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Knight Foundation Grants: How to Win Funding

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation views arts and culture not as decorative amenities or purely aesthetic pursuits, but as essential public infrastructure integral to healthy democratic ecosystems, economic opportunity, and civic vitality.

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Knight Foundation: the arts + community engagement + technology intersection

Knight Foundation funds arts projects that engage communities and use technology to expand access. Frame your proposal at the intersection of arts, community, and technology, not as traditional arts programming.

The Knight Foundation funds arts, journalism, and community engagement in the communities where the Knight brothers once owned newspapers (Philadelphia, Detroit, San Jose, Miami, Charlotte, St. Paul, and others). If your work is outside these communities, Knight is not your funder. The arts + community + technology framing: Knight's arts funding prioritizes projects that use technology to engage communities in the arts. Funded models include: (1) digital arts platforms that…

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