Job Overview: The Knight Foundation is seeking a driven and detail-oriented graduating senior (undergraduate) or first-year graduate student to join our team in Miami and contribute to the strengthening of the Fluxx grants management software. The primary focus of this role is to research, assess and evaluate Knight’s Donor Advised Fund (DAFs), geographical, and Diversity, […]
Article · February 10, 2023 by Knight Foundation
Job Overview: The Knight Foundation is seeking a Junior/Senior Undergraduate or Graduate student with a passion for making financial information relevant to everyday users to join our team in Miami. The goal of this project is to increase awareness of the strategic value of the Foundation’s Donor Advised Fund (DAF) endowments among multiple stakeholders in […]
Article · February 10, 2023 by Knight Foundation
Job Overview: The Knight Foundation is seeking a motivated and analytical Junior/Senior Undergraduate or Graduate student to join our team in Miami to help us improve the way we manage and leverage data to inform our decision making. The scope of this project is to gain a clear understanding of our data, where it resides, […]
Article · February 10, 2023 by Knight Foundation
Job Overview:We are seeking a highly motivated graduate journalism student to join our team and help connect the Knight Chairs with each other, the Knight Foundation, and other parts of the journalism ecosystem we support. The successful candidate will play a critical role in enhancing the willingness of the Knight Chairs to apply their expertise […]
Article · February 10, 2023 by Knight Foundation
AGENDA *Subject to change Note: The Knight Media Forum program will be streamed online, except for the Breakout Sessions. Download a list of attendees here. Download a PDF of the agenda here. Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 1:00 p.m. EST – 5:00 p.m. EST || Registration – Atrium, Third Floor 5:30 p.m. EST || Welcome Reception […]
Article · February 7, 2023 by Knight Foundation
Photo courtesy of Akoaki for the Cultural Center Planning Initiative DETROIT, MI— The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is announcing a $23 million investment in the digital future of the arts in Detroit. The investment includes multi-year grants to 10 Detroit arts organizations as well as three fellowship, commissioning and technical capacity-building programs. […]
Article · February 6, 2023 by Knight Foundation
A new Knight Foundation poll conducted by Ipsos finds that a significant majority of Americans are concerned about the impact of social media on children, particularly when it comes to mental health and inappropriate content being shown to children. They say that it is important for the federal government to address issues involving children. However, […]
Article · February 5, 2023 by Knight Foundation
Miami, FL – January, 25 – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is proud to join Miami-Dade County and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin in providing seed funding for the newly formed nonprofit Miami-Dade Innovation Authority, Inc. (Innovation Authority). In her annual State of the County address on January 25, 2023, Miami-Dade County Mayor […]
Article · January 28, 2023 by Knight Foundation
The ground breaking ceremony for Summit Lake Park in Akron, OH – a Knight Community.
Article · January 3, 2023 by Knight Foundation and Knight Foundation
A look back at a year of growth in independent and nonprofit local news, in-person conferences and stronger BIPOC media As we enter the holiday season, the light outside dims, work slows to a crawl and work travel (thankfully) tails off. It’s also time for Nieman Lab predictions for next year, and a look back at our […]
Article · December 27, 2022 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation’s third review of diversity in asset management at the nation’s largest charitable foundations shows diversity continues to be scarce and 15 of the foundations, representing more than $85 billion invested, would not disclose who manages their money. MIAMI – December 15, 2022 – A new study from the John S. and James L. […]
Article · December 16, 2022 by Knight Foundation