Support honors legacy of trailblazing, internationally acclaimed journalist Boston, MA — October 17, 2019 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $250,000 investment in the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities at Simmons University, honoring the renowned journalist and Simmons alumna who overcame racial and gender barriers to […]
DETROIT – Oct. 9, 2019 – Chosen from hundreds of ideas submitted earlier this year, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has named 36 winners in the 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit. Now in its seventh year, this community-wide Knight Foundation initiative seeks to find and fund the best ideas for engaging and enriching […]
Knight Foundation has recovered part of its investment in TechShop San Jose, after the parent corporation of the makerspace, TechShop Inc., filed for bankruptcy and closed all 10 of its locations. The Knight funds invested in the makerspace on South Second Street were intended to foster a partnership with San Jose State University. After TechShop […]
Akron, OH (Sept 24, 2019) — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced 16 winning ideas in the 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Akron, a community-wide initiative funding projects that engage and enrich Akron through the arts. The projects, winning a total of $592,000, will share stories from Akron’s diverse communities and perspectives, […]
SEATTLE — Sept. 24, 2019 — The Seattle Times Investigative Journalism Fund today announced the launch of a new initiative to build one of the largest local investigative reporting teams in the nation. Beginning in 2020, the Fund’s new initiative will expand on the newspaper’s ambitious, rigorous reporting work and publish new watchdog stories that serve the […]
Winners of Knight Foundation’s inaugural initiative to show their works at BOOM Festival in spring 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Sept. 19, 2019—The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced the winners of its inaugural Celebrate Charlotte Arts initiative, which supports projects by and for residents of Charlotte that showcase artistic excellence and capture the spirit of the […]
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Investment manager, two-time Connecticut state treasurer and former Hartford deputy mayor currently heads Knight’s program committee
Contact: Lauren Dickinson, Communications Officer, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 305.908.2694, [email protected] DETROIT — Sept. 10., 2019 — Nathaniel L. Wallace, a Detroit native, has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as its new Detroit director. Wallace is a business leader and actively engaged in several of Detroit’s leading arts […]
New support includes $1.5 million to secure downtown home for Minnesota Museum of American Art; $350,000 in inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives; and $300,000 for the advancement of local arts