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50 Black men honored for reshaping their communities with BMe Leadership Award
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43 Ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive more than $2 million in funding
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Philadelphians gain greater access to digital literacy classes, affordable high-speed Internet and low-cost computers
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Building on Success, Knight Foundation Expands Support for Community Foundation-Backed Information Projects
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia names 2013 finalists
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Minority students to build community apps for Philadelphia
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Campaign spotlights the positive contributions made by Black men in their communities
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Join a Chat to Improve Your Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia Ideas
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Coming Sept. 17: Knight Arts Challenge to fund best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia
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Citizens redefining philanthropy in Philadelphia
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Best ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive $2.76 million in funding
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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Twenty black men recognized for making Detroit and Philadelphia stronger
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Dream big and give us your best idea for the arts in Philadelphia
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The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe and The Reinvestment Fund Selected As National Leaders Through New ArtPlace Initiative
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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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New digital media startup incubator launches in Philadelphia
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Challenge seeks new models for arts journalism
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Innovative e-mentoring program will help improve lives of black boys
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Knight Foundation awards infuse Philadelphia arts scene with $2.7 million as thirty-six winners are announced
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Free Library Technology Hot Spots Grand Opening at Heavenly Hall Annex
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Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program Announces National Expansion
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Sixty-Three Finalists Named in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Rutgers Breaks Ground on John S. and James L. Knight Early Learning Research Academy in Camden
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Philadelphia Students Trail the National Average in College Enrollment, Study Finds
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Got Love For Philadelphia? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Random Acts of Culture Series Brings Classical Performances into Everyday Lives
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Underserved Philadelphia Neighborhoods to Gain Crucial Internet Access
Knight Blog
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50 ordinary men doing extraordinary things for our communities
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Celebrating the 2013 Philly Knight Arts Challenge Winners
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Announcing 43 winners in the Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge
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Bright spots in community engagement: Philadelphia - 'Civic Fusion' at work
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Partnership connects Philly to affordable broadband, computers and digital training
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Engage Philadelphia: What happens when tech entrepreneurs and city leaders collaborate
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Philly Tech Week: celebrating momentum in technology and innovation
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New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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“Great Government” - reinventing the public/private partnership
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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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Opportunities for funding: Knight Foundation’s open challenges
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Finalists named in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Philly project puts youth at center of software design
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Exploring a sustainable business model with PublicStuff
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Building Philly’s open data movement
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BMe is about real men, real stories of community change
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Change by Us: breaking down boundaries between residents and decision-makers
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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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How Knight Arts helps build community by binding people to place
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Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia: Now accepting applications
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Philly on the rise: Young people offer solutions to big city challenges
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Empowering Philadelphia's young people
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Make this your year: The Knight Arts Challenge opens Sept. 17!
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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
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Legal Hackathon supports #Miami’s #startup culture http://t.co/6nvniMExEg v @PipelineMIA @LegalHackMiami #atthack
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Mobile experiments to inform residents about #environmental issues: a look at @GrowWNY @CFGB @cleanairwny http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #WNY
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#Leadership award winners: 20 #Philly brothers receive $200k for their community projects, via @BMEPhilly http://t.co/bc5TaOykZR
Publications
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Bright Spots in Community Engagement
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Pathways into Leadership: A study of YouthBuild Graduates
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KaBOOM!
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General Assessment Resources & Tools
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How the Public Perceives Community Information Systems
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College Access & Success System Study: Philadelphia and Miami
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Youth Cluster Assessment Annual Report, Year 2
In The News
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Knight grant paves way for 'ecoventions' at Schuylkill Center
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Mt. Airy orchestra only group to be awarded third Knight arts grant
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Knight Foundation grant empowers theater artist
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EveryoneOn project aims to narrow the digital divide
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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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Art Attack launches on Philly.com
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Philly entrepreneur helps black students get kick out of college
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A space for sculptors to hone their crafts
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Jenice Armstrong: The Brothers' Network was created for brainy Philadelphia guys
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Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia program manager on helping entrepreneurs by day and being one by night [Q&A]
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'Taller Puertorriqueño' y 'Pasión y Arte' entre finalistas del Knight Arts Challenge
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia finalists announced
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Knight Arts Challenge 2013 finalists named
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Just in: Knight Arts Challenge announces 69 finalists
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Black men bring positive message to Philly schoolchildren
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Clay Studio sponsors Guerrilla Mug Assault to hand out free handmade coffee mugs
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Joining forces to pull top-notch journalism into the digital age
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Money for 150 words
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How To Spread 1,000 Random Acts Of Culture
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Philadelphia art world adopts community supported agriculture model
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Citizen Effect Launches Philly4Philly, Recruiting 150 Citizen Philanthropists
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Reimagining an Entire Neighborhood Through Murals
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Arden Theatre Company to Host Free Performances in Philadelphia
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Knight Foundation announces winners of 2012 arts challenge
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Money for Arts Journalism, in three cities that need it
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35 winners named in Knight Foundation Philadelphia Arts Challenge
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Free Library Techmobile brings the knowledge to you
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Black Male Engagement Leadership awards: Helping those who've helped their communities
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DollarBoyz brings hundreds of youths from the streets to the dance floor and beyond
Featured Philadelphia Projects (3 of 201)
Browse ProjectsPhilly Urban Theatre Festival
To promote original plays through a free theater festival dedicated to the contemporary African-American experience
Benevolent crowd funding platform
To implement Benevolent.net's program in Charlotte, Detroit and San Jose to enable citizens to engage with each other by supporting one-time challenges that their neighbors confront through an online platform
Code for America
To support our strategy of investing in citizen-centered solutions in three Knight communities by piloting the Code for America model, which deploys technology professionals to develop original solutions that engage citizens in community challenges
About our Philadelphia Strategy
In Philadelphia, Knight works to engage both the city’s vibrant arts community and millennial talent while enhancing the city's information infrastructure.
Knight invests in talented millennials as innovators, problem solvers and agents of change. We enhance the city's information infrastructure by ensuring digital literacy and inclusion for all as a way to help Philadelphia cement its role as a knowledge economy leader.
Through funding in the arts, Knight seeks the best ideas that inspire, inform, connect and create a sense of belonging and caring in the city’s 365 neighborhoods.
From 2010 - 2013 we committed $9 million to the arts through Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia, a community-wide contest to fund the best arts ideas. Our focus on strengthening millennial talent retention and information infrastructure over the next few years, will similarly work to create a truly informed and engaged Philadelphia.
Philadelphia 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
Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Program Director/Philadelphia
Philadelphia Community Advisory Committee
• Marsha Perelman (chair)
• Elizabeth Dow
• Jordan Harris
• Anthony Ibarguen
• Greg Osberg
• Anthony Scirica