What is the most important challenge or opportunity facing American democracy over the next ten years? What role can philanthropy play in addressing that challenge—or in seizing the opportunity? This volume explores answers to these two urgent questions. We are not disinterested observers. The Kettering Foundation and the Knight Foundation are independent organizations that invest private […]
Photo: Lilly WeinbergKnight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen addresses community leaders after accepting the Beacon Council Jay Malina Leadership Award on June 26, 2019. The text of his remarks is below. When Susana and I arrived in Miami in 1995, one of the first people I met was this skinny, black-haired guy with glasses and a […]
Photo by: Albert Yee For nearly 14 years, I’ve had the privilege of leading Knight Foundation, where our mission is to strengthen democracy by supporting informed and engaged communities. We support journalism — because we believe, as Jack Knight did, that a well-informed community can best determine its own true interests, and that well-informed citizens […]
Knight Media Forum 2019: Welcome remarks by Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen Informed and engaged communities are the bedrock of a healthy democracy. But that bedrock has begun to quake. We meet today not just to describe the problem, but to find solutions. We’re here today because the way we inform ourselves is insufficient to […]
Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen delivered the following remarks at a celebration of the arts in Miami at the Pérez Art Museum Miami on Dec. 3, 2018. At the event, Ibargüen announced a $37 million investment from Knight in the city’s arts ecosystem. Thank you, Victoria, and congratulations to our New Work Miami winners. I am thrilled to […]
Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking David Rubinstein, John Gray, David Skorton, Amanda Moniz, and everyone involved with the Philanthropy Initiative at the Smithsonian for this important and timely symposium. Thank you for inviting me to share what I’ll call notes from the field about the power of art to build community. Our theme […]
