WASHINGTON , D.C. — Members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with experts on college sports financial issues as well as the NCAA Board of Directors’ Chair and University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway, to discuss the ongoing need for the reform of college sports. The meeting, which also marks the Commission’s […]

MIAMI — Gloria M. Lopez has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as controller. She will report to Juan Martinez, vice president of accounting and treasurer. Lopez is a former audit partner of Sanson, Kline, Jacomino & Co. LLP of Miami. Prior to that, she was an accountant at Modules Manufacturing Corp., […]

GILROY, CALIF. — Five nonprofit organizations and government agencies have joined forces to improve school readiness for low-income families in Gilroy’s Glen View neighborhood, with support from a $2.285 million, five-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The new Glen View Alliance will reach beyond traditional approaches to school readiness by […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A master’s degree in community journalism will be taught inside a working newspaper through the collaborative efforts of the Ayers Family Institute for Community Journalism and The Anniston Star newspaper, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences. Made possible by […]

MIAMI, Fla. — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has committed $500,000 to help nonprofits in Palm Beach County, Fla., recover from the impact of Hurricane Frances. The emergency grant will go to the United Way Hurricane Relief Fund. The fund is administered by United Way of Palm Beach County. The local United […]

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DETROIT – Several respected nonprofits working to increase access and diversity in arts organizations in Southeastern Michigan have received a collective boost and endorsement in the latest round of local grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This morning Mayor Kilpatrick and the Knight Foundation announced its recent Detroit grants which totaled […]

WASHINGTON — Six $150,000 grants – to promote civic learning in the public schools of Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania—were announced today by the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. The Campaign is a major national initiative to renew and restore a core purpose of public education—preparing America’s young people to […]