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Knight Foundation

aka knight
NonprofitActiveknightfoundation.org
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 file
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Knight News Challenge
0 grants tracked
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Knight Prototype Fund
0 grants tracked
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Awards

79 on file
Showing 51-75 of 79, newest dated evidence first
  1. Privacy Literacy — San Jose Public Library
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)
    Amount$35,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  2. Space/Time Directory — New York Public Library
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)
    Amount$380,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  3. The Community Resource Lab — DC Public Library
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)
    Amount$35,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  4. The Internet Archive
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)
    Amount$600,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  5. The Library Freedom Project (Alison Macrina)
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (full award)
    Amount$244,700
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  6. This Place Matters — Marshall University
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)
    Amount$35,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  7. White Space 101 (Don Means)
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)
    Amount$35,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  8. Your Next Skill — Seattle Public Library
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Libraries (Prototype Fund)
    Amount$35,000
    DateJan 30, 2015
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  9. Civic Data Standards Study
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  10. Civic Insight
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  11. Dat (decentralized civic data tools)
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  12. Data Docs
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  13. Get Outside – A Toolkit for Sharing Parks Data and Maps
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  14. GitMachines
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  15. OnBoard
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  16. Open Gov for the Rest of Us
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  17. Open Source Election Results Reporting Service
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (Prototype/early-stage)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  18. OpenCounter
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  19. Outline.com
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  20. Oyez
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  21. Plan in a Box
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  22. Procure.io
    ProgramKnight News Challenge: Open Gov (full award)
    Amount–
    DateJun 24, 2013
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  23. Edit the City! (Philadelphia)
    ProgramData for Civic Engagement (Smart Cities)
    Amount–
    Date–
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  24. Making Civic Data Accessible with Audio — Sonify / Wichita Community Foundation (Wichita)
    ProgramData for Civic Engagement (Smart Cities)
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    Date–
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  25. Neighborhood-Led Permitting (Philadelphia)
    ProgramData for Civic Engagement (Smart Cities)
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    Date–
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Programs
79
Awards
79
Grantees
$12.2M
Known USD
0
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.
Sources
  1. knightfoundation.org
  2. knightfoundation.org/apply
  3. legacy.knightfoundation.org/articles/22-projects-win-knight-news-challenge-libraries
  4. legacy.knightfoundation.org/articles/17-ideas-win-knight-news-challenge-data