Photo: Wichita Community Foundation used the Knight Donor Advised Fund to provide swimwear for underprivileged youth taking swim lessons at area public pools. Since 2001, Knight Foundation has made grants to community foundations serving 25 of our communities. These grants are supplements to existing donor-advised funds or challenge grants to help build community foundation endowments. […]
Article · October 20, 2003 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI, Fla. (Oct. 13, 2003) – The incoming members of the reconstituted Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics have commended an upcoming meeting this week of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) called to address the recent series of scandals involving men’s college basketball coaches. The association is convening a mandatory meeting Wednesday (Oct. […]
Article · October 13, 2003 by Knight Foundation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two local organizations will use grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to improve school readiness for young children — a critical community priority identified by a local advisory committee. These are the first grants in Knight Foundation’s five-year investment in nonprofits working with families and child-care centers in […]
Article · October 7, 2003 by Knight Foundation
CAMDEN, N.J. — A new grant to the Rutgers-Camden Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership supports an early literacy education program designed to serve more than 1,000 Camden children. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s $1.2 million grant was announced during a conference titled “Urban Learning at its Best: Innovative Practices in Transforming […]
Article · September 30, 2003 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI, Fla. — Increasing the effectiveness of existing training and boosting the news industry’s investment in professional development are the twin goals of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s $10 million newsroom training initiative, fully funded this month with grants to the remaining launch partners. The newest grants approved by the foundation’s trustees […]
Article · September 23, 2003 by Knight Foundation
Seven organizations offered challenge grants to expand fund-raising
Article · September 3, 2003 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami will build 34 homes in Overtown, a $1.4 million investment in the historically African-American neighborhood by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The new cluster of houses in downtown Miami will boost the neighborhood’s limited stock of quality homes. Only 4 percent of houses in Overtown […]
Article · July 31, 2003 by Knight Foundation
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Success By 6, an early care and education initiative that has prepared hundreds of Mecklenburg County’s youngest and neediest children for school, will expand its program in north Charlotte. The United Way of Central Carolinas, in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte Speech and Hearing and YMCA of Greater Charlotte, will use a […]
Article · July 31, 2003 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI — In the wake of Cuba’s latest crackdown on free expression, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a grant to a nonprofit, nonpartisan Cuban-American organization that promotes independent journalism on the island. The two-year grant of $188,000 to CubaNet News aims to improve the flow of news into and out […]
Article · July 16, 2003 by Knight Foundation
