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

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 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

Aspen Institute

To help national media policy makers understand community media issues by holding roundtables and a conference

World Press Freedom Committee

To educate world press-freedom organizations about governmental threats to Internet communication through a conference at UNESCO's Paris headquarters, Feb. 15-16, 2007, titled: New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension

American Society of News Editors Foundation

To revitalize high school journalism and revamp www.highschooljournalism.org

Florida International University

To study and discuss the future of news in Cuba

Internews

To increase coordination of media development and journalism training internationally

Channel One: First Amendment

For a strategic alliance with Channel One to promote First Amendment and student media

Harvard University

To support two Nieman Fellows from Latin America during the 2007-08 academic year

Knight Hall

To create the programming for the Knight Institute for the Future of Journalism.