mural in the Springwells viaduct, one of the area's main arteries.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Fiber Works)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7252-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To push the limits of fiber as an art material by hosting free fiber art workshops for teens Founded in 2013 as a way to help revitalize Livernois Avenue the city’s “Avenue of Fashion,” Detroit Fiber Works shows and sells handmade artworks by Detroit artists across mediums, with an emphasis on fiber. In addition, Detroit Fiber Works offers community “Fiber Art Parties,” or workshops teaching fiber art techniques in a no-pressure environment. The space seeks to expand awareness of fiber as an art medium, beyond traditional quilting and needlework to include wet felting, nuno felting, fiber sculpture, papermaking and eco-dyeing. With challenge funding, the center will host a series of interactive community workshops for children, teens and adults that culminate in an outdoor fiber art exhibit on Livernois.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Popps Packing)23,000.003254--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7258-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the expansion of Popps' unique artist residency program, which caters to national and international artists with children, providing a holistic space for artists with families to create Popps Packing, which includes a gallery and residency program, will expand the latter by launching the Momm & Popp Artist Residency, an opportunity for artists with families. The program will explore hybrid forms of life and work, in which children can become an intrinsic part of the creative experience. Residencies will range from one to three months, during which time Popps Packing collaborators will provide childcare, giving parents an opportunity to focus on their practice. Resident Artists will use the storefront of the emporium as their own “Mom and Pop shop,” curating exhibitions and creating installations for the public.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Drumline Academy)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7264-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build on a strong history of Detroit percussionists by having former drummers from Detroit-area schools teach and mentor middle and high school students To strengthen the city’s community of percussionists, Detroit Drumline Academy will pair former drummers from local schools to teach and mentor middle and high school students. The goal is to provide opportunities for the students to perform and open them up to opportunities for post-secondary scholarships.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: CMAP (Carrie Morris Arts Production))35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7270-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To present 'The Living Room Series,' an artistic experiment with intimate space that includes contemporary puppetry and multimedia works in a renovated, abandoned house The Living Room Series will provide a venue for contemporary puppet performances by and about Detroiters staged in an intimate space: the domestic interiors of a renovated abandoned house. In an intimate space that seats only 45 people, the series will offer two original plays in 2015, “Ten Lands,” a performance developed with members of the Detroit Fire Department about the similarities between firefighting and Buddhism and “Bebop,” a puppet musical about jazz icons. The series strives to challenge Detroiters’ perceptions that art exists statically and only for specific spaces.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: YoYo School Of Hip Hop)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7276-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use hip-hop to teach students about technology, physical fitness, career goals and communications skills through a summer camp.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Film Labs)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7280-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a dynamic community of Detroit storytellers by offering 'Detroit Film Labs,' a series of workshops to first-time filmmakers in underserved communities To foster storytelling in the city, Detroit Film Labs will offer a series of workshops to first-time filmmakers from diverse communities as they go through the process of developing, producing and distributing their debut feature film. The lab is an intensive, three-month program that will connect a group of 10 Detroit filmmakers with vital resources and pair them with scriptwriting, producing, directing and distribution mentors. Filmmakers will submit one short film and a feature-length narrative script that they are in the process of developing. The lab will be organized by Detroit filmmaker Rola Nashef, whose debut feature, “Detroit Unleaded,” received crucial support from several industry labs during the making and distribution of the film.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Symphony Orchestra)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7284-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spotlight challenging new music from the late 20th century through today during “Strange Beautiful Music,” a daylong marathon concert Strange Beautiful Music is a daylong marathon concert featuring challenging new music, from the late 20th century through today. Curated by New Music Detroit, the festival spotlights prominent Detroit musicians as well as guest artists from around the world. With challenge funding, Strange Beautiful Music will take place next at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and offering additional seating and an opportunity to grow and diversify the event’s audience.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Young Nation)75,000.001910----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7285-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a neighborhood gathering place by engaging local artists, youth and residents in Southwest Detroit in designing and building an art-filled public plaza On the corner of Avis and Elsmere streets near Southwest Detroit’s The Alley Project, Young Nation will engage the community in designing and building an art-filled plaza. Built by a group dedicated to youths’ creative expression, the plaza and artist market will serve as a much-needed gathering place for musicians, performing artists and poets to perform, as well as shared space for neighbors to come together. Like The Alley Project, where young artists use an alley as their creative canvas, the plaza will be both a formal and informal meeting space. For example, one day the plaza could be hosting a meeting and the next day be used a skate park by local youth.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Jacobstreet/The Untitled Bottega)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7289-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform an abandoned property next to a North End art gallery into 'The Coliseum,' an outdoor theater and cultural hub meant to strengthen a neighborhood through the arts On an old industrial block on the city’s North End, James Feagin and Edward Siegel of JacobsStreet, along with an art gallery, the Untitled Bottega, will transform an abandoned auto shop into an outdoor exhibition space and public square for artists and the greater community. These structures, like many others that have been left behind, are hollowed reminders of Detroit’s once flourishing industry. In recent years, artists from Untitled Bottega gallery have painted murals, hosted design competitions and invited fellow creatives to explore, and give new life to the space. As more people have come to see the art on display, there is an opportunity to turn the site into a creative outdoor exhibition space and a true hub for the entire community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cranbrook Art Museum)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7292-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To mount performance artist Nick Cave's 'Biggest, Baddest Performance of All Time!' a series of spectacles around the city As part of artist Nick Cave's solo exhibition at the museum of his alma mater, Cranbrook Academy of Art, he will create his "Biggest, Baddest Performance of All Time!", a series of pop-up performances around the city of Detroit. The African-American artist and dancer is famous for his embellished costumes, called Soundsuits, staged in public spectacle. Though influenced by African art, armor, found objects, fashion and textile design, the Soundsuit is rooted in social critique. Throughout 2015, Cave will stage his largest performance series to date and include impromptu flash-mob Soundsuit invasions throughout the city, dance labs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, a new performance by the artist filmed in Detroit, costuming workshops with children, and the culmination of it all, Figure This: Detroit, a massive processional and performance downtown. Cave's solo exhibition, Nick Cave: Here Hear, runs through October 11, 2015 at Cranbrook Art Museum.
SPUR (Earmark: Urban transformation of San Jose)1,775,000.00176--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6490-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2019; goal: To support SPUR San Jose in multi-year programming that engages citizens in the civic conversation around the future of San Jose and to establish SPUR San Jose as a permanent fixture in the civic ecosystem in San Jose. With the Knight funding, SPUR will execute a broad work plan covering policy development, technical assistance and public engagement activities over a five-year period. The main areas of focus will be: The design and development of urban villages with accessible transit and mixed-use buildings; The building of a more vibrant downtown core; Transformation of the city, county and regional transportation network; Working with major employers to rethink the design and location of corporate campuses to promote a more walkable and transit-oriented city; Building a community of San Jose civic innovators who are committed to shaping the city’s future growth.
Texas Christian University (Earmark: Photostreamer)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6571-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 04/01/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote journalistic excellence by prototyping Photostreamer, an open source device to stream photographs to newsrooms as they are taken.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Michigan Underground Group)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7237-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build on experimental musicians' interest in Detroit by inviting more artists from within and outside the city to share and record their works The Michigan Underground Group is a collection of individuals working for the advancement of unconventional music — from contemporary composition to jazz and noise. Since 2011, the group has been performing and recording together in a studio the organization rehabbed. With challenge funding, the group will document their work, host recording session with musicians from Detroit and afar, and make those vinyl releases available to the public. The release will coincide with a series of very public performances.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: A Host of People)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7250-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the do-it-yourself movement in both food and the arts by creating a site-responsive theater piece performed in community gardens around the city To celebrate the do-it-yourself movement in both food and the arts, A Host of People is creating a site-responsive theater piece to be performed in community gardens throughout Detroit. Conceived in response to the city’s vibrant community garden movement, The Harrowing draws comparisons between the act of gardening and the act of art making; between nourishing the community with fresh food and nourishing imaginations with new ways of telling stories. The show culminates in a garden party, as hosting is a central theme of the group, which believes that experimental art should be a warm and welcoming experience.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Garage Cultural)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7255-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Latino youth in the theater arts through a bilingual performing arts program in southwest Detroit Students will work with professional Latino playwrights and theater instructors from Detroit and abroad to create an original play that expresses who they are and how they see the world around them. Garage Cultural seeks to provide a fun, safe place for learning, self-expression and creativity.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Andrew Krieger)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7262-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To weave art into people's everyday lives by creating 'Kamishibai Man,' a bicycle-mounted wooden theater - based on a Japanese tradition - where performers use paper art to tell serial stories During the Great Depression, desperate, unemployed men in Japan created a new art form by relying on their creative skill set. Kamishibai, meaning “paper theater,” consisted of a wooden theater on the back of a bicycle. The men pedaled around their cities, selling candy and telling cliffhanger stories that kept people coming back. Adapting this concept to Detroit, organizers will create a sculptural “art” bicycle featuring a built-in wooden theater that will be pedaled during lunchtime with the hope of encouraging social connections among office workers on break. These presentations will feature original paintings and narratives by teams of artists and writers and will occur in “cliffhanger” fashion over several days.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History)70,000.002036--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7283-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase how unique and connected global cultures are by hosting 'Call of the Drum: A Drum Summit' featuring percussionists from around the world To showcase how unique and connected global cultures are, the museum will host Call of the Drum: A Drum Summit, showcasing traditional and contemporary drumming cultures from around the world. The summit, consisting of a two days of distinct performers of local, regional and national prominence, will be a highlight of the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2015. The goal is connect Detroit to the world and the world to Detroit through the primal beat of the drum, one of the instruments most used by ancient peoples around the globe.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Write A House)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7291-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring new vitality to the literary arts in Detroit by expanding 'Write a House,' which awards renovated homes to writers based on the quality of their work To bring new vitality to both Detroit neighborhoods and the literary arts, challenge funding will help expand Write a House, which awards renovated homes to writers based on the quality of their work and their commitment to the city. The program aims to address Detroit’s foreclosure and vacancy crisis by rebuilding distressed houses, drawing residents who will bolster a strong literary community and strengthening Detroit’s identity as a champion for the literary arts. Currently, Write a House is renovating three homes in the NoHam neighborhood just north of Hamtramck and has contracted with Detroit Youth Builders so that young residents working toward their GED can participate. Write a House is also developing an orientation program for their writers to help them acclimate to a new city.
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Earmark: Stanford Knight Fellowships)1,800,000.00173--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6506-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 10/30/2017; goal: To support journalism excellence by expanding the impact and reach of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford. The Knight Fellowships each year bring 20 journalists and journalism entrepreneurs to Stanford for 10 months. During that time they focus on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership as they work to meet a specific journalism challenge that each has identified. The program’s goal is to develop leaders with transformative ideas and innovative approaches they can use as they move forward in their journalism careers.
National Immigration Forum (Earmark: Bethlehem Project and NAC Communications)1,012,500.00264--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6513-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To provide strategic communications support to the New Americans Campaign and to support the New American Workforce Project (formerly 'The Bethlehem Project') in Detroit, Long Beach, Miami, Philadelphia and San Jose - increasing the number of eligible immigrants who become naturalized citizens.
National Freedom of Information Coalition (Earmark: Open Government Mobile Transparency Training and Support)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6572-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 06/01/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Create and maintain a new service offering of mobile apps and professional support to train state and local government employees/agencies in their state Open Records/Open Meetings/FOI laws and regulations.
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Earmark: 2014-2015 Programming)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6646-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with artistically excellent and innovative contemporary photography exhibitions and workshops.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Biba Bell)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7240-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To invite the public to experience both dance and classic architecture by producing 'It Never Really Happened,' an intimate performance inside an apartment in the 1950s Detroit high-rise designed by Mies van der Rohe Biba Bell will invite the public to experience both dance and classic architecture by producing “It Never Really Happened,” an intimate performance inside an apartment in the 1950s Detroit high-rise designed by Mies van der Rohe. Organized as a triptych, the piece is performed at sunset during three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. Each of the three installments is organized around a different mood, architectural element, time of day and seasonal color. The dance enhances the classic modernism of Mies van der Rohe’s architectural treasure Lafayette Park, highlighting the drama of day-to-day rituals against its panoramic backdrop: the park, Eastern Market, church steeples, Ford Field, and downtown.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: LO & BEHOLD! Records & Books)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7241-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the array of cultures and music in Hamtramck by conducting 'field recordings' of local music - for example, a Bangladeshi street fair or a gospel trio - presented with minimal editing Lo & Behold will record and release a world music series — without traveling the world. Instead, the record and book store will travel around Hamtramck, recording the sounds of the multicultural melting pot. They will seek out and field record the city’s indigenous music, be it from a Polish dance festival, a Bengali street fair, a Baptist sermon or a Muslim call to prayer. The recordings will be compiled into five LPs, each showcasing a different cultural or ethnic group found within Hamtramck.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: DittoDitto)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7254-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a dialogue around the arts and arts books by supporting a small publishing house and store focused on literary and visual arts books DittoDitto Bookshop is a small, recently opened storefront that houses new and use publications with a focus on independently published books and art books. Challenge funding will help foster the literary community with readings, workshops and a writing and book-making residency that provides artists with a stipend and a place to stay to work on their literary projects.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Rowe Niodior African Dance Company)20,000.003269----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7257-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create community through a four-day festival exploring how West and Central African groups use music and dance to celebrate their culture As a way to build community, the dance company will invite Detroiters to explore how West and Central African groups use music and dance to celebrate their culture. During a series of pop-up events around the city, artists will share their cultural heritage through drumming and dance. The events will culminate in a four-day conference and concert performance.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: 6th Street Dance Studio/WholeProject)28,000.003057--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7260-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build connections between the urban dance communities in Miami and Detroit through master classes in each city and via video conferencing, anchored by Hardcore Detroit and Miami's 6th Street Dance Studio/Whole Project.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Kremena Todorova and Kurt Gohde)29,000.003055--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7261-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote civic pride via 'The Detroit Tattoo Project,' where a local poet is commissioned to create a piece about the city which is then divided and drawn for use on free tattoos that, when reassembled, reveal graphic elements containing a secret image Modeled after similar projects in Lexington, Ky., and Boulder, Colo., The Detroit Tattoo Project has commissioned local poet Jamaal May to write a poem about the city that is divided and drawn on 250 free tattoos. When reassembled, these tattoos reveal a graphic element containing a secret image representative of the city. The image and a video that includes audio of May reading, a photograph of each tattoo, and a musical score by a Detroit-based musician, will premiere at a culminating community event. Artists Todorova and Gohdesee the project as a visible statement of Detroiters’ commitment to their city that builds a network of people committed to supporting the city and each other.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Future Schools)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7273-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the arts to help youth tell their neighborhood stories by having them conduct research about their communities and convey their findings through “Data Murals” To use the arts to help youth tell their neighborhoods’ stories, Detroit Future Schools will launch a “Data Murals” project that visualizes student research about their community. Professional artists will work with teachers in K-12 classrooms to develop a big question facing the school or community that ties into the curriculum. First, students will conduct research on that question through interviews, field trips and online research. Then, students will analyze the data, create a collaborative design that visualizes the findings, and ultimately create a mural about it in their neighborhood. Data Murals strive to be beautiful public art that engages residents in a critical dialogue about data-driven representations and misrepresentations of their community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Michelle Andonian)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7278-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide through a book of photographs and a live performances “Someday they will recognize what happened to us; not during my lifetime, but someday.” That’s what artist Michelle Andonian’s grandmother told her when Andonian was 18 and asked her grandmother how she survived the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century. With Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Andonian is launching a multi-disciplinary project called “Hope Dies Last,” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the genocide. The project will include a book of photographs and multidisciplinary performances in the fall of 2015.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Digital Stewards)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7279-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the story of Detroit's neighborhoods through sound by creating 'Detroit Music Box,' a suite of community radio shows produced by the people who live there To tell the story of Detroit’s neighborhoods through sound, Detroit Digital Stewards will create a suite of digital radio shows produced by the people who live there. The shows will combine music from the neighborhood, audio from the streets and interviews with neighbors to make a feature track that asserts an identity and vision for the place. Residents and digital stewards or community technologists trained in radio production and community organizing will facilitate each broadcast on community wireless networks.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7281-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create 'Quarter Pop on Grand River,' an arts incubator meant to strengthen local projects by providing access to new skills and storefront spaces To strengthen Detroit’s creative businesses, the center will create Quarter Pop on Grand River, an arts incubator for new ventures. The space will provide mentoring and free marketing so that creative businesses can hone their skills and establish a clientele and audience. Quarter Pop, which will rotate its occupants every quarter, will be a designated space on Grand River that puts artistic start-ups at the crossroads of community and culture by providing them two to three months of access to storefront spaces close to the neighborhoods of Woodbridge, Downtown, Midtown and Corktown.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: WDET 101.9FM (Wayne State University))60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7282-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the stories of Detroit's ethnic communities to life by partnering with artists and galleries to create pop-up installations featuring photography, listening stations and ambient sound - as well as a segment on WDET WDET will partner with local photographers and galleries to bring the stories of Detroit’s ethnic communities to life via pop-up gallery installations featuring photography and listening stations. The station meanwhile will use its on-air and digital channels to bring together a cross-section of Detroiters to experience the exhibit and neighborhoods. The project aims to connect people through the power of visual and oral storytelling while creating an opportunity for communities to see their own story validated and elevated in a meaningful way. The series will challenge perceptions of the role that public media and galleries play in communities, democratizing each gallery space and challenging them to be more accessible to the public.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: InsideOut Literary Arts Project)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7288-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To host a techno-poetry performance exploring the history of Detroit DJs and their contribution to contemporary music Musical genres such as house, lounge and hip-hop all have roots in Detroit, yet many people still limit the city’s musical impact to Motown. With challenge funding, local artists, led by poet Nandi Comer, will produce a multidisciplinary poetry performance that pays homage to the electronic dance movement and explores the contributions that Detroit DJs have made to it. Word and sound artists will produce recordings weaving research, personal narratives of Detroit residents and original poems. Meanwhile, youth poets with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project will participate through a new summer intensive program on Detroit’s post-Motown music legacy. The project will culminate in a public performance called “ Dancing Through the Night,” in 2015.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: Digitally trained minority journalists)1,248,000.00233--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6435-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 10/30/2017; goal: To support journalism excellence and diversity in newsrooms by creating the Knight-CUNY internships, a paid summer internship program for minority students to build a stronger pipeline of academically excellent, digitally-trained minority journalists. The CUNY J-School will recruit participants from historically black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, CUNY, the State University of New York (SUNY) and the membership of associations representing underserved populations, such as the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Native American Journalists Association. The program will begin in Summer 2015. The 20 participants will intern for two months at journalism outlets in New York, while receiving supplemental instruction from the CUNY J-School’s faculty. Knight funding will cover the students’ travel expenses, as well as housing and living costs for the period.
Welcoming Cities (Earmark: Welcoming America)1,025,000.00259--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6515-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; goal: To support Welcoming Cities, a program that helps cities to adopt policies and best practices to attract, retain and harness New Americans and immigrant talent.
Creative Commons (Earmark: The List)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6578-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote open systems by prototyping a mobile application to help non-profit and journalism organizations create calls for Creative Commons licensed images from amateur photographers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Nate Young)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7243-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring local and international musicians together by presenting 'Trip Metal Festival,' a two-day festival featuring electronic music in all its forms To continue Detroit’s strong musical legacy, The Trip Metal Fest will be a collaborative happening that brings together local artists and their international contemporaries. Curated by Detroit-based musician Nate Young from the noise group Wolf Eyes, The Trip Metal Fest will feature electronic music in all its different forms: experimental, industrial, funk, punk, techno and more. The fest will take place during Memorial Day weekend, concurrent with the city’s Movement Festival, to best engage a diverse audience. The events seeks to establish Detroit as a place to see unique music happenings and maintain the city’s long-standing status as the birthplace of revolutionary music genres.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: ∞ mile (infinite mile))20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7249-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster artistic discourse in Detroit through a monthly, online art journal that produces reviews, interviews, articles and artist projects As a way to foster artistic discourse in Detroit, ∞ mile (infinite mile), a monthly, online art journal, publishes reviews, interviews, articles and artist projects. Inflecting on Detroit and its nuanced, experimental and diverse art scene, ∞ mile seeks to cultivate discussions and critique. With challenge funding, the journal will begin to compensate contributors, create a printed anthology of each edition at year’s end, and offset operating costs to continue to publish 11 issues per year.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Broadside Press)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7251-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Broadside Press, a Detroit-based publisher for many leading African-American writers, by helping digitize its works To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Broadside Press and preserve a piece of American history, the Detroit-based publisher for many leading African-American writers will digitize its works and make them available to students. The Broadside collection includes rare, early poetry and writings from Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, Dudley Randall, Sonia Sanchez, Robert Hayden, Etheridge Knight, and Gwendolyn Brooks, in addition to other notable writers of the 20th century black liberation movement. Almost all of this literature is out of print and difficult to obtain. With challenge funding, Broadside will provide free access to these works to K-12 schools by making them available through an e-commerce class website, accompanied by workshops and programming that provides context.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ponyride)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7256-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To formalize and expand a visiting artist-in-residence program dedicated to producing art in and for Detroit To further Detroit as a center for art and design, Ponyride, a creative incubator in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, will expand a residency program for visiting artists vested in producing art in the city. The program will offer free accommodation and a stipend to visiting artists, provided they produce art in Detroit, engage the community through outreach and education, and document their experience with the city.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Matrix Theatre Company)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7265-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To commission a well-known bilingual playwright to work with the city's Latino community in developing a new piece, 'Caridad in the Comunidad' Matrix Theatre Company will bring an award-winning playwright, Caridad Svich, to work with Detroit community members in developing a new piece of theater highlighting stories from Southwest Detroit. Svich's work is frequently produced in English and Spanish around the country and abroad. During her residency, she will work with Matrix’s artistic staff and community artists to develop a new bilingual script, which will receive a full production as part of Matrix’s 25th anniversary season in 2016. In addition, Svich will work with teens and offer classes in playwriting.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: rootoftwo)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7267-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore how fear is used in contemporary media by creating do-it-yourself kits for making dynamic sculptures that change colors to reflect the prevalence of fear-related keywords in news stories To explore how fear is used in contemporary media, rootoftwo will expand its “Whithervanes” project, which consists of dynamic sculptures that change colors to reflect the prevalence of fear-related keywords in news stories. The first Whithervanes were commissioned by Creative Foundation to debut at this year’s Folkestone Triennial in the form of headless chickens that rotate away from the geographic origin of each story, indicating the intensity of fear through changing colored lighting and the number of rotations each Whithervane makes. With challenge funding, rootoftwo will create an open-source toolkit and provide workshops to help others create their own sculptures to visualize and humanize additional data and information flows. While these sculptures are intentionally humorous, rootoftwo hopes that the public becomes conscious of how contemporary media and political leaders use fear to sway opinions and actions.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7271-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand an outdoor celebration of performance and installation art to neighborhoods across the city The Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts is an outdoor celebration of participatory performance and installation art taking place in Detroit’s Old Redford and Brightmoor neighborhoods. A walkable performing arts festival, the event presents radical, interactive works of performance art that activate neighborhood spaces, from alleys to storefronts and community gardens. Building on the festival’s success, organizers will expand it to additional locations in Old Redford and Detroit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Allied Media Projects)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7272-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the annual Allied Media Conference to include a full music showcase, further exploring the intersection of art and social change Now entering its 16th year, the Allied Media Conference draws 2,000 participants to explore the intersection of art, media and technology for a more creative world. With challenge funding, the conference will expand its music offerings into AMC Music, a showcase for Detroit’s grassroots music scene. The event will include satellite shows across the city in small to medium-sized venues, featuring mainly local acts, in addition to panels and workshops. With 60 percent of participants coming from outside Michigan, AMC Music hopes to cultivate a local-national exchange of ideas and partnerships.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Piper Carter)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7274-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the role and impact of women on hip-hop through a gathering of leading figures in Detroit's digital media, art, dance and performance communities To explore the role and impact of women in hip-hop, Piper Carter will convene a gathering of leading figures in Detroit’s digital media, art, dance and performance communities. The Contemporary Interactive Women in Hip Hop Conference will be a participatory event that produces media, music and film to create a cross-cultural exchange. Organizers hope the conference will help reimagine the role women play in hip-hop.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: RecoveryPark)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7275-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support a new home for John’s Carpet House, a weekly blues jam session founded by drummer John Estes Since 2003, John’s Carpet House has been a destination for blues musicians and blues lovers on Detroit’s nearly abandoned East Side. Beginning as a weekly jam session, the event takes place Sunday afternoons, May through October, with more than 1,000 people attending to hear Detroit blues in a raw, open environment, setting up barbecue grills and chairs in a few open lots. The event is a labor of love for Pete Barrow, music partner of the event’s founder John Estes, who died in 2006 Challenge funding will secure a permanent home for the event, including land for it and a permanent stage and lighting.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: ARTLAB J)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7287-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support Detroit Dance City Festival, a three-day celebration that provides an opportunity for local and national artists to present their work and strengthen ties in Detroit's dance community With two years under its belt, the Detroit Dance City Festival works to strengthen the local dance community by providing three days of master classes by professional and emerging artists. With the help of challenge funding, the festival will expand in coming years, to include additional programming, national and international artist residencies and ultimately a permanent home for organizers ARTLAB J that includes a black box theater and studio space.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Power House Productions)250,000.00663----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/7293-- Grant period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the diverse work in art and culture that has been presented in the Banglatown neighborhood through a community-wide block party For the past five years, Power House Productions has been working in Banglatown to establish unexpected spaces for presenting arts and culture, essentially turning vacant properties into places for public art installations, performances and programming. To mark the anniversary, Power House will host a year’s worth of programs and organize a community-wide block party with a focus. Working with artists at each of the project houses throughout the neighborhood — Play House, Sound House, Squash House, Jar House, Power House — events will highlight the diverse artists and disciplines the group has supported over the years and the effect on the community at large. Through the events, Power House hopes to celebrate the role of arts and culture in developing and inspiring neighborhoods and lay groundwork for what lies ahead.
Miami Dade College Foundation (Earmark: The Idea Center @ MDC)2,189,500.00134--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6241-- Grant period: 09/30/2014 - 09/30/2017; goal: To support The Idea Center, which will provide Miami Dade College's large and uniquely diverse student body with the space and resources to connect, collaborate, build and develop their entrepreneurial ideas, thereby helping Miami to harness and retain more of its locally produced talent.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Button Poetry)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7200-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide the community with access to top spoken-word artists through monthly performances and workshops. To increase appreciation for poetry, Button Poetry will bring nationally recognized poets to downtown St. Paul for its monthly Soap Boxing Poetry Slams. Button Poetry will also offer cash prizes for poetry slam winners to encourage participation by local and regional poets. Video of the slams will be uploaded to YouTube. Simultaneously, workshops will support the literary growth of the St. Paul community. This multifaceted approach is designed to encourage poets of all backgrounds and experience to participate, bringing a diversity of voices and audience and an electric competitiveness to the event.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Curious Incident)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7203-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight the history of St. Paul's unused spaces by energizing them with immersive arts events. To highlight the history of St. Paul’s unused spaces, curious incident will produce three immersive arts experiences focused on raising awareness of the history of St. Paul and its vibrant arts scene. Curious incident will transform three secret, underutilized spaces into creative wonderlands that spark the imagination of and provide memorable, one-of-a-kind experiences for audiences. The group will partner with local artists, musicians, residents and historians to create these events, providing access to places and stories not typically available to the public.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: East Side Freedom Library)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7204-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create large-scale artworks that celebrate freedom and honor the people who have shaped the city's East Side. To promote "the work of freedom" and to honor the people who have shaped St. Paul’s East Side, the East Side Freedom Library will commission large-scale artworks for the recently vacated 1917 Beaux Arts Carnegie Library as part of the repurposing of the iconic building into an educational and cultural center. The artwork telling the stories of the community will be fitted to the architectural rondelles above the existing library shelves, carved into large new reading tables and displayed as a stairway mural and on moveable exhibition walls.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Saint Paul Public Schools)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7220-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage creative expression by creating a space to present high-quality student-produced art events. To encourage creative expression, Gallery 65 will present high-quality, student-produced art and events to the public within Saint Paul’s Creative Arts School. The existing space opens onto a highly trafficked street through a wall of windows visible to pedestrians and drivers alike. Students will not just create the art but learn career skills including how to set up a show, market an event and more. The project is part of an overall renovation of the middle and high school that includes turning an unused pool into a performance space and new music and recording studios.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Walker West Music Academy)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7232-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring jazz music back to Selby Avenue through a monthly free concert series at Walker West's new music center. To bring jazz music back to Selby Avenue, the Walker West Music Academy will offer a free concert series at its new music center. Beginning in 2015, the monthly events will take place in the center’s new 75-seat performance venue, and will feature Twin Cities and national artists performing in all-ages concerts. Organizers believe the series will bring critically needed arts and cultural programming to a stretch of Selby Avenue in need of redevelopment.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ananya Dance Theatre)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7197-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the story of womens' roles in the global food system through an interdisciplinary piece. To tell the story of women’s roles in the global food system, choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, visual artist Seitu Jones and behavioral artist Marcus Young will partner with Frogtown Farm, Afro Eco, and the Indigenous Peoples Task Force to produce an evening performance reflecting and honoring the age-old work of women who cultivate, nurture and protect land and agriculture. The work will employ contemporary Indian dance to weave together artistic process and social justice in telling the stories of those whose often-unacknowledged labor sustains communities.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Hamilton Ink Spot)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7205-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand this cooperative that provides daily classes and a mentorship program for the hand printing of original artwork. To extend its impact and reach, downtown’s Hamilton Ink Spot will expand its programs to foster the art of printmaking and to make it more accessible to new audiences. The expansion will include letterpress and screen printing classes, a drop-in studio for families and individuals, a print cooperative for mid-career artists, paid internships, a mentorship program for high school-age artists, a mobile printmaking program serving K-12 students and exhibitions of local, regional and nationally recognized artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7207-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help develop local screenwriters through a fellowship competition where all finalists receive mentoring and classes to improve their work To develop local screenwriters, the Independent Filmmaker Project will create a new, dedicated fellowship competition for talented screenwriters. All finalists will receive guided mentorships and dedicated classes to refine and improve their work, and one winner will receive a grant to continue developing his/her chosen piece. The new fellowship aims to raise the national visibility of St. Paul and Minnesota screenwriters and screenwriting as an art form locally.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Jeff Bartlett)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7208-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To transform the city's landmarks by having lighting designer Jeff Bartlett turn buildings into kinetic canvases for light, color and drama To transform landmark buildings in St. Paul, master lighting designer Jeff Bartlett will turn architectural icons into kinetic canvases for light, color and drama. Inspired by the interplay of form and movement on the theatrical stage, Bartlett adds a new layer of visual experience to the nighttime urban landscape; infusing familiar surroundings with a palpable sense of wonder and delight. Entice into Rice begins with cascades of colored light shimmering across buildings surrounding the Park during Winter Carnival 2016. It continues with a series of permanent, artistically designed lighting features within the Park to bring its landscape to life, creating a visual touchstone for a St. Paul evening.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Jonathan Oppenheimer)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7209-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To amplify artists' and immigrant business owners' voices along Snelling Avenue through mosaics, graffiti art and paint murals that showcase the neighborhood's stories. To amplify the voices of artists and immigrant business owners, Jonathan Oppenheimer will transform a half-mile stretch of Snelling Avenue by commissioning four experienced public artists to create murals that weave together the theme of “starting anew.” Artists Lori Greene, Greta McLain, Eric Mattheis and Yuya Negishi will collaborate with immigrant business owners in creating mosaics, graffiti art and paint murals that reflect the changes in culture and residents, as well as the promise and struggles of the community, over time.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: M2 Foundation)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7211-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a love for music in St. Paul youth by teaching them to perform African and Brazilian rhythms on percussion instruments, preparing for performances at the Saint Paul Saints' new ballpark. To foster a love of music in St. Paul youth, leading Twin Cities drummers, dancers and singers will work with diverse youth using the model of three renowned drum ensembles from Brazil, Japan and the United Kingdom. Youth will learn drum styles from around the world, using everything from traditional percussion instruments to garbage cans and brake drums. Their co-created performances will include singing, chanting and original choreography and will take place at the new St. Paul Saints ballpark.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: McNally Smith College of Music Foundation)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7212-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide high school-aged students interested in music careers with the rare opportunity to attend a prestigious Grammy Camp, staffed by Grammy professionals. To provide high school students with rare opportunities to improve their artistic skills, McNally Smith College of Music will host a GRAMMY camp in summer 2015. St. Paul was chosen as the fourth city in the country, after Los Angeles, New York and Nashville, to host a GRAMMY Camp. GRAMMY professionals will staff the week-long immersive residential camp for talented high school students and offer opportunities to learn about audio engineering, electronic music production, songwriting, performance, journalism, video production and the music business.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mizna)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7214-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster the arts in the city's Arab-American community by bringing acclaimed Arab writers and filmmakers to present their works in the city's parks, art spaces and bars. To introduce new audiences to Arab-American arts, Mizna will launch Arab America at Home, a series of cultural events highlighting how the Arab-American experience is an innate part of the American landscape. St. Paul residents, for example, will be able to meet Arab writers at a literary picnic, watch an Arab film outdoors at Meers Park or take part in a community dialogue at a local bar or cafe, and more. Mizna hopes to undo pervasive stereotypes of Arabs and to gather St. Paul residents together to reflect on intersecting experiences of identity, self-expression and creativity.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Mu Performing Arts)70,000.002036--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7216-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To empower immigrants in the Twin Cities to tell their stories through original theatrical performances with puppetry, masks and movement created in collaboration with Masanari Kawahara. To bring the voices of the Twin Cities’ immigrant communities to the forefront, Mu Performing Arts will work with artist Masanari Kawahara to create an original play about the 21st century immigrant experience. Kawahara is himself an immigrant who has shared his own stories through his art. The play will include puppetry, masks and movement – the hallmarks of Kawahara’s distinct theatrical style. Kawahara will gather stories from St. Paul residents for the script, and train participants in movement and basic puppetry, assisted by Mu’s teaching artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Shades of Yellow)19,000.003414--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7222-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build the Hmong LGBT artist community by creating a studio where artists can create, perform and receive support to creatively share their stories. To build the Hmong/ Asian Pacific Island (HAPI) LGBTQ artist community, Shades of Yellow will open a studio where artists can create, perform and receive support to creatively share their stories. Often HAPI LGBTQ artists have to compartmentalize themselves, being an artist in one space, LGBTQ in a separate space, and HAPI in yet another. This compartmentalization thwarts creativity and community. Shades of Yellow will provide a space and a leadership project that celebrates the intersection of these identities and empowers these artists to lead others to find their voices, explore their identities and creatively share their stories with the world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Baroque Room)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7227-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase the Saint Paul classical music scene during the Art Crawl through performances in art gallery spaces. To showcase Saint Paul’s classical music scene, The Baroque Room will present performances in art gallery spaces during the October, 2015 Saint Paul Art Crawl. The performances, which will feature a host of local classical music organizations, will aim to showcase the wide variety of classical groups and upcoming performances in the city, and introduce residents to new organizations. All events will be free.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Twin Cities Jazz Festival)125,000.001480--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7230-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To increase audiences for jazz by expanding the outdoor stages in Lowertown for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. To increase audiences for jazz, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival will use challenge funding to add three stages in Saint Paul and bring in top national acts. Launched in 1999 to a crowd of 3,000, the festival has since grown to more than 30,000 people in a free, three-day event based in Lowertown’s Mears Park. In 2015, two new stages in the St. Paul Saints’ Lowertown Ballpark will feature headliners from New Orleans and also Minnesota’s finest jazz artists. A third stage will open in 2016 in historic Rice Park, helping the festival to further expand its footprint and increase attendance.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: WorkHorse Coffee Bar)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7234-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the commuting public through an intimate streetscape gallery in a vintage fire-hose cabinet near the new Green Line. To engage Green Line LRT commuters, the WorkHorse Coffee Bar will create and curate the “smallest museum in St. Paul” inside a vintage fire-hose cabinet outside its establishment. While pedestrian traffic is expected to climb with the new light rail line, the coffee bar plans to commission artists to transform the outdoor cabinet on a monthly basis into a micro-museum. Organizers envision the site as a space for humor, engagement, reaction and sidewalk discourse.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Aaron Dysart, Andrea Steudel, Emily Stover and Asia Ward)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7194-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the landmark power plant in downtown St. Paul as a largely sustainable fuel source by projecting a light show on the steam plume that billows from the roof To celebrate the landmark power plant in downtown St. Paul as a largely sustainable fuel source, a group of artists will use the steam plume as a screen to project light displays. The light installations on this billowing feature at the District Energy plant, located in the center of the city on a main thoroughfare, will shed light on the community’s collective energy use and bring attention to the significance of sustainable energy.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: In Progress)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7206-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build understanding of the long invisible, yet vibrant North End community through digital storytelling by local youth and adults. To build understanding of the long invisible yet vibrant North End community, In Progress will bring neighbors together to tell stories of life, work and family through digital media. Activities, led jointly by artists and youth, will help North End residents learn the art of storytelling and how to express, through photos, videos and music, what it means to be part of this community. Each activity will be product-driven, so participants receive immediate evidence of their contributions to the collection of stories.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Nautilus Music-Theater)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7217-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To become a major resource in the artistic and social renaissance of Lowertown St. Paul by expanding programming and audience engagement efforts in a new street-level space. To become a major resource in the renaissance of the neighborhood of Lowertown in St. Paul, Nautilus Music-Theater will use its new, street-level space to more deeply engage the public in the arts by expanding its Rough Cuts Series, which involves monthly readings of new works followed by a conversation with the audience. Funding will increase the number of readings, support new works, and help promote the events to the community and more.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Stahl Construction Company)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7224-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the legacy of St. Paul's architecture by restoring the historical company signs that distinguish Lowertown. To preserve the legacy of St. Paul’s architecture, Stahl Construction Company will restore some of the historic company signs that distinguish the Lowertown neighborhood. Some two dozen signs in Lowertown from the 19th to mid-20th centuries were painted by professionals commonly called “wall dogs” directly onto the brick walls of commercial buildings. These signs advertised everything from a cigar factory to carriages and stocks. Stahl Construction will select for restoration and conservation a number of these historic signs from Lowertown’s commercial past.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Wonderlust Productions)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7233-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To tell the stories of the state Capitol through a site-specific play generated by the politicians, staffers, reporters and other people who bring the place to life each day. To provide a behind-the-scenes peak of the state Capitol, Wonderlust Productions will stage a community-driven play with music and dance about – and at – the State Capitol. The play will be created using stories shared by a diverse cross-section of people who work at the Capitol, including politicians, staffers, reporters and others. It will be produced and performed by a mixture of Capitol workers and professionals. The performance will explore the place and people that translate civic life into action and keep the wheels of state government turning each day, while also offering participants an opportunity to share their stories, dreams, challenges and victories.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Zeitgeist)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7235-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To unite the aural and oral experiences of audiences through musical works that accompany particular dishes created by five St. Paul chefs at events in Studio Z in downtown St. Paul. To meld the musical and culinary arts, composer Ben Houge will create five musical works designed to partner with meal courses prepared by five local chefs. This “food opera” will be served to diners at Studio Z in downtown St. Paul in spring 2016. Each work will be recorded and made available to restaurants to be used to accompany featured dishes. Works will also be available for download on Zeitgeist’s website, along with recipes for the dishes they accompany.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: American Composers Forum)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7196-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the arts into people’s everyday lives by infusing music experiences into unlikely places in downtown St. Paul during the noontime hour. To bring the arts into people’s everyday lives, American Composers Forum will infuse composer-generated music experiences into unlikely places in downtown St. Paul during the noontime hour. With their project called Landmark to Lowertown, the forum will capture a new audience of downtown workers through outside-the-performance-hall performances by M.anifest, a rapper/musician from Accra, Ghana; Malamanya, a six-member Latin American and Caribbean band; and Beatrix* JAR, a sound art duo that draws inspiration from AM radios paired with flash cameras, modified children’s toys and electronic beats.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Asian Economic Development Association)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7198-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the importance of water through art at the St. Paul Water Festival, a Minnesota adaptation of events that take place in Southeast Asia. To increase awareness of Asian art and artists and to explore the importance of water through art, the Asian Economic Development Association will host a St. Paul Water Festival, a Minnesota adaptation of festivities that are held annually in Southeast Asia to celebrate the lunar New Year. St. Paul’s adaptation will feature traditional and contemporary art, music and dance showcases and demonstrations, and interactive take-home activities. The organization hopes to activate underused public spaces, boost creative enterprise and inspire new ways to use these places and gather.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Contempo Physical Dance)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7202-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring international artists and their expertise to St. Paul through an annual choreography residency for those working in Brazilian or African Diaspora contemporary dance. To challenge assumptions about African and contemporary dance, Contempo Physical Dance will conduct an annual choreography residency for those who are experimenting with fusing contemporary with Brazilian and African Diaspora dance. Artistic Director Marciano Silva dos Santos will identify one choreographer every year who is an artistic leader in his or her home country, but whose work is less familiar within the regional community. Through extensive workshops, classes and creation of a full-length work for Contempo, these residencies seek to elevate St. Paul as a pioneering site for contemporary dance production and exploration.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Michael Bahl)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7213-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a landmark for St. Paul bicycle culture through a sculpture that doubles as a bike rack. To establish a sculptural landmark for the St. Paul bicycle culture, Paleo-osteological Interpreter Michael Bahl will create the bronze skeleton of a large imaginary mammal in repose; its ribcage will function as a bike rack. A bony crest on the dome of its skull will suggest a bike helmet. Bahl's work, called the Paleo-osteological Bike Rack, focuses on how prehistoric skeletons, while taken for granted as science, can evolve into works of art. When the individual bones are joined in a united effort, a skeleton becomes the ultimate functioning mechanism, or in this case, a whimsical bike rack.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: MN Spoken Word Association)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7215-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the city through spoken word by creating a tapestry of poems written by residents in 10 rapidly growing neighborhoods. To celebrate the city through spoken word, this challenge winner will create a literal tapestry of poems written by residents in 10 of the city’s rapidly growing neighborhoods. During the Association’s annual festival, neighborhood teams with the assistance of professionals will create poem that represents their community. Each team will take part in a screen-printing session where their poem is printed onto fabric for their tapestry square. The original textiles will be stitched together. A digital image will be made so that the poem can be shown publicly. Each year a new square will be added to the tapestry to show its evolution.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ragamala Dance)18,000.003415--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7218-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring traditional Indian arts into the community by inviting musicians, poets, dancers and storytellers to celebrate Navarathri, the Festival of Nine Nights, in a public celebration. Inspired by the festival of Navaratri, Ragamala will invite the greater St. Paul community to a public gathering. In South India, Navaratri (the festival of nine nights) is an occasion for communities to come together in one another’s homes, an intimate way of sharing art among families and friends. With challenge funding, Ragamala will transform the Landmark Center’s Weyerhaeuser Auditorium into a South Indian living room filled with traditional displays of art and food. Artists from the Indian community will present short performances, and any guest who wishes to participate—youth and adults of all cultures and backgrounds, celebrated artists alongside people who have never performed in public—will be invited to share his or her art.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Science Museum of Minnesota)55,000.002174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7221-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore race and racism through community workshops that are paired with a museum exhibition, led by Penumbra Theatre Company, and grounded in theater techniques. To help students more deeply explore race and racism, the museum and Penumbra Theatre Company will use theater workshops to extend the impact of the museum’s exhibition, “RACE: Are We So Different?” This interdisciplinary experience will explore the distinctions between what science tells us about race (which has changed significantly over the past decade); the history and ramifications of race as a social construct; and the day-to-day experience of race in contemporary America. The workshops, which will take place once the acclaimed exhibition returns from a national tour in 2015, will offer a unique opportunity for students to think and feel deeply about issues within a safe space for learning and exploration.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sweet 317)6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7226-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer a free monthly music series at this intimate space in Lowertown focused on art forward events. To expand on Lowertown’s interactive art offerings, Sweet 317, a live/work space focused on art-forward events, will offer an intimate music series. The events will combine the visual arts with musical performances in a living room-meets-gallery environment. Organizers hope the series will bring people together to connect with artists in surprising ways.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Alec Soth / Little Brown Mushroom)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7195-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create “The Winnebago Workshop,” a mobile classroom where teens are paired with artists to create multimedia stories To enable artists ages 16 to18 to think ambitiously about art-making and storytelling, Alec Soth and the artists at Little Brown Mushroom will create a mobile classroom in a Winnebago. Every month young artists will board the Winnebago and set out to gather the stories of local communities through photography, video, illustration and writing. At the end of the workshops, students will publicly screen their projects on the side of their mobile classroom.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Barry Madore)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7199-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase Latino East Siders through a fictional radio novela/variety show, broadcast on the new Dayton's Bluff FM station. To showcase Latino East Siders, Nuestro Pueblo San Pablo Productions will create a radio and live theater project that will provide an artistic avenue for this growing and active community to express and showcase itself. Three live theater productions at underused neighborhood venues will introduce an accompanying series of 20 fictional radio novela episodes, to be broadcast on WEQY. The project is also designed to mentor and train community members and artists in the art and technical aspects of radio and theater. Nuestro Pueblo San Pablo is a collaboration of Dayton’s Bluff Community Council, WEQY FM community radio, Fire on the Bluff Productions (Barry Madore) and Teatro del Pueblo.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Center for Hmong Arts and Talent)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7201-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To highlight the best of Hmong design through the Fresh Traditions Fashion Show, where contestants incorporate the five traditional Hmong fabrics into contemporary form. To highlight the best of Hmong design, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent will expand the Fresh Traditions Fashion Show, an event featuring designers who are tasked with incorporating five traditional elements into a contemporary form. The show has become the premier platform for emerging Hmong fashion designers/artists and is the only culturally inspired fashion event that exhibits the creativity, originality and quality of work by Hmong designers/artists. The expanded fashion show will provide Hmong artists with career support, valuable entrepreneurial and event organizing skills, resources and more.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Ka Joog)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7210-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the art of Somali poetry through a mobile art program offering performances and educational programming. To preserve the art of Somali poetry, Ka Joog will bring a mobile art program to neighborhoods across St. Paul, elevating Somali art forms and creating connections across peoples and communities. The pop-up arts education programs will focus on teaching Somali traditional oral art forms, increasing intercultural understanding, and engaging youth in positive activities that simultaneously connect them with their vibrant cultural heritage. Artists will lead classes that encourage youth to explore poetry, music and theater, and learn to respond critically, thus building bridges for collaboration and exposure for Somali artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Rogue Citizen / Free Range Music Cooperative)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7219-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate St. Paul Hip-Hop through an arts and music series that draws attention to an often overlooked culture in the city. To celebrate and strengthen St. Paul hip-hop, Free Range Music Cooperative and Rogue Citizen artist collective will produce an event series celebrating the genre’s elements and history. Titled CULTURE, the series will feature established visual, performance and recording artists while remaining accessible to artists and fans of all backgrounds and ages. This arts and music series highlights an underexposed subculture in and of St. Paul and prioritizes the creators’ agency in how they are portrayed and how the events are organized.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Silvia Pontaza)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7223-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To make art more accessible to the Latino community by creating a community radio show and podcast that provides context on local cultural exhibits and events. To make art more accessible to the Latino Community, radio host Silvia Pontanza will create “Coco’s Latinidad Art Radio Review,” a show and podcast that explains the arts in layman terms for Latinos unaccustomed to the St. Paul arts scene. Moving between English and Spanish, the show will integrate radio skits, interviews, contests, visiting guest artists and reviews, finding a thread that helps a novice take a leap of faith in experiencing the arts. The heart of the show will be Coco, a radio personality Pontaza developed during her time on a popular variety show in Guatemala City.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sumunar Indonesian Music and Dance)13,000.003533--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7225-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce St. Paul audiences to the tradition of the Indonesian wayang kulit (shadow puppet play), based on traditional stories and current events in Minnesota. To introduce local audiences to Indonesian shadow puppet plays, known as wayang kulit, Sumunar will collaborate with Green T Productions, a local theatre/dance company, to create a Minnesota version. With the Sumunar Gamelan Ensemble providing the energizing musical accompaniment, the traditional form will have a strong local twist, with both shadow puppetry and live acting used for a play derived from history, current events and well-known characters, and generously infused with humor. (Imagine, for example, Paul Bunyan and Babe, his blue ox, riding on the new Green Line.) The result will be an entertainment for all ages.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Bindery Projects)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7228-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To ensure the city is part of the national discourse on contemporary art by showcasing prominent artists at this artist-run exhibition space. To ensure St. Paul is part of the national discourse on contemporary art, The Bindery Projects, an artist-run exhibition space, will showcase prominent local and national artists over the course of two years. The 2-year-old space sees itself as a platform wehre conversations on contemporay art that are happening internationally can become localized. Challenge funding will help the space expand its mission and feature those interested in how art can stimulate social change, blurring the lines between high art, community art and art-based activism.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Winding Sheet Outfit)4,000.003807--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7229-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To infuse a sense of magic and wonder into theater through a storytelling performance that takes place beneath a black tent that travels around the city. To infuse a sense of magic and wonder into theater, The Winding Sheet Outfit will transform a 10-by-10-foot pavilion tent into a versatile but tiny theater. The space will be the setting for several five- to ten-minute pieces – providing curious performances for up to eight audience members at a time. Meanwhile, the outside waiting area will have a vintage carnival-type atmosphere. The organizers seek to surprise audience members with a quieter, more personal experience that evokes a moment of unexpected discovery.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Unify University!)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7231-- Grant period: 09/29/2014 - 09/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate cultural unity by commissioning artists to build giant street puppets for the Unify University Community Parade. To celebrate cultural unity, the Unify University Community Parade will commission artists to build giant street puppets for its annual event. The 5-year-old parade is a celebration of pride and power for the diverse areas at the eastern end of University Avenue, including the longtime African-American neighborhoods in Rondo and the Asian and other immigrant communities of Frogtown. Artists will lead neighborhood kids and their parents in group art projects that will be used in the event.
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Earmark: Stanford d.school)3,698,000.0057--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6507-- Grant period: 09/26/2014 - 10/27/2014; goal: To expose media and civic organizations to Stanford University's d.school's human-centered design methods and tools, developing transformational leaders who can advance their field.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: 2015 CfA Fellowship: Miami-Dade County)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6468-- Grant period: 09/23/2014 - 09/22/2015; goal: To support the launch of a Code for America 2015 Fellowship with Miami-Dade County government, which will be the first first CfA Fellows class in Florida. In Miami, Code for America will assemble a team of three fellows for 11 months of service to help address core civic issues. The fellowship will begin in January 2015, with a month-long training session in San Francisco, following which fellows will travel to Miami to take on a residency with local government. During the residency fellows will work with officials and residents to identify specific government challenges and devise ideas to solve them. They will then start developing technology solutions to tackle these challenges. Projects will be presented in October 2015 at the Code for America Summit.
SciStarter LLC (Earmark: A citizen science data broker)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6567-- Grant period: 09/22/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: A matchmaking service where people who observe and record things of interest connect with people who need their observations, through a map-centric mobile and web app. Data collectors define their interests and locations and share observations with project managers who specify where they need data, (via a simple form) and tag their project with a vocabulary we design to facilitate matching.
Naytev (Earmark: Naytev)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5014-- Grant period: 09/16/2014 - 09/16/2015; goal: Social media headline optimization for media and brands. Naytev A/B tests how content appears on social media (the images and text that show up on Facebook or Twitter) when people share, and improves engagement by prioritizing the top versions of a message. We currently working with some top publishers in the industry to boost social traffic, and are expanding into ecommerce, social gaming, and political communication.
Gimlet Media (Earmark: Startup)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5015-- Grant period: 09/16/2014 - 09/16/2015; goal: Podcasting production and distribution.
Ushahidi (Earmark: PingApp)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6577-- Grant period: 09/15/2014 - 04/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We propose to build PingApp which is basically a binary, multichannel check-in tool for groups during a crisis or a disaster. The idea is that families and organizations could use this for quick head counts on how everyone is, and then use it as an on-ramp into a Red Cross missing persons index or something like Google's People Finder app.
Pop Up Archive (Earmark: Pop Up Archive)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5013-- Grant period: 09/12/2014 - 09/12/2015; goal: Organizing sound and making it searchable, so journalists and scholars can tell stories better. Pop Up Archive makes sound searchable. Media on the web is opaque and hard to discover. Pop Up Archive takes sound from anywhere and automatically creates timestamped transcripts and keywords, indexed so search terms play back exactly where they are found in the audio. Pop Up Archive's smart transcription tools are built on unique language models from audio collections across the U.S. The Pop Up Archive web application helps media companies monetize content by optimizing audio and video for search engines and audience engagement.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Time Capsule Encryption)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6569-- Grant period: 09/09/2014 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: We propose to build a time capsule encryption service for archivists, scholars, and journalists. Time capsule encryption is a way to securely send a message into the future, so it cannot be read until a certain date or event. Time capsule encryption is necessary to preserve important cultural records that would otherwise be deleted or forgotten.
Infogram Software (Earmark: Jifo And Bad Data)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6586-- Grant period: 09/08/2014 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote data literacy by prototyping an educational mobile game to help children learn about data visualization and critical thinking in the digital age. Jifo and Bad Data (JABD) is an educational game that teaches children data literacy, data visualization and even some critical thinking. Aimed at children aged 5-7, it will be developed in cooperation with child psychologists and game designers with experience of the age group. JABD keeps children entertained and engaged with an original story and an original character, Jifo. Infogr.am's core business is in data visualization, but our social mission is promoting data literacy globally.
Participatory Politics Foundation (Earmark: AskThem.io)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6568-- Grant period: 09/08/2014 - 11/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: PPF will develop digital tools for media publishers that enables visitors to their websites to ask questions, push for public responses, and share answers. These tools will allow visitors to stay on the media websites, but publish questions through to the AskThem.io platform for further reach. PPF will conduct user research on types of questions that online public seeks to ask and have answered.
Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library (Earmark: Digital programming)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6561-- Grant period: 09/03/2014 - 09/03/2015; goal: To fund the Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library to support digital programming for the Miami-Dade Public Library System.
American Society of News Editors Foundation (Earmark: Digital Outreach Initiative)85,000.001860--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6505-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 09/01/2017; goal: To support journalism excellence to accelerate adoption of digital tools and techniques in traditional newsrooms.
OpenGov Foundation (Earmark: Madison Project)750,000.00358--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6518-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 09/30/2016; goal: To support The OpenGov Foundation's work making state and local codes, laws and policymaking accessible to the public through open data and technology.
Kimmel Center (Earmark: Underground Residencies)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6547-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2016; goal: To foster artistic innovation through 'Underground Residencies' - a residency program that provides emerging artists a platform for artistic experimentation and collaboration at the Kimmel Center.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: Artists U 2.0)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6631-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To support Artists U 2.0 - monthly workshops and professional development opportunities that will provide Philadelphia artists with the knowledge and skills necessary to build sustainable practices.
Alchemy (Earmark: AS220 Collaboration and "Finding the Gold Within" Premiere)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6542-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To engage Akron's black male youth through a three-day visual arts workshop led by nationally renowned arts education program AS220 Youth, and to support the Akron premiere of 'Finding the Gold Within' - a documentary exploring the impact of the Alchemy program on the lives of six young men.
Friends of WLRN (Earmark: WLRN Human-Centered Design)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6008-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 09/01/2015; goal: To support WLRN's use of human-centered design methods to improve its journalism, through staff training and a design engagement with MAYA Design. Through the project, WLRN staff will be trained in human-centered design, an approach that incorporates feedback from users when developing new ideas, so audience needs are built into the innovation process. Staff will learn to use these techniques in their work and apply them to content creation and delivery. At the same time, MAYA Design, a design consultancy and research lab, will use market research and analysis gathered from WLRN audiences to recommend new ideas for the newsroom.
100 Words Film Festival, LLC (Earmark: 100 Words Film Festival)20,400.003267--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6530-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; goal: To launch a film festival that challenges professional directors and student filmmakers to focus on the essence of storytelling by creating films that use exactly 100 spoken words. The first event was held Nov. 22 at the McGlohon Theater. A sold out crowd saw 30 film premieres, many by award-winning filmmakers.
Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Earmark: Broadcast and Live Stream of Miami Book Fair International)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6541-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To raise Miami's profile as a hub for the literary arts and reach new audiences through Detroit Public Television's national broadcast and live stream coverage of Miami Book Fair International. The live stream webcast will air on Friday, November 21 from 4-9 pm ET, Saturday from 12 noon-6 pm ET, and Sunday from 12 noon-6 pm ET. In addition to PBS online platforms, the live stream will be available via a free online video player available to any individual or entities, including bookstores, publishers, blogs and media outlets wishing to share the stories, events and energy of the Miami Book Fair International with their audiences. Embed code instructions and additional information about coverage can be found at www.BookViewNow.org.
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (Earmark: STAMP)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6546-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2016; goal: To provide free access to museums and cultural events throughout the community to Philadelphia teens through STAMP: The Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Family Teen Program.
North Carolina Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation (Earmark: Jazz at Lincoln Center)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6554-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To bring the arts to a wider audience by providing seats for the 2014 Charlotte performance of the renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
Akron Baroque (Earmark: Akron Baroque Series Sponsorship)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6534-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2016; goal: To engage Akron area audiences with innovative chamber orchestra performances.
Opera Philadelphia (Earmark: Stage Three of Andy: A Popera)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6543-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 01/31/2016; goal: To support Opera Philadelphia and The Bearded Ladies Cabaret in their production of the third installment of Andy: A Popera - an innovative cabaret opera inspired by the legacy, artistic process and fame of Andy Warhol.
National Geographic Society (Earmark: Slow Journalism Event)90,200.001832--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6562-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To host an evening reception and panel discussion at the Newseum, featuring Paul Salopek and focusing on the idea of slow journalism to deepen our understanding of the world.
CVOX Group LLC (Earmark: Fintech LATAM 2014)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6484-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 12/01/2014; goal: To support Fintech LATAM, a one-day conference which aims to position Miami as a center of financial technology in the Americas by exploring the key shifts poised to disrupt Latin America and South Florida's financial landscape.
Citymart USA (Earmark: Citymart USA Demonstration Project)398,440.00551--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6516-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2019; goal: To demonstrate an innovative approach to city government procurement that could generate substantial cost-savings for cities, create greater transparency and accountability in the procurement process, match the needs in the community with the best available solutions, and create a clearer model for citizen engagement and open up cities to local social and urban entrepreneurship.
Miami Book Fair International (Earmark: Four Pilot Projects)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6532-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To engage audiences and raise Miami's profile as a hub for literary arts with four new Miami International Book Fair pilot programs.
University of Maryland (Earmark: DeVos Institute: Capacity Building in Greater San Jose)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6535-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 04/30/2017; goal: To support Capacity Building: Greater San Jose - a two-year program led by the DeVos Institute that will provide intensive group training and in-depth consultation for 20 high-potential arts organizations in greater San Jose/Silicon Valley.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Earmark: Crowdsource Symphony)315,000.00609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6548-- Grant period: 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2015; goal: To engage residents with the Crowdsource Symphony Initiative - a symphonic portrait of Detroit composed by Tod Machover, produced through contributions and collaborations with the citizens of Detroit, and performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Newsela (Earmark: Newsela)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5011-- Grant period: 08/26/2014 - 08/26/2015; goal: News repurposed to promote reading education and literacy. Newsela unlocks the written word by publishing daily news articles at five reading levels to engage students in grades 3-12 in high-interest topics from immigration and diplomacy to drones and animal extinction. Students who read Newsela articles and take Common Core-aligned quizzes develop the critical thinking and nonfiction literacy skills needed for academic and professional success. When every student, regardless of reading level, is able to participate, teachers can engage the whole class in conversations about complex issues. Launched in 2013, Newsela has been one of the most quickly adopted educational technologies in history.
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (Earmark: Public Database of Massachusetts Court Records)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6421-- Grant period: 08/15/2014 - 01/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To allow journalists and the public to better monitor court cases through an online filing and database system for Massachusetts court records. MassINC and its partners will create an online filing and public database system for Massachusetts court records that includes an electronic copy of each source document inside the docket, as well as docket metadata. This product is for journalists and the general public interested in monitoring court cases. Digital access will increase newsrooms' capacity to report on legal proceedings.
Girls Write Now (Earmark: 'Dorkshop')20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6473-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 08/30/2015; goal: To support journalism excellence and diversity by funding Girls Write Now to provide workshops on digital journalism writing for low-income girls.
Oneaka Dance Company (Earmark: 'Dances of the Soul')5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6485-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To engage Charlotte audiences with Dances of the Soul, a workshop series that paired professional artists and dancers with community leaders and residents to participate in the creation of dance and performance art.
Meedan (Earmark: CheckDesk)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6412-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help journalists quickly verify the accuracy of online media–whether it’s a video, photo or a tweet through a digital tool–in deadline situations.
Threshold Future (Earmark: Threshold)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6414-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To make it easier for open Internet projects to find funding by creating an open Internet-themed virtual currency as a way to build a community of interested supporters.
Empire Seven Studios (Earmark: E7S Japantown Mural Project)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6477-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To engage San Jose residents through the expansion of the Empire Seven Studios E7S Mural Project - a mural project and event series that will bring the work of internationally renowned visual artists to the streets of San Jose.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Newsgeist2014)85,000.001860--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6504-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To help organize and host Newsgeist 2014, formerly Newsfoo, an 'unconference' to explore the future of news, journalism and media at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. This free, invite-only “unconference” is a participant-driven meeting exploring the future of news at the intersection of journalism, technology, and public policy. The event is sponsored by Google and the Knight Foundation.
City of San Jose (Earmark: Open streets planning and pilot)130,000.001467--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6347-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support the Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services in the City of San Jose as they seek to advance both talent and opportunity with the introduction of a monthly open streets event.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Knight-Cronkite School Alumni Innovation Grants)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6403-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 08/30/2016; goal: To support journalism education excellence by establishing the Knight-Cronkite Alumni Innovation Fund offering micro-grants to Cronkite graduates working in a newsrooms to advance digital reporting and storytelling.
Veritza (Earmark: Veritza)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6413-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To automate the discovery of story leads from public records by scraping, ingesting and aggregating data, and analyzing it for patterns and anomalies. The system will ultimately allow users to create alerts on public records and will deliver auto-generated statistical summaries and infographics that are easy to share and embed.
Rutgers University Foundation (Earmark: Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6457-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 08/30/2015; goal: To support journalism excellence through diversity by contributing to the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies to examine and advance women's participation in media, especially at the decision-making levels.
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte (Earmark: NuVoices Festival)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6486-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2016; goal: To bring new works to the stage through the NuVoices for a NuGeneration Play Festival for the next two years. Each of the finalist playwrights will workshop their plays January 11-18, 2015, and the audience/judges’ favorite will be given a full production in the 2015-16 season. The same format will be in place the following year. Past winners have gone on to have their plays produced nationally.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: Stage Door Series + the Contemporaries)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6522-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2016; goal: To engage new audience with 10 intimate and artistically excellent 'Stage Door' performances at the University of Akron's EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall, and provide 500 free tickets to performances to students and young adults.
McColl Center for Visual Art (Earmark: Knight Artist in Residency and Renovation)95,000.001819--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6531-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 11/30/2015; goal: To elevate Charlotte as a hub for artistic excellence by supporting the McColl Center for Art + Innovation’s Knight Artist in Residency program. Funding will help fellows expand their community engagement efforts in Charlotte. The center will also renovate and reconfigure the McColl building first floor, to transform the galleries into an open, multiuse space of 3,000 square feet for large-scale exhibitions and special events.
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble (Earmark: Danzas de Cuba - 45th Anniversary)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6563-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To engage Philadelphia's Latino community with 'Danzas de Cuba' - an Afro-Cuban dance showcase and workshop series in celebration of Kulu Mele's 45th anniversary.
Silicon Valley Talent Partnership (Earmark: Silicon Valley Talent Partnership)1,025,000.00259--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5897-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 08/31/2017; goal: To establish the Silicon Valley Talent Partnership, a new public-private collaboration that partners Silicon Valley's best talent with local government to spur innovation and address local challenges.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Museum Park)54,810.002181--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6454-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 12/01/2014; goal: To support and fund an assessment of costs required to deliver a plan for a downtown Miami park and determine the extent of the plan completed thus far.
Tabard Theatre Company (Earmark: 10 in 10)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6481-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2016; goal: To support innovative theater in San Jose with '10 in 10' - an evening of ten-minute plays by local playwrights, inspired by photographs taken by local artists.
Center City District Foundation (Earmark: The Independent Economy in Philadelphia, Charlotte and Milwaukee)137,000.001448--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6492-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; goal: To better understand talent retention and attraction by investigating the dimensions and needs of the independent (or 'freelance') economy in Philadelphia, Charlotte and Milwaukee.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: Synapse Art and Science series)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6512-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support 'Synapse' - a series of innovative workshops and events that will engage Akron audiences through examinations of the relationship between art and science. The Synapse series explores enlightened collaborations between art and science. This initiative at The University of Akron probes the ideas, images, and mutual interests connecting art and science professionals and disci- plines. Open to all university disciplines and the public, Synapse events take the form of residencies, internships, collaborative projects, lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and exhibitions.
Foundation for Detroit's Future (Earmark: Support Detroit's Plan of Adjustment)30,000,000.001--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6539-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 03/02/2093; goal: As part of a group of funders, support Detroit's Plan of Adjustment developed by the Emergency Manager, to allow Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy a financially sustainable community that can better engage and serve its citizens. At the same time, securing the assets of the Detroit Inst. of Arts as a resource for the City and the region.
Akron Art Museum (Earmark: Inside|Out Akron)193,200.001180----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6549-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support the launch of Inside|Out - an audience engagement initiative that brings ornately framed high-quality reproductions of works from the collection of the Akron Art Museum into neighborhoods throughout Summit County.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (Earmark: Open streets)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6346-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To increase San Jose's core city vibrancy by supporting the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition's partnership with the City of San Jose, leveraging its relationships with corporations and strong volunteer base to support the open streets event.
BoardSource (Earmark: BoardSource Board Advocacy Campaign)125,000.001480----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6449-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 06/30/2015; goal: To support the initial phase of a campaign to inspire and educate board leaders in advocating for their organization's missions - developing and networking key leaders from important social organizations.
Pennsylvania Ballet Association (Earmark: Jerome Robbins Match for 'Canvas')10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6479-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To engage Philadelphia audiences with the company premiere of 'Canvas', an innovative contemporary ballet by Larry Keigwin.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Imagine 2025: Sharing the Vision)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6509-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; goal: To support 'Imagine 2025: Sharing the Vision' - a creative summit to engage Charlotte audiences in a dialogue around the future sustainability of arts and culture in their community.
World Education Services (Earmark: Mapping the Trajectories of Immigrant Professionals in Six U.S. Cities)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6517-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support IMPRINT's research that will document the scope of under-utilized immigrant talent in Detroit, Philadelphia, Miami, San Jose and comparison cities across the United States.
The American University (Earmark: JoLT fellowships)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6524-- Grant period: 08/01/2014 - 08/30/2015; goal: To pilot a leadership-building program with a focus in game design and systems thinking to develop transformational media leaders supporting journalism excellence. With $250,000 in support from Knight Foundation, American University will launch JoLT (Journalism Leadership Transformation), a program to incubate a cohort of disruptive leaders who – armed with experience and skills in engagement design, systems thinking and transformational leadership – will pilot an effort to apply cutting-edge practices in game design to leadership challenges in journalism and media. The JoLT pilot program will host three master’s student fellows, who will enroll full time in the MA in game design (operated jointly with American University’s College of Arts and Sciences) while participating in a range of activities such as news game jams, leadership workshops and design projects for the American University Game Lab and its project partners. JoLT will also enable fellows and leading industry professionals to explore game design thinking, rapid prototyping and journalism trends through two Washington, D.C.- based summits and a speaker series.
Endaga (Earmark: Endaga)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5010-- Grant period: 07/29/2014 - 07/29/2015; goal: Endaga empowers anyone, anywhere to run their own cellular networks and brings connectivity to the billion people internationally without it.
Center for Active Design (Earmark: Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement)115,000.001556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6483-- Grant period: 07/15/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the initial phase of development of Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement, a clear and accessible set of evidence-based guidelines that promote effective strategies for increasing civic engagement via design.
Patients Like Me (Earmark: Patients Assemble)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6298-- Grant period: 07/15/2014 - 01/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help people with chronic illnesses interact with policymakers through open-source collaborative tools that will allow users to provide feedback and shape issues that are important to them.
The Center for Public Integrity (Earmark: Global I-Hub ICIJ)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6433-- Grant period: 07/15/2014 - 01/15/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To make collaboration on cross-border investigative stories easier by providing a secure, easy-to-use platform for reporters to communicate through Facebook-like status updates, threaded communications on specific topics, individual messaging and file sharing. ICIJ proposes to build a secure, easy-to-use platform that will make collaboration on cross-border investigative stories easier by providing a one-stop-shop for reporters to communicate through Facebook-like status updates, threaded communications on specific topics, individual messaging and file sharing - with several levels of security depending on the nature of the communications.
Wesleyan University (Earmark: Wesleyan Media Project videos)30,000.002949--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6395-- Grant period: 07/14/2014 - 12/05/2014; goal: To further support the Wesleyan Media Project with a short video and a 30-second public service message to help raise awareness about the growth of negative television advertising in political campaigns.
WGBH Educational Foundation (Earmark: Short-form Frontline)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6404-- Grant period: 07/10/2014 - 08/08/2015; goal: To support WGBH develop and test a short-form digital Frontline series to engage a new audience of millennials with quality journalism.
Trustees of Boston University (Earmark: WBUR BizLab)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6450-- Grant period: 07/10/2014 - 08/14/2015; goal: To launch the WBUR BizLab, a free-standing team to experiment with new revenue strategies to increase WBUR's future sustainability and share findings with the public media community.
Public Media Company (Earmark: Channel X Online Marketplace)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6472-- Grant period: 07/10/2014 - 08/14/2015; goal: To develop functions and services specific to news content at Channel X, an online marketplace that helps public TV and radio broadcasters discover, buy and license content aimed at a young and diverse audience.
Historic Macon Foundation (Earmark: Macon's Beall's Hill Revitalization- A National Model)1,785,000.00175--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6336-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 08/31/2019; goal: To complete the revitalization of the historic Beall's Hill neighborhood within the College Hill Corridor and serve as a national model through a combination of grant and program related investments establishing perpetual revolving loan funds for rehabilitating homes, building new homes, facade improvements, energy efficiency projects and down payment assistance.
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians (Earmark: Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians)412,000.00528--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6342-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2017; goal: To support a program that will help Philadelphia harness and retain high-skilled immigrant talent by helping them establish their professional credentials in the U.S.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Document Cloud)1,404,000.00214--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6355-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 07/31/2016; goal: To improve the popular, open source journalism tool DocumentCloud and make it sustainable to encourage investigative journalism and the exchange of public information.
Opera Carolina (Earmark: Street Opera)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6466-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2016; goal: To create a series of performances taking opera out of the theater and into the streets of greater Charlotte.
Afro-American Cultural Center (Earmark: 40 and Counting - Celebrating the Gantt's 40th Anniversary)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6474-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015; goal: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, with “40 And Counting” – an exhibition and programming series that culminates this month. “40 and Counting” highlights the institution’s journey and influence on the region, featuring works of sculpture, painting, textiles, photography and more from 16 previous exhibitions.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Earmark: New Americans Campaign)1,012,500.00264--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5902-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2016; goal: To support the New Americans Campaign to enable more immigrants to become naturalized citizens in Detroit, Charlotte, Miami and San Jose - accelerating civic engagement and talent retention.
Historic Macon Foundation (Earmark: Macon Beall's Hill Revitalization (PRI))1,215,000.00237--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6388-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 08/31/2019; goal: To complete the revitalization of the historic Beall's Hill neighborhood within the College Hill Corridor and serve as a national model through a combination of grant and program-related investments establishing perpetual revolving loan funds for rehabilitating homes, building new homes, facade improvements, energy efficiency projects and down payment assistance.
StoryCorps (Earmark: DIY Storycorps)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6428-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a prototype StoryCorps mobile app that allows people to record, upload and share do-it-yourself StoryCorps interviews. The app will be an extension of StoryCorps' do-it-yourself program, diy.storycorps.org, which will be redesigned before National Day of Listening (Nov. 28) 2014. We would first like to offer the app in iOS and Android versions.
Detroit 300 Conservancy (Earmark: Downtown Placemaking Expansion)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6469-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the enhanced placemaking in downtown Detroit to expand beyond the downtown center and grow the nearby pedestrian, recreational, residential and commercial activity at the northern gateway to downtown, Grand Circus Park.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: Percussion Program - Rhythm Experience)20,396.003268--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6511-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To engage diverse Akron audiences with 'Rhythm Experience' - a series of artistically excellent percussion programs and workshops, and provide 200 free tickets to the University of Akron Steel Drum Band April 2015 concert.
Cuba Study Group (Earmark: Cuba Entrepreneurship Series)58,500.002166--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6267-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support further connecting and elevating the startup and entrepreneurial communities in Miami and Cuba through a series of events that will pair Cuban private entrepreneurs with their counterparts in Miami.
Silicon Valley Creates (Earmark: Online Arts Engagement Modules)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6445-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2016; goal: To support the development of four online cultural engagement tools that will serve emerging arts organizations and encourage participation in the arts.
Global Detroit (Earmark: Global Great Lakes Network)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6482-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; goal: To support and continue the development of the Global Great Lakes Network, a nascent network of regional immigration economic development initiatives across the Midwest - accelerating civic engagement and talent retention.
BioInnovation Institute in Akron (Earmark: Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron)4,025,000.0042--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6392-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 09/01/2017; goal: To support the restructure of Austen Bioinnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) so that it may sustain operations and continue to improve Akron's economy and quality of life through investments and job creation. The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) announced funding commitments of up to $5 million today to bolster the organization’s product innovation and commercialization efforts and advance Northeast Ohio’s culture of biomedical entrepreneurship.
Grist Magazine (Earmark: New Engagement Tools for Media)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6418-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To allow newsrooms to better measure audience engagement, beyond clicks and page views, by creating an open-source WordPress plugin that will measure “attention minutes” to determine how long users are interacting with content.
Tal Achituv (Earmark: Public Record (Advanced Emergency Radio Scanner & Repository))35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6439-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To provide newsrooms with a better tool to be aware of current events, and also a better tool for investigation of past events.
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism (Earmark: Knight Innovation Awards)216,000.001003--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6399-- Grant period: 07/01/2014 - 07/30/2017; goal: To support three years of the Knight Award for Media Innovation, celebrate news innovators and encourage others to innovate in journalism. VICE Media co-founder and CEO Shane Smith will receive the Knight Foundation’s 2014 Innovation Award on Dec. 1 at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism — and leading technologists and entrepreneurs from outside of the media industry will present their ideas for how journalism needs to evolve. More.
Market Atlas (Earmark: Market Atlas)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6417-- Grant period: 06/30/2014 - 08/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To scale a data provider network that allows citizens to collect and share microeconomic data from countries in Africa that lack financial infrastructure; providing reliable, consistent financial data should encourage greater investment in the area. Market Atlas is like 'Bloomberg for Africa' We aim to improve access to financial data in emerging markets for private equity and social impact investors. With Knight's support, we're scaling a data provider network where citizens collect and share micro-economic data from countries that lack financial infrastructure. Our goal is to encourage investment, which will create jobs in these regions.
MIAMade (Earmark: Miami Makers Initiative)105,933.001586--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6357-- Grant period: 06/29/2014 - 01/03/2015; goal: To support the Miami Maker Initiative, which aims to bolster interest, engagement, and support for local makers in South Florida-connecting entrepreneurs with other innovative thinkers in the community.
Hollaback (Earmark: Report-a-Troll)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6437-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a platform where victims can safely report online harassment—including violent threats, stalking and racial epithets—and volunteers can respond.
CODE2040 (Earmark: CODE2040)400,000.00532--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6698-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To ensure the future of the Internet as a diverse, inclusive public resource by opening more pathways for underrepresented minorities to top jobs in technology and bolstering professional support networks to sustain their success. A diverse community of people working on strengthening the Internet is an important part of ensuring its future as a public resource. While black and Latino students currently earn nearly 20 percent of computer science degrees, they make up only 9 percent of the technology industry and less than 1 percent of technology company founders. CODE2040 seeks to strengthen the Internet by opening more pathways for people of color to top jobs in technology and bolstering professional support networks to sustain their success. The core component of this initiative will be a new iteration of the CODE2040 Fellows Program. The program matches black and Latino software developers with internships at tech companies to which they would not usually have access and supports them with a robust leadership development curriculum. Lessons from the Fellows Program will also be applied to develop a curriculum for thousands of computer science students of color nationwide.
Open Technology Institute at New America (Earmark: Global Censorship Measurement)350,000.00574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6700-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To work in support of Measurement Lab, a collaboration and research platform that hosts a suite of tools for assessing the openness of the Internet. Private telecommunications companies control the majority of Internet traffic and can potentially exert significant control over what Internet users see and how they see it. However, little is known about how they exercise this control. New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute works in support of Measurement Lab, a collaboration and research platform that hosts a suite of tools for assessing the openness of the Internet through metrics such as connection speed and blocked sites. They will work to make the software and data more accessible and provide journalists and policymakers with information about Internet openness.
Guardian Media (Earmark: Swarmize)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6419-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To allow journalists to conduct research with the help of readers by creating a platform to improve data collection, analysis and distribution of crowd research.
Salak TeleSystems (Earmark: Poking the Bear)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6423-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/23/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a new family of tools that can detect and prove network neutrality violations even when it occurs within mobile network operator networks.
Digital Public Library of America (Earmark: Getting it Right on Rights)300,000.00620--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6699-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To create a simplified and more coherent rights structure for content collections from libraries, museums, archives and other sources, along with best practices that institutions can use to safely make more content available to the public. Huge collections of content from libraries, museums, archives and other sources are freely accessible on the Web through the Digital Public Library of America, Europeana, Trove and other organizations. However, these collections lack consistency on people’s usage rights and are further weakened by inconsistent copyright law and aversion to risk by nonprofit institutions. Getting it Right on Rights will create a simplified and more coherent rights structure, along with best practices that institutions around the world can use to safely make more content available to the public. The project will include two international summits to convene experts in the field, from museum leaders to intellectual property lawyers and policymakers, the creation of a new digital rights standard and production of a best practices guide.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (Earmark: Online Censorship.org)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6702-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To collect information about online censorship incidents to explore concerns about censorship and preserve freedom of expression. As private Internet companies handle a growing amount of online communication, society faces a new set of challenges about censorship and free speech: When should governments and companies be able to remove content from a private Internet service? What policies should companies follow when dealing with copyright or censorship requests? The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the country’s leading advocates for an open Internet, will further develop OnlineCensorship.org. Co-founded by Jillian York and Ramzi Jaber, the project collects information about online censorship incidents. The Electronic Frontier Foundation will make use of this data to explore concerns about censorship and map a better way forward for freedom of expression online.
New America Foundaton (Earmark: Ranking Digital Rights)300,000.00620--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6703-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop a system for benchmarking and ranking the world’s most powerful tech companies on how well they protect the free expression and privacy of users. While private companies have the potential to exert a growing amount of control over the public’s use of the Internet, little is known about how that control is exercised or how companies’ practices compare. To bring this issue to light, the Ranking Digital Rights project at the New America Foundation is developing a system for benchmarking and ranking the world’s most powerful tech companies on how well they protect the free expression and privacy of users. The ranking and its underlying data will help journalists and investors encourage companies to improve their practices.
Journalism Development Network (Earmark: Who are the Gatekeepers?)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6704-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To examine the gatekeepers of Eastern Europe’s digital infrastructure, by analyzing the ownership and connections of Internet service providers and cable and satellite operators Cable and Internet providers control much of the public’s communication, but in many countries there is little public knowledge about those companies. This project will examine the gatekeepers of Eastern Europe’s digital infrastructure, by analyzing the ownership and connections of Internet service providers, and cable and satellite operators. The project will ask a series of questions: Who controls access to TV stations, the Internet, online news outlets and other forms of information? How transparent are these groups? Are they connected to political parties, public officials or organized crime? The project will then visualize and map the information and conduct an advocacy campaign to bring it to the attention of relevant organizations.
Univ of Kansas (Earmark: CertiDig)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6706-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To provide a seamless, secure method for authenticating information and data sources online while maintaining the privacy of the identity of sender and receiver.
Tibet Action Institute (Earmark: Safe Travels Online)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6707-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help people avoid cyberattacks, malicious software and digital surveillance, by testing and improving resources that allow users to safely navigate the Internet. The resources were initially designed for high-risk communities in Asia subject to strict controls on freedom of expression and other human rights.
Whirl-i-Gig (Earmark: Inquisite)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6416-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To promote collaboration among researchers on complex investigative projects across disciplines through an online hub. By combining an open sharing, visualization and publishing platform with mobile data gathering tools, researchers can use the hub to contribute media and data, and share projects.
Swell Creative Group (Earmark: Breedrs)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6432-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a platform for parents so they can better understand the apps, games and technology that kids buy, use and learn with.
Chicago Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Internet to Go)400,000.00532--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6701-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To offer Chicago residents Wi-Fi hotspots for up to three weeks at a time, in addition to one-on-one digital literacy and skills coaching and access to online tutorials. To increase engagement with the Internet in communities with extremely low Internet use, Chicago Public Library will test Wi-Fi hotspot lending from six neighborhood libraries in combination with robust digital skills coaching. Laptops and tablets will also be available. Devices will be loaned for three weeks, and digital and information literacy services will be made available to patrons at checkout. Internet to Go will allow the library—already the city’s largest provider of free Internet access—to test the idea, refine it and ultimately expand the project.
New York Public Library (Earmark: Check Out the Internet)500,000.00453--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6697-- Grant period: 06/23/2014 - 06/22/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To bridge the digital divide by allowing New York residents with limited broadband access to borrow portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices for up to a year. In a city where 27 percent of households don’t have access to broadband, The New York Public Library will expand its efforts to bridge the digital divide by allowing the public to borrow portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices for up to a year. Through its pilot project launching in September, the project seeks to reach 10,000 households, providing 24/7 quality access to people whose current access to the Internet is limited to 40-minute, once-a-day time slots, available on a first-come, first-serve basis in one of the library’s 92 branches. Providing continuous access will expand their ability to participate fully in the modern economy and allow them to continue to learn, work, explore and create after the library’s doors have closed.
Catchafire (Earmark: Catchafire)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5009-- Grant period: 06/20/2014 - 06/20/2015; goal: Platform connecting professionals with nonprofit volunteer opps.
Sweat Equity Enterprises (Earmark: Enstitute Miami Hub)248,480.00892--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6363-- Grant period: 06/15/2014 - 12/31/2015; goal: To support Enstitute, a program which connects a national pool of young, high potential talent to high growth startups in Miami - ultimately building a pipeline of talent for Miami's entrepreneurship community.
Public Good Software (Earmark: Do Public Good Button)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6422-- Grant period: 06/15/2014 - 01/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To work with bloggers and media organizations to include a capability to take action ('Do Public Good') in the context of news articles. For example, someone reading an article about a shooting could click a button and be connected with charities working on the problem in the reader's community. The reader could then support the charities through a variety of actions.
Eastern Market Corporation (Earmark: 2015 Eastern Market District Plan)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6384-- Grant period: 06/15/2014 - 03/15/2015; goal: To complete a planning process with longstanding and new stakeholders, to leverage and build upon infrastructure improvements of Detroit's central open-air market - ultimately improving Detroit's core city vibrancy. Eastern Market has served as a central source of fresh food for Detroit-area residents since 1891, attracting more than 2 million visitors annually. It provides a home for a wide variety of businesses and employment opportunities, as well as a meeting and work place for city residents of all backgrounds. In recent years, Eastern Market has seen significant growth and investment, including current work for streetscape, infrastructure and building improvements. With Knight funding, Eastern Market Corp. will begin a planning process and community conversation to build on development efforts that began in 2008 with the completion of an Eastern Market District development strategy. Support will go to assembling a team of local and international experts to update and enhance the 2008 strategy, taking into account Detroit’s changing landscape and city-wide revitalization efforts.
Ben Connors (Earmark: The Last Graph)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6427-- Grant period: 06/10/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To building a tool that empowers audiences to engage with the subject of the news. With the tool, audiences literally change the narrative by taking part in relevant, journalist-curated actions, which are captured in a feedback loop. During the grant they will release a beta, work with journalists and readers to refine it and publish datasets and lessons learned to the public.
Humantarian Open Streetmap Team (Earmark: OpenStreetMap Plugin for Open Data Kit)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6463-- Grant period: 06/10/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To allow easier collection of open geographic data, even in places with connectivity issues, by combining Open Data Kit’s data collection with OpenStreetMap’s data community. Currently Open Data Kit(ODK) is a great solution for mobile data collection and OpenStreetMap(OSM) is an excellent place for collecting geospatial information. By combining the power of ODK's easy data collection and the great data community of OSM communities can better map themselves.
Will Knight (Earmark: Facto_Bot)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6436-- Grant period: 06/10/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop software that aids the correction of misinformation on social media, primarily twitter. It would automatically identify stories that have been corrected, and help alert those who tweeted, or retweeted, links to those stories that the picture has changed.
New York Public Radio (Earmark: Talk Box)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6431-- Grant period: 06/10/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To involve the community in news stories by repurposing phone booths in specific neighborhoods that will provide residents with a direct, two-way line to the New York Public Radio newsroom; a “Talkbox” can help with engaging new audiences or to get information in a neighborhood where a reporting project is taking place.
The Virginian-Pilot (Earmark: Pilot for School)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6420-- Grant period: 06/06/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a digital system that aligns current and archived content from The Virginian-Pilot with Virginia's Standards of Learning to complement K-12 instruction. The system will be searchable - by keyword, tag, grade and subject - and let teachers share content that illustrates specified SOLs. It will help students apply academic concepts to what's happening in their community.
Bay Area Video Coalition (Earmark: Open Source Capture Software for Video Archivists)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6430-- Grant period: 06/05/2014 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To design and build an open source, cross platform video digitization application that sharply reduces barriers in cost and skills required to enable more organizations to preserve their audiovisual collections. This project builds upon QCTools (http://www.bavc.org/qctools), an open source quality control software project developed by BAVC's Preservation Department.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Future of News initiative)1,280,000.00227--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6354-- Grant period: 06/02/2014 - 06/02/2017; goal: To support the MIT Media Lab's effort to bridge the gap between civic engagement and news so that journalists can better engage audiences The Future of News initiative aims to help the MIT Media Lab apply its research to the range of challenges faced by newsrooms today, including those focused on engaging audiences more deeply on issues affecting their community. The Media Lab will work to produce technology that helps reporters track local needs — such as a tool that analyzes conversations from public safety scanners, or software that allows TV broadcasters to share links to relevant stories during live political debates. Master’s degree candidates focusing on news technologies will contribute to the work.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: FilmSync)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6415-- Grant period: 06/02/2014 - 01/09/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create an app that will connect people who are watching a news story or documentary on television with related content through a second screen app on their smartphones.
Seeing Things Gallery (Earmark: Print Exchange Program)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6452-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To engage San Jose/Silicon Valley residents with an art postcard print exchange program - inviting community members to send postcards made by visual artists at 'mass correspondence' art-mailing events.
Mozilla Foundation (Earmark: Online Community Platform)3,889,450.0053--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6356-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2016; goal: To support a joint project by Mozilla, The New York Times and The Washington Post to build a user-generated content and commenting platform that empowers users and creates a community, a platform that will be open and usable by news organizations anywhere.
Tosco Music Parties (Earmark: Tosco Music Party)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6406-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2016; goal: To support two seasons of the Tosco Music Party, which is now a sell-out series at the Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts. Any given concert presents professional, semiprofessional and amateur acts, ranging from acoustic rock sets and bluegrass bands to string or jazz ensembles, sitar musicians and barbershop quartets.
Charlotte Film Society (Earmark: Charlotte Film Lab Screening and Speaker Series)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6407-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To provide otherwise inaccessible films to enthusiastic audiences, through screenings in both indoor and outdoor venues around the city. The Charlotte Film Lab series then brings in prominent filmmakers to talk about their pieces at events following the showings, including recent discussion led by L.A.-based Charlie Siskel, director of the acclaimed documentary “Finding Vivian Maier.”.
Silicon Valley Creates (Earmark: Knight Legacy Laureate and Artist Laureates in San Jose/Silicon Valley)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6444-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To support San Jose/Silicon Valley's growing cultural community through the 23rd Annual Artist Laureate Awards, recognizing achievement in the arts and contributions to the cultural life of Silicon Valley.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: On Q Production Arts Support)105,000.001588--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6405-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2016; goal: To engage new Charlotte audiences with culturally diverse theatre offerings by supporting six productions by On Q Performing Arts - Charlotte's premier African-American theatre company.
Jazz Arts Initiative (Earmark: Jazz Room Series Expansion and Marketing Improvements)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6408-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To expand the successful Jazz Room @ Stage Door Theater, which transforms the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s black box theater into an intimate jazz venue featuring local, regional and international performers. Funding helps to present this monthly concert series twice in one night, instead of just once. Knight support will also present two larger special edition concert events as a part of the Jazz Room Series: the April Jazz Appreciation Month Celebration, featuring Delfeayo Marsalis at the Blumenthal McGlohon Theater and the Jazz Room Holiday Edition at the Blumenthal Booth Playhouse.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Theater Collaborative Advertising Effort)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6409-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To broaden awareness of local theater offerings by supporting a joint theater advertising venture for Charlotte based theater producers.
Opera Cultura (Earmark: Bless Me, Ultima)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6429-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To promote San Jose as a hub for experimentation in the arts through the development and online live stream of a stage reading of a new opera, 'Bless Me, Ultima.'.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Cultural Innovation Grant 2014)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6410-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2016; goal: To support the Arts and Science Council's Cultural Innovation Grant - a fund for emerging cultural organizations in Charlotte which are unique in programmatic approach and reach diverse audiences.
Mint Museum of Art (Earmark: Enhanced Digitization /Mel Chin 'SEE to Sea')100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6462-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 08/31/2015; goal: To support Mint Museum’s Enhanced Digitization Project, which is creating virtual tours of the museum and its collections and special exhibitions, plus interviews with curators and artists. Funding also commissioned “SEE to Sea,” an immersive large-scale installation by renowned North Carolina artist Mel Chin celebrating the centennial of the Panama Canal.
San Jose Downtown Association (Earmark: Downtown Street Life Plan)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6350-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support events and creative interventions to build vibrancy and community in downtown San Jose as well as to support the implementation of the newly launched Downtown Street Life Plan. San Jose Downtown Association will seek to build a vibrant downtown and connect diverse residents through a series of public space interventions, such as “The Big Lunch” that will bring neighbors together to eat, chat and engage around community issues; and to hire a Street Life Initiation Manager who will manage these interventions and help advance a downtown development strategy focused on building vibrancy through public space improvements.
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society (Earmark: KnightSounds 5th and 6th Season)240,000.00925--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6424-- Grant period: 06/01/2014 - 05/31/2016; goal: To support continued arts innovation through the KnightSounds concert series, now in its fourth season, while bringing select programs outdoors for simulcasts.
Technology Affinity Group (Earmark: TAG 2014 Conference in Miami)10,000.003580----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6396-- Grant period: 05/14/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the 2014 TAG Annual Conference taking place in Miami in November.
TransFormCA (Earmark: GreenTRIP Expansion)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6289-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 05/31/2015; goal: To expand GreenTRIP program, an innovative certification program that will inform real-estate developments in San Jose to create a city that both attracts and retains talent and develops economically integrated neighborhoods. TransformCA will expand the GreenTRIP program within San Jose, which offers a certification program for new, more affordable residential and mixed-use developments that are built with less parking and more incentives to walk and use public transportation (like free or discounted transit passes).
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (Earmark: IDEO study: Human-Centered Design)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6382-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 11/30/2014; goal: To conduct and publicly share a human-centered design study for Connecticut public television - to both sustain itself and further journalism sustainability for the field.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: Public forums on secrecy)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6265-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 05/30/2015; goal: To support a series of public forums examining government secrecy and threats to privacy and the role of media in challenging government on those issues. The Nov. 6 installment of The Paley Center for Media’s Next Big Thing series will explore these questions. A “state of the union” will help us take stock of what’s working and the new initiatives that are accelerating success. A “reality check” conversation will explore the question of how citizen interaction and experience with government is kept center stage. Pitch sessions and Q&As with leading technologists will look at core plumbing solutions and innovative citizen engagement initiatives.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Earmark: Journalism After Snowden)149,201.001418--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6385-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 05/30/2015; goal: To support a survey and a series of public events around the role of journalists in an age of surveillance and promote First Amendment freedoms. Journalism After Snowden will contribute high-quality conversations and research to the national debate around state surveillance and freedom of expression through a yearlong series of events, research projects and articles that will be published in coordination with the Columbia Journalism Review.
Feverish Holdings (Earmark: Code Fever)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6100-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To support Code Fever which conducts workshops and symposiums in Greater Miami to teach high school students and their parents, with a particular emphasis on residents from low-income communities, on how to transition from being just consumers of technology to creators of technology.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: Investigative Journalism MOOC)20,000.003269--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6377-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; goal: To develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on 'Investigative Journalism for the Digital Age' to further the reach of journalism education.
Backwater Arts (Earmark: Anne and Mark's Art Party)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6381-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To promote San Jose as a hub for innovative visual and performance art with the expansion of Anne and Mark's Art Party, an art and culture festival, to include a juried component and full week of cultural programming.
C Squared Networks (Earmark: Media Innovation Battlefield)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6273-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 12/01/2014; goal: To support Festival of Media Latin America's 'Media Innovation Battlefield,' a competition that will showcase Miami startups at the tech and media conference in Miami Beach planned for Oct. 2014.
SPUR (Earmark: Envision 2040 Urban Growth Plan)183,700.001198--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6344-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To support the City of San Jose's Envision 2040 general plan by providing tools, technical expertise and a community engagement plan focusing on executing the vision advanced in the City's blueprint, Future of Downtown San Jose - with a goal to make San Jose an urban center that better attracts and retains talent. SPUR will work alongside the City of San Jose to support the Envision 2040 general plan, by advancing strategies laid out in the SPUR report “The Future of Downtown San Jose,” which focuses on how to create a more successful and active city center. Work will focus on the city’s urban design and public space revitalization efforts and building support for urbanism within the community.
Wesleyan University (Earmark: Wesleyan Media Project)74,851.002018--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6364-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 05/30/2016; goal: To support the Wesleyan Media Project, which will track and analyze broadcast ads aired in the 2014 election campaigns to enhance transparency in elections. Transparency and government responsiveness depend critically on real-time publicly available information disclosing efforts to influence elections. The Wesleyan Media Project tracks and analyzes all broadcast advertisements aired by or on behalf of federal and state election candidates in every media market in the country. Since the 2010 election cycle, we have been providing real-time information on the extent of corporate and union spending in federal election campaigns across the country, who specifically is doing that spending and which candidates are benefiting.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Fresh Produce - First Fridays Free Concert)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6373-- Grant period: 05/01/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To promote Macon as a musical destination by providing a stipend for touring acts to perform free concerts for audiences of all-ages at Fresh Produce Records.
Venture for America (Earmark: Venture for America Expansion to Miami)126,000.001476--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6264-- Grant period: 04/30/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To support the launch of Venture for America in Miami, which seeks to bolster Miami's 'brain gain' by delivering top-tier talent to help Miami entrepreneurs build thriving, job creating enterprises.
Vidpresso (Earmark: Vidpresso)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5008-- Grant period: 04/29/2014 - 04/29/2015; goal: Social media tools for television.
Disaster Accountability Project (Earmark: SmartResponse.org)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6317-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To improve transparency around the funding and local capacity of disaster recovery organizations.
Mike Tigas (Earmark: Tabula)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6323-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create and test user interface enhancements for Tabula, a PDF data-scraping tool.
Detroit Creative Corridor Center (Earmark: PASSENGER)51,000.002211--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6349-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the pilot phase of Passenger Center (PASSENGER), a proposed residency for emerging creative practitioners in Detroit's Capitol Park district, where they can share their work with expanded audiences, markets, and provide a proof of concept for the PASSENGER live/work/create concept. PASSENGER is a residency program and center for contemporary art in development in Detroit’s Capitol Park district. Founded by artists Brian Barr and Lauren Rice, the residency program will provide national and international artists with a live/work space and monthly stipend to attract top artists from around the world to live and work in Detroit. PASSENGER will provide local emerging artists with access to affordable live/work artist studios, workshops, and shared co-working space and facilities. With generous support from the Knight Foundation, Rock Ventures and Bedrock Real Estate Services, PASSENGER will begin it’s programming in Capitol Park on Friday August 22nd, 2014.
Activity-based News, Chaki Ng (Earmark: Whilecard)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6313-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype of an activity-based news recommender system in order to gain a better understanding of the potential of personalized news presentation based on user context. Creating a tool that recognizes user preferences for news and information based on their activities (i.e. world and sports in the morning, and stocks and tech when working).
Accelerated Growth Partners (Earmark: Accelerated Growth Partners (AGP))211,000.001010--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6328-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 04/14/2016; goal: To support and expand Accelerated Growth Partners in its aim to connect investors with early-stage entrepreneurs in regular pitch sessions, grow the network of investors through educational workshops, serve as a resource for navigating the South Florida investor community and to establish a fund focused on Miami entrepreneurs.
Evenly Distributed (Earmark: Library Box)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6359-- Grant period: 04/15/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To improve and internationalize LibraryBox, a device that provides digital access to information in areas and situations with limited Internet connectivity.
Beacon Reader (Earmark: Beacon Reader)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5007-- Grant period: 04/11/2014 - 04/11/2015; goal: Beacon Reader enables people to fund journalism and subscribe to writers directly. Beacon, an independent platform for journalism based in Oakland, California, was founded in 2013. Over the past year, it has paid out over $600,000 to journalists and has over 250 writers using the platform. It works with publications to get the word out about those projects, and to help their stories reach a wider audience. Past projects done in partnership with publications include “The Net Neutrality Battle,” where Techdirt raised nearly $70,000 through crowdfunding on Beacon to support its coverage of the net neutrality fight in Washington, D.C. In August 2014, The Huffington Post crowdfunded over $40,000 on Beacon for a fellowship that will allow a journalist to remain in Ferguson, Missouri, and cover the ongoing protests and their aftermath for one year. In the spring, Climate Confidential, a team of six climate and environment reporters, raised over $46,000 through crowdfunding on Beacon to create a micro-publication devoted to climate issues. And, most recently, The Texas Tribune crowdsourced funding for a 15-part series of stories on how the shale boom is changing Texas, the end product of which earned praise from The New York Times this week.
In Our Backyards (Earmark: In Our Backyards / IOBY)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6285-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; goal: To significantly improve In Our Backyards, Inc.'s front- and back-end technology as part of a larger effort to increase its capacity to support citizen-led, neighbor-funded, community improvement projects.
Institute for Commercialization of Public Research (Earmark: The Power & Promise of Angel Investing)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6288-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; goal: To support an event series that identifies, attracts and educates potential investors on the angel investment process with the goal of catalyzing more funding activity in early-stage Miami-based companies.
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation (Earmark: Expunge.io)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6310-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype version of Expunge.io, a mobile app designed to aid juvenile offenders in navigating the legal process.
LoudSauce (Earmark: Louder)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6324-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To test the use of crowd-funded advertising through the Louder platform in order to extend the reach of journalism that is important to audiences.
Solution Beam LLC (Earmark: Geo Data App)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6326-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a Git-based collaborative platform to produce, review and publish geo datasets.
American Public Media / Minnesota Public Radio (Earmark: Everybody at Once)42,325.002558--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6348-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 04/30/2015; goal: To train American Public Media producers in innovative social strategies to better engage audiences.
Global Detroit (Earmark: Global Detroit)516,000.00444--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6239-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2017; goal: To accelerate a regional economic development initiative that taps into immigrants as drivers of economic growth, job creation and neighborhood revitalization.
University of Chicago (Earmark: Rebuild Foundation)3,512,500.0061--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6281-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2017; goal: To support a partnership of the University of Chicago and the Rebuild Foundation that will create a national platform for propagating a groundbreaking model that uses imagination and culture-driven community engagement to transform and revitalize disinvested communities in Knight communities and other cities.
KQED (Earmark: Uncovering Cost, Examining Impact)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6307-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To test the journalistic uses of a crowdsourcing tool for consumer health costs.
Govloop (Earmark: GovLoop Academy)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6314-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create two online courses as a pilot of GovLoop Academy, an online learning platform for civil servants.
Otis Redding Foundation (Earmark: 'Big O Songwriters Camp')50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6352-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To support the expansion of The Big O Singer/Songwriter Music Camp and provide camp scholarships to 20 aspiring young Macon musicians.
Fund For Our Economic Future (Earmark: Growth and Opportunity Initiative)2,025,000.00141--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6028-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2017; goal: To accelerate economic mobility in Akron's core city neighborhoods by leveraging new investments in job creation, job preparation and job access.
MLRun (Earmark: MLRun)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6306-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 09/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype the use of new machine learning algorithms to discover patterns in documents and networks.
Marie-Catherine Beuth (Earmark: NOD: News on Demand)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6312-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype News On Demand, a system to provide curated news to readers based on their available time and attention.
Natalie Cadranel (Earmark: PressSecure)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6327-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype version of PressSecure, an application to securely archive citizen media, while preserving metadata needed for authentication.
Bragg Jam (Earmark: Bragg Jam Sponsorship)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6370-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To engage audiences in Macon with performances by renowned musicians at the 15th and 16th annual Bragg Jam Music, Art and Community Festival.
New York Restoration Project (Earmark: Resilience in the Public Realm)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6209-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 06/30/2015; goal: To fund both the planning and development phase of 'Resilience in the Public Realm, a project that examines the ecosystem of a community - addressing and breaking down important city agency silos that inhibit innovation; and to work with the City of Charlotte to develop a prototype.
TransitCenter (Earmark: Culture of Leadership in Transforming Urban Mobility)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6299-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support research that identifies the human and institutional factors that allowed leaders to champion civic innovations in city transit agencies in Knight resident communities.
Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network (Earmark: Open Data Philly)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6304-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To improve the usability of the OpenDataPhilly data catalog and create instructional materials on the usage of the site's resources.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Earmark: Capitol Hound)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6309-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype Capitol Hound, a searchable audio archive and alert system for N.C. General Assembly sessions.
Minezy (Earmark: Minezy)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6311-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Minezy is a tool that will allow journalists to deduce social relationships, hierarchical structures and topical importance from email archives. The goal of the prototype will be to allow journalists to quickly use the structured data contained within Microsoft Outlook archives to create a rudimentary analysis of a target subject social, political and/or business network.
World Wide Web Foundation (Earmark: Tipsy)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6329-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build and test Tipsy, a data format and prototype software for audience microdonations to content providers in order to experiment with ways to reduce the friction required for small donations.
Spark Camp (Earmark: Spark Tracks)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6340-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 04/30/2016; goal: To grow Spark Camp's themed tracks, turning relationships developed at the event into sustained partnerships for innovation in journalism and technology.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6360-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the third annual Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival - the only Latin American film festival in Philadelphia and the Tri-State Area.
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (Earmark: Beyond Sustenance)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6361-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support 'Beyond Sustenance' - a series of exhibits, programs and workshops exploring connections within African American culture and culinary arts.
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation's Performing Arts Office (Earmark: Philadelphia Parks and Rec - REACH)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6362-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; goal: To expand Philadelphia Parks and Recreation after-school engagement program offerings to include a performing arts curriculum.
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation dba Hay House (Earmark: Hay House)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6367-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015; goal: To support three free cultural events at the historic Hay House: a jazz quintet performance, film screening and an interactive theater experience.
Matthew Terenzio (Earmark: Project Fission)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6308-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a prototype application to test the use of small, structured information units in narrative storytelling.
The New School (Earmark: Journalism + Design)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6337-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 04/30/2016; goal: To pilot Journalism + Design, a new bachelor's degree and minor, at The New School that will teach journalism through a design methodology and mindset.
Streetline Percussion (Earmark: Streetline Percussion)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6366-- Grant period: 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To support Camp Drums & Dreams - an eight-week comprehensive music education summer camp that serves Macon area youth between the ages of eight and eighteen.
Obvious Engineering (Earmark: Seene)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5006-- Grant period: 03/19/2014 - 03/19/2015; goal: Seene app enables 3D photography from mobile phones. Seene 2 offers photography fans an alternative to Lytro and Google Camera for creating realistic depth­of­field effects such as lens blur and tilt­shift that can be interactively applied to refocus the image after it’s been taken. Seene uses computer vision algorithms to understand the world in 3D. The app has been downloaded 1.5 million times since its launch in October 2013. Our goal is to become the universal way people capture 3D content and put the data to work. We have offices in London and San Francisco.
Khadem Foundation (Earmark: National Day of Civic Hacking)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6300-- Grant period: 03/15/2014 - 09/15/2014; goal: To support and help shape the agenda of the 2014 National Day of Civic Hacking.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Gift in honor of Trustee Mariam Noland)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6320-- Grant period: 03/07/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To establish a Donor Advised Fund in honor of Mariam Noland's service to the Knight Foundation to support civic innovation and to develop and retain talented leaders in Detroit and Southeast Michigan.
Queens University of Charlotte (Earmark: Gift in honor of Trustee Marjorie Knight Crane)50,000.002216--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6319-- Grant period: 03/07/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To establish the James L. Knight Scholarship Fund at the James L. Knight School of Communications.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Symphony - Shared experiences)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6260-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop a series of shared community experiences that serve as a focal point for all including performances and learning opportunities for area youth. The Greater Akron Musical Association, which operates the symphony, aims to offer a welcoming environment for all people to experience great music. During the last three years, the association has been successful in engaging the community with a series of shared experiences, including sold-out runs of “Porgy and Bess” and “Rite of Spring,” and participating in Knight Foundation’s Random Acts of Culture program. New funding will help the association seek even greater community participation in its work. Details are available at www.akronsymphony.org.
MinnPost (Earmark: Knight Local Media Initiative)600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6291-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To support a joint project between MinnPost and Voice of San Diego to develop and share new ways to engage and monetize membership, as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative.
Mann Center for the Performing Arts (Earmark: Sing Freedom Sing!)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6334-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Philadelphia residents and attract new audiences to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts with 'Sing Freedom Sing!' - a concert presenting classical orchestral works alongside African-American sacred music and gospel.
Civic Industries (Earmark: Civic Insight)220,000.00997--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4987-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 03/01/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing up-to-date information on vacant properties so that communities can find ways to make tangible improvements to local spaces Neighbors, cities, non-profits and businesses all have an interest in seeing vacant properties become productive again. However, a lack of public access to information about these properties makes it difficult for groups to work together on solutions. By plugging directly into government databases, Civic Insight provides real-time information on vacant and underutilized properties, enabling more collaborative, data-driven community development. With Civic Insight, journalists and residents can search for a property on a map and learn about its ownership, inspection and permitting history, and subscribe to receive real-time notifications about changes. Civic Insight grew out of a successful pilot in New Orleans called BlightStatus, which was created during the team’s 2012 Code for America fellowship. It is now available for licensed use by cities nationwide. Knight Foundation’s support will help the team expand the software and test new use cases in more communities.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Chicas Poderosas)37,531.002654--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6219-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 09/30/2014; goal: The grant will support a Chicas Poderosas gathering in Miami to increase the number of women working in newsroom technology.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Civic Theatre Program Innovation)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6255-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To produce at least 110 intergenerational, non-commercial programs per year ranging from intimate cabaret-style concerts to multi-day performances. Over the years, the Akron Civic Theater, which serves 100,000 guests in 120 events each year, has opened its doors to organizations across Akron, to create a shared community space. Knight funding will help deepen those partnerships, and provide a stipend to continue to allow small to mid-sized groups a place to perform. Knowing the Civic is available to them will free these organizations to focus on developing quality work that fuels a vibrant arts community. In addition, the Civic will continue to diversify its audiences with successful programs such as cabaret-style concerts and [email protected] programming. Information is available at www.akroncivic.com.
Haitian Heritage Museum (Earmark: Digitization and Curation Initiative)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6272-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the digitization of the permanent art collection of the first and only Haitian museum in the United States.
voiceofsandiego.org (Earmark: Knight Local Media Initiative)600,000.00403--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6290-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 03/31/2016; goal: To support a joint project between MinnPost and Voice of San Diego to develop and share new ways to engage and monetize membership, as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (Earmark: Katharina Grosse - Mural Arts Project)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6331-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support a site-specific installation by renowned German artist Katharina Grosse, which will transform a five-mile stretch of the Northeast Corridor Rail Line in Philadelphia.
BalletX (Earmark: Gabrielle Lamb and Adam Barruch World Premiere)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6060-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support BalletX in commissioning two world premiere ballets by two renowned choreographers for the company's Fall Series.
University of Wynwood (Earmark: O, Miami 2014)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6232-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support production of the 2014 installment of 'O, Miami,' a month-long poetry festival seeking to expose every citizen in Miami-Dade County to poetic literature.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Tuesday Musical Association- Artist in Residence Program)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6257-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand Tuesday Musical's Artist in Residence program allowing members of the community to engage with visiting performers through workshops, lectures and intimate concerts. An organization dear to Clara Knight, mother of the foundation’s founders, Tuesday Musical presents six concerts a season featuring classical music’s greatest artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Cecilia Bartoli and Itzhak Perlman. The group is also proactive in getting students to concerts, and providing opportunities for artists and students to work together in area schools. With new funding, this artist-in-residence program will extend the time these artists spend in the city and build workshops and master class opportunities into their visits to further benefit local youth. Details at www.tuesdaymusical.org.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Akron Youth Performing Arts Fund)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6258-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide extensive arts training for African American youth in Akron through the YEPAW Summer Intensive, a performing arts training program at the Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop (YEPAW). For the past 25 years, YEPAW has prepared the next generation of artists, arts leaders and aficionados through instruction in performing and visual arts ranging from piano to video production. The programs are particularly important in exposing young people of color in Akron to high-quality arts training, and opportunities for creative learning and expression. New funding will strengthen YEPAW’s summer institute, which will provide programming to 300 high school students. Organizational information is at www.yepaw.org.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (Earmark: New digital tools to help veterans)500,076.00452--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6280-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 03/01/2015; goal: To support new data tools and mobile technology for informing veterans and the public about veterans' issues.
Global Editors Network (Earmark: Sustainability plan)230,000.00959--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6294-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Global Editors Network in reaching a sustainable business model so that they can continue to address the need for high impact digital innovation and cross-platform training in newsrooms internationally.
Macon Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival (Earmark: PraiseFest)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6341-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support PraiseFest - a free gospel music concert series that will pair Macon area gospel groups with national gospel music acts.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Spreading the Word)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6168-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 03/31/2017; goal: Using Common Core education standards as the issue to build on, Silicon Valley Community Foundation will open up new avenues and approaches to providing information in Silicon Valley - including brokering partnerships between ethnic and public media and creating social media channels to share Silicon Valley Stories.
The Municipal Art Society of New York (Earmark: Re-Imagining the Civic Commons)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6259-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To explore and reimagine the role of civic assets, such as public libraries and parks, in creating successful cities including Knight communities Charlotte and San Jose.
Mozilla Foundation (Earmark: Online community platform plan)74,740.002020--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6335-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; goal: To design a plan for a joint project by Mozilla, the New York Times and The Washington Post to build a user-generated content and commenting platform that empowers users and creates a community. See also Online Community Platform.
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts (Earmark: The San Francisco Streetlife Zone Prototyping Festival)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6266-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the San Francisco Streetlife Zone Prototyping Festival, a crowd-sourced project allowing community participants to propose and prototype urban design projects along 36 blocks of central market street; and to bring a cohort of leaders from knight communities to learn from the event.
Center for the Living City (Earmark: Urban Acupuncture)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6287-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To publish and to publicize the English translation of Jaime Lerner's book Urban Acupuncture, to inspire cities to invest in meaningful, small-scale interventions that can spark community transformation.
Team Better Block (Earmark: Better Block)26,572.003066--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6274-- Grant period: 02/28/2014 - 10/31/2014; goal: To fund Team Better Block activities, which trains local leaders to improve their neighborhood through participatory placemaking in three Knight Foundation Communities; Akron, Macon and Philadelphia.
Catalytic Diplomacy (Earmark: I.F. Stone and journalistic independence)25,000.003075--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6282-- Grant period: 02/28/2014 - 02/27/2015; goal: To support a short, high-quality, 8-minute video on journalistic independence, introducing a new generation to the iconic investigative journalist and author I.F. Stone.
Poetica (Earmark: Poetica)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5004-- Grant period: 02/18/2014 - 02/18/2015; goal: Poetica is a seamless way to get feedback on anything you've written, from friends, colleagues or anyone else who can help improve your words. Upload your text to Poetica's browser-based editor and give and receive feedback as if you'd printed your writing off and marked it up with a pen.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Earmark: New Jersey News Ecosystem)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6296-- Grant period: 02/17/2014 - 03/17/2016; goal: Geraldine Dodge Foundation will build on its work, some supported by previous Knight Community Information Challenge grants, to create a statewide model for a sustainable news ecosystem. It would provide existing and new nonprofit and for-profit news and information organizations with a wide array of services, training and opportunities in a networked environment.
The Chicago Community Trust (Earmark: Smart Chicago Collaborative)500,000.00453--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6295-- Grant period: 02/17/2014 - 03/19/2016; goal: Building on previous Knight Foundation investments in the news and information ecosystem, via the Knight Community Information Challenge, the Chicago Community Trust will continue to design, build and demonstrate the power of digital tools to the community and empower residents to use news and information to improve their quality of life.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: 2014 Knight Foundation Membership Dues)6,050.003722--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6293-- Grant period: 02/12/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: For 2014 membership in the Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, formerly known as Delaware Valley Grantmakers, to support the work Knight's work in Philadelphia.
Tab Media (Earmark: Tab Media)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5003-- Grant period: 02/12/2014 - 02/12/2015; goal: Online news by, about and for university students.
Manatee Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Bradenton)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6126-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the Manatee Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Macon Film Festival (Earmark: Macon Film Festival)72,000.002026--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6177-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 01/31/2016; goal: To support the continued growth and success of the Macon Film Festival with two year start up funding for a part-time contract programmer for the festival.
Community Foundation of New Jersey (Earmark: Knight Local Media Initiative)300,000.00620--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6252-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2016; goal: To support business development at NJ Spotlight, enabling strategic investment towards sustainability and journalistic excellence, as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative.
The Tor Project (Earmark: The Tor Project)30,000.002949--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6256-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 03/30/2014; goal: To support the online security training of journalists at the annual Tor Developers meeting.
Waccamaw Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Myrtle Beach)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6136-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the Waccamaw Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
The M.I.A. Group (Earmark: MIA Music Summit)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6251-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 05/01/2014; goal: To support MIA Music Summit: Where Music and Technology Meet, a gathering that seeks to support, connect and propel Miami's music, startup and entrepreneurial communities.
American Documentary (Earmark: POV Digital Initiatives Project)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6263-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the POV Digital Initiatives Project to help documentary filmmakers experiment with digital/mobile storytelling. Building on POV’s digital track record, $75,000 of the Knight Foundation funding will go to two promising media projects that push the boundaries of nonfiction media in the digital age. The projects will receive technical and creative support to take them from idea to prototype to a finished product. With the balance of the support, POV will offer a yearlong fellowship to a technologist and continue its nonfiction media hackathon labs. The chosen fellow will develop digital and mobile tools for nonfiction media makers. Since 2012, the POV Hackathon labs have gathered media makers and technologists to collaborate and develop new innovations in documentary for the Web. In 2014, POV will organize two labs in New York and for the first time hold a lab in Los Angeles.
Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin County (Earmark: Great Give PBC)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6138-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support Great Give PBC, managed by Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and its Host Partners, in order to use new technologies to raise their community profile and engage new donors for local nonprofit organizations.
The Municipal Art Society of New York (Earmark: Jane's Walk)58,000.002167--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6167-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To expand the Jane's Walk program into Knight resident communities and develop a model and set of resources for expansion into other cities across the U.S.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: North Tryon Vision and Master Planning Process)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6262-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: For a master planning process to re-imagine the north end of uptown Charlotte with its civic/cultural amenities as the city's living room where residents and guests alike want to visit, engage and linger. The northeast section of downtown Charlotte is under-developed, yet includes some of the city's important civic and cultural institutions. The area includes the community foundation's headquarters, museums and the main branch of the public library.
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Greater Fort Wayne)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6123-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Central Carolina Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Columbia)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6152-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support the Central Carolina Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Hampton University (Earmark: Center for Digital Media Innovation)245,000.00904--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6237-- Grant period: 02/01/2014 - 08/30/2016; goal: To create a pilot of the Center for Digital Media Innovation to expose minority students to new journalism practices and make them more attractive to employers.
Tuskegee Airmen (Earmark: Memorial gift)10,000.003580----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6268-- Grant period: 01/24/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: Memorial gift in honor of John W. Rogers Sr.
Wildwood School (Earmark: Global Sensor Web)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6211-- Grant period: 01/15/2014 - 07/15/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype of Global Sensor Web, an online platform for aggregating geo-tagged data sets from both public data sources and from the onboard sensors of mobile phones. The Global Sensor Web (GSW) is an online platform for aggregating geo-tagged data sets from both public data sources and from the onboard sensors of mobile phones. Members of the public can use this framework and the open data set it supports to report, query, analyze, and visualize their environment. GSW will enable environmental monitoring, citizen science projects, and educational activities.
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (Earmark: Camden Health Explorer)450,000.00507--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6244-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To develop Camden Health Explorer, a dashboard that combines individual and aggregate health information to help policymakers and stakeholders understand and act on local health data In Camden, New Jersey, as in many U.S. cities, 30 percent of healthcare costs come from just 1 percent of patients. Many of these patients arrive in emergency rooms seeking care for easily treatable or preventable conditions; they are often faced with a fragmented, uncoordinated and expensive health care system. The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers is addressing this problem by sharing data between the city’s hospitals and providers to better target resources and proactively tackle patient health issues. The Camden Health Explorer is the next step in this effort. The Explorer, built in partnership with BlueLabs, an analytics, data and technology firm, will aggregate anonymized individual health and medical claims data, then display and map the results by demography and geography. Camden Coalition staff will work with local stakeholders, including hospital administrators, providers, and policymakers, to ensure the data is used to make Camden’s healthcare system more efficient and ultimately make patients healthier. The dashboard will be open source and available to other communities.
Civic Ventures (Earmark: Positive Deviance Journalism)180,000.001205--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6249-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To build a curriculum on positive deviance journalism for reporters and editors, and provide mentors to newsrooms helping them develop editorial strategies that look for positive trends in health data. The Solutions Journalism Network seeks to broaden the role of journalism: it should not just uncover society’s ills, but also report on responses to those problems. Founded by writers of the New York Times “Fixes” column, the Network works with newsrooms looking to include regular coverage of how communities, individuals and institutions are addressing challenges – and what society can learn from such efforts. Using this framework, the Solutions Journalism Network will collaborate with partner newsrooms and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to scan data sets for “positive deviance” in the health sector— examples of promising health results that could lead to important stories. For example, journalists in a city with large black/white disparities in preterm birth rates could identify cities that have reduced this gap, and report on how the gains were achieved. Expert coaching will help newsrooms find, vet, develop and write these stories.
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Earmark: Homebrew Sensing Project)350,000.00574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6246-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To build Homebrew Sensing Project, a set of low-cost hardware and free software tools community members can use to measure local health data, such as air and water quality. Communities are increasingly concerned about the array of hazardous chemicals that surrounds us - from formaldehyde in building materials to fumes from industrial sites - and their long and short term health impacts. To address this problem, the Public Laboratory wants to provide more low-cost chemical analysis tools, including simple devices that can be plugged into smartphones and laptops, so residents can measure the effects themselves instead of relying on costly labs. With its community of over 3,500 active members, Public Lab raised $110,000 in 2012 through Kickstarter to use DIY spectrometry tools to identify petroleum in sediments in coastal Louisiana and monitor emissions from oil refineries, among other projects. Challenge funding will allow the lab’s Homebrew Sensing Project to not only expand but improve its hardware, software and interface with citizens to collect data that empowers communities.
Code for America Labs (Earmark: Ohana API)210,000.001012--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6247-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To extend and publicly launch Ohana API, a tool for organizing and publishing databases of social services available in a particular community. Launched in beta in San Mateo County, Calif., this Code for America project connects the public with community resources through one centralized database. Need help paying for food, finding affordable healthcare or connecting with a social worker? Ohana, an open source project functioning much like a 2-1-1 service, can help people locate the services they need, display them on a map and make them easily printable. This database unites information on health, human and social services that are often kept in separate silos, making localized results difficult to find. Exposing the data through a web API, the tool allows users to quickly access targeted community information through applications like search engines, smart phones, or SMS. With challenge funding, Ohana will enhance its service to build and host an easy-to-implement tool.
Principled Strategies (Earmark: SafeUseNow)208,000.001017--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6250-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To scale SafeUseNow, a technology and training product that helps doctors identify and reduce prescription drug abuse; the team will provide the service for free to a nonprofit healthcare provider in California. Since the 1990s, prescription drug abuse has significantly increased in the United States. However, a lack of actionable information about prescription drug abuse risk, despite the increase of state monitoring programs, makes it difficult to combat the problem. SafeUseNow; aims to reduce abuse by making prescribing safer and more effective. The tool uses data to identify combinations of prescribers, patients, and pharmacies who may be contributing to the problem. This information helps healthcare stakeholders educate prescribers to more effectively and safely treat patients. It also allows them to monitor prescribing patterns for changes in trends and behavior. A successful pilot with one health plan provider achieved a significant reduction in key risk factors. With Knight Foundation funding, the team will scale the project for use by Medicaid plans in California and around the country.
Do Something (Earmark: Crisis Text Line)350,000.00574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6245-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To scale Crisis Text Line, a service providing crisis counseling to teens via SMS, by launching nationwide and aggregating anonymized data to increase understanding of teen crisis across the country. Now in beta, Crisis Text Line provides youth with free counseling via text message, and so far has helped teens in crisis with more than 10,000 text conversations. Created by one of the largest organizations for teens and social change in the country, DoSomething.org, Crisis Text Line provides intervention and referral services from live, trained counselors, reaching teens through their preferred means of communication: SMS. With challenge funding, Crisis Text Line will both launch the service nationally and create what they expect will be one of the largest database on teens in crisis in the country. The anonymously aggregated data could be used to inform academic research, test new approaches and measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions.
PersonalGenomes.org (Earmark: Open Humans Network)500,000.00453--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6248-- Grant period: 01/14/2014 - 08/13/2015; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: To design and launch Open Humans Network, an online system that helps match people willing to share their health data with researchers who would benefit from access to more information, all with a focus on exploring new standards for open health data. While people now have greater access to their own medical records, sharing personal information about their health is difficult—limiting the use of this data to advance medical research. To break down silos, the Open Humans Network will create an online portal to connect people willing to publically share data about themselves with researchers. The portal will include three components: a personal page that will allow participants to set up their data profile; a public data explorer enabling people to explore and use data compiled from participant profiles; and a set of design guidelines for researchers looking to use a collaborative data sharing model.
8-80 Cities (Earmark: Doable Cities)274,400.00650--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6172-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support 8-80 Cities in producing a nationwide convening and international trip to facilitate the formation of a civic innovation network among leaders in Knight communities, learning how to execute place-based solutions, attract and support talent and foster opportunity.
Forest Giant (Earmark: LouLoops)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6215-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create LouLoops, a mobile app for bicycle route mapping and also a data collection and analysis tool, enabling more informed bike infrastructure planning by local officials.
Proton Factory LLC (Earmark: MoNeCa Core)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6238-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype version of MoNeCa Core, an open source code library to capture multimedia content by citizen journalists in mobile apps.
Emerson Engagement Lab (Earmark: Organizations vs. Civic Technologies)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6242-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To conduct research on the use and adaption of civic technologies by examining the intersection of these new technologies and community engagement.
Foundation Center (Earmark: The Foundation Center)40,000.002564----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6253-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: For 2013 and 2014 support of the Foundation Center's efforts to provide the philanthropic sector with access to free resources and services needed to effectively serve their constituents.
Texas Tribune (Earmark: Texas Tribune Kickstarter project)10,000.003580--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6275-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/01/2014; goal: To support the results of Texas Tribune's Kickstarter campaign to livestream the 2014 elections in Texas.
Wichita Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Wichita)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6127-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 01/31/2015; goal: To support the Wichita Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise WCF and art agencies community profile and engage new donors.
Civic Ninjas (Earmark: Sitegeist Health)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6202-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype version of Sitegeist Health, an application to present health data in a localized, accessible format.
Silent Spring Institute (Earmark: Data Experiences)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6218-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create prototype Data Experiences, multi-sensory, immersive, and aesthetic interactions that make data tangible, using environmental health indicators. The project will be done in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab.
Hunter Franks (Earmark: Creative Interventions Tour)59,176.002164--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6169-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support various creative placemaking activities, facilitated by Hunter Franks, that will inspire robust engagement and change perceptions of place in Knight communities.
Smart Chicago Collaborative (Earmark: Chicago Food)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6206-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop strategies to engage with targeted communities currently being missed through Chicago's Twitter-based food poisoning incident detection system.
Brown Bag Software LLC (Earmark: Transit Authority)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6210-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a game-like simulation app that allows users to model transit and land-use programs.
New Leaders Council (Earmark: New Leaders Council - Philadelphia)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6220-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/30/2016; goal: To support New Leaders Council (NLC) Philadelphia Institute for three years to recruit, train and promote millennials in Philadelphia to be effective civic and community leaders.
Robot Robot & Hwang (Earmark: Restatement)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6233-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a prototype version of Restatement, a system for the creation and parsing of machine-readable legal text.
Bocoup LLC (Earmark: Data Visualization on Mobile Devices)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6212-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To conduct a survey of existing approaches to mobile data visualization, identify patterns and best practices and produce a guide summarizing our findings. As part of the work we will explore solutions using Open Web technologies such as d3.js.
Telepaz LLC (Earmark: Keepr)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6229-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop Keepr, an open source data mining tool for journalists to track breaking news stories.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: INNovation Fund)1,000,000.00273--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6235-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 01/31/2016; goal: To establish the Knight INNovation Fund to support innovative projects by non-profit news organizations as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative. The Knight INNovation Fund is a partnership between Knight Foundation and the Investigative News Network (INN), a nonprofit collaborative organization made up of more than 90 nonprofit investigative journalism outlets. The Investigative News Network will select the recipients and manage the program. The $1 million will support around 30 projects during the next two years with micro-grants of around $35,000. Applications will be open to nonprofit online news outlets and public media across the United States. Recipients will use the funding to explore new innovations and revenue sources, while developing audience engagement techniques and stronger business models. The INNovation Fund is part of a $5 million Knight Local Media Initiative that aims to help nonprofit news organizations establish long-term sustainability.
Centre County Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - State College)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6135-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 08/01/2014; goal: To support the Centre County Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Center for Applied Transect Studies (Earmark: Project for Lean Urbanism)612,500.00401--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6170-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 01/31/2017; goal: To establish and support the 'Project for Lean Urbanism,' a three-year effort that will devise tools and techniques to make it easier, cheaper and faster for citizens to engage in shaping their own communities.
Public Science (Earmark: Argos)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6193-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a prototype of a news aggregation application, Argos (formerly Seer), which intelligently gathers the context of new stories and present news backgrounders in a concise, digestible form.
The Center for Rural Strategies (Earmark: Automated Data Reporting for Small-Market Media)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6221-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To test and refine a data-reporting method that other media and organizations can use to localize national stories to the county level.
People's Emergency Center (Earmark: People's Emergency Center)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6230-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014; goal: For People's Emergency Center (PEC) to provide a block party toolkit to community members in Mantua, Belmont, West Powelton, Saunders Park, and Mill Creek neighborhoods so that they might initiate twenty block parties to bring neighbors and neighborhoods together, disseminate information, and lift up new leaders.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: Knight Local Media Initiative)500,000.00453--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6234-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 01/31/2016; goal: To support the Investigative News Network, as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative.
DonorsChoose.Org (Earmark: DonorsChoose.org)25,250.003073--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6254-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 03/31/2014; goal: To spur citizen engagement through the distribution of DonorsChoose.org gift cards to participants at the 2014 Florida Philanthropic Network Annual Summit.
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: FOIA Machine Kickstarter Campaign)10,000.003580--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6276-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 06/01/2014; goal: To support the results of the Center for Investigative Reporting's recent Kickstarter campaign to fund development of FOIA Machine, a tool for filing freedom of information requests.
Community Television Foundation of S. Florida Television Station WPBT (Earmark: Art Loft)190,000.001184--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6523-- Grant period: 01/01/2014 - 09/30/2015; goal: To continue to engage audiences with WPBT2's 'Art Loft' - a weekly arts and culture program featuring content by and about South Florida artists and arts organizations.
Sexual Health Innovations (Earmark: Private Results)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6191-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build an API for Private Results, an STD test result delivery service. This API will allow for easy sharing of aggregate STD data among clinics, health departments, and the CDC.
Ben Fry LLC (Earmark: Data to Table)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6194-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 07/03/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create Data to Table, a website that will visualize details of Boston's new rezoning ordinance for urban farming to test approaches to make complex zoning data digestible and actionable for the public.
One Degree (Earmark: One Degree)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6213-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop a prototype version of One Degree, a web and mobile platform to help people discover, track and share their experiences about social services.
HabitatMap (Earmark: Kids Making Sense)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6204-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To prototype the next version of Kids Making Sense, a complete measurement sensing system and curriculum that empowers youth to build hardware devices and measure air quality and physiological parameters.
Michigan Nonprofit Association (Earmark: Data Driven Detroit / ConCENSUS)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6208-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To research the data needs of Detroit citizens and develop a prototype of an interactive tool that helps individuals discover and use relevant data.
The Curators of the University of Missouri (Earmark: Arduino Noise)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6196-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a Arduino-based noise measurement device and software for data journalism projects informed by community hacking events and prototype tests.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: !nstant mobile app)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6207-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create !nstant, a mobile app designed to verify and provide context to breaking news on social media.
Artefact (Earmark: Civic IQ)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6216-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a prototype, Web-based online deliberation tool that drives consensus decision making amongst a group of diverse strangers. Advancing civic engagement by creating Civic IQ, a Web-based deliberation tool that uses design strategies to promote problem solving and drive consensus among a group of diverse strangers.
Zago LLC (Earmark: Reportable)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6217-- Grant period: 12/31/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop and test Reportable, a mobile app to facilitate secure data sharing between reporters and their newsrooms.
Nutopia (Earmark: Steven Johnson 'How We Got to Now')250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6097-- Grant period: 12/30/2013 - 08/31/2015; goal: To fund Steven Johnson as a speaker and thought partner, together with an online resource connected to his Fall '14 PBS/BBC series, "How We Got to Now" which will explore how leaders and communities create places that foster innovation and support talent. "How We Got to Now" provides clear thinking around the way ideas are born, and how that can inform city planning. It explores how place can act as an enabler and allow talent to thrive in Knight communities.
Change.org (Earmark: Change.org)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4999-- Grant period: 12/27/2013 - 12/27/2014; goal: Change.org is the largest online empowerment platform in the world, with 75 million users in 196 countries. The company is a "social enterprise," and a certified B- Corporation, using the power of business for social good. The Change.org mission is to empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see.
The Saint Paul Foundation (Earmark: Knight Green Line Challenge)2,235,000.00131--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6151-- Grant period: 12/23/2013 - 01/31/2017; goal: To engage community members in developing and executing projects that increase the vibrancy of neighborhoods and commercial districts along the new Central Corridor Green Line.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Earmark: Livingston Awards for Young Journalists)450,000.00507--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6104-- Grant period: 12/10/2013 - 07/31/2017; goal: To extend the digital reach and overall impact of the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists while a permanent endowment is assembled.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Local Media Initiative)2,000,000.00144--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6227-- Grant period: 12/09/2013 - 03/30/2016; goal: To establish a donor advised fund that will provide grants to local, non-profit online news organizations giving them some additional operational support and enable strategic investment toward sustainability and journalistic excellence, as part of the Knight Local Media Initiative.
Farmers Market Coalition (Earmark: Market Metrics)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6192-- Grant period: 12/04/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To research user needs and create the initial data model and templates for Market Metrics, a web application allowing farmers' markets to easily and effectively collect, store, and report data about the health impacts of their markets.
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy (Earmark: Civic Cloud)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6201-- Grant period: 12/02/2013 - 06/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create a prototype rollout and governance model for the Civic Cloud Project, a cloud computing infrastructure utilizing Burlington, Vermont's public gigabit network for non-commercial Internet applications. The Civic Cloud will provide tools for innovative community organizers, nonprofits and civic hackers in Burlington, Vermont. The Civic Cloud will build on Burlington’s fiber-optic gigabit network which provides Internet speeds of over 100 times the average national broadband speed. The Civic Cloud will be available for the community to use as a platform for public, non-commercial Internet applications and digital creative works. Several applications will be deployed during an initial prototyping phase of the Civic Cloud. High-definition live streaming will be provided for community media outlets to webcast live public meetings and cultural events. WordPress websites will be hosted for several Vermont nonprofits including rescue squads, food shelves, job banks and historical societies. A collection of volunteer-developed applications and a state-of-the-art website deployed to the Civic Cloud will help Big Heavy World preserve and promote Vermont-made music. Lakecraft, an educational multi-user game, aimed at youth and adults that gamifies the Lake Champlain Basin will also be one of the first applications to run on the Civic Cloud.
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida (Earmark: Enterprise Development Corporation)175,000.001223--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6068-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida, which will establish a hub in Miami's greater downtown and provide expanded entrepreneurial support services including counseling, access to mentors and connection to funders. Previously headquartered in Boca Raton, Knight funding will help establish a new hub for the organization at Pipeline Brickell, offering Miami area entrepreneurs expanded support services in a central location. Additionally, Enterprise Development Corp. will contribute to the growth of more than 40 Miami startups in the next 12 months, relying on an incubator model that supports business development at every stage based on individual needs. The organization will also host six events—ranging from pitch sessions to discussions with business leaders—aimed at pooling ideas and creating connections between Miami entrepreneurs.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Power of Design Festival)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6072-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the inaugural Power of Design (POD) Festival, which will connect ideas in the Wolfsonian's collection with issues and events in our community to facilitate future collaboration, conversation and action in Miami.
Miami Soup (Earmark: Miami Soup)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6159-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the launch of Miami Soup, which will organize dinners that aim to incentivize, showcase and provide micro-grants for creative projects in South Florida.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Earmark: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)11,580.003568--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6178-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the work of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Earmark: Sustainable Communities)800,000.00346--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6184-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To improve the quality of life for residents in low-income neighborhoods in Detroit, Philadelphia and the Twin Cities through the Building Sustainable Communities strategy.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative + Michigan Radio)25,000.003075--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6199-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: For Michigan Radio to join the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, developing and sharing stories aimed at helping find solutions to the city's fiscal crisis.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Scholarships to IRE conferences)250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6214-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support the Investigative Reporters and Editors and Computer Assisted Reporting conferences and provide scholarships to selected Knight grantees and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend those events.
Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative + DPTV)25,000.003075--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6223-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: For Detroit Public Television to join the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, developing and sharing stories aimed at helping find solutions to the city's fiscal crisis.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Preparing Miami for Democratic Transition in Cuba project)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6120-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2015; goal: To support the Preparing Miami for Democratic Transition in Cuba project by FIU's Vaclav Havel Center for Human Rights and Diplomacy, which will engage various stakeholders in dialogue around countries in democratic transition, with a focus on Cuba.
Florida International University Foundation (Earmark: Knight Innovator in Residence Program)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6141-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 07/01/2016; goal: To establish Knight Innovator in Residence program at Florida International University to work with students and faculty to develop innovative digital media projects and inspire new courses and research.
Arizona State University Foundation (Earmark: Public Insight Network (PIN))250,000.00663--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6142-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support the creation of a Public Insight Network (PIN) bureau and education hub at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: North Carolina Dance Theatre Fund)1,100,000.00253--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6162-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2018; goal: To create the North Carolina Dance Theatre Fund, to support increased audience engagement through the creation and acquisition of contemporary dance works.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (Earmark: Immigrant Integration)4,500.003797--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6179-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the work of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants & Refugees.
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (Earmark: ARTecho)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6228-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To raise awareness of the realities of global poverty through ARTecho - an artistic social initiative that will engage Miami residents during Art Basel week.
Ideame (Earmark: CreateMiami funding on idea.me)175,000.001223--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5732-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support 'CreateMiami' on idea.me, which will leverage a crowd funding platform with users across Latin America and the U.S. to focus them on supporting entrepreneurs in Miami.
National Public Radio (Earmark: NPR One - On-demand digital listening platform)2,000,000.00144--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5818-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 02/28/2016; goal: To support the enhancement of NPR's on-demand digital listening platform for news and other public radio programming. NPR will significantly expand its capacity to deliver in-depth coverage of news and culture and reimagine the public radio experience for digital listening. This grant will both deepen and extend NPR’s coverage of key issues – education, global health and development, and race, ethnicity and culture – and fund NPR and six Member Stations – KPCC, KQED, MPR, WBUR, WHYY and WNYC – in the creation of a seamless local-national listening platform, helping deliver the work of NPR and stations to tens of millions of Americans everywhere they want it, in words, images and sound. (Originally 'Project Carbon', now 'NPR One').
Robins Air Force Base 21st Century Partnership (Earmark: 21st Century Partnership)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5998-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the 21st Century Partnership for website re-design and an increased use of social media and traditional media outlets to ensure Central Georgians are informed about the impact of the base realignment and closure.
The Free Library of Philadelphia (Earmark: Artist Challenge)70,840.002033--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6110-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: The Free Library will host a challenge to select five artists, in conjunction with community members, to create new works of art in the five branches where they will pilot their new 21st Century approach.
New Michigan Media (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative + NMM)30,000.002949--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6224-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: For New Michigan Media to join the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, developing and sharing stories aimed at helping find solutions to the city's fiscal crisis.
Florida Cultural Alliance (Earmark: Gift to honor Michael Spring)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6225-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/01/2014; goal: To support the general operations of the Florida Cultural Alliance, as designated by Michael Spring, in recognition of his 30 years of service to the local arts community.
MIT Enterprise Forum (Earmark: MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida)12,000.003546--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6099-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support eight events by MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida in 2013 and 2014 which connect and offer learning opportunities for Miami's startup and entrepreneurial community.
University of Florida Foundation (Earmark: The Innovators)113,140.001568--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6161-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2015; goal: To develop 'The Innovators,' a two-year speakers series at UF's College of Journalism and Communications.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: 'Back in the Newsroom' Summer Fellowship)183,078.001199--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6166-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 02/28/2015; goal: To Pilot 'Back in the Newsroom,' a summer fellowship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities' journalism faculty to keep their skills up to date. Back In The Newsroom is a fellowship program that brings five professors from historically black colleges and universities to spend a summer working in digitally advanced U.S. news organizations. This “internship” will help journalism educators see firsthand the new skills needed for students to succeed in today’s newsrooms. The fellows will update their digital skills, develop cutting-edge curricula and strengthen relations between these newsrooms and their schools.
Multilateral Investment Fund, managed by the Inter-American Development Bank (Earmark: WeXchange)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6176-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 02/01/2014; goal: To support WeXchange, a two-day conference in Miami that seeks to connect and propel women entrepreneurs in South Florida and across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Wayne State University (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative + Wayne State Univ.)60,000.002103--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6198-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: For public radio station WDET to join the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, developing and sharing stories aimed at helping find solutions to the city's fiscal crisis.
Vizzuality (Earmark: Odyssey map based storytelling tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6200-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 02/14/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build an open source tool that allows a user to quickly turn data, maps, and other content into interactive stories for online publication.
Committee to Protect Journalists (Earmark: CPJ Awards Ceremony)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6205-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To match 2:1 the donations made at the 23rd CPJ awards ceremony dinner, up to $200,000.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: WhereBy.US)19,980.003407--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6222-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 05/01/2014; goal: To support the WhereBy.Us prototype of a civic innovation hub for Miami that combines small projects, events and journalism to engage the community in local issues.
Louisiana State University (Earmark: Challenge fund for news projects)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6187-- Grant period: 11/29/2013 - 12/31/2016; goal: To experiment with a dean-managed challenge fund for news projects that use social media to engage communities.
The Center for Michigan (Earmark: Detroit Journalism Cooperative + Center for Michigan)110,000.001572--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6185-- Grant period: 11/04/2013 - 12/01/2014; goal: For a news-sharing project to infuse data-driven, solutions-oriented journalism into the coverage of Detroit's bankruptcy and related state policies.
New Theatre (Earmark: Miami 1-Acts Festival)35,000.002668----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5835-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To sprinkle theater throughout Miami-Dade County by expanding a one-act play festival to four locations from Hialeah to Homestead, Kendall and the beaches Building on the success of its one-act festival, New Theatre wants to expand its reach into Miami’s neighborhoods by taking the event on the road. The traveling theater festival will visit different pockets of Miami-Dade, providing residents with a full evening of short, one-act plays, written and performed by local artists. The plays are at times edgy, funny and puzzling — each providing a glimpse of the characters’ lives before leaving the audience to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks. Intimate. Vibrant. Groundbreaking. New. Plays. New Theatre!.
Miramar Cultural Trust (Earmark: Art Speaks... Join the Conversation)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5836-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide deeper insights into arts and culture through a new series where professional artists perform and engage in a dialogue with the audience What inspires artists? What is the value in owning an original piece of artwork? What is the best way to build an artistic career? These and other issues will be explored during Art Speaks, a conversation series that encourages artistic expression and appreciation. Jo Marie Payton, a singer and actress who starred in the sitcom “Family Matters,” will host the series. Guests will include artists of all genres and will be given time to perform and answer questions from the audience. Participants gain insight into the world of the arts by interacting with artists in a setting that promotes conversation and the exchange of information. The Miramar Cultural Trust strives to endow, support and advocate for the arts in Miramar.
Teatro Prometeo, Center for Literature and Theatre at Miami Dade College (Earmark: Play Time! An International Theatre Festival for Children)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5841-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate children’s theater from around the world by launching a free international children’s theater festival in South Florida during Miami Book Fair International To celebrate children’s theater from around the world, Teatro Prometeo will launch a theater festival for kids during Miami Book Fair International. Play Time! will present quality productions in a variety of languages using supertitles to introduce children to a variety of cultural traditions. The event hopes to become a space where children and families can gather and share cultural experiences. Teatro Prometeo is the nation’s only Spanish-language conservatory, recognized throughout the international theater community as a program of excellence in actor training with a history of innovative productions.
Seraphic Fire (Earmark: Seraphic Fire in Cutler Bay)180,000.001205--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5846-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring the award-winning vocal ensemble to new audiences through regular masterworks concerts at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center To bring its award-winning vocal ensemble to new audiences, Seraphic Fire will present regular masterworks concerts at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Seraphic Fire has a short but successful history of partnering with the center in Cutler Bay: Its holiday performance was the first to sell out there. With challenge funding, Seraphic Fire and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra will become the classical ensemble-in-residence at the hall, which opened in 2011, reaching out to neighborhoods far from Miami’s downtown cultural centers. Seraphic Fire is South Florida's Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble.
Studio Enrique Martinez Celaya (Earmark: The Lecture Project)14,000.003524--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5854-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen audiences for the visual arts by offering a series of lectures on the intersection of arts and ethics As a way to strengthen the audience for the visual arts, the studio will expand its Lecture Project, which brings internationally recognized art historians, critics and philosophers to discuss the intersection of art and ethics. Challenge funding will help bring more speakers to South Florida and widen their reach through podcasts and an online archive.
O Cinema (Earmark: O Cinema Upgrade: Bigger and Brighter!)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5863-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen a center for independent film by upgrading equipment and adding a second auditorium to expand film offerings Since launching with one of the first Knight Arts Challenge grants in 2008, O Cinema has become a popular local venue for independent film. To better serve the community at its Wynwood location, the cinema will buy a digital DCI projector that is the industry standard and use existing space to create a second venue for screenings that will more than double the amount of viewings annually and further diversify the already eclectic program of films presented throughout the year. O Cinema is a cutting-edge, non-profit, independent cinema with locations in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District and the Village of Miami Shores that showcase first-run independent, foreign and art films.
meme - media experi mental ensemble (Earmark: meme™ - media experi mental ensemble)2,500.003813--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5866-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the fusion of art, music and technology by presenting a multimedia opera written by a southern Florida professor To explore the fusion of art, music and technology, a new multimedia opera written by Florida Atlantic University Professor Joey Bargsten will be presented. “MelanchoLalaLand” integrates traditional elements of opera with past works on melancholy into a futuristic spectacle that showcases an experimental fusion of live performance, interactive video and animation. Media Artist and Composer Joey Bargsten teaches Multimedia at Florida Atlantic University, and has created live multimedia performances with his media experi mental ensemble (meme) throughout South Florida since 2009.
Palm Beach Opera (Earmark: Opera @ the Waterfront ([email protected]))80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5877-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring opera into the community through a series of free outdoor community concerts that include a full orchestra and chorus To bring opera into the community, Palm Beach Opera will offer a free community concert with full orchestra and chorus in partnership with the city of West Palm Beach. Opera @ The Waterfront will be launched in December at the Meyer Amphitheatre, a popular outdoor venue in downtown West Palm Beach, where audience members will be able to spread out their blankets to watch and listen or enjoy from the comfort of their homes via a live broadcast on the Internet. Palm Beach Opera is dedicated to producing live opera at an international standard of excellence and to enriching the life of the communities it serves with a diverse offering of educational programs.
The Atlantic Monthly Group (Earmark: Startup City Miami 2014)249,300.00886--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5932-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support an expanded, second annual edition of Startup City: Miami, which will comprise two events that connect and support Miami's startup community with talks, panels and pitch sessions from local and nationally-known entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders.
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami (Earmark: CitizenshipWorks Center)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6084-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To establish the CitizenshipWorks Center in Miami in order to make the naturalization process more effective and efficient.
The Artblog (Earmark: The Artist and Social Responsibility)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6131-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To launch an undergraduate course and speaker series that will explore the artist's role and responsibility to enrich and engage their community.
Tech Cocktail, LLC (Earmark: Tech Cocktail Miami)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6144-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the launch of Tech Cocktail Miami, which aims to showcase and propel Miami's startup community by connecting, informing and inspiring entrepreneurs through events and online news coverage.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Museum Park)45,000.002517--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6226-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 05/01/2014; goal: Through a fiscal sponsorship at The Miami Foundation, to support and fund advisory services aimed at establishing a new governance framework and fundraising capacity for Museum Park in downtown Miami.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: New Methods => Nollywood)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5832-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expose South Florida audiences to global art centers through a film festival focused on cinema in Nigeria, home to one of the largest film industries in the world To expose South Florida audiences to global art centers, MOCA will create a film festival focused on cinema in Nigeria, home to one of the largest film industries in the world. The program will explore how Nollywood films use art to explore cultural values relevant to African, diaspora and international audiences. The three-day event will include film screenings, panel discussions and outreach programs.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Arts On Deck)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5833-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate the new waterfront home of Pérez Art Museum Miami with a monthly series of free evening public programs Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will celebrate its new waterfront home at Museum Park with free public programming on the first Thursday night of each month to include films and videos, talks and art events, such as commissioned site-specific contemporary performances and participatory events. The programming series, which will feature partnerships with local groups and themes related to ongoing exhibitions, will include work by international and regional artists for presentation in PAMM’s theater space, Knight Plaza and Museum Park. The museum hopes that this programming will engage audiences and activate Miami’s Museum Park at night, creating a space for new ideas and experiences. Pérez Art Museum Miami exists to improve the quality of life for individual residents of and visitors to Miami-Dade County, as well as social life in the communities they represent, by facilitating catalytic engagements with the most progressive visual arts of our time.
Florida International University (Earmark: The Growlight Project)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5837-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop the next generation of creatives by launching a summer career discovery program for high school students centered on art and design To develop the next generation of South Florida creatives, Florida International University’s College of Architecture + The Arts will work with local and global collaborators, including Harvard University, to launch a career discovery program centered on the arts and design. Based in Miami Beach, the program’s high-school-aged participants will examine the range of creative-design-sector careers that will be pivotal in securing and growing Miami’s future reputation as a global creative city.
Community Television Foundation of S. Florida Television Station WPBT (Earmark: Twenty Under Forty)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5838-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide exposure for South Florida artists by producing profiles of 20 prominent artists under the age of 40 To provide exposure for South Florida artists and to document the region’s growing arts scene, WPBT2 will create a series of program-length profiles of 20 prominent local artists under age 40. With the help of an advisory board, the project will pair local artists working in film and video production with subjects who embody the momentum in Miami’s arts scene and the diversity of its genres. With the series, WPBT2 hopes to begin a long-running series that archives this moment in South Florida’s history and can be shown by other public stations across the country. WPBT2 is a community-licensed, not-for-profit media enterprise serving communities from the Treasure Coast to the Florida Keys.
Miami Book Fair International (Earmark: The Swamp @ Miami Book Fair International)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5842-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To raise the profile of Florida authors by creating a pop-up lounge at the Book Fair that features writers whose works explore the beauty, contradictions, uniqueness and weirdness of life in the Sunshine State To raise the profile of Florida authors, the book fair will create a pop-up lounge called the Swamp that features regional writers exploring the beauty, contradictions and weirdness of life in the Sunshine State. The fair will invite other literary and arts groups to curate individual nights, assuring that each evening is an event reflecting the personalities that animate the local cultural scene. The Swamp will honor and celebrate Florida while providing a venue for local writers and lovers of literature to come together. The 30-year-old Miami Book Fair International, the largest and most comprehensive book festival in the United States, promotes reading and community engagement, bringing more than 200,000 people to the Miami Dade College in downtown Miami every year.
The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida (Earmark: Monthly Expressions in Spoken Word)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5847-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide a platform for recognized and emerging spoken word artists during a monthly series that will eventually be presented at Overtown’s historic Lyric Theater when it reopens in 2014 To provide a platform for spoken word artists, the Black Archives will strengthen its monthly spoken word showcase “Expressions” — just in time for its move to the historic Lyric Theater, which is scheduled to reopen in 2014. The program features both high-profile and emerging artists, with live jazz and soul music between performances. Guests will be greeted with a red carpet and photo staging area and then will be immersed in the art and history exhibitions before the show. The Black Archives hopes “Expressions” becomes a benchmark event for the Overtown community. The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., which owns and operates the historic Lyric Theater, was founded in 1977 with the mission to preserve the documentary and photographic history of black South Florida, leading the charge for the revitalization of Miami’s former black business and entertainment district, Overtown.
Puremovement Projects (Earmark: The Academy of Legends)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5849-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the continuing global impact of hip-hop dance through a weeklong series of free classes and workshops featuring award-winning choreographer Rennie Harris and other hip-hop pioneers In the summer of 2014, award-winning hip-hop dance choreographer Rennie Harris and his cohort of hip hop dance legends will lead 300 Miami youth in a week of free hip-hop dance classes. Modeled after Harris’ annual dance festival in Philadelphia, the event explores the essence and history of hip-hop dance rather than its stereotypes. Designed for beginning to advanced participants, activities will be held at Miami Dade College and will include a full schedule of master classes, lecture demonstrations, open jam sessions, panel discussions and break-out sessions. Puremovement Project is a sponsored project of Rennie Harris Puremovement Hip Hop Dance Theater, dedicated to exploring various outreach initiatives that utilizes the art of hip-hop, technology and community programming to engage young audiences.
The M Ensemble Company (Earmark: Students Entrance to the Theater)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5850-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire an appreciation for theater by having Florida Memorial University students work behind the scenes on a production To inspire an appreciation for theater, The M Ensemble Company will work with Florida Memorial University on engaging its students in the work that goes into a theatrical production. Students will audition for theatrical roles and work on the technical crew, set construction, costumes, lighting design, marketing and administration. Four performances will be free for the university’s students and available at a reduced price for other students in Miami-Dade County.
WDNA-FM (Earmark: Close Encounters of the Jazz Kind)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5860-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a community of jazz aficionados by expanding WDNA’s Jazz Encounter to a video audience through live broadcasts and video archives WDNA’s Miami Jazz Encounters will explore the art form through jam sessions, performances and education and cultural exchanges in the intimate WDNA Jazz Gallery. There, middle school and high school musicians will perform alongside seasoned professionals, with performances captured on video for online broadcast. Documentary films and workshops will engage the public in conversations about jazz and world music. The Jazz Gallery will be a space for engaging the community in multicultural and multigenerational jazz experiences year-round. WDNA 88.9FM Public Radio provides quality music, arts, and cultural programming to the residents of South Florida and beyond, with a commitment to America's classical music — jazz, alternative voices, and the marriage of entertainment with enrichment.
Miami Contemporary Dance Company (Earmark: Up and Over Overtown - The Movement)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5868-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To draw audiences to Overtown’s historic Lyric Theater with a souped-up dance series taking place when the renovated theater reopens in 2014 As a way to build audiences for Overtown’s historic Lyric Theater, reopening in 2014, Miami Contemporary Dance Company will present a “souped-up, go-out-and-get-’em” dance series. Up and Over Overtown—THE MOVEMENT consists of dance performances, street happenings and educational workshops, all designed to promote the cultural revitalization of Overtown. The mission of Miami Contemporary Dance Company is to create and present high quality contemporary dance for local, national and global audiences, and to raise awareness about contemporary dance through professional programming, dance education, and community outreach.
Shira Lee Abergel (Earmark: Travelling Medicine Show)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5869-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To entertain audiences unconventionally by reimagining the medicine shows of old in a wooden wagon that travels and transforms into a theatrical playing space Harkening back to the medicine shows of old, Shira Lee Abergel will construct an old-time wooden wagon that transforms into a theatrical playing space and travels throughout Greater Miami. The wagon will host productions that will include, but are not limited to: silent film-like theater that utilizes projections and live music, film screenings and other original works. The artist seeks to transform the streets of Miami into a theatrical landscape that transports the city dweller to an oasis where performance and story break the boundaries that separate performer from audience and bring communities closer to the arts. Shira Lee Abergel is a Miami-native multidisciplinary performing and creative artist.
Ivan Toth Depeña (Earmark: Augmented Miami (A New Way of Experiencing Art))50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5871-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote innovation in the local arts community by creating a series of multimedia, augmented-reality public art projects that exist in both the physical and virtual worlds To promote innovation in the local arts community, Ivan Toth Depeña will develop a series of public art installations that use geography and augmented reality to create contemplative viewer experiences. The multidisciplinary projects, taking place at several locations throughout Miami-Dade County, will blur the boundaries between the physical and virtual world. The art will be experienced mainly using a mobile device. Here’s how it might work: Pedestrians walking by a project site might notice a way-finding device or get a notification on their smartphone or tablet that announces the site-specific project. Using a custom-designed mobile app, they will point their device’s camera at the site, where a performance starts to unfold or a sculpture generates virtually on the screen. As the camera pans, other performers join in or the form develops dynamically. The experience is designed to be an immersive, multisensory discovery tour of urban and suburban environments throughout Miami. Ivan Toth Depeña is an artist living and working in both New York and South Florida. Depeña's work exemplifies the harmonic moment when […].
GableStage (Earmark: GableStage Unplugged: New Theatre for Tomorrow's Audiences)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5881-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote an appreciation for theater by presenting one of GablesStage’s productions to local high schools and middle schools, with a study guide and post-performance discussion To promote appreciation for theater, GableStage will present one production annually for local middle school and high school students, making it possible for tomorrow's theater-goers to see a first-rate professional production exactly as it was presented to ticket buyers. The play will be chosen for its relevance to a young audience and will include a study guide and post-performance discussion. The program is based on GableStage's successful presentation of "Hamlet" to 8,000 students at the Joseph Caleb Auditorium in Liberty City and the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. For the past 15 seasons, GableStage has been at the cutting edge of theater in South Florida, striving to present audiences with innovative productions that entertain as well as confront today's most vital issues and ideas.
Miami Music Project (Earmark: A New Tune in Miami’s Liberty City)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5882-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To empower more children to play and appreciate classical music by expanding the project’s orchestral academy to a third location, Liberty City To empower more children to play and appreciate classical music, the Miami Music Project will expand its orchestral academy to a third location, Liberty City. Formed five years ago with a Knight Arts Challenge grant, the project has provided performances for more than 25,000 local students, with 380 children ages 5 to 18 participating in its youth orchestra in Doral and Little Haiti. The academy emphasizes both music instruction and leadership skills. Miami Music Project, an arts and social services organization founded by world-renowned conductor James Judd, provides social transformation through music education to children and youth, creating a network of orchestras that remove social and economic barriers.
CodeNow (Earmark: Computer Coding for Miami High School Students)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5891-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 06/02/2014; goal: To help broaden and diversify Miami's base of future entrepreneurs, and connect them to the local startup community, by teaching computer coding to underrepresented high school students through free, extra-curricular, off-campus trainings.
The Motivational Edge (Earmark: Lyrical Expression and Audio Recording Courses)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5901-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen an arts program that enables disadvantaged youth to demonstrate their feelings through creative writing and lyrical expression The Allapattah-based center will expand its Lyrical Expression and Audio Recording Course to help disadvantaged youth demonstrate their feelings. There, teens use the art of creative writing and lyrical expression in a judgment-free environment. Students also learn to use audio recording software and equipment, preparing them for careers. Funding will upgrade equipment, broaden services and allow for a student-led performance at the end of each course. The Motivational Edge was created to attract and motivate urban youth to build essential life skills and self-confidence, improve academic performance and cultivate creativity and individual talent.
Dade Legal Aid (Earmark: Venture Law Project)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5925-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the Venture Law Project, which aims to provide free legal services to early stage entrepreneurs by assessing and referring cases to a pipeline of pro bono attorneys and coordinating legal clinics, seminars and workshops across greater Miami. The Venture Law Project fills a glaring need in the community while building on the mission of Dade Legal Aid. We’re a nonprofit law firm based in the heart of downtown Miami that provides a safety net of free legal services to qualifying low-income residents and vulnerable groups; we foster the idea of equal justice for all. Knight Foundation support made the Venture Law Project possible, building on trends in Miami’s startup community for maximum impact. It’s a true community partnership, where private attorneys can offer their services pro bono to those in need, working alongside other law firms and co-working campuses that are hubs for local tech. Qualifying startups have free access to expert attorneys and industry leaders at their fingertips.
Americas Business Council Foundation (Earmark: abc* Continuity Forum)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6137-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the abc* Continuity Forum, as it moves to a new venue - New World Center - and presents leading social entrepreneurs and high-profile speakers in Miami.
Center for Investigative Reporting (Earmark: Experiments with Umbel)24,000.003247--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6140-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support experimentation with Umbel, an analytics tool for understanding audience, to help inform journalism coverage and business development.
Circ X and The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater (Earmark: Resident Cabaret at the Jackie Gleason)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5830-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create Greater Miami’s only resident cabaret at the Jackie Gleason Theater by converting the greenroom into a permanent space for regular performances To create Greater Miami’s only resident cabaret, Circ X will partner with the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater to convert the greenroom into a permanent performance space. Last year, Circ X celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Fillmore to a packed house, showing that South Florida was hungry for this type of entertainment. The new show will feature a variety of short-format acts, from neo-burlesque to theatrical circus artistry, showcasing South Florida’s fringe performance artists and providing them with a place to take artistic risk. Circ X is performance troupe and production company specializing in beautifully bizarre interactive entertainment and theatrical circus artistry.
Key West Council on the Arts (Earmark: Family Fair: Classical Music is for All)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5844-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spur interest in classical music across generations by creating a monthlong series that includes family concerts and educational lectures The council will create a monthlong program designed to foster family interest in classical music. Parents and children from the Lower Keys will attend a series of concerts and rehearsals, paired with lectures that analyze performances, describe the lives of musicians and demystify classical music. A composer, for example, could explain his creative process, while a showing of a movie such as “Amadeus” or “Peter and the Wolf” could enhance interest. Overall, the effort seeks to encourage local families to make classical musical performances a regular entertainment option. Impromptu Classical Concerts of Key West has presented high quality chamber music performed by nationally and internationally recognized artists for more than 40 years in addition to providing support for musical education in the Florida Keys.
Hattie Mae Williams (Earmark: Miami Sites Project)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5845-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the past and present of the historic Venetian Pool and the Miami Marine Stadium by creating a site-specific dance performance Helping to celebrate two of Miami’s historic gems, choreographer Hattie Mae Williams will present site-specific dance pieces at both the Venetian Pool — for its 90th birthday — and the Miami Marine Stadium. Local artists Christian Salazar and Jamil Gonzalez will document the project, creating a mashup for broadcast on the Internet and submissions to Miami film festivals. Williams will recruit local high school students to perform the piece, which she considers a celebration of the city's past and an opportunity to raise awareness of the beauty of site-specific performances. Hattie Mae Williams, a Miami native and New World School of the Arts graduate, resides in New York City, directing, teaching and creating various projects with her company The Tattooed Ballerinas, and pushing the boundaries of site-specific dance and interdisciplinary art.
New World School of the Arts (Earmark: Summer Theater Academy)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5851-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help talented low-income students gain a competitive edge in auditions for collegiate arts programs by providing training through the Summer Theater Academy To help talented low-income students gain a competitive edge in auditions for college arts programs, New World School of the Arts will provide training through its Summer Theater Academy. Designed for high school students who haven’t studied in a specialized or arts magnet school, the academy will offer coaching in audition techniques, interviewing skills and the research and process of applying to colleges, in addition to private vocal and acting coaching. The goal is for each student to depart from the academy with two monologues and songs that they can confidently use for college auditions. New World School of the Arts is a unique collaborative venture between University of Florida, Miami Dade College and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which provides a comprehensive program of artistic training, academic development and preparation for careers in dance, music, theater and visual arts, serving high school and college students in Miami.
Cannonball Miami (Earmark: RADical Learning)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5855-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide local artists with opportunities for growth through a new educational program that explores experimental thinking in art production and education Cannonball, Miami's only live-work residency for artists, will use challenge funding to launch an alternative school that explores experimental thinking in art production and education. Intensive semester-long seminars and workshops will unpack global issues in ways that are relevant to Miami's social and cultural context and provide students with professional opportunities at partnering organizations throughout the world. Based in downtown Miami, Cannonball is a nonprofit arts organization known for its advocacy and innovative programs supporting today's artists.
Poly-Mode (Earmark: Biscayne Maker Co-op)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5861-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build up South Florida’s design and technology-based art community through a co-op offering access to a range of equipment To build up South Florida’s design and technology-based art community, organizers will create the Biscayne Maker Co-op, a space for the community to come together, hack and build projects. The co-op will offer a range of digital printers, laser cutters, silkscreen setups and more, providing a place where South Floridians can design, fabricate, print, exhibit and support the local fine arts communities. The Co-op seeks to encourage engagement with communities that have been historically underserved by the technology space, in particular women and people of color. Silas Munro, a design nomad who straddles many disciplines and geographic places, is principal of Poly-Mode, a practice that reflects the hybrid nature of his work as a designer, maker, artist, researcher, teacher and writer.
Puppet Network (Earmark: South Florida Day of the Dead Celebration)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5865-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage South Florida in the Latin American tradition of Dia de los Muertos by expanding the Broward-based celebration that includes a giant puppet parade, mask workshops and family-designed altars for loved ones For the past four years, Puppet Network has presented a local celebration of the Latin American tradition of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, combining traditional and modern interpretations of the event in a community spectacle: Giant puppets and skeleton-clad revelers parade in the streets, mask workshops are taught while kids and artists work collectively, families design exquisite memorials to loved ones, and much more. With challenge funding, Puppet Network will expand its ofrendas, exhibitions and community arts workshops to additional locations beyond downtown Fort Lauderdale. Puppet Network is South Florida's premier design and fabrication firm specializing in puppet arts for the live entertainment and media industries with an emphasis on educational and community development arts programming.
Community Arts Program (Earmark: The Leading Edge: Miami Jazz Institute)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5872-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To introduce more young Miamians to jazz by creating an after-school jazz institute that provides leading-edge training in America’s great art form To introduce more young Miamians to jazz, the Community Arts Program will expand its Conservatory for the Arts to include an after-school jazz institute. Beginning to advanced students will engage in level-appropriate classes in jazz theory, history, instrument study and studio musicianship and, ultimately, also play in a jazz band. Key to the institute’s growth will be free student jazz concerts that engage the community throughout Miami’s many neighborhoods. The Community Arts Program provides an expanding array of educational and culturally enriching experiences through its acclaimed Summer Concert Series and award-winning Conservatory for the Arts.
Upper Room Art Gallery (Earmark: Dug-out Canoes on the New River)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5878-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the traditional art form of creating dugout canoes by organizing a seasonal Paddle Up, featuring Seminole and Miccosukee canoes As a way to help preserve the art form of dugout canoes, the gallery will organize a seasonal “Paddle Up” featuring Seminole and Miccosukee canoes. The event on the Himmarshee Canal in Fort Lauderdale will highlight the heritage of the land and waters, inviting members of the Seminole, Miccosukee and other tribes to bring their canoes and wear traditional attire. Seminole artist Pedro Zepeda will demonstrate how to create a dugout canoe from a cypress log in downtown Fort Lauderdale where passersby can watch. The events will be tied to a neighborhood revitalization project called Las Olas Village, where indigenous design will be used throughout in cooperation with the tribes and the community. The Upper Room Art Gallery is a nonprofit global collective of artists and designers whose artwork specializes in organic and recycled materials and who are concerned about social justice, global poverty and environmental issues.
Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus (Earmark: 'When I Knew' concert series)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6009-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the presentation of 'When I Knew' - a concert series that will share stories from Philadelphia's LGBT community members with area high school students.
Levine Museum of the New South (Earmark: Latino New South)195,200.001174--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6153-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support the development and design of a traveling exhibition that will explore the emerging Latino South. Levine Museum of the New South launched the Latino New South Project as a five-year initiative inviting Atlanta History Center and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to join in a "learning network" to explore the Latino experience in the southeastern U.S. The goal of the project is to forge meaningful and sustainable relationships with the Latino community, play a role in immigrant integration and document the rise of Latino populations in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and the South since 1990.
Florida International University (Earmark: Miami Urban Neighborhood Building Studio)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6155-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support Miami Urban Neighborhood Building Studio which, in conjunction with Townhouse Center, teaches Florida International University architecture students how to design and build successful dense, mid-rise urban neighborhoods in South Florida.
BalletX (Earmark: Summer Dance Series)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6164-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support a summer dance series that will choreograph and stage live dance productions with live musical accompaniment.
Macon-Bibb County (Earmark: Free Film Screenings)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6195-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support a series of free outdoor film screenings throughout Macon.
Indie Film Club Miami (Earmark: Filmgate 2014)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5840-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To develop the local film scene by expanding Filmgate, the recently launched interactive film festival, which focuses on cross-platform storytelling, interactive screenings and more To further develop the local film scene, Filmgate, South Florida's first interactive film festival, will help local and international filmmakers make the transition to the cross-platform digital age. The event focuses on storytelling that combines multiple layers and social integration, and includes interactive screenings, creative labs, new technology playgrounds, independent distribution models and immersive events. In its second year, the event will expand its screening program, host regarded keynote speakers and encourage and support local transmedia content creation. Indie Film Club is an expanding South Florida collective, nurturing filmmaking in all its forms, including using new technology with the objective to create immersive and interactive projects.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: Keep art PUBLIC!)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5843-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To make provocative artworks accessible to the public by expanding the museum’s outdoor public exhibitions to include concerts, performances and other programming To make provocative artworks accessible to the public, the Bass Museum of Art will extend its annual outdoor exhibition in Collins Park and include additional programming. The show entitled “Public” transforms the park during Art Basel Miami Beach with sculptures and performances by international artists. Challenge funding will extend the exhibitions through April and complement them with outdoor concerts and the launch of picnic “Bass-kets” for a longer-term impact on visitors and residents. The Friends of the Bass Museum inspire and educate by exploring the connections between our historical collections and contemporary art.
Mapou Cultural Center (Earmark: Haitian & Caribbean Book Fair)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5848-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote Haitian culture and literature by creating a Haitian-American book fair in Little Haiti To promote Haitian culture and literature, the Mapou Cultural Center and Sosyete Koukouy will present a Haitian-American book fair in the spring of 2014. The book fair in Little Haiti will showcase literary talent from Haiti and the Haitian diaspora, featuring authors, poets, literary workshops, live performances, a children’s section and more. The fair will also host a poetry and short story competition, which will culminate in the publication of an anthology. Mapou Cultural Center (Sant Kiltirèl Mapou), a nonprofit cultural organization, is the focal point that brings the Haitian-Caribbean performing arts, Haitian/French literature, and exquisite cuisine to Greater Miami.
FUNDarte (Earmark: Engaging Latinos and GLBTQ community through Performing Arts)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5852-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage South Florida’s GLBTQ youth through the arts by growing the annual Out in the Tropics Performing Arts Festival to include educational workshops in high schools and community centers With challenge funding, FUNDarte will enhance its Out in the Tropics festival, the city’s first contemporary performing art series specifically representing the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. The series brings to Miami world-class GLBTQ performing artists who address broad gender and social issues while raising awareness of GLBTQ issues among the general public. With new funding, FUNDarte will expand educational opportunities by selecting visiting artists to provide workshops, artist talks and panel discussions at high schools and community centers. FUNDarte is a multidisciplinary nonprofit organization dedicated to producing, presenting and promoting music, theater, dance, film and visual arts that speak to Miami’s diverse cultures with an emphasis on Hispanic arts and culture.
Zoetic Stage (Earmark: Voice and Vision Project)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5859-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer South Florida playwrights a platform by producing two world-premiere plays at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts As a way to establish South Florida as a major producer of new theater work, Zoetic Stage will commission two world-premiere plays by award-winning South Florida playwrights during the 2013-14 season. The first play is Christopher Demos-Brown’s Fear Up Harsh, a drama about a Medal of Honor winner and Iraq War veteran whose past comes back to haunt him. The second is Michael McKeever’s Clark Gable Slept Here, a dark comedy about how a closeted gay Hollywood star’s career is threatened when a dead male prostitute is found in his hotel room. Both of these plays deal with themes central to the contemporary American experience: How does our society blur the line between myth and reality? What does it mean to be a hero? And what is the price one pays in becoming one? Zoetic Stage was founded in 2010 to produce contemporary plays and musicals that reflect the South Florida community and resonate universally, with a strong commitment to developing new work to become part of the American stage repertoire.
South Florida Center for Percussive Arts (Earmark: Friday Nights of Rhythm)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5874-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a sense of community among an often-disparate group of local percussionists by providing free weekly master classes taught by well-known drumming artists To foster a sense of community among an often-disparate group of local percussionists, the center will offer Friday Nights of Rhythm, a free, ongoing master class series taught by well-known drumming artists. The project will feature local and national artists in a wide range of percussion disciplines to encourage students to strengthen their skills or develop new ones. The events are central to the South Florida Center’s goal of becoming a comprehensive resource for percussionists.
Miami Gay Men's Chorus (Earmark: Together in Harmony: Annual MGMC South Florida Choral Festival)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5876-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen choral leadership by expanding the annual South Florida Choral Festival to include professional development workshops To strengthen choral leadership in South Florida, the chorus will expand its annual festival to include professional development workshops. The festival brings together choral groups of diverse ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds to perform in concert together. For its fifth year, the festival will offer training on developing effective board stewardship, insights for artistic directors and networking opportunities. The Miami Gay Men's Chorus is an inclusive, community-based organization of gay men and gay-supporting people that inspires and changes lives through the power of music.
Tigertail Productions (Earmark: FLA-FRA)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5880-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore art through the perspectives of French and Miami artists during a series of site-specific and new performances that will make up FLA-FRA (Florida-France) in 2014. To explore art through the perspectives of French and Miami artists, Tigertail Productions will present FLA-FRA (Florida-France), a community-wide fête of site-specific events and new performance works appearing throughout Miami at theaters and unexpected locations. The monthlong series, taking place in April of 2014 and 2015, will meld new work from France and, in 2015, the French diaspora, with local artist projects at sites from Downtown Miami to Miami Beach and Little Haiti. Tigertail supports and presents forward-thinking projects in dance, performance, music, spoken word, screendance, and art of “blurry boundaries,” for artists, diverse audiences and inner city teens.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Project LIFT)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6012-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: For a community-building project with Project LIFT students, families and neighbors and volunteers from the greater Charlotte community.
Our City Thoughts (Earmark: Our City Thoughts)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6029-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support Our City Thoughts, which seeks to give voice to and highlight Miami's emerging community of entrepreneurs, creatives and thought leaders through regularly produced, and shared, short video interviews.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Macon Arts Alliance)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6150-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support the Macon Arts Alliance's capacity to support individual artists through professional development workshops and programs, and serve as a regional partner to the Knight funded Springboard for the Arts national artist-supporting network.
PBS MediaShift (Earmark: Journalism Education #edshift blog)95,000.001819--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6156-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 11/02/2015; goal: To ignite journalism education reform efforts with an outreach campaign on the MediaShift blog on PBS.org.
Teo Castellanos D-Projects (Earmark: Third Trinity)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5834-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To fuse world culture, ritual and music in a uniquely Miami story through a one-act play and film produced by artists Teo Castellanos and Tarell McCraney Playwright, actor and director Teo Castellanos, will bring a unique tale of brotherhood to the stage via the solo show “Third Trinity.” An adaption of his screenplay, the show is based on Castellanos’ early life in Miami with two brothers who became involved in Puerto Rican nationalist politics and drug smuggling. Noted actor and playwright Tarell McCraney will provide direction and dramaturgy.
Miami Beach Film Society (Earmark: Speaking in Cinema Series at Miami Beach Cinematheque)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5853-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a deeper appreciation for cinema through a series of conversations on the art of filmmaking led by local and visiting film critics To foster a deeper appreciation for cinema, the Miami Beach Cinematheque will provide a series of conversations on the art of filmmaking. Led by local and visiting film critics, the series will engage audiences in the appreciation and analysis of cinema as language and art, rather than escapist entertainment. In addition, the series seeks to expand its impact via podcasts and an interactive website. The mission of the Miami Beach Cinematheque, home of the Miami Beach Film Society, is to promote and present cinema as an art form and offer a cultural alternative to the commercial moviegoing experience.
The Bakehouse Art Complex (Earmark: Update and Activate the Shared Workshops at BAC)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5857-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen a studio art space by updating The Bakehouse’s workshops and adding a foundry for casting metals Celebrating 27 years, the Bakehouse Art Complex, a cultural hub in Wynwood, houses 70 professional artists’ studios, two galleries and common workshop areas for printmaking, kiln use, woodworking and more. As some of the workshop spaces are feeling their age, the Bakehouse will use challenge funds to upgrade equipment and add a metals foundry for artists who work in large-scale casting mediums, including bronze, stainless steel and aluminum. The community foundry will be open to the public. The Bakehouse Art Complex serves as a cultural hub in Miami’s historic art deco bakery building, enabling and encouraging artistic creativity through affordable studio spaces, exhibition opportunities, programming and more.
The Miami Rail (Earmark: Visiting Writer Program)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5858-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire great writing by supporting a visiting-writers program where authors host lectures, roundtables and workshops The Miami Rail, a local arts publication, will host a visiting writers program, bringing authors at the top of their fields for extended stays in Miami. Visiting writers will write articles for The Miami Rail, present public lectures and host writing workshops. Challenge support will help The Rail to invite more nationally recognized authors and cultural critics, who can both inspire local writers and return to their home cities to spread the word about South Florida’s literary community. The Miami Rail is a nonprofit publication that provides cultural criticism both in print and online.
Meals That Heal (Earmark: F.E.A.S.T. Miami (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics))40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5867-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide an innovative funding source for the arts by organizing pop-up dinners at arts venues where participants vote on a creative project to support To provide an innovative funding source for the arts, Meals That Heal will organize FEAST Miami, pop-up dinners at arts venues where participants vote on a creative project to support. Artists and small organizations will be invited to present a simple proposal for an arts project, while diners, who have given a minimum donation, will have the opportunity to vote on whom to fund. The meals will be healthfully prepared with organic and locally sourced foods. Inspired by the food sustainability movement, the events will help provide community-based sustainability for the arts. FEAST Miami was created by Susan Caraballo, an arts innovator who has worked in Miami’s arts scene for over 15 years, and Loren Pulitzer, a local vegan chef committed to the community and founder of Meals That Heal and a line of cookies, Simply Sharon’s.
ArtCenter South Florida (Earmark: ArtCenter’s New Residency Programs)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5870-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide opportunities for Miami’s artistic talent and to attract new creatives to the city by strengthening the center’s residency programs To provide opportunities for Miami’s artistic talent and to attract new creatives to the city, ArtCenter/South Florida will relaunch its residency program with three new tracks: fellowships geared toward young and emerging artists, a visiting artists program focusing on short residencies for national and international multidisciplinary artists, and a studio program targeted at local artists. All participants will have exhibition, teaching and professional development opportunities. ArtCenter/South Florida advances the knowledge and practice of contemporary art and offers artists opportunities for creation and experimentation.
6th Street Dance / Dance Esaias Corporation (Earmark: The Homegrown Program)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5873-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To encourage artistic growth in Miami by creating a residency program for young professional dancers and musicians To encourage artistic growth in Miami, 6th Street Dance Studio/WholeProject is launching HomeGrown, a residency program for young professional dancers and musicians. For artists, proximity is everything. The city’s sprawling geography has made it difficult for young professional artists to cross paths. This program will bring them together for a weekly study/jam night that includes workshops, collaborations, creation labs and performances. Dancers from a variety of disciplines will learn — and create — together.
Awesome New Republic (Earmark: 'The Humid Body')40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5875-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring together the city’s musicians, dancers and filmmakers to produce a multimedia theatrical work that explores South Florida’s evolution from swampland to modern metropolis Bringing together the city’s artists, musicians, dancers and filmmakers, Awesome New Republic plans a multimedia performance that tells the story of South Florida’s evolution from swampland to modern metropolis. “The Humid Body” will be performed live and later recalibrated for the Internet to create an immersive experience reflective of South Florida’s modern existence. Awesome New Republic, founded by Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson, is a decade-strong music project focused on utopian ideals through community collaboration.
University of Wynwood (Earmark: And Justice for All)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5879-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate renowned poet Donald Justice through a new book and conference in his hometown of Miami, where he is virtually unknown Donald Justice (1925-2004) is the most important Miami-born poet, living or dead. A winner of major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, Justice is simultaneously one of the most important poets of the 20th century and almost unknown in his hometown. With challenge funding, the University of Wynwood will present “And Justice for All,” a two-day conference that will celebrate Justice as Miami’s literary native son, engaging the city in his poetry and producing a new book that will include the first translations of his poems into Spanish. The mission of O, Miami is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Tunnel Cinema by Sean Stoops)27,000.003063--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6130-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; goal: To support the development and launch of 'Tunnel Cinema' - a series of animation installations along the subway tunnel walls underneath Center City, Philadelphia - curated by new media artist, Sean Stoops.
The Paley Center for Media (Earmark: TEDxWomen)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6171-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: For TEDxWomen, a two-day conference that shares ideas from female leaders and innovators across the world.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Nonprofit Journalism and the IRS)110,000.001572----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5916-- Grant period: 10/31/2013 - 10/30/2015; goal: To support efforts to update the IRS rules for granting 501(c)(3) status to nonprofit media.
Akron Community Foundation (Earmark: Akronist)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6180-- Grant period: 10/28/2013 - 10/28/2016; goal: To teach citizens to create local news and information digitally in the community-supported Akronist.
MIAMade (Earmark: Miami's First Mini-Maker Faire)21,120.003263--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6096-- Grant period: 10/16/2013 - 12/16/2013; goal: To support Miami's first Mini-Maker Faire, which will be held in the Wynwood Arts District and is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, and artists who come to show what they've made and share what they've learned.
Macon Bibb County Urban Development Authority (Earmark: Master Plan)225,000.00969--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5888-- Grant period: 10/14/2013 - 12/12/2014; goal: To model on the successful College Hill Corridor planning process, the project will create a master plan and a new approach to downtown revitalization, bringing together diverse stakeholders, property owners, and agencies around a common vision and working strategy.
Yakima Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Bilingual News Reporting for the Northwest)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5943-- Grant period: 10/14/2013 - 10/14/2014; goal: To share stories across diverse communities, Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) will partner with a Spanish-language radio station to create and share reports that both stations will broadcast and disseminate across a variety of platforms To share stories across diverse communities, Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) will partner with a Spanish-language radio station to create and share reports that both stations will broadcast and disseminate across a variety of platforms. A bilingual reporter and university students will translate reports for use by both stations.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: CollabMatch)49,000.002506--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5999-- Grant period: 10/14/2013 - 10/14/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: This project will facilitate connections between journalists. CollabMatch is a platform that will help journalists use their existing LinkedIn profile to connect with others based on location and/or expertise.
Liberty Hill Foundation (Earmark: Los Angeles Budget Tool)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6013-- Grant period: 10/14/2013 - 10/14/2014; goal: To increase transparency in Los Angeles, challenge funds will help the Advancement Project create an easy-to-use online forum and information source about the Los Angeles City budget. To increase transparency in Los Angeles, challenge funds will help the Advancement Project create an easy-to-use online forum and information source about the Los Angeles city budget. While L.A.’s budget is publicly available, its data is embedded in hard-to-navigate documents numbering more than 600 pages. The online comparison tool will aid diverse audiences in analyzing funding changes for departments that have a significant impact on the quality of life for low-income communities, including housing, public works, transportation, parks and recreation, and services for the elderly. Message boards and social media integration will allow open discussion on the quality of city services and finances. Through the tool, the project hopes to engage more Angelenos in city government by helping them uncover and understand government data that represents their community’s needs.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Earmark: Miami-Dade Digital Classroom Initiative)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6019-- Grant period: 10/12/2013 - 10/11/2015; goal: To support the expansion and modernization of entrepreneurship education in Greater Miami public schools by helping Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship launch the Digital Classroom Initiative in ten classrooms. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship will launch its digital classroom initiative this fall, with the goal of building a new generation of informed entrepreneurial citizens. Students in the program will connect with entrepreneurship educators, members of the local business community and peers across the country and the world. In the first year of the program Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship will enable digital learning opportunities between 10 local classrooms and the business community, as well as schools in other markets. This will include video conferencing, remote visits from guest speakers, online collaboration and social networking. Funding will also help build a user-friendly website that will provide collaborative tools for teachers and students, including class and student profiles, blogs, forums and integrated classroom lessons.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6163-- Grant period: 10/03/2013 - 10/02/2014; goal: To fund a minimum of 50 capacity building grants of no more than $5,000 each to subsidize training for public sector and nonprofit staff who are advancing the future of Detroit in the areas of economic growth, land use, city systems, planning and neighborhood development (the Detroit Future City elements). Knight is providing $250,000 to fund 50 $5,000 capacity grants to subsidize training for public sector and nonprofit staff who are advancing the future of Detroit in areas of economic growth, land use, city systems, planning and neighborhoods (the Detroit Future City “Elements”).
Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (Earmark: Detroit Future City)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6165-- Grant period: 10/03/2013 - 10/02/2014; goal: After White House-led information technology team makes recommendations for municipal information technology improvements, Detroit Future City team will provide supportive human capital for implementation of recommended IT improvements. Knight is providing $250,000 to fund the human capital necessary to put in place recommendations from a White House-led information technology team, as part of a long-term, strategic plan for a prosperous Detroit developed by city officials and the community.
Department of Better Technology (Earmark: Procure.io)460,000.00504--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4989-- Grant period: 10/03/2013 - 11/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making government contract bidding more transparent by simplifying the way smaller companies bid on government work The government procurement process can be both highly complicated and time-consuming - making it difficult for small businesses to discover and bid on contracts and for journalists and transparency advocates to see where public money is going. As White House Presidential Innovation Fellows, Clay Johnson and Adam Becker built a simple tool for governments to easily post requests for proposals, or RFPs. Based on its early success at the federal level, the team is planning to expand the software to help states and cities. In addition, they will build a library of statements of work that any agency can adapt to their needs. The goal is to bring more competition into government bidding, as a way to both reduce costs and ensure that the most qualified team gets the job. Note: Grant ID 2013-45680.
First Person Arts (Earmark: RAW Program)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5941-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: For First Person Arts RAW program to help emerging dance, theater, and literary artists address social problems through boundry pushing performances.
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (Earmark: Hmong Arts and Music Festival)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6052-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Annual Hmong Arts and Music Festival, the only arts focused Hmong festival in the world.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Penumbra Theatre)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6067-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Strategic Growth Fund, enabling Penumbra Theatre, the largest African-American theater company in the nation, to engage new audiences with exceptional contemporary theater. Penumbra Theatre is the nation’s largest and one of the most esteemed African-American theater companies. It is implementing a five-year business plan that includes new artistic leadership and vision. Knight funding will support the organizational transition and enable the company to hire development and marketing directors to engage donors and audiences, thereby ensuring the theater’s viability.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: TU Dance)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6074-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the TU Dance Fund, to support the diversification of the dance community in St. Paul by expanding TU Dance's capacity to cultivate donors and increase programming. Founded in 2004 by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater veterans Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands, TU Dance is an emerging force in the arts community. In its first decade of growth, TU Dance has garnered significant critical acclaim for performances and educational programming that celebrates the connective power of dance. With Knight funding, TU Dance seeks to accelerate the growth of its diverse dance audience, and to engage new donors in supporting performance and educational programming. The organization will expand its class offerings at TU Dance Center, responding to a 50 percent increase in enrollment last year. Driven by its mission of access, TU Dance will also expand its capacity to offer need-based support for dance students, adding a professional staff member to grow its fundraising program.
Auricle Communications (Earmark: WMFU Visual Radio Tools)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6098-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To test new approaches to engage live radio audiences with visual media.
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (Earmark: Innovation Districts)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6107-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 10/01/2014; goal: For research, analysis and convenings that will help governors, their staffs and local officials determine the economic and strategic value of innovation districts.
Investigative Reporters and Editors (Earmark: Document Cloud Improvements)80,000.001872--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6148-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To convene super-users and brainstorm how to improve DocumentCloud and make it profitable.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6160-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support a series of classes, workshops and networking opportunities that will further talent development and foster sustainability for Philadelphia-based artists.
Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association (Earmark: Contemporary Art by African-American Artists)250,000.00663--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6181-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support Miami Art Museum's acquisition of contemporary art by African-American artists.
Fedcap Rehabilitative Services (Earmark: ReServe Miami)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6105-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support ReServe Miami in connecting nonprofits and public institutions with experienced professionals, who are 55 years of age or older, who want to give back to their communities in part-time job opportunities.
Reframe It (Earmark: Deliberative Polling)167,960.001241--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6132-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To test a new journalistic approach to covering policy and legislation by using Deliberative Polling, a special research method, in concert with reporting, to cover technology issues and policy.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Andy: A POPera)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6145-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support the Bearded Ladies Cabaret in the development of Andy: A Popera - an interactive, Pop-Up opera inspired by the life and legacy of Andy Warhol.
Miami Design Preservation League (Earmark: Lummus Park Memorial/ Barbara Baer Capitman)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5819-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To honor civic engagement, architecture and historic preservation by supporting the construction of a memorial in Lummus Park honoring Miami Beach preservationist Barbara Baer Capitman.
Facts About Cuban Exiles (Earmark: 'Cubans: An Epic Journey')26,000.003067--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5821-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support the Spanish translation of the book, 'Cubans: An Epic Journey,' produced by Facts About Cuban Exiles.
New Leaders Council (Earmark: NLC Miami)22,000.003259--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5892-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 06/16/2015; goal: To support NLC Miami which aims to empower and root young civic leaders in Miami by providing mentorship, a skills building curriculum and connections.
Mozilla Foundation (Earmark: Knight-Mozilla OpenNews)4,016,000.0043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6053-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 11/01/2015; goal: To expand the Knight-Mozilla partnership to grow and strengthen a community of journalism technologists. Initiated by Mozilla in 2010, and supported by Knight Foundation since 2011, the OpenNews project has fostered a community of newsroom technologists. In its first three years, OpenNews placed 13 Knight-Mozilla Fellows in nine newsrooms across five countries to help solve digital challenges. The fellows have created more than 50 software projects, including the popular Tabula (a tool for taking data out of PDFs), which is used by more than a dozen news organizations from ProPublica to The New York Times. The project’s training programs and workshops have further brought together developers and reporters across the world to collaborate on problem-solving. Additionally, Source, an OpenNews Web publication, has allowed developers to share code and journalism tools with tens of thousands of people.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Springboard for the Arts)500,000.00453--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6073-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To establish the Springboard Fund, to support the creation of a series of toolkits that will enable communities to support artists and to develop a network of artist-supportive programs across Knight's resident communities. Springboard for the Arts connects individual artists with the resources they need to thrive. Over the past few years, Springboard has developed a unique model for supporting artists and communities, and has shared some of its many programs on a national scale. For example, Community Supported Art, developed in partnership with mnartists.org, is similar to a Farm Share, where patrons buy a share that includes a box of locally produced art. The program is now in more than 50 cities across the country. With Knight funding, Springboard will share resource toolkits from its most successful programs–including those on arts entrepreneurship and health care–with seven other cities supported by Knight Foundation and creating a network to exchange resources and spotlight artists’ contributions to communities.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6075-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Knight Foundation Digital Media Innovation Fund, to support Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society's digital experimentation with audience engagement. While many orchestras have struggled with audience declines, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has increased its audience dramatically over the past decade, an accomplishment it attributes to increased accessibility to its concerts and digital recordings. With previous Knight funding, the orchestra has reached more than 300,000 classical music lovers through its online Listening Library, 90 percent of whom are from outside Minnesota. With a new Digital Media Development Fund, the orchestra will accelerate its embrace of emerging digital technologies, providing new and enhanced ways to experience its music through Internet media.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Cultural Opportunity Fund)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6076-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create the Cultural Opportunity Fund, to provide community-based arts organizations the opportunity to present programming in a new concert hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. While the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is home to four premier arts organizations, including the Minnesota Opera, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Schubert Club and the Ordway itself, high production costs have made it difficult for emerging and mid-range community arts organizations to present at the center. In an effort to bridge this gap, The Arts Partnership will create the Cultural Opportunity Fund, a subsidy providing emerging arts organizations with the opportunity to present programming at a state-of-the-art, 1100-seat concert hall without taking a significant financial risk. The venue size will also afford participating organizations the opportunity to sell more tickets and reach new audiences.
Global Editors Network (Earmark: Data Journalism Awards)95,850.001816--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6134-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To sponsor the third Data Journalism Awards and demonstrate the value of data journalism.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: Gravity & Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui)125,000.001480--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6175-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support the exhibition of Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui at the Bass Museum from April - August 2014.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - San Jose/Silicon Valley)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6121-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To support the Silicon Valley Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for one year in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Online News Association (Earmark: Teaching Hospital Experiments)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6124-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 05/02/2016; goal: For a funders collaborative to encourage the digital transformation of journalism education through 'teaching hospital' experiments.
Intersect Fund (Earmark: Lend for Philly)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5814-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To launch Lend for Philly with a challenge that leads to micro-finance clubs managed by college students to support local small businesses with micro-loans.
Access Now (Earmark: HowSecureAmI.org)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6088-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build HowSecureAmI.org, a digital security risk assessment tool that will provide journalists, producers of citizen media and civil society actors with security advice based on their current use of the internet and their own security practices.
Waldo Jaquith (Earmark: U.S. Open Data Institute)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6102-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 07/01/2014; goal: To rapidly prototype and deploy a U.S. Open Data Institute, to improve the uptake of open data standards by businesses and government, and to facilitate the free flow of information and the creation of a vibrant business sector based on that data.
Tigertail Productions (Earmark: WordSpeak)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6103-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support WordSpeak - a program that engages teens in South Florida through an annual series of spoken word poetry workshops and competitions. For the 6th year, Tigertail sent its WordSpeak spoken word teen team to compete in the prestigious Brave New Voices, a youth poetry festival, www.bravenewvoices.org. This year's festival was held in Los Angeles, CA, July 19-24, 2010, and included teens from 50 cities from across the country participating in workshops and readings with established poets and performers, open mikes, and the National Youth Poetry Slam, itself a competitive event. The Miami team, which includes a diverse range of some of South Florida's best young writers (out of more than 1000), was selected from participants in the local WordSpeak program sponsored by Tigertail. The six vibrant teens include Shamoyia Gardiner from North Miami Beach Senior, Wesley George from Coral Gables Senior, Diego Mosquera from Deerfield Beach High, Alejandra Nunez and Yarminiah Rosa from DASH, and Sandrina Seraphin from North Miami Senior.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Library Acts of Culture)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6154-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support 'Library Acts of Culture' -- an initiative that will stage a series of artistic interventions in every library branch in all eight Knight resident communities.
Council of Michigan Foundations (Earmark: Council of Michigan Foundations)4,650.003795--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6188-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support the work of the Council through annual membership.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Tracey Emin: Angel Without You)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6190-- Grant period: 10/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To support the creation of a micro-site for North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art 2013 Art Basel exhibition, 'Tracey Emin: Angel Without You.'.
Philanthropy Northwest (Earmark: Mission Investors Exchange)4,500.003797----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6147-- Grant period: 09/10/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To support the work of Mission Investors Exchange in 2013-14.
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (Earmark: SPUR Urban Center)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5944-- Grant period: 09/10/2013 - 09/30/2014; goal: To create the SPUR Urban Center where residents and workers in San Jose will learn about best ideas and practices in urban planning and be inspired to take an active role in promoting them in their community.
ADULT. (Earmark: Detroit House Guests)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5947-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To build on the city's musical legacy by having this band invite international and national musicians as "house guests" to live together and collaborate on an album To build on the city’s musical legacy, the band ADULT. will invite a half-dozen international and U.S.-based musicians as “house guests” to live with the band in Detroit for two weeks and collaborate. The project will work much like an artist residency program with musicians from a variety of musical and personal backgrounds and will culminate in an album that reflects the city’s people and landscape.
Arts League of Michigan (Earmark: The Carr Artist Hub: A place to create, collaborate)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5951-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire and support the local creative community, the Arts League of Michigan will enhance the Carr Center as an Artists Hub that offers workspaces and connects artists and the community To inspire and support the local creative community, the Arts League of Michigan will enhance the Carr Center as an Artists Hub, offering multidisciplinary workspaces and connecting artists and community. The hub will be a place for artists to think, create, collaborate and perform for and meet with their audiences. Visitors will be encouraged to drop in and talk with artists across disciplines, to help demystify the artistic process.
LeeLee Films (Earmark: American Revolutionary Detroit Screening Series)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5969-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the community in a conversation on the creative process through screenings of a documentary on Chinese-American philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs To engage the community in a conversation about the creative process, LeeLeeFilms will host a series of community screenings of its documentary on the Chinese-American philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs. Boggs is a 98-year-old community organizer and longtime Detroit resident whose life story embodies the major social movements of the last century. Using her experiences as a springboard, the filmmakers will guide audiences in the process of cultivating new ideas. The conversations, to take place in libraries ahead of the film’s PBS debut, will draw connections between the art of documentary filmmaking and nonfiction books.
Maison LaFleur (Earmark: Maison LaFleur)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5972-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the contemporary arts movement Afrofuturism as a vehicle for social change through a series of educational workshops and installations Using the contemporary arts movement Afrofuturism as a vehicle for social change, AFROTOPIA seeks to activate Detroit through education and the arts. A curatorial project developed by Maison LaFleur, AFROTOPIA aims to inspire and create a space for radical, creative practices that bring about positive transformation. The project includes workshops for youth, an online exhibition and site-specific installations in an attempt to imagine the future of Detroit using its African-American cultural legacy as inspiration.
N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art (Earmark: Art We Can Handle - A Training Program)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5982-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen the city's galleries by creating a training program where workers learn skills in installing, shipping and archiving art To strengthen the city’s galleries, the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art will create a training program where workers learn skills in installing, shipping and archiving art. Unlike museums, galleries don’t usually have access to trained art registrars. The lack of training in handling art causes inefficiencies in the process and can damage the works. This new effort will be a rigorous, reduced-fee certificate training program in gallery skills that includes basic art appreciation classes so that participants can gain an understanding of raw materials.
Public Art Workz (Earmark: Artist Village Detroit)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5987-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To provide an artful space by placing handcrafted, whimsical porch swings - equipped with LED lights and cellphone charging stations - at bus stops and in parks around the city To bring more art into communities, organizers will create Mood Swings, or handcrafted, whimsical porch swings. Located at bus stops and parks throughout Detroit, Mood Swings will be painted and embellished by Detroit artists with repurposed objects — think, for example, of a swing with electric blue and fuschia butterfly wings that glow at night. Each will also be equipped with solar-powered LED lights and an outlet to charge cellphones. The swings seek to be a mood enhancer that will provide artistic inspiration and promote community pride.
Public Pool LLC (Earmark: Good Tyme Writer's Buffet)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5988-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To cultivate interest in the written word by expanding a neighborhood art space's literary series to include authors from outside the city To cultivate interest in the written word, Public Pool, a neighborhood art space in Hamtramck, will further develop its literary series, the Good Tyme Writer’s Buffet. The event brings together writers for short readings in a relaxed gallery setting where they are surrounded by art, a table full of food and a DJ who spins during the breaks. The informality allows for experimentation. With funding, the Public Pool will provide an honorarium for more writers from beyond the city. Each event will be timed to a specific exhibition at the Public Pool, pairing a writer who shares a similar tone or style with the artist on exhibition to expand the impact of both.
Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation (Earmark: Grandmont Rosedale Summer Program for Youth)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5898-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote creative expression in local youth through a free art program for teens To promote creative expression in local youth, the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation will host a weekly art workshop for teens. Under the guidance of adult mentors, the students will learn the art of sketching, jewelry making, painting, sculpture and more. At the end of the program, the students’ art will be sold at a gathering to help make the program sustainable.
CutTime Productions LLC (Earmark: Classical music leaps off the pedestal)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5957-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share a love of the classics by having traditional performers play at neighborhood bars, cafes and eateries To share a love of the classics, CutTime Productions will expand its ongoing Classical Revolution Detroit series, which takes musicians from the concert halls and into neighborhood bars, cafes and eateries. The performances provide a deeply felt reminder of the way the classics enrich everyone's lives. Using the open jam format, the performers also invite players from the audience to participate. Even non-musicians can join on percussion and in other exercises. With challenge funding, CutTime will increase the number of inclusive events in an expanded list of venues.
Detroit SOUP (Earmark: Mobile SOUP truck)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5959-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage more Detroiters in giving to creative projects by converting a bread truck into a portable space where people can meet to microfund ideas To engage more Detroiters in giving to creative projects, Detroit SOUP will convert a bread truck into a portable space where people can meet to microfund ideas. With the Detroit SOUP model, participants pay $5 for dinner and vote on which project should receive the pooled funds. The SOUP truck would have a foldout, portable stage for presentations and performances. The group hopes the truck ensures that residents throughout the city have a hub to share ideas that can transform neighborhoods.
Hatch: A Hamtramck Art Collective (Earmark: Hatch: A Hamtramck Art Collective)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5962-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a community of art collectors through an art library where they can borrow a Detroiter's work to display for two months To foster a community of local art collectors, Hatch will create an art library where Detroiters can borrow a local artist’s work for their home for up to two months. Any individual can check out a range of works from a traditional painting to a contemporary sculptural installation. All art in the library will be for sale. The library seeks to enable residents to realize the value of art on a personal level and inspire them to buy more.
Heritage Works (Earmark: Cultural Scripts)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5963-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore cultural understanding through the arts by having nationally known choreographers engage communities in creating new works that explore cultural identities and expression To explore cultural understanding through the arts, Heritage Works will bring nationally-known choreographers to Detroit to explore cultural expression and understanding. These choreographers, who are each grounded in a specific cultural tradition but are also pushing creative and cultural boundaries, will engage communities in dialogues and art-based workshops. Then, using local performers and guest artists, they will create dances that cross borders — physical and psychological — and address the traditions, misconceptions and cultural realities of Greater Detroit. The works will tour through cultural centers and non-traditional spaces such as public parks and markets.
InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Earmark: InsideOut Online Literary Arts Project)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5964-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help teens develop their artistic and entrepreneurial skills by producing and marketing an online literary journal To help teens develop artistic and entrepreneurial skills, the InsideOut Literary Arts Project will teach them to produce and market an online literary journal. Currently, the project engages 5,000 K-12 students annually in the power of poetry and literary expression through in-school residencies and afterschool writing workshops. With challenge funding, the Citywide Poets program will add new school sites and give students an opportunity to publish and market the e-journal to be titled I’m Just Sayin.
Jeff Karoub (Earmark: Coming Home to Music)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5966-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create an intimate yet profoundly engaging musical experience through a series of small concerts rotating through Detroit homes To create an intimate yet profoundly engaging musical experience, this project will launch a series of small concerts rotating through Detroit homes. Organizers believe that a concert in a home strips away the impersonal and allows musicians, attendees and homeowners an opportunity to enjoy a genuine interaction. The series, titled “Coming Home to Music,” will begin with a kickoff celebration that incorporates multiple house concerts on a single night, featuring diverse styles of music genres in equally diverse neighborhoods in the city, and will continue with concerts throughout the year.
Living Arts (Earmark: Teatro Chico Detroit)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5970-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To weave the arts into neighborhoods by creating a performance series with local youth and adult artists out of a studio theater at the Mexicantown Mercado To weave the arts into neighborhoods, Living Arts will facilitate a performance series with artists young and old out of a studio theater at the new Ford Resource and Engagement Center at the Mexicantown Mercado. The series — Teatro Chico Detroit — will focus on cultural and emerging artists, presenting powerful performances for neighborhood holidays such as the Day of the Dead, Christmas-time Posadas and others. The series will link neighboring arts organizations, restaurants and businesses to each performance and will enhance community participation in the new center.
Michigan Philharmonic (Earmark: HAFLAH! Arab Fusion Fest)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5974-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring together Detroit's diverse cultures and communities by producing a fusion event featuring the Michigan Philharmonic and the Michigan Arab Orchestra To bring together Detroit’s diverse cultures and communities, the Michigan Philharmonic and the Michigan Arab Orchestra will create a fusion event featuring Western and Middle Eastern traditions. The two groups will perform together, sharing musicians and commissioning a piece of music that blends Western classical music with Middle Eastern music and instruments. The culmination will be a Fusion Festival, including educational workshops on Middle Eastern cultural traditions.
Motor City Brass Band (Earmark: Working in Concert with Southwest Detroit)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5979-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help build community through the arts by creating a series of events that use brass band music and the movies to celebrate the people of Detroit To help build community through the arts, Motor City Brass Band will work in partnership with the social service agency Southwest Solutions to create free summer entertainment events around the city. The band will perform music related to a film that centers around a theme or culture that makes Detroit a vibrant place to live. For example, a performance at the Southwest Solutions center for homeless veterans, Piquette Square, will provide music and a film that reflect patriotic themes. Organizers hope the events will bring Detroit residents together in a community celebration.
North American Souvenirs (Earmark: Canadian Residency)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5983-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To showcase Detroit to the city's neighbors by creating a residency for Canadian visual artists in the city To showcase Detroit to the city’s neighbors, this group will create a residency for Canadian visual artists in the city. During a one-month stay, Canadian artists will receive studio space, a stipend and living accommodations in Detroit’s Eastern Market. With this program, organizers hope to foster regional investment in Detroit, increase tourism and provide new audiences for Canadian art and culture.
Michigan Arab Orchestra (Earmark: Building Bridges Through Music)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5900-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help bridge cultural gaps in Detroit through an education program centered on the performance of classical Arab music To help foster cultural understanding, the Michigan Arab Orchestra will launch a free afterschool program centered on classical Arab music, language and culture. Operating at the middle and high school level, Building Bridges Through Music will offer choir rehearsals and lessons in traditional Arab instruments, including the oud, frame drum and qanun. The program will culminate in students participating in a joint performance with the orchestra at its annual gala at the historic Music Hall in downtown Detroit.
adrienne maree brown (Earmark: Detroit Science Fiction Generator)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5946-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To uplift Detroiters' ideas and narratives about the city's future through a series of sci-fi writing workshops that create works for 'zines To uplift Detroiters' ideas and narratives about the city’s future, adrienne maree brown will host a series of sci-fi writing workshops for a cross-section of residents, creating works to be published in a series of ’zines. Brown will also interview other Detroiters for her original stories. On a philosophical level, Brown hopes her work will be part of a healing process for Detroiters in the midst of the city’s financial troubles, enabling them to see themselves as co-creators, survivors and shapers of the future Detroit.
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Project (Earmark: From Detroit to Baghdad-Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5949-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To mark the exhibition of a collection of artist books and letterpress broadsides commemorating the 2007 bombing of the famed street of Baghdad booksellers through a book arts festival To mark the exhibition of a collection of artist books and letterpress broadsides commemorating the 2007 bombing of the famed street of Baghdad booksellers, this project will create a book arts festival in Detroit. The event will include bookmaking, calligraphy, letterpress and poetry workshops at venues across the city, timed with the exhibition at the Arab American National Museum. The gathering honors the artists across the world who submitted written, printed and artistic works in solidarity with Iraqi booksellers, artists and booklovers.
Ara Topouzian (Earmark: Detroit HYE (Armenian) Times)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5950-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the heritage of Armenian-American Detroiters by producing a documentary that highlights their history through traditional folk music To preserve the heritage of Armenian-American Detroiters, Ara Topouzian will produce a documentary that highlights their history through traditional folk music. Detroit is home to an estimated 35,000 Armenians, many of whom fled persecution in the early half of the 20th century and were drawn to Detroit by jobs in the auto industry. They brought along their traditions and music, which often describes simple village life and has been passed down through generations. The project seeks to preserve the music and make it more accessible.
Jazz Network Foundation (Earmark: Jazz-off Detroit)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5965-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen jazz in Detroit by creating a competition for musicians whose winners will form a performance band To strengthen Detroit’s jazz scene, the Jazz Network Foundation will create “Jazz-off Detroit,” a competition where winning instrumentalists and vocalists will join to create a performance band. The best piano, drum, horn, bass players and vocalists will form one of two winning bands — one for younger musicians and one for more mature performers — so that the two groups can learn from each other. The bands will receive a stipend, so that they can record their works and will perform in traditional and nontraditional venues to generate excitement for jazz and showcase the best Detroit has to offer.
Michigan Theater (Earmark: Cinetopia Film Festival)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5975-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire Detroit through film by creating a signature film festival for the city To inspire Detroit through film, the Cinetopia Film Festival intends to use challenge funding to become Detroit's signature film festival. Cinetopia is collaboration between the Detroit area's two premiere contemporary film exhibitors: the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. Currently a four-day festival on five screens, organizers plan to grow Cinetopia into an 11-day, multi-venue event that attracts tens of thousands of visitors annually and showcases feature-length dramas, comedies and documentary films from the world's best film festivals.
The Hinterlands (Earmark: Porous Borders Festival)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5990-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help unite Hamtramck and Detroit by creating a 48-hour festival along the municipalities' border To help bring together Hamtramck and Detroit, organizers will create the Porous Borders Festival, a two-day public art festival along the entire border of these two municipalities in October 2014. Curated by The Hinterlands, a performing arts company, the festival will use performances, installations and spectacles to engage the public in exploring the unique boundary cutting across Michigan’s most internationally diverse zip code. Participants will viscerally experience this invisible marker between Detroit and Hamtramck through a celebration of the unique spatial and cultural interactions between these two communities.
The Woodward Line Poetry Series (Earmark: Detroit Poetry System)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5991-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the local audience for poetry by broadening a poetry series to include more prominent national writers and a session where guest authors discuss Detroiters' unpublished works As a way to expand the local audience for poetry, the Woodward Line Poetry Series will broaden its monthly gathering to include readings and conversations with more prominent writers from Michigan and across the country. The conversations will include audience-fueled Q&A sessions to help demystify poetry and poets. The readings and conversations will be posted online and promoted via social media to make them accessible to a wider audience. In addition, the series will spotlight local emerging writers with their work as the subject of a dialogue with the featured writers.
Theatre Bizarre (Earmark: Theatre Bizarre)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5992-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire performers and audiences alike through a large-scale, immersive art installation that brings together local artists, including acrobats and circus sideshow artists To inspire performers and audiences Theatre Bizarre will expand its annual immersive art installation that brings together artists ranging from musicians and dancers to acrobats and circus sideshow performers. With the feel of an underground masquerade party, the performance looks to bring the audience into an otherworldly environment. Costumed patrons become part of a world populated by hundreds of performers who transform the corners and gothic stages of Detroit’s seven-story Masonic Temple. Each attendee has a different experience for the night, depending on the choices they make and path they take through the venue.
Center of Music & Performing Arts Southwest (Earmark: Mariachi COMPÁS)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5953-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve and expand the reach of traditional Mexican music by creating a mariachi youth ensemble that would celebrate the popular format while incorporating the music of other Latin American countries To preserve and expand the reach of traditional Mexican music, COMPAS will create a mariachi youth ensemble that will train the next generation of musicians. The ensemble will actively seek non-Latino youth to participate and incorporate the music of a variety of Latin American countries, reflecting the diversity of the Latino community and encouraging community building through the arts. The troop will provide subsidized performances at schools and cultural events to further educate Detroiters about Latino culture.
Cosmic Slop Festival (Earmark: Cosmic Slop Music Festival)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5956-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate rock music's multicultural roots through a festival that showcases rock musicians of color To highlight rock music’s multicultural roots, the Cosmic Slop Festival will further develop its rock festival in Detroit that features minority musicians and the diverse styles of rock music. The event will give local and out-of-state artists an opportunity to reach a wider audience of new and engaged listeners, while giving Detroiters deeper insights into the city’s musical legacy.
Jon Brumit (Earmark: 143FM)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5967-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To create a series of drive-through audio collages of the city by installing hyper-local radio stations continuously broadcasting on the same frequency To create a series of drive-through audio collages within the city’s 143 total square miles, organizers will install hyper-local radio stations continuously broadcasting on the same frequency. Combining the mediums of radio and sound, short-range FM radio transmitters will be arranged in clusters all around town, each broadcasting original music and soundscapes from neighbors, historians, artists and musicians. The sounds will be created for and with the public, resulting in a free public art experience in celebration of the city’s people, places and spaces.
Mark Wallace (Earmark: Reclaimed Wood Guitars)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5973-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To turn abandoned homes into a source of creativity by using reclaimed lumber to create guitars To turn abandoned homes into a source of creativity, musician Mark Wallace will use reclaimed wood to create prototype electric guitars. Built with wood sourced from Reclaim Detroit, each guitar will be branded with the address of the home that provided the wood. Through the prototyping process, Wallace will evaluate the playability and tone of various guitar designs and wood types, establish a supply chain that is scalable and identify retail outlets for the finished product. Through the process, he seeks to build on Detroit’s heritage in music and manufacturing to create a high-quality product that reflects Detroit’s design aesthetic.
Midtown Detroit (Earmark: DLECTRICITY)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5976-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Detroiters together by expanding the light-based outdoor art festival DLECTRICITY to include a permanent installation on Woodward Avenue, among other things To bring Detroiters together through the arts, Midtown Detroit will expand DLECTRICITY, a two-night outdoor festival of art and light. Building on the success of its 2012 launch, the festival will return in 2014 to include the commissioning of a permanent light installation on Woodward Avenue. Funds will also go toward placing more installations in a more condensed geographic area in the city’s cultural center and expanding the festival’s lighted bike parade.
MODCaR (Earmark: Pop It Up Detroit)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5977-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To use the power of design to produce vibrant civic spaces by bringing together architects and creatives with community advocates To use the power of design to produce vibrant civic spaces, MODCaR will bring together architects, creative and community advocates to turn an underused space into a (temporary) cultural venue. The organizers hope to turn the urban planning experience inside out, inviting the community in to first learn about design and then to help recreate a neighborhood space. If everything goes according to plan, the planning and community engagement stage will be just as critical as the physical result.
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (Earmark: Michigan’s First K-12 Arts Organization in Residence)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5978-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To inspire the city's youngest minds through a new program that integrates the arts into every element of an elementary school's curriculum To inspire the city’s youngest minds, Mosaic Youth Theatre will pilot a new program that integrates the arts into every element of an elementary school’s curriculum. In partnership with University Prep Science & Math School District and Marygrove College, Mosaic will become Michigan’s first “arts organization in residence,” moving into the new UPSM Elementary School. In return, the group’s professional artists will bring the arts to academic subjects, particularly science and math. In addition, the partnership will serve hundreds of students in grades six through 12 from more than 50 Detroit-area schools, who will participate in Mosaic’s theater and vocal music programs at the building. Best practices from the pilot will be shared with other Detroit educators through workshops.
Mt. Elliott Makerspace (Earmark: Hyper Interactive Hip Hop Mardi Gras Parade)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5980-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate Detroit's vibrancy by creating a Hyper Interactive Hip-Hop Mardi Gras Parade that combines the unique traditions of the city's Caribbean Mardi Gras Festival, local hip-hop artists and the DIY innovators at the Mt Elliott Makerspace To encourage creativity, organizers will create a Hyper Interactive Hip-Hop Mardi Gras Parade that combines the unique traditions of the city’s Caribbean Mardi Gras Festival, local hip-hop artists and the DIY innovators at Mt Elliott Makerspace. Led by maker Jeff Sturges of the Mt Elliott Makerspace, designer/artist Ralph Taylor of Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions and artist/facilitator Piper Carter of 5E Gallery, the parade seeks to engage the community in creating an experience of beauty in costume and float design, sound, motion technology and music. Organizers hope to encourage “maker” skills in art, technology and design and foster awareness of Mardi Gras’ cultural significance.
Notes for Notes (Earmark: MusicBox Studio Detroit)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5984-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote free and creative expression through an after-school music program where Detroit's youth can explore, create and record music To promote creative expression by the next generation, Notes for Notes will build and operate an after-school recording studio for youth, giving them a place to explore, create and record music. In partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan, the studio will be packed with guitars, keyboards, drums, DJ gear, a vocal booth and digital music workstations. Similar to its other locations in Nashville, Tenn., and Santa Barbara, Calif., Notes for Notes’ professional staff will work with youth to create and produce music and manage the studio, encouraging open conversation about students’ music, identity and life.
Omowale Entertainment L.L.C. (Earmark: Traditional Drums and Dance)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5985-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring Detroit residents together through a series of West African drumming and dancing workshops that teach the form's historical and cultural significance To bring Detroit residents together, Omowale Entertainment will launch a series of West African drumming and dancing workshops that foster creative expression while teaching the form’s cultural significance. At first, the focus will be the djembe drum. From there, the workshops will incorporate dance, including its history and relevance in today’s world.
PuppetART Theater (Earmark: ART Laboratory)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5989-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To challenge modern perceptions of puppetry by bringing together four Detroit organizations for puppet theater productions To challenge modern perceptions of puppetry, PuppetART will bring together four arts groups to explore an issue facing Detroit through puppetry. The theater will provide coaching, as the groups go through the production and into its performance at a mini-festival. Organizers hope that by using the symbolic and allegorical language of puppetry, the artists will help reenergize discussions on city issues while pushing the boundaries of what people consider puppetry and theater.
Trinosophes (Earmark: Detroit Soul Museum)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5993-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To shine a spotlight on Detroit's contributions to the world's musical culture by transforming a Gratiot Avenue storefront into a small music museum. To shine a spotlight on Detroit’s contributions to the world's musical culture, Trinosophes and Peoples Records are building a free museum of Detroit musical history based on the collection of record storeowner Brad Hales. The goal is to make public a collection that goes beyond the common narrative to provide a deeper examination of the Detroit sound. With Hales' store, already a major destination for Detroit music tourism, the addition of the museum at his new Eastern Market location seeks to generate more international visitors, as well as increase interest in the almost forgotten artists who have made crucial contributions to the city's legacy. The museum also plans to make this music more available to the general public through a community Internet and/or AM radio station.
Allied Media Projects (Earmark: AMP Camp)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5948-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To fuel new ideas for the classroom by providing digital media teachers with a three-day artists' retreat and a year-round network of support To help fuel new ideas for classroom instruction, Allied Media Projects will offer a three-day retreat for digital media art teachers. At the retreat, teachers will not only delve deep into their craft, but also learn from guest artist mentors and build a support network that will extend throughout the rest of the year. The idea stems from and seeks to strengthen the Detroit Future Schools project, which places digital media teaching artists in local classrooms to help students use video, audio, stop motion animation and digital photography to explore academic concepts and their own community.
Brightmoor Alliance (Earmark: Brightmoor Art in open spaces)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5952-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To revitalize open spaces in the Brightmoor community by commissioning local artists to replace blight with public art To revitalize open spaces in the Brightmoor community, the alliance’s project will commission local artists to replace blight with public art. For the first phase of the project, the alliance has worked with the Detroit Blight Authority to remove brush and debris from a 14-block space in the area. Next organizers will choose 10 locations to revitalize and re-activate with art. With challenge funding, the alliance will select artists to work with the community in creating art that transforms the sites into safe places to visit.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Earmark: Detroit Elders Video Projection)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5954-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To illuminate some of Detroit's dark neighborhood streets through an outdoor video art installation showcasing the faces and wisdom of the city's elders To illuminate some of Detroit’s dark neighborhood streets physically and spiritually, the museum will commission a series of video art installations showcasing the faces and wisdom of the city’s elders. In conjunction with a team of Detroit media artists, distinguished filmmaker Julie Dash will create the works. Each will seek to bring light to the legacy, vitality and fabric of Detroit, while providing safe passage for residents in a city in which a recent survey said some 40 percent of streetlights were in disrepair.
Complex Movements (Earmark: Beware of the Dandelions)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5955-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To explore the relationship between art, science and social justice movements through a multimedia performance installation inspired by community-led efforts in Detroit To explore the relationship between art, science and social justice movements, this collective has created a multimedia performance installation inspired and informed by community-led efforts in Detroit. Through sci-fi parable, interactive hip-hop performance, video projection and creative technologies, the installation titled “Beware of the Dandelions” is an opportunity to investigate a new theory of change for the world. With challenge funding, Complex Movements will take the installation on a national tour, collecting and cross pollinating communities’ stories through performance, workshops and the feedback mechanisms built into the installation.
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (Earmark: Structurally Sound)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5958-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To expand the audience for chamber music through a program where the city's architecturally and historically significant locations are transformed into musical performance spaces To expand the audience for chamber music, this new program selects architecturally or historically significant locations in the city and reinvents them as musical performance spaces. Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings musicians will then create programs that complement and illuminate the venue. For example, a performance at the old Ford Piquette Plant might feature music written during the Model T era. At the same time, academics are invited to talk about the building’s place in Detroit history, deepening the impact on the music performed. With challenge funds, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings will expand the breadth of the series.
East Side Riders (Earmark: Neely & Son: Home of the East Side Riders)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5960-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To foster a community of urban bike design by helping the East Side Riders - artists who build bikes as a means of expression - open a shop and expand To foster a community of urban bike design, challenge funding will help East Side Riders —which sees bikes as a means of artistic expression — open a shop and expand. The group’s unmistakable bikes are decorated with a mix of found materials and new technologies, from strips of abandoned leather couches to Playstations and TVs. The group is seeking to open a bike shop on Detroit’s east side to help people find a love of biking through design.
Leander Johnson (Earmark: 12 'Zines)6,000.003723--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5968-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Detroiters in the city's history by creating a series of 'zines that explore the city's people and places To engage Detroiters in the city’s past, this project will create 12 ’zines that examine objects, places, ideas and cultural sites that have been contested, valued, undervalued, ignored, destroyed or disfigured but continue to inform the present. Collaborating with young creative citizens in Detroit, as well as elders who hold these histories, the editors will assemble archives on these subjects and connect them to the broader historical context and speculative futures. Each month for one year, the findings will be compiled into an independently published ’zine.
LO & BEHOLD! Records & Books (Earmark: Folk Blues Night Traditional Music Series)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5971-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To present and document traditional music in Detroit by preserving and making available the traditionally produced recordings of the store's Folk Blues Night performances To present and document traditional music in Detroit, LO & BEHOLD! Records & Books will preserve and make available the traditionally produced recordings of the store’s Folk Blues Night performances. The intimate, acoustic event is hosted by two local folk blues musicians and features local and national performers. Each is recorded using vintage ribbon microphones, as an early blues session might have been recorded in the 1930s and ’40s. With challenge funding, the store will release recordings as a series of LPs, with booklets providing the history of the songs and information on the musicians.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Earmark: MOCAD Teen Council)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5981-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To give teens a stake in the arts by creating a teen council at MOCAD that will produce programs, events and materials for their peers and adults MOCAD has a particular point of view on education: Kids have great ideas and aren’t ever taken seriously enough, and adults need more chances to goof around. The MOCAD Teen Council develops both ideas. This program brings together teens with contemporary artists and designers, providing opportunities to work collaboratively, discuss art critically, think creatively, make art and produce programs inspired by this exchange. Consisting of students from across Metro Detroit, the council will produce programs, events and museum-focused materials throughout the school year for teens and adults. The program also will include leadership, self-advocacy, public speaking and art and design training to create a core of junior docents for MOCAD, making the museum a safe and creative second home for teens.
Plowshares Theatre Company (Earmark: Unleash Your Potential)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5986-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To help high school students discover their artistic talents through theater workshops in partnership with Michigan State University To help high school students discover their artistic talents, Plowshares Theatre Company will partner with Michigan State University to provide a year-round comprehensive theater performance workshop. Participants will be trained by experts in acting, singing, dancing and playwriting, attend field trips and perform publicly, with the hope of inspiring them to pursue their passion in college. To engage parents in the process, the workshop involves a volunteer group that advocates for the arts in southeastern Michigan and encourages student achievement.
Wayne Writers Forum (Earmark: Midtown Detroit Literary Walk 2013)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5994-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage the city in literature by expanding a literary walk in Midtown where national and local writers read at a series of stops a short walking distance from each other To engage Detroiters in literature, the Wayne Writers’ Forum will expand its literary walk in Midtown. On one day in June, national and local writers, in addition to poets from local schools, will gather to read at a series of stops a short walking distance apart. Detroiters then will stroll between the stops and experience a variety of works and genres. The walk creates a rare opportunity for metro Detroit residents to hear major American authors, while drawing visitors from across the city and the suburbs into Midtown.
Young Nation (Earmark: TAP, Southwest Rides Deck Design Series)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5995-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To spread art into neighborhoods by commissioning local artists to create a series of skateboard and bicycle designs that will be sold out of a local shop To spread art more deeply into Detroit neighborhoods, Young Nation will commission Detroit youth artists to create a series of skateboard and bicycle designs to be sold at the youth-run bicycle and skate shop Southwest Rides, powered by local partnering organization Urban Neighborhood Initiatives. After five designs are created through a workshop, the teen employees and staff will work with a local print shop to have them created on skateboards and bike placards. The artworks will then be sold to help sustain Young Nation and Southwest Rides.
Zimbabwe Cultural Centre of Detroit (Earmark: Zimbabwe Cultural Centre in Detroit)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5996-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/17/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To unite artists in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Detroit by transforming two living spaces into cultural consulates To connect artists in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Detroit, local organizers will transform two living spaces in both cities into cultural consulates. There, artists will collaborate — physically, virtually or through exhibits — creating a sense of community. In addition, the Detroit location will have an artist residency for Zimbabweans, where they can work and research. Already the center is planning an exchange at the Public Pool gallery, with exhibits by artists that will include a live collaboration via Skype between DJs in each city. The project celebrates the work of artists in Zimbabwe and Detroit and works to build stronger connections between the art communities.
Leni Sinclair (Earmark: Leni Sinclair Photo Archive)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5997-- Grant period: 09/07/2013 - 09/07/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To preserve the history of Detroit musicians by archiving a photography collection that dates to the 1960s To preserve the history of Detroit’s music scene, photographer Leni Sinclair will create a public archive of her personal photo collection dating back to the early 1960s. Sinclair will add data — name of the artist, for example, and the place the photo was taken — to some 57,000 negatives taken of such greats as John Coltrane and of Detroit clubs, including the historic Baker's Keyboard Lounge. The archive will help preserve Detroit’s music legacy for future generations.
Midtown Detroit (Earmark: Living Room)175,000.001223--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6115-- Grant period: 09/02/2013 - 03/01/2014; goal: For design of the Living Room, a public space in Detroit's TechTown district that will create a central hub for more than 30,000 employees and students.
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: National Urban Fellow)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5913-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 07/30/2014; goal: To place a National Urban Fellow at The Knight Foundation.
American Friends of Un Techo Para Mi Pais (Earmark: Un Techo Para Mi País)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5918-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 11/01/2013; goal: To support TECHO in launching its first 'Colecta' event in Miami, which aims to engage 1,000 Miami youth volunteers to help fight poverty in Latin America.
P.L. Dodge Foundation (Earmark: Florida Pro Se Mobile App)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6017-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: As a way to empower South Floridians, Florida Pro Se Mobile will create a mobile app that helps low income residents understand basic legal procedures. As a way to empower South Floridians, Florida Pro Se Mobile is a mobile app that will help low-income residents understand basic legal procedures. Designed to complement the work of legal aid organizations, the app will provide guidance on legal topics. The app will also direct users to low-cost public legal services and government service providers. Miami-based nonprofit New Equity Partners, the app’s creator, expects the tool to reduce the demand for publicly funded legal services.
The Alaska Community Foundation (Earmark: Data Journalism Training for Reporters)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6018-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: To help bring important public issues to light, investigative journalists will train reporters at the Anchorage Daily News and other media outlets on how to use data to create a compelling, multimedia story. Investigative journalists will train reporters at the Anchorage Daily News to use data to create a compelling, multimedia story. The first issue they will tackle is alcohol abuse, which many consider Alaska’s No. 1 public health problem. The reporting will be part of the Daily News’ yearlong investigation on the impact of alcoholism on the state, though the skills learned will be used on future journalism projects. The community foundation will also partner with the newspaper on a series of community conversations on the issue. The Daily News’ series is part of a statewide effort called Recover Alaska that aims to tackle alcoholism by educating the public, influencing public policy and social norms, and improving access to treatment.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: ProgressLex)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6021-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: To help strengthen Lexington's leadership, the foundation and partners at ProgressLex will create a fellowship that will equip local change agents with skills in storytelling and media production To help strengthen Lexington’s leadership, the foundation and partners at ProgressLex will create a fellowship to equip local change agents with skills in engaging local government, storytelling and media production. Through weekend seminars, the diverse group of EngageLex fellows will receive a tech toolkit, learn media basics and create short films about the community that will be shared on social media and with local news outlets. By empowering EngageLex fellows with knowledge, production skills and confidence, the foundation hopes to support a culture of engaged residents who feel ownership over their government and can tell the story of their community from the inside out.
Community Foundation of North Florida (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Tallahassee)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6034-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation of North Florida's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Legacy Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day support for Gary)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6038-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Legacy Foundation's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Wynwood Arts District Association (Earmark: Wynwood Business Improvement District)43,500.002556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6071-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To support the immediate start of operations of the Wynwood Business Improvement District, ensuring greater impact and uninterrupted leadership of the BID prior to the initial receipt of assessment revenues in 2014.
National Foundation For The Advancement In The Arts (Earmark: YoungArts Salon)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6108-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To launch the YoungArts Salon - a series of discussions with creative luminaries in the literary, visual and design arts; including an evening with Marina Abramovic and Matthu Placek, which will precede the Art Basel 2013 public premier of their collaborative work “A Portrait of Marina Abramovic” at the YoungArts Miami Campus.
Public Allies (Earmark: Diverse Homegrown Leadership Development)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6128-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To support the creation of a new strategy to develop diverse homegrown leadership for greater national and local impact.
National Center for Civic Innovation (Earmark: The GovLab @ NYU)74,900.002017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6129-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: For The GovLab @NYU to conduct a census of existing companies using open data to be able to provide insight and recommendations that will lead to a better understanding of opportunities for companies to invest in open data.
Benwood Foundation (Earmark: Chattanooga Open Government Collaborative)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6023-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: Building on successful efforts to make city data more accessible, the Chattanooga Open Government Collaborative will use challenge funding to train key groups in using the available information. Building on successful efforts to make city data more accessible, the Chattanooga Open Government Collaborative will use challenge funding to train key groups, including journalists and city employees, in using the available information. The Chattanooga Public Library will create an online portal housing community data, and provide workshops and training on how best to use it to better the community. To start, the collaborative will focus on six community groups interested in a specific issue like public safety. At the end of one year, the collaborative hopes to have an engaged community of data consumers helping to identify needs and assist in designing and utilizing open data tools.
The Boston Foundation (Earmark: Improving Education Coverage in Mass.)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6025-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: This partnership will launch a statewide education reporting project creating space for thoughtful conversation around improving Massachusetts schools. This partnership—between the Boston Foundation, public radio station WBUR and Glass Eye Media—will launch a statewide education reporting project creating space for thoughtful conversation around improving Massachusetts schools. The project will use Glass Eye Media’s structured beat approach used in its site Homicide Watch, WBUR’s editorial resources and the Boston Foundation’s connection to the education community to build data, tools and change. The project will increase the station’s capacity to cover education, and build a replicable framework for effective coverage of education reform in other regions and states.
Rochester Institute of Technology (Earmark: Digital Journalism Incubator)148,171.001421--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6133-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2015; goal: To support the multidisciplinary “Digital Journalism Incubator” and to develop a model for co-teaching, co-listing and co-learning for journalism education.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Earmark: Fels IG Public Policy Challenge)60,000.002103--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5823-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To expand the Fels Institute of Government's Public Policy Challenge (PPC) to three additional Knight Communities. The Public Policy Challenge is an interdisciplinary competition open to policy-minded Penn students with an interest in any issue area. The Challenge builds on an emerging area of concentration at Fels – the civic campaign – which describes the process of turning policy ideas into action. Students will begin to think of themselves as policy advocates and entrepreneurs. Guided by workshops and mentors, each team will choose a research-based policy proposal and will package it with an integrated campaign plan.
New Mexico Community Foundation (Earmark: Rural Community News Exchange)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6011-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: To increase access to news across rural New Mexico, challenge funds will help launch a news-sharing service for small-town independent newspapers. To increase access to news across rural New Mexico, challenge funds will help develop a news-sharing service for small-town independent newspapers. In New Mexico, locally owned community newspapers thrive in their small-town environments as the dominant source for news and information. Nevertheless, many do not have easy access to news from other communities of similar size and circumstance, even though they face many of the same issues related to water access, ranching, economic development and more. Through the Community News Exchange, each participating newspaper will grant access to their content to an editor, who will then prepare news briefs and stand-alone stories to be shared with all the participating newspapers. All outlets will also benefit from original coverage at the 2014 New Mexico Legislature.
5000 Role Models of Excellence Project (Earmark: CLO Summit Experience)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6032-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To support the Congressional Leaders and Officers' Summit Experience, which gives at-risk male students the opportunity to meet lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and gain an understanding of the legislative process.
Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Grand Forks)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6050-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation of GF, EGF & Region's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Duluth)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6051-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
GiveMN (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - St. Paul)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6065-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support GiveMN and The Saint Paul Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Arts Challenge Miami)2,738,500.0093--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6197-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 11/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge Miami, including the winner of the People's Choice Award.
Greater New Orleans Foundation (Earmark: Open Gov Project at The Lens)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6024-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: To increase transparency in New Orleans, The Lens, a nonprofit, public-interest newsroom, will collect all public contracts in the city and make them fully searchable and publicly available. To increase transparency in New Orleans, The Lens, a nonprofit, public-interest newsroom, will collect all public contracts in the city and make them fully searchable and publicly available. The Lens will then marry the contracts with an existing website that delineates the members of all 140 boards and commissions that have the ability to spend public money, making it easier to track any conflicts of interest. The contracts will be housed on DocumentCloud, a tool for journalists funded through the Knight News Challenge. A data journalist will join the newsroom and find and use the data as well.
Legacy Foundation (Earmark: Land-use Resource for Gary)40,000.002564--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6026-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; goal: To empower residents to revitalize their neighborhoods, challenge funds will enable the city of Gary to engage the community around improving vacant and abandoned properties. To empower residents to revitalize their neighborhoods, challenge funds will enable the city of Gary to engage the community around improving vacant and abandoned properties. Currently, Gary residents are looking for ways to invest their financial resources, ideas, professional expertise and sweat equity into combating blight, but aren’t sure how to engage in the process effectively or legally. Challenge funding will help the city use tools like Civic Insight’s Blight Status to track the status of properties, and create a process for approaching these lands that reflects residents’ interests.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Columbus)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6035-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
PRX (Earmark: Radiotopia)200,000.001043--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6089-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To pilot the PRX Podcast Network (Radiotopia), a program to develop new public radio programming with Internet distribution and fundraising model. Knight Foundation support will help PRX develop new audience engagement and revenue growth techniques toward a sustainable model for “born digital” audio programming public radio shows. With Radiotopia, PRX will expand beyond its current distribution platform to create original podcasts programming, as a testing ground for talent development and new ways to attract listeners. The network will also experiment with tools like crowd-funding, subscriptions and other strategies to discover new opportunities to help independent producers discover ways to sustain digital programs over the long run. generate income.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Dog Programming Language)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6093-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 02/28/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To create an alpha version of Dog, a programming language that makes it easier for non-programmers to write code, and a set of example applications to demonstrate it. Dog is a new programming language that makes it easy and intuitive to create social applications. Dog focuses on a unique and small set of features that allows it to achieve the power of a full-blown application development framework. One of Dog’s key features is built-in support for interacting with people. Dog provides a natural framework in which both people and computers can be given instructions and return results. It can perform a long-running computation while also displaying messages, requesting information, or even sending operations to particular individuals or groups. By switching between machine and human computation, developers can create powerful workflows and model complex social processes without worrying about low-level technical details.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Arts Challenge Detroit)2,124,000.00136--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6143-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To support the winners of the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit, including the winner of the People's Choice Award.
OpenPlans (Earmark: Plan in a Box)620,000.00400--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6007-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making it easier to discover information about local planning projects, by creating a tool that governments and contractors can use to easily create websites with updates that also allow public input into the process Local planning decisions can shape everything about a community - from how residents get around, to how they interact with their neighbors and experience daily life. Yet information on projects - from new plans for downtown centers to bridge replacements - is often difficult to obtain. This project will be an open-source web-publishing tool that makes it easy to engage people in the planning process. With minimal effort, city employees will be able to create and maintain a useful website that provides information that citizens and journalists need while integrating with social media and allowing for public input.
National Partnership for New Americans (Earmark: National Immigrant Integration Conference)115,000.001556--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6030-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To sponsor the sixth National Immigrant Integration Conference, to be held in Miami in November 2013. At this historic crossroads for citizenship, Miami NIIC 6 will help define the future direction of immigrant inclusion and integration in America. The conference will connect a bold and dynamic immigrant rights movement with a broader group of stakeholders to drive inclusion and impact together.
The Community Foundation-Boulder County (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Boulder)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6031-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Macon)170,000.001236--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6036-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Community Foundation of Central Georgia's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
Blue Grass Community Foundation (Earmark: Giving Day Initiative - Lexington)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6064-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To support the Blue Grass Community Foundation's use of online giving technologies for two years in order to raise their community profile and engage new donors.
GoodCompany Group (Earmark: Alumni Network)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6082-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To support GoodCompany Group's curriculum refinement and development of an alumni network.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: National Urban Fellowship)32,500.002941--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6111-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To support key Miami Foundation initiatives, including Our Miami and the Miami Fellows program, by helping fund a National Urban Fellow at the community foundation who will assist in leading programming and public outreach.
National Urban Fellows (Earmark: Development of Minority & Female Leaders)37,500.002655--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6114-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To develop minority and female leaders for the government and nonprofit sector through the sponsorship of a class of 2014 Fellow to be placed with the City of Philadelphia in the Managing Director's Office.
Hispanics in Philanthropy (Earmark: Hispanics in Philanthropy)19,750.003409--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6146-- Grant period: 09/01/2013 - 10/31/2014; goal: To support Hispanics in Philanthropy's efforts to work with grantmakers to strengthen Latino communities through membership in the organization.
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit dba Detroit Development Fund (Earmark: Detroit Development Fund)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5938-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/01/2014; goal: For lending capital to support start-up/early stage retail and creative businesses in Detroit. Knight will be providing $250,000 to support early stage retail and creative businesses in Detroit and furthering the organization’s mission to revitalize economically distressed areas in the city.
San Jose Taiko Group (Earmark: San Jose Taiko)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6055-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To celebrate San Jose Taiko's 40th anniversary by increasing staff capacity and investing in future leadership.
City Lights Theater Company (Earmark: San Jose Theatre Productions)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6056-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support an established San Jose theater company's ongoing efforts to engage new audiences and present artistically excellent theater productions.
Mu Performing Arts (Earmark: Mu Daiko)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6063-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the Mu Daiko 2013-14 taiko drumming series - performed in St. Paul by Minnesota's only pan-Asian performing arts organization.
Ten Thousand Things (Earmark: A Midsummer Night's Dream)10,000.003580--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6085-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Ten Thousand Things Theater in homeless shelters, correctional facilities and other under-served community spaces in St. Paul.
Forecast Public Artworks (Earmark: Public Art Review)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6083-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To expand the digital presence of Public Art Review - a premier source of journalism exploring contemporary public art around the world - through the addition and development of interactive online features and content.
American Composers Forum (Earmark: NextNotes)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6109-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support NextNotes High School Composition Awards - the first national mentoring and music composition awards program designed to encourage and recognize the creativity of high school age composers.
Chemical Heritage Foundation (Earmark: 'Particle Falls' digital light show)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6113-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support 'Particle Falls' - a public art project in downtown Philadelphia, designed by digital media artist Andrea Polli, that draws a correlation between our urban environment and public health.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Motionpoems' 'Arrivals and Departures')15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6119-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support Motionpoems' 'Arrivals and Departures' - a public projection of poetry films that will activate Union Depot, the future hub of St. Paul's Central Corridor Light Rail.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Fiscal agency)29,900.003054--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6174-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: To support the fiscal agency and administration of two international Knight News Challenge grants, RootIO and WeFarm.
National Association of Latino Elected Officials (Earmark: Naturalization)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5793-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 01/31/2015; goal: To support the Naturalizing Immigrant Women pilot program in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Miami to increase naturalization rates among women.
Awesome Foundation Miami LLC (Earmark: Awesome Grants)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5905-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the launch of Awesome Foundation in Miami through efforts that heighten community awareness of the organization and increase the number of $1,000 monthly micro-grants awarded to applicants in South Florida. Since its launch in Jan. 2013, the Awesome Foundation Miami chapter has helped strengthen Miami’s entrepreneurial and creative community by supporting compelling ideas that need seed funding to progress. With Knight support, the Awesome Foundation work to expand its impact by increasing the dollar amount and number of grants it makes. Additionally, the Awesome Foundation will develop a social marketing campaign to attract more applicants and hold events to connect grantees with each other and the community. In this way, the Awesome Foundation hopes to become a well-known source of small-scale funding for the best community ideas and create new ways to spotlight the work of grantees.
MIA Collective (Earmark: SIME MIA)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5907-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 12/31/2015; goal: To create an annual, invitation-only, technology-focused conference that positions Miami as a hub for the exchange of ideas between approximately 500 top technology experts, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Europe, US, and Latin America. SIME MIA will bring together some of the world’s most innovative technologists, media executives and venture capitalists to share and build new ideas in the digital space. The event is a partnership between SIME, an industry institution in Europe, and MIA Collective, with support provided by Knight Foundation.
University of Texas at Austin (Earmark: International Symposium on Online Journalism)120,000.001521--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6040-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 08/31/2015; goal: To support the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) at the University of Texas at Austin and the ISOJ website.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Earmark: Collector-to-Collector)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6054-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the production of 'Collector-to-Collector' - a broadcast series that will feature prominent collectors who have contributed to the development of the arts in South Florida and address the motives, passions and rewards of collecting fine art. Collector to Collector event, Mar. 23-24, 2013.
Naatak (Earmark: Amaa Vasya)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6070-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To support the production of Naatak's Amaa Vasya - an original Hindi play that will address issues regarding cultural standards of beauty in the Indian-American community.
IFP Minnesota (Earmark: Film & Video Master Class)13,500.003531--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6087-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support a one-year pilot programming Master Class series targeted toward mid-career and established Minnesota film and video artists at IFP Minnesota in St. Paul.
The Clay Studio (Earmark: Clay Workshops Marathon)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6112-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support a 40-hour open house celebration at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia that will feature a marathon of ceramic arts and clay workshops.
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (Earmark: Federico Garcia Lorca)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6122-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support an evening of poetry and music inspired by Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, as part of the Al-Bustan Arab Music Concert Series.
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Earmark: Infragram)16,000.003433--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6057-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: To support the results of Public Lab's Kickstarter campaign for Infragram, a cheap, DIY near-infrared camera for use in data collection such as monitoring vegetation health.
Friends of the Bass Museum (Earmark: M-7)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6077-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To engage a coordinator who will manage collaborative projects between Miami’s seven public art museums and leverage their individual collections into a collective cultural resource.
San Jose Jazz (Earmark: San Jose Jazz Summer Fest)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6079-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support community engagement activities at the 2013 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest and the creation of the San Jose Jazz Music Mobile.
One Voice Mixed Chorus (Earmark: One Voice Mixed Chorus Outreach)24,000.003247--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6081-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support the production and presentation of a vocal and stick-pounding performance that will engage GLBT and allied youth from area homeless shelters and three metro area schools.
Creative Capital Foundation (Earmark: Professional Development en Español)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6095-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the presentation of two Spanish-language Professional Development Program workshops for artists in 2013 and 2014 - one in Charlotte, NC, and one in Philadelphia, PA.
Cleveland Modern Dance Association (Earmark: Master Class with BalletX)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6117-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support a week-long dance residency and performance with Philadelphia-based BalletX at the University of Akron.
ProPublica (Earmark: The Intern Economy)5,000.003741--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6173-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: To support the results of ProPublica's Kickstarter campaign for Investigating the Intern Economy, a journalism project looking at unpaid internships.
Illinois Institute of Technology (Earmark: Oyez Project)600,000.00403--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5921-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 08/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making state and appellate court documents freely available and useful to journalists, scholars and the public, by providing straightforward summaries of decisions, free audio recordings and more The activities of courts across the country are often hard to access and understand. For the past 20 years, the Oyez Project has worked to open the U.S. Supreme Court by offering clear case summaries, opinions and free access to audio recordings and transcripts. With Knight Foundation funding, Oyez Project will expand to state supreme and federal appellate courts, offering information to the public about the work of these vital but largely anonymous institutions. Beginning in the five largest states that serve over one-third of the American public, Oyez Project will work with courts to catalog materials and reformat them following open standards practices. In conjunction with local partners, Oyez will annotate the materials, adding data and concise summaries that make the content more accessible for a non-legal audience. Oyez will release this information under a Creative Commons license and make it available online and through a mobile application.
LISC Chicago (Earmark: Open Gov for the Rest of Us)350,000.00574--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5945-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 08/01/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Providing residents in low-income neighborhoods in Chicago with the tools to access and demand better data around issues important to them, like housing and education Open Gov for the Rest of Us is seeking to engage neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side in the Open Government movement. The three-stage campaign will connect more residents to the Internet, promote the use of open government tools and develop neighborhood-driven requests for new data that address residents’ needs. Building on the success of LISC Chicago’s Smart Communities program and Data Friday series, the project aims to spread a culture of data and improved use of digital tools in low-income neighborhoods by directly involving their residents.
Locust Projects (Earmark: Art on the Move)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6059-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support Art on the Move - a public art installation project that will engage neighborhoods across Miami by transforming unexpected spaces into platforms for innovative contemporary art.
The Minnesota Opera (Earmark: Performance Simulcast)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6078-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 09/30/2015; goal: To launch St. Paul's cultural season with a live outdoor simulcast of Minnesota Opera's season-opening performances in Landmark Plaza.
Rosetown Playhouse (Earmark: Interactive theatre)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6080-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To activate storefronts affected by construction of the Central Corridor Light Rail on University Avenue in St. Paul with site-specific interactive theater productions.
Twin Cities Public Television (Earmark: TV Takeover St.Paul)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6086-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the production of a St. Paul based episode of TV Takeover - a new series of public television programming created in collaboration with artists and organizations from the Twin Cities' arts community.
Arts Council Silicon Valley (Earmark: Silicon Valley Creates)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6106-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To produce a day-long conference and workshop series focused on next-generation audiences and engagement.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Queen City Soup Micro-Grants)16,000.003433--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6116-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2015; goal: To support Queen City Soup – a micro-grant program for emerging artists and arts organizations in Charlotte, NC.
Mighty Writers (Earmark: Mighty Writers: El Futuro)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6118-- Grant period: 08/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support Mighty Writers: El Futuro - a program that will provide writing workshops and afterschool tutoring to the Latino community in Philadelphia's Italian Market neighborhood.
Media And Place Productions (Earmark: Zeega Development & Partnership)12,000.003546--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6069-- Grant period: 07/31/2013 - 12/01/2013; goal: To support community development and partnerships at Zeega, a nonprofit that produces interactive media projects and runs a platform for creating interactive content.
The Philanthropy Roundtable (Earmark: Philanthropy Roundtable)4,500.003797--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6092-- Grant period: 07/30/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For 2013 membership in The Philanthropy Roundtable.
Miami City Ballet (Earmark: Miami City Ballet)30,000.002949--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6090-- Grant period: 07/30/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For general operating support.
Minnesota Council on Foundations (Earmark: Minnesota Council on Foundations)6,750.003717--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6091-- Grant period: 07/30/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For 2013 membership to support the community work of St. Paul program director, Polly Talen.
OpenGov Foundation (Earmark: Project Madison)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5808-- Grant period: 07/11/2013 - 06/10/2014; goal: To support the testing and scale of Project Madison, an open source platform for public document creation and discussion. Project Madison, a project of the OpenGov Foundation, will test and customize its open-source platform at the state and municipal level, with $200,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The platform enables users to comment on, propose changes to and share opinions on draft policy and legislation. With Knight funding, the OpenGov Foundation will combine the web-based tool with in-person events to rally discussion and action around a specific local policy issue in two U.S. communities where the foundation invests. The locations will be announced in coming months. In addition, Project Madison will expand its recent work on MarylandCode.org, a user-friendly, searchable publication of Maryland state laws. The local version of Project Madison will allow people to contribute to the lawmaking process in Maryland and Baltimore. Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, OpenGov Foundation founder, launched Project Madison in 2011, to involve the public in the debate over online piracy. Issa successfully used Project Madison to get input on the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN Act), an alternative to the proposed laws known as SOPA and […].
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Knight Donor Advised Fund)23,450.003252--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6027-- Grant period: 07/02/2013 - 07/31/2013; goal: For the balance of fiscal agency fees due.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: 'Among Friends' by Cesar Trasobares)20,000.003269--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6022-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support Cesar Trasobares in researching, writing and editing a book based on the lives of three acclaimed Cuban-born artists, emphasizing the impact that Miami had on their practice.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Keepers of the Art Music Showcase)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6043-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support the production of the Keepers of the Art Music Showcase and “Teen Forum” - a concert, event series and public television program that will explore societal issues and engage the community through the celebration of “true school” Hip-Hop.
Greater Akron Musical Association (Earmark: A Midsummer Night's Dream)90,000.001834--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6047-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support a collaborative production of A Midsummer Night's Dream led by the Akron Symphony Orchestra and featuring performances by the Akron Symphony Shakespeare Players, Cuyahoga Youth Ballet, the Summit Children's Choir and local actors from the greater Akron community.
Downtown Akron Partnership (Earmark: Downtown Live and Local)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6049-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support Downtown Live and Local - a series of music and performance art events in Downtown Akron. To enliven Akron’s urban core by launching Downtown Live and Local, a series of art events in the Downtown Special Improvement District. It will bring both new and established artists together in unusual spaces for authentic, social experiences in music, film performance and visual art.
Ashoka (Earmark: Ashoka's Youth Venture)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5813-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 10/01/2014; goal: To support Ashoka's Youth Venture, which seeks to enable and inspire young entrepreneurs by providing the skills, training and mentorship to launch and sustain entrepreneurial projects seeking social impact in Miami.
Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan (Earmark: New Economy Initiative)5,000,000.0022--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5937-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2016; goal: To continue support of a key funders collaborative that drives economic development for the Detroit region through coordinated entrepreneurial and place-making activities. Knight is committing an additional $5 million to help transform Detroit’s economy by building a network of support for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Neos Dance Theatre (Earmark: Neos Dance Theatre)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6039-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To support the growth of an emerging Akron dance company through the acquisition of works by contemporary choreographers and expanded marketing capacity.
City of Akron (Earmark: Downtown Summer Arts)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6041-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support the 11th season of Akron's downtown summer arts program - a series of concerts, festivals and events that invite the community to engage with the arts.
Weathervane Community Playhouse (Earmark: Community Engagement Initiative)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6042-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To support Weathervane Community Playhouse's Community Engagement Initiative - an ongoing engagement effort that combines community outreach with the presentation of challenging and artistically excellent works centered on the African-American experience and race relations.
Community Hall Foundation (Earmark: Audience Outreach Project)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6044-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To engage diverse audiences during the Akron Civic Theatre's 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons with community-based programming that represents an array of cultures and artistic-disciplines. The theater opened in 1929 as the Akron Loew’s. In 1965, the Akron Jaycees Foundation purchased the facility and created the Community Hall Foundation to operate the theater. In 2002 The Civic re-opened following a $22.5 million restoration project designed to bring the facility up to modern standards.
Akron Independent Film Festival (Earmark: Akron Film+Pixel)120,000.001521--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6048-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To launch Akron's first and only digital art house cinema. To satisfy the community’s appetite for independent film by launching the city’s first and only digital art house cinema. Akron Film+Pixel will transform an existing building into a single-screen, 60-seat venue called The Nightlight, featuring daily programming that provides Akron residents with independent and foreign films in their own backyard.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Innovators Guild: Detroit)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6125-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: To engage MIT Media Lab students, faculty, and member companies to work on developing a long-term relationship between Detroit communities and the MIT Media Lab community, benefiting both groups academically, technically, and socially. The Innovators Guild: Detroit is a new collaboration between the MIT Media Lab, the design firm IDEO, and Detroit-area social change agents. The guild's mission is to use design to solve social problems. The project launched in October 2012.
Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Earmark: Inter American Press Association)225,000.00969--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5822-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 07/31/2014; goal: To support the Inter American Press Association’s development of a strategic plan focusing on impact and sustainability.
National Council of La Raza (Earmark: Naturalization Options)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5894-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: A planning grant for La Raza to work with financial institutions to develop low-cost loan options for naturalization application fees.
Miami Childrens Museum (Earmark: MiChiMu Expansion Plan)60,000.002103--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5909-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support a collaborative development process with NorthStar Advisors that will result in a strategic five-year expansion plan for Miami Childrens Museum.
Communities In Schools of Charlotte Mecklenburg (Earmark: Flash Philanthropy)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5924-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To help Communities in Schools keep more students in school, part of a flash philanthropy experiment at the Queens University commencement.
Loaves & Fishes (Earmark: Flash Philanthropy)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5927-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To open a Loaves & Fishes food pantry and feed 700 more families, part of a flash philanthropy experiment during the Queens University commencement.
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont (Earmark: Flash Philanthropy)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5930-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To provide job-skills training for 40 youth in a special Goodwill program, part of a flash philanthropy experiment during the Queens University commencement.
George W. Bush Foundation (Earmark: "What Immigrants Contribute" Event)35,000.002668--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6014-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: For the “What Immigrants Contribute” event at the Bush Center on July 10, 2013, designed to impact the national dialogue on immigration.
Next City (Earmark: Shared City)75,000.001910--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6020-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: For an online daily column and three in-depth stories in Next City that illuminate the issues associated with the Shared City and its possible future implications for cities and citizens.
GroundWorks DanceTheater (Earmark: 'It's Your Move')15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6046-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support “It's Your Move” - an interactive video project that will engage Akron residents through choreography and dance.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose (Earmark: Opera - Tales of Pilgrimage)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6062-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support the production of Cuentos de Peregrinacion/Tales of Pilgrimage - a community-sourced bilingual song cycle opera commemorating the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: Journalist's Resource)100,000.001609--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5681-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To establish the Journalist's Resource as the go-to website for quick literature reviews that will improve the quality of deadline journalism. Based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, the Journalist’s Resource project examines news topics through a research lens. We focus on surfacing scholarly materials that may be relevant to other media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers. The American Library Association named it a “Best Free Reference Web Site 2013.” Our database contains top research studies that we have selected and synthesized, as well as recommended results from a customized search across the wider Web, which we have designed to emphasize credible, citable sources. Search our library here on any topic. We try to serve as a helpful guide and interpreter — think of us a friend who does close reading and translation of statistics and jargon. While we can’t provide access to the full text of every study, we try to provide at least a point of entry and some key, useful points. We invite all those interested in policy and public affairs to use the site’s materials. No registration is required; the materials are free and are under a Creative Commons license. Our open-access project is designed to […].
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: BMe Networks)3,640,000.0058--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5919-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 12/30/2016; goal: To tap into the unrealized potential of black men as catalysts for positive community engagement by growing the BMe Network from 3,000 to 30,000 inspired black men and their friends over the next three years.
Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra (Earmark: Chinese Music & Instrumentation Among Young Musicians)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6061-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 08/31/2014; goal: To raise awareness of traditional Chinese music and instrumentation among young musicians and residents in San Jose/Silicon Valley.
Macon Arts Alliance (Earmark: Arts Internship)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5926-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: The Macon Arts Alliance (MAA), in collaboration with Mercer’s Center of Collaborative Journalism, will embed paid journalism interns in local arts organizations to provide review and comment and hold community symposiums. This is a matching grant for the NEA-awarded grant in Spring, 2013.
Sundance Institute (Earmark: Knight Fellows Pilot Project)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6016-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To implement the Knight Fellows Pilot Project in Miami and Philadelphia - providing filmmakers in Knight resident communities with an opportunity to participate in local programs modeled on the success of the Sundance Institute's intensive film-making workshops.
Tuesday Musical Association (Earmark: Workshop with Bela Fleck)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6037-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support a musical composition workshop in Akron led by world renowned musician Béla Fleck and string-quartet Brooklyn Rider.
Alchemy (Earmark: Mythology and Art for Young Men)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6045-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To use mythology and art-making to assist urban male youth in thinking creatively and analytically about their own lives. Alchemy will host workshops on mask-making, talisman creation and painting over the course of two years, engaging the youth in conversations about how they perceive themselves, and culminating in a final project.
ZERO1 - The Art and Technology Network (Earmark: ZER01 Garage)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6058-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To support BRING IT! - a summer programming series at the ZERO1 Garage that will engage audiences through public workshops, and bring innovative artists who are pushing the boundaries of digital culture and art to San Jose.
San Jose Museum of Art Association (Earmark: Around the Table Exhibition)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6066-- Grant period: 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To support Around the Table: Food, Creativity and Community, an exhibition offering different perspectives on food through artistic and civic engagement.
GitMachines (Earmark: GitMachines)500,000.00453--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5922-- Grant period: 06/24/2013 - 06/24/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Supporting government innovation by creating tools and servers that meet government regulations, so that developers can easily build and adopt new technology Governments are often reluctant to adopt new software and technology because of security and compliance concerns. GitMachines allows developers doing civic innovation to easily build new technology governments can use faster, by offering a grab-and-go depot of accreditation-ready servers that support their projects. Unlike traditional servers that can take hours or days to set-up, GitMachines can be up and running in minutes and are pre-configured to meet government guidelines. This makes it easier for governments to adopt open source software, and will help government agencies adopt new technology more quickly in the future.
Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (Earmark: Open Source Election Results Reporting Service)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6003-- Grant period: 06/23/2013 - 02/28/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: In order to increase transparency in elections, this project will implement new data standards with an open API to provide for near real-time election data access and reporting. Currently, election data is produced in many different ways, and delivered unevenly. The service will create a visual scoreboard for use in any community that provides a wider array of information - going far beyond precinct winners and losers to include a breakdown of ballots by type and demographics.
Michigan Suburbs Alliance (Earmark: OnBoard Prototype)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6004-- Grant period: 06/23/2013 - 02/28/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help diversify participation on city boards and draw in more millennials, OnBoard will create a database and website that makes opportunities for public service easy to find. The site will include information on local boards, committees and commissions, and the application and appointment process. OnBoard will be piloted in metro Detroit.
Fireworks Film LLC (Earmark: Data Docs)46,700.002515--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6006-- Grant period: 06/23/2013 - 01/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To enhance web video as a compelling storytelling tool, Data Docs will incorporate data and interactivity into the video experience through features like live charts and location-based personalization. In the process, Data Docs will maintain the videos’ aesthetic and narrative flow.
Outline.com (Earmark: Outline.com)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6240-- Grant period: 06/23/2013 - 06/23/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Launching a public policy simulator that helps people visualize the impact that public policies like health care reform and school budget changes might have on local economies and communities Outline.com is developing an online public policy simulator that allows citizens and journalists to visualize the impact that particular policies might have on people and their communities. For instance, with Outline.com, a household can measure how a tax cut or an increase in education spending will affect their income. The project builds on the team’s award-winning app Politify, which simulated the impacts of the Obama and Romney economic plans during the 2012 campaign. The Outline.com simulator uses models developed by a team of economists, backed by open data on American households from the IRS, the Census Bureau and other sources. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has hired Outline.com to develop an official pilot. The team is a part of the accelerator TechStars Boston.
GreenInfo (Earmark: Get Outside Prototype)47,700.002511--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6002-- Grant period: 06/22/2013 - 01/30/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge, Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help citizens discover the recreational activities that surround them, GreenInfo Network will build an open source template that parks departments can use to create a “What’s Nearby” map. Residents will be able to search by activity, amenity and location. In support of ongoing work to build a nationwide database of parks and recreational opportunities, GreenInfo's approach will include a process by which park agencies can easily create and share data in a standardized format.
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6094-- Grant period: 06/22/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To support the 2013 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference at the MIT Media Lab.
596 Acres (Earmark: 596 Acres)40,000.002564--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5904-- Grant period: 06/21/2013 - 01/21/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: 596 Acres, in partnership with the New Orleans Food & Farm Network, will build an online vacant lot finder, Living Lots, to be prototyped in New Orleans. The platform will connect citizens with land-use data and offer an organized approach to engage with government processes.
Open Counter Enterprises (Earmark: OpenCounter)0.003820--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4988-- Grant period: 06/21/2013 - 06/21/2014; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making it easier for residents to register and create new businesses by building open source software that governments can use to simplify the process While entrepreneurs may have market-moving ideas, very few can expertly navigate the local government permitting process that allows them to open and operate. Whether it’s a startup, boutique or restaurant, OpenCounter helps to simplify this interaction with city government. It collects and sorts data on existing regulations while providing running totals of the costs and time involved in setting up shop. A team of Code for America fellows developed and piloted OpenCounter in Santa Cruz, Calif. during 2012. Knight Foundation funds will support OpenCounter's expansion to new communities, including several 2013 Code for America cities. OpenCounter was piloted through Code for America’s fellowship with the City of Santa Cruz in 2012. Note: Fluxx ID 201448095.
American Public Media / Minnesota Public Radio (Earmark: APM Audio Search Prototype)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5820-- Grant period: 06/20/2013 - 04/16/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The American Public Media (APM) Audio Search prototype will determine whether it is possible to provide full-text search of audio files, using open source software to automate the creation of text transcriptions of APM digital audio. Providing a full-text search of audio files using open source software so that public media organizations can have access to a large archive of audio material through search engines.
Chicago Public Media (Earmark: WBEZ's Curious City Prototype)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5914-- Grant period: 06/19/2013 - 01/18/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To develop Curious City, an online system for community-driven story creation, as open source software and methods replicable at other radio and news organizations As a co-production of Jennifer Brandel, AIR and WBEZ, Curious City originated as part of AIR's Localore effort to lay the groundwork for a more inclusive public media. Curious City now has a permanent home at WBEZ (Chicago Public Media). The project is an experimental model for journalistic content creation that originates from the community it serves; the public (not editors) suggest and determine the stories covered as well as participate in reporting. With this grant, Curious City will develop their online platform into an open source system that can be replicated at other media organizations.
Raleigh Public Record (Earmark: Raleigh Public Record – DocHive)50,000.002216--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6000-- Grant period: 06/19/2013 - 01/16/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To build a tool to extract structured data from image-based PDF files The Record will release a new open-source program to help journalists turn PDF files into structured data. The new software will enable reporters to take an image containing data — say a scanned campaign finance return — and turn that into a spreadsheet. This may sound boring, but it’s a problem that we at the Record have been trying to overcome for more than two years. The story started with Wake County campaign finance returns. The returns are filed as paper, and staff at the Wake County Board of Elections scan them in and put the images online. The problem is, the only way to view the data is to look at it page by page, and the only way to analyze it is to go through by hand and enter the data into a spreadsheet one row at a time. We’re a small news organization; we don’t have the staff to do data entry for hundreds of pages of campaign finance information. We also don’t have the budget to hire some unfortunate college students to do it for us. Edward Duncan, my brother and a full-time programmer, […].
Atlantic Public Media (Earmark: Transom Online Workshop)47,600.002512--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6005-- Grant period: 06/19/2013 - 01/16/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: To help public radio project Transom create and test Transom Online Workshops to teach radio and multimedia storytelling.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Earmark: Project Liberty)345,000.00588--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5895-- Grant period: 06/17/2013 - 07/01/2016; goal: To expand Project Liberty, a Philadelphia-based digital media incubator. A project of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Project Liberty launched in 2011 to build a community of startups in Philadelphia and foster newsroom innovation. Since then, Ben Franklin has supported eight startups along with Interstate General Media LLC (IGM,) publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Project Liberty was the first incubator in the nation to reside within a traditional media company, a model now followed by The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other media outlets. Housed amid the company’s newsrooms, Project Liberty is designed to promote innovation and adoption of new technologies as a way to provide communities the information they need. Participating startups receive six months of rent-free space, mentoring, equipment and technical and administrative support. Companies also receive access to Philly.com, Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com as a platform for launching their new products. Knight Foundation supported the initial launch of the incubator to test the effectiveness of the model. The new funding will help Project Liberty attract both talented entrepreneurs and new funding from public and private sources. The incubator will also expand its applicant pool and provide incumbents with more […].
Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network (Earmark: Nonprofit Boot Camp + Social Media for Nonprofits)15,000.003439--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5831-- Grant period: 06/12/2013 - 07/15/2013; goal: To support two programs, the technology track of a Nonprofit Boot Camp and a Social Media for Nonprofits workshop, to help Silicon Valley nonprofit leaders learn concrete technology tips and tools, and how to leverage technology-based media to advance their missions and programmatic goals.
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Earmark: Facebook and the News)240,000.00925--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5929-- Grant period: 06/03/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: To study how people consume news on Facebook, produce a report on “Facebook and the News,” and conduct a feasibility study of a new digital tracking tool.
Foundational Educational Learning Center (Earmark: East Macon Market Study)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5862-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 09/30/2013; goal: To hire Zimmerman/Volk Associates to do a residential market study analysis for the Walnut Creek Village area of East Macon.
Michigan Corps (Earmark: Promoting Detroit Entrepreneurs)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5829-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To mobilize hundreds of residents to fund and champion Detroit entrepreneurs.
Performing Arts Center Trust (Earmark: Masterworks Season)200,000.001043--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5928-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2015; goal: To mark the fifth anniversary of the John S. and James L. Knight Masterworks Season with a classical programming series at the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement (Earmark: Brave New Voices)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6015-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To support travel for the Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement young poet team to represent Philadelphia in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival - the largest spoken word event in the world.
Hypothes.is (Earmark: Hypothes.is)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5749-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 06/30/2014; goal: To scale the existing prototype of Hypothes.is, an open source tool and community for annotating content across the internet. The nonprofit Hypothes.is will use the funding to test its open annotation tool, which adds a layer of public feedback to web pages, so that people can get deeper insight into the information they browse. The tool is grounded in an emerging web standard called open annotation, currently being developed under the W3C, which aims to standardize the structure and exchange of annotations across digital content.
The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida (Earmark: Restructuring for Black Archives and History Project)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5931-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To restructure and strengthen the only public archive dedicated to the preservation of history and culture of black South Florida from 1896 to the present.
Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg (Earmark: Charlotte Arts)60,000.002103--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5935-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2015; goal: To support ongoing investment in emerging cultural organizations which are unique in their programmatic approach and reach diverse audiences.
CAST Education (Earmark: NC Cast)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6010-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2015; goal: To increase the capacity of Charlotte’s leading young theater company to engage new audiences with immersive theatrical productions.
Public Interest Projects (Earmark: InsideClimate News)150,000.001280--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5934-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 06/02/2014; goal: To diversify revenue sources for InsideClimate News ICN is the third web-based news organization to win national reporting honors, and the smallest among a trio that includes ProPublica and Huffington Post. See more here.
Classical South Florida (Earmark: Concierto)5,200.003739--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5939-- Grant period: 06/01/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To support distribution of Concierto, a bilingual classical music program featuring the work of Latino musicians.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: Mentoring Online News Publishers & CJET Effectiveness)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5906-- Grant period: 05/31/2013 - 05/31/2014; goal: To provide business education and mentorship to online news publishers and assess the impact of the Community Journalism Executive Training (CJET) program.
Tapad (Earmark: TapAd)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4993-- Grant period: 05/29/2013 - 05/29/2014; goal: TapAd enables publishers and brands to serve ads to the same users across devices (for example from web to mobile), increasing the value of mobile and web ads for publishers.
Upworthy (Earmark: Upworthy)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4994-- Grant period: 05/29/2013 - 05/29/2014; goal: Upworthy is an online media company built on curating and sharing viral content that underscores meaningful causes, and encouraging users to spread the word.
Zeega (Earmark: Zeega)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4995-- Grant period: 05/29/2013 - 05/29/2014; goal: Zeega enables the easy creation of multimedia content allowing seamless mashups of video, sound, gif, picture and text content from across the web.
Matt Singer (Earmark: Videolicious)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4990-- Grant period: 05/29/2013 - 05/29/2014; goal: Videolicious makes an app that allows users to easily create videos from their mobile phones. From TechCrunch: [Videolicious] has raised $2.25 million from investors that include Washington Post Company, Amazon.com, and the Knight Foundation. The round was led by Venture51 and Social Leverage, and includes existing investors such as Joanne Wilson, Trestle Ventures, and Quotidian Ventures. The company has now raised more than $4 million to date. The funding comes as Videolicious has placed a big bet on getting journalists to sign up and use the app, a bet that seems to be paying off. More than 100 newspapers, magazines, and TV stations have signed up in the last few months, getting their journalists to use the app to quickly create video news reports while out in the field. The Washington Post, for instance, was one of the first news organizations to begin using the app, and now has 30 reporters on the app.
Senzari (Earmark: Senzari)0.003820--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4991-- Grant period: 05/29/2013 - 05/29/2014; goal: Senzari’s open graph technology enables content recommendation across media. Publishers can use this technology to drive audience engagement by better integrating music and videos.
Community Foundation for San Benito County (Earmark: BenitoLink)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5802-- Grant period: 05/20/2013 - 05/31/2016; goal: To provide general operating support for BenitoLink.com, a new, hyperlocal website with mobile capability that responds to San Benito County residents’ need for a central, single place to find useful information and communicate with each other about their community. BenitoLink from Community Foundation for San Benito County provides a central platform for San Benito County residents to find useful information and connect with each other about community issues, in response to shrinking local news outlets and a growing demand for this information.
Palo Alto Housing Corporation (Earmark: Digital Leaders Intern Program)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5805-- Grant period: 05/20/2013 - 07/01/2014; goal: To launch the Digital Leaders Intern Program to provide low-income high school youth living in Palo Alto affordable housing communities with digital technology education, access to digital tools and the opportunity to use them for exploring social issues. Digital Leaders Intern Program from Palo Alto Housing Corporation addresses the digital divide in Palo Alto by providing low-income youth with media skills to produce social documentary films about themselves and issues in their community.
The Miami Herald Charities (Earmark: Silver Knight Awards)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5856-- Grant period: 05/15/2013 - 05/15/2014; goal: To support the Silver Knight Awards, which honors outstanding high school seniors who have not only maintained excellent grades but applied their knowledge and commitment to contribute significant service to their schools and communities.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Black Male Engagement Fund- Detroit)208,000.001017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5910-- Grant period: 05/10/2013 - 05/30/2014; goal: For the Black Male Engagement (BMe) Fund which will provide grants to black men in Detroit who have shared their stories and are engaging others in strengthening their cities.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Black Male Engagement- Philadelphia)208,000.001017--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5911-- Grant period: 05/10/2013 - 05/30/2014; goal: For the Black Male Engagement (BMe) Fund which will provide grants to black men in Philadelphia who have shared their stories and are engaging others in strengthening their city.
Southeastern Council of Foundations (Earmark: Southeastern Council of Foundations)7,500.003691----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/5933-- Grant period: 05/02/2013 - 12/31/2013; goal: For 2013 support of SCEF's work to bring grantmakers together to strengthen, promote and increase philanthropy in 11 southeastern states.
Search for Common Ground (Earmark: Outreach at Nexus Global Youth Summit)100,000.001609--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5764-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: To support the Nexus Global Youth Summit, with the goal of engaging more wealthy young people in media and community information philanthropy.
Acumen Fund (Earmark: +Acumen)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5826-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 04/30/2014; goal: To build +Acumen, an online leadership academy to train social entrepreneurs with targeted outreach in four Knight communities. Tentatively selected communities are: Boulder, Colo., Detroit, Mich., Miami, Fla., Tallahassee, Fla.
Roosevelt Park Conservancy (Earmark: Engagement with Roosevelt Park)21,000.003264--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5923-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 11/30/2013; goal: To promote local history, citizen engagement and provide entertainment and education opportunities through the development of Roosevelt Park at Michigan Central Station in Southwest Detroit.
Generation Citizen (Earmark: Generation Citizen)190,000.001184--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5358-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: To test in one Knight community the Generation Citizen program that places college students in high school classrooms to teach civics courses focused on solving problems in the teens' own communities Since its founding in 2008, Generation Citizen has helped over 10,000 students become change-makers in their communities. Its innovative “action civics” curriculum partners college students with high school teachers to educate teens about solving problems in their communities community and contributing to an active democracy. The organization currently operates in Boston, Providence, R.I., and New York; as part of the new funding it will expand to San Jose, Calif. and one other community where Knight invests. Additionally, Knight’s support will be used to help Generation Citizen strengthen and improve their work through a new program that aims to provide youth with real-world skills and technology tools so they can take more direct action on community issues they care about—from gang violence to public transit and teen jobs. As part of a pilot program, Generation Citizen will work with 10,000 students in 2013-14 in two Knight communities. Participants will be connected with mentors who help them implement their ideas for change. The expansion of Generation Citizen’s model will be supported […].
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Earmark: DIA's Inside|Out Project)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5936-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 04/30/2014; goal: To support a study of the DIA’s Inside|Out project that will result in a playbook style replication guide for other Knight resident communities.
Refresh Miami (Earmark: Refresh Miami)150,000.001280--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5812-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 05/01/2015; goal: To support and grow the South Florida entrepreneurial and tech community through monthly meetups, workshops and hackathons, along the with an online site that includes event calendar, user-generated blog posts, job listings and member profiles.
DataKind (Earmark: Datakind)250,000.00663--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5915-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 04/30/2014; goal: To support better use of data by nonprofit organizations, through three activities: 1) DataCorps consulting for nonprofits; 2) DataDive hackathon events, 3) setting up local DataKind chapters. DataKind connects leading volunteer data scientists with social organizations to effect positive action using data science. Using a combination of “DataDives” and “DataCorps,” the organization promotes a collaborative approach to problem-solving. Through DataDives, weekend events that bring the data science community together with nonprofits, the groups tackle tough social issues. Similarly, DataCorps projects call on specialized teams of data scientists to work on more in-depth projects for organizations including governments, foundations or non-government organizations (NGOs) These involve three- to six-month collaborations to clean, analyze, visualize and apply data to address more pervasive challenges.
Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (Earmark: Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5917-- Grant period: 05/01/2013 - 04/30/2015; goal: To establish the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, committed to recognizing, spotlighting and nurturing the artistic achievements of Latin music makers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: RokkMiami Sponsorship)65,000.002075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5896-- Grant period: 04/29/2013 - 04/29/2014; goal: Through a fiscal sponsorship with The Miami Foundation, to support RokkMiami 2013 which will bring together local and national leaders to establish a road map and a more broadly shared vision that further drives the creation of a thriving start-up and technology community in Miami.
People Acting in Community Together (Earmark: Bridging the Digital Divide)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5903-- Grant period: 04/26/2013 - 06/30/2015; goal: To help low-income San Jose residents gain digital literacy and digital media literacy skills that enable them to more effectively participate together in civic affairs. To train low-income residents to use the Internet and online tools to address community challenges, such as public safety or elder health care services. The project involves leadership training, peer-to-peer training and the establishment of mobile community access hubs.
Neighbor.ly Co., A Project of The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Neighbor.ly)175,000.001223--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5756-- Grant period: 04/19/2013 - 03/31/2015; goal: To support the refinement and deployment of a new crowdfunding platform that addresses community-wide needs in two Knight communities. Launched in July 2013 by Kansas, City, Mo. based startup, Luminopolis, Neighbor.ly aims to apply the power of crowdsourcing to large community endeavors, rather than individual projects. Companies, foundations and individuals can use the platform to directly support civic projects such as neighborhood wifi, bike paths, even initiatives as ambitious as light rail – the type of projects that return a high quality of life and address wider social issues, but are often the first to be slashed during budget cuts. Funding for the projects can include development of a strategic plan or bringing the community together to get consensus around a particular topic. Building on these goals, the Neighbor.ly team will use Knight funding to develop ways to help corporate social responsibility programs and foundations fulfill their community missions. Through an enhanced website, organizations will get access to thousands of pre-vetted, sorted, filterable projects, many of them designed by local governments in collaboration with citizens. The expanded system will help raise larger amounts of money than individualized crowdfunding can achieve and help funders coordinate on high-impact projects. “Neighbor.ly provides a […].
Venture Hive (Earmark: The Swarm)24,864.003240--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5908-- Grant period: 04/15/2013 - 07/15/2013; goal: To support The Swarm, a community showcase event for downtown Miami’s tech accelerator Venture Hive, in which the inaugural class of Venture Hive startups present their ideas to investors, business and community leaders, and media.
Do Something (Earmark: Crisis Text Line planning grant)200,000.001043--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5824-- Grant period: 04/12/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To support the planning for the establishment of a Crisis Text Line to assist teens in crisis.
Emerson Engagement Lab (Earmark: New Urban Mechanics Collaborative)145,000.001425--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5687-- Grant period: 04/12/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To support the implementation of community-driven technology programs developed through a collaborative of Knight grantees and the Harvard Kennedy School. What is New Urban Mechanics? New Urban Mechanics is an approach to civic innovation focused on delivering transformative City services to residents. While the language may sound new, the principles of New Urban Mechanics - collaborating with constituents, focusing on the basics of government, and pushing for bolder ideas - are not. In fact, Boston’s Mayor, Thomas M. Menino, who is known as the Urban Mechanic, has been preaching this mantra for years. Through the pairing of big ideas and the knowledge of constituents’ specific interests, Menino has become Boston’s longest serving mayor, and the city has become one of the most envied in the country. Likewise, in Philadelphia, Mayor Michael A. Nutter has built a strong reputation by improving education and safety and strengthening partnerships with neighborhood organizations as he leads the nation’s fifth largest city. To speed the rate of municipal innovation in their respective cities, Mayor Menino, in 2010, and Mayor Nutter, in 2012, created Mayor’s Offices of New Urban Mechanics. Part of the local government, this office serves as each City’s innovation incubator, building partnerships between […].
UK Citizens Online Democracy (Earmark: Assistance for Miami & San Jose Tech. Communities)199,700.001164--Technology, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5766-- Grant period: 04/12/2013 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support the Miami and San Jose tech communities by providing technical assistance and creating new tech models for those engaging with government for the first time. At present, UKCOD's main activity is running the mySociety project. mySociety builds websites which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. It also aims to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to use the internet most efficiently to improve lives. The current flagship projects are:.
Council on Foundations (Earmark: Council on Foundations Event Connectivity)50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5815-- Grant period: 04/10/2013 - 03/10/2014; goal: To connect COF conference attendees to each other and to the programs by creating conference mobile applications, and providing wireless Internet access in meeting areas at the three major COF conferences.
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (Earmark: HandsOn Tech)71,159.002032--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5807-- Grant period: 04/08/2013 - 01/31/2014; goal: To support the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits in developing and coordinating the " HandsOn Tech Silicon Valley" program that provides digital skills building and application of technology for Silicon Valley's nonprofit sector. HandsOn Tech from Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits: connecting technology experts with nonprofit businesses to help them use technology to encourage collaboration, cut costs and improve their work to benefit the community. HandsOn Tech was developed with Hands on Network, AmeriCorps VISTA and Google.
WRTI (Earmark: WRTI Music Makers)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5706-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To share the talents of established and emerging musicians with the community by recording, then broadcasting, individual and ensemble performances from a state-of-the-art studio The Philadelphia region is rich with world-class jazz and classical musicians, whose talents reach only a fraction of their potential audience. WRTI will share the work of these established and emerging musicians with thousands in the region by recording 33 individual and ensemble performances in the studio and beyond. The audio recordings will be initially broadcast as one-hour specials on WRTI’s tri-state regional radio network. Individual pieces will then be added to WRTI’s music library to be aired during regular classical and jazz programming. In addition, to give audiences greater insight into these talented regional artists and enrich their understanding of the works, short-form (90 second) interview features will be broadcast on radio at regular intervals, with the full artist interviews available online. By connecting Philadelphia’s music makers to music lovers throughout the region, WRTI Music Makers Series will promote and celebrate Philadelphia. The mission of WRTI public radio is to broadcast the very best classical music and jazz recordings, and produce innovative, entertaining, and informative content that enriches the daily lives of our audience and […].
Swim Pony Performing Arts (Earmark: Cross-Pollination Philadelphia)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5720-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To push the boundaries for audiences by curating a series of cross-disciplinary events that feature unexpected collaborations What happens when you cross a string quartet with a comic book illustrator? Swim Pony Performing Arts wants to find out. In Cross-Pollination Philadelphia, Swim Pony will seek out artists interested in exploring how their work can be inspired and even transformed by other mediums and curate a series of unique cross-disciplinary events that combine the strengths of two or more art mediums into something new. A poetry reading could be transformed with a movement sequence that happens all around the listeners. A fiction writer might create a story that must be read with an original soundtrack playing in the background. By staging this series of unexpected collaborations, Swim Pony hopes to inspire artists and art audiences to break the mold of how they see their mediums and create opportunities for experiences no one has ever imagined. Helmed by Artistic Director Adrienne Mackey, Swim Pony was founded in December of 2009 to give a name to the body of genre-defying work she creates with an ensemble of artists who live and work in Philadelphia. In the spring of 2010, the company premiered its […].
MIT Media Lab (Earmark: Arts & Design Festival)100,000.001609--Technology, Arts, Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5912-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; goal: To launch a new arts and design festival at the MIT Media Lab that celebrates creativity and innovation, merges art, design and technology in new ways, and sets a model and methodology for future festivals.
Tyler School of Art, Temple University (Earmark: Charles Searles: In Motion)8,000.003679--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5668-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate one of the community’s most beloved African-American artists, Charles Searles, by inviting art students from three universities to collaborate on paired exhibitions and events inspired by the artist’s legacy To celebrate one of the community’s most beloved African-American artists, students from three universities will collaborate on exhibitions of the paintings, sculptures and photographs of Charles Searles. These three-month exhibitions will appear in two Philadelphia neighborhoods and will be preserved with a substantial catalogue introducing fresh perspectives on Searles (1937-2004), one of the first contemporary black artists to be nationally recognized by inclusion in the Whitney Museum of American Art. A series of events for the community, including a cross-disciplinary arts symposium with dance, performance poetry and discussion, will enhance the understanding of Searles’ vividly colorful and energetic art. Students from Temple University, La Salle University and Chestnut Hill College are expected to participate. The Tyler School of Art educates, motivates and inspires students who will enter society as artists, architects, art historians, designers and educators with the highest aspirations for achievement, producing innovative work that is publicly presented and critically considered. Our objective is to promote cutting edge curriculum initiatives through a broad spectrum of philosophical and aesthetic […].
Fund for Philadelphia (Earmark: Out of School Time is Show Time!)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5678-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To offer after-school art programming for children by placing art teachers in each of the eight city districts to give instruction in singing, acting and dancing Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation will create a pilot program to explore the best ways to expand its after-school offerings in dance, music and theater. With challenge funding, two experienced performing arts teachers will participate in two-month residencies at six recreation centers, providing structured lessons culminating in a presentation for friends and families. Children who develop a strong interest in the arts will be referred to the city’s performing arts camp. After evaluating the success of the pilot, the city plans to expand performing arts programming throughout the parks system. The Performing Arts Office of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation strives to coordinate, promote, and expand cultural programs for the city of Philadelphia. Through our various programs, we provide cultural activity in which youth and adults of various backgrounds can interact through creative expression. The office currently has 63 recreation facilities with dance programs and 18 recreation facilities with drama and musical theater programs. The Young Performers Theater Camp and the Introduction to Performing Arts Camps are award-winning programs and are among the largest performing arts […].
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Earmark: Mary Mattingly: WetLand)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5683-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To ignite imaginations around the future of environmental conservation by creating a large and visually stunning art installation along the Delaware River complete with solar panels, gardens and more FringeArts will commission artist Mary Mattingly to ignite imaginations about a sustainable future by creating a large and visually stunning utopic floating structure called WetLand. A participatory art project, WetLand will be a water-based ecosystem replete with solar panels, gardens and housing, erected on a floating barge docked along the Delaware River. Creating an island-like environment, WetLand will be an educational space that visitors can board and explore, stirring thoughts about water usage and the environment. Since 1997, FringeArts, formerly known as Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, has explored the boundaries of art by bringing the newest, most cutting edge and highest quality performances to Philadelphia from around the world, as well as commissioning new public art works. Its lab program nurtures the development of local artists through residency programs, performance opportunities and more. Each September, FringeArts presents an annual citywide festival, featuring renowned and emerging artists. Beginning in fall 2013, FringeArts will present national and international artists year-round at its dedicated new state-of-the-art facility on the Delaware River […].
Philadelphia Theatre Company (Earmark: Anna Deveare Smith’s The Pipeline Project)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5705-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To engage Philadelphia in a dialogue about young people being shuttled from school into the criminal justice system by supporting a two-year residency of actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith. To create a conversation around important issues of youth in the criminal justice system, challenge funding will support the two-year residency of actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith as she creates a new work. The piece, called “The Pipeline Project,” will address the problem of the increasing number of youngsters being shuttled from school into the criminal justice system. During her 2013-15 residency at the company, Smith, a MacArthur Award-winning playwright, actor and educator, will conduct in-depth interviews with advocates, teachers, parents and law enforcement officers involved in the school-to-prison pipeline in order to investigate how Philadelphia is faring in its most vulnerable communities. The project will have a staged reading to bring members of the community together to find new ways of mobilizing around the issue followed by a workshop and full production in the company’s 2014-15 season. Philadelphia Theatre Company is a leading regional theater company whose mission is to produce, develop and present new and contemporary theater focused on the American experience that ignites the intellect and […].
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble (Earmark: Let the Roots Show: Kùlú Mèlé Celebrates the Roots of Urban Dance)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5708-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To invite audiences to participate in master classes, rehearse and perform a new work blending traditional African dance with hip-hop, funk and soul While Kùlú Mèlé’s African dance shows are already known for getting audiences to dance in the aisles, challenge funding will allow audience members to actually perform onstage with company dancers. The project will include master classes in West African, Afro-Cuban and urban contemporary dance for up to 120 dance enthusiasts. Through open auditions, up to 15 members of the public will be selected to rehearse and perform a new work choreographed by Emmy Award-nominated choreographer Jeffrey Page, known for blending traditional African dance with hip-hop, funk and soul. He will also lead the urban contemporary dance master class, and company members will conduct workshops for students at five local schools. Founded in 1969, Kùlú Mèlé is known for infusing African dance with urban American flair. The company has graced stages from New York to Guinea, distinguishing itself with beautiful costumes, a thrilling percussion battery and dynamic choreography. Kùlú Mèlé performs extensively throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond, yet remains deeply rooted in the Philadelphia community. Its programs for youth include the Omo Kùlú Mèlé children’s ensemble and […].
Dolce Suono Ensemble (Earmark: 'Música en tus Manos' (Music in Your Hands))25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5716-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To bring more music to Philadelphia's Latino communities by working with organizations to develop a new outreach initiative bridging classical and Latin music To weave more music into Philadelphia’s Latino communities, Dolce Suono Ensemble will partner with community organizations to offer high-quality chamber music and education to Spanish-speaking people of all ages. The ensemble will travel to community centers to offer performances, conversations and informal open mic sessions, as well as instrument “petting zoos” where attendees can try instruments with the guidance of musicians. The program will culminate in a workshop and side-by-side performance with all-star guest composer Tania León, the first Latina composer to receive a Grammy nomination. The ensemble also will commission León to write a new work based on a Latin American myth. Dolce Suono Ensemble has been dazzling audiences and invigorating the music world since its founding by flutist and Artistic Director Mimi Stillman in 2005. The ensemble presents chamber music concerts on its home series in Philadelphia, performs on tour, commissions important new works, makes recordings, and engages in educational outreach with Philadelphia communities. Called an “adventurous ensemble” in The New York Times, the ensemble’s active commissioning program has led to 31 world premieres in […].
CITYWIDE (Earmark: CITYWIDE: A Collective Exhibition)13,000.003533--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5717-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2014; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To promote visual arts collaboration and capture the energy of the city's arts district by enabling many collectives to produce a multivenue, one-month exhibit. CITYWIDE seeks to unify Philadelphia’s artist-run collectives in a month-long series of exhibitions and events. Throughout November 2013, more than 20 collectives will participate in an exchange of exhibitions, ideas and practices at galleries and alternative art spaces located in different neighborhoods throughout the city. The organizing force behind CITYWIDE is a group of like-minded, independent art groups currently active in the emerging artist scene of Philadelphia. Organizing participants of CITYWIDE include: Vox Populi, Space 1026, Grizzly Grizzly, NAPOLEON, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Fjord, Marginal Utility, Practice, Little Berlin, Mt. Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Rebekah Templeton, Basekamp, and McCartney/Belknap Projects.
Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: The Leadership Institute for the Cultural Sector)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5718-- Grant period: 04/01/2013 - 03/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To strengthen the next generation by establishing an institute where emerging arts leaders can gain a deeper understanding of management and leadership In order to encourage effective local arts leaderships and help Philadelphia organizations to be more sustainable and impactful, the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia will establish an Arts Leadership Institute for new, emerging and prospective leaders of Philadelphia cultural organizations. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of management skills and leadership challenges, cultivate professional connections and improve their leadership confidence and motivation. Training, led by university faculty, corporate professionals and renowned arts leaders, will include personal leadership, organizational assessment, financial management, governance and more. The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia strengthens the city’s creative sector, including arts, culture and for-profit creative businesses, by engaging the business, legal and technology communities, providing capacity-building services, and serving as a thought leader. The council, with the support of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is uniquely positioned to actively connect these sectors.
EcoTech Visions Foundation (Earmark: EcoTech Visions, The Future of Green)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6882-- Grant period: 05/01/2016 - 12/31/2017; goal: To expand learning and economic opportunities for low income Miami residents by supporting EcoTech Vision's Coding Bootcamp, a seven week course in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood that prepares members of the community for careers in technology.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Earmark: Knight Litigation Project)200,000.001043--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7147-- Grant period: 04/15/2016 - 09/30/2018; goal: To promote press freedom and the next generation of First Amendment precedent by expanding the Knight Litigation Project to provide more legal assistance to individual journalists, freelancers and digital communicators, as well as support for news organizations.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: Crown TownHall)85,000.001860--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7151-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Helping residents more easily connect with their local government and get involved with civic issues through pop-up events where they can meet elected officials, sign up for city services, and review area planning efforts.
Charlotte is Creative (Earmark: Queen City Quiz Show)85,000.001860--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7152-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a mobile quiz show that will team local musicians and artists with cultural groups to entertain, enlighten and challenge diverse communities with questions about the city from the trivial to the pertinent and controversial.
Twin Lakes Library System (Earmark: The Democracy Lab)25,000.003075--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7173-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a shared space in downtown Milledgeville, located next to City Hall and near a makerspace and a library, that will foster civic engagement through public events, meetings that gather residents and leaders to problem-solve, and resources that better connect civic institutions.
Brian Davis (Earmark: Cuyahoga Explore-A-Foot)70,000.002036--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7149-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Encouraging visitors to explore remote regions of Cuyahoga Valley National Park by providing services and amenities, such as help with travel arrangements and baggage transport, that make it more accessible.
Incremental Development Alliance (Earmark: Evolving MidTown: Lot by Lot)174,400.001232--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7154-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Recruiting and training a diverse group of individuals on skills to become small-scale developers; participants will use distressed or underused lots as beta projects and receive access to investors and other resources.
City of Detroit Department of Planning and Development (Earmark: Detroit's Pink Zone)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7159-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating new opportunities for jobs and businesses by developing a new tool to streamline city development regulations and engaging design talent and developers to help reshape commercial districts.
Benjamin Bryant (Earmark: The Little Music Studio)334,050.00596--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7175-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Breaking down community barriers with The Little Music Studio, a traveling playground for musicians.
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (Earmark: Dequindre Cut Market)135,665.001452--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7158-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating spaces for entrepreneurs to set up shop along the Dequindre Cut with shipping container pop-up shops that will add to the vibrancy of the neighborhood and attract new interest.
Delta Institute (Earmark: Steel City Salvage)385,000.00555--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7163-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Establishing a reuse facility that would reclaim building materials, such as lumber, from vacant homes in Gary to contribute to economic growth, create jobs and support businesses, and provide opportunities for community collaboration on development projects.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: Can Do Signs)27,900.003061--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7153-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Rethinking municipal signs that typically tell people “what not to do,” to spur fun, imagination and positivity throughout Charlotte; the project will create signs that provide amusing, enchanting, fun options: You can dance! You can sing! You can skip!.
Chad Rochkind (Earmark: The People First Project)184,080.001197--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7156-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a network of tactical urbanists who collectively select a single urban challenge each year on which to focus quick, low-cost, creative improvements.
University of Michigan (Earmark: Sensors in a Shoebox)138,339.001445--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7157-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Training youth to use sensors and data analytics that track environmental conditions such as traffic, noise or temperature in city neighborhoods; the project will help students answer questions about their community and build ideas to make it better.
Cornetta Lane (Earmark: Pedal to Porch)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7161-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Exploring Detroit’s untold history through monthly bike tours leading participants through different areas of the city and giving residents a chance to tell the story of their neighborhoods.
Pete Haga (Earmark: New Flavors Food Truck)106,800.001582--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7164-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Offering new American residents access to a generic food truck and the equipment they need to start their own food service business or restaurant.
Lexington Downtown Development Authority (Earmark: Parking Lot Diaries)87,200.001855--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7166-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a living civic engagement lab in an underused area next to the Transit Center that tests and tracks temporary interventions and activities designed to add vibrancy to the area; the project will contribute to the city’s Town Branch Commons plan.
New Town Macon (Earmark: Pop-up Minimum Grid)151,900.001277--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7169-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a pop-up minimum grid that would allow citizens to explore their city safely on foot or on bicycles; the project would expand a trail system from the river to downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Friends of the Underline (Earmark: The Underline: Brickell Backyard)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7170-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a sports field and gym as part of The Underline, a proposed 10-mile linear park underneath the Miami-Dade Metrorail, to provide quality of life incentives to talented young adults.
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (Earmark: 20 Book Clubs, 20 Cooperative Businesses)146,000.001424--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7177-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Launching book clubs in 20 Philadelphia neighborhoods for residents to study co-ops and then form their own cooperative businesses.
Reading Terminal Market Corp. (Earmark: Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers)84,764.001866--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7178-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Building cultural bridges to Philadelphia’s immigrant communities with cooking classes celebrating ethnic food operated by chefs from Reading Terminal Market.
Justin Triano (Earmark: Post Street Night Market)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7180-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Create a unique night shopping experience by identifying Post Street as a pedestrian destination and balancing the city's night culture.
The Musicant Group (Earmark: Front Lawn Placemaking Platform)82,400.001870--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7182-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Transforming front lawns from empty expanses of grass to vibrant places full of life through the development of a toolkit that encourages residents to create community hubs on their doorsteps.
The Make Space (Earmark: Community Collaborative Ice Luminary Project)51,450.002210--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7183-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: An illuminating community project that encourages organizations/individuals/families to be part of and aware of the maker movement/community.
Jonathan Morschl (Earmark: Downtown Akron Innerbelt Bicycle Park)120,000.001521--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7148-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Providing new life for an abandoned section of the highway by creating a “bicycle park” that promotes cycling, encourages new riders and attracts cyclists from throughout the region and nation.
City of Boulder (Earmark: Tree Debris to Opportunity)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7150-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Expanding economic opportunity for members of the community in need of new skills and careers by training them to turn debris from infested and diseased trees into furniture and art.
Phillip Trocquet (Earmark: Urban Glen)4,000.003807--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7155-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating “urban glens”—inviting spaces with trees, lights and hammocks—on vacant and overgrown lots to encourage people to meet and connect, while cleaning up city-owned properties.
City of Detroit Department of Planning and Development (Earmark: Give a Park, Get a Park!)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7160-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating sustainable microparks in Detroit neighborhoods that are designed in response to community needs, require few resources and are easy to maintain.
Lexington Public Library Foundation (Earmark: Phoenix Forward)150,200.001279--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7165-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Transforming Phoenix Park and Central Library into a place where children and families from diverse backgrounds can learn and play together; the project would involve complementary park and library programming and activities for families.
City of Long Beach (Earmark: The Outdoor Office)300,000.00620--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7167-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 06/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Transforming a portion of a public park into a space that encourages creativity, collaboration and productivity, and encourages residents to take work to the park.
City Fabrick (Earmark: Place-make the Vote)153,600.001273--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7168-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Developing a kit for creating temporary pop-up social spaces at voting polls in historically low voter turnout areas to encourage people to vote and provide venues to celebrate democracy afterwards.
Miami Downtown Development Authority (Earmark: Biscayne Green)145,000.001425--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7171-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a pop-up park and urban forest along Biscayne Boulevard to drive momentum for “Biscayne Green,” a proposal to redesign Biscayne Boulevard to include a pedestrian promenade.
Code for Miami (Earmark: Miami Civic User Testing Group)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7172-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Ensuring that people building local government technology use real-world feedback throughout the development process by creating a user testing group that will identify user experience issues more quickly, while making websites and apps more accessible.
West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (Earmark: The Sunset Rises Again)171,650.001234--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7174-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Creating a new cultural destination in the Historic Northwest District of West Palm Beach on the site of the Sunset Lounge, a former prominent jazz club and surrounding land.
Little Giant Creative (Earmark: The Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship)308,640.00612--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7176-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: Increasing economic opportunity by using hip-hop to provide hands-on business training to members of low-income groups.
School of Arts and Culture at MHP (Earmark: The MayFeria)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7179-- Grant period: 04/12/2016 - 04/11/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Cities Challenge; goal: The MayFeria will increase civic engagement, expand economic opportunity, and strengthen social cohesion through folklife events and shared community projects.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Chad Mason)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7388-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Heart of Glass: Offering creative opportunities with a mobile glass studio that travels to schools and events As a way to offer more creative opportunities to the community, the Heart of Glass will be a mobile glass studio that travels to schools and events and teaches glassmaking. The organizers hope the unit will foster support for a permanent rental and public facility for glassmaking.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Katie Beck)10,000.003580--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7395-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Nepali Applause: An Open Air Market and Performance Festival: Celebrating the rich history of the Nepali-American population in North Hill with a bilingual variety show featuring art, dance and music Celebrating the rich history of the Nepali-American community in North Hill, Gum-Dip Theatre will create a multidisciplinary performance that explores their history and culture. The project will collect works of art, dance, music and performance by Nepali artists to create a bilingual variety show. The performance, which will transform a grass lot in North Hill, will culminate with an after-party catered by local Nepali food artists.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Testa Companies)22,850.003257--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7398-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Northside Arts District Outdoor Gallery: Strengthening the Northside Arts District by creating an outdoor art gallery with digital projections on the side of buildings and yearlong displays of visual art mounted outdoors As a way to strengthen the Northside Arts District, Testa Companies will create an outdoor art gallery that showcases the various artists, galleries and events in and around Downtown Akron. The outdoor exhibition will include 10 metal canvases and one digital screen, each surrounded by benches and lighting to enliven the space. Artists, representing various mediums and disciplines, will be chosen through an annual competition.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Street Art Project)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7401-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Enlivening and attracting new people to downtown through public art projects To draw more people to and enliven downtown, the Akron Street Art Project will commission six small to mid-scale public art projects for the urban core over the course of a year. The group will bring together focus groups to ensure that each project is not only high-quality but also reflects the community. The group hopes the art will spur economic revitalization as well as keep talented artists in the community.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Wandering Aesthetics)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7403-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Electric Pressure Cooker Presents... Bigger Than a Breadbox: Providing a platform for Akron's artists through Bigger Than a Breadbox, a quarterly vaudeville show of local talent that will travel to different neighborhoods In the early 20th century, Akron was a destination for touring vaudeville shows, which offered a variety of specialty acts for the masses at an affordable price. Wandering Aesthetics will adapt that format for the modern audience with Bigger Than a Breadbox, a quarterly vaudeville show that will travel to different Akron neighborhoods and offer high–quality performances curated from local talent.
University of Akron Foundation (Earmark: Informed Citizen Akron)174,990.001231--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6955-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 01/31/2017; goal: To promote nonpartisan journalism excellence and audience engagement in Ohio during the 2016 presidential election by supporting the Informed Citizen Akron (ICAkron) project to conduct nonpartisan in-depth polling and, nonpartisan civic engagement, to help newsrooms listen more closely and respond to the broad information needs of Ohio voters.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Civic Theatre / Community Hall Foundation)18,000.003415--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7382-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Akron Songwriters Workshop: Promoting the art of songwriting by hosting a weeklong summer songwriters workshop for Akron residents Promoting the art of songwriting, the Civic will host a four-day songwriters workshop for people of all skill levels in August 2016. Inspired by similar events offered in cities such as Austin, Texas, and Nashville, the Akron event will present a rare opportunity to work with successful songwriters at the national and regional levels, including Steve Bogard, who has written eight No. 1 country songs and who will lead the workshop. The week will include two evening concerts for the public as part of the Civic’s cabaret series, The [email protected] Civic.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Roundtable)17,500.003421--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7383-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring the role of arts in building community by bringing Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates to speak in Akron and meet with artists and entrepreneurs How can entrepreneurship change the artistic landscape of a city? To help answer that question, and show a framework for success, Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates will visit Akron and speak to two different constituencies at the Akron Roundtable and at the Akron Art Museum. Gates, an expert at the intersection of arts and community revitalization, has helped transform neighborhoods in Chicago, Gary, Ind, and other cities, and will share his insights and lessons learned.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Center for Applied Drama and Autism)12,000.003546--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7387-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Glass Menagerie Through the Prism of Autism: Providing audiences with a greater understanding of the challenges facing people with autism with a theater experience that shows what life is like on the spectrum Using the arts as a way to promote greater understanding, the company will present Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie” interpreted through the prism of autism. The unique production will include scenes plus pre- and post-show experiences to provide audiences with a greater understanding of the challenges facing people on the autism spectrum. For example, audiences will watch a scene with technology layered on to simulate the sensory overloads that can overwhelm people with autism. The production also will explore the family dynamics involving a young girl with special needs in scenes inspired by Tennessee Williams’ early years. The piece will be produced by Theatre on the Spectrum, the performance wing of the Center for Applied Drama and Autism, which employs local theater artists, and provides professional training, internships and careers for young people with autism.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Shane Wynn)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7394-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: #overlooked: Producing a series of photographic portraits of a cross section of women leaders in Akron set against the backdrop of underused public spaces, as a way to celebrate their accomplishments while empowering them to improve the city's landscape Using the arts to reimagine downtown, Akron-based photographer Shane Wynn will produce portraits of high-achieving, local women set against the backdrop of underused and vacant spaces in the city. In juxtaposing these successful women – who include inventors, small business owners and school leaders – against the backdrop of empty storefronts and abandoned factories, Wynn hopes to draw attention to the potential of these spaces, launch a discussion on how to use them, and empower women to participate in the process.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The American Toy Marble Museum)24,000.003247--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7396-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Akron's Marble Railways: Celebrating Akron as the birthplace of the world's first mass-produced toy - the clay marble - with an interactive, kinetic, sculpture garden of toy marble railways at Lock 3 Park and other public spaces.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Traci Buckner and Dreama Whitfield)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7400-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: dreamUP: Bringing together a diverse group of women in a series of workshops where they will create artistic pieces that reflect their individual life visions and goals dreamUP will host collaborative workshops that blend artistry and therapy, providing pop-up spaces throughout Akron where a diverse group of women will create artistic pieces that reflect their individual life visions and goals. Through a series of four workshop experiences, the women will develop an image of their goals through a guided imagery exercise. Participants will then transition their goal images into a unique, 3-D art piece with the guidance of a local female artist. The pieces will be showcased in a culminating exhibit.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The University of Akron Myers School of Art)45,000.002517--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7407-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating an 'Art Bomb Brigade,' a traveling group of artists that visits neighborhoods in need of a facelift and engages the community in public art-making Using art to revitalize communities, The University of Akron will launch an Art Bomb Brigade, a local team of artists and students seeking to transform highly-trafficked businesses and sites in struggling neighborhoods. The design team will work with local partners to create large-scale imagery that reflects, connects with and enhances Akron’s landscapes. Throughout the duration of each mural bomb, art education staff from the university and volunteers from the Akron Art Museum will present quality arts programming on site to community members.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Girls Rock Camp Akron)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7390-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Girls Rock Camp Akron: Fostering the next generation of musicians by bringing the Girls Rock Camp summer camp, where girls 10-16 write and perform songs, to Akron Fostering the next generation of musicians, Girls Rock Camp Akron will empower young women by teaching them teamwork through music. Girls, 10 to 16 years old, will learn one instrument, form a band with fellow campers and write their own song, which they will perform at a showcase concert at the end of the week. They will also learn other important activities, including how to market their performances and use sound equipment.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Nightlight Cinema)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7399-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Improving the cinema experience by purchasing equipment that will allow the Nightlight to create broadcast-quality content, including Skype-based Q&A sessions with directors and filmmakers, high-quality pre-show content, promotional materials and more As a way to reach and connect with new audiences, the Nightlight will purchase equipment to create broadcast-quality content, including Skype-based Q&A sessions with directors and filmmakers as well as online promotional materials. The Q&A sessions will be held after movie screenings, to deepen the audience’s appreciation for the film and the genre. In addition, the Nightlight will create a reality show-style confessional booth that allows audiences to record their reactions to films, which will be shared online.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Akron Art Museum)67,200.002070--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7381-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Introducing new audiences to collecting art by starting an art rental program, where any resident with a library card can check out works to display in their home As a way to introduce new audiences to collecting art, the museum will start an art rental program, where any resident with a library card can check out works to display in their home. Artists that traditionally show work in museums and galleries will have works hanging in Summit County residences. Living with original works of art fosters a deeper connection with the art and artists. The library program will pay regional artists for their works, contributing to the local arts economy, promoting arts dialogue and connecting to new audiences.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Greater Akron Musical Association)7,000.003708--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7384-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Garage Band: Activating a space for artists by turning the Akron Symphony's garage bay into a stage for local musicians to perform in open-mic events and jam sessions The Akron Symphony will turn a space adjacent to its office in the Northside District into a community space for live music and artistic collaboration. At the Garage Band, local musicians will play during the Akron Art Walks, in an open-mic event. The space will also be open during certain hours every week for local musicians to use to practice, learn, teach and enjoy music together. The symphony will also create casual educational videos where members of the symphony and local artists of different genres will talk about their instruments and styles.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Highland Square Neighborhood Association)6,650.003719--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7391-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Highland Square Film Festival: Telling Akron stories through a film festival of local works Building community through film, the Highland Square Neighborhood Association will create a film festival that will encourage residents to create and submit their own works related to Akron and Northeast Ohio. Original screenplays and stories will be encouraged, with a focus on using Akron as a subject of the film. The Highland Square Film Festival will partner with community organizations to provide training on screenwriting, storytelling and video editing/production to prepare interested individuals in crafting their submissions for the winter 2017 event.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The Akron Soul Train)150,000.001280--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7392-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Akron Soul Train - A Residential Artist Village: Supporting the work of grassroots artists by launching Akron Soul Train, a series of refurbished rail cars and shipping containers that will be turned into housing, galleries and studio space Supporting the work of grassroots artists, Kasota Artist Management will launch the Akron Train, a residential village for creatives. Emphasizing Akron’s history as the home of the first electric railway, the village will consist of refurbished passenger rail cars, shipping containers and tiny houses that will be turned into residential spaces, gallery and studio spaces for artists who have been awarded fellowships. Fellows will contribute to the Soul Train through proceeds from sales of their art to the community and fees for workshops and events. Schools and community groups will be encouraged to visit the village and learn and make art, while the artists will also make outreach trips to the surrounding area.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Wick Poetry Center)125,000.001480--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7393-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders: Sharing the voices of Akron by enabling residents to submit a short video of an original poem, some of which will be displayed on posters on local buses and in public spaces Celebrating Akron’s many voices, the Wick Poetry Center will expand its award-winning Traveling Stanzas project, engaging the community in a cross-cultural, intergenerational conversation through the inclusive voice of poetry. Working with refugee and immigrant populations and the Akron and Kent public schools, the center will offer poetry workshops to encourage people of all ages to share their voices and stories. Visitors to travelingstanzas.com will be able to record and submit a short video of an original or published poem in their own language with a brief commentary about its significance in their lives. A selection will be paired with graphic designs for posters to be displayed on Akron buses, outdoor kiosks in North Hill and other public spaces. From those works, the center will create a traveling digital exhibit featuring large touchscreen displays where users can browse poems and videos in at least five languages, and discover a shared humanity through the intimate voice of poetry.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Theron Brown/Open Tone Music)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7404-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival: Building on Akron's musical legacy by launching a downtown jazz festival that features local and national talent Building on Akron’s musical legacy, organizers will launch the Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, featuring world-class jazz and blues free and open to the public in Downtown Akron. Expected to grow into a five-day festival in coming years, the event will first take place over a weekend at three indoor venues – the Akron Museum of Art, BLU Jazz + and Musica – in addition to two outdoor stages. The festival will also work with local churches, schools and community groups on an outreach component that will teach children to play a musical instrument.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: BLU Jazz+ Akron)74,500.002022--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7385-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 03/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Bringing training to local jazz musicians through a series of master class workshops at BLU Jazz+ led by top musicians Fostering the next generation of jazz performers and enthusiasts, BLU Jazz+ will create a Jazz Master Class Workshop, where students of all levels can learn from the pros. These experienced professionals will present a workshop before they take the stage at BLU for their evening performance. The classes will be recorded so that they can be shared online.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Allisyn Just)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7386-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Cappies (Critics and Awards Program for High School Students): Building the next generation of art critics by having local journalists train high school theater and journalism students in writing reviews, and then honoring the best work at an awards show To help build the next generation of art critics, this effort will launch a local chapter of The Cappies, the Critics and Awards program that trains high school theater and journalism students to be expert writers and critical thinkers. Local theater critics will train teams from participating schools to write thoughtful reviews on all aspects of theater, including lighting, costumes, music and acting. At the end of the year, the best pieces and their writers are honored at a Tonys-like celebration.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Diane Davis-Sikora and Kasumi)37,000.002657--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7389-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Optics of Memory: Enlivening downtown by building a public art series based on 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Kasumi's exhibition 'The Optics of Memory,' a multimedia piece about the formation of memory and collective consciousness This project seeks to enliven Downtown Akron by building a public art series based on 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Kasumi’s exhibition “The Optics of Memory,” a multimedia piece about the formation of memory and collective consciousness. Organizers will offer a series of outdoor, interactive experiences, including a live, cinematic performance by Kasumi, and opportunities for the public to create their own media art using gaming technologies.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Northeast Ohio Family Music Society)5,000.003741--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7397-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Intensive Music Classes for Akron's very young: Fostering the next generation of artists and arts advocates by taking the Ohio Conservatory's intensive music class into local classrooms and introducing 4- to 7-year-olds to all the elements of music.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Manju Rastogi)6,410.003720--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7402-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Developing Alternatives for Women in New Communities (DAWN): Helping Bhutanese women who came to Northeast Ohio as refugees improve their sewing and craft-making abilities, and market their products To help Bhutanese refugee women strengthen their sewing and craft making skills, DAWN provides free lessons on how to better make and market their works. With donations of fabric from the community, the women turn former silk saris and other garments into designer clothing and items like scarves, shopping bags and more. Sales proceeds compensate the women and provide them with job skills.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Richard Rogers/Woodside Management)100,000.001609--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7405-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: The Curated Storefront: Bringing more art into the city by activating unused storefronts in downtown with multimedia art installations that showcase local and regional artists Bringing more art into people’s everyday lives, the Curated Storefront will be a series of ongoing exhibitions activating unused storefronts with multimedia art installations along Main, Market and Exchange streets. The series will showcase the work of exemplary local and regional artists along with other local art and cultural objects, while attracting more people to the city’s urban center. Local artists and curators from area art museums and institutions will be invited to organize rotating shows involving the visual and performing arts, design, experimental video and new media projects.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Neos Dance Theatre)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7406-- Grant period: 03/15/2016 - 10/31/2019; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Dance.r.evolution: Engaging new audiences by bringing together classically trained ballet dancers with local hip-hop dancers, graffiti artists and urban/pop musicians to create new work Working to expand and engage audiences, Neos Dance Theatre will bring together its classically trained choreographers with local urban dancers, graffiti artists and urban/pop musicians to learn from each other. After a yearlong creative process, the group will produce an evening performance, blending the different styles in one production that will be presented throughout the city and at schools.
8-80 Cities (Earmark: Emerging City Champions)1,488,000.00212--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7146-- Grant period: 03/01/2016 - 12/31/2018; goal: To provide civic innovators in Knight communities with the best knowledge on how to improve public spaces through 8-80 Cities' study tours, the Emerging City Champions program and the city residency programs.
Public Design Studio (Earmark: Cities Plus - Architecture and Design Talent for Municipalities (San Jose))50,000.002216--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7139-- Grant period: 03/01/2016 - 02/28/2019; goal: To improve the design of public spaces in San Jose by matching early stage City of San Jose infrastructure projects with pro bono, nationally recognized architecture and design firms, as part of an effort to enhance the city's culture of engagement.
Wesleyan University (Earmark: Wesleyan Media Project)45,000.002517--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7145-- Grant period: 02/18/2016 - 11/29/2017; goal: To enhance transparency in elections by supporting the Wesleyan Media Project, which will track and analyze broadcast ads aired in the 2016 campaigns.
Kavya Sukumar (Earmark: Chitram)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6939-- Grant period: 02/09/2016 - 07/09/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easier for anyone to create data visualizations through an open source tool that creates animated video snippets of graphs and charts from datasets.
International Center for Journalists (Earmark: Cuban Journalism Fellowships)110,214.001571--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6892-- Grant period: 02/01/2016 - 06/30/2017; goal: To promote journalism talent and leadership by supporting the International Center for Journalists to pilot a fellowship program in the United States for journalists from 14ymedio, an independent online news organization in Cuba.
Womens Network of Northeast Ohio (Earmark: Women's Network of Northeast Ohio)194,809.001179--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7144-- Grant period: 02/01/2016 - 03/31/2018; goal: To attract and retain talent in Akron by enhancing the capacity of the Women's Network of Northeast Ohio to provide leadership programs to women in the community.
New York University (Earmark: RevEx: A Data Visualization Tool To Find Stories in Millions of Internet Reviews)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6945-- Grant period: 02/01/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping journalists explore millions of online reviews to create stories about how people interact with professionals, institutions and businesses.
University of Miami (Earmark: Open Privacy Project)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6943-- Grant period: 02/01/2016 - 08/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Encouraging more transparency around the use of personal data with free tools that provide simple, standardized ways to to simplify and visually describe privacy policies thereby informing users how their data is collected, used and protected.
Catherine Bracy (Earmark: Spectrogram Tool for Public Input)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6953-- Grant period: 02/01/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Promoting more representative public decision-making processes through a digital platform that government officials can use as a tool to turn citizen opinion into actionable and more transparent data.
Community Foundation of New Jersey (Earmark: Legislation Tracker: Beyond the bills)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6949-- Grant period: 01/26/2016 - 06/24/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Bringing more accountability and transparency to state lawmaking by creating a tracking tool for all major bills passed in New Jersey that would provide information on whether the law was enforced and milestones were met.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Excellence In, Excellence Out - Data Quality Uplift for Government)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7138-- Grant period: 01/26/2016 - 07/25/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The goal of the project is to improve, significantly, the quality of one impactful government data set. First the team will identify a suitable government partner and data set; then they will improve the quality of the data set, tracking the costs and the benefits.
Orbmedia (Earmark: Weighing the Wisdom of the Crowd)450,000.00507--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6936-- Grant period: 01/25/2016 - 01/25/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Enabling anyone to survey the crowd and share reliable, credible results through the use of easy-to-use online tools that allow users to create more scientifically sound surveys.
Open Contracts (Earmark: Visible Contracts)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6940-- Grant period: 01/19/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making Philadelphia’s procurement data more transparent and easy to understand by using the city’s open data to build online interactive visualizations.
Institute for Nonprofit News (Earmark: One-liner)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6942-- Grant period: 01/19/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping newsrooms improve website performance and better understand the privacy implications of third-party services (analytics tools, advertising networks, social gadgets, etc.) through a dashboard that allows them to manage and evaluate these tools.
This American Life (Earmark: This American Life Audioshare Tool)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6956-- Grant period: 01/19/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping people share and discover audio stories more easily with a tool that will allow users to easily capture a short selection of a podcast or other audio, convert it into a video with word-for-word transcription and share it to social media.
Satchel LLC (Earmark: Satchel)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6954-- Grant period: 01/19/2016 - 07/09/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making podcasts easier to find through a platform that will allow location-based searches and allow people to share content through an embedded player on social media.
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation (Earmark: Studio M)50,000.002216--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6815-- Grant period: 01/15/2016 - 05/15/2018; goal: To advance journalism excellence by creating a low-cost teaching hospital-style project built into coursework at Middle Tennessee State University.
MIAMade (Earmark: Music Makers Showcase)250,000.00663--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6881-- Grant period: 01/15/2016 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support MIAMade, which seeks to propel Miami's rapidly growing maker community through annual events, educational programming and monthly workshops.
Curators of the University of Missouri (Earmark: Access Missouri)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6938-- Grant period: 01/15/2016 - 07/15/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easier for journalists and others to access and find accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about Missouri legislation, lawmakers and their influencers.
Online Publishers Association (Earmark: Digital Content Next: Digital Content Start-Up)156,250.001264--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6788-- Grant period: 01/15/2016 - 12/31/2018; goal: To support the sharing of best practices and the development of not-for-profit online news organizations and other promising high quality journalism and online content publishers by offering participation in Digital Content Next (DCN), a top industry association.
Data & Society Research Institute (Earmark: Could your data discriminate?)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6946-- Grant period: 01/04/2016 - 07/04/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping people identify and fix hidden biases in their data and learn about data discrimination through a website that will allow people to test data for bias and experiment with public data to determine what may result in such bias.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia (Earmark: Macon Downtown Challenge)1,500,000.00200--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6889-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2019; goal: To help Macon attract and retain talent, expand economic opportunity and build civic engagement through a semiannual call for new ideas, the Downtown Challenge, which will support the implementation of the Macon Action Plan for the city's urban core.
City of Raleigh (Earmark: Democratizing Data through Visual Search Results)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6950-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Making it easier to access and use public data through an open source project that will present data in a more visual and relevant manner through search results. For example, a search for “budget” on raleighnc.gov would yield intuitive, attractive graphs and charts.
Black Tech Week LLC (Earmark: Black Tech Week 2016)200,000.001043--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6883-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016; goal: To support Black Tech Week, which aims to drive greater diversity in Miami's startup community by serving as a platform for minority-owned, high growth startups to connect with venture capitalists, other entrepreneurs, and established technology companies.
Citizen University (Earmark: The Joy of Voting)100,000.001609--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6923-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016; goal: To strengthen a culture of civic engagement in three Knight communities by supporting nonpartisan workshops that surface new nonpartisan projects intended to make the voting experience more joyful.
Invisible Institute (Earmark: Citizen's Police Data Project)400,000.00532--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6935-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Building an online toolkit for reporting, tracking and analyzing allegations of police misconduct and their investigations in Chicago that will serve as a national model for transparency.
CEL Education Fund (Earmark: Coworker.org: Civic Infrastructure for Workers)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6947-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 05/30/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Enabling workers to improve their jobs by creating tools that allow them to connect, as well as provide, share and acquire data about work issues and conditions.
Maxwell Galka (Earmark: FOIA Mapper)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6951-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: The goal is to build an open source 'FOIA map,' which will comprise: a catalog of government information systems, semantic descriptions of the records they contain, and relational schema / documentation describing how the records are stored.
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University (Earmark: Law, Order & Algorithms)310,000.00611--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7141-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Increasing transparency and accountability in law enforcement by compiling, analyzing and releasing a data set of more than 100 million highway patrol stops throughout the country.
Beneficent Technology (Earmark: Authenticon)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6944-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 06/29/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Supporting digital privacy through a free, open source tool that makes it easier to verify a person’s cryptographic or secure online identity.
University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering (Earmark: SeaGlass: Bringing Transparency to Cell Phone Surveillance)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6948-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Helping communities maintain their privacy by building a community-driven, open data service to detect cellphone surveillance and produce high-quality cellular network data for research.
City of Charlotte (Earmark: Charlotte ZipBus)35,000.002668--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6952-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 07/01/2016; part of the challenge: Knight Prototype Fund: Arts and Technology; goal: Using real-time data via a mobile platform to transform an existing call-based transit service into an enhanced service that allows customers to schedule transit to meet their personal needs.
mRelief (Earmark: Documents Empowerment Project)250,000.00663--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7140-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Helping low-income Americans prove their eligibility for public benefit programs by scaling a benefit program document database and discovery platform.
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Earmark: All the Places Personal Data Goes)440,000.00519--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7143-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2018; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Making it easier to find out how your personal data is being shared between companies by creating a crowdsourced resource that documents and visualizes these data sharing arrangements.
Babson College (Earmark: Babson Miami WIN (Women Innovating Now) Lab)812,500.00339--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6808-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2019; goal: To support the launch of Women Innovating Now Miami by Babson College, in an effort to engage and propel a greater number of women entrepreneurs in Miami.
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition (Earmark: Ohio & Erie Canalway Towpath Trail)510,200.00446--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6926-- Grant period: 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2017; goal: To increase civic engagement in Akron by enhancing the historical Towpath Trail as the civic, recreational and transportation spine for the city.
Global Editors Network (Earmark: Data Journalism Awards 2016 & 2017)244,000.00913--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6937-- Grant period: 12/30/2015 - 09/30/2017; goal: To support and demonstrate the value of data journalism for news organizations by sponsoring the Data Journalism Awards in 2016 and 2017.
New Orleans Startup Fund (Earmark: [email protected])1,200,000.00239--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6875-- Grant period: 12/18/2015 - 12/22/2018; goal: To help attract and retain diverse talent through the launch of [email protected], which will primarily support and propel black entrepreneurs and create on-ramps into Miami's startup ecosystem from underrepresented areas of the community.
League of Women Voters Education Fund (Earmark: API to expand access to nonpartisan election information)100,000.001609----https://knightfoundation.org/grants/6887-- Grant period: 12/17/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To promote journalism excellence and informed communities by supporting the League of Women Voters to disseminate nonpartisan voter education information to more people using new delivery tools.
Trees Charlotte (Earmark: Trees Charlotte)240,000.00925--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6880-- Grant period: 12/15/2015 - 12/15/2017; goal: To help Trees Charlotte grow the city's celebrated tree canopy, which contributes to the beauty of the city's public spaces and enhances robust public life.
Foundation for the Carolinas (Earmark: Carolina Civic Theatre goes digital)1,600,000.00187--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6916-- Grant period: 12/15/2015 - 02/12/2018; goal: To foster civic engagement by providing technology planning and tools to transform a historic movie theater into an active public space in the heart of Uptown Charlotte.
Queens University of Charlotte (Earmark: Knight-Crane Hall)500,000.00453--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6917-- Grant period: 12/15/2015 - 08/09/2016; goal: To promote an informed and engaged community in Charlotte by supporting the renovation of the new Knight-Crane Hall at Queens University, home of the James L. Knight School of Communication, by providing technology and lab and field equipment.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Trees Charlotte endowment)2,000,000.00144--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6932-- Grant period: 12/08/2015 - 11/15/2017; goal: To enhance public life and the beauty of public spaces in Charlotte by creating the endowed Knight Charlotte Canopy Restoration Fund in support of TreesCharlotte, a public-private partnership committed to maintaining and expanding the tree canopy of the city.
U.S. Open Data (Earmark: PublicBits: Breaking down open data silos)420,000.00524--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6933-- Grant period: 12/08/2015 - 12/31/2017; part of the challenge: Knight News Challenge; goal: Developing a search engine that makes it easier for users to find and collect data from multiple sources and receive notifications when the data is out of date.
Project TF dba CODE2040 (Earmark: CODE2040)1,200,000.00239--Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6920-- Grant period: 12/08/2015 - 01/11/2018; goal: To support diversity in the innovation economy through the work of CODE 2040, a nonprofit that promotes professional development for black and Latino media entrepreneurs and innovators in the technology industry.
United States Artists (Earmark: Knight American Artists Fellowship Fund)1,000,000.00273--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6893-- Grant period: 12/07/2015 - 12/21/2018; goal: To create a sustainable future through the formation of an operations endowment for United States Artists, an organization that awards unrestricted fellowships to American artists, that will enable staff to spend time on programming, analytics and raising additional capital to expand the fellowships instead of raising money for annual operations.
City of San Jose (Earmark: Branding San Jose)125,000.001480--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6919-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: To support talent attraction and retention in San Jose through the development of a branding and marketing campaign aimed to lure talent, jobs and opportunity to the city.
City of San Jose (Earmark: San Jose Public Library WORKS)75,000.001910--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6927-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 06/30/2016; goal: To promote economic opportunity by supporting the creation of San Jose Public Library WORKS, a workforce development and employment training center at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Journalism)25,000.003075----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.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Exhibition District)20,000.003269--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7188-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Creating a more vibrant and connected San Jose by expanding the Exhibition District, a public art project.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Silicon Valley DeBug/NEEBA)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7185-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Creating a 'We are San Jose' video series to share the dynamic and diverse neighborhoods and communities of San Jose.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: Somos Mayfair Community Mini-Grants)21,280.003262--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7186-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Helping people get more involved in shaping their community through Mayfair Community Mini-Grants that will invite local Mayfair residents to develop innovative ideas to make their community better while introducing them to local decision-making and budgeting.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: California Walks)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7187-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Encouraging deeper resident attachment to San Jose by launching San Jose Walks, a program that encourages urban exploration and celebrates neighborhoods through walking.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: National Arts Strategies)30,000.002949--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7189-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Supporting a group of San Jose Creative Community Fellows through a nine-month fellowship program focused on creative placemaking.
CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia (Earmark: Billy Penn)106,000.001585--Journalismhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6931-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/31/2016; goal: To promote audience engagement on new platforms by supporting Billy Penn, a local news service for mobile, to create an evolving, interactive real-time guide about experiments with mobile news.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Earmark: School of Arts at Mexican Heritage Plaza)10,800.003573--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7190-- Grant period: 12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016; goal: Connecting people and increasing civic participation by launching ImagineSJ, a monthly event and panel discussion focusing on San Jose's arts and cultural scene.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies (Earmark: Expanding Politifact)140,000.001438--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.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: The alt Default)9,000.003676--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7031-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Helping teens find their musical voice through a residency for this ensemble at the Fienberg-Fisher K-8 Center in Miami Beach where students will create an original song.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Artefactus Cultural Project)15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7032-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Instilling an appreciation for theater in West Dade’s children through workshops that lead them through the process of staging a play.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Industrial Arts (MIA))15,000.003439--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7035-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding a hub for Miami’s makers by constructing an onsite classroom and offering subsidized classes in ceramics, wood, metalworking and 3-D technologies.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Extra Virgin Press)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7041-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Preserving the art of letterpress by creating a space where the community can learn and practice this handmade form of communication.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Miami Girls Rock Camp)20,000.003269--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7044-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Promoting creative expression and empowering young girls through an annual camp where participants are grouped into bands and learn to write and perform an original song.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Leadership Prep Foundation)25,000.003075--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7046-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Celebrating Bahamian culture by teaching Miami youth to make traditional Junkanoo costumes and instruments, which are used during Coconut Grove’s annual Goombay/Junkanoo Festival and in other events.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Fringe Projects Miami)35,000.002668--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7054-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Activating downtown Miami’s less conventional spaces by expanding this site-specific, temporary public art commissioning program.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida)40,000.002564--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7058-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Increasing the visibility of South Florida’s LGBT arts scene through joint programming between the chorus, Island City Stage and Stonewall National Museum and Archives.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Sweat Records)50,000.002216--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7063-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Supporting the local indie music scene by providing low-cost rentals of audio equipment for independent promoters and nonprofit event producers.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Tigertail)75,000.001910--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7070-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Creating new artistic experiences through a month-long performance series that explores water—in April 2016—and fire—in April 2017—as elements that give and take through tragedy and regeneration.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: City of Miami Gardens)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7072-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Expanding the city’s successful Jazz in the Gardens music festival to include a music, film and art conference that fosters a deeper exploration of the additional artistic mediums.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Corpus Callosum)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7073-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2017; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Exploring how the human brain interprets music through the creation of a new form of audience experience that combines classical music performances with advancements in neuroscience, in partnership with the New World Symphony and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science.
The Miami Foundation (Earmark: Prizm Art Fair)80,000.001872--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7074-- Grant period: 11/30/2015 - 11/30/2018; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: Promoting the works of artists of color who reflect global trends in contemporary art through an annual fair that takes place during Art Basel Miami Beach.

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