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Since 2012, Knight has invested more than $62 million to nurture Miami’s tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem by creating local investor networks, growing the city’s talent base, and building a stronger sense of community among entrepreneurs and tech practitioners.
We are social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers.
We are social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers. (Read our Statement of Strategy.)
Knight Foundation supports the development of engaged, inclusive and equitable communities toward a more effective democracy in the 26 cities where the Knight brothers owned and operated newspapers.
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Although we are not accepting unrequested LOIs at this time, Knight Foundation is steadfast in our commitment to fostering innovation and supporting transformative projects. We encourage you to explore other ways to engage with us, such as through our open challenges and ongoing initiatives.
Knight Foundation believes arts and culture are at the core of community, connecting people to place and to one another. Investing in arts and culture is central to Knight’s effort to build stronger, better informed and more engaged communities, which are critical for a more effective democracy.
Knight Foundation, a private, independent foundation, originated with the Knight family’s belief in the value of education. The father of John S. and James L. Knight, editor and publisher Charles Landon Knight, had a tradition of helping financially strapped students pay for college.
Knight Foundation commissions research that contributes to the broader understanding of informed and engaged communities, both now and in the future. Additionally, as technology continues to transform the way people learn about and interact with their communities, research-based insights are crucial for leaders to remain responsive to these ...
This new funding will further Knight’s decades-long focus on addressing the urgent need to better inform and engage communities impacted by ever-shifting media landscapes, and follows the more than $632 million in investments made since 2005 to enhance and support robust news ecosystems.