Innovation Institute: McColl Center for Visual Art

To strengthen a building block for creative community problem-solving through an experiential, artist-led creativity program, called the Innovation Institute

John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center

To advance lower-skilled Philadelphians into careers by opening the John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center

Habitat for Humanity Work Project 2008

To fund the sole Platinum level sponsorship of Habitat for Humanity's annual Jimmy & Roslyn Carter Work Project to build, rehab and frame 108 homes on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in May 2008

Living Cities

To support the start-up of the Admiral Community Impact Center. The center will advise professional athletes who want to give back to their communities, providing them with marketing support and helping them find the nonprofits that match their goals

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation

To support the building of a memorial to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to honor his national an international contributions to world peace through non-violent social change

Miami Music Project

To extend the joy of music to students in Miami-Dade schools through a year-round classical education program culminating in an annual festival with performances by youth and professional musicians

PICO National Network

To support the expansion of naturalization resources by using this faith-based approach to community organizing for immigrant families moving from green card to full citizenship in Philadelphia/Camden, Boulder, San Jose and Long Beach

Digital Public Square (YourPBC.org)

To position the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties as a civic leader by extending their management of Knight Foundation's community guideline

Improving graduation rates

To improve Philadelphia's educational attainment rankings by creating a new delivery model for college education in distressed neighborhoods

Freedom Fone

To create an economical way for poor people to use cell phones to create and gather information in forms difficult for authoritarian governments to control

Dilworth Plaza Redevelopment

To create a signature public space for Philadelphia by advancing the redevelopment of Dilworth Plaza

Printcasting

To enable individuals to create narrowly targeted, local niche publications with local advertising