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Benevolent, crowd funding site for low income people in need, to expand to 3 cities
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2,000+ laptops, training going to Charlotte L.I.F.T. students
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Building on Success, Knight Foundation Expands Support for Community Foundation-Backed Information Projects
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Knight Foundation honors Bill Friday with memorial fund contribution to UNC-Chapel Hill
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Project L.I.F.T. surpasses $55 million fundraising goal
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
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Charlotte Symphony blends Ravel with digital animation in world premiere
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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Challenge seeks new models for arts journalism
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Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program Announces National Expansion
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Three Cities Use Surprising Survey Findings to Stir Passion for Their Communities - and Possibly Economic Growth
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Got Love For Charlotte? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Foundations Deepen Partnership to Advance an “Informed and Engaged” Charlotte
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Queens University of Charlotte Becomes Digital Literacy Pioneer
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Open Government Effort Boosted with Knight Foundation Grant
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Charlotte Arts Groups Launch Innovative Projects with New Funding from Knight Foundation
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New Voices Invests in Nine Community News Projects
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Knight Foundation Names Vice President of Arts
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Free Public Internet Access Expands in 20 U.S. Cities Through Knight Foundation’s Library Initiative
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$1 Million Knight Foundation Gift Supports United States Artists (USA) Fellowship Program
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Libraries to Enrich Lives in 12 U.S. Communities Through Expansion of Digital Access
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Mecklenburg Library Initiative Will Increase Digital Access and Help Unemployed
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Economy Not Key In Residents' Love For Where They Live
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Economy Not Key In Residents' Love For Charlotte
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Dennis Scholl Named Miami Program Director for Knight Foundation
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North Carolina Dance Theatre announces building of new facility, with Knight support
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Nonprofits Will Get Tech Advice, Tools to Better Serve Charlotte
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New study: Al-Jazeera English encourages negotiation and reconciliation
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Media and Information Projects to Better Inform Communities Nationwide
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How Much Do You Love Where you Live?
Knight Blog
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ArtPlaces announces new funding to 44 U.S. communities
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Flash philanthropy wows crowd at commencement
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New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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A massive group effort to unlock the full potential of 30 million lives
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Promoting digital literacy in Charlotte
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Missed #infoneeds conversation at Knight's Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
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Expanded commitment to community information needs
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Libraries use digital technology to redefine their roles in communities
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Libraries go from building collections to making connections
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Using digital tools, literacy to reshape Charlotte
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Charlotte leaders share path to increasing student achievement
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ArtPlace announces 104 finalists for creative placemaking grants
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Communities connect across the Carolina Thread Trail
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Improving the quality, quantity of local arts journalism
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Knight honored for strengthening community in Charlotte
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Preparing Charlotte students to compete as 21st century learners
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Knight Foundation's Communities Program strategy
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How Knight Arts helps build community by binding people to place
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Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
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Charlotte nonprofit helps community through tech
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Knight Foundation and partners named as powerful leaders in the arts
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Bringing millennial-led civic engagement to Charlotte
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Improving student achievement in Charlotte
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ArtPlace: helping create a sense of place via the arts
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Digital workshops in Charlotte help improve media literacy
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Knight School honors faculty member who helps students embrace digital and media literacy
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Videos explore the role of libraries in communities & visions for the future
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Charlotte hosts entrepreneur competition to address community issues
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.@recovers_org launches http://t.co/cFwUDkP3tE to help coordinate #OKC #Moore tornado relief. Share needs, volunteer or send supplies.
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National #artplace grants to receive new support include #Miami's own @ArshtCenter and @OCINEMA http://t.co/B3tMB7HGru v @MiamiHerald
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MT @EricNewton1: Civic engagement increases with news and information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We
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MT @skitdaddle: Big things to come at @McCollCenterNC with support from @ArtPlaceAmerica and the @knightfdn | http://t.co/KPjOx7xhuZ
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MT @jpalfrey: Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen Receives Annual PBS ‘Be More’ Award: @pbs: http://t.co/U7pGLQ7158 @ibarguen
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Meet some of new @ArtPlaceAmerica #placemaking projects: @OCINEMA @ArshtCenter @LiveArtsFringe @MACLAarte @MercerYou http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP
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"IRS foot-dragging on tax-exempt status is stifling nonprofit investigative #journalism" http://t.co/B9ch4wrYun v @washingtonpost
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.@ArtPlaceAmerica announces $15.2M in funding for new projects in 44 #communities http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP #artplace #placemaking
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Using stories & data to advance community change http://t.co/rfCrGLU6ue v @TDFcommunity @floodlightstory #opendata #dataviz
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How jschools are helping students develop entrepreneurial #journalism skills http://t.co/HLepj5LsAK v @poynter #education
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Paving the way for 'ecoventions' at the @SchuylkillCtr http://t.co/Lb6xO4dQO2 by @newsworkswhyy v @KnightArts #Philly
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Come work with us at Knight. We're currently hiring for a #systemsanalyst & an assistant http://t.co/rJkUBaUHNK #employment #hr
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Don't miss an opportunity for #funding in #opengov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/OoXlMcWmZ8 #infoneeds
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Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
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.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
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In The News
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Knight Foundation and Fisher family fund nonprofit startup, Benevolent
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A noble life in the digital age
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Innovative program promotes new technology in the classroom
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West Charlotte students receive 2,000 laptops from Project LIFT
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West Charlotte students get 2,000 free laptops
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Notebooks, training go to Project LIFT
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How To Spread 1,000 Random Acts Of Culture
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Project LIFT clears $55 million goal
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Money for Arts Journalism, in three cities that need it
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$80,000 will help Charlotte media cover the arts
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NPower is power to the nonprofit
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The Knight Foundation is bringing artists out of performance halls and into people’s everyday lives
Featured Charlotte Projects (3 of 72)
Browse ProjectsSpringboard for the Arts
To bring Springboard for the Arts' Community Supported Art program to Knight Foundation's eight communities over the next two years, inspiring local art movements
Women of Tomorrow: Philadelphia, Detroit, Charlotte, Palm Beach
To support the expansion of this Miami-based mentoring program into four Knight communities: Philadelphia, Detroit, Charlotte and Palm Beach
McColl Center for Visual Art
To add "art stars" to the residency program, elevating the visibility of the center in the community and in the world
About our Charlotte Strategy
Charlotte is known as a can-do city that takes on and often solves the thorniest problems. Knight Foundation is committed to informing and engaging communities in their own true interests. So, in Charlotte we are joining with residents and leaders who are interested in innovative and effective ways to engage families, neighborhoods and the broader community in creating a brilliant educational experience for all our students.
Knight also continues to support the arts as tools of engagement, encouraging organizations to identify and test new ways of connecting more residents to the arts.
About Our Engaged Communities Strategy
To help sustain healthy communities in a democracy, we aim to increase the ability of individuals to engage in change.
Trabian Shorters on our strategy
Staff
Susan Patterson
Program Director/Charlotte
Charlotte Community Advisory Committee
• Ann Caulkins (chair)
• Dianne Bailey
• Astrid Chirinos
• Keith Cradle
• Will Miller
• Josh Oakhurst
• Darrell Williams