Knight Arts Challenge finalist Britney Stoney. DETROIT – Sept. 13, 2016 – Knight Foundation named 64 ideas as finalists today in the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide initiative funding the best ideas for engaging and enriching Detroit through the arts. Emerging from close to 1,000 submissions, the finalists propose a broad range of projects – […]
Article · September 13, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Djenane Saint Juste – Afoutayi Haitian Dance ST. PAUL, MINN. – Sept 13, 2016 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today named 41 finalists in the St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge, all of which are eligible for a share of $1.5 million. This is the third year for the community-wide initiative funding […]
Article · September 13, 2016 by Knight Foundation
YoungArts performance. Photo by JeanCarlo Ramirez MIAMI – Sept. 13, 2016 – Sixty-eight ideas were named finalists today in the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, a community-wide initiative funding the best ideas for the arts in South Florida. Emerging from nearly 1,000 submissions, the finalists propose a range of projects to help make art general in Miami, […]
Article · September 13, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra. Photo by Debra-Lynn Hook. And the performers are (left to right): Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle; Brian Kay, long-neck dulcimer; Amanda Powell, vocals; Tina Bergmann, harmmered dulcimer; René Schiffer, cello. AKRON, OHIO – Sept. 13, 2016 – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today named 33 finalists in the Knight Arts […]
Article · September 13, 2016 by Knight Foundation
NEW YORK – Sept. 12, 2016 – Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, and Christine Amer Mayer, president of GAR Foundation in Akron, Ohio, have been elected to the board of trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Lynn Ross, former deputy assistant secretary for policy development at the U.S. […]
Article · September 12, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Over 400 language-based works purchased with support of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Article · September 9, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Initiative seeks to counter the growing economic and social fragmentation in our cities by revitalizing and connecting parks, libraries, community centers and other public spaces
Article · September 8, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Series to kick off Sept. 27 in New York with a panel on “Fueling Extremism in a Wired World”
Article · August 29, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Oct. 23-25 event, presented by The Atlantic, Aspen Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies, will focus on problem-solving for global challenges
Article · August 18, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Community foundations across the country have played a central role in catalyzing giving days. While much of the focus for these online fundraising campaigns has been on the money raised for nonprofit participants, there has been little examination—until now—of the ways in which Giving Days actually benefit the community foundations that organize them. Related Links […]
Article · August 10, 2016 by Knight Foundation
Despite technology challenges, giving days bring long-term gains
Article · August 10, 2016 by Knight Foundation