Knight Foundation donations made to Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall

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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

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Basic donee information

We do not have any donee information for the donee Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall in our system.

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Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 8 100,000 188,588 73,700 73,700 90,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 230,000 315,000 500,000 500,000
Communities, Arts 3 100,000 91,233 73,700 73,700 73,700 73,700 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Arts 4 100,000 183,750 90,000 90,000 90,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 230,000 230,000 315,000 315,000 315,000
Communities 1 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000

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 Total
Arts (filter this donor) 4 0.00
Communities, Arts (filter this donor) 3 0.00
Communities (filter this donor) 1 0.00
Total 8 0.00

Skipping spending graph as there is at most one year’s worth of donations.

Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (8 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 8)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
315,000.002--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.
230,000.003--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.
90,000.007--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.
100,000.004--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.
73,700.008--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.
500,000.001--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.
100,000.004--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.
100,000.004--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.