About Knight Foundation

We passionately believe things can be better.

Knight Foundation’s twin missions are to seed and inspire great journalism everywhere, and to build strong communities in the cities and towns where our founders ran newspapers.

As a national foundation with local roots, we seek opportunities that can transform both communities and journalism, and help them reach their highest potential. We believe nothing big happens without a big idea, nothing new without a new idea. In every project we fund, the idea comes first.

Every day, we ask the question, of ourselves and our partners, ‘Is this the best there is?’ We seek out leaders who ask the same, who can identify the best opportunities and turn the big ideas into action.

Here are five basics that all transformational projects seem to have:

• Discovery of the facts.
• The vision to see what’s possible.
• The courage to push for change.
• The know-how to get it done.
• The tenacity that gets results.

Every successful project or initiative we’ve launched in the past has had an abundance of those elements. If you believe your grant opportunity fits these criteria, we want to hear from you.

The first step is to contact a program director from one of our three programs:

• Journalism Program
• Communities Program
• National and New Initiatives

General e-mail inquiries may be addressed to

• Robertson Adams, webmaster, web@knightfdn.org.

The Organization

• Statement of Purpose
• History
• Board of Trustees
• Staff
• Visiting Our Offices
• Careers
• Frequently Asked Questions

List of Knight's Communities

Non-profit Status

• Knight Foundation is a non-operating, private foundation headquartered in Miami, Fla.
• Click here for the 990-PF: Return of Private Foundation (2005) tax form, as well as information on GuideStar.