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John S and James L Knight Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,751
grants reported
$490.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$105,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Local news business sustainability and nonprofit newsroom revenue models
  • University research centers on technology, democracy and the information environment
  • Digital integration for arts organizations in Knight cities (Miami, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte)
  • Journalism tools, data infrastructure and AI adoption in newsrooms
  • Place-based civic investment: parks, housing, downtown development in Akron and Detroit
  • Nonpartisan technology and competition policy research in Washington

Typical grant

Median grant is $105,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $300,000. The seven-figure checks go to national local-news intermediaries (Associated Press, GroundTruth, American Journalism Project, Institute for Nonprofit News) and to pooled funds at The Miami Foundation; university research centers typically land between $500,000 and $1.3 million. Repeat giving is common and often explicitly labeled 'renewed support,' with the same institutions appearing across multiple years and multiple grants.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • “nonpartisan”
  • “long-term sustainability”
  • “local news”
  • “digital integration”
  • “renewed support”
  • “fact-based”

Positioning adjacent work

  • Tie your work to information ecosystem health or newsroom sustainability, not to journalism as a public good in the abstract.
  • University researchers should propose a named center with a research-to-practice pipeline; ask $500,000 to $1.3 million.
  • Emphasize nonpartisan framing explicitly. It appears in nearly every policy and research grant description.
  • Show a path off the grant: earned revenue, endowment, or matched public dollars like ARPA funds.

Worth knowing: Money concentrates in five Knight cities, above all Miami, plus a national journalism layer in New York and DC; work outside those geographies needs a national field-building rationale. The Miami Foundation functions as their regranting vehicle and absorbs large sums, and a small set of repeat grantees (Georgetown, Pew, AP, Miami institutions) take a big share, which makes existing relationships and Knight-branded centers a real advantage.

200 grants matching “knights” · $47.0M

  • $2.5M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $1.0M

    Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    To establish the knight tech infusion fund at foundation for the carolinas that will increase the capacity and sustainability of charlotte artists and arts organizations through the wise use of technology.

  • $1.0M

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the construction of the knight center for music innovation - a state of the art facility that will engage students and audiences through technologically enhanced concert experiences and support talent develop… read all
  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2024

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $845,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    To stabilize operations and execute initiatives focused on scaling participation in the knight centers online courses.

  • $550,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund miami, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $500,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    To support new independent research on free expression in the digital age through the growth of the research fellows program at knight first amendment institute at columbia university.

  • $500,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To continue support for reimagining the civic commons learning network for knight cities.

  • $500,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the winners of knight new work, an open call to miami-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experience… read all
  • $450,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To increase support for the 2024 knight art + tech expansion funds in miami and detroit, which are open calls focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $412,000

    8 80 Cities · 2024

    To renew support for knight emerging city champions, a program that provides training, funding, and connections to emerging leaders in knight cities to complete prototype projects focused on public space and the use of … read all
  • $333,000

    Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    To provide reduced tuition for up to 30 local news leaders -- knight fellows -- to participate in the media transformation challenge, a respected leadership program that drives participants toward measurable strategic s… read all
  • $300,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund detroit, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $278,000

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    To continue support for uncs center for innovation and sustainability in local media, which includes a regional newsroom transformation program and knight chair penelope abernathys research on the changing local news la… read all
  • $250,000

    United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To support artists working at the intersection of art and technology in knight cities through nine fellowships and the production of shift space, an industry-leading publication.

  • $250,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support journalism symposia that will be held at howard university and other historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) and to provide grant administrative capacity to support howard's knight journalism cha… read all
  • $250,000

    Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography · Akron, OH · 2024

    To establish the knight choreography prize at the national center for choreography (nccakron) in northeast ohio.

  • $250,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    To support knight foundations participation in the overall $30 million trust for civic infrastructure initiative, ensuring the programs work in rural areas, and that 3-5 knight cities are engaged in the trust.

  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the winners of knight new work, an open call to akron-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experience… read all
  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the winners of knight new work, an open call to detroit-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experien… read all
  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund akron, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To increase support for knight new work 2024 an open call to detroit-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experi… read all
  • $219,128

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the winners of knight new work 2022, an open call for new works across artistic genres that use technology in their practice to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experienced.

  • $200,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To establish the knight foundation federal alumni fellowship fund at the miami foundation.

  • $200,000

    Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · South Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the launch of the knight foundation fellowship in healthcare technology innovation, a multidisciplinary, yearlong fellowship that immerses participants in the principles, skills and tactics used in developing… read all
  • $200,000

    Akron History Center · Akron, OH · 2024

    To support the akron history center and an exhibit featuring john s. And james l. Knight, the akron beacon journal and knight foundation.

  • $125,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    To provide support for a two-year knight fellowship at the shorenstein center on media, politics and public policy.

  • $75,000

    Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    To launch the library support network which will provide in person online programming and support for library foundations and library fundraising professionals in knight cities and nationally.

  • $50,000

    New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support the work of the new world symphony to prepare graduates of music programs for leadership roles in professional orchestras and ensembles.this grant is in honor of sue kronick's service on the knight foundation… read all
  • $50,000

    Covenant Preparatory School · Hartford, CT · 2024

    To support the work of covenant preparatory school to provide young men from underserved communities the foundation required to successfully pursue higher education. This grant is in honor of frank borges' longtime serv… read all
  • $45,649

    Miami Light Project · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,742

    Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade County Florida · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,475

    Musicall · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,342

    Miami Theater Center · Miami Shores, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,264

    Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,249

    Zoetic Stage · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $44,249

    City Theatre · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $43,875

    Fundarte · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $43,688

    Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $43,292

    Goodwood Museum and Gardens · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $42,942

    Coral Gables Museum Corporation · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $42,786

    Boca Raton Historical Society · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $42,592

    Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $42,582

    Indie Film Club Miami · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $41,168

    Lemoyne Art Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $40,785

    Centro Cultural Espanol De Cooperacion Iberoamericana Miami (Ccem) · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $40,519

    Arts & Business Council of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $36,878

    City of Boynton Beach · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $36,310

    Theatre Tallahassee · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $35,857

    Orchestra Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $34,896

    Les Ailes Du Desir Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $33,981

    Florida Association of Museums Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $33,945

    Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center · Key Biscayne, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $33,762

    Prizm Projects · Miami Gardens, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $32,404

    Miami Dade College Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $32,389

    Florida School Music Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $31,242

    Making Light Productions · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $29,250

    The Murray Dranoff Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $29,132

    Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $28,158

    Spady Cultural Heritage Museum · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $28,109

    Gold Coast Railroad Museum · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $25,699

    Florida Film Institute · North Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $25,516

    John Gilmore Riley Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $24,766

    Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $23,960

    Chopin Foundation of the United States · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $23,681

    Miami Chamber Music Society · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $23,403

    4ward Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $22,848

    Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $22,733

    Ballet Palm Beach · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $22,311

    South Florida Youth Symphony · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $21,298

    Patrons of Exceptional Artists · Aventura, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,901

    Artists in Residence in Everglades · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,841

    Ballet Flamenco La Rosa · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,325

    Pioneer Winter Collective · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,262

    Reflections of Manatee · Bradenton, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,226

    The Children'S Voice Chorus · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,122

    Rise Kern Cultural Productions · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,122

    Southern Shakespeare Company · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $20,000

    Louisiana State University Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    To support an undergraduate journalism scholarship named in honor of longtime knight-ridder editor jerry ceppos.

  • $19,856

    Florida Art Education Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,832

    Arca Images · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,625

    The M Ensemble Company · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,530

    Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,448

    Illuminarts · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,241

    Edge Zones · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,223

    Peter London Global Dance Company · North Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,033

    The Opera Atelier · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $19,033

    Aequalis · Lake Worth, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $18,567

    Across Missions · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $18,492

    Miano Academy of Art · Bradenton, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $18,359

    Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $17,831

    El Ingenio · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $16,942

    Karen Peterson and Dancers · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $16,803

    Tl Tango Lovers Organization · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $15,843

    The Tallahassee Bach Parley · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $15,358

    Alhambra Music · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $15,256

    Bas Fisher Invitational · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $15,119

    Artsouth a Not for Profit · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $13,225

    Creation Art Center · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $13,185

    Miami Short Film Festival · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,771

    The Tallahassee Community Chorus · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,488

    621 Gallery · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,373

    Friends of South Florida Music · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,321

    Civic Chorale of Greater Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,188

    Sanctuary of the Arts · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,058

    Artefactus Cultural Project · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $12,006

    Resource Depot · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,928

    Cuatrogatos Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,743

    Women Photographers International Archive · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,734

    Conecta Miami Arts · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,539

    Cafa - Third Horizon · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,465

    Name Publications · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,384

    Main Street Players · Miami Lakes, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $11,248

    Primer Acto Florida Foundation · Miami Springs, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $10,944

    Fire Haus Projects · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $10,600

    Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    To provide knight staff, especially grant makers, with access to a host of resources including signature programming, professional experts and legislative updates.

  • $10,350

    National Minority Supplier Development Council · New York, NY · 2024

    To continue evolving knight's supplier diversity program with the goal of gaining access to certified minority vendors and sharing best practices with peer foundations and other corporate partners.

  • $9,584

    Doral Contemporary Art Museum · Doral, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $9,439

    Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival · Jupiter, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $9,428

    The Society for the Preservation & Encouraging of Barbershop Quartet Singin · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $8,261

    Enhanceability · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $8,052

    Troop of Actors · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $6,526

    The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $6,223

    Global Arts Project · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $5,337

    Lake Worth Cultural Renaissance Foundation · Lake Worth Beach, FL · 2024

    To support organizations in knight florida communities with general program support in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

  • $2,500

    Harvest Christian Fellowship · Riverside, CA · 2024

    To support the general operations of harvest christian fellowship. This grant is being made in recognition of liset huff's longtime service to knight foundation.

  • $2,500

    World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2024

    To support the general operations of world vision. This grant is being made in recognition of liset huff's longtime service to knight foundation.

  • $2.0M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $2.0M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $1.6M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To create the knight local free press legal network fund at the miami foundation with the reporters committee for freedom of the press as the designated endowed fund's initial grantee to protect local press freedom and … read all
  • $1.6M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To create the knight local free press legal network fund at the miami foundation with the reporters committee for freedom of the press as the designated endowed fund's initial grantee to protect local press freedom and … read all
  • $1.0M

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the construction of the knight center for music innovation - a state of the art facility that will engage students and audiences through technologically enhanced concert experiences and support talent develop… read all
  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $1.0M

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the construction of the knight center for music innovation - a state of the art facility that will engage students and audiences through technologically enhanced concert experiences and support talent develop… read all
  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $957,000

    International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2023

    To promote the global exchange of best practices in journalism through the knight fellowships program at the international center for journalists (icfj).

  • $957,000

    International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2023

    To promote the global exchange of best practices in journalism through the knight fellowships program at the international center for journalists (icfj).

  • $900,000

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To augment the current design of the new knight recital hall to integrate advanced technological capacity to be used in the engagement of audiences inside and outside of the performance spaces.

  • $900,000

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To augment the current design of the new knight recital hall to integrate advanced technological capacity to be used in the engagement of audiences inside and outside of the performance spaces.

  • $800,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023

    To stabilize operations and execute initiatives focused on scaling participation in the knight centers online courses.

  • $800,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023

    To stabilize operations and execute initiatives focused on scaling participation in the knight centers online courses.

  • $500,000

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    To continue support for uncs center for innovation and sustainability in local media, which includes a regional newsroom transformation program and knight chair penelope abernathys research on the changing local news la… read all
  • $500,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund miami 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $500,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support new independent research on free expression in the digital age through the growth of the research fellows program at knight first amendment institute at columbia university.

  • $500,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support new independent research on free expression in the digital age through the growth of the research fellows program at knight first amendment institute at columbia university.

  • $500,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund miami 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $500,000

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    To continue support for uncs center for innovation and sustainability in local media, which includes a regional newsroom transformation program and knight chair penelope abernathys research on the changing local news la… read all
  • $400,000

    Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To establish the knight foundation art + research center at ica miami, an effort to provide public events, intensive courses/workshops, and online educational resources focused on contemporary art.

  • $400,000

    Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · Miami, FL · 2023

    To establish the knight foundation art + research center at ica miami, an effort to provide public events, intensive courses/workshops, and online educational resources focused on contemporary art.

  • $375,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support an endowed knight chair in journalism at howard university.

  • $375,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support nonpartisan civic engagement in knight communities by enabling lawful permanent residents to become u.s. Citizens, so they may participate more fully in the civic life of their communities.

  • $375,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support an endowed knight chair in journalism at howard university.

  • $375,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support nonpartisan civic engagement in knight communities by enabling lawful permanent residents to become u.s. Citizens, so they may participate more fully in the civic life of their communities.

  • $360,670

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the 24 winners of the 2021 knight arts challenge miami. The list of winners, including a short description of their projects, is included in the request documents.

  • $360,670

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the 24 winners of the 2021 knight arts challenge miami. The list of winners, including a short description of their projects, is included in the request documents.

  • $312,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the winners of knight new work 2022, an open call for new works across artistic genres that use technology in their practice to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experienced.

  • $312,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the winners of knight new work 2022, an open call for new works across artistic genres that use technology in their practice to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is experienced.

  • $300,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund detroit 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $300,000

    Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To support the development, launch, and implementation of sphinx lead (leaders in excellence, arts & diversity), a professional development/fellowship program for classical music's emerging leaders of color in knight ci… read all
  • $300,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund detroit 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $300,000

    Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2023

    To support the development, launch, and implementation of sphinx lead (leaders in excellence, arts & diversity), a professional development/fellowship program for classical music's emerging leaders of color in knight ci… read all
  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the winners of knight new work 2023, an open call to detroit-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is exp… read all
  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support knight foundations continued participation in the netgain partnership, a nonpartisan collaboration of several foundations focused on information sharing, learning, and grantmaking on internet-related issues.

  • $250,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support journalism symposia that will be held at howard university and other historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) and to provide grant administrativecapacity to support howard's knight journalism chai… read all
  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support knight foundations continued participation in the netgain partnership, a nonpartisan collaboration of several foundations focused on information sharing, learning, and grantmaking on internet-related issues.

  • $250,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To provide support for two knight fellowships at the berkman klein center at harvard university.

  • $250,000

    Seedai · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the participation of 80 college students from knight cities in testing of large language models at def con, a globally renowned computing and cybersecurity conference.

  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the winners of knight new work 2023, an open call to detroit-based artists and arts organizations for new works across artistic genres that use technology to create, disseminate and enhance the way art is exp… read all
  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund akron 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $250,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the work of the knight first amendment institute at columbia university, in recognition of the leadership of lee bollinger who helped organize the institute and served as its founding chair of the board.

  • $250,000

    Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support journalism symposia that will be held at howard university and other historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) and to provide grant administrativecapacity to support howard's knight journalism chai… read all
  • $250,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the work of the knight first amendment institute at columbia university, in recognition of the leadership of lee bollinger who helped organize the institute and served as its founding chair of the board.

  • $250,000

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the grantees of the knight art + tech expansion fund akron 2023, an open call focused on digital integration for artists and arts & cultural organizations.

  • $250,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To provide support for two knight fellowships at the berkman klein center at harvard university.

  • $250,000

    Seedai · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support the participation of 80 college students from knight cities in testing of large language models at def con, a globally renowned computing and cybersecurity conference.

  • $223,123

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To facilitate a bipartisan convening of knight city leaders and experts in washington dc, to share and learn nonpartisan practices to winning and implementing federal funds for infrastructure projects.

  • $223,123

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To facilitate a bipartisan convening of knight city leaders and experts in washington dc, to share and learn nonpartisan practices to winning and implementing federal funds for infrastructure projects.

  • $200,000

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To provide support for a knight visiting scholar at the university of pennsylvania's annenberg school of communication.

  • $200,000

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To provide support for a knight visiting scholar at the university of pennsylvania's annenberg school of communication.

  • $200,000

    Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · South Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the launch of the knight foundation fellowship in healthcare technology innovation, a multidisciplinary, yearlong fellowship that immerses participants in the principles, skills and tactics used in developing… read all
  • $200,000

    Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · South Miami, FL · 2023

    To support the launch of the knight foundation fellowship in healthcare technology innovation, a multidisciplinary, yearlong fellowship that immerses participants in the principles, skills and tactics used in developing… read all
  • $197,840

    Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography · Akron, OH · 2023

    To establish the knight choreography prize at the national center for choreography (nccakron) in northeast ohio.

  • $197,840

    Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography · Akron, OH · 2023

    To establish the knight choreography prize at the national center for choreography (nccakron) in northeast ohio.

  • $170,489

    University of Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2023

    To document, evaluate, and disseminate the key learnings of the knight av initiative as it seeks to ensure residents needs are at the center of designing and deploying autonomous vehicle (av) and new mobility technologi… read all
  • $170,489

    University of Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2023

    To document, evaluate, and disseminate the key learnings of the knight av initiative as it seeks to ensure residents needs are at the center of designing and deploying autonomous vehicle (av) and new mobility technologi… read all
  • $150,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To increase the visibility and awareness of the knight first amendment institute among leaders and decision-makers in technology, government policy, and philanthropy.

  • $150,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    To increase the visibility and awareness of the knight first amendment institute among leaders and decision-makers in technology, government policy, and philanthropy.

  • $150,000

    Tubman African American Museum · Macon, GA · 2023

    To support general operations for the tubman african american museum inc in honor of september 2023 knight board of trustee visit.

  • $150,000

    Tubman African American Museum · Macon, GA · 2023

    To support general operations for the tubman african american museum inc in honor of september 2023 knight board of trustee visit.

  • $106,770

    US Ignite · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support community-led initiatives that enable connectivity and digital transformation in 10 knight communities by identifying broadband expansion and smart cities projects that will target underserved within communit… read all
  • $106,770

    US Ignite · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support community-led initiatives that enable connectivity and digital transformation in 10 knight communities by identifying broadband expansion and smart cities projects that will target underserved within communit… read all
  • $100,000

    8 80 Cities · 2023

    To renew support for knight emerging city champions, a program that provides training, funding, and connections to emerging leaders in knight cities to complete prototype projects focused on public space and the use of … read all
  • $100,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the general operations of the paley center for media, and payment of trustee fee for alberto ibarguen, in representation of knight foundation as a trustee of the paley center.

  • $100,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support nonpartisan research on election preparedness through convening civic leaders and election administrators in three states that are home to knight communities.

  • $100,000

    8 80 Cities · 2023

    To renew support for knight emerging city champions, a program that provides training, funding, and connections to emerging leaders in knight cities to complete prototype projects focused on public space and the use of … read all
  • $100,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support nonpartisan research on election preparedness through convening civic leaders and election administrators in three states that are home to knight communities.

  • $100,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the general operations of the paley center for media, and payment of trustee fee for alberto ibarguen, in representation of knight foundation as a trustee of the paley center.

  • $80,000

    Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    To launch the library support network which will provide in person online programming and support for library foundations and library fundraising professionals in knight cities and nationally.

  • $80,000

    Seattle Public Library Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    To launch the library support network which will provide in person online programming and support for library foundations and library fundraising professionals in knight cities and nationally.

  • $69,575

    Code for America Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To support brigades in knight foundation communities with training and technical assistance to develop sustainability models that can support local projects and drive impact across the entire code for america network.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • The Miami Foundation68 grants · $47.3M
  • University of Akron Foundation6 grants · $24.1M
  • Georgetown University8 grants · $10.6M
  • University of Miami19 grants · $9.1M
  • American Journalism Project4 grants · $9.0M
  • The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf5 grants · $9.0M
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts7 grants · $8.3M
  • Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition10 grants · $7.3M
  • Foundation for Detroit'S Future4 grants · $6.0M
  • National Trust for Local News7 grants · $5.8M

Giving over time

$102.3M
2022
$240.1M
2023
$147.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,751 grants.

  • $12.0M

    University of Akron Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support the transformation of the polsky building into a center of entrepreneurship, community collaboration, artistic performances and learning; and to contribute to the civic and economic vibrancy of downtown akron.

  • $12.0M

    University of Akron Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support the transformation of the polsky building into a center of entrepreneurship, community collaboration, artistic performances and learning; and to contribute to the civic and economic vibrancy of downtown akron.

  • $5.0M

    The Associated Press · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the associated press to ensure state-based, public-service journalism is available in 50 states while ap devises a new local news business strategy to better position it for long-term sustainability.

  • $4.5M

    American Journalism Project · Dc, WA · 2022

    To provide the lead investment in the american journalism project, (ajp) a first-of-its-kind venture philanthropy organization focused on growing and sustaining independent, nonpartisan, local civic news organizations.

  • $4.0M

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    To sustain the institute, which will convene, support and provide accessible, actionable, nonpartisan insights to the stakeholders and institutions that design, operate, study and govern the digital information environm… read all
  • $4.0M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To provide up to $10,000,000 towards the administrative costs of press forward to ensure that the entire press forward initiative maximizes opportunities, especially in its early stages, for positive impact in sustainab… read all
  • $4.0M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To provide up to $10,000,000 towards the administrative costs of press forward to ensure that the entire press forward initiative maximizes opportunities, especially in its early stages, for positive impact in sustainab… read all
  • $3.5M

    Florida International University Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    To support the growth of the school of computing and information sciences (scis) at florida international university as it seeks to become a leading school for computer science and engineering in florida and the go-to t… read all
  • $3.0M

    Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2024

    To recruit, hire, train and place reporters from a variety of experiences and backgrounds into local newsrooms, and build durable local revenue streams atop those positions to assure long-term support for community jour… read all
  • $2.9M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    Support the growth, adaptation and diversification of newsmatch in the press forward era, to increase the competency of non-profit publishers seeking earned reader revenue.

  • $2.8M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To foster healthy communities by aiding local news publishers in the production of fact-based state and local election reporting, with a focus on swing states in which this coverage will be particularly relevant and use… read all
  • $2.7M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To help local news organizations poised for statewide growth expand into new markets.

  • $2.5M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $2.5M

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To sustain the institute, which will convene, support and provide accessible, actionable, nonpartisan insights to the stakeholders and institutions that design, operate, study and govern the digital information environm… read all
  • $2.5M

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023

    To sustain the institute, which will convene, support and provide accessible, actionable, nonpartisan insights to the stakeholders and institutions that design, operate, study and govern the digital information environm… read all
  • $2.2M

    The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Create an accelerator supporting technology solutions essential for publishers and journalists to achieve their educational mission and help demonstrate the viability of solutions supporting local publishers' missions b… read all
  • $2.1M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To supplement the elections integrity fund at the miami foundation, which fosters healthy communities by aiding local news publishers in the production of fact-based state and local election reporting, with a focus on s… read all
  • $2.0M

    American Journalism Project · Dc, WA · 2024

    To provide the lead investment in the american journalism project, (ajp) a first-of-its-kind venture philanthropy organization focused on growing and sustaining independent, nonpartisan, local civic news organizations.

  • $2.0M

    Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024

    To strengthen civic news company's business infrastructure, long-term organizational sustainability and the content available to local publishers.

  • $2.0M

    The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To build a future for local news by preparing news leaders and enterprises with the skills, strategies and tools to rapidly respond to the changes in the media landscape and serve their communities with quality journali… read all
  • $2.0M

    The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To build a future for local news by preparing news leaders and enterprises with the skills, strategies and tools to rapidly respond to the changes in the media landscape and serve their communities with quality journali… read all
  • $2.0M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $2.0M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic information; form beliefs, identities and c… read all
  • $2.0M

    The Well Community Development Corporation · Akron, OH · 2023

    Provide 1:1 match of the city of akrons $4,000,000 contribution of american rescue plan act funding to support the middlebury housing initiative.

  • $2.0M

    The Well Community Development Corporation · Akron, OH · 2023

    Provide 1:1 match of the city of akrons $4,000,000 contribution of american rescue plan act funding to support the middlebury housing initiative.

  • $2.0M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    To create the knight local free press legal network fund at the miami foundation with the reporters committee for freedom of the press as the designated endowed fund's initial grantee to protect local press freedom and … read all
  • $2.0M

    Tpf Special Assets Fund Dba the Lenfest Institute for Journalism Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    To build a future for local news by preparing news leaders and enterprises with the skills, strategies and tools to rapidly respond to the changes in the media landscape and serve their communities with quality journali… read all
  • $1.8M

    National Trust for Local News · Denver, CO · 2024

    To support high-quality local news in macon, advance the sustainability of the georgia trust for local news in middle georgia, and strengthen the national trust for local news.

  • $1.8M

    National Trust for Local News · Denver, CO · 2023

    To support high-quality local news in macon, advance the sustainability of the georgia trust for local news in middle georgia, and strengthen the national trust for local news.

  • $1.8M

    National Trust for Local News · Denver, CO · 2023

    To support high-quality local news in macon, advance the sustainability of the georgia trust for local news in middle georgia, and strengthen the national trust for local news.

  • $1.7M

    New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support the use of evolving technologies to reimagine the concert experience, expand the symphony's educational network, and build larger audiences who have a greater understanding of classical music.

  • $1.6M

    Institute for Nonprofit News · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the institute for nonprofit news and its programs to strengthen the high-quality local news ecosystem in the u.s. By focusing on the financial sustainability of nonprofit newsrooms.

  • $1.6M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To create the knight local free press legal network fund at the miami foundation with the reporters committee for freedom of the press as the designated endowed fund's initial grantee to protect local press freedom and … read all
  • $1.6M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To create the knight local free press legal network fund at the miami foundation with the reporters committee for freedom of the press as the designated endowed fund's initial grantee to protect local press freedom and … read all
  • $1.6M

    Institute for Nonprofit News · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To support the institute for nonprofit news and its programs to strengthen the high-quality local news ecosystem in the u.s. By focusing on the financial sustainability of nonprofit newsrooms.

  • $1.5M

    Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024

    As part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from bankruptcy (a) a financially sustainable community that can better engage and serve its citizens and (b) securing the… read all
  • $1.5M

    International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2024

    To better connect international journalists in order to develop new entrepreneurial opportunities, incorporate new technologies and protect and advocate for journalists abroad.

  • $1.5M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To ensure that newsrooms in nine u.s. Swing states can access election-related journalism and services from the associated press so they can better inform their readers with fact-based, nonpartisan political and electio… read all
  • $1.5M

    Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2023

    As part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from bankruptcy (a) a financially sustainable community that can better engage and serve its citizens and (b) securing the… read all
  • $1.5M

    Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2023

    As part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from bankruptcy (a) a financially sustainable community that can better engage and serve its citizens and (b) securing the… read all
  • $1.5M

    News Revenue Hub · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Accelerate the news revenue hubs capacity by scaling its technical staff to enable product, analytics, and data benchmarking capabilities, and to provide free access to those products and capabilities to independent, lo… read all
  • $1.5M

    News Revenue Hub · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Accelerate the news revenue hubs capacity by scaling its technical staff to enable product, analytics, and data benchmarking capabilities, and to provide free access to those products and capabilities to independent, lo… read all
  • $1.5M

    Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2022

    As part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from bankruptcy (a) a financially sustainable community that can better engage and serve its citizens and (b) securing the… read all
  • $1.5M

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022

    To digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make them available to the public via a "digital jukebox."

  • $1.4M

    The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Create an accelerator supporting technology solutions essential for publishers and journalists to achieve their educational mission and help demonstrate the viability of solutions supporting local publishers' missions b… read all
  • $1.4M

    The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Create an accelerator supporting technology solutions essential for publishers and journalists to achieve their educational mission and help demonstrate the viability of solutions supporting local publishers' missions b… read all
  • $1.3M

    Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition · Akron, OH · 2024

    To redesign and rebuild lock 3 as an excellent special event space and an inviting everyday day park for employees and new residents.

  • $1.3M

    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    To equip newsrooms with one-stop shopping at big local news for data that aids local news story production.

  • $1.3M

    Techcongress Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To strengthen technology expertise within the u.s. Congress by supporting the congressional innovation fellowship, which places an even number of technologists in congressional offices of both major political parties an… read all
  • $1.3M

    Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2024

    To support the growth of the media forensics hub at clemson university.

  • $1.3M

    Develop Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    To construct eight single-family homes in the north end neighborhood as a proof of concept for urban modular home construction and establish a revolving fund from sale proceeds to build more homes in detroit.

  • $1.3M

    American Journalism Project · Dc, WA · 2023

    To provide the lead investment in the american journalism project, (ajp) a first-of-its-kind venture philanthropy organization focused on growing and sustaining independent, nonpartisan, local civic news organizations.

  • $1.3M

    American Journalism Project · Dc, WA · 2023

    To provide the lead investment in the american journalism project, (ajp) a first-of-its-kind venture philanthropy organization focused on growing and sustaining independent, nonpartisan, local civic news organizations.

  • $1.3M

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the long-term future of the committee to protect journalists by investing in a permanent home for the organization as well as its continued sustainability.

  • $1.2M

    The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    To transform reader revenue tools and methods from a pilot program into a sustainable data and ai-product suite for publishers.

  • $1.2M

    Local Media Foundation · Lake City, MI · 2022

    To accelerate digital business transformation for 26 black-owned local news organizations and put them on a path toward long-term financial sustainability and independence.

  • $1.2M

    Various - Matching Gifts To Public Charities · Miami, FL · 2022

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  • $1.1M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To make a multiyear investment in newsmatch, a national matching fund that strengthens the fundraising capabilities of nonprofit newsrooms, increases individual donations and activates larger local philanthropic investm… read all
  • $1.1M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

    To make a multiyear investment in newsmatch, a national matching fund that strengthens the fundraising capabilities of nonprofit newsrooms, increases individual donations and activates larger local philanthropic investm… read all
  • $1.1M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    To make a multiyear investment in newsmatch, a national matching fund that strengthens the fundraising capabilities of nonprofit newsrooms, increases individual donations and activates larger local philanthropic investm… read all
  • $1.1M

    International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2022

    To promote the global exchange of best practices in journalism through the knight fellowships program at the international center for journalists (icfj).

  • $1.1M

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    To establish the center for information, technology, and public life at the university of north carolina at chapel hill (unc).

  • $1.1M

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2023

    To support collaborative reporting projects and civic engagement that focus on providing reporting about solutions to challenges facing communities, not just the problems.

  • $1.1M

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2023

    To support collaborative reporting projects and civic engagement that focus on providing reporting about solutions to challenges facing communities, not just the problems.

  • $1.1M

    Centre for Public Impact North America · Arlington, VA · 2023

    To redesign and redevelop president-facing digital products in city halls across four kfcommunities.

  • $1.1M

    Centre for Public Impact North America · Arlington, VA · 2023

    To redesign and redevelop president-facing digital products in city halls across four kfcommunities.

  • $1.1M

    Centre for Public Impact North America · Arlington, VA · 2022

    To redesign and redevelop president-facing digital products in city halls across four kf communities.

  • $1.1M

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2024

    To catalyze the next phase of propublica's local reporting network via support of newsrooms in communities historically underserved by journalism.

  • $1.1M

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2022

    To support collaborative reporting projects and civic engagement that focus on providing reporting about solutions to challenges facing communities, not just the problems.

  • $1.1M

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2023

    To support high-quality investigative reporting and data journalism in local newsrooms across the country.

  • $1.1M

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2023

    To support high-quality investigative reporting and data journalism in local newsrooms across the country.

  • $1.1M

    Propublica · New York, NY · 2022

    To support high-quality investigative reporting and data journalism in local newsrooms across the country.

  • $1.1M

    Muckrock Foundation Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024

    To solidify muckrocks role as a provider of tools for journalists and steward of a developer ecosystem.

  • $1.1M

    The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    To support the continuation of reimagining the civic commons, a collaborative, multicity effort to revitalize neglected public places in order to support greater community engagement.

  • $1.0M

    Various - Matching Gifts To Public Charities · Miami, FL · 2023

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    Various - Matching Gifts To Public Charities · Miami, FL · 2023

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  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2024

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $1.0M

    Downtown Akron Partnership · Akron, OH · 2024

    To support the establishment of a fund to acquire and develop downtown properties and continue downtown programming.

  • $1.0M

    Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    To establish the knight tech infusion fund at foundation for the carolinas that will increase the capacity and sustainability of charlotte artists and arts organizations through the wise use of technology.

  • $1.0M

    Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To expand and digitally equip the facilities of the institute of contemporary art, miami by purchasing and renovating a building adjacent to its current site.

  • $1.0M

    Miami Dade College Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    To provide a 1:1 match of miami-dade countys $5,000,000 contribution and city of miamis $2,000,000 contribution of american rescue plan act funding to miami dade college for the creation of new degree and certificate pr… read all
  • $1.0M

    Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support the growth of miami waterkeeper, a climate resilience nonprofit organization, through the hiring of executive leadership and the development and implementation of a digital communications and product strategy.

  • $1.0M

    Miami-Dade Innovation Authority · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    To support the establishment of the miami-dade innovation authority (mdia), a nonpartisan initiative to accelerate adoption of technologies that improve community outcomes in climate resiliency, health and financial inc… read all
  • $1.0M

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2024

    To digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make them available to the public via a "digital jukebox."

  • $1.0M

    National Faith Homebuyers · Detroit, MI · 2024

    To support the second phase of the down payment assistance program, which will support at least 300 families to purchase homes.

  • $1.0M

    News Revenue Hub · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Accelerate the news revenue hubs capacity by scaling its technical staff to enable product, analytics, and data benchmarking capabilities, and to provide free access to those products and capabilities to independent, lo… read all
  • $1.0M

    Ohio Local Information Initiative · Columbus, OH · 2024

    To provide the catalytic investment in signal akron, a new nonprofit digital news site managed by the ohio local news initiative. Signal akron will be an independent and nonpartisan civic news operation, and will serve … read all
  • $1.0M

    The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To increase access to and engagement with artistic programming both on-site and online for the philadelphia orchestra and kimmel center, inc. (pokc).

  • $1.0M

    The Well Community Development Corporation · Akron, OH · 2024

    Provide 1:1 match of the city of akrons $4,000,000 contribution of american rescue plan act funding to support the middlebury housing initiative.

  • $1.0M

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    To support the media, technology, and democracy initiative at the university of pennsylvania.

  • $1.0M

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    To support the construction of the knight center for music innovation - a state of the art facility that will engage students and audiences through technologically enhanced concert experiences and support talent develop… read all
  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $1.0M

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2023

    To support digital integration throughout the museum via implementation of the digital integration plan, the creation of the knight center for digital discovery, and related upgrades to technical infrastructure.

  • $1.0M

    Chicago Public Media · Navy Pier Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support the post-acquisition transition of the chicago sun-times into chicago public media, in order to support chicago media and learn from a unique model that could potentially be replicated in other u.s. Cities.

  • $1.0M

    Chicago Public Media · Navy Pier Chicago, IL · 2023

    To support the post-acquisition transition of the chicago sun-times into chicago public media, in order to support chicago media and learn from a unique model that could potentially be replicated in other u.s. Cities.

  • $1.0M

    Climate Summit Miami Beach Host Committee · Miami Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the development and deployment of digital engagement strategies for the "aspen ideas: climate" conference for three years.

  • $1.0M

    Climate Summit Miami Beach Host Committee · Miami Beach, FL · 2023

    To support the development and deployment of digital engagement strategies for the "aspen ideas: climate" conference for three years.

  • $1.0M

    Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2023

    To enable dance artists to experiment with new and emerging technologies in the creation of in-person and hybrid performances and digitally native works, offering audiences new ways to access and experience dance and th… read all
  • $1.0M

    Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2023

    To enable dance artists to experiment with new and emerging technologies in the creation of in-person and hybrid performances and digitally native works, offering audiences new ways to access and experience dance and th… read all
  • $1.0M

    Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2023

    To support the growth of miami waterkeeper, a climate resilience nonprofit organization, through the hiring of executive leadership and the development and implementation of a digital communications and product strategy.

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