Knight Foundation

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Job Opportunity Investment Network

To change the way employers and funders support career advancement for lower skilled Philadelphians by creating the Job Opportunity Investment Network

Bring to Light: Philadelphia

To encourage broader audience participation in the city's visual arts by expanding "Philly Photo Day 2012," where the community is invited to take and submit a picture that is ultimately used in an exhibition

Art Attack: Embedded Arts Journalists

To increase local arts coverage through a partnership between Drexel University and The (Philadelphia) Daily News to "embed" nonprofit arts journalists who will write regularly for a high-circulation city newspaper.

National Council of YMCAs of America

To develop the model YMCA Newcomer-Immigrant Program which will be implemented in seven Knight communities and then replicated nationally to support the successful integration of immigrants into our communities

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

Dance USA Philadelphia

To highlight Philadelphia's professional dance community with a portable sprung floor, allowing artists to perform, rehearse and teach in non-traditional venues

Daniel Arsham: Performative Architecture

To create a new sculpture series by artist Daniel Arsham at the museum that will debut along with a live performance and explore the boundaries between the galleries and theater

Philadelphia Green Jobs Corps

To advance lower-skilled Philadelphians into career ladder positions through the creation of the Philadelphia Green Jobs Corps

Civil Society Institute

To plan a community-based component to a multi-state early childhood network and develop of a statewide partnership for Quality Pre-Kindergarten in Pennsylvania

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