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Long Beach, CA

The Knight Community Foundations Program serves to advance informed and engaged communities by working in transformational ways with community foundations and their leaders.

The relationship we have with our network of partners in each of our 26 Knight Communities is invaluable. To date we have committed to giving at least $140 million to their community foundation endowments. The leadership behind these organizations is not only supported by our assets, but increasingly by our efforts to ease the flow of information between all of us so that we may learn and lead more effectively.

Activating this network in this way provides Knight an excellent platform for experimentation and learning. .

Grant seekers within Knight communities are encouraged to contact their local community foundation and inquire about the Knight donor-advised fund which is dedicated to projects that inform and engage the community.

Long Beach Contact

Grant seekers in the Long Beach, Calif. area should inquire about funding by contacting Vice President Julie Heggeness at the Long Beach Community Foundation, (562) 435-9033, and asking about the Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund.

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Knight Blog

- 4/17/2013
- Blog Entry
- - Community News and Information
New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
- 3/27/2013
- Blog Entry
Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
- 3/11/2013
- Blog Entry
Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
- 2/13/2013
- Blog Entry
Missed #infoneeds conversation at Knight's Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
- 2/11/2013
- Blog Entry
Expanded commitment to community information needs
- 2/10/2013
- Blog Entry
Libraries use digital technology to redefine their roles in communities
- 2/10/2013
- Blog Entry
Libraries go from building collections to making connections
- 10/1/2012
- Blog Entry
Knight Foundation's Communities Program strategy
- 9/28/2012
- Blog Entry
Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
- 1/18/2012
- Blog Entry
Knight Community Information Challenge now accepting applications
- 3/1/2010
- Blog Entry
Breakout Report 7: News Literacy, Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Civic Literacy - Day 1
- 3/1/2010
- Blog Entry
Breakout Report 6: Mapping Your Community's News Ecosystem - Day 1

Twitter

- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
.@recovers_org launches http://t.co/cFwUDkP3tE to help coordinate #OKC #Moore tornado relief. Share needs, volunteer or send supplies.
- 5/20/2013
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National #artplace grants to receive new support include #Miami's own @ArshtCenter and @OCINEMA http://t.co/B3tMB7HGru v @MiamiHerald
- 5/20/2013
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MT @EricNewton1: Civic engagement increases with news and information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We
- 5/20/2013
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MT @skitdaddle: Big things to come at @McCollCenterNC with support from @ArtPlaceAmerica and the @knightfdn | http://t.co/KPjOx7xhuZ
- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
MT @jpalfrey: Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen Receives Annual PBS ‘Be More’ Award: @pbs: http://t.co/U7pGLQ7158 @ibarguen
- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
Meet some of new @ArtPlaceAmerica #placemaking projects: @OCINEMA @ArshtCenter @LiveArtsFringe @MACLAarte @MercerYou http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP
- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
"IRS foot-dragging on tax-exempt status is stifling nonprofit investigative #journalism" http://t.co/B9ch4wrYun v @washingtonpost
- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
.@ArtPlaceAmerica announces $15.2M in funding for new projects in 44 #communities http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP #artplace #placemaking
- 5/20/2013
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Using stories & data to advance community change http://t.co/rfCrGLU6ue v @TDFcommunity @floodlightstory #opendata #dataviz
- 5/20/2013
- Twitter
How jschools are helping students develop entrepreneurial #journalism skills http://t.co/HLepj5LsAK v @poynter #education
- 5/19/2013
- Twitter
Paving the way for 'ecoventions' at the @SchuylkillCtr http://t.co/Lb6xO4dQO2 by @newsworkswhyy v @KnightArts #Philly
- 5/19/2013
- Twitter
Come work with us at Knight. We're currently hiring for a #systemsanalyst & an assistant http://t.co/rJkUBaUHNK #employment #hr
- 5/19/2013
- Twitter
Don't miss an opportunity for #funding in #opengov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/OoXlMcWmZ8 #infoneeds
- 5/18/2013
- Twitter
Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
- 5/18/2013
- Twitter
.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
- 5/17/2013
- Twitter
50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
- 5/17/2013
- Twitter
#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
- 5/17/2013
- Twitter
Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
- 5/17/2013
- Twitter
Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
- 5/17/2013
- Twitter
#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
- 5/16/2013
- Twitter
“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
- 5/15/2013
- Twitter
We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
- 5/15/2013
- Twitter
Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
- 5/15/2013
- Twitter
How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn

Publications

- 4/21/2011
- Publication
- - Evaluation
General Assessment Resources & Tools
- 2/1/2007
- Publication
Youth Cluster Assessment Annual Report, Year 2

In The News

- 4/25/2011
- In The News
- - Non-Profit News
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