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  SecondQuarter 2007 Grants Report
Recent Grants: SECOND QUARTER 2007
Index for Grants Archive
SECOND QUARTER 2007 GRANTS APPROVED*
BY THE JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION
Program Number of Grants Amount
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM    
Civic Engagement & Positive Human Relations 4 $ 977,800
Economic Development 3 2,935,000
Other Community Priorities 2 1,057,584
Vitality of Cultural Life 3 300,000
Wellbeing of Children and Families 2 750,000
  14 grants $ 8,020,384
JOURNALISM PROGRAM    
Digital Media and News in the Public Interest 2 $ 301,000
Journalism Training and Education 2 475,000
News and Newsroom Diversity 1 125,000
Press Freedom and Freedom of Information 2 215,000
Knight News Challenge 2 844,000
  9 grants $ 1,960,000
NATIONAL AND NEW INITIATIVES    
Civic Engagement & Positive Human Relations 1 $ 653,000
  1 grant $ 653,000
     
SPECIAL GRANTS 20 grants $ 299,555
     
GRAND TOTAL: 44 grants $ 8,932,939
     
*Grants approved at June 10, 2007 Board meeting and Presidential grants approved Feb. 1 –  Apr. 30, 2007.
 

Communities Program

Akron
Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations
Akron, Ohio
$ 531,500
over five years
To develop a cadre of young minority leaders by scaling a one-week summer workshop into an intense year-long leadership development, personal growth and cultural arts experience.
Well-Being of Children and Families
Akron, Ohio
$ 500,000
Over three years
To restructure completely the system of food distribution to the needy by supporting the renovation of a massive warehouse and trucking facility.
Akron, Ohio
$ 250,000
One year
To extend the effective community service operations of the Akron Urban League by assisting it to meet a $300,000 capital challenge grant issued by the Kresge Foundation, due March 31, 2007.
Detroit
Economic Development
Detroit, Mich.
$ 400,000
Over two years
To connect a critical segment of the Detroit work force to job opportunities through support of an innovative pilot project that uses Internet‑based literacy and training programs.
Long Beach
other community priorities
Long Beach, Calif.
$ 550,000
One year
To test the concept of a community foundation providing grant support services to Knight Foundation by having the community foundation serving Long Beach take on this role for the balance of 2007, with an emphasis on civic leadership.
Miami
Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations
Washington, D.C.
$ 246,300
To engage Miami-area young adults in the democratic process by launching an innovative program that brings political figures to their attention using a variety of technologies.
Vitality of Cultural Life
Miami, Fla.
$ 125,000
One year
To encourage diverse, young audiences in Miami to attend arts and cultural events by learning how to reach them with messages about performances and discounted tickets.
Coral Gables, Fla.
$ 100,000
One year
To create a blueprint for a possible Masters in Fine Arts program.
Palm Beach
Other Community Priorities
Palm Beach, Fla.
$ 507,584
.
To test the concept of a community foundation providing grant support services to Knight Foundation by having the community foundation serving Palm Beach take on this role for the balance of 2007, with an emphasis on civic leadership.
Philadelphia
Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations
Philadelphia, Pa.
$ 100,000
One year
To extend the national reach of the Constitution Center's highest profile programs through the Knight Initiative for Civic Education.
Philadelphia, Pa.
$ 100,000
One year
To foster civic engagement around the re-imagination of the Delaware Waterfront by supporting the development of the web-based journalism tool, www.planphilly.com.
economic development
Philadelphia, Pa.
$ 2,000,000
Over three years
To create momentum for a set of initiatives that transform the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a destination cultural campus by supporting the physical expansion of one of the Parkway's signature institutions.
Philadelphia, Pa.
$ 535,000
Over two years
To improve Philadelphia's educational attainment rankings and workforce competitiveness by systematically re-enrolling college drop‑outs through the launch of Graduate! Philadelphia (G!P).
vitality of cultural life
Philadelphia, Pa.
$ 75,000
.
To highlight new possibilities that the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has to offer the region, both culturally and economically, by supporting the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival.

Subtotal 14 grants

Journalism Program

Digital Media and News in the Public Interest
Durham, N.C.
$ 76,000
One year
For a high-profile debate of “trial by media” in the aftermath of the Duke lacrosse case
Syracuse, N.Y.
$ 225,000
Three years
To create a permanently expanding and independent source of federal government information for journalists and citizens by making TRACFED, a database project, self-sustaining.
News and Newsroom Diversity
New York, N.Y.
$ 125,000
One year
To enable low-income journalism students to get work experience comparable to others through this internship. This internship is an integral part of the curriculum of the new journalism program
Journalism Training and Education
New York, N.Y.
$ 450,000
Over two years
To train journalism leaders and strengthen their nonprofit professional groups.
Santa Clara, Calif.
$ 25,000
One year
To raise media credibility among news consumers by helping launch a media ethics program.
Press Freedom and Freedom of Information
Arlington, Va.
$ 95,000
One year
To teach young people about First Amendment freedoms by creating a special Consitution Day 2007 newspaper tabloid and online module in partnership with the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.
Washington, D.C.
$ 120,000
One year
To enable students and faculty from journalism schools in Latin America to study how global issues are covered differently in different countries through the new Salzburg Academy Program on Media and Global Change.
Knight News Challenge
Cambridge, Mass.
$ 244,000
Over two years.
To extend the successful Global Voices project to people from additional communities worldwide.
New York, N.Y.
$ 600,000
Over three years
To improve a city's awareness of its arts and culture by bringing more diverse voices to WNYC public radio using a new type of interactive web site.

Subtotal: 9 grants $6,316,000

National and New Initiatives

Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations
Cambridge, Mass.
$ 653,000
Over three years
To work in conjunction with New Profit, Inc. to produce the research, evaluation and Harvard case studies on the three city pilot projects to enhance urban public problem solving by social entrepreneurs.
Cambridge, Mass.
$ 2,535,000
Over three years
To develop innovative strategies for community challenges by linking civic leaders and social entrepreneurs and to develop an on-line strategy for accelerating the social entrepreneurship movement.

Subtotal: 2 grants for $3,188,000

Other

Other Community Priorities
Naperville, Ill.
$ 25,000
One year
To provide underwriting support for the annual conference to be held in Miami in 2007, and general operating support to increase organizational capacity.
Washington, D.C.
$ 54,500
One year
For 2007 general operating support.
Miami, Fla.
$ 25,205
Over four years
To help the organization achieve its goals of assisting philanthropy in South Florida by providing new office space in Miami.
Miami, Fla.
$ 10,550
One year
For 2007 general operating support.
San Francisco, Calif.
$ 24,750
One year
For 2007 general operating support.
Washington, D.C.
$ 17,150
One year
For 2007 general operating support.
Atlanta, Ga.
$ 7,500
One year
For 2007 general operating support.
Wayne, Pa.
$ 4,900
One year
For 2007 general operating support.

Subtotal: 8 grants for $169,555

Trustee-advised Grant Program

Total: 12 grants $130,000