Campus Philly

To move the needle on Philadelphia's college graduate retention rate by fostering a coordinated, regional approach to student recruitment, engagement, and career placement

National Council of YMCAs of America

To develop the model YMCA Newcomer-Immigrant Program which will be implemented in seven Knight communities and then replicated nationally to support the successful integration of immigrants into our communities

The Free Library of Philadelphia

To highlight the new cultural and economic vision for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by catalyzing the growth of the Philadelphia Book Festival

Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network

To develop the capacity of the nonprofit sector in four Knight communities to advocate for universal access by supporting the NTEN Municipal Wireless Empowerment Project

Please Touch Museum

To re-open one of Philadelphia's great historic structures as a centerpiece for the revitalization of Fairmount Park by supporting the launch of the Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall

The Reinvestment Fund

To create a radical new vision for Camden by developing and presenting to the governor of New Jersey a plan for reconnecting the city to its most valuable asset, the Delaware River waterfront

George Washington University

To complete a new approach to starting student media by establishing Media Clubs in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Children First Fund

To complete the merging of Philadelphia's new Media Clubs into the regular operations of the school district

The Enterprise Center

To strengthen the impact of regional universities and health care institutions on distressed communities by expanding the University Purchasing Initiative

Philadelphia Academies, Inc.

To strengthen Philadelphia's response to concurrent crises of idle youth, low labor force participation, and rising dropout rates by expanding the innovative Industry Pipeline Initiative

Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc.

To reinvent how Philadelphia addressees concurrent crises of idle youth, low labor force participation, and a rising high school dropout rate by facilitating an extensive plan to reform, expand, and finance Career and Technical Education in the schools

Wireless Philadelphia

To begin bridging the digital divide by creating a comprehensive digital inclusion program in the city which has pioneered wireless access