Knight Foundation

Informed & Engaged Communities

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Wikipedia Mobile

For creating tools to deliver Wikipedia for free to users in the developing world

Endeavor Miami

To establish Endeavor Miami which will connect, educate and inspire Miami's startup community by identifying, mentoring and accelerating high-potential entrepreneurs in South Florida.

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

GovLab (The Governance Lab)

To develop a multi-school, multi-disciplinary network of students, faculty and professionals working to design and implement ways of using technology for citizen engagement

Put TED Ideas into Action

To partner on a program that will leverage the full TED platform to empower individuals to take collective action on "ideas worth doing" and expose TED's audience to Knight's tech for engagement strategy

University Park

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

Census.IRE.org

To update and expand Census.IRE.org, a tool for journalists to easily find Census and other information about communities

Open Elections

To create a comprehensive, open database of election results in the United States  

Pop Up Archive

To create open-source software for organizing and publishing archival content from small and independent content producers

Safecast Radiation & Air Quality

To build a network of low-cost air quality monitoring devices and data collection in Los Angeles and Detroit, and scale radiation monitoring globally

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