The Twenty-First Century Foundation

To ramp up the effectiveness of a unique African-American oriented philanthropy by adding a program officer position and providing general support

U Snap Bac Non Profit Housing Corporation

To underscore Knight's commitment to a new community development effort on Detroit's east side by funding home repair and supportive services to residents and to secure the match required by the city of Detroit and enables the project to move forward

University of Minnesota Duluth

To establish and manage a Product Development Fund for entrepreneurs and small to medium business in the region

Urban League of Lexington - Fayette County

To bring to the fore the importance of fatherhood in children's lives by piloting an umbrella effort that will require a variety of agencies to build the issue into their work

YMCA Aberdeen

To develop a blueprint for making Aberdeen the healthiest town in America

uVu

To build, develop and maintain uVu, a video sharing website and companion digital broadcast services on WPBT/Channel 2 featuring user generated content throughout South Florida to provide communications access to grassroots community groups

Housing Partners, Inc.

For a consulting contract that will result in enhanced municipal government in Gulfport through objective setting, team building and effective department management and mayoral/council governance

Fifty Over Fifty: New Work Award

To create a $50,000 New Works Award, for the next two years, that showcases new work of high artistic merit in the visual or performing arts in Miami

Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia

For the John S. and James L. Knight JobConnection Technology Center, a large and visible room at the front of the Goodwill Career & Conference Center

Richard Florida Creativity Group

To launch the Knight Creative Communities Initiative, an effort to inspire community engagement and major change using a unique approach that focuses on the technology, talent and tolerance of a place

University of North Dakota Research Foundation

To increase high-value, high-tech jobs in Grand Forks by providing staff to develop, market, and manage business partnerships that result from the commercialization of research innovations developed at the University of North Dakota

Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne

To help Fort Wayne embrace "New Hoosiers" by increasing the community's understanding and appreciation of other cultures through a process that strengthens the development of arts organizations in culturally diverse, underserved communities in Fort Wayne