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50 Black men honored for reshaping their communities with BMe Leadership Award
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Benevolent, crowd funding site for low income people in need, to expand to 3 cities
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Detroit steps up, takes Knight Arts Challenge in record numbers
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Knight Arts Challenge seeks best ideas for the arts in Detroit
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Building on Success, Knight Foundation Expands Support for Community Foundation-Backed Information Projects
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Girls Who Code expands tech education program to three cities with Knight Foundation funding
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Campaign spotlights the positive contributions made by Black men in their communities
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Knight Foundation invests $19.25 million in Detroit arts
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Detroit SOUP's micro-grant program expands with Knight Foundation funding
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Six ventures bring data to the public as winners of Knight News Challenge
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Four of Southeast Michigan’s leading colleges and universities help make voting easier with new TurboVote service
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‘Design in Detroit’ connects wider community with city’s creative movement
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
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Detroit initiatives advance contemporary public life
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Detroit Institute of Arts’ popular Inside|Out Program receives Knight support
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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JumpStart to promote entrepreneurship in 20 new cities with $1 million in support from Knight Foundation
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Twenty black men recognized for making Detroit and Philadelphia stronger
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Hatch Detroit to engage Detroiters in leading the growth of local retail
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A powerful new collaboration of foundations and federal agencies puts arts at the center of the revitalization of cities and towns across the U.S.
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Knight Foundation brings Code for America to Detroit, Macon and Philadelphia
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Challenge seeks new models for arts journalism
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Micro loans to help Detroit small businesses
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Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program Announces National Expansion
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Rishi S. Jaitly Will Lead Foundation’s Grant Making in Detroit
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Three Cities Use Surprising Survey Findings to Stir Passion for Their Communities - and Possibly Economic Growth
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Got Love For Detroit? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Detroit International Jazz Festival receives $100,000 from Knight Foundation to support DJFʼs Jazz Planet
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Social Innovation Can Help Solve Michigan's Toughest Problems
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Knight Foundation Names Vice President of Arts
Knight Blog
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50 ordinary men doing extraordinary things for our communities
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Bright Spots in Community Engagement: Detroit - the wild, wired west
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Detroit shows its creative side in the Knight Arts Challenge - more than 1,400 times
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New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
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Detroit - Don’t leave arts funding on the table in the Knight Arts Challenge
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How to present a winning idea for the Knight Arts Challenge
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Ask-Me-Anything Detroit at Thursday night Town Hall
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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Knight Arts Challenge Detroit: Building on the city’s momentum
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Missed #infoneeds conversation at Knight's Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
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Expanded commitment to community information needs
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Libraries use digital technology to redefine their roles in communities
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Libraries go from building collections to making connections
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Empowering young women in tech
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ArtPlace announces 104 finalists for creative placemaking grants
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Opportunities for funding: Knight Foundation’s open challenges
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Seven ways to civic engagement: Insights from Detroit and beyond
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Bringing new energy to the artists driving the future of Detroit
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Detroit: Building on the city's creative momentum
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Do well, do good, do new: Reflecting on Knight & social entrepreneurship in Detroit
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Strengthening Detroit a bowl of soup at a time
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Growing a community of inspired, committed black men
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Knight Foundation's Communities Program strategy
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Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
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#DetroitShowcase: Innovators show off tech for engagement projects
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Welcoming TurboVote to Detroit
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150 performers celebrate 1,000+ Random Acts of Culture in Detroit
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Random Acts of Culture hits 1,000th performance
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Growing citizen philanthropy in Philadelphia and Detroit
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Paving the way for 'ecoventions' at the @SchuylkillCtr http://t.co/Lb6xO4dQO2 by @newsworkswhyy v @KnightArts #Philly
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Come work with us at Knight. We're currently hiring for a #systemsanalyst & an assistant http://t.co/rJkUBaUHNK #employment #hr
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Don't miss an opportunity for #funding in #opengov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/OoXlMcWmZ8 #infoneeds
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Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
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.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
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Community #foundations are discovering good info promotes social change, opening up data & experimenting with mobile http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk
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.@GirlsWhoCode hosts Inaugural Teacher Training Workshop in NYC to prep for summer’s programs http://t.co/JscDZuopps #changetheratio
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10 ways civic hacking is good for cities http://t.co/SRG1rtt5ax v @codeforamerica #hackforchange #cfabrigade
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MT @ccoletta: Miami Nice (and @matthaggman nice) is good for entrepreneurship. http://t.co/uw1O8rRhNe @knightfdn #socent
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MT @cksopher: Anyone working with audio: @PopUpArchive launched beta of archive management system. They are awesome http://t.co/b7COdtTRbn
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"There are thousands of black men who are assets to their communities" - @TSatKF http://t.co/FnPftf8bkr v @BMECommunity @BMePhilly
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Insights & info on applying to the Knight Community Information Challenge http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk #infoneeds #philanthropy
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Nearly $200k awarded for community strengthening efforts in #Baltimore http://t.co/mIlvx9lwpK via @baltimoresun @BmeBaltimore
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As consumers increasingly use phones 2 access news & info, #foundations take engagement efforts #mobile http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #philanthropy
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Less than a week to submit your idea to the @CivicData Challenge. Make civic data useful! http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ #opendata #dataviz
Publications
In The News
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra finds key to revival by engaging community
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Techy girls gaining ground
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Group tells teen girls computer programming isn't just for guys
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Knight challenge seeks great ideas about art in Detroit
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Connecting Citizens To Their Government By Turning It Into A Game
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New community planning game attracts youth
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Knight Foundation contest looks for creative public art ideas
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Do Good Detroit: Last call for stories of community impact
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‘Girls Who Code’ expanding to Detroit, other cities with Knight Foundation funding
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Black men bring positive message to Philly schoolchildren
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Foundation investing nearly $20M in Detroit arts
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Knight Foundation funds innovation by local cultural groups, launch of Detroit arts contest
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Knight Foundation to invest $19.25M in Detroit cultural institutions
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How To Spread 1,000 Random Acts Of Culture
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The Knight Foundation and the TurboVote Initiative
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'Random Acts Of Culture' Reaches Milestone In Detroit
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Curtis Lipscomb, Kick founder, dedicates time to serving LGBT Black community in Detroit
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Carol Cain imagines Gen Y running a faster-paced Mackinac Detroit Regional Chamber conference
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Entrepreneurs setting up shop in Detroit
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Money for Arts Journalism, in three cities that need it
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CriticCar Detroit, arts journalism project by Jennifer Conlin and Dan Shaw, wins grant
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Knight Foundation initiative funds innovative civic engagement
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Awesome News Taskforce Detroit launches, awards first $1,000 micro-grant to the Detroit Journal
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Detroit Civic Engagement Grants Award Groups $65,000 From Knight Foundation, CEOs For Cities
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Detroit 4 Detroit: anyone can be a citizen philanthropist, it just takes passion
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Rishi Jaitly: Innovation in Detroit
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2 Detroit Leaders Among Knight Foundation's BME Award Winners
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After tragic killing, writer pushes kids to live for peace
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New Detroit initiative offers fundraising help to budding philanthropists
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Black Male Engagement's Detroit grant winners announced
Featured Detroit Projects (3 of 93)
Browse ProjectsDigital Public Library of America
To include Knight-community libraries in the creation of a national digital library network
Sphinx Organization
To help build appreciation of and participation in classical music in black and Latino communities through two music training programs for 1,200 Detroit-area youths and an annual music competition
LocalData
Providing a set of tools that communities can use to collect data on paper or via a smartphone app, then export or visualize the data via an easy-to-use dashboard. The city of Detroit has used the tools, created by Code for America fellows, to track urban blight.
About our Detroit Strategy
Knight Foundation promotes an informed and engaged Detroit by fostering an environment where all Detroiters can connect with the city’s social entrepreneurial momentum.
In the 20th Century, Detroit was an important center of culture, a thriving industrial hub, and a home for many who sought the American Dream. Today, Detroit is a community of entrepreneurial do-ers that remains proud of its heritage and craves new opportunities to shape its future.
Many individual Detroiters are blending entrepreneurship, creativity, and civic activism in imaginative ways: they’re starting organizations, leading community projects, repurposing businesses, launching creative technologies, forming new social networks and telling different stories.
But we see even more Detroiters who seek to engage and lead with this entrepreneurial movement - as partners, as supporters, as participants, and more. Knight Foundation supports transformative ideas that create easy opportunities for individuals and institutions to engage with the city’s growing social entrepreneurial community so as to not leave this budding movement’s success to chance.
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What does an informed and engaged Detroit look like to you? email us and send your thoughts to Knight!
Detroit Project Categories
About Our Engaged Communities Strategy
To help sustain healthy communities in a democracy, we aim to increase the ability of individuals to engage in change.
Trabian Shorters on our strategy
Staff
Meredith Hector
Interim Program Director/Detroit
Detroit Community Advisory Committee
• Phillip Cooley (chair)
• Anne Parsons
• Darryl and Georgan Redmond
• Margarita Barry
• Mary Kramer
• Mikel Ellcessor