John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (FL)



Knight foundation is a private, independent foundation that started with the Knight family's belief in the value of education. The Knight Memorial Education Fund was established in 1940 to provide financial aid to college students from the Akron area.

The Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities, and foster the arts.

They help sustain democracy by leading journalism to its best possible future in the 21st century. They focus on funding Media Innovation, Journalistic Excellence, and Freedom of Expression.

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Recent News from Knight Foundation


Sweat Records Announces Move From Its Longtime Little Haiti Home
Foundation: Knight Foundation

Sweat has also won several Knight Foundation arts grants that help keep programming at the store alive year-round. In light of all the trials Sweat...more

Reimagine Your City With This Grant Program For Young Civic Innovators
Foundation: Knight Foundation

Apply by May 12.The Emerging City Champions program provides $5,000 in seed funding and a year's worth of programming to civic innovators looking to impact one of the 26 U.S.cities.The grant program...more

CasaCuba receives $750000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Foundation: Knight Foundation

“This grant, along with the grant from the Knight Foundation and those from other community leaders, is building tremendous momentum. These...more

Historic Capricorn Studios Projected to Re-Open by End of 2019 with $2 Million in New Funding ...
Foundation: Knight Foundation

Building on the studio's legacy, Mercer Music at Capricorn will be a ... Grants are awarded in the program areas of arts and culture,...more

Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation

Philanthropic organizations whose endowments and influence can be traced back to industries that relied on exploitation and the extraction of...more

Knight Foundation Makes $6 Million Investment In 3 Organizations
Foundation: Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation believes the grants will support local newsrooms across the country through “business development, training, networking...more

LION Publishers receives major Knight Foundation grant
Foundation: Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation also announced grants to the Institute for Nonprofit News and the News Revenue Hub, two other nonprofit organizations working...more

'Move the community forward.' Q&A with 5 powerful women leaders in Macon
Foundation: Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation, the Otis Redding Foundation, the Peyton Anderson Foundation, the Griffith Family Foundation and the Community...more

12000 Expected For "On The Table" Conversations
Foundation: Blue Grass Community Foundation, Knight Foundation

... of the “On the Table” program in four different central Kentucky counties. The Blue Grass Community Foundation coordinates the Knight...more

How the Simple Act of Sharing A Meal Is Creating Community Change
Foundation: Knight Foundation

Launched in 2014, On the Table has brought together tens of thousands of citizens nationwide to discuss ways to strengthen their communities.30 community foundations have replicated the initiative in...more



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