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Initiatives

These high-profile grants represent several major investments spread out over time and generally blur departmental boundaries at Knight.

Knight News Challenge: Funds innovative ideas for using digital media to deliver news and information to geographic communities. More | NewsChallenge.org.
Knight Community Information Challenge: Offers matching grants to foundations across America to support creative ways to keep communities informed and engaged. More | InformationNeeds.org.
Knight Commission on Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy: In partnership with The Aspen Institute, will propose public policy to better meet information needs. More | KnightComm.org | Video.
Knight Center of Digital Excellence: Helps communities across the United States ensure digital access for every citizen. More | KnightCenter.info.
Carnegie-Knight Initiative / News21: Strives to transform journalism education in the United States. More | NewsInitiative.org.
World Wide Web Foundation: Seeks to advance the Web to empower all people and benefit humanity. More | WebFoundation.org.
Knight Pulse: Builds an online community to discuss the future of news and information. More | KnightPulse.org.

Knight Drupal Initiative: Enables more people to join the digital conversation by funding projects based in the free and popular software Drupal, which allows users to efficiently publish content online. News release | Groups.Drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative
Knight Arts Challenge (South Florida): Aims to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. KnightArts.org
BioInnovation Institute (Akron): Expands on Northeast Ohio’s rich legacy in industrial and materials science to help pioneer the next generation of life-enhancing and life-saving innovations. News release | BioInnovationInstitute.org
Creative Communities Initiative: The Knight Creative Communities Initiative (KCCI) was undertaken as part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's interest in the development of social entrepreneurs to promote community transformation based on Richard Florida's creative class theory to stimulate economic development. The focus of KCCI was sponsorship of the "Creative Community Leadership Seminar" in three regions and to train selected community leaders as creative community leaders. Read more for the three communities here: Duluth, Minn., Charlotte, N.C. and Tallahassee, Fla..
New Economy Initiative (Southeast Michigan): Strives to restore southeast Michigan to a position of leadership in the new global economy through a major philanthropic effort, in conjuntion with ten foundations. News release | NewEconomyInitiative.org