Knight Foundation donations made to SPUR

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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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Full donor page for donor Knight Foundation

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 3 183,700 689,945 111,135 111,135 111,135 111,135 183,700 183,700 183,700 1,775,000 1,775,000 1,775,000 1,775,000
Communities 3 183,700 689,945 111,135 111,135 111,135 111,135 183,700 183,700 183,700 1,775,000 1,775,000 1,775,000 1,775,000

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 2017
Communities (filter this donor) 3 111,135.00 111,135.00
Total 3 111,135.00 111,135.00

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 (3 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 3)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
111,135.0032017-04-06Communitieshttps://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.
1,775,000.001--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.
183,700.002--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.