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| Country | United States |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation |
| Facebook username | knightfdn |
| Website | https://knightfoundation.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://knightfoundation.org/grants |
| Twitter username | knightfdn |
| Page on philosophy informing donations | https://knightfoundation.org/about |
| Grant application process page | https://knightfoundation.org/apply/ |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | SQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/knight-foundation |
Full donor page for donor Knight Foundation
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Full donee page for donee Community Foundation of New Jersey
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| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5 | 252,000 | 237,800 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 352,000 | 352,000 |
| Technology | 1 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Technology, Journalism | 2 | 250,000 | 275,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
| Communities | 2 | 252,000 | 302,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 252,000 | 352,000 | 352,000 | 352,000 | 352,000 | 352,000 |
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 | Total |
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| Technology (filter this donor) | 1 | 0.00 |
| Technology, Journalism (filter this donor) | 2 | 0.00 |
| Communities (filter this donor) | 2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 5 | 0.00 |
Skipping spending graph as there is at most one year’s worth of donations.
There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.
Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations
| Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 5) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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| 35,000.00 | 5 | -- | Technology | https://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. |
| 300,000.00 | 2 | -- | Technology, Journalism | https://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. |
| 250,000.00 | 4 | -- | Technology, Journalism | https://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. |
| 252,000.00 | 3 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 352,000.00 | 1 | -- | Communities | https://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. |