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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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Awards

79 on file
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  1. SIM-PHL — Entrepreneurial Game Studio at Drexel University (Philadelphia)
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  2. SmartAirLA — Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (Long Beach)
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  3. Urban Periscope — Gensler (San Jose)
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  4. Visual Data to Support Urban Planning (Charlotte)
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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
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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.