With $10M from Knight, NWS will expand the Knight New Media Center to strengthen the integration of technology and music and boost community engagement. Miami, FL – As Miami’s New World Symphony (NWS) launched its 2022–23 season and a new artistic director began his tenure, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced a […]
Preguntas frecuentes El Fondo Knight Art + Tech Expansion proveerá apoyo técnico para crear capacidad para artistas en Charlotte. El fondo proveerá apoyo operacional para artistas individuales así como organizaciones artísticas. El fondo no está basado en proyectos individuales; no es un requerimiento que los artistas crean un trabajo nuevo para calificar para recibir los […]
Frequently Asked Questions The Knight 2022 Art + Tech Expansion Fund will provide support for technical capacity-building to arts practitioners in Charlotte. The Fund provides operational support to working artists and non-profit arts organizations. The Fund is not project-based; there is no need for a prospective grantee to create new work or new projects to […]
The University of Texas at Austin will receive $4 million to expand access to its journalism courses available to people across the continent in three languages. Miami, Fla. – As part of a longstanding commitment to expand and grow a sustainable future for independent journalism, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is granting […]
ProJourn announces a $1.3 million grant, signs up new law firm partners, releases landscape report, “Standing up for journalism: Increasing pro bono legal assistance to benefit communities and democracy” Together, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Microsoft Corp., the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Davis Wright Tremaine — four leaders in their respective fields — […]
Knight commits more than $9 million to uplift vital networks for nonprofit, for-profit, diverse local news publishers Sept. 19, 2022 – MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is recommitting its investment in local news support networks that are helping hundreds of publishers work toward stronger financial sustainability. Knight is announcing continuing […]
Executive summary In 2016, as the Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative (the Initiative) was being conceptualized, numerous events occurred that would impact research, policy, and public discourse on the ethics and governance of AI. Examples include: the founding of the Partnership on AI (PAI); the ProPublica investigation that uncovered significant racial bias in AI […]
Knight Foundation and NYU Stern’s Center for Business and Human Rights applaud the 16 institutions that have provided data on the diversity of asset management firms overseeing their endowments. But 34 of the nation’s 50 wealthiest colleges and universities did not share their data for this interim higher education asset management study. MIAMI – June […]
An interim study on the degree to which the endowments of the country’s wealthiest private and public colleges and universities are hiring asset management firms owned by women and racial or ethnic minorities In partnership with: Foreword from Knight Foundation and Center for Business and Human Rights, New York University Stern School of Business This […]
Alejandro de Onís is appointed Knight’s vice president for communications and digital strategy. Roshell R. Rinkins is appointed Knight’s vice president for grants administration and chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has appointed two new vice presidents, who have contributed significantly to Knight’s mission […]
