National League of Cities

To provide mayors and their staffs in Knight communities with the training, resources and support necessary to advance the naturalization of eligible immigrants

Southeastern Council of Foundations

For 2007 general operating support

1st ACT Silicon Valley

To create a new sense of place in Silicon Valley by supporting an initiative that uses the lens of creativity to bring the future into focus and inspire physical and cultural improvements

Knight New Media Endowment

To enable a unique orchestral academy to solidify its role as cultural icon by creation of a Knight New Media Endowment that will help the organization capitalize on technology and explore new performance formats

Knight School Education Series Endowment

To help create a vibrant museum culture in Miami by endowing Art for all Miami, an art education program that will lower the barrier to entry to the visual arts by taking 40,000 students to class at the museum each year

The Detroit Institute of Arts

To help the Detroit Institute of Arts transform its relationship to audiences by supporting a pilot project using a PDA (personal digital assistant) to deliver information about exhibits

New Economy Initiative

To speed the transition of southeast Michigan to a knowledge-based, entrepreneurial, creative economy through support of a broad-based philanthropic collaborative called the New Economy Initiative

CEOs for Cities

To develop a succinct, non-technical summary of theories of urban success that urban leaders can use to better understand the challenges they face and establish a basis for the policies they undertake

Silicon Valley Education Foundation

To bring forth "innovators of tomorrow" from within Silicon Valley's fragmented education system by supporting a center to set curricula and engage the private sector as active partners

Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative

To assist Detroit in implementing land use plans for more than 4,400 publicly-owned abandoned or vacant properties in the pivotal Northend neighborhood

The Free Library of Philadelphia

To highlight the new cultural and economic vision for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by catalyzing the growth of the Philadelphia Book Festival

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