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News and Information a Priority for Many Community and Place-based Foundations, Survey Finds

[Source: knightfoundation.org, July 14, 2010]
More than half of the 135 locally-focused foundations that responded to a new Knight Foundation survey said they were funding news and information projects - for a total of $165 million.  And more ...

Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

Commercial Sector Dwarfs Philanthropy in Media Support

[Source: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, by Peter B. Kaufman, Mary Albon, April 20, 2010]
Baltimore, MD – Despite the pervasiveness of media, the amount of philanthropic dollars in support of public interest media remains minuscule.  The findings, released today by Grantmakers in ...

What Kind of Apps Would Your Foundation Build?

[Source: Philanthropy 2173, by Lucy Bernholz; January 26, 2010]

Knight Foundation Commits $70 Million to Community Foundations Nationwide

MIAMI (Jan. 7, 2010) The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today that it intends to distribute $70 million over the next seven years to community foundations serving cities and ...
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Getting Connected: The Role of Community Foundations in Broadband

This new four page guide is a an accessible entry point for funders to learn about the many opportunities to engage with the broadband stimulus, including case studies of how colleagues in the ...

Foundations That Tweet - The List

[Source: Philanthropy 411 Blog, by Kris Putnam-Walkerly; July 20, 2009]

Foundations Invest in Watchdog Reporting as Group Considers National Investigative Network

[Source: Poynter Online, by David Westphal; Jun. 29, 2009] There's a new conventional wisdom about foundation-funded journalism: It's going to be bigger than most anyone imagined.How big? Well, ...

Knight Foundation Features Videos and Reports from Second Media Learning Seminar

On February 16 and 17, 2009, more than 180 foundation executives, media developers and leaders attended the second "Media Learning Seminar on the Information Needs of Communities in a ...