Knight Foundation donations made to Philadelphia Film Society

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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

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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 2 30,000 90,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
Communities, Arts 1 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Arts 1 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

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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) 1 0.00
Communities, Arts (filter this donor) 1 0.00
Total 2 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 (2 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 2)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
150,000.001--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. […].
30,000.002--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.