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.
This would likely make Arlington's arts grant budget the lowest in the region and basically end the award-winning space and services grant program...more
Now in its fourth year, the arts challenge has funded 63 ideas totaling ... go through a more traditional grant-writing process with support from...more
After taking a year's hiatus, the Knight Arts Challenge Akron is returning, ... Projects also ranged from dance and music performances to bringing public art to ... grantees must find other funding...more
Finalists will be announced this summer and winners in the fall. Arts grant recipients are required to raise matching funding. “The arts community has...more
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