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Organization Profile
Knight Foundation
aka knight
A U.S. national foundation investing in healthier, more informed communities across journalism, local news, the arts, and civic and information ecosystems. Ideas can be submitted year-round via an online letter of inquiry, program directors make local grants year-round, and specific challenges and RFPs run on fixed windows -- for example the Knight Cities Challenge, which invests up to $200,000 per selected project. Software developed with Knight News Challenge grant funds must be released open source.1,2,3,4
Programs
2 programs on fileKnight News Challenge
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Knight Prototype Fund
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Awards
79 on fileShowing 26-50 of 79, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- Weighing the Wisdom of the Crowd — Orb MediaProgramKnight News Challenge on Data (full award)Amount$450,000DateJan 26, 2016
- CAT (Conflict Analysis Toolbox) — Laura Kurgan, Madeeha Merchant, Jamon Van Den HoekProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Cloudstitch — Edward BensonProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Flatsheet — Seth VincentProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- FollowTheMoney.org — National Institute on Money in State PoliticsProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Ketla — Dan Archer, Erin Polgreen, Hasit ShahProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Online Learning Toolbox — Center for Technology and Civic LifeProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Open Pipe Kit — R.J. SteinertProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- PolitiFact Plug-In — Aaron SharockmanProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Tipbox — Xavier DammanProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- Wikipedia Space — American University (Andrew Lih)ProgramKnight Prototype Fund (data & storytelling)Amount$35,000DateFeb 10, 2015
- BklynShare — Brooklyn Public LibraryProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Book a Nook — Harvard University metaLABProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Co-working at the Library — Miami Dade Public LibraryProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Culture in Transit — Metropolitan New York Library CouncilProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)Amount$330,000DateJan 30, 2015
- GITenberg — Project GITenberg (Eric Hellman, Seth Woodworth)ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Indie Games Licensing — Concordia University TAG Research CenterProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Information for Innovation — Kent State University LibraryProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Journalism Digital News Archive — University of Missouri LibrariesProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Library for All: Digital Library for the Developing WorldProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)Amount$265,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Maker Tool Circulating Kits — Make it @ Your LibraryProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Making the Invisible Visible — BibliocommonsProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)Amount$35,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Measure the Future — Evenly Distributed (Jason Griffey)ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)Amount$130,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Online Learning @ The Public Library — Peer 2 Peer UniversityProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)Amount$152,000DateJan 30, 2015
- Open Data to Open Knowledge — City of BostonProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)Amount$475,000DateJan 30, 2015
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Programs
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Awards
79
Grantees
$12.2M
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Live rounds
no open or announced rounds on file
Active
Status
Focus Areas
journalism, local news & information, arts & culture, community impact, economic mobility, information ecosystems, civic technology.
Typical sizeVaries by program; the Knight Cities Challenge invests up to $200,000 per selected project (one-year projects)
CadenceYear-round letter of inquiry (LOI); program directors make local grants year-round; specific challenges/RFPs have fixed windows.