Dance eXchange

To further the careers of young dancers by both teaching them the art of dance instruction and having them instruct in local schools

Opera in the City: Svadba - Wedding

To offer a more immersive opera experience by launching a series of 50-minute operas, the first of which, about a Serbian wedding, will be followed by an authentic Balkan wedding feast

POP Creates

To cultivate students’ music skills by coordinating a multifaceted creative initiative that will teach music production and technology, composition, jazz and more.

Philadelphia Flamenco Festival 2014

To celebrate the contributions of Flamenco dance by producing a two-week festival including an educational symposium and performances by groundbreaking Flamenco artists

Technology-enhanced live concerts for improved audience engagement

To engage and develop new audiences for music with a series of live concerts enhanced with audio-driven media technologies

The Urban Experience: Village Artist-in-Residence Program

To offer a home to emerging and mid-career artists seeking an urban environment by creating a year-long artist residency program

Under the Cosmopolitan Canopy: Art at the Reading Terminal Market

To weave the arts into people’s everyday lives by curating a formalized performing arts series at Reading Terminal Market

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

Expanding Code for America

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

Girls Who Code

To help address the shortage of women in the technology field by deploying a new program in Detroit, Miami and San Jose to encourage girls (ages 13-17) to build their skills and seek opportunities in technology

Black Male Engagement (BMe) Fund

To provide operating monies that support networking events and story gathering activities conducted by local Black Male Engagement (BMe) team leaders in Detroit and Philadelphia

Digital Public Library of America

To include Knight-community libraries in the creation of a national digital library network