Knight Foundation
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To create momentum for a set of initiatives that transform the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a destination cultural campus by supporting the physical expansion of one of the Parkway's signature institutions
To extend the national reach of the Constitution Center's highest profile programs through the Knight Initiative for Civic Education
To foster civic engagement around the re-imagination of the Delaware Waterfront by supporting the development of the web-based journalism tool, www.planphilly.com
To highlight new possibilities that the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has to offer the region, both culturally and economically, by supporting the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival
To fuel the continued growth of Philadelphia as a heritage tourism destination by supporting the complete renovation of the Ben Franklin Underground Museum, thus creating a facility on a par with the best biographical museums in the world
To construct the Knight Early Learning Research Academy in Camden, offering a collection of model services for improving early childhood education, raising the possibility the Academy will set the standard for early childhood education in New Jersey.
To advance a concept for the re-design of Dilworth Plaza at Philadelphia's City Hall, for the purpose of re-establishing a signature public space at the heart of the city's central business district
To implement the Philly Fellows Leadership Development Program and to lay the groundwork for the expansion of the Philly Fellows Initiative, in an effort to develop a novel approach to the retention of the region's college students
To implement a series of programs designed to make the 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election more open, fair and efficient
To assist Philadelphia, Boulder and Lexington leverage their Knight grant investments into large-scale, sustainable causes
To expand Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia programs in North Philadelphia
For a literacy program targeted to Latino children in North Philadelphia family child care homes