University Park

To help University Park Alliance strengthen its core engagement and partnership work and to launch efforts that provide sustainable long-term income

James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University

To name the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte and establish its special endowed mission of teaching digital and media literacy to students and the community

Akron Community Foundation

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

Local Initiative Support Corporation

To support LISC's national strategic shift to expand the services it provides in low-income neighborhoods and to have greater impact on their social and economic vitality. Detroit, St. Paul and Duluth will be pilot cities

The Miami Foundation

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

Expanding Code for America

For Code for America's work focused on rewiring government to better engage with citizens using innovative technology solutions

Center for Future Civic Media

To create new community news products in a major national center with MIT's Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies program

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

Foundation for the Carolinas

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

Homeless housing program

To launch a comprehensive housing and services program for the homeless to decrease homelessness in Columbia and address a persistent obstacle to downtown development

Knight Exhibition Series Endowment

To solidify Miami as a cultural destination through development of cutting-edge contemporary arts exhibitions supported in whole or part by an endowment that provides a sustainable base of funding

Knight Ideas Fund at the Wolfsonian-FIU

To create the Knight Ideas Fund, to support innovative programming at the Wolfsonian focused on increasing digital and physical access to the collection including the creation of an "Ideas" event.