SoFA

To create a sustainable transformation of San Jose's urban core into a vibrant cultural and social hub for the region

Springboard 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

Mobilize.org: Democracy 2.0

To allow Mobilize.org to expand Democracy 2.0 - its community-based, millennial-led engagement project - into five Knight communities: Detroit, San Jose, Miami, Charlotte and Philadelphia

Arts4School

To expand the "Arts4School" program already in place in East Palo Alto's Costaño Elementary School and to replicate it in east San Jose's Lyndale Elementary School

Cinequest: Picture the Possibilities

For year one of Cinequest's three-year project "Picture the Possibilities" ("PTP") to empower youth with the tools, mentors and experience needed to turn their stories into films while challenging them to drive change in their communities

New Pathways for the Arts

To grow the culture of innovation in the San Jose arts community through the support of the New Pathways for the Arts Initiative, a tested national model for innovation training

Puccini's La Boheme

To present one private performance of Puccini's La Boheme as an audience development project for targeted members of the San Jose community who have never or not recently attended an opera

Random Acts of Culture: San Jose

To break down barriers of access to the performing arts and touch the lives of residents with Random Acts of Culture (RAC), a series of unexpected, spontaneous cultural performances in non-traditional settings

San Jose Public Library Foundation

For 250 public access computers at eight San Jos Public Library locations

Mobilizing America's Youth

To provide general operating and strategic planning support for Generation Engage's work in Charlotte, Miami and San Jose

The Extraordinaries (via Tides Fdn.)

To foster community engagement by allowing residents to use a mobile phone for volunteer activities in their community

Zero1 - The Art and Technology Network

To build an internationally recognized cultural identity and sense of place for the Silicon Valley by strengthening ZERO1's organizational capacity and making its biennial international digital arts festival a signature cultural event