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Knight Foundation Philadelphia Grantee Gathering from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. The only way we learn as a foundation is through the work of our grantees. If our Knight Philadelphia grantees remember only one thing from my interview with Sandy Shea at the recent gathering at the Barnes Foundation, I hope it's that. It is asking a lot of our grantees to be brutally honest with us about where they believe their work is succeeding and where they feel progress is lagging, but it is exactly what we need to hear. It's the only way we get smarter together. The grantee convening in Philadelphia marked what I hope will be one of many similar gatherings within our communities and across our program areas. As I watched grantees from arts, tech and journalism trade secrets on topics from media relations on a shoestring budget to fundraising from the ground up, I was struck by how much we could learn from each other. These lessons go beyond grant dollars and reveal Knight’s true intent: to create spaces for sharing ideas and resources, as a way to strengthen our communities. They also offer an opportunity for all of us to be more forthright, so to speak, and have an even exchange.