Knight Foundation donations made to University of Wynwood

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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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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 50,000 116,667 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 50,000 50,000 175,000 200,000 200,000 250,000 250,000
Communities, Arts 1 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Arts 5 175,000 138,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 50,000 50,000 175,000 175,000 200,000 200,000 250,000 250,000

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Cause area Number of donations Total 2017
Arts (filter this donor) 5 250,000.00 250,000.00
Communities, Arts (filter this donor) 1 0.00 0.00
Total 6 250,000.00 250,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (6 donations)

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Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 6)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
250,000.0012017-03-24Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4797-- Grant period: 05/01/2010 - 05/31/2011; goal: To create "O, Miami", the city's first, world-class poetry festival and the first festival of its kind in the countryMiami is a county-wide poetry festival inaugurating in April 2011. Our goal is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April.
200,000.002--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/6232-- Grant period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2015; goal: To support production of the 2014 installment of 'O, Miami,' a month-long poetry festival seeking to expose every citizen in Miami-Dade County to poetic literature.
15,000.005--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5879-- Grant period: 11/01/2013 - 10/31/2015; part of the challenge: Knight Arts Challenge 2019; goal: To celebrate renowned poet Donald Justice through a new book and conference in his hometown of Miami, where he is virtually unknown Donald Justice (1925-2004) is the most important Miami-born poet, living or dead. A winner of major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, Justice is simultaneously one of the most important poets of the 20th century and almost unknown in his hometown. With challenge funding, the University of Wynwood will present “And Justice for All,” a two-day conference that will celebrate Justice as Miami’s literary native son, engaging the city in his poetry and producing a new book that will include the first translations of his poems into Spanish. The mission of O, Miami is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem.
50,000.004--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5760-- Grant period: 12/01/2012 - 11/30/2014; goal: To support streamlined operations for University of Wynwood and Coral Morphologic, two arts-related organizations sharing a facility in Overtown.
175,000.003--Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/5426-- Grant period: 12/01/2011 - 11/30/2012; goal: To produce "O, Miami," a month-long, world-class poetry festival seeking to expand individual's access to poetic literature across Miami-Dade County.
10,000.006--Communities, Artshttps://knightfoundation.org/grants/4632-- Grant period: 09/01/2009 - 08/31/2011; goal: To support the University of Wynwood in its mission to improve literary life in Miami by funding a lecture series, a forum for intellectual discussion, advisory services to high school writing programs and the Poem Depot Project.