Knight Foundation

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University of Akron

To underwrite half of the cost of developing a 10-year business plan for a new Academic Health Center in Akron

University of Akron

To develop a strategic plan that will meet the goal to achieve systemic change in health-care education, research and clinical services through the creation of an Academic Health Center in Akron

Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network

To develop the capacity of the nonprofit sector in four Knight communities to advocate for universal access by supporting the NTEN Municipal Wireless Empowerment Project

Tuesday Musical Association

To honor the memory of the Knight brothers' mother through support of the Clara I. Knight Scholarship Endowment Fund at the Tuesday Musical Association

Center for Nonprofit Excellence

To help Akron's nonprofits undergo generational leadership change by supporting a key center whose purpose is a higher performing nonprofit sector

Fund For Our Economic Future

To advance the success of a collaborative aimed at changing Northeast Ohio's economic agenda by enhancing a key executive's compensation package

OneCommunity

To field-test the concept of establishing free universal wireless in Knight communities by implementing the first phase of the Akron Community Wireless project

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

To restructure completely the system of food distribution to the needy by supporting the renovation of a massive warehouse and trucking facility

Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop

To develop a cadre of young minority leaders by revamping a one-week summer workshop into an intense year-long leadership development, personal growth and cultural arts experience

Fund For Our Economic Future

To advance the success of a region-wide collaborative aimed at changing the fundamentals of Northeast Ohio's economic agenda through support of the organization's intensive Phase Two plans

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