Ashoka Fellows
Ashoka
- Date Awarded
- 12/04/06
- Amount
- $3,200,000
- Grant Period
- 12/04/06 to 11/30/10
- Focus Areas
- Journalism & Media Innovation, Engaged Communities
Grantee Contact
- Lucy Perkins
- Arlington, VA
- www.ashoka.org
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To select 15 promising social entrepreneurs in Knight Communities and to infuse them with the intellectual, financial and social capital required to increase their likelihood of success in their communities
To identify and support social entrepreneurs (‘Ashoka Fellows’) around the world whose innovations aim to create systemic social impact by dramatically improving the way people get and use information. The grant created the News and Knowledge program to provide three-year fellowships focused on developing fellow skills and strengthening their networks.
Project Team
News & Updates
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Ashoka Future Forum: entrepreneurs using media for social good
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Informed and engaged: Ashoka social entrepreneurs connect at Newseum
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Ideas to spark civic engagement in 2013
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Giving power to young people is crucial to engaging youth
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Empowering Youth: Three Lessons
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Knight-Sponsored Ted Women Conference Focuses on Ideas By and About Women
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Day One in Detroit
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Knight Foundation hosts Social Innovators at Newseum for Ashoka Future Forum
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Ashoka Fellow Offers Predictions for 2010
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Ashoka awards 13 'news and knowledge' entrepreneurs
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