American Society of News Editors Foundation

To increase public awareness of the importance of open government and endow Sunshine Week by creating the Knight First Amendment Fund

Ashoka Fellows

To select 15 promising social entrepreneurs in Knight Communities and to infuse them with the intellectual, financial and social capital required to increase their likelihood of success in their communities

Focus: HOPE

To increase the job skills of residents near Focus: HOPE's campus through support of the organization's comprehensive campaign

Knight International Media Center

To test, measure and implement new global news techniques at the Knight International Media Center, with two Knight Chairs in residence

National Infantry Foundation

To fuel the revitalization of South Columbus by supporting the National Museum and Heritage Park

National Security Archive Fund

To increase the freedom of flow of information to citizens and journalists by underwriting comprehensive audits that keep pressure on officials to release information in a timely and legal manner

Rutgers University Foundation

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.

Shorebank Enterprise Detroit

To accelerate neighborhood transformation in Detroit by supporting equity-like developer investments in affordable housing, multi-family rehab, and other projects, and to solidify ShoreBank as a community development agent

United Way of Allen County

To add a second pillar to Fort Wayne's embrace of "New Hoosiers" by connecting immigrant populations to educational and literacy services

United Way of the Midlands

To ensure United Way's civic leadership position in the Columbia area by jump-starting its rebuilding efforts

American Ballet Theatre at the Carnival Center for Performing Arts

To support a residency of American Ballet Theatre at the Carnival Center for Performing Arts

Arts Council Silicon Valley

To create a detailed business plan centered on the concept that creativity, both technological and artistic, is the once and future life force of Silicon Valley, and should be the basis for a coalescence of private and public decision-making