Ashoka Fellows

To select 15 promising social entrepreneurs in Knight Communities and to infuse them with the intellectual, financial and social capital required to increase their likelihood of success in their communities

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

To develop a plan for scaling up First Amendment education in Knight communities

Charlottesville Tomorrow

To add an engagement editor to the successful Charlottesville Tomorrow hyper-local news site

CitizenAtlas

For CitizenAtlas, a digital tool to help real people tell real stories based off of public data

Colorado Data Commons

For Colorado Data Commons to take public data and make it easy for citizens to access and use

Community News Commons

For Community News Commons, a grassroots project to engage, mentor, train and empower citizen journalists

DEMO Conference

For sponsorship of the Fall 2011 DEMO an important platform for new digital media entrepreneurs. Sponsorship includes two scholarships for two entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented groups

Dakotafire Media

For Dakotafire Media, an alliance of journalists from 29 rural community newspapers who will share a virtual newsroom to improve coverage of regional issues

Detroit Urban Innovation Exchange

For the Impact Project

Fiscal Agency Program

For support of the fiscal agency program established in 2010

FoCAS 2011

To underwrite the cost of Aspen Institute's Forum on Communications and Society that analyzed issues of networks and citizenship and proposed strategies to improved access to information and participation for individuals and communities

Globaloria West Virginia

For one-time support that will allow the digital media literacy program in West Virginia to fully transition to a state-supported program