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| Item | Value |
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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
We do not have any donee information for the donee Foundation for the Carolinas in our system.
Full donee page for donee Foundation for the Carolinas
| Item | Value |
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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 | 16 | 500,000 | 1,106,793 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | 250,000 | 277,686 | 500,000 | 600,000 | 1,135,000 | 1,600,000 | 3,300,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Communities | 15 | 550,000 | 1,147,246 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 550,000 | 600,000 | 1,135,000 | 1,600,000 | 3,300,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 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 |
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 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communities (filter this donor) | 15 | 1,008,000.00 | 1,008,000.00 |
| (filter this donor) | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 16 | 1,008,000.00 | 1,008,000.00 |
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 16) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,008,000.00 | 6 | Communities | https://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. | |
| 1,600,000.00 | 4 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 600,000.00 | 7 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 550,000.00 | 8 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 75,000.00 | 14 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 75,000.00 | 14 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 1,135,000.00 | 5 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 2,888,000.00 | 3 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 500,000.00 | 9 | -- | -- | 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. |
| 5,000,000.00 | 1 | -- | Communities | https://knightfoundation.org/grants/4750 | -- | Grant period: 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2017; goal: To supplement an existing donor-advised fund. |
| 277,686.00 | 10 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 50,000.00 | 16 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 3,300,000.00 | 2 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 250,000.00 | 11 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 250,000.00 | 11 | -- | Communities | https://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. |
| 150,000.00 | 13 | -- | Communities | https://knightfoundation.org/grants/3913 | -- | Grant period: 11/01/2005 - 11/01/2007; goal: To increase the Charlotte Housing Authority scholarship endowment. |