John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Grant money helps to improve the arts...arts in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In a significant boost to South Florida's arts and culture in a budget-strapped year, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will award $3.7 million in grants to arts groups through its Knight... In this article: Carmen, Miami-Dade, Wolfsonian-FIU, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Miami Herald, and Alberto Ibarguen |
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Macon Telegraph | 6 days ago
College Hill Corridor grants are wide-ranging
...$100,000 to hire a consultant to develop new building codes and zoning guidelines for the area. The grants, provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and funneled through The Community Foundation of Central Georgia,...
In this article: Composting, Macon, Georgia, Mercer University, and Robert Reichert
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First round of College Hill grants decided
...zoning regulation overhauls and Sunday brunches to organic gardening and compost education programs. The grants, provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and funneled through The Community Foundation of Central Georgia, will...
In this article: Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, and Composting
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | 7 days ago
New websites seek the scoop on local news and ads
...launched in late October as a nonprofit online news and information exchange for Coral Gables. It's funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight Community Information Challenge, which supports organizations...
In this article: The Miami Herald, Revenue, Small business, Dog, and University of Miami
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YoungArts gala to pay tribute to supporters
YoungArts of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts will honor the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Alberto Ibarguen, the foundation's president and CEO, at its An Affair of the Arts performance and gala on Jan. 16.
In this article: Alberto Ibarguen, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, El Nuevo Herald, and A Christmas Carol
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Xconomy | November 16, 2009
Steve Bratt, CEO of New World Wide Web Foundation, Details Plans To Make the Web More Usable in the Developing World
...largely under the radar until now, the Web Foundation is subsisting for the time being on a five-year, $5 million seed grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The organization (which is not using the acronym WWWF, perhaps to...
In this article: World Wide Web Foundation, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web Consortium, Boston, HTML, HTTP, and Web-based
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Gay website to launch magazine
...University's J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, based in Washington, is funding the one-year project with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The money will be used to support a liaison at each news...
In this article: Bankruptcy, The Miami Herald, Escrow, and American University
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Fast Company | November 16, 2009
Tim Berners-Lee Launches Foundation to Increase Internet Access Around the World
...foundation launches two initiatives to expand Internet access where it is needed most, with help from a $5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. "It's the third story in Tim Berners-Lee's trilogy," explained Steve...
In this article: World Wide Web Foundation, Tim Berners-Lee, Climate change, and World Wide Web Consortium
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | November 14, 2009
Web’s inventor aims to improve access in developing nations
...foundation will be based in Geneva and have its US headquarters in Boston. It has received a launch grant of $5 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The new foundation's mission is far different from that of the World...
In this article: World Wide Web Foundation, Web-based, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium, and Geneva
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Cop: House fire where bodies found was intentional
...he said. The cause of the fire and the deaths remained under investigation. Knight Foundation to give $5M in grants to Detroit The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is announcing $5 million in grants in Detroit. The foundation...
In this article: Oklahoma City, Detroit, and The Miami Herald
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Knight Foundation to give $5M in grants to Detroit
DETROIT -- The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is announcing $5 million in grants in Detroit. The foundation plans to unveil the awards Wednesday. The organization says the grants will be awarded to help the city's "creative...
In this article: Detroit, Knight Ridder Inc., The Miami Herald, and Miami, Florida
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is an American private, non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting journalism and supporting the vitality of 26 communities where the Knight Brothers owned newspapers.
It began as the Knight Memorial Education Fund in 1940. For its first decade, most contributions came from the Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald.
Following the practices of their father Charles Landon Knight, John S. Knight and James L. Knight gave small grants for journalistic causes.
After Creed Black assumed the presidency in 1988, the foundation's national presence grew. In 1990 the board of trustees voted to relocate the foundation's headquarters from Akron, Ohio to Miami, Florida.
The foundation was renamed the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation on 1 January 1993. Funding in 2006 was distributed according to three programs. They are the Journalism Program, the Communities Program, and the National Program. Additionally, Knight Foundation has funded programs outside the basic three as in the case of Emergency Grantmaking (Hurricanes Andrew, Mitch, and Katrina; and for the September 11th Attacks).
Each of the three programs uses a set of funding priorities to select grants, described on the foundation's web site.
Communities which had Knight-Ridder Newspapers in them in 1991 at the time of the last founder James L. Knight's death are considered to be the 26 "Knight Communities", a consideration for funding eligibility in its Communities Program.
In December 1950, Knight Foundation was created with $9,047 transferred from that education fund. Knight Foundation incorporated in the state of Ohio with the goal of carrying out the work of the education fund. At its start, the foundation funded education, social services, cultural organizations and some journalism related causes.
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