Knight Foundation donations made to The Free Library of Philadelphia

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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 6 75,000 253,899 35,000 35,000 70,840 70,840 75,000 75,000 132,216 450,000 450,000 760,340 760,340
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
Arts 1 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840 70,840
Communities, Arts 2 75,000 262,500 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000 450,000
Communities 2 132,216 446,278 132,216 132,216 132,216 132,216 132,216 132,216 760,340 760,340 760,340 760,340 760,340

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 2016
Technology (filter this donor) 1 35,000.00 35,000.00
Arts (filter this donor) 1 0.00 0.00
Communities (filter this donor) 2 0.00 0.00
Communities, Arts (filter this donor) 2 0.00 0.00
Total 6 35,000.00 35,000.00

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 (6 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 6)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
35,000.0062016-09-09Technologyhttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/7708-- Grant period: 06/23/2016 - 12/20/2016; goal: Advancing local engagement and strengthening community connection to untapped library collections and new work from local artists by introducing subscribers to librarian-curated digital content on a monthly basis.
70,840.005--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6110-- Grant period: 12/01/2013 - 12/31/2014; goal: The Free Library will host a challenge to select five artists, in conjunction with community members, to create new works of art in the five branches where they will pilot their new 21st Century approach.
132,216.003--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5777-- Grant period: 01/01/2013 - 06/30/2013; goal: To serve as bridge funding to maintain support of the three active hotspots through June 2013 at which time the City of Philadelphia will assume fiscal responsibility.
760,340.001--Communitieshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4719-- Grant period: 10/01/2010 - 09/30/2012; goal: To expand access to broadband technology and digital literacy training beyond physical library walls in Philadelphia.
450,000.002--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4267-- Grant period: 12/10/2007 - 12/31/2009; goal: To highlight the new cultural and economic vision for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by catalyzing the growth of the Philadelphia Book Festival.
75,000.004--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4141-- Grant period: 04/01/2007 - 04/01/2008; goal: To highlight new possibilities that the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has to offer the region, both culturally and economically, by supporting the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival.