MIAMI — In “The Media Missionaries: American Support for International Journalism Excellence and Press Freedom Around the Globe,” media analyst Ellen Hume provides a detailed look at the multimillion-dollar effort to promote press freedom and raise journalism standards worldwide. The new publication, funded and published by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, urges […]
Best practices’ for college and university boards outlined in new guidelines from Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College
MIAMI – Michael Maidenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher with the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald for 21 years until his December 2003 retirement, will become vice president and chief program officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation April 19. Maidenberg’s appointment by President and CEO Hodding Carter III was approved by the Knight […]
MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2004 – A series of new investments in Overtown will help area residents train for better-paying jobs and prepare for home ownership, as well as provide after-school youth activities and other resources for low-income families in Miami’s historic African-American community. Trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently approved […]
New $13 Million, Five-Year Funding Commitment Focuses on Low-Income Latino and Southeast Asian Children and Families
DULUTH – January 14, 2004 – Nearly a half-million dollars is being invested in five organizations working to improve the economic development climate in Duluth and the surrounding region through projects ranging from online resources to storefront improvements, according to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and its funding partners at a press […]
DETROIT, Mich. – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a national funder with a 35-year history of local grant making, will invest $24.3 million over the next five years to increase community development in six selected Detroit neighborhoods and to increase access and diversity in arts organizations in southeast Michigan. The initial investments […]
MIAMI — In the second wave of a $50 million investment by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 10 community foundations have received a combined $21.9 million for local grant making from funds established to strengthen nonprofits serving residents in Knight cities and towns. The latest grants, ranging from $750,000 to $3.7 million, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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