MiVote.org

To improve public broadcasting's experimental citizen forum, MiVote.org, and extend it beyond the 2010 election to engage citizens in issue coverage

Michigan Opera Theatre

To bring the opera into the community through performances in community spaces and commissioning a new opera based on the city’s rich cultural history

Mobilize.org: Democracy 2.0

To allow Mobilize.org to expand Democracy 2.0 - its community-based, millennial-led engagement project - into five Knight communities: Detroit, San Jose, Miami, Charlotte and Philadelphia

Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit

To provide opportunities for young people in Southwest Detroit to showcase their cultural heritage and interact with community members throughout the city with the expansion of a bilingual performance training program for youths

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

To feature artists who show exceptional promise in the field and who are interested in democratic and collaborative practices in their art-making through the emerging artist exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)

National Citizenship Collaboration

To support the creation of the National Citizenship Collaboration to test new program models, technology, collaboration and resources to enable more immigrants to become naturalized citizens in Detroit, Miami, San Jose, Long Beach and Charlotte

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

National Urban Squash and Education Association, Inc.

To catalyze support for the creation of an urban youth squash and education program in Detroit

Neighborhood Centers Inc.

To complete the final phase of development of a neighborhood park

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

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

Our Life in the D

To create a multi-media youth news service focused on news in neighborhoods and schools in partnership with the Skillman Foundation: Our Life in the D.