Knight Foundation's signature work is its Journalism Program. Today, the program focuses on leading journalism excellence into the digital age. We define journalism excellence as the fair, accurate, contextual pursuit of truth.
Since 1950, the foundation has invested nearly $400 million with 1,000 partners to advance quality journalism and freedom of expression worldwide.
Since 1986, the foundation has made a series of major grants to support midcareer education, primarily journalism fellowship programs at prominent universities, including Miami, Columbia, Harvard, Maryland, MIT, Michigan, Southern California, Berkeley and Stanford. All have been independently evaluated and have received high marks for effectiveness. Some have been endowed; others have received operating grants.
The Journalism Program also has established Knight Chairs in Journalism at the nation's top journalism schools
We partner with innovators and entrepreneurs with transformative ideas and the potential to achieve them.
Through its National program, the foundation seeks to weave the arts into the fabric of the above-mentioned eight Knight communities to engage and inspire the people living in them. The foundation believes that the arts are a catalyst for public dialogue, and that shared cultural experiences contribute to a sense of place and communal identity.
We seek to weave the arts into the fabric of the communities to engage and inspire their residents.
Through its arts program, the foundation seeks to weave the arts into the fabric of the above-mentioned eight Knight communities to engage and inspire the people living in them. The foundation believes that the arts are a catalyst for public dialogue, and that shared cultural experiences contribute to a sense of place and communal identity.
The foundation seeks innovative ways to reach, engage and increase audiences for the arts, including through the use of technology.
Over a three-year period, the foundation is funding 1,000 “Random Acts of Culture” to bring artists out of the performance halls and into people’s everyday lives.
As a way to solicit fresh and innovative ideas, Knight Foundation launched community-wide contests in Miami and Philadelphia to seek out and fund the best ideas for the arts. Winners range from individual artists to large institutions.
The foundation has invested more than $66 million in the arts over the last five years.
Knight Foundation integrates national strategic initiatives across all three focus areas, aiming for transformational impact through lasting and systemic change.
Knight Foundation integrates national strategic initiatives across all three focus areas, aiming for transformational impact through lasting and systemic change.
