Knight Foundation

Leadership & Staff

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John Palfrey President of the MacArthur Foundation

• Position

Chris Hughes Co-founder, Facebook

• Trustee

Paul E Steiger President and editor of ProPublica; former editor of the Wall Street Journal

• Trustee

E Roe Stamps IV Co-founder and managing partner of Summit Partners

• Trustee

Earl W Powell Chairman and CEO of Trivest Partners; Powell Investment Advisors

• Trustee

Beverly Knight Olson Knight Foundation trustee

• Trustee

Mariam C Noland Knight

• Trustee

Rolfe Neill Knight Foundation trustee; former chairman and publisher of The Charlotte Observer

• Trustee

Paul S Grogan President of the Boston Foundation

• Trustee

James N Crutchfield

• Trustee

Board Members

Francisco L Borges Landmark Partners; Treasurer of the State of Connecticut; The Travelers Insurance Company

• Board Member ('11→?) [+1]

• chairman of the board ('19→?)

Joichi Ito Former Director of the MIT Media Lab

• Board member (?→Sep 7 '19)

Donors

Wynwood Business Improvement District Group formed to gentrify the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami

• Donation · 43,500 USD (Oct 22 '13)

New Economy Initiative of Southeast Michigan project of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; philanthropy-led entrepreneurial development strategy to build support for businesses in southeast Michigan.

• Donation/Grant

My Brother's Keeper Data-Driven Impact Program Tracking Black and Latino Young Men

• Donation/Grant

Five Freedoms Project Knight Foundation Funded

• Funder ('08)

Donations

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City of Detroit City of Detroit

• Ongoing Funder · 100,000,000 USD ('08)

Report For America American national service program for emerging journalists

• Donation/Grant · 5,000,000 USD

Sunlight Foundation DC-based foundation focused on government transparency and technology

• Donation · 1,492,000 USD ('14) [+1]

• Donation · 750,000 USD ('13)

Silicon Valley Talent Partnership (SVTP) Knight Foundation Funded Pro Bono Private Sector Consulting on Civic Projects

• Funder · 1,000,000 USD ('14)

Teach for America Leadership training & short term K12 teaching program oriented around districts with poverty

• Grant · 1,000,000 USD

Citizen Schools

• Donation · 500,000 USD [+1]

• Donation

Open Whisper Systems Originally developer of the Signal app and desolved upon formation of the Signal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

• Donation/Grant · 416,000 USD ('14) [+1]

• Donation/Grant

Pérez Art Museum Miami

• Donation/Grant · 250,000 USD

National Public Radio Non-profit membership media organization that serves public radio stations

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('09)

New America Left-learning Think Tank that focuses on ational security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy 

• Donation · 250,000 USD ('09)*

Child Organizations

KNIGHT-LENFEST LOCAL NEWS TRANSFORMATION FUND

• Child Org

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

• Child Org

Memberships

The Funders Network Smart Growth

• Member

Northern California Grantmakers Regional Philanthropic Network

• Member

Media Impact Funders Social Impact Investment in Media

• Member

Services & Transactions

Graphika

• Service/Transaction

Ushahidi an open source software application which utilises user-generated reports to collate and map data

• Service/Transaction

Miscellaneous Relationships

City of Miami

• Home of*

Lenfest Institute for Journalism Endowment for Philadelphia Regional Journalism

• Affiliation

Facebook Journalism Project

• Affiliation

NetGain Partnership

• Affiliation

CityLab Conference Urban Governance

• Affiliation

City of Baltimore Maryland

• Recipient of Funds*

Design Studio for Social Intervention Social Impact Investor Sponsored "Art" and "Civic" Lab Ties to MIT

• Consultant

Cory Donovan Program Manager, ImpactPHL

• Funded by ('12→?)*

John Horrigan Promoter of Broadband Adoption

• Consultant to

Data Smart City Solutions Program of Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center

• partner