Private foundation · EIN 65-0464177 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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Reported organization name: JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
NEW YORK, NY
$5MTax year 2024
To support the associated press to ensure state-based, public-service journalism is available in 50 states while ap devises a new local news business strategy to better position it for long-term sustainability.
WASHINGTON, DC
$4MTax year 2024
To sustain the institute, which will convene, support and provide accessible, actionable, nonpartisan insights to the stakeholders and institutions that design, operate, study and govern the digital information environment.
BOSTON, MA
$3MTax year 2024
To recruit, hire, train and place reporters from a variety of experiences and backgrounds into local newsrooms, and build durable local revenue streams atop those positions to assure long-term support for community journalism.
MIAMI, FL
$2.9MTax year 2024
Support the growth, adaptation and diversification of newsmatch in the press forward era, to increase the competency of non-profit publishers seeking earned reader revenue.
MIAMI, FL
$2.8MTax year 2024
To foster healthy communities by aiding local news publishers in the production of fact-based state and local election reporting, with a focus on swing states in which this coverage will be particularly relevant and useful.
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Create free accountFigures are aggregated from John S and James L Knight Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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