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Miami Dade College

Developing entrepreneurs in Miami

Miami Dade College receives $2.18 million to advance the work of its new Idea Center, a community hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Knight Prototype Fund

18 info prototypes win support

The news and information projects each receive $35,000 to enhance storytelling and create a more engaged audience experience. The next deadline is Nov. 1.

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Knight Cities Challenge open for ideas

The $5 million Knight Cities Challenge will put ideas from anyone, anywhere, to work in the 26 Knight communities to make them more successful.

Knight Arts Challenge

58 arts ideas funded in Detroit

The winners build on Detroit’s cultural history and strengthen the role of artists in shaping the city’s future.

Knight Green Line Challenge

16 St. Paul projects share $530,000

Winners in the first Knight Green Line Challenge in St. Paul, Minn., will focus on making communities along the new rail line more vibrant places to live, work, play and visit.

Community Foundations

Exploring the sustainability of Giving Days

A new report with insights from 18 Giving Days examines how to sustain the popular 24-hour online fundraising campaigns.

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Explore Our Work

We fund ideas …from people with the vision, tenacity, courage, know-how, and commitment to discovery to see them through.

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Journalism & Media Innovation

Our goal at Knight Foundation is to preserve the best aspects of journalism and use innovation to expand the impact of information in the digital age.

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Engaged Communities

We invest in civic innovation at the intersection of talent, opportunity and place to enable our communities to succeed.

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Fostering the Arts

We seek to weave the arts into the fabric of communities to engage and inspire the people living in them.
@DennisScholl on our strategy

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Knight Blog

- 10/17/2014
- Blog Entry
What Knight Foundation funding opportunities are open now?
- 10/17/2014
- Blog Entry
Nonprofit focuses on creating vibrant street life in San Jose, Calif.
- 10/17/2014
- Blog Entry
An evangelist for entrepreneurship: With events like SIME MIA, Demian Bellumio is promoting Miami’s future
- 10/16/2014
- Blog Entry
Exploring the entries in Knight News Challenge: Libraries
- 10/16/2014
- Blog Entry
Giving Days Deep Dive: Join us Monday for a discussion on online giving campaigns
- 10/16/2014
- Blog Entry
Miami Dade College to infuse curriculum with entrepreneurial thinking
- 10/15/2014
- Blog Entry
A moveable [artist’s book] feast
- 10/15/2014
- Blog Entry
‘Knight Cities’: Talking livability and sustainability with Vin Cipolla
- 10/15/2014
- Blog Entry
18 news and information ideas receive Knight Prototype Fund support
- 10/14/2014
- Blog Entry
Welcome to Creative Exchange (again)

Publications

- 10/1/2014
- Publication
- - Evaluation
10 Lessons from the Knight Foundation Giving Day Initiative
- 9/17/2014
- Publication
The Future of the First Amendment 2014
- 8/26/2014
- Publication
- - Evaluation
Knight News Challenge 2010-11: What We Learned
- 2/13/2014
- Publication
Narrowing Gaps, New Challenges
- 1/13/2014
- Publication
- - Evaluation
Arts & Culture Assessment for Summit County
- 12/4/2013
- Publication
- - Evaluation
The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field
- 11/19/2013
- Publication
- - Evaluation
Catalyzing Regional Economic Transformation
- 11/12/2013
- Publication
Growth in Foundation Support for Media in the United States
- 10/29/2013
- Publication
- - Evaluation
Finding a Foothold
- 8/20/2013
- Publication
- - Evaluation
Giving Day Playbook

In The News

- 10/13/2014
- In The News
With no Internet at home, Miami-Dade kids crowd libraries for online homework
- 10/8/2014
- In The News
Our view: Big ideas for little cities
- 10/8/2014
- In The News
Phones 'on' at a Philly Orchestra concert? Believe it!
- 10/8/2014
- In The News
Detroit Photographer Commemorates Armenian Genocide Through Art
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
DSO to Explore Detroit, New Orleans Renewal Through 'A MUSICAL TALE OF TWO CITIES' Festival
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
Thirteen ideas for your city from the inaugural Urban Innovation Exchange
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
Knight Cities Challenge Issues Call for Ideas
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
$2.48 million given out in Knight Arts Challenge
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
Neighbor to Neighbor
- 10/7/2014
- In The News
58 winners of $2.48 million Detroit Knight Arts Challenge announced