2004 KF Annual Report

Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Fla. 33131-2349 www.knightfdn.org 2004 ANNUAL REPORT John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2004 ANNUAL REPORT

FROM PRESIDENT THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE he John S. and James L. Knight Foundation T was established in 1950 as a private foundation independent of the Knight brothers’ newspaper enterprises. It is dedicated to further- ing their ideals of service to community, to the highest standards of journalistic excellence and to the defense of a free press. In both their publishing and philanthropic undertakings, the Knight brothers shared a broad vision and an uncommon devotion to the common welfare. It is those ideals, as well as their philanthropic interests, to which the foundation remains faithful. To heighten the impact of our grant making, Knight Foundation’s trustees have elected to focus on two signature programs, Journalism Initiatives and Community Partners, each with its own eligibility requirements. A third program, the National Venture Fund, nurtures innovation, leadership and experimentation with investments that advance Knight Foundation’s objectives and can benefit Knight communities. In a rapidly changing world, the foundation also remains flexible enough to respond to unique challenges, ideas and projects that lie beyond its identified program areas, yet would fulfill the broad vision of its founders. None of the grant making would be possible without a sound financial base. Thus, preserving and enhancing the foundation’s assets through prudent investment management continues to be of paramount importance.

Network Pronunciation: 'net-\"wurk Function: noun 1: an interconnected or interrelated chain, group, or system <a network of hotels> Network 2: a system of lines or channels resembling a network Networks are two-way exchanges of power, resources, knowledge. Silicon Valley pioneer Robert Metcalfe talked about networks and their relevance to 21st century technology. Metcalfe’s Law says, in essence, that the community value of a network grows as the square of the number of its users increases. Put another way, “the power of the network increases exponentially by the number of computers connected to it.” We think “the power of the network” exemplifies the Knight Foundation model of grant making pretty well. TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Chairman 2 From the President 4 2004 Programs 8 12 Journalism Initiatives 14 q The Knight Chairholders connect creatively through News University. 18 12 18 q The AP’s Tom Curley helps fight for access to information. 20 Community Partners Program 22 q Boulder’s nonprofit partners find power in working together. 26 q Former Mayor Harvey Gantt pushes Charlotte residents on race. 28 National Venture Fund 30 q Knight’s early childhood grantees meet in person and in cyberspace. 34 q David Skaggs helps lead a campaign for more civics and journalism. 26 22 43 Web Special: The Internet connects East Little Havana residents to the community. q www.knightfdn.org/annual Trustees, Officers, Staff 36 Financial Statements 46 History 38 Letter of Inquiry 52 Investment Report 44 Grants 53 30 34 Auditors’ Report 45 Acknowledgments Inside Back Cover 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 1

FROM THE CHAIRMAN Supporting Networks his annual report focuses on the great has demonstrated great wisdom and com- T value and power of networks. Sup- mon sense as well as an outstanding com- porting networks has been extremely mitment to the goals of Knight Foundation. important in Knight Foundation’s two He is the chairman emeritus and former major programs, Community Partners and CEO of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs Journalism Initiatives, as well as in our in Akron, one of the largest law firms in National Venture Fund. Ohio. He serves the region well as a trustee In late January 2004, for example, the of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Catholic Community Partners Program invited to Diocese of Cleveland Foundation and the Miami two representatives from each of Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition. He the foundation’s community advisory is trustee and board chair of the National committees that serve the 26 cities and Inventors Hall of Fame, and co-trustee and towns where Jack and Jim Knight owned executive director of the GAR Foundation. newspapers. Rob also serves as chair of the newly The advisory committees’ chairs, along formed Fund for Our Economic Future, a W. Gerald Austen, M.D. with representatives of the community collaborative of more than 60 funders, foundations with whom they work closely, Establishing or supporting networks of including Knight Foundation, focusing on reported over two days on the grant- shared values and interests nicely describes regional economic development in making investments recommended by the foundation’s grant-making philosophy. Northeast Ohio. their committees’ members. The retreat To encourage collaborative work, across We have been joined recently by two gave those of us who attended a good town or across the nation, Knight Founda- outstanding new trustees. Jim Crutchfield, sense of how each committee ensures that tion disbursed $90.4 million and approved publisher and president of the Akron the grantees’ various projects are initiated 329 new grants in 2004. Beacon Journal, was elected to the board and monitored. Our major community Not all of our activities rely on founda- in June 2004, having served as chair of the interests – local early childhood projects, tion funding. Perhaps equally as important foundation’s Akron Community Advisory programs for vulnerable teens, asset- as the dollars, we provide the ability to Committee. Jim is involved with a number building assistance to poor families, support convene, the time and space for grantees of local nonprofit organizations including for new affordable housing, economic to plan, the imprimatur of a trusted name, the Akron Community Foundation, development, education, greater access to the latitude to take risks, the research to the United Way of Summit County, the the arts, and the promotion of voting and generate or confirm ideas, the technology Greater Akron Chamber and the Ohio volunteerism – have presented promising to keep the conversations going and a play- Coalition for Open Government. In addi- opportunities as well as frustrating road- ing field that’s fair for everyone. tion to Akron, Jim’s newspaper career has blocks. Participants have continued their Many of these operating assumptions taken him to the Knight communities dialogue with one another, and the foun- were set out in a five-year strategic plan of Detroit, Long Beach and Philadelphia. dation’s staff has pledged to keep the infor- that owes much credit to Dr. Jill Ker Conway, Professional affiliations include the mation flowing. our retiring vice chair and a Knight trustee American Society of Newspaper Editors, The retreat confirmed for me that the since 1991. We were fortunate that Jill, the National Association of Black Journal- Knight advisory committees, comprising renowned as a wonderful writer and former ists, the Ohio Newspaper Association and an exceptional national network of some president of Smith College, joined Knight the National Association of Minority 240 local leaders and experts, are our Foundation’s Education Advisory Committee Media Executives. He is a board member strongest links yet to the Knight communi- in September 1988 and the board in 1991. of his alma mater, Duquesne University. ties. Akron’s Jim Crutchfield, then an advi- From the very beginning of Jill’s tenure, Dr. Mary Sue Coleman, president sory committee chairman and now a she proved to be an extraordinarily intelli- of the University of Michigan, began her Knight trustee, said it best: “Knight’s com- gent and thoughtful trustee with the service on the Knight board in March munity advisory committee members are unique ability to express herself in a won- 2005. Mary Sue was a member of the Knight catalysts for change; that’s why we’re here.” derfully balanced and effective way. She Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate You will find similar sentiments on the became vice chair of the board and chair Athletics from 2000 until 2004 and has merits of strong networks in the field of of our Planning and Program Committee been a leader in sports reform efforts in journalism. Says Rich Oppel, editor of the in 1996. We are extremely grateful to Jill the NCAA. She served as president of the Austin American-Statesman and the new for her truly invaluable service. University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002 chair of Knight’s Journalism Advisory Succeeding Jill as vice chair as of March before moving on to Ann Arbor. From stu- Committee: “We’re encouraging our 2005 is Rob Briggs. Rob, who became a dent life to ethics in society to athletics to grantees to unite, and it’s working.” Knight Foundation trustee in June 2002, financial aid, Mary Sue is actively engaged 2 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

FROM THE CHAIRMAN Conway Briggs Crutchfield Coleman Ibargüen Carter Friday Crowe in the issues of the day that affect the grantee, in the protection of journalists has provided impetus for NCAA adoption world of academics and beyond. A profes- whose lives are at risk in the hemisphere. of higher academic performance standards sor of chemistry and biological chemistry, Hodding Carter’s essay on the follow- for college athletes, welcomed new chair Mary Sue previously held senior academic ing pages reflects on his eight years at the Dr. Thomas K. Hearn Jr., the retiring presi- administrative appointments at the Univer- helm of this organization. We are immense- dent of Wake Forest University. sity of North Carolina, where she was the ly grateful to Hodding; he has given Knight Finally, Timothy J. Crowe, Knight’s vice vice chancellor for graduate studies and Foundation, the community of journalism president and chief investment officer since research, and at the University of New and the field of philanthropy visionary and 1990, retired in March 2005. We respect Mexico, where she was provost and vice superb leadership. He has been a gifted and appreciate his outstanding work at president for academic affairs. communicator about the power and prom- Knight Foundation. Last fall, when Tim A major change in leadership at Knight ise of philanthropy and the need to help announced his plan to retire after 15 years Foundation will occur this year. In January the neediest among us. During his tenure here, the foundation’s board of trustees 2005, the board of trustees elected Alberto the foundation’s assets increased from $1.2 took the opportunity to thoroughly recon- Ibargüen, publisher and chairman of The billion to $1.9 billion and our annual sider our investment practices. We sought Miami Herald Publishing Co., to become grants payments more than doubled to advice from Ennis Knupp + Associates, an president and chief executive officer of the $90 million. independent investment consulting firm. foundation. He will start as president-elect Very importantly, he led Knight’s staff After considering numerous options, we in July 2005, then formally succeed Hodding through a complex and successful implemen- ultimately selected Cambridge Associates Carter III in September 2005. We are for- tation of our new Community Partners to oversee the investment of the founda- tunate in this long-planned transition. Program, and he shaped the local-national tion’s $1.9 billion endowment, effective Alberto’s interests in philanthropy and strategy of the National Venture Fund. March 1, 2005. The outsourcing decision journalism are a perfect match with those He helped retool what is now Living Cities: was based on Cambridge’s outstanding of the foundation. He is a member and the National Community Development investment experience, resources and organi- past chair of Knight’s Miami-Dade/ Initiative, which is an urban development zational strengths. Our 18-year relationship Broward Community Advisory Committee. consortium working in 23 U.S. cities. with Cambridge as the foundation’s invest- Alberto has been a newspaper executive Hodding is also a founding partner of the ment consultant, as well as the knowledge since 1984, first at The Hartford Courant, Florida Philanthropic Network, a coalition that Cambridge co-founder Jim Bailey will then at Newsday in New York, before join- of Florida’s leading grant-makers seeking to lead the team handling our investments, ing Knight Ridder in 1995 as publisher advance philanthropy in the Sunshine State. were also important considerations. of El Nuevo Herald. As Miami Herald We also said farewell and thanks in The Knight Foundation trustees look publisher since 1998, Alberto has led a February 2005 to William C. Friday, who forward to our forthcoming planning business revival that has made the newspa- chaired the Knight Commission on Inter- retreat in December 2005 when we will per among the most successful in the collegiate Athletics with distinction and review our programs and set our strategic industry. He is recognized as an outstand- great moral authority for 15 years. As pres- plans for the next five years. ing leader and communicator. He has been ident emeritus of the University of North very involved in supporting worthy non- Carolina and past president of the William profit entities, serving as a trustee of the R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, Bill Friday is University of Miami, a member of the respected throughout higher education W. Gerald Austen, M.D. Trustees’ Council of the National Gallery and philanthropy. The commission, which Chairman of Art, and the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the boards of overseers of the The Year in Review Jan. 1, 2004 – Dec. 31, 2004 journalism school of Columbia University and the law school of the University of Assets: $ 1.94 billion Pennsylvania. He is past chairman of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and the Grants paid out: $ 90,358,608 Florida Philharmonic Orchestra. Alberto New grants approved: $ 99,905,480 (329 grants) has led the efforts of the Inter American Average grant size: $ 303,664 Press Association, a longtime Knight 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 3

FROM THE PRESIDENT Distinct Steps in the Right Direction maneuvers. Unless everyone agrees that the past was a disaster, to alter direction significantly takes time, thought and consensus. Which is what we put together. We came out of our five-year strategic review in 2000 with a mandate for sharp- ened focus and a considerable devolution of power. Knight’s new community advisory committees became the creators, facilitators and overseers of local programs using our grant dollars. We put 10 liaisons into the field, charged with working closely with each of the 26 community groups to devise long-term programs of work. Our operating assumptions explicitly stated that the quality of life of those most in need was among our central concerns. The journalism program was encouraged to look to the new forms of communication and journalism as well as try to improve and protect the old. The new National Venture Fund worked its way toward fulfilling its mandate to support innovation In October, Knight Foundation teamed with the U.S. Conference of Mayors at its fall leadership conference in Akron, at the national and local levels in all areas Ohio, to launch the Immigrant Integration Initiative. Hodding Carter chats here with Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic, of board-designated interest. president of the mayors’ conference. We took even more distinct steps away The only comparable time in my life from our old way of doing business. The ‘ We need to keep asking ourselves a began 46 years ago, when I left the Marines. board agreed that the fledgling community I went home to a newspaper job in Missis- advisory committees could concentrate simple question. When we’re sitting sippi, just as the civil rights revolution was on as few as one and no more than three by the fireplace with a grandchild beginning, and spent the next 17-plus years of our six areas of interest. It decided on one knee, do we want to say we navigating the shoals of massive resistance Knight would commit financial and tech- and onrushing change. It was an exciting, nical resources for up to five years behind helped put the American dream back fulfilling and life-altering experience. these community decisions, so long as the on track? Or do we want to say we So, too, this gift of almost eight years community plans included concrete ways were the first generation in American at Knight’s helm. I doubt that either the to determine how things were going, board or I fully realized what these years history not to leave the country in would hold when they offered and I better shape than it was left to us?’ accepted the post in 1997. There was nothing broken here and therefore nothing that – Eric Schwarz, president, Citizen Schools cried out for fixing. Nor, when I came aboard, did I urge that we suddenly rush s my time as Knight Foundation’s A off in new directions just to prove there president and CEO comes to an was a new hand on the tiller. Ignorant of end, I can honestly say that only one so much that foundation life entailed, other job in my somewhat peripatetic almost equally uneducated about Knight’s vocational life has ever matched it for intel- culture and long-term goals, I was in no lectual challenge, job satisfaction and the hurry to try to put a new stamp on its A January 2004 retreat for the Community Partners opportunity to do meaningful work. In public face. Program gave Knight Foundation and representatives fact, now that I am leaving and it is safe to It was just as well. Foundations may from our community advisory committees a chance to say so, there were times when I thought I not exactly be the proverbial supertanker, assess progress. Palm Beach County committee chair should have been paying the board of slow to change course, but they do tend Reuben B. Johnson III, left, talks with W. Gerald Austen, trustees for the privilege. to be unresponsive to abrupt and radical M.D., chairman of Knight’s board of trustees. 4 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

FROM THE PRESIDENT year in and year out, as well as at the end of each grant cycle. The board also partially devolved grant decision-making in another way, giving the president – and therefore, indirectly, program officers – the authority to commit up to $250,000 per grant without prior board approval. That effectively meant that while the board would still approve well over two-thirds of all the grants money, since the size of many multiyear grants was growing dramatically, the president and staff had approval rights over somewhat the same percentage of actual grants. This allowed for faster response time, more first-step experimentation and a height- ened level of staff empowerment. For these five years, the board has built on its earlier willingness to endorse partnerships at every level. In community development and in attempts to build inter- change between museums, to give two examples, Knight was already well launched as a willing partner with other foundations before 2000. Thereafter, our partnerships exploded and, we believe, so did our effectiveness. We remain bound in what is a 14-year- old, multipartner enterprise, Living Cities, aimed at improving the living conditions of neighborhoods and cities in 23 communities. Thanks to Lisa Versaci, director of the National Venture Fund, we are also well under way with multiple partners in civic education and immigrant integration campaigns, to name only two of our fresh undertakings. Eric Newton, director of Journalism Miami City Commissioner Jeffery Allen, bottom center, greets neighborhood children at an October event in the city’s Initiatives, working closely with our Jour- historic black downtown of Overtown. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, founder of the Black Archives, stands at right. Knight nalism Advisory Committee, has Knight community funding and support from Living Cities will help the Black Archives complete renovation of the Lyric Theater, Foundation interwined with what seem to allowing it to serve as the centerpiece of a $93 million mixed-use plan to provide housing, shops, entertainment and be legions of other funders and multitudes a hotel. The intent: restore the neighborhood and provide residents affordable housing and a way to participate in the of initiatives concerning a free press in a neighborhood’s long-awaited boom. free society. We always said journalism was launched a counterattack against the new tual hurdles in the post-2000 period. at the center of Knight Foundation’s con- layers of government secrecy that have We began, quite self-consciously and after cerns; there can still be no doubt about recently been piled on old. In this nation, thorough board discussion and debate, that claim today. What we have done, how- the government is meant to be servant of to encourage grant recipients to advocate ever, is not only spend more money as our the people, not vice versa, but popular on their own behalf and to support organ- corpus has grown, but widen and deepen sovereignty is toothless without full access izations that could help them do so. what we mean by journalism and what to information about what the government Second, we decided that building capacity we expect its effects to be. Additionally the is doing. mattered, sometimes as much as program- press groups with which we work have, v Knight surmounted two other concep- matic dollars. These were not small with our encouragement and support, 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 5

FROM THE PRESIDENT May 2004 brought the dedication of a new wing named for the Knight Foundation founders at the Harvard home of the Nieman Fellows. Carter, far right, joined a panel discussion including 2004 Nieman Fellows Mauricio Lloreda of Colombia and Erin Hoover Barnett of The Oregonian in Portland. decisions, but we hope they will pay big needle of progress they have chosen toward Consequently, we can make few claims dividends for the causes and institutions achievement. That ordinarily requires about long-term success and can easily the foundation supports. monitoring, feedback and constant adjust- point to short-term failures. What we do “Trust, but verify,” Ronald Reagan ment – which, of course, is the way most know is that feedback from our grant famously said of agreements with the Soviet of us make our way through life. recipients and partners about the new way Union, and so it is with each of our fresh This has been a sketchy account of what of doing business has been overwhelming- starts. There are no guarantees in this line has been a hard, often extremely frustrat- ly positive. Even with the grain of salt such of work. Foundations that trail intimations ing, attempt to improve the way we meet public reactions require – people do not of infallibility off their announcements of our responsibility to the Knight brothers’ often take issue with those bringing gifts – new initiatives are either setting themselves largesse and vision. Despite the fact that we are heartened by their enthusiasm. up for a fall or revealing that they are not it has been five years since the last strategic Unfortunately, what we also know is serious about their work. We are, which is plan, the new way of doing business has that the national environment in which we why so many of our grants have evaluation not actually been in operation for that work has altered considerably, frequently and annual benchmarks built in. The point entire time. As noted earlier, you do not to the detriment of the people and organi- is not just to get the money out the door. simply pick up a venture as complex as zations Knight seeks to serve. The federal The point is to allocate our money in ways ours, give it a good shake, set it off in a government, both as a matter of deliberate that help those we support move whatever new direction and dust off your hands. policy and in response to the changed 6 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

FROM THE PRESIDENT Carter introduces Alberto Ibargüen, right, to the foundation staff in January. Ibargüen, publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, will join Knight as president-elect in July 2005. landscape after 9/11, has been systematically respect for the worth of every single per- one smiling broadly as I tell my grandchil- cutting back its financial commitment to son – a system that has been the light of dren about what we tried to accomplish social welfare and other discretionary pro- the world. That has been the context in and how fortunate I was to have been grams. Many of those cuts have the effect which we have sought partners and sup- given these eight years at Knight. of all but obliterating our grant dollars’ ported their good ideas. impact in important arenas. They under- If we are not as wise and wonderful as score the need for those adversely affected we sometimes seem to believe, the people to speak as vigorously in their own behalf who are doing the actual work of making Hodding Carter III as those who are making the changes. That real the American dream are. That’s where President and CEO is what a free society founded on freedom the satisfaction and the rewards of this job of speech is all about. come in. America has always been at its best I cannot possibly list all those who, at when it has maintained a dynamic tension Knight and across the country, have helped between the drive for individual gain – a make my years here so challenging and drive that has helped create an economy fruitful. Let this be a heartfelt collective that is the wonder of the world – and the thank you to each and every one. When demands of a social compact based on you see me in the years to come, I’ll be the 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 7

e encourage our nonprofit partners and fellow funders to W connect, to link, to share information and resources. When national organizations reach out to members, and when local affiliates share successes with national headquarters, everyone wins. Strong networks emerged as a common element in Knight Foundation’s 2004 journalism, community and national funding efforts. We believe they contribute to the nation’s civic health. 8 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

2004 PROGRAMS A Network in Action Flint, Mich. DEARBORN, Chicago, Brooklyn, Cleveland, MICH. Ill. N.Y. Ohio Philadel- phia, Pa. Washing- ton, D.C. San Francisco, Calif. Anaheim, Calif. In Dearborn, Mich., the Arab Community Center for Economic Houston, Orlando, and Social Services (ACCESS) exempli- Texas Fla. fies the networked approach day in, day out. The largest Arab-American community-based organization in the nation, ACCESS serves not just the 300,000 residents of Arab and Chaldean heritage in the greater Detroit region, but citizens of all cultures and heritages. Knight Foundation initially funded ACCESS to set up a computer lab for language classes and job training. At right, Nosoud Alemarah helps Herman Dodson of Detroit apply for a job online through the Michigan Works Program. A 2004 grant of $500,000 covers permanent exhibits and programs at the new Arab American National Museum (facing page), which opens beneath its imposing dome in May 2005. Knight (as well as its partners in the Four Freedoms Fund) has also helped ACCESS share what it knows Network and strengthen Arab-American voices nationally by building a network linking similar organizations in 10 other U.S. cities. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 9

2004 PROGRAMS A Network in Action Murals depicting the history of Arab culture, above, decorate the lobby of the Michigan Works One Stop Center in Dearborn where ACCESS runs employment classes. At far left, lab assistant Maryam Asoufy draws blood from Wesley Smith at the ACCESS Community Health and Research Center. The Detroit Medical Center University lab is located inside the ACCESS clinic. ACCESS runs an after-school homework assistance program at Dearborn’s Salina Elementary School. At left, Henry Ford Community College student Eman Hammoud plays checkers with Mohammed Alsaadi, age 12. 10 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

he ultimate test of Knight T Foundation’s involvement may be a lasting, networked system, its virtual whole greater than its tangible parts. And the stronger the network, with its increased value and expanded choices, the more likely the idea upon which it is based will live on. Knight’s distinctive place in U.S. philanthropy – our competitive advantage as a long-term grant-making institution – comes from having the ability to forge and nurture networks offering both community focus and national reach. In the following narratives and features, you’ll see why we believe networks make possible the previously impossible. Network 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 11

J O U U NRA L I SAML I I ST M I I E S INT R R AT I I E E S N A R R A T I V E JOR N N I I AT V N A I A T V V Knight Chairs Peggy Kuhr and Ed Wasserman debate a point during a discussion about the future of journalism during a November gathering of the Knight Chairs in Journalism and their colleagues at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. The chairs work together to develop effective ways to teach, research and write about journalism. ED WASSERMAN Knight Chair in Journalism Ethics PEGGY KUHR JACK M. BALKIN Knight Chair for the Press, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law Lexington, New Leadership and Community and the First Amendment Lawrence, Va. Haven, Kan. Conn. MELINDA McADAMS WILLIAM RASPBERRY Gaines- Durham, Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies Knight Chair in ville, Fla. N.C. and the Democratic Process Communications and Journalism Los MICHAEL POLLAN Berkeley, DIANE WINSTON Angeles, Knight Chair in Science and Calif. Knight Chair in Media and Religion Technology Reporting Calif. JACQUI BANASZYNSKI STUART LOORY Columbia, Columbia, Knight Chair in Editing Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies Mo. Mo. KNIGHT WILLIAM GAINES PATRICIA THOMAS CHAIRS Athens, Urbana, Knight Chair in Investigative and Knight Chair in Health and IN Ga. Ill. Enterprise Reporting Medical Journalism JOURNALISM JOE RITCHIE Tallahas- Austin, ROSENTAL ALVES Knight Chair for Journalism see, Fla. Texas Knight Chair in International Journalism Student Enhancement East PHIL MEYER Chapel JIM DETJEN Lansing, Knight Chair in Mass Hill, N.C. Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism Mich. Communication Research Tempe, STEPHEN K. DOIG Syracuse, CHARLOTTE GRIMES Ariz. Knight Chair in Computer- N.Y. Knight Chair in Political Reporting Assisted Journalism College New York, Park, Evanston, N.Y. SYLVIA NASAR HAYNES JOHNSON Md. Ill. Knight Chair in Business Journalism Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism (Search under way) Knight Chair in Broadcast Journalism 12 2 J O H N S O H N D. J A M EA M E SKLN I G HG HF OFU NN D ATIIO N J . A N S A N D J S L . . K N I T T O U D AT O

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES NARRATIVE Just Plain Old Good Work I t isn’t always easy to work (or some- The 18th Knight Chair in Journalism, times even to talk) with each other. an endowment of $1.5 million, also prom- Knight Foundation has 170 active ises a healthy dose of networking. Trustees journalism grantees, fanned out across the awarded the Knight Chair in Health and Journalism nation and world. If each talked – just Medical Journalism to the University of once a year – with each of the others, the Georgia because of an innovative proposal number of conversations would total to improve the flow of health news among 28,730. That’s a tall order. the nation’s poor. In March 2005, the uni- We try to help. Our web site details versity named author, journalist and editor every grant, every contact. We start e-mail Patricia Thomas to the post. conversations in listservs. We meet regularly The need for accurate, understandable with grantees. We do it because we know information is particularly acute in the that when people work together they can Southern Black Belt, a rural strip of hun- take on the really big jobs. dreds of impoverished counties that winds Rich Oppel, editor of the Austin through 11 states, including Georgia. A American-Statesman and chair of Knight’s third of the nation’s 34.6 million poor live Journalism Advisory Committee, puts it in the region, where there are not enough this way: “With journalism today under family doctors or adequate health insur- full-throated assault, there is no more ance. Thomas will work with several med- powerful force for promoting excellence in ical schools and hospitals, as well as the scholarship, training and standards than Centers for Disease Control, to increase when Knight grantees work together. This health news in the Black Belt. is not an abstract concept – they’re doing An equally innovative, $1.475 million it in enormously important ways.” grant went to the University of Alabama Accordingly, 2004 saw increasing co- for a first-of-its-kind collaboration to create operation and coordination in the founda- a master’s degree in community journal- tion’s five journalism priority areas: ism at a “teaching newspaper.” Editors of the award-winning Anniston Star and uni- 1. Journalism Education and Training versity leaders are “setting aside their egos” In all, Knight Foundation reached a (as Dean E. Culpepper Clark put it) to work record 14,000 journalists through midca- with community news experts nationwide Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair reer training programs. Reporters found to create a university education within a in Editing at the University of do-it-yourself classes on the web at News working newsroom, based on the medical Missouri, serves as a trainer during University. (See feature on page 14.) profession’s model of a “teaching hospital.” a gathering in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Editors visited local stops of the traveling as part of NewsTrain. Created by the 2. Free Press and Freedom of Information NewsTrain. Newsrooms solved their Associated Press Managing Editors, NewsTrain is a network of two-day problems with the Traveling Curriculum. In 2004, leaders of The Associated regional seminars that expects to Executives planned training programs Press, the American Society of Newspaper train 3,000 editors over three years. with Tomorrow’s Workforce. Expanded Editors and the Newspaper Association programs reached out from Knight of America decried the trend of excessive Centers at leading journalism schools. government secrecy. (See feature on page 18.) Beyond that, journalism training in To fight back, Knight grantees started two general rebounded in 2004, as industry Washington, D.C.-based coalitions. investment increased and dozens of pro- A $500,000 grant to the Reporters grams shared resources, cross-promoted Committee for Freedom of the Press created and even helped each other increase the the Coalition of Journalists for Open Gov- quantity, quality and diversity of their ernment, an alliance of 25 top journalism recruits. Continued on Page 16 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 13

JOURNALISM FEATURE Journalism The Poynter Institute’s director of interactive learning, Howard Finberg, enjoys a laugh with the development staff of NewsU, Poynter’s e-learning site for journalists launching in April 2005 with Knight support. From left, Elizabeth Ferris, Finberg, J. Paige West and Casey Frechette. Interactive classes and content on the site will come from varied sources, including the Knight Chairs. At right, Arizona State Knight Chair Stephen Doig makes a point while Duke’s William Raspberry listens. 14 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

JOURNALISM FEATURE ‘A World Full of Connections’ S T. PETERSBURG, Fla. – In 1990, then-foundation president Creed Black “Collaboration greatly enriched my teaching and research,” Grimes said. announced the creation of the Knight Chair program by saying it would “I discovered that quite vividly with the Center for Responsive Politics – strengthen the quality of American journalism education “by bolster- they were a delight to work with and their expertise is just invaluable.” ing core curricular values and encouraging innovation.” The Center for Responsive Politics is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research These endowed journalism chairs at the nation’s top colleges and group in Washington that tracks money in politics and its effect on elections universities would be filled by professional journalists who would inspire and public policy. Grimes and the center created a glossary of campaign- excellence, collaborators who would create innovative classes, catalysts finance terms and a syllabus for journalism schools to teach students how to around whom the schools would build expanded programs or centers, and report on political money. She also uses the material for her own political visionaries who would strive to have a major impact on American journalism. reporting classes. Fifteen years later, the vision lives on, not only through the $28.5 In the largest gathering ever of Knight Chairs, the group traveled in 2004 million in endowments supporting the chairs’ individual programs, but also to The Poynter Institute in Florida to learn about News University, a five- through their growing cooperation with each other and with other Knight year, $2.8 million project to develop an e-learning program for journalists. journalism partners. The program is a partnership between Knight and Poynter, rated the nation’s top journalism training organization by the Where’s the Investment? study. Examples: NewsU (www.newsu.org) will show hundreds of thousands of news industry users of the Poynter web site the best of what great journalism schools q Rosental Alves, Knight Chair in International Journalism at the University have to offer, including the work of the Knight Chairs. It will offer interactive of Texas at Austin and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the e-learning courses for all levels of experience and across all media platforms Americas, started six professional journalists’ groups in Latin America. – print, broadcast, online. Some of the courses will have online teachers, To date, 2,300 journalists have been trained by the center’s programs. others will be available around the clock. Alves also helped the groups form relationships with other foundations At their Poynter meeting, the Knight Chairs brainstormed about NewsU to help diversify their support. classes, coming up with ideas for teaching how to analyze government data and how to understand scientific claims. NewsU director Howard Finberg q Jim Detjen, Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism at Michigan State, immediately began work with William Gaines, the Knight Chair in Investiga- worked with Alves on a major conference on air pollution and environ- tive and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois, to create an inves- mental journalism in Mexico. It resulted in the birth of a Mexican environ- tigative documents class. mental journalists’ organization. The individual web sites of Knight Chairs will be promoted through the Learning Links page at NewsU, and Poynter users will be able to quickly find q Charlotte Grimes, Knight Chair in Political Reporting at Syracuse, out about Knight Chair activities, such as a book, a seminar, a syllabus. worked with the Center for Responsive Politics on a training conference News University’s official launch at the April 2005 American Society of in Washington and to develop a syllabus and teaching materials on Newspaper Editors convention was designed to make the case that it is not campaign finance for journalism students. just informative, but a fun resource – like thousands of journalists at a din- ner party – featuring the best material from 18 Knight Chairs in Journalism, q Melinda McAdams, Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the a Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies and a Knight Professor in Constitu- Democratic Process at the University of Florida, helped the Western tional Law and First Amendment. Knight Center for Specialized Journalism train midcareer professionals Said environmental chair Detjen: “We all have a lot of experience and in the latest online journalism techniques. respect for one another and this makes it possible for us to work together easily.” q Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Editing at the Missouri School of News University hopes to spread the word about the Knight Chairs so Journalism, helped develop programs for thousands of front-line editors that, like the tales told by Chaucer’s disparate Canterbury pilgrims, their for the Associated Press Managing Editors’ NewsTrain project, funded stories will reach far beyond the sound of their voices. “Journalism,” Finberg said, “is a world full of connections.” q by Knight. q Haynes Johnson, Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism, helped write the Knight-funded study, Newsroom Training: Where’s the Investment? aimed at increasing the news industry’s investment in the training and professional development of its own people. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 15

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES NARRATIVE Continued from Page 16 groups representing more than 15,000 members. The group issues joint releases, maintains a web site and crusades against secrecy that goes beyond the bounds required for national security. Its “Keeping Secrets” cover story in The American Editor magazine received national attention. A second $500,000 went to The Fund for Constitutional Government to create a coalition of 32 nonjournalism groups, from librarians to civil liberty advocates, who would support the journalists’ goals – the point being, open government benefits all. The group is named after its web site, openthegovernment.org. These coalitions joined with news leaders nationwide in March 2005 for the first national Sunshine Week – aimed at getting journalists across the country to focus on the benefits to self-government of the free flow of information. “We’re encouraging our grantees to unite,” Oppel says, “and it’s working.” A different type of system was applied in 2004 in Latin America to fight a different kind of problem: the murder of journalists. Hundreds of publishers donated more than $3 million in advertising space to condemn the uninvestigated murders of journalists. The Inter American Press Association’s Impunity campaign has led to new laws and new attitudes that are resulting in the increasing prosecution of those who would try to suppress news by killing the messenger. Farai Chideya, a multimedia journalist and author and member of Knight’s Journalism Advisory Committee, addresses 3. News and Newsroom Diversity a Knight-sponsored diversity gathering in July at the Washington, D.C., offices of National Public Radio. Networks come in all shapes and sizes. munity events long-distance, working for to develop a distance-learning course on Witness Reznet, an online student newspa- a web site? The answer is yes. Though reporting and editing with the help of per for Native Americans attending tribal American daily newspapers employ only The Poynter Institute’s News University. colleges, where just a few years ago there 300 Native American journalists, in just “Working with Poynter makes sense,” says were no student media. Reznet is based at two years, Reznet (reznetnews.org) helped McAuliffe. “It will give instant credibility the University of Montana, where professor 24 Native American students get summer and a whole lot of home-run-hitting Dennis McAuliffe Jr. supervises 35 student internships at dailies and helped start muscle to our little experiment. And we reporters and photographers spread over online news sites at three tribal colleges. bring something NewsU doesn’t have: 25 tribes in 15 states. Created in 2002 with a Knight grant, Native Americans, and lots of ’em.” Can these young journalists really learn Reznet won a $475,000 grant in 2004 how it’s done by covering school and com- 16 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES NARRATIVE 4. Electronic and New Media make some of your own. That’s certainly the motto of former 60 Minutes producer Good connections can last. In 2004, Chuck Lewis, who founded the nonparti- Consumers Union agreed to use a san, nonprofit Center for Public Integrity. $500,000 Knight grant to permanently From 1989 to 2004, when he stepped down continue its web credibility program, to turn over the center to Roberta Baskin, Consumer WebWatch, which campaigns Lewis’ crew won virtually every important against unethical information practices investigative reporting award. on the web and promotes standards and The center provides high-quality inves- best practices for credible information tigations directly to the public in books, online (www.consumerwebwatch.org). magazine articles and now on the web. Its More than 100 companies, including some latest book, The Buying of the President 2004, of the largest doing business on the web, made The New York Times best-seller list. have adopted the Consumer WebWatch It won the first George Polk Award for standards. Internet Reporting for “The Windfalls of The connections of the future are the War,” a six-month investigation of American subject of New Voices, a pioneering pro- postwar contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. gram at the University of Maryland’s A $2 million Knight grant will help J-Lab. With $1 million from Knight, it will the center continue operations, release one seed innovative community news ventures report each year in multimedia form and, throughout the United States. Over the perhaps most important, raise an endow- next two years, New Voices will help fund ment. For the last job, it will need plenty the startup of 20 intensely local news proj- of partners, and it has already found a ects. It will favor projects that have good big one: the John D. and Catherine T. plans to become self-sustaining. MacArthur Foundation matched Knight’s 5. News in the Public Interest contribution with $2 million of its own. Working together. When companies do If journalism is to work, so should good it, they call it merger, or convergence, or journalism about journalism. The founda- synergy. When it happens in the name of tion granted $500,000 each to the Columbia private gain, we call it increasing quarterly Journalism Review and the American The Center for Public Integrity, with support from profit, capitalism, progress, the American Journalism Review to continue to be the Knight, used public records to document the financial way. But we can celebrate just as much, if consciences of the news industry, reporting, interests of all leading candidates for president, not more, when it happens in the name revealing and prodding journalists and including incumbent George W. Bush. Federal Elections Commission data and Freedom of Information Act of the public good. When nonprofits do it, their companies to give citizens the news requests yielded a profile that included the source of instead of calling it networking, or capaci- they need to run their lives and this nation. every donation over $100, all holdings, assets and ty building, or building infrastructure, A new fund-raising campaign run by the income information. maybe we should call it cooperation. Or legendary editor Gene Roberts and new perhaps we should call it just plain old partnerships with journalism schools are good work. expanding the reach of the reviews. For descriptions and a complete listing But some are not willing to wait for all of 2004 journalism grants, please turn to this training, campaigning, diversifying, Journalism page 55. q electrifying and criticizing to take hold. If you don’t like the news, they say, go out and 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 17

JOURNALISM FEATURE Pushing Back to Defend Our Freedoms Tom Curley is president and CEO of The Associated Press. Founded in 1848, The AP is the world’s largest news organization, serving more than a billion people every day. The AP is a key partner in the Knight Foundation-funded Sunshine Week, a national campaign to raise public awareness about open government. The campaign, which kicked off on March 13, 2005, was spearheaded by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, the National Newspaper Association and 50 other journalism groups. Troubling? Certainly. Grounds for a review of some public school curricula? N EW YORK, N.Y. – We the People are a pretty disappointing bunch Without a doubt. Another wake-up call for friends of the First Amendment? when it comes to learning our civics lessons, especially the ones that Absolutely. teach us why self-government depends on access to information Ill-informed teen-age disrespect for rights we hold dear is certainly not about the people’s business. going to bring down the temple of freedom. Thanks to the vision of the peo- Surveys routinely demonstrate that Americans think the First Amendment ple who designed our system, it has withstood far greater insult. has made speech too free for the common good and the media in particular From the Alien and Sedition Acts to the Civil War suspension of habeas could stand to be taken down a peg. corpus to the ordeal of the Nisei, from Jim Crow to the McCarthy era to the It’s dismaying, but at least until recently you could tell yourself these immigration dragnet that followed 9/11, political factions have repeatedly respondents have been out of school so long they were bound to fail a pop used government authority to push the limits of the protections afforded quiz on democracy and citizenship. Americans by their Constitution. Knight Foundation has punctured that balloon with its study of First The founders wisely assumed this sort of thing would happen and planned Amendment awareness among high school students, presumably fresh from accordingly. When defenders of civil liberties have stood up in the midst of class and fully briefed on their civil liberties. each crisis to push back, they have always found the law of the land on their Not fully enough, it seems. Too many kids expressed the view that the side and they have ultimately restored a tolerable balance. Bill of Rights “goes too far,” and a good number seem to have calmly accept- We’ve never been a nation of civics scholars. But we’ve always liked our ed the mistaken notion that government can regulate Internet decency and independence, and we’ve always had a healthy skepticism as to whether the restrain flag burners. government could be trusted with the power and the money we give to it. When our skepticism turns out to be justified, we react. The disturbing specter raised by those high school survey results is the STUDENTS UNSURE OF FIRST AMENDMENT possibility that some day when it’s time again for defenders of liberty to stand Nearly three-quarters of high school students say they don’t know how they feel about the First Amendment or take it for granted, according to a recent survey. up, the legal tools will still be there but nobody will feel like using them. That can’t be allowed to happen, and there are three ways in which news The rights guaranteed by the First Amendment: organizations can help make sure it doesn’t. Do you personally think about them or take them for granted? First, we can do our energetic best to hold the line in our own sector on Personally think about them Take for granted Don’t know the civil liberties front, the First Amendment and the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Shield Law statutes. STUDENTS TEACHERS We’re under heavy fire right now. Courts are closing proceedings in 27% 36 37 50 46 4 celebrity and other high-profile trials without bothering to say why, or in PRINCIPALS some cases even to think very long about it. Government agencies are deny- 56 43 1 ing FOI requests on the flimsiest of pretexts. The FOI laws themselves are under assault since 9/11 in the form of broad new exceptions imposed by the Do you agree with the following statements? Homeland Security and Patriot acts in the name of national security. Students Teachers Principals Equally troubling is the growing tendency of the authorities to assert information-gathering rights against the news media, including the right to People should be allowed to express unpopular opinions. demand the identities of confidential sources. More that 30 states have 83% 97 99 shield laws that provide some protection against these intrusions. But the Constitution-based reporter privilege that has shielded journalists in federal Newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories. cases is weakening, and there is no federal shield law to backstop it. 51 80 80 News organizations need to be prepared to fight hard and persistently for access, resist all efforts by the government to force its way into our Musicians should be allowed to sing songs with lyrics which others may find offensive. newsrooms, and adjust our budgets to the fact that doing this will require us 70 58 43 to spend money on lawyers and lawsuits more often than we used to. Second, we can work toward more favorable conditions for access to gov- Students should be allowed to report controversial issues in their student newspapers ernment, not just for us but for every citizen. without the approval of school authorities. We all need to do whatever is in our power to support the efforts now 58 39 25 beginning in the Congress to update the Freedom of Information Act and enact a statute that prevents the forced disclosure by reporters of their NOTE: Project surveyed more than 100,000 high school students, nearly 8,000 teachers and more than 500 confidential sources. administrators and principals at 544 schools across the country. SOURCE: Knight Foundation 18 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

“We are aggressive users of FOI rights, and we do not hesitate to litigate those rights and other access issues when the stakes justify it,” says Tom Curley, president and CEO of The Associated Press. The AP is a key partner in the Knight-funded Sunshine Week, a national campaign to raise public awareness about open government. Journalism Even more important, as the Knight survey shows, is the need for much look to us for more than momentary distraction from their iPods. greater public awareness of the values and interests they have at stake in The AP is doing more than ever on all three fronts. We are aggressive the struggle against government secrecy and all the abuses that can follow. users of FOI rights, and we do not hesitate to litigate those rights and other It’s clear that the public schools need to do a far better job of preparing stu- access issues when the stakes justify it. dents for citizenship. The media must also seize every opportunity to remind We’re also providing active support through the Newspaper Association our audience how vulnerable they would be without the free exercise of their of America and other groups for laws and regulations that promote open gov- right to express and hear ideas and information. ernment and restrict secrecy to the limited areas where the public interest Third, we need to make sure we’re doing our basic jobs well. We can under- absolutely requires it. mine everything else we do if we give our readers and viewers reason to believe And like others, we’re constantly at work on news products for the rising that news and entertainment are interchangeable, or that news outlets are will- generations of younger citizens who both engage the expanding gamut of ing to serve as cheerleaders for the government or for popular agendas. their interests and fill their need for reliable information about the things For the sake of our own futures as well as the public good, we need to that affect their lives. keep news in its distinct and special place on the ever-lengthening menu The challenges for our industry and our profession have never been of information available to everyone in the digital age. If we lose that, if we greater. But I think I’m speaking for many when I say that the excitement of meeting them has never been greater either. q become just another frantic bidder for audience share in a 500-channel world, we’re unlikely to convince those high school students they should 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 19

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Long Boulder, Beach, Macon, San Jose, Colo. Milledge- Calif. Ga. Calif. Bradenton, State ville, Ga. Fla. Columbia, College, S.C. Pa. Wichita, Columbus, WELL-BEING Kan. Ga. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES Tallahas- Lexington, see, Fla. Ky. EDUCATION Fort Myrtle Palm Beach Gary, Philadel- Charlotte, St. Paul, Akron, Aberdeen, Wayne, Beach, County, Fla. Ind. phia, Pa. N.C. Minn. Ohio S.D. Ind. S.C. HOUSING & CIVIC ECONOMIC VITALITY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL LIFE DEVELOP- MENT Grand Biloxi, Duluth, Miami, Forks, Miss. Minn. Fla. N.D. Detroit, Mich. Spiral Q Puppet Theater staff artist Michelle Posadas teaches Phila- delphia kids how to make puppets ranging from hand size to human size. Spiral Q is one of 19 Phila- delphia and Camden, N.J., arts organizations Knight is funding in a broad attempt to help residents of low-income neighborhoods have access to cultural activities that speak to them. 20 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM ‘Catalysts for Change’ he foundation’s Community Partners ways that will resonate for years to come. T Program is often defined by numbers: Our commitment to the civic health of the 201 grants made in 2004 totaling 26 communities where the Knight brothers more than $61 million; 11 communities owned newspapers has remained constant, working on early childhood issues, four in though the way we act on the founders’ the arts, seven on seeking a better future legacy has grown in scope. We continue to for young people, six in community fund programs in the areas of the well- development. While these are statistics we being of children and families, education, love to report, they do not begin to illus- community development and housing, trate the full measure of what is taking economic development, vitality of cultural place in the 26 Knight communities. life and civic engagement. But for the last The numbers don’t tell the story of the five years we’ve sought the advice of the shy Latino parents in Charlotte earnestly communities themselves in determining discussing children’s issues with a state what strategies will truly make a difference senator at the Knight-funded United to their most needy residents. Involving Agenda for Children. They joined 1,000 local committees in the grant-making other concerned citizens in the cavernous process can be as hectic and chaotic as any Merchandise Mart one December Saturday democratic exercise, but the result is a to urge the community to coalesce around stronger community with stronger leaders. children’s issues. In the words of committee member Jim Nor do the numbers describe the soft- Crutchfield of Akron: “Knight’s community spoken but determined Knight grantee advisory committee members are catalysts Toni Pickard, a professor of nursing at for change; that’s why we’re here.” Wichita State University, who runs health Even with strong local leadership we programs for Asian and Hispanic immi- know our work requires more – namely, grants from a warren of offices and class- partnerships with other forces for change. rooms in the rapidly changing Planeview The work of the Community Partners Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick neighborhood. Program – the intricate networks of possi- addresses a group gathered to And the numbers don’t even hint at bilities achieved through the collaboration announce a campaign to eliminate the diversity of a Knight advisory commit- of our nonprofit partners, funding col- lead poisoning in Detroit housing. tee in Aberdeen, S.D., that includes Dr. leagues, program officers and advisory The campaign, lead by the NAACP Lorraine Hale, president of the local committees – can be parsed out and cate- and funded by Knight, led to legislation protecting children and Catholic college; Capt. Ralph Labbee, head gorized in the following ways: tipping sanctioning landlords who violate of the Salvation Army; Viorel Stoia, long- points, at the table, making connections the new laws. time businessman and community leader; and the ripple effect. and Robin Vallie, head of a Native American Tipping Points publishing company, among others. In ways similar to all 26 of the community In his popular book on social behavior, advisory committees providing the program The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell advice, they are diverse of background observes that a single, relatively minor cat- and experience. They love their town and alyst can generate far-reaching change. want to strengthen it. An example: In early 2004, Knight The people whose lives we hope to Foundation made a $150,000 grant to the Communities improve, the nonprofits who deliver the NAACP Detroit Branch to fund the Lead programs and the local leaders who repre- Elimination Action Program (LEAP), a sent the voices of the community – these grassroots effort to eliminate lead poison- are the levels at which the Community ing in two Detroit ZIP codes. The dangers Partners Program works. Our ambition is of lead paint exposure to young children to reach deep into our communities in Continued on Page 24 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 21

COMMUNITIES FEATURE Bringing Vision to Fruition Karen Rahn is co-director of the city of Boulder’s Housing and Human Services department and co-chair of the Early Care and Education Council of Boulder County. Pete Salas Jr. is diversity coordinator for the Boulder County Commissioners Office. Both are members of Knight’s Boulder Community Advisory Committee. B OULDER, Colo. – Nestled in the Rockies and home to the University of Latino children age 5 and under in Boulder County, about half of the county’s Colorado, Boulder has long been known for strong community collab- 2,828 low-income preschool children. orations and effective partnerships – from social services to trans- The Boulder County Latino Task Force is another network working to portation to health care. Many and varied organizations work effectively to bring awareness, policy development and services to this rapidly growing bring social issues to the public consciousness, social programs to reality Latino and immigrant population. In 2001, the task force produced an assess- and partnerships to the table. ment of community needs focused on the Latino community. It was one of So, it is not surprising that the partnerships that have developed to bring the first documents to outline the key concerns of the Latino community, school-readiness programs – high quality, culturally competent early care including education, affordable housing and the lack of political representa- and education – to the community would be no different. tion. Knight Foundation’s focus on and commitment to school readiness for The folks who stand for a better start for our children had long been Latino children brought the two networks together to develop a seminal report, Promoting School Readiness for Latino Children, released in 2003. mobilized at the grassroots level, and our members are moving toward a comprehensive, coordinated system of care. In 1998, the Early Care and The report, published by the Early Care and Education Council of Boulder Education Council of Boulder County was formed to bring structure and County, has become the definitive reference for the development of early organization to the informal collaboration already taking place among care and education services for Latino children. municipalities, county government, child-care providers, social services, The collaboration between the two networks and Knight Foundation, now public- and mental-health institutions, the schools and Head Start. The three years old, brought out the inherent strengths of community networks: formation of the council was the first step in developing a system that 1) a willingness to collaborate; 2) a willingness to work through issues embodied all of the principles of delivering comprehensive, fully financed despite differences; 3) an acknowledgement that working through collabora- care to all children in Boulder County. One of the council’s strategic goals tion and cultural issues isn’t easy; 4) lessons from the process and from has been to ensure not only quality, affordable care, but also care that each other and using that knowledge to strengthen the partnerships. While meets the needs of users from all cultures and walks of life. conflict is often seen as a weakness, working through conflict is really the The need is there. Boulder County, like many other U.S. communities, core strength of any community partnership. It takes considerable strength is experiencing a dramatic demographic shift. The county’s Latino popula- to stay at the table. The process was filled with great highs and joys at the tion increased 100 percent between 1990 and 2000. And in a county where revelations of the research and the outcome of the report. It was also filled affordable housing is scarce, low-income residents feel the squeeze the with frustration and hard-learned lessons – not only about collaborations, most. The census estimated that there are approximately 1,400 low-income political differences and cultural differences, but what it takes to bring a community vision to reality. One of the key lessons was the importance of having members of the Latino community involved in all aspects of the project, not just as window dressing but as key contributors whose perceptions and life experiences were quite different from those of other backgrounds. Despite the difficulties, it was the commitment to a shared vision that brought success to these networks and led to the publication of the report. It was, in fact, working through C the conflict inherent in partnerships that led to the best possible outcome. The collaborative effort to publish the report was evidence that systems of networks do indeed bring more synergistic energy to bear, helping to move a vision forward, than any one network alone. Each partner brought key and necessary assets, skills, insights, connections and expertise to the table; this couldn’t have happened in isolation. The Early Care and Education Council brought broad community expertise in school readiness and early care and education; the Latino Task Force brought cultural expertise along with the trust of the Latino community. Knight Foundation brought national expertise and experiences from other communities along with its funding commitment. The power of these networks to work together to move three separate, but similar, agendas forward is rapidly changing the community and political consciousness about the critical importance of early care and education for Latino children. Two-year-old Camila Rivero is the center of attention at an event launching a report Since the report was published, several key initiatives have moved forward on the school readiness of Latino children in Boulder County. Maria Harper, left, in Boulder County. In 2004, the Boulder and Longmont city councils incorpo- director of the Boulder County Head Start program, and Camila’s father, Roberto rated into their strategic planning the goal of increasing the availability of Rivera, bilingual family services coordinator for Head Start, join in. 22 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

Pete Salas Jr. and Karen Rahn of Boulder, here with toddler Lola Dettling, agree that collaborating organizations like the Early Care and Education Council and the Boulder County Latino Task Force are better off working together in networked ways that create a more effective, powerful effort to improve children’s lives. ommunities program has served 13 people and has assisted in the licensing of seven new affordable, quality child care for low-income working families. In each, early Spanish-speaking providers, who will serve approximately 60 to 80 children. care and education is seen not only as a family-support issue, but also The program has teamed with another Knight grant partner, the Colorado through the lenses of public safety, community and economic development, Statewide Parent Coalition, to give these providers an opportunity to attend and civic engagement. classes in child development, helping them provide higher quality and cul- With support from Knight Foundation, the city of Boulder is in the second turally competent child care. q year of a Spanish Licensing Training program for Spanish speakers seeking training and support in securing a license to provide child care. So far, the 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 23

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM for economic growth. Participants in the initiatives focused directly on stimulating Community Visioning steering committee economic development in Northeast Ohio. include business and nonprofit leaders, the Making Connections mayor and representatives from the nearby Hutterite community. Bill McQuillen, an Knight’s work in 26 communities has Aberdeen native who recently returned introduced us to high-performing organi- after 30 years living abroad and around the zations that address some of society’s nation, identified the sense of promise as most entrenched problems with energy an “intangible energy.” and innovation. We are proud to count these organizations as our partners. At the Table Another source of satisfaction is helping Because Knight Foundation communi- them join forces, coordinate services and Joel Cabrera, 11, and his mother Maricela Cabrera were ties have only one thing in common – the share knowledge. among more than 1,000 participants at December’s Knight brothers owned newspapers there – In Wichita, a windswept Plains com- United Agenda for Children town hall meeting in they vary dramatically in capacity to effect munity of 345,000 experiencing a dramatic Charlotte. Joel fills out his Personal Commitment Form, change. Even in asset-rich communities, increase in residents from both Latin stating what he will do to help children in the community. He wrote that he will work to have more activities however, we strive to be good partners and America and Asia, the Knight advisory for young people so they can be more involved. relevant players. committee elected to focus on preparing In St. Paul, for example, the Payne young children for school. A variety of Avenue corridor is the focus of neighbor- organizations offer services and resources Continued from Page 21 hood groups, immigrant and minority targeting this population, so the committee has been well-known for years, but too communities, the Twin Cities mayors, and felt the most critical need was coordina- much of Detroit’s older housing stock still local and national funders allied to promote tion of existing services so that at-risk kids placed children at risk. the corridor’s growth and prosperity. To could be connected to the providers. In “Lead poisoning has been associated with understand the transitions under way, you the predominantly African-American and learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, need only step into La Plaza Latina: Choose Hispanic Northeast neighborhood, our neurological damage and stunted growth,” among the Hmong Times, El Periódico efforts resulted in an unprecedented col- says Geneva Williams, president and CEO or La Prensa de Minnesota. Eat lunch at laboration among the school district, the of City Connect Detroit, and chair of Las Tapatias Mexican Restaurant or Payne nonprofit Center for Health and Wellness Knight’s Detroit advisory committee. “More Avenue Best Steak House. Pick up a bottle and the county health department, with than 2,800 children in Detroit tested posi- of fish sauce from Muong Pha Asian program officer Julie Tarr playing a pivotal tive for lead poisoning in 2002, and only Grocery or almond biscotti from Morelli’s role in bringing the partners together. 35 percent of the city’s children were tested.” Alimentari. Like our partners the McKnight The collaboration’s first great success was Joining the NAACP on the LEAP and Rockefeller foundations, Living Cities, establishing a data-sharing system that Detroit Advisory Group were the city of St. Paul Foundation, Twin Cities LISC and helps move children and families from one Detroit Planning Commission, Detroit St. Paul Travelers, Knight is contributing program to the next. Health Department and Detroit Housing to the revitalization of this unique and Tallahassee is also working on the future Commission. Through the focused collab- rapidly changing neighborhood, taking the of children, with a focus on improving care oration of this concerned group, state lead in supporting efforts to increase for the Florida capital’s youngest residents. legislators took notice. In late December home ownership. Through linking various individuals, agen- 2004, Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed new Similarly, Knight has joined forces with cies and institutions, Knight’s two major laws aimed at protecting Michigan’s children more than 60 other foundation partners grantees – Capital Area Family Healthy from lead poisoning. Landlords who don’t in Akron for the Fund for Our Economic Start and the Florida State University comply could find themselves arrested. Communities Future. It’s an ambitious, three-part strategy Center for Prevention and Early Childhood Aberdeen is Knight’s smallest commu- for regional economic growth to convene Intervention Policy – have stretched and nity, a railway crossroads bypassed when key stakeholders to refine an economic agen- leveraged Knight’s dollars and, in the words the interstates were laid in the mid-20th da for the region, back key initiatives with of committee chair Mike Pate, “done above century. But these days the community is grants and track overall regional progress. and beyond what we expected.” (See a humming with excitement over a Knight- Grant making will support eight to 15 related story from Boulder, page 22.) funded effort to develop a common vision 24 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM The fourth annual Back-to-School rally drew these three students from Arlington Elementary School, along with more than 3,000 children and adults to the Lexington Convention Center in August. The Kentucky community is continuing its full-on effort to ensure that children of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds get a world-class education. In an era of soaring housing, health- The Ripple Effect Tallahassee-based Community Foundation care and other costs, communities are strug- of North Florida, Knight Foundation In September 2003, the Knight advisory gling to ensure families’ economic well-being. has now established donor-advised funds committee in Milledgeville decided to use San Jose’s Community Advisory Committee at community foundations serving all 26 nearly its entire allotment for the next five has made the important connection between Knight cities and towns. It’s part of an years to fund the Carrera Adolescent Preg- a family’s income security and its ability investment of some $50 million in donor- nancy Prevention Program. The program to prepare children for school. Knight advised funds. aims to help several vulnerable yet promis- grants to Lenders for Community Develop- When the Community Partners Program ing youngsters become successful young ment and Catholic Charities of San Jose was launched, we had high hopes that our adults. It was a bold decision – one that help low-income parents with preschool focused approach would heighten the raised serious questions about sustainabili- children increase and stabilize their finances impact of Knight’s community grant mak- ty. One year into the program, the results by providing matched savings accounts, ing. It’s too early to tell whether we’ve are heartening. Not only are the results teaching them financial literacy and show- achieved that goal across the board. But as anticipated from this nationally tested ing them how to gain low-income tax the benefit of connections – joining the model, word of the program has spread credits. Both agencies are coordinating community residents most in need with throughout this small town, engendering their efforts with other Knight grantees critical support services, community lead- widespread support and participation. such as Franklin-McKinley Education ers with resources, knowledge with the “This program is making a difference,” Foundation and the California-funded ability to act – has already been made says program administrator Linda Watson FIRST 5 early care and education initiative. abundantly clear. In the years to come we Kaufman of Georgia College & State Uni- And at Akron’s Simon Perkins Middle expect our networks to continue to grow, versity. “We have had wonderful coverage School, 11 primary and four secondary and we look forward to learning from from the local newspaper. ... The police partners are working together to provide a them how we can continue to serve our department has adopted the program, and better future for students attending the communities. Sgt. Paul Reeves comes to the program predominantly black school. Beneath the For a complete list of 2004 Community several times a week just to get to know banner of Perkins Activity Central and Partners Program grant descriptions and the children.” abstracts, see page 59. q under the tutelage of former Ohio State Community foundations are essential basketball standout Carla Sibley, kids and partners in our efforts to serve as a local partners are working together. funder. With a December 2004 grant to the 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 25

COMMUNITIES FEATURE ‘Charlotte Needs to Encourage a More Meaningful Dialogue’ Harvey Gantt, founder of Gantt Huberman Architects in Charlotte, was the first black student to enter the previously all-white Clemson University in 1965 and was the first African- American mayor of Charlotte (1983-87). His perspective on Charlotte’s past and his hopes for its future inform many community conversations. His leadership supports numerous community efforts, including Knight Foundation-funded projects such as the “Courage” exhibit at the Levine Museum of the New South and the leadership development programs of the Community Building Initiative. C HARLOTTE, N.C. – When it comes to race and race relations, Charlotte comfortable with long-held racial stereotypes. We don’t build meaningful has always maintained a public posture of politeness and moderation. relationships across racial lines because we are comfortable with where we It has always been, at the very least, good business to do so. The city, are! The folk in our community who have really stepped outside this box of during the very height of the civil rights movement in the ‘50s and ‘60s, comfort are our children – largely in the public school system. And even almost always flew below the national radar. We never became a hot box of there, as they ascend to the higher grades, they mimic their parents – and demonstrations, boycotts or riots like Birmingham, Montgomery or Oxford. begin to establish physical and social distance from those of a different race. We had 15 minutes of fame (or notoriety) with the integration of schools in Moderate policies have stymied dialogue – encouraged too much political the late ‘50s, the bombing of civil rights leaders’ homes in the ‘60s and the correctness and discouraged the honest debate that could lead to more first days of crosstown busing in the early ‘70s. But for the most part, ten- understanding. So we see interesting things happen in our city. We work sion between the races has been low-key and polite. eight hours side-by-side, but go home to largely segregated communities. The credit for this moderate climate must go to the white and black lead- We work together, but go to lunch with those of our own race. Our churches ership of the late ‘50s and ‘60s. Charlotte has always been about business are still largely segregated by choice and custom. And we’re comfortable and economic growth. It could never be said that the city was ever too caught in practicing these customs. In fact, those who wish to change them are too up in past history or strong allegiance to the antebellum past. It didn’t take often derided as social engineers. long for white business, civic and political leaders to figure out that racial I suppose you could make an argument that a strong economy, plentiful strife could ultimately hurt the bottom line, so they moved to head it off. jobs for most folk, and a degree of social mobility among the growing black They were, in large part, received by a strong, cohesive and vocal group middle class will eventually – in a generation or two – bring about greater of black leaders drawn from local civil rights groups and the black clergy racial understanding and, perhaps, ultimately the end of racism. Indeed, who, while firmly focused on equity and civil rights, did not particularly want some of my friends argue that efforts at community building or forcing to push the envelope of more widespread and disruptive civil disobedience. dialogue across racial lines is too artificial, failing to attract those who need This coalition of leaders shepherded Charlotte through periods of racial these encounters the most. My friends contend that the best way is through tension. That said, the public posture of moderation and politeness did not the positive relationships that become inevitable between neighbors, black mean that racial discrimination suddenly went away. Racial discrimination or white. When you live in integrated neighborhoods, you attend the same in its many forms continued then, as it does today. neighborhood schools, cheer for the neighborhood soccer team. This process C This perception of racial moderation and progress was one of the reasons of building relationships through physical proximity is, in fact, plausible – my family chose Charlotte as our home. Yet on our very first night in Charlotte and may be possible for middle-income mobile blacks. It is not a stretch to in 1965, we tried to get a room at three motels with vacancies, and we were see how neighbors of similar education, income and career goals can build refused ostensibly because we were black. And the Civil Rights Act of 1964 mutual understanding and demolish long-held prejudices and stereotypes. was the law of the land! At our fourth stop, a sympathetic and courageous Even so, Charlotte needs to encourage a more meaningful dialogue about clerk let us stay for the night. our relationships. I’m not convinced that we can wait until all blacks become Compliance with civil rights laws has certainly improved over the middle class and all neighborhoods are integrated. intervening years. But changing attitudes and interpersonal relationships The fact is that much of the angst today about race derives from our fear between the races has been far tougher. of the poor. And our attitudes and racial prejudices are predicated on stereo- In the ‘70s and ‘80s, our moderate policies on race gave us some measure types of black citizens who are poor. Front and center are the developing of fame and community pride. The crosstown busing of schoolchildren based policies in our public schools that are disproportionately skewed because on a plan devised by black and white parents received national attention. 45 percent of our public schoolchildren are poor and mostly black. Significant advances were made in the growth of the black middle class, as The current school assignment plan is reflective of segregated living they found employment in Charlotte’s burgeoning industries of financial patterns – and virtually resegregates black and poor children to inner city services, energy, education and health care. Political equity was realized in schools. My instincts tell me that can’t be good for Charlotte. the ‘70s with district representation, which guaranteed a voice for black What made Charlotte the model urban school system in the ‘80s and ‘90s citizens at all levels of government. And notwithstanding my first night is now being threatened, not by civic and political leaders, but by parents experience in Charlotte, 18 years later I was elected mayor in a city where unfamiliar with the peculiar Charlotte history that led to a school assignment blacks made up only 25 percent of the population. So, on balance, the policy plan based on crosstown busing. The new plan, based on choice and neigh- of moderation has served us well for the last four decades. But I feel that it borhood schools, will guarantee, in short time, a school assignment pattern may need to be re-examined in the face of new challenges today. that replicates what we see nationally in large cities – poor inner-city The problem, as I see it, is that the recent Robert Putnam study identify- schools surrounded by affluent suburban schools. ing the community’s weakness in building social capital across racial These conditions can increasingly isolate children in the inner-city lines is a manifestation of our satisfaction with being polite and personally schools – and we know that that leads to social problems that eat like a cancer 26 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNITIES FEATURE ommunities Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt says efforts to promote honest dialogue on the city’s race relations – projects such as the Knight-funded Community Building Initiative – can help. But first, he writes, Charlotteans should realize how the city’s historic politeness and moderation have affected progress. at the whole community. Racial attitudes harden on both sides, stereotypes to speak honestly and air their differences. run wild and battle lines are drawn. In a lot of ways, the race issue is far more serious than it was 50 years I think the current student assignment issues present the community ago. Civil rights laws changed behavior; the obstacles today are attitudinal with a real opportunity to expand the dialogue on race. By getting us to and can change for the better only when we have closer social contact and focus first on what it means to educate well all the children of this community, get to know each other better. it would be a great start to examining relationships that need attention. Charlotte has an excellent chance at setting a national example. Our And we certainly engage everyone’s attention when it comes to our children. problems are still manageable. Our school system is one of the best of urban Perhaps we can use the schools issue to set up more neighborhood and systems in the country, and can get much better. Our tradition of moderation regional forums – to discuss our common and differing perceptions on motivates us to want to succeed – because we value being well thought of education, culture, family values, equity and justice. Perhaps it may be by others. Finally, given the support we have traditionally given our children, I am comforted in believing we can find the will to reach common ground. q possible to enlist facilitators like Charlotte’s own Community Building Initiative to help create discussions that make it less threatening for people 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 27

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NATIONAL VENTURE FUND NARRATIVE National Perspective, Local Impact smael Ahmed is a familiar face to many initiative. The combination of Knight’s I in Detroit and nearby Dearborn, Mich. community focus and its national reach is As the executive director of the Arab one of the foundation’s special contribu- Community Center for Economic and tions to U.S. philanthropy. And in 2004, Social Services (ACCESS), Ahmed runs four years after its inception, the National the largest Arab-American human-service Venture Fund solidified its strategies for and advocacy organization in the United strengthening that local-national juncture. States. When he took to the stage at a rally Through 26 grants totaling more than $22 sponsored by a local nonprofit last million, we found ways to promote sys- September, Ahmed exemplified how com- temic change by forging partnerships and munity leaders can inspire and direct civic aligning actions. participation among – and in behalf of – Using a network lens, it becomes America’s newest residents. apparent that the Venture Fund’s two goals Ahmed’s presence at the Detroit rally of addressing issues of national impor- was a testament to his own leadership, tance and supporting Knight’s community- some two decades in the making. But it also based work are more similar than they are revealed the complex set of relationships different. Broad social change occurs only that buttress initiatives for community when issues have strong local traction, and change. Regionally, the rally connected community growth requires individuals immigrant rights to other issues, such as and organizations to reach beyond geograph- urban revitalization and public transporta- ic barriers to develop mutually beneficial tion. Nationally, it coordinated ACCESS’s ways of sharing and receiving information. work on behalf of Arab-Americans in Nonetheless, these complementary goals Southeast Michigan with the work of provide two distinct starting points for national immigrant-rights groups in action, both which were reflected in our Washington. The Detroit rally was one of 2004 grant making. Michael Guido, center, is mayor of many local events held in conjunction Dearborn, Mich. The city has the largest population of Arab-Americans Addressing National Issues with the National Week of Action, a cam- and Chaldean-Americans outside paign designed to educate lawmakers and As a result of the immigration boom of of the Middle East. the general public about the need for the 1990s, America’s foreign-born residents comprehensive immigration reform. now live in the “middle of everywhere,” Such coordination and communication in the words of best-selling author Mary embody the goals of 2004’s biggest initia- Pipher. The 20 million new immigrants tive launched by Knight Foundation’s who entered the United States over the National Venture Fund. Under the banner past decade dispersed beyond the tradition- of immigration integration, we made a al gateway cities of New York, Miami and series of grants designed to help give Los Angeles and settled into communities immigrants a voice in the decisions that such as Charlotte, Wichita and St. Paul. most directly affect their lives by helping While Knight’s Community Partners them become citizens, participate in local Program helps support some of the health Ventures civic activities and vote. To accomplish and educational services newcomers need those goals, our grantees are working to become productive members of society together to develop coordinated advocacy (see ‘Catalysts for Change’ on page 21), our and evaluation strategies – activities that national immigration work focuses very will ultimately help strengthen relation- specifically on increasing civic participa- ships, deepen knowledge, reduce duplica- tion. Through $13.5 million in grants, tion and heighten the field’s effectiveness. we’re supporting national immigration Coordination and communication are reform organizations such as the National not unique, however, to our immigration Continued on Page 32 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 29

VENTURES FEATURE Ventures Madeleine Baker, executive director of the Early Childhood Alliance in Fort Wayne, serves as a local facilitator during a January 2005 distance-learning seminar focused on public policy issues. Participants in this “web community” – more than 75 grant-receiving organizations in 11 Knight communities focused on early childhood education – watched and interacted in real time in the first of a series to provide common learning across Knight communities. Program Officer Julie K. Kohler (on screen) welcomed the group to the videoconference organized and led by staffers at the National Association for the Education of Young Children. 30 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

VENTURES FEATURE Learning Across Communities A NAHEIM, Calif. – When Emile McGill of Wichita Public Schools “What’s exciting is that you have to figure out what works for each traveled here to attend a national conference on early childhood person,” said Peter Pizzolongo, NAEYC’s assistant director of professional education in fall 2004, she had several key goals. She was hoping to development. “There’s not just one thing. It’s doing the variety that works.” expand her national contacts. She planned to track the latest research in lit- What difference has this approach made for participants so far? eracy and program development. She wanted to see for herself the best When Madeleine Baker, executive director of the Early Childhood Alliance materials for working with families of young children. in Fort Wayne, returned from NAEYC’s national conference in November, she But what she traveled 1,200 miles for – more than anything else – was immediately applied what she learned there about public policy advocacy. to bring home some new ideas. “How can I strategize to improve my program Working with a local coalition, she spoke to state legislators about brain and its reach?” she said. “That’s a discussion that takes a two-way exchange research on children, to show the link between early childhood education with other educators. That’s why I’m here.” and child development. She has become an active contributor to a legislative As director of early childhood services for a public school system, McGill forum that meets monthly. She has directed a staff member to stay on top of is a trainer of trainers. After returning to Wichita from previous conferences, legislative issues. And she is planning to join a trip to the statehouse. she has helped teachers, directors and others develop strategies to reach In January Madeleine shared her experiences with others as the local low-income families, access funding, apply for licensing, tap into the busi- facilitator for a NAEYC videoconference that was focused on public policy ness community and, of course, teach children. advocacy. For years, Knight Foundation has been promoting networking, collabora- “It’s all in the follow-up,” she said. “That’s the value of networking.” tion and the sharing of knowledge by professionals such as Emile McGill – That’s also a powerful attribute of the web: creating opportunities for through local gatherings, regional retreats and national conferences. Over follow-up tailored to the needs of each person. Chantal Lamourelle-Sims, the past decade, however, opportunities for networking have expanded well project manager of a school-readiness program in Long Beach, uses the beyond face-to-face meetings. Listservs, web chats, videoconferencing and Internet frequently to stay on top of new developments. “The field is changing other formats are transforming how people engage each other, and how so quickly, both in research and practice,” she said. At a conference “you get organizations interact. Knight is using these innovations to help people share a bag of information and then you put the bag away. You need a way to stay what they know. connected.” The web resources have provided her with a convenient way to For example, Knight is working with the National Association for the connect with others – when she needs to, and about the topics she selects. Education of Young Children (NAEYC) on a three-year project called “School The advent of nontraditional networking, however, is not without chal- Readiness Connections.” The project connects organizations from through- lenges. Even when teachers have access to computers, it’s often difficult for out the country that are funded by Knight and that are working in early them to find time to participate in web-based learning. NAEYC is researching childhood education. ways to offer continuing education units or other credits as an incentive for The project builds on traditional and new forms of networking. Through teacher participation. the project, more than 75 participants from 11 Knight communities come At the same time, web-based discussions also have unique attractions. together annually at NAEYC’s national conference to meet face-to-face at a Suzanne Caruso, a program manager at United Way of Southeastern Pennsyl- Knight gathering, exchange information and participate in the larger confer- vania, logged on to a web chat on advocacy precisely because the format ence. Participants also gain access to a “web community” that they can offered her, she said, “a safe way to ask questions. Or you could opt to just access year-round through the Internet. After opening a web page, they can be a listener.” After “listening” for several minutes, she couldn’t resist the send questions to each other, type in comments and post recommended temptation to type a question onto the keyboard and watch it pop into the readings. People can log on from their own computers when, where and as “chat window.” She was surprised by how easy it was. often as they choose. As with any enriching professional-development experience, participants In addition, NAEYC is organizing web chats and videoconferences on are finding that what you receive is not always what you expected; your hori- identified topics. To participate in a web chat, people log onto a web site zons expand in unforeseen ways. Carla Mestas, who works with Children, from their own computers at a prescheduled time. They type in questions or Youth and Family Services in Boulder, said that the learning experiences pro- responses, and view the written comments of other participants. In video- vided by the conferences and the Internet mirror the kind of work she does to conferencing, a speaker at NAEYC’s headquarters in Washington delivers a empower her community. “These are opportunities to enhance my skills,” training presentation viewed live on a video screen by those gathered at a she said. “That’s the role I play in my community, to answer their questions about good practice, so they can say, ‘Sí, se puede. Yes, we can.’ ” q central location in each of the 11 cities. A facilitator in each city engages participants in face-to-face, local discussions about the topic at hand. Knight’s overriding goal for all of this is to advance the field by bringing people together as resources for each other – local networks benefiting from national expertise, with flows of information back and forth. “This is the opposite of the perfect storm,” said Marilou Hyson, senior adviser for research and professional practice at NAEYC. It involves “people coming together to think and strategize to promote comprehensive school readiness for children, connecting in a variety of ways to do their work better.” 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 31

NATIONAL VENTURE FUND NARRATIVE its more concentrated work in four Pilot Cities, Knight funding also supports the collaborative in assuming a more active role in the public policy arena. In addition to taking positions on a variety of affordable housing and economic development issues, Living Cities is actively engaging its board of directors – including Knight President and CEO Hodding Carter III – in advocacy campaigns and Capitol Hill visits, where they educate members of Congress and their staffs about the need for legislation that provides urban residents with decent housing, safe neighborhoods and better jobs. Finally, technological advances are dramatically altering the nonprofit landscape, fueling innovative ways to advance commu- Peter W. Roulhac, one of the leaders of the Miami Prosperity Initiative, joins a discussion of research from the Brookings nity and economic development agendas, Institution. The research pointed out that the gap between Miami’s extremes of wealth and poverty is increasing. The initiative leaders are working on ways to develop and support a middle class as part of the foundation’s efforts to deliver educational and human services, build family savings and assets in poorer neighborhoods in several Knight communities. and connect residents with cultural institutions and activities. In 2004, we invested media education by promoting them as core in two programs designed to put innovative Continued from Page 29 components of civic education standards. Immigration Forum, National Council of technology to work in Knight communi- Similarly, pervasive educational inequity La Raza, Center for Community Change, ties. A $600,000 grant to the National and the ongoing shortage of public school Four Freedoms Fund and Hispanics in Council of Churches is introducing the teachers in communities across the nation Philanthropy. Those partners are working Benefit Bank, an Internet-based program prompted us to invest $1.5 million in to develop new policies to ease immigrants’ that helps low-income residents calculate Teach For America, an innovative program paths to citizenship while reaching out to and apply for federal, state and private that recruits high-performing college grad- local service providers (such as ACCESS income-enhancement benefits, in Missis- uates to teach in high-need public schools. in Dearborn) that are working to integrate sippi and Ohio. Through partnerships Complementing a Community Partners immigrants into Knight communities and with Knight-funded Earned Income Tax Program grant designed to recruit teachers the rest of the country. (See photo essay, Credit awareness campaigns in Biloxi in Camden, N.J., our project targets three page 8.) and Akron, the project will provide low- Knight communities – Philadelphia/Camden, Immigration was but one of the nation- income community residents with simpler, Detroit and Miami – and helps Teach for al issues we tackled in 2004. In response to more efficient ways of accessing the America find ways to recruit even more concerns about young people’s high level resources they need to stabilize their fami- highly qualified and diverse candidates and of disengagement from civic and political lies. Similarly, our $1 million grant to to create new professional development life, we partnered with Knight’s Journalism nationally recognized microlender opportunities, including pathways to state- Initiatives program to make a joint $1 mil- ACCION USA is helping small-business Ventures level teacher certification. lion grant to the Council for Excellence in entrepreneurs in cities such as Duluth, The past year marked a turning point Government for the organization’s Cam- Grand Forks, Biloxi and Akron apply for in Knight’s involvement with Living Cities, paign for the Civic Mission of Schools. (See loans using new online services. the nonprofit collaborative designed to feature on page 34.) Originally designed to improve the vitality of urban neighbor- improve K-12 civic education by advocat- Supporting Knight’s Community Work hoods in 23 U.S. cities. Although our $4.8 ing for state-level policy change, the initiative Even as we focused on national issues million grant helps Living Cities continue – long supported by the Carnegie Corp. of with implications for Knight communities, to invest in neighborhood revitalization New York – is now also addressing the the Venture Fund also found several ways projects and explore innovation through declining state of student journalism and to respond directly to community needs. 32 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

NATIONAL VENTURE FUND NARRATIVE For example, a $100,000 grant to the University of Maryland’s Democracy Col- laborative and a $245,000 award to Campus Compact are funding efforts to collect and share the best practices in such fields as economic development and university- community collaboration. Through this work, activist networks, policy-makers, media and community groups, including Knight’s community advisory committees, will be able to better understand the potential of new approaches to urban revitalization and develop more effective ways of engaging institutions of higher education in effective town-gown partnerships. In other instances, we helped leaders of key community partner organizations develop skills to propel them to new levels Election Day, 2004: A voter in Broward County, Fla., leaves a polling place while a monitor stands by. Knight funding of effectiveness. A $1.2 million grant will helped several organizations research the outcome of the 2000 election, come up with proposals for reform and develop new procedures that became part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. support Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest in working with Knight grantees to develop plans for public policy engage- local community partners working on enough to deliver a convincing outcome, ment. Meanwhile, a $770,000 grant to Earned Income Tax Credit campaigns and lingering questions about the fairness of Voices for America’s Children will enhance out-of-school programs for middle-school American elections remain. Building off of the skills of Knight community-based youth beginning in spring 2005. our earlier grants to the Caltech/MIT grantees in the areas of early child care and Voting Technology Project, Demos and the The Work that Remains Undone education, youth development and budget Carter-Ford Commission, we will pursue and tax policy, and will help them to coor- As we look toward the future, we see a grant-making strategy in 2005 that dinate their policy work with that of lead- many opportunities to build on past suc- ensures adequate voting technology, helps ing state-level child advocacy organizations. cesses. In 2005, we will work to embed our make voting more accessible and fosters Finally, in order to impart the value national immigration work even deeper in bipartisan solutions to problems such as of continued learning and to use the wealth Knight communities by launching the Amer- inconsistent standards for provisional of knowledge and expertise that resides ican Dream Fund. The fund will support ballots and voter registration. Our efforts in Knight communities, we continue to local organizations that help immigrants to integrate new and underrepresented expand and refine our efforts to create become civically engaged and link them to populations – young people, the foreign forums for cross-community exchanges. Knight’s national immigration network. born, local nonprofit service providers – A $1.27 million grant to the National We will explore strategies for supporting into our country’s civic institutions neces- Association for the Education of Young children in immigrant families, who – at sitate complementary efforts to ensure that Children (NAEYC) reconvened more one-fifth of the nation’s entire child popu- such institutions retain their vitality and than 75 “School Readiness Connections” lation – are driving the profound demo- are enticing to the populations we want grantees at NAEYC’s annual conference in graphic shifts in this country, yet all too them to attract. Anaheim, Calif., last November. (See fea- often are confronted with challenges that It is a goal that, we believe, can be ture on page 31.) Knight is supporting a impede their opportunities for growth, achieved only through investments that are series of technology-assisted exchanges learning and development. prototypically Knight – those that reflect through web chats and distance-learning At the national level, we will continue our ability to develop, nurture and sustain seminars led by NAEYC staff. More recent to work to ensure that our country’s civic strong local-national networks. investments in the Center for Economic infrastructure remains healthy, vibrant and For a full list of National Venture Fund Progress and the Afterschool Alliance will strong. Although the margin of victory in grant descriptions and abstracts, please see page 73. q provide similar opportunities to Knight’s the 2004 presidential election was large 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 33

VENTURES FEATURE A Campaign for, and About, Civics David Skaggs is executive director of the Center for Democracy & Citizenship Program at the Council for Excellence in Government. Skaggs served 12 years (1987-99) in Congress as U.S. representative from the Second Congressional District of Colorado (including the northwestern Denver suburbs and Boulder) and three terms (1981-87) in the Colorado House, the last two terms as minority leader. W ASHINGTON – America’s schools hold a special place and play in some states that were not selected. Organizations that hadn’t worked an essential role in knitting together the fabric of our together before came together to submit proposals and then decided to con- democratic community. That place and that role have been neg- tinue collaborating even without a campaign grant. It’s a nice demonstration lected lately. of the power and serendipity of combining forces, and it gave the campaign As a state legislator and then a congressman, I gradually became aware a lift we hadn’t planned on. that for too many people a basic understanding of the government’s struc- Four of the coalitions receiving grants are in states (Colorado, Michigan, ture and of the political system was missing. That lack of understanding was North Carolina and Pennsylvania) with Knight communities. In those states, surely also connected to declining participation in civic life. And the younger the campaign is making a concerted effort to strengthen student journalism the person, the greater the problem. – one of the methods the CMS report endorsed as an effective approach to Only after several years working to improve turnout by younger voters improved civic learning. The coalitions in those states in particular include did it start to dawn on me that it was a little late to wait until someone is 18 newspaper and media professionals. They are using their experience and or 19. If young people have not been educated for democracy in high school connections to elevate student journalism and give young Americans a work- and earlier, voting is a very hard sell. ing understanding of how a democratic society is grounded in a free press. Clearly, we needed to revive the proud and historic tradition of the For Debra Henzey, the leader of the campaign’s coalition in North schools in preparing young Americans for the responsibilities and rewards Carolina, the participation of The Charlotte Observer is a great plus. “A major of self-government. We needed to restore the civic mission of schools. need in our state is to provide teachers with resources to engage students It was wonderful news, then, when two years ago Carnegie Corp. of New in current events and deal effectively with controversial issues,” she says. York and CIRCLE (the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning “The Observer has a long history of working with local schools, and having and Engagement) at the University of Maryland published their Civic access to its excellent resources is a great benefit in meeting these needs.” Mission of Schools (CMS) report. Drafted with the help of a broad range of Some truths are self-evident, but the work of democracy is learned top educators, practitioners and researchers, the report made the compelling behavior. As the United States pursues democratic reform abroad, we should case for attacking the problem of growing civic illiteracy and set out recom- recognize the urgency of democratic renewal here at home. As John Dewey mendations about the best ways that K-12 education could do the job. observed, “Democracy needs to be reborn in every generation, and education The report drew a lot of positive attention and a decision by Carnegie is its midwife.” Corp. and Knight Foundation to fund an effort to implement the report’s rec- The campaign’s Pennsylvania coalition, which includes The Philadelphia ommendations. And so the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools was Inquirer, is working at that rebirth in the Keystone State and is fortunate born early in 2004, with each foundation putting $1 million into an ambitious to have Marjorie Rendell as a champion. A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge multiyear undertaking being managed by the Council for Excellence in and first lady of Pennsylvania, she speaks authoritatively about schools’ Government and the Academy for Educational Development. civic mission. “No other subject matter holds as much promise or relevance From its inception the campaign has been about creating a network of – because first and foremost we are citizens,” she says. “Civic education coalitions in behalf of the fundamental goal of restoring the civic mission of and learning to be good citizens is not an afterthought – it is the point. Our schools. The guiding coalition is the campaign’s steering committee, com- basic freedoms depend on an educated citizenry and on a learning process posed of representatives of some 40 leading organizations concerned with that has prepared us to participate and engage as citizens.” civic learning in America’s schools. The campaign is starting up in challenging times for educational reform. Because most decisions about K-12 educational policy and resources are The federal No Child Left Behind Act has focused attention on reading and made at the state and school-district level, the campaign is directing most math, with science coming soon. No one questions that students must be of its resources and attention there. After an extensive request for proposal competent in these core subjects. But neither can we afford to lose sight of (RFP) process last spring and summer, a panel of reviewers chose 18 state the schools’ essential role in preparing young people to be competent coalitions for grants – in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, members of a democratic society. Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New In fact, the American people understand that very well. In a recent York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin. All are national survey, large majorities said that the civic mission of schools is 1 designed to advance public policy that will improve the way their states very important; that the schools need to do a better job educating for democ- educate students for democracy. racy; and that they are ready to back policy-makers who put the resources Each of these state coalitions is made up of educators, civic organizations, to that task. policy-makers and other community leaders committed to a plan designed So, notwithstanding the challenges, the campaign’s goal enjoys broad to fit the political and educational circumstances of its state. public support, and we are determined to marshal that support to meet the challenges. After all, the health of American democracy depends on it. q An unexpected benefit of the RFPs’ insistence on broad coalitions came 1 34 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N See www.civicmissionofschools.org/press/CMS%20Press/civedsurvey.html.

Former Congressman David Skaggs says the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is up against numerous challenges in its efforts to promote the appreciation of civics and journalism in U.S. schools. Among them: the federal No Child Left Behind Act has focused attention on reading and math, with science coming soon, putting pressure on other courses. Ventures 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 35

TRUSTEES AND STAFF* 2004 Trustees 2004 Staff & Officers PRESIDENT’S OFFICE PROGRAMS W. Gerald Austen, M.D. Hodding Carter III Michael Maidenberg Chairman and Trustee President and Chief Executive Officer Vice President and Chief Program Officer Robert W. Briggs Naida E. Gonzalez Meredith Hector Vice Chairman and Trustee Executive Secretary to Mr. Carter Executive Secretary to Mr. Maidenberg Hodding Carter III Lizabeth L. Sklaroff Katherine T. Loflin President, CEO and Trustee President’s Special Assistant for Evaluation Technical Assistance and Community Foundations Program Officer Cesar L. Alvarez Donovan Lee-Sin Trustee Program Associate COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM L. M. Baker Jr. Joe Ervin Trustee Director of Community Partners Program Creed. C. Black Linda B. Fitzgerald Trustee Deputy Director of Community Partners Program Mary Sue Coleman Beverly Blake Trustee Community Liaison Program Officer Georgia Marjorie Knight Crane Trustee Anne Corriston Community Liaison Program Officer James N. Crutchfield Great Plains Trustee Alfredo A. Cruz Paul S. Grogan Community Liaison Program Officer Trustee Gulf Coast Rolfe Neill Vivian Celeste Neal Trustee Community Liaison Program Officer Midwest Mariam C. Noland Trustee Susan Patterson Community Liaison Program Officer Beverly Knight Olson Carolinas Trustee Suzette L. Prude John W. Rogers Jr. Community Liaison Program Officer Trustee South Florida Larry Meyer Brenda G. Price Vice President of Communications Community Liaison Program Officer and Secretary Great Lakes Juan J. Martinez Vice President of Accounting and Treasurer Trustees *As of March 15, 2005 36 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

TRUSTEES AND STAFF 2004 Staff ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTING PROGRAMS Belinda Turner Lawrence Juan J. Martinez Polly M. Talen Vice President and Vice President of Accounting Community Liaison Program Officer Chief Administrative Officer Minnesota Gloria Lopez Térèse Coudreaut Julie E. Tarr Controller Workforce Performance and Community Liaison Program Officer William Nichols Development Manager Pennsylvania Investment Officer Susan L. Gomez John R. Williams II Elena Stetsenko Office Manager Community Liaison Program Officer Accounting Manager West Lynne Noble Virginia M. Mojica Veronica Agustus-Appleby Administration Assistant Accounting Assistant Program Assistant Reba N. Sawyer Eve Kyomya Receptionist COMMUNICATIONS Program Assistant Olga Diaz-Granados Archives, Records and Library Assistant Larry Meyer JOURNALISM INITIATIVES Vice President of Communications Elika Lopez Eric Newton Administrative Assistant – Floating Sharon Moshavi Director of Journalism Initiatives Communications Manager Denise Tom INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Robertson Adams Journalism Program Specialist Jorge Martinez Communications Associate – Webmaster Ava M. Rostant Director of Information Systems Susan Perry-Smith Program Assistant Philip C. Francis Communications Assistant Information Technology Associate NATIONAL VENTURE FUND and Web Technician Lisa Versaci Director of National Venture Fund Julie K. Kohler National Venture Fund Program Officer Bronwyn Mills Program Assistant GRANT ADMINISTRATION Julie B.A. Brooks Grants Administrator Denise Chacin Grants Assistant & Staff 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 37

KNIGHT FOUNDATION HISTORY Evolution Based on Strategic Planning shares of Knight Newspapers stock from the Knights’ mother, Clara I. Knight, who died that November. Faced with the prospect of administering a much larger financial aid program, the board of trustees voted in 1966 to end assistance for college students and to replace it with grants to colleges and universities. Over the next few years a limited number of cultural and educational institutions in Akron, Miami, Charlotte and Detroit – cities where the Knights owned newspapers – were added to the foundation’s list of grant recipients. A turning point came in 1972 when the board of trustees authorized the sale of Clara Knight’s stock in a secondary offering by Knight Newspapers. The sale raised $21,343,500, increased the foundation’s assets to more than $24 million and initiated an expanded grant program focused on the growing number of cities where the Knights published newspapers. Journalism, especially the education of journalists, became a matter of more pronounced funding interest. Laying the Cornerstone In 1974 several events occurred that laid the cornerstone for a much larger Knight John S. and James L. Knight. Foundation. Jack Knight’s wife, Beryl, died, and he underwent major surgery, T thus creating concern among his associates he John S. and James L. Knight Memorial Education Fund. Almost from about the future of Knight Newspapers. Foundation originated with the the beginning, however, the foundation Concurrent with these circumstances, Knight family’s belief in the value of made small grants to educational, cultural Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder education. The brothers’ father, Charles and social service institutions – mostly in Publications to create Knight-Ridder Inc., Landon Knight, had a tradition of helping Akron – and on a very limited basis to at the time the largest newspaper company financially strapped students pay for their journalism-related causes. in the country. Jack Knight was its biggest college education. To honor his memory, For the first 10 years, the foundation’s shareholder. the Knight Memorial Education Fund was assets came from contributions from the Heading the newly formed company as established in 1940 to provide financial Beacon Journal and The Miami Herald, chairman and CEO was the merger’s archi- aid to college students from the Akron and personal gifts by Jack and Jim Knight. tect, Lee Hills, former president of Knight area. Supported with contributions from Other Knight newspapers began to con- Newspapers. A close friend and associate the Akron Beacon Journal, the fund existed tribute small amounts in the early 1960s – of the Knights for more than 35 years, Hills until December 1950 when its assets of a move that led to a limited number of was the first person outside the family to $9,047 were transferred to the newly creat- grants to cities from which the contribu- head Knight Newspapers. He had been a ed Knight Foundation. tions came. foundation trustee since 1960. Incorporated in the state of Ohio, Newspaper contributions stopped in Hills recognized that Jack Knight’s status Knight Foundation was organized princi- 1965 with the foundation’s first major as Knight-Ridder’s largest shareholder pally to carry out the work of the Knight infusion of assets – a bequest of 180,000 38 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

KNIGHT FOUNDATION HISTORY placed the company in a precarious position. If the elder Knight died, leaving the bulk of his estate to his heirs, they would be forced to sell most of their Knight- Ridder stock to pay the estate taxes. That would leave Knight-Ridder vulnerable to management by outside interests and possibly a takeover by those who understood little or nothing about newspapers and less about journalism. Recognizing that both Knight-Ridder’s future and Jack Knight’s legacy of quality newspapers and journalistic integrity were threatened by such a scenario, Hills moved slowly and gently to present his friend with another option: leaving the bulk of his estate to the foundation. The gentle persuasion worked. Knight A January 2004 retreat gave participants in Knight’s Community Partners Program a chance to share notes on the new rewrote his will, asking Hills to journey program and learn together. From left: Marilyn Howard, executive director of the Manatee Community Foundation; from his office in Miami to Cleveland to Patti Lazarus, now director of development and communications, Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc. in St. Paul; Polly review the document with Knight’s attor- M. Talen, Knight’s Community Liaison Program Officer for Minnesota; and Nancy K. Johnson, president and executive director of the Legacy Foundation in Gary. ney. Signed in April 1975, the will left the bulk of Jack Knight’s estate to Knight dation’s trustees consider its future. The of ensuring that the foundation could Foundation. outcome was an early and largely informal manage the twentyfold increase in its assets. That year the foundation acquired its strategic planning exercise that resulted in In the future, Jim Knight said, operating first office and hired its first two full-time direct statements from Jack and Jim Knight the foundation “will be like running a employees. Ben Maidenburg, a Beacon about foundation governance and grant major national institution. The job will Journal news executive, was named presi- making. Their preferences reflected a desire require outstanding talent and leadership.” dent. Maidenburg had been a foundation for an optimum amount of flexibility, “on The review by Hills and the board trustee since 1957 and had served as the the grounds,” Jack Knight wrote, “that a resulted in the creation of a new governing foundation’s part-time manager. truly effective foundation should have structure as well as programming and Over the next few years the foundation freedom to exercise its best judgment as financial policies. This planning process focused on grants to educational and required by the times and conditions has served as the blueprint for the founda- cultural institutions in the 11 cities where under which they live.” tion’s work ever since. Knight Newspapers had published. In Jack Knight died on June 16, 1981. The In grant making, a formal Cities Program addition, journalism education and free- task of settling his estate required five emerged focusing on all Knight-Ridder press issues emerged as a foundation interest years. When the final transfer of funds to communities. In journalism, the foundation with almost 25 percent of grants supporting the foundation occurred on May 5, 1986, built on the Knights’ legacy of support for journalism-related causes. History the distribution from the bequest totaled education as the cornerstone of quality Little more than a year after Maiden- $428,144,588, making Knight Foundation journalism by establishing, salvaging or burg took the reins, he fell ill. Jack Knight the 21st largest U.S. foundation based on strengthening some of the profession’s asked C.C. Gibson, a friend and Akron asset size. most prestigious midcareer fellowship civic activist, to fill in. By 1978 it was clear During that five-year period, Hills – at programs for journalists. Host institutions Maidenburg could not return, so Gibson the request of Jim Knight, the foundation’s included Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the was named president. new chairman – guided the board in an Massachusetts Institute of Technology A New Chapter Begins intense strategic planning process. With (MIT), the University of Michigan, the the settling of Jack Knight’s will complete, University of Maryland and Stanford, where One of Jack Knight’s directives during v the new chairman declared the importance the John S. Knight Fellowships were the final years of his life was that the foun- 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 39

KNIGHT FOUNDATION HISTORY At the Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach, participants in the Magic of Music symphony orchestra retreat listen as Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony, converses via Internet 2 technology. Moderator Thomas Wolf and Christoph Eschenbach, music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, face the audience. established in 1982. body that continues to advocate for the America’s great urban centers. Soon thereafter, the board created sepa- reform of college athletics; the Knight In 1990, Knight trustees voted to relo- rate programs for education, and arts and Chairs in Journalism, a program that seeks cate the foundation’s headquarters from culture, the two fields in which the foun- to elevate the quality of education at the Akron to Miami, where several board dation had traditionally made most of its nation’s best journalism and public policy members lived or spent considerable time. local grants. schools (now totaling 18) by attracting Simultaneously, the staff nearly doubled to A key change in leadership occurred in notable working journalists to serve as 14 – an outgrowth of the complexity of February 1988 as Creed Black, a veteran educators through an endowed chair; and grants, the increased amount of money Knight-Ridder news executive and former the National Community Development given away and the need for more sophisti- publisher of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Initiative (NCDI), the largest philanthrop- cated oversight of the foundation’s $522 assumed the presidency. Under Black’s ic collaboration in U.S. history. As a million portfolio. leadership the foundation’s national pres- founding member of NCDI (now known Jim Knight’s Bequest ence grew with such high-profile efforts as as Living Cities), Knight Foundation col- the Knight Foundation Commission on laborates with other national grant-makers Prompted by the dramatic and rapid Intercollegiate Athletics, a blue-ribbon and lenders committed to revitalizing changes, the board in late 1990 initiated a 40 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

KNIGHT FOUNDATION HISTORY new strategic planning process. Before the first meeting was held, however, Jim Knight died in February 1991, leaving what became a $200 million bequest to the foundation. By this time, the newspaper company the Knight brothers founded and the foundation were operating in 26 U.S. cities. Hills was elected to succeed Jim Knight as chairman, while W. Gerald Austen, M.D., an internationally known heart surgeon and the surgeon-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, was elected vice chair to succeed Hills. Dr. Austen, a board member since 1987, was the Knights’ physician and longtime friend. Aware that Jim Knight’s bequest made the strategic planning process even more timely and important, the board undertook an extensive one-year strategic planning Knight’s Hodding Carter, left, joins Harvard University President Lawrence Summers and Nieman Foundation Curator exercise that culminated in a decade of ini- Bob Giles at the dedication of the new Knight Center wing at Lippmann House, home of the Nieman Fellows. tiatives and more focused grant making. The Cities Program was renamed the Community Initiatives Program and seven attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the board approved International Center for Journalists, were areas of special interest were identified as a $10 million program to aid direct service established to enable U.S. journalists and funding priorities: arts and culture, children providers in Knight communities affected media executives to go overseas to provide and social welfare, citizenship, community by those events. professional advice and training in emerg- development, education, homelessness and ing democracies. 26 Participating Communities literacy. Through the Education Program, the Also launched under the auspices of the During the early 1990s, the 26 cities foundation forged alliances with such revamped program was the Community covered by the Community Initiatives national groups as the National Center for Foundations Initiative. It provided more Program remained constant because Family Literacy, New American Schools than $10 million through 1997 to either Knight-Ridder neither sold nor acquired and Teach For America; many of these enlarge or establish donor-advised funds at newspapers. However, a series of company organizations incorporated the founda- community foundations in cities and towns purchases and sales in the mid-1990s tion’s cities into their activities. where the foundation made local grants. prompted a board review of the geographic Through the Arts and Culture The donor-advised funds became a mech- focus of the local funding program. In Program, the foundation launched two anism for making smaller, quicker grants. 1998 the board decided the program initiatives in the 1990s. The “Magic of In an effort to remain responsive to the should cover only the 26 cities that had Music” Symphony Orchestra Initiative emergency needs of Knight cities in the been eligible for local grants at the time of provided grants to symphony orchestras History aftermath of disasters, the board adopted a Jim Knight’s death in 1991. The decision willing to engage their entire organizations grant procedure to expedite funding in ended the practice of the foundation fol- in experiments designed to generate a such times of need. The largest commitment lowing the company (now Knight Ridder) greater sense of excitement about the con- was $10 million for the recovery and as it bought or sold newspapers through- certgoing experience and a more vital rebuilding of Dade (now Miami-Dade) out the country. relationship between artists and audiences. County following Hurricane Andrew in Journalism proved an especially fertile The second initiative, the Museum Loan 1992. The board also approved $1 million area for initiatives dealing with educational Network, is a collection-sharing program in grants after the Red River flood and needs, free-press and First Amendment administered by MIT that aims to get art- subsequent fires destroyed much of Grand issues. In 1993 the Knight International works out of storage in one museum and v Forks in 1997. And after the terrorist Press Fellowships, administered by the onto the walls of another. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 41

KNIGHT FOUNDATION HISTORY the liaisons and the committees had identified funding priorities in all 26 communities and made their initial long-term investments. Those efforts are complemented by a commitment to invest an additional $50 million through 2005 in expanded donor-advised funds now held by community foundations serving all 26 Knight communities. Commitment to Journalism The Journalism Initiatives program kicked off a long-term relationship with The Poynter Institute, a top-rated training source for journalists, by funding News University in 2003 with a $2.8 million grant. Through www.newsu.org, NewsU provides a series of interactive training modules that After 15 years of leading the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, William C. Friday, left, the rely in part on the knowledge of Knight’s president emeritus of the University of North Carolina, turned over the chairman’s post to Thomas K. Hearn Jr., retir- journalism chairs. Knight’s investments ing president of Wake Forest University. in newsroom education directly trained 14,000 journalists in 2004. Launched in the 2000 strategic review, the National Venture Fund nurtures inno- On Jan. 1, 1993, the foundation became by Hills. His vision and thoughtful guidance vative approaches to investment that might the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation had steered the foundation successfully benefit Knight communities. to honor the memory of the brothers who into a new century. The next key steps were In 2004, the Venture Fund launched had created it. A year later the foundation taken at a retreat that September when the a $13.5 million Immigrant Integration incorporated in the state of Florida. board approved a five-year strategic plan Initiative, designed to increase rates of nat- mandating the most extensive reinvention Leadership Changes uralization, improve English-language in Knight Foundation’s history. education and strengthen the local and A review of the strategic plan in 1995 The new plan reasserted the foundation’s national network of immigrant-serving also served as a catalyst for a change in commitment to journalism excellence organizations across the country. In addi- leadership. Hills stepped down as chairman and significantly deepened its ties to its tion, Knight’s Venture Fund and journal- in 1996 and was succeeded by Vice Chair communities, positioning it as a proactive ism program jointly funded the Civic Austen. Board member Jill Ker Conway, partner focusing on results. The newly Mission of Schools, a newly launched former president of Smith College and a named Community Partners Program national campaign to renew and elevate visiting scholar at MIT, served as vice chair promised greater resources from Knight civics in America’s schools and emphasize under Austen from 1996 to March 2005, Foundation directed over a longer period the importance of teaching journalism when she retired after 14 years on the board. of time to a locally recommended, tightly History as part of the effort. In February 1998, Black retired as focused set of community priorities. Knight Foundation ended 2004 with president and was succeeded by Hodding Across the 26 Knight cities, the assets of $1.94 billion. Knight Foundation Carter III, a nationally known public Community Partners Program deploys 10 remains well-positioned as it continues its affairs journalist and former Mississippi program officers who develop fundable efforts to promote journalism excellence newspaper editor and publisher who had strategies in partnership with appropriate worldwide and improve the quality of life occupied the Knight Chair in Journalism nonprofit organizations. Each city benefits in its 26 communities. q at the University of Maryland. from a Knight Community Advisory Lee Hills died Feb. 3, 2000, at the age of Committee – a group of up to a dozen 93. The blueprint on which the foundation local residents offering deep knowledge of operates was largely designed and drawn and experience with area issues. By 2003, 42 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

WEB SPECIAL A Network Both Virtual and Human Gianella Villena and Cristian Rivera use a laptop computer to judge the strength of the Internet signal a few blocks away from a rooftop antenna located back at their office in Miami’s East Little Havana neighborhood. ‘Dead spots’ in coverage mean their clients might not be able to go online. lsa de Jesús was a nurse before she One Economy brought computers E came from Peru. When she moved and the Internet to East Little Havana to Miami’s East Little Havana with an outgoing team of high school neighborhood, she couldn’t continue students called “digital connectors.” nursing without becoming recertified They install and repair computers by the state of Florida. purchased by neighbors such as Elsa, Though Elsa was a self-acknowledged and are busy setting up a community- technophobe, she decided to change wide “wi-fi” network to expand the the situation by taking computer classes free Internet service to more neighbors. at a community center, where she The Miami enterprise, along with found that she was eligible – through one in San Jose, Calif., has served as a a program from One Economy – to get model for One Economy to expand to a computer at home for just $50. With dozens of other U.S. communities. it, she tackled a self-study course from A web-only annual report story Kaplan, and passed the first-level exam. on the “digital connectors” and On the web, Elsa and her neighbors One Economy is available at visit One Economy’s thebeehive.org, www.knightfdn.org/annual. q featuring a wealth of information vital to smoothing their path to civic participation and even citizenship. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 43

INVESTMENT REPORT he world economy beat forecasts in cool, interest rates would rise, credit spreads attained by the passive policy-portfolio T 2004, and Knight Foundation’s asset would no longer continue to tighten, and benchmark. Although this was a welcome base joined the generally rising tide. a growing U.S. deficit would discourage result, exposure to several defensive strate- The market value of the foundation’s foreign investors. However, most of these gies and holdings in founder’s stock assets at Dec. 31, 2004, was $1.939 billion, forecast events did not occur, and domestic (Knight Ridder), which declined 11.8 per- an increase of $93.4 million for the year. and foreign equity markets again posted cent, dampened returns and limited the Investment activity added $194.1 million double-digit gains. The U.S. stock market portfolio’s ability to fully participate in the during 2004. Grant spending for the year rose 12 percent (as represented by the strong domestic and international equity was $90.4 million and administrative Russell 3000 Index) and foreign stocks did returns posted in 2004. As a result, the expenses were $9.6 million. The foundation even better, gaining 21.4 percent as meas- portfolio’s performance trailed that of its paid taxes of $1.5 million. These expenses ured by the MSCI All Country World ex peer-group portfolio benchmarks (Table were partially offset by $800,000 in contri- U.S. Index. With economic conditions and 2). Over longer time horizons of five and butions and other income (Table 1). market sentiment improving, bonds were 10 years, the benefits of a diversified port- After the strong double-digit gains able to post a small gain of 4.2 percent for folio, which strikes a balance between posted by most global equity markets in the year. offensive and defensive strategies, become 2003, many investors believed that the Knight Foundation’s portfolio return evident. Over those time periods, Knight markets in 2004 would be unable to repli- for 2004 was 11.2 percent. This perform- Foundation’s investment returns were cate the success of the previous year ance exceeded expectations established by above most benchmarks. because market and economic conditions the policy-portfolio benchmark, which Strategies That Worked in 2004 had become less favorable. The expecta- returned 10 percent. The investment and tions were that corporate profit growth tactical decisions made by outside man- The highest returning asset class was would slow, hot equity markets would agers and staff added value above those commodities, gaining 30.5 percent for the year versus its benchmark return of 17.3 percent. The exceptional performance rela- TABLE 1 tive to the benchmark was due primarily 2004 2003 Change in Asset Values (dollars in millions) to tactical overlays in oil, gold and nickel Investment Activity, net $ 194.1 $ 226.6 commodities, and timely rebalancing Grants Paid (90.4) (90.4) throughout the year. Commodity prices General and Administrative Expenses (9.6) (10.1) surged in 2004 on strong demand from Taxes Refunded / (Paid) (1.5) 1.0 such emerging countries as China and Contributions Received – 0.2 India, and continued uncertainty with the Other 0.8 0.4 reliability of oil supplies in the Middle Total Change $ 93.4 $ 127.7 East. The foundation’s energy asset class also benefited from rising energy prices. Memo: Beginning Assets $1,845.9 $1,718.2 International equity appreciated 17.9 Ending Assets $1,939.3 $1,845.9 percent during the year, outpacing its benchmark return of 9.6 percent. The strong relative performance was due pri- TABLE 2 Average Annual Returns marily to the tactical decision not to hedge Summary of Investment Performance foreign currencies, which gained value Period Ended Dec. 31 2004 5 Years 10 Years during the year relative to the weakening KF Portfolio 11.2% 5.3% 13.9% U.S. dollar, as well as the decisions to over- Portfolio Benchmarks: weight allocations to Asian and emerging Policy Portfolio 10.0% 3.1% NA markets for most of the year and to under- Domestic 60/30/10 Passive 8.5% 1.6% 10.4% weight European market allocations. Global 60/30/10 12.7% 1.6% 7.8% Fixed income posted a 10.5 percent TIFF Multi-Asset Fund 14.6% 6.2% NA return, outperforming its benchmark Vanguard LifeStrategy return of 4.2 percent. Knight’s portfolio Growth Fund 11.3% 0.7% NA was able to outperform the index by oppor- Cambridge Associates Endowment Median 12.2% 4.8% 11.2% tunistically holding foreign and emerging market bonds at various times during the year and by adjusting the duration of the 44 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

INVESTMENT REPORT AUDITORS’ REPORT portfolio to interest rate volatility. A strategy value to the portfolio, returning 29.8 and Report of Independent Certified of having long duration Treasury Inflation 15 percent, respectively. Venture capital Public Accountants Protected Securities (TIPS) during most of was up 7.4 percent, and international pri- the year also bolstered Knight’s performance. vate equity gained 6.3 percent. Trustees Defensive hedge funds gained 8.1 percent Offensive hedge funds returned 10.8 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for the year, easily outdistancing its bench- percent for the year, lagging behind mark return of 4.4 percent. All seven man- the benchmark return of 12.1 percent. We have audited the accompanying statements agers in this category posted positive returns. Directional hedge funds faced a challeng- of financial position of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s domestic equity ing year in 2004, with too many managers Knight Foundation (the foundation) as of Dec. 31, asset class rose 7.5 percent, beating the investing in similar sectors, low market 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of Russell 3000/KRI Blend benchmark, which volatility limiting opportunities in deriva- activities and cash flows for the years then ended. gained 6.7 percent. A strategic tilt to the tive products and minimal dispersion of These financial statements are the responsibility large cap value-style index and limited returns among stocks with good and bad of the foundation’s management. Our responsi- exposure to small cap equities accounted fundamentals. bility is to express an opinion on these financial for the difference in performance. statements based on our audits. Asset Allocation Private real estate gained 12.5 percent, We conducted our audits in accordance with slightly higher than the benchmark return The chart below shows the asset class allo- auditing standards generally accepted in the of 12.4 percent. Apartments and retail prop- cation targets that were in effect at year end. United States. Those standards require that we erties had the best performance for the year, plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable In Summary while office properties continued to lag. assurance about whether the financial statements The Knight portfolio’s risk profile in are free of material misstatement. An audit Strategies That Lagged and 2004 benefited from having invested in includes consideration of internal control over Some Missed Opportunities assets not classified as either equities or fixed financial reporting as a basis for designing audit Private equity investments, which include income, such as commodities. Our perform- procedures that are appropriate in the circum- venture capital, buyout, international and ance was also helped by opportunistically stances, but not for the purpose of expressing an distressed partnerships, were up 14.1 per- moving assets from U.S.-based markets opinion on the effectiveness of the foundation’s cent for the year, trailing the benchmark into foreign fixed income and emerging internal control over financial reporting. by 2.8 percentage points. This year marked market equities. Staying well diversified, Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An the second straight year of positive returns employing the best managers possible, and audit also includes examining, on a test basis, for private equity after negative returns in looking for tactical opportunities to add evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures the previous three years. Buyout partner- value will continue to be our path. in the financial statements, assessing the ships and distressed debt added the most accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We ASSET ALLOCATION TARGETS 2004 believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements 16.5% 13.5% Real Assets Domestic Equity referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the foundation 3.0% TIPS at Dec. 31, 2004 and 2003, and its changes in unre- 10.5% International stricted net assets and cash flows for the years Equity 10.0% then ended, in conformity with accounting princi- Fixed Income ples generally accepted in the United States. 1.5% Cash 20.0% Offensive 10.0% Hedge Funds Feb. 23, 2005 Defensive Hedge Funds 15.0% Private Securities DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES OFFENSIVE STRATEGIES 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 45

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION Dec. 31 2004 2003 Assets Investments Cash and cash equivalents $ 48,469,939 $ 162,687,829 Interest, dividends and other investment receivables 8,001,590 5,094,509 U.S. government and agency obligations 324,285,899 252,770,682 Corporate bonds and other obligations 82,687,544 85,427,021 Common stock of Knight Ridder 33,470,000 59,975,831 Other equity securities 1,054,787,077 911,552,289 Alternative equity investments 280,746,140 263,166,541 Real estate investments 106,182,294 104,391,562 Total investments 1,938,630,483 1,845,066,264 Other assets 710,422 802,784 Total assets $1,939,340,905 $1,845,869,048 Liabilities and unrestricted net assets Grants payable $ 120,746,757 $ 110,212,152 Other liabilities 1,374,756 558,289 Total liabilities 122,121,513 110,770,441 Unrestricted net assets 1,817,219,392 1,735,098,607 Total liabilities and unrestricted net assets $1,939,340,905 $1,845,869,048 See accompanying notes. STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES Year ended Dec. 31 2004 2003 Investment activity Interest $ 18,425,835 $ 26,094,091 Dividends 11,513,841 13,268,775 Net realized gain on sale of investments 193,112,318 50,314,176 Net change in fair value of investments (23,830,170) 143,039,539 Less: investment expenses (5,149,017) (6,069,448) Total investment activity 194,072,807 226,647,133 Contributions received 21,706 198,168 Total investment activity and other support 194,094,513 226,845,301 Grants approved and expenses Community Partners grants 61,135,880 79,754,840 Journalism Initiatives grants 14,823,500 39,115,430 National Venture Fund grants 22,315,500 9,254,000 Other grants 1,630,600 595,200 Grant forfeitures and other (2,928,238) (3,853,728) Direct charitable activities 3,634,867 4,058,149 General and administrative expenses 9,582,761 10,135,667 Federal excise and other taxes, net 1,778,858 (435,864) Total grants and expenses 111,973,728 138,623,694 Change in unrestricted net assets 82,120,785 88,221,607 Unrestricted net assets at beginning of year 1,735,098,607 1,646,877,000 Unrestricted net assets at end of year $1,817,219,392 $1,735,098,607 See accompanying notes. 46 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Year ended Dec. 31 2004 2003 Cash flows from operating activities Change in unrestricted net assets $ 82,120,785 $ 88,221,607 Adjustments to reconcile change in unrestricted net assets to net cash used in operating activities: Net realized gain on sale of investments (193,112,318) (50,314,176) Net change in fair value of investments 23,830,170 (143,039,539) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Interest, dividends and other investment receivables (2,907,081) 50,971 Other assets 92,362 316,710 Grants payable 10,534,605 39,127,581 Other liabilities 816,467 283,622 Net cash used in operating activities (78,625,010) (65,353,224) Cash flows from investing activities Proceeds from sale of investments 1,206,308,398 1,325,401,706 Purchases of investments (1,241,901,278) (1,171,772,416) Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (35,592,880) 153,629,290 Net change in cash and cash equivalents (114,217,890) 88,276,066 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 162,687,829 74,411,763 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 48,469,939 $ 162,687,829 See accompanying notes. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 47

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Dec. 31, 2004 To minimize such risk, the foundation diversifies properties that are not publicly listed or traded, its investments among various financial instru- are not liquid investments. The value of such 1. The Organization ments and asset categories, and uses multiple investments is determined by the partnerships’ investment strategies and investment managers. general partners, who must follow the valuation The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Key decisions in this regard are made by the guidelines, such as appraisals and comparable (the foundation), a nonprofit corporation, pro- foundation’s investment committee, which has company trade data, stipulated in the respective motes excellence in journalism worldwide and oversight responsibility for the foundation’s limited partnership agreements. The Dec. 31 invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. communities. investment program. The committee identifies valuations of the investments in limited part- 2. Significant Accounting Policies appropriate asset categories for investments, nerships are based upon the value determined determines the allocation of assets to each cate- by the partnerships’ general partner as of Sept. Cash and Cash Equivalents gory and approves the investment strategies 30, adjusted for capital contributions and distri- employed. The foundation’s chief investment butions that occur during the quarter ended Cash and cash equivalents are composed of officer is responsible for the effective execution Dec. 31. These amounts may differ from values various operating accounts and highly liquid of the investment program, including the that would be determined if the investments in investments with original maturities of 90 days engagement of investment managers, financial limited partnerships were publicly traded or if or less. consultants and legal advisers, as required. The the Dec. 31 valuation amount were currently Property, Plant and Equipment majority of the foundation’s financial assets are available. Realized gains and losses and increases managed by external investment management and decreases in fair value on the investments The foundation records property, plant and firms selected by the chief investment officer. in limited partnerships are reflected in the equipment as an expense in the year purchased. The foundation’s holdings in Knight Ridder Statements of Activities. All limited partnerships Property, plant and equipment purchased for common stock, Treasury Inflation Protected are audited annually by independent certified 2004 and 2003 was approximately $260,000 and Securities (TIPS), commodities, derivative over- public accounting firms. As of Dec. 31, 2004, $1,900,000, respectively, of which approximately lays, equities distributed by its limited partner- pursuant to its limited partnership agreements, $194,000 and $1,454,000 were for charitable pur- ship investments and strategic allocations to the foundation is committed to contributing poses and are reflected in “General and adminis- index funds are managed by the foundation’s approximately $295,200,000 in additional capi- trative expenses” in the Statements of Activities. investment department. All financial assets are tal over the next 10 years to various partner- Program-Related Investments (PRIs) held in custody for the foundation in propri- ships. Unpaid commitments at Dec. 31, 2003, etary accounts by a major commercial bank, were approximately $242,900,000. In accordance with Section 4944 of the except those assets that have been invested in At Dec. 31, 2004 and 2003, the foundation Internal Revenue Code (the code), the founda- limited partnerships, hedge funds or in certain held 500,000 and 775,182 shares, respectively, of tion is permitted to make investments that are products with multiple investors, such as index Knight Ridder common stock, which represent- related to its philanthropic programs. These funds, all of which have separate custodial ed 2 percent and 3 percent of the foundation’s investments are anticipated to have a return arrangements appropriate to their legal structure. assets, respectively. lower than fair value. In the year of the invest- Effective March 1, 2005, Cambridge ment, the foundation receives a credit toward Associates LLC (Cambridge), an independent its distribution requirement. These investments consulting firm, will assume all discretionary are treated as grants in the year they are approved. investment authority formerly residing with To the extent the investment is recovered by the chief investment officer, and will also the foundation, the recovery is recognized as a assume all functions and responsibilities of negative distribution. Recoveries are reflected in the internal investment department. As a result, “Grant forfeitures and other” in the Statements the foundation will disband its internal invest- of Activities. ment department, with the exception of staff Use of Estimates to monitor and support the related internal controls and accounting for investments. The The presentation of financial statements in foundation’s investment committee will retain conformity with accounting principles generally its oversight responsibility for the foundation’s accepted in the United States requires manage- investment program. ment to make estimates and assumptions that The majority of the foundation’s financial affect the reported amount of assets and liabili- assets are invested in publicly traded securities ties and disclosure of contingent assets and that are listed on national exchanges, treasury liabilities at the date of the financial statements. and agency bonds of the U.S. government, Estimates also affect the reported amounts of sovereign bonds of foreign governments and investment activity and expenses during the investment and non-investment grade corporate reporting period. Actual results could differ bonds for which active trading markets exist. from those estimates. Such assets are valued at quoted closing prices Reclassification at year end. Realized gains and losses and increases and decreases in fair value on invest- Certain amounts in the prior year’s financial ments are reflected in the Statements of statements have been reclassified to conform Activities. with the current year’s presentation. At Dec. 31, 2004 and 2003, approximately 3. Investments 20 percent of the foundation’s assets were invested with numerous partnerships, in which The investment goal of the foundation is the foundation is a limited partner, that special- to invest its assets in a manner that will achieve ize in making venture capital, buyout, distressed a total rate of return sufficient to replace the debt, and equity-based real estate investments. assets spent for grants and expenses and to Such investments, typically investments in pri- recoup any value lost due to inflation. To achieve vate equity or debt securities of companies or this goal, some investment risk must be taken. 48 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 3. Investments (continued) A detail of fair value and cost by investment class follows: Dec. 31, 2004 Dec. 31, 2003 Fair Value Cost Fair Value Cost Cash and cash equivalents $ 48,469,939 $ 48,469,939 $ 162,687,829 $ 162,687,829 Interest, dividends and other investment receivables 8,001,590 7,868,897 5,094,509 4,603,757 U.S. government and agency obligations 324,285,899 309,844,407 252,770,682 233,436,179 Corporate bonds and other obligations 82,687,544 81,150,921 85,427,021 82,411,615 Common stock of Knight Ridder 33,470,000 13,937,500 59,975,831 21,608,198 Other equity securities 1,054,787,077 825,571,698 911,552,289 693,776,149 Alternative equity investments 280,746,140 406,755,703 263,166,541 380,802,663 Real estate investments 106,182,294 92,320,753 104,391,562 90,042,671 Total $1,938,630,483 $ 1,785,919,818 $ 1,845,066,264 $1,669,369,061 Highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less are reported as cash equivalents. 4. Derivative Financial Instruments this currency forward contract, which is reflected in the Statements of Financial Position, was Some investment managers retained by the approximately $447,000. foundation have been authorized to use certain During 2004 and 2003, the foundation derivative financial instruments in a manner entered into various futures contracts. At Dec. set forth by the foundation’s written investment 31, 2004, the foundation had opened positions policy, specific manager guidelines or partner- with various futures contracts with a net ship/fund agreement documents. Specifically, aggregate notional value of approximately derivative financial instruments may be used for $120,571,000. At Dec. 31, 2003, the foundation the following purposes: (1) currency forward had opened positions with various futures con- contracts and options may be used to hedge tracts with a net aggregate notional value of nondollar exposure in foreign investments; (2) approximately $146,500,000. The futures con- covered call options may be sold to enhance tracts selected are exchange-listed, highly liquid yield on major equity positions; (3) futures contracts providing daily settlements. Gains and contracts may be used to equitize excess cash losses were processed daily through the NYSE positions, rebalance asset categories within the third-party clearing broker and settled within portfolio, adjust risk exposures within the port- an account at the foundation’s custodian bank. folio, or to rapidly increase or decrease exposure For the years ended Dec. 31, 2004 and 2003, to specific investment positions in anticipation net realized gains and (losses) from futures con- of subsequent cash trades; and (4) futures contracts totaled approximately $9,654,000 and tracts and options may be used by hedge fund ($6,100,000), respectively, and are reflected in managers to hedge or leverage positions in port- the Statements of Activities. folios in their respective funds. Authorization In the opinion of the foundation’s manage- to use derivatives currently is restricted to 22 ment, the use of derivative financial instruments hedge fund managers, who manage investments in its investment program is appropriate and totaling approximately $549,000,000 and one customary for the investment strategies employed. currency overlay manager, who at Dec. 31, 2004 Using those instruments reduces certain invest- did not have any buy or sell positions. ment risks and generally adds value to the port- The foundation’s chief investment officer folio. The instruments themselves, however, do also is authorized to use derivatives to execute involve some investment and counter party risk certain investment strategies. Derivative finan- not fully reflected in the foundation’s financial cial instruments are recorded at fair value in the statements. Management does not anticipate Statements of Financial Position with changes in that losses, if any, from such instruments would fair value reflected in the Statements of Activities. materially affect the financial position of the At Dec. 31, 2004, the foundation had no foundation. currency forward contracts. At Dec. 31, 2003, the foundation had a currency forward contract valued at $32,135,000 with one correspondent bank. This represents a hedge against a portion of the foundation’s Euro-denominated capital commitments to its limited partnerships valued at $44,700,000. All currency forward contacts are up to six months in duration and are typically renewed. At Dec. 31, 2003, the fair value of 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 49

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 5. Grants 6. Federal Excise Taxes 7. Employee Pension Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans The foundation records grants in full as The foundation qualifies as a tax-exempt expenses when approved. Grants payable at Dec. organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the The foundation sponsors a pension plan 31, 2004 and 2003 represents the present value code and, with the exception of unrelated busi- with defined benefit and cash balance features of multiyear grants using a 5.25 percent and 4 ness income from debt-financed, passive invest- for its eligible employees. The pension benefits percent discount rate, respectively. The founda- ments, is not subject to federal or state income for all employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 2000, tion made grant payments of $90,358,608 and tax. However, the foundation is classified as a will be the greater of the benefits as determined $90,400,477 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. private foundation and is subject to a federal under the defined benefit feature of the pension As of Dec. 31, 2004, the foundation had excise tax of 2 percent (or 1 percent under cer- plan or the cash balance feature of the pension future grant commitments, which are scheduled tain circumstances) on net investment income plan. The pension benefits for all employees for payment in future years as follows: and net realized gains, as defined by the code. hired on or subsequent to Jan. 1, 2000, will be The foundation expects to qualify for the 1 determined under the cash balance feature of 2005 $ 73,291,527 percent tax rate in 2004 and was subject to the the pension plan. The foundation also sponsors 2006 41,448,142 1 percent tax rate in 2003. postretirement medical and life insurance bene- 2007 10,928,160 Total excise and other taxes paid by the fit plans. foundation for the year ended Dec. 31, 2004, The following table sets forth the pension 2008 5,303,330 amounted to approximately $1,450,000. For and other postretirement benefits plans’ funded 130,971,159 the year ended Dec. 31, 2003 the foundation status and amounts recognized in the founda- Discounted to present value (10,224,402) received a net refund of approximately $970,000 tion’s Statements of Financial Position: Grants payable $120,746,757 in excise and other taxes. Pension Plan Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Year ended Dec. 31 Year ended Dec. 31 2004 2003 2004 2003 Fair value of plan assets $ 7,678,257 $ 6,577,343 $ 411,258 $ 225,840 Benefit obligation (8,631,636) (6,834,540) (1,600,035) (1,583,763) Funded status of the plan $ (953,379) $ (257,197) $ (1,188,777) $ (1,357,923) Accrued benefit asset/(liability) recognized in the Statements of Financial Position $ 710,422 $ 802,784 $ (589,555) $ (519,370) Service cost 686,186 550,030 80,890 61,121 Interest cost 426,723 385,098 83,819 86,565 Expected return on plan assets (519,638) (504,281) (23,306) (10,789) Amortization of prior service cost 45,675 45,675 84,973 84,973 Amortization of transition asset (9,811) (9,812) – – Recognized actuarial loss 13,227 – 14,616 19,431 Benefit cost recognized in the Statements of Activities 642,362 466,710 240,992 241,301 Employer contributions 550,000 150,000 170,807 265,611 Employee contributions – – 977 1,196 Benefits paid 198,105 306,256 27,723 44,940 Actuarial assumptions Discount rate 5.75% 6.25% 5.75% 6.25% Expected return on plan assets 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Rate of compensation increase 4.50 3.75 4.50 3.75 Health care cost trend rate assumptions Initial trend rate N/A N/A 14.00% 15.00% Ultimate trend rate N/A N/A 5.25 5.25 Year ultimate trend is reached N/A N/A 2014 2014 50 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 7. Employee Pension Plan and A detail of fair value of plan assets by invest- Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (continued) ment class follows: The expected long-term rate of return on Other Postretirement plan assets for determining net periodic pension Pension Plan Benefit Plans cost is chosen by the foundation from a best Dec. 31 Dec. 31 estimate range determined by the actuary by 2004 2003 2004 2003 applying anticipated long-term returns and Cash and cash equivalents $ 621,189 $ 369,192 $ 7,010 $ 12,677 long-term volatility for various asset categories Interest, dividends and to the target asset allocation of the plan. Expected benefit payments are as follows: other investment receivables 31,731 26,536 9 911 U.S. government and agency obligations 1,399,140 1,126,024 – 38,663 Corporate bonds and other obligations 534,734 572,417 57,577 19,655 Other Postretirement Equity securities 5,091,463 4,483,174 346,662 153,934 Pension Plan Benefit Plans Total $ 7,678,257 $ 6,577,343 $ 411,258 $ 225,840 2005 $ 752,692 $ 50,730 2006 574,492 50,122 2007 366,410 54,570 In addition, the foundation sponsors a 8. Leases 2008 476,538 63,562 defined contribution plan for its eligible The foundation has a lease for approximate- 2009 827,807 72,117 employees for which it has no fixed liabilities. ly 21,300 square feet of office space in Miami, 2010-2014 3,534,052 557,469 Effective Jan. 1, 2002, the foundation’s defined Fla., which expires in 2013. The foundation also contribution plan was amended to add an has various leases for equipment, which expire employer matching contribution component. During 2005, the foundation is not required between 2004 and 2005. Rental expense for During 2004 and 2003, the foundation made to make any contributions to the pension office and equipment leases for 2004 and 2003 contributions to the defined contribution plan plan and is expected to contribute $120,418 to was approximately $799,000 and $924,000, of approximately $159,000 and $149,000, the other postretirement benefit plans. If an respectively. Future minimum lease payments respectively. unfunded accumulated benefit obligation exists for office and equipment leases are as follows: at year-end the foundation may wish to make a contribution in order to eliminate it. 2005 $ 680,999 The investment goal for plan assets is to 2006 689,102 provide sufficient liquidity to meet payout 2007 705,066 requirements while maintaining safety of prin- cipal through prudent diversification. During 2008 721,029 2004, asset allocation targets for the pension 2009 736,993 plan were large-cap domestic equity, 40 percent; Thereafter 2,766,163 small-cap domestic equity, 10 percent; interna- Total $ 6,299,352 tional equity, 20 percent; domestic fixed income, 20 percent; and TIPS, 10 percent. During 2004, asset allocation targets for the other postretirement benefit plans were large-cap domestic equity, 65 percent; small-cap domestic equity, 10 percent; international equity, 10 percent; domestic fixed income, 10 percent; and domestic high yield, 5 percent. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 51

LETTER OF INQUIRY s you might imagine, we receive many inquiries at Knight Foundation. A Accordingly, correspondents who follow these guidelines are more likely to receive a prompt response. Please submit a brief letter of inquiry. If we think your inquiry can be developed into a full proposal, we will let you know. In no more than two pages, please tell us: G Who you are and how to reach you G The need(s) the proposed project will address G The project’s relationship to the foundation’s funding priorities for your community or the foundation’s journalism strategies and initiatives G The results you expect the project to accomplish and how they will benefit the people in need G The special qualifications your organization brings to the project G The project’s relation to your organization’s mission and program goals G The role of other organizations, if any, in planning and implementing the project Please be sure to include: G The total amount of money you wish to request, over what time period G Your organization’s total income and expenditures for its most recent year G Verification that your organization is tax-exempt under IRS code Section 501(c)(3), and not a private foundation as defined in Section 509(a) of that code For further information on our programs, please visit our web site, www.knightfdn.org. 52 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM At an open house for Perkins Activity Central at Simon Perkins Middle School in Akron, students in a drumming class keep the beat for a dancing passerby. The middle school is a hub of activity for a collaborating group of service providers all offering ways to enhance the lives of the school’s vulnerable middle school-age students. Grants 2 0 0 44 AA N NA LAR ER O P O RT 0 0 N N U U L P E RT 53 5

GRANTS OVERVIEW Listed below are $99,905,480 in new grants approved during 2004 by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Some of these grants, as well as those approved in past years, are disbursed over a period of several years. The net effect of these past and future commitments is that during 2004 the foundation actually disbursed $90,358,608. PROGRAMS NUMBER OF GRANTS AMOUNT JOURNALISM INITIATIVES Electronic and New Media 6 $1,889,000 News and Newsroom Diversity 7 1,567,500 News in the Public Interest 11 5,493,000 Press Freedom and Freedom of Information 13 2,585,000 Training and Education 12 3,289,000 Subtotal 49 $14,823,500 COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS Community Foundations Initiative 6 $5,825,000 Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations 18 2,972,500 Economic Development 21 7,668,000 Education 5 1,430,500 Housing and Community Development 15 6,409,500 Other Priorities 2 195,000 Vitality of Cultural Life 44 11,073,600 Well-being of Children and Families 90 25,561,780 Subtotal 201 $61,135,880 NATIONAL VENTURE FUND Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations 13 $9,750,500 Economic Development 3 1,700,000 Education 4 2,850,000 Housing and Community Development 2 5,900,000 Vitality of Cultural Life 2 75,000 Well-being of Children and Families 2 2,040,000 Subtotal 26 $22,315,500 O THER Emergency Grants 8 $700,000 Other 1 500,000 Strengthening Philanthropy 7 123,600 Special 37 307,000 Subtotal 53 $1,630,600 GRAND TO TAL 329 $99,905,480 54 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES G JOURNALISM INITIATIVES G The University of Maryland 164,000 The University of North Dakota 250,000 (College Park, Md.) (Grand Forks, N.D.) (over three years) Electronic and New Media To support J-Lab’s work in journalism innovation To improve and expand the Native Media Center and experimental community news. program and to advance both journalism education University of Maryland $1,000,000 and training, and newsroom and news diversity (College Park, Md.) (over three years) using new media. Kent State University Foundation 100,000 To launch New Voices, a regranting and education (Kent, Ohio) program designed to provide seed money for com- Native Americans make up only about 300 of To continue NewsOhio, college journalism broad- munity news experiments. the estimated 50,000 journalists working in casts that teach civics to high school students. America’s daily newspapers. During the next This project will be run by J-Lab, the Insti- three years, this grant will help the Native tute for Interactive Journalism at Maryland’s The Poynter Institute for 75,000 Media Center recruit 16 Native American and Philip Merrill College of Journalism. J-Lab Media Studies Inc. tribal college students from the northern administers the Batten Awards for Innovations (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Great Plains to major in communications at in Journalism, named for the late Knight Rid- To convert the Newseum’s “Be a Reporter” game for the University of North Dakota. The students der CEO (and Knight Foundation trustee) web release. will produce an electronic news magazine, James K. Batten. That program honors novel write for the reznetnews.org web site, and approaches to journalism in both mainstream Federation of American Scientists 50,000 pursue journalism internships. and community media that help people learn (Washington, D.C.) about and better understand community To disseminate and promote “A Digital Gift to the National Association of 200,000 issues. This grant will encourage community Nation,” a report on how to transform education in Black Journalists journalism ideas on a smaller scale with a the age of digital communication. (Adelphi, Md.) regranting program called New Voices. New To improve and expand BlackCollegeWire.org, an Voices will also serve as an extension of online news service training student journalists at the Batten Awards, because both will involve News and Newsroom Diversity historically black colleges. elements of interactive journalism – journalism University of Montana Foundation $475,000 that is in touch with, and has an impact on, (Missoula, Mont.) (over three years) The Washington Center for 192,500 its community. Ideas with the greatest poten- To expand RezNet, an online student newspaper for Internships and Academic Seminars tial to become self-sustaining will receive the Native Americans attending tribal colleges that lack (Washington, D.C.) (over two years) highest priority. The grant also will create a student media. For internships with nonprofit media in Washington. new web site, NewCommunityVoices.com, which will help citizens involved in media In the 2002 newsroom census for the Ameri- projects learn how to use basic journalism George Washington University 150,000 can Society of Newspaper Editors, daily values; it will also create an e-learning module (Washington, D.C.) newspapers reported that they employ only in collaboration with The Poynter Institute’s For Prime Movers, a pilot program to train senior 300 Native American journalists. Though News University. journalists to mentor high school students and to some 25,000 Native American students help revive student media, and to advance journal- attend 32 tribal colleges, only one tribal col- ism education and diversity. Consumers Union of the United States 500,000 lege has a printed newspaper, and it does not (Yonkers, N.Y.) (over two years) have any journalism classes. Enter RezNet To merge Consumer WebWatch with the regular oper- National Conference of 150,000 (reznetnews.org), an online school newspaper ations of Consumers Union. Editorial Writers Foundation (over five years) for Native American students created with a (Harrisburg, Pa.) Knight Foundation grant in 2002. Supervised Consumers Union is a nonprofit membership To operate the Minority Writers Seminar while a by University of Montana professor Dennis organization begun in 1963 to provide prod- $500,000 endowment is raised. McAuliffe Jr., some 25 student reporters and uct and service information that maintains photographers cover school and community and enhances the quality of life for consumers. events. Contributors are paid for their work San Francisco State 150,000 Its flagship publication, Consumer Reports, and can also earn three credits at the Universi- University Foundation covers product testing, health, product safety, ty of Montana by taking an online journalism (San Francisco, Calif.) marketplace economics and government course. In just two years, RezNet has helped For Prime Movers, a pilot program to train senior actions that affect consumer welfare. In 1997, 24 Native American students get summer journalists to mentor high school students and CU launched Consumer Reports Online, a internships at daily newspapers. In addition, to help revive student media, and to advance jour- web site with about 400,000 subscribers, one RezNet has worked with three tribal colleges nalism and diversity. of the largest of its kind in the nation. A in Montana to create their own online news- three-year grant from Knight Foundation in papers. This grant will enable RezNet to devel- 2000 created a web credibility program, Con- News in the Public Interest op a distance-learning, reporting and editing sumer WebWatch, a project that promotes course with the help of the Maynard Institute. The Center for Public Integrity $2,000,000 standards for credible online information. By spring 2006, the class will be taught via (Washington, D.C.) (over three years) More than 100 companies, including some of the Internet to, at most, 15 tribal colleges. For operating support and a matching endowment the largest doing business on the World Wide grant to continue the center’s investigative journalism. Web, have adopted the standards. By merging Consumer WebWatch with CU’s regular Since 1989, the nonpartisan Center for Public operations, this partial challenge grant will Integrity has provided high-quality investiga- allow it to become a permanent program. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 55

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES tive reports directly to the public in books A high-level fund-raising committee has been Independent Television Service Inc. 50,000 and magazine articles and now on the web. formed, a new readership study is guiding (San Francisco, Calif.) The program works with 92 investigative editorial improvements and a new circulation For a strategy session of the world’s public televi- reporters in 48 countries and has won most project is providing foundation-supported sion leaders to collaborate on a joint investigative of the major investigative reporting prizes. Its subscriptions to journalism students. This chal- series. latest book, The Buying of the President 2004, lenge grant will help CJR raise additional funds. made The New York Times best-seller list. It Press Freedom and won the first George Polk Award for Internet University of Maryland 500,000 Freedom of Information Reporting for “The Windfalls of War,” a six- (College Park, Md.) (over five years) month investigation of American postwar For a challenge grant to support the American Jour- Fund for Constitutional Government $500,000 contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Under this nalism Review. (Washington, D.C.) (over three years) partial challenge grant, the center will choose For OpenTheGovernment.org, a broad-based free- Published by the University of Maryland, one report each year to release in multimedia dom of information coalition. the American Journalism Review has long form. In addition, the center will continue to been one of the nation’s premier journalism This partial challenge grant will help educate operate its internship program. reviews. The magazine helps serve as the con- the public and decision-makers about the science of the news industry, focusing on the dangers of government secrecy that expands University of Alabama 1,475,000 role of news in a democracy. AJR and the beyond the bounds required by national (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) (over five years) Columbia Journalism Review are working security. An analysis by OpenTheGovernment. To establish a master’s degree in community jour- together to raise additional operating funds org, a coalition of more than 30 organizations nalism, taught inside a working newspaper. as they continue to improve their circulation, supporting freedom of information, showed With this grant, the University of Alabama advertising and editorial practices. A high- that for every $1 the federal government spent and The Anniston Star will join forces to level fund-raising committee has been formed, in 2003 releasing old secrets, it spent $120 create a “teaching newspaper.” As they would a new readership study is guiding editorial maintaining the secrets already on the books. at a teaching hospital, students in the teaching improvements and a new circulation project The report said the federal government creat- newspaper will attend classes and problem- is providing foundation-supported subscrip- ed 14 million new classified documents in solving seminars called “grand rounds” – and tions to journalism students. This challenge fiscal year 2003 – a 26 percent increase over also work as interns. Classes at the newspaper grant will help AJR raise additional funds. 2002 and a 60 percent increase over 2001. will be taught by University of Alabama fac- During the next three years, OpenTheGovern- ulty and three Star staff members with mas- The University of Maryland 250,000 ment.org will coordinate a rapid response to ter’s degrees. A national competition will be (College Park, Md.) try to slow or stop new efforts to expand held to offer full scholarships and a stipend To support a readership study and the 2004 opera- secrecy further, working with the Coalition of for a diverse group of as many as 12 master’s tions of the American Journalism Review. Journalists for Open Government, an FOI degree students annually for the one-year, group housed within the Reporters Commit- three-semester program. The students will be The Greater Washington Educational 225,000 tee for Freedom of the Press. It will create a called Knight Community Journalism Fellows. Telecommunications Association web site to coordinate efforts. The goal is to show how a university and a (Arlington, Va.) newspaper can work together closely to create To increase coverage of the media on The NewsHour Reporters Committee for 500,000 a cadre of future leaders in community jour- during the 2004 election. Freedom of the Press (over four years) nalism, and to call attention to community (Arlington, Va.) journalism issues through a national confer- University of Southern California 158,000 For operating support, and to launch a new project ence and web site. A $50,000 planning grant (Los Angeles, Calif.) to coordinate the freedom of information activities from Knight Foundation in 2003 allowed the For a planning grant for the Center for the Study of of top journalism groups. university and the newspaper to plan classes Journalism and Democracy. Concerns about excessive government secrecy and work schedules. have been growing for years. In 2004, leaders Educational Broadcasting Corp. 150,000 of The Associated Press, the American Soci- Columbia University 500,000 (New York, N.Y.) ety of Newspaper Editors and the Newspaper (New York, N.Y.) (over five years) To help the PBS program Now with Bill Moyers Association of America gave major speeches For a challenge grant to support the Columbia Jour- cover the news media’s role in the 2004 presidential decrying the trend. This is a partial challenge nalism Review. election. grant to help a new coalition of 25 top jour- Published by the Columbia University Grad- nalism groups representing more than 15,000 Columbia University 125,000 uate School of Journalism, the Columbia members fight growing government secrecy. (New York, N.Y.) Journalism Review has long been one of the The alliance, named the Coalition of Journal- To support a readership study and the 2004 opera- nation’s premier journalism reviews. The ists for Open Government, will issue joint tions of the Columbia Journalism Review. magazine helps serve as the conscience of press releases, maintain a clearinghouse web the news industry, focusing on the role of site, hold coordinating meetings and raise the Northwestern University 60,000 news in a democracy. Working together, CJR profile of the activities of its member groups. (Evanston, Ill.) (over two years) and the American Journalism Review have The coalition’s coordinator is Pete Weitzel, To promote the Mongerson Prize for Investigative launched a project to raise additional operat- former managing editor of The Miami Herald Reporting on the News. ing funds as they continue to improve their and a founder of Florida’s First Amendment circulation, advertising and editorial practices. 56 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES Foundation and the National Freedom of more journalists who want to cover nonprofits The Century Foundation 75,000 Information Coalition. more effectively. In addition, the university (New York, N.Y.) will work to broaden the funding base for the To detail how homeland security measures affect program. Crimes of War Education Project 450,000 freedom of information. (Washington, D.C.) (over two years) To expand efforts to train journalists about the University of Kentucky 250,000 American Library Association 50,000 international laws of war. (Lexington, Ky.) (over two years) (Chicago, Ill.) To create a program to improve rural journalism. To detail how federal law enforcement activities have The Crimes of War Project was started in affected the nation’s librarians since passage of the 1999 by Roy Gutman, who was Newsday’s The Institute for Rural Journalism and Patriot Act. European bureau chief when Yugoslavia broke Community Issues, housed in the School of apart. He won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his Journalism and Telecommunications at the Harvard University 35,000 reports about Serbian atrocities against the University of Kentucky, was started in 2002 (Cambridge, Mass.) Albanians during the war. His reports helped to strengthen rural communities by improv- To support a Nieman Fellow from Latin America. free 6,000 men waiting to die in Serb-run ing local media. There are 56 million people concentration camps. Most journalists do not in the rural United States, with only a few know that there are international laws and million on farms. Rural journalists are Training and Education rules of war. Unless journalists understand among the nation’s neediest. Their regions University of Georgia Foundation $1,500,000 what the international rules really say, they are poor; their news organizations, small; (Athens, Ga.) (over two years) cannot begin to ask the right questions about their pay, low; and their training almost nil. To endow a Knight Chair in Health and Medical Jour- war crimes. They need help covering the major issues of nalism. their regions: the export of blue-collar jobs, out-migration of the “best and brightest,” First Amendment Foundation 200,000 The Grady College of Journalism and Mass aging and unhealthy populations and fading (Tallahassee, Fla.) Communication at the University of Georgia community identity. The pilot for this project For a challenge grant to raise a permanent endowment. has a health communication program and is will focus on Central Appalachia – defined home to the Peabody Awards, presented as all of West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, National Freedom of 200,000 annually for excellence in television and Western Virginia, East Tennessee and Western Information Coalition radio news. The Peabody program annually North Carolina – which has a population of (Dallas, Texas) administers the Peabody/Robert Wood John- 7.5 million. Nearly 17 percent of Central To help the coalition find new headquarters and son Foundation Award for journalism that Appalachian residents live in poverty, com- expand its outreach. improves the health and health care of Amer- pared to 12 percent of all Americans. The icans. The need for accurate, understandable institute’s goal is to have universities serve as Freedom House 150,000 information is acute among the nation’s regional hubs for rural journalism programs, (Washington, D.C.) (over two years) poor, particularly in the Southern Black Belt, so that rural journalists are within driving To launch a new web version of its annual Survey of a rural strip of the more than 600 mostly distance of training and development. Press Freedom. impoverished counties that winds through 11 states, including Georgia. A third of the American Press Institute 225,000 Internews Network 125,000 nation’s 34.6 million poor live in the region, (Reston, Va.) (over two years) (Arcata, Calif.) where there are not enough family doctors, To expand the American Press Institute’s “Train the To better coordinate journalism training interna- and health insurance is inadequate. The Trainer” program into a regular course offering. tionally. Knight Chair will build a master’s program and an outreach program aimed at trying to Ohio University Foundation 160,000 American Society of Newspaper 100,000 improve the flow of health news, especially (Athens, Ohio) Editors Foundation to the Southern Black Belt. To conclude the Knight Ohio Program for Editing and (Reston, Va.) Education. To organize a national Sunshine Sunday campaign University of Mississippi 500,000 to help increase public awareness and support for (University, Miss.) (over three years) Johns Hopkins University 150,000 open government issues. To expand training for journalists who cover non- (Baltimore, Md.) (over two years) profit organizations. To train a cadre of journalists to better cover inter- The Bill of Rights Institute 100,000 Many journalists know little about nonprofits, national news. (Arlington, Va.) (over two years) though they make up the third major sector To market Media and American Democracy teaching of the economy. In 2003, for example, giving Aspen Institute 125,000 materials to high schools nationally to advance by the nation’s nearly 65,000 grant-making (Washington, D.C.) greater appreciation of First Amendment freedoms. foundations totaled nearly $30 billion. Teacher To gather media leaders to discuss the relationship and author Burnis Morris of the University between journalism quality and business success. World Press Freedom Committee 100,000 of Mississippi has been offering seminars for (Reston, Va.) journalists covering nonprofits since 2001 The Carter Center 100,000 To monitor press freedom issues and coordinate under Knight Foundation sponsorship. This (Atlanta, Ga.) (over two years) responses to press freedom threats. grant will expand his training with traveling For continued support of the Rosalynn Carter Fellow- and web modules, so it can reach hundreds ships for Mental Health Journalism. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 57

JOURNALISM INITIATIVES The University of Texas at Austin 100,000 (Austin, Texas) To acquire the historic Watergate archives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Association of Health Care Journalists 79,000 (Minneapolis, Minn.) To create “The Beat Doctor,” an online training module on health-care reporting. University of Georgia 75,000 Research Foundation (Athens, Ga.) To study how endowed chairs and professorships have changed journalism education. The results of this study will be used to improve the effectiveness of endowed chairs and professorships, which advance the key goal of enhancing journalism excellence through education and training. American Newspaper Repository 25,000 (South Berwick, Maine) To move a historic collection of newspapers to a permanent home at Duke University. Subtotal: 49 grants $14,823,500 58 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM G COMMUNIT Y G G COMMUNIT Y PARTNERSG Foundation for Aberdeen Area Children 50,000 FOUNDATIONS INITIATIVE and Adolescent Service Systems Program The Community Partners Program works (Aberdeen, S.D.) As part of the 2000 strategic plan, the board with local community advisory committees To create a fund that local agencies can access to of trustees approved a five-year commitment to develop funding priorities. Each of the 26 meet children’s dental care and primary health care of $50 million for community foundations in communities focuses on any of six critical needs. Knight’s 26 communities. The plan includes areas we have identified as funding priorities: enhancing existing donor-advised funds and education, well-being of children and fami- CASA of Aberdeen Fifth Judicial Circuit 20,000 creating new ones where none existed. lies, housing and community development, (Aberdeen, S.D.) economic development, vitality of cultural To train CASA volunteers and professionals working life, and civic engagement and positive The Community Foundation $2,575,000 with children in the child welfare system about chil- human relations. of North Florida (over three years) dren’s health and dental care needs. (Tallahassee, Fla.) To establish a donor-advised fund. Aberdeen Area Career Planning Center 10,000 ABERDEEN, S.D. (Aberdeen, S.D.) South Dakota 1,050,000 The Aberdeen Community Advisory Com- For Community Literacy Outreach, an adult education Community Foundation mittee has selected the following priorities: and literacy program. (Pierre, S.D.) to improve the health of children, and to To establish a Knight donor-advised fund for Aberdeen. mobilize the community toward a common S.P.U.R.S. Therapeutical Riding Center 10,000 strategic vision of economic growth. (Aberdeen, S.D.) Community Foundation of 750,000 To help build an addition to the insulated indoor arena. Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region (Grand Forks, N.D.) Civic Engagement and Positive Human Relations To increase the Knight donor-advised fund. AKRON, OHIO Northern State University $10,000 Foundation for the Carolinas 750,000 (Aberdeen, S.D.) The Akron Community Advisory Committee (Charlotte, N.C.) To support ongoing operations of the Volunteer Ser- has selected the following priorities: to in- To increase donor-advised funds for Horry County, S.C. vice Clearinghouse. crease job growth and the retention of jobs, and to improve the prospects of middle- Waccamaw Community Foundation 550,000 school youth. Economic Development (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) To build an operating endowment, cover short- Amherst H. Wilder Foundation $78,000 Civic Engagement and term operating costs and implement a long-term (St. Paul, Minn.) Positive Human Relations strategic plan. To facilitate a visioning and planning process for Info Line $60,000 Aberdeen that creates a communitywide agenda for California Community Foundation 150,000 (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) strategic growth. (Los Angeles, Calif.) To support and strengthen Project Connect and keep To support a part-time executive director at the service fees affordable for participating nonprofits. Vitality of Cultural Life Greater Long Beach Foundation. Economic Development L. Frank Baum Oz Festival $10,000 Subtotal: 6 grants $5,825,000 (Aberdeen, S.D.) Fund for Our Economic Future $1,000,000 To enhance and expand multicultural programming (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) and education. For the Fund for Our Economic Future’s regranting fund and for evaluation. Well-being of Children and Families The Fund for Our Economic Future is a multiyear collaboration of 63 philanthropic Presentation College $144,000 groups formed to encourage and advance a (Aberdeen, S.D.) (over three years) common regional economic development For Early Childhood Partners to provide training agenda. The collaboration’s goal is to convene and materials essential for delivery of effective, age- key stakeholders to refine an economic agen- appropriate health and oral-hygiene training to da, back initiatives with grants and track children and child-care providers. overall regional progress. The collaboration will increase development in Northeast Foundation for Aberdeen Area Children 80,000 Ohio with a focus on the creation and reten- and Adolescent Service Systems Program tion of jobs, with a special emphasis on (Aberdeen, S.D.) (over two years) Summit County. To coordinate local efforts to improve access to dental care for Brown County children by organizing visits of a dental van. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 59

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Housing and Community Development BILOXI, MISS. United Disability Services 350,000 (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) Haven of Rest Ministries $39,000 The Biloxi Community Advisory Committee For the development, marketing and implementation (Akron, Ohio) has selected the following priority: to increase of the Buckeye Basket project. To expand the volunteer department. family economic well-being. Buckeye Baskets, all-occasion gift baskets featuring specialty products and foods pro- Vitality of Cultural Life Economic Development duced in Ohio, was begun in 2003 as a pilot Greater Akron Musical Association $61,800 Mercy Housing and Human $250,000 project by United Disability Services. This (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) Development Inc. grant will fund the employment of a director To enhance music education programs for students (Gulfport, Miss.) (over three years) of business development to take the Buckeye at Simon Perkins Middle School. To expand the SavingsWorks program, a financial Basket Project from pilot to full-fledged literacy curriculum geared to helping low-income enterprise. At the end of the grant, Buckeye families purchase homes, and to increase funds in Baskets will employ 40 of Akron’s severely Well-being of Children and Families the matched savings program. disabled individuals. Boy Scouts of America $200,000 (Great Trail Council) Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art 50,000 Greater Akron Chamber 250,000 (Akron, Ohio) (Biloxi, Miss.) (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) For a new septic system mandated by EPA regulation To develop a strategic plan including marketing and To support the Advance Greater Akron campaign. to keep Camp Manatoc in operation. operations for the new Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. In 2003, the Greater Akron Chamber developed a three-year strategic plan to implement Western Reserve Girl Scouts Council 174,600 Education initiatives to strengthen greater Akron’s eco- (Akron, Ohio) (over two years) nomic well-being and improve the quality of For the “Clear Minds for a Clear Future” program to Mississippi Gulf Coast $305,000 life for its residents. Three of the key initiatives serve all girls at Simon Perkins Middle School. Community College (over two years) are: business development, entrepreneurship/ (Perkinston, Miss.) innovation and workforce development. The To pilot the Dream of Prosperity project, providing Western Reserve Historical Society 159,000 Greater Akron Chamber will develop and educational financial assistance and support servic- (Cleveland, Ohio) (over three years) execute a strategy designed to increase the es to 25 low-income families toward completion of a To enable Simon Perkins Middle School students, fam- community’s marketability to business. This one- or two-year education and/or work-training ilies and educators to visit the Hale Farm and Village. grant will strengthen the community’s ability program. to attract quality businesses, create employ- Child Guidance & Family Solutions 125,700 The Dream of Prosperity project seeks to ment and career opportunities, and expand (Akron, Ohio) (over two years) increase the education and work skills of 25 its tax base, thereby strengthening its social To implement a Wellness Group for Girls and the low-income families so that parents may and physical infrastructure. Parent Project at Simon Perkins Middle School. complete either a one- or two-year degree program and seek placement in a high-demand Akron SCORE Chapter 81 150,000 The First Tee of Akron 120,000 career. This comprehensive program will (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) consist of financial assistance, educational To increase organizational capacity and provide For summer and after-school programming for stu- support and support services such as career technical assistance to 100 start-up and developing dents at Simon Perkins Middle School, as well as a counseling, mentoring and tutoring. businesses annually in Summit County. percentage of the salary for the director of golf and equipment. Education BOULDER, COLO. Alchemy Inc. 88,000 Akron Public Schools 552,000 The Boulder Community Advisory Committee (Copley, Ohio) (over three years) (Akron, Ohio) (over three years) has selected the following priority: to improve To provide adolescent support groups for male stu- To provide an out-of-school support system to school readiness. dents at Simon Perkins Middle School. enhance the academic development of students at Perkins Middle School. American Red Cross 75,000 Well-being of Children and Families (Summit County Chapter) (over three years) This project builds on existing Knight-funded City of Boulder $177,000 (Akron, Ohio) programs that provide Simon Perkins Middle (Boulder, Colo.) (over three years) For the Transportation Services Program, to provide School students with after-school activities. To continue and expand outreach, licensing and free transportation to people who have no other This grant funds tutoring, parent and commu- coaching services for Spanish-speaking family physical, financial or family means to get to and nity volunteers in the school and the Bridge child-care providers in Boulder County. from medical appointments. Program, which will prepare sixth-grade students for middle school and the new social and educational experiences they will encounter. Parenting Place 165,000 Arlington Housing Options 75,000 (Boulder, Colo.) (over three years) Plus Elderly Services To improve early childhood development and school (Akron, Ohio) readiness of children from birth to age 5 in 200 Lati- To expand the day-care center to provide activities no families in which Spanish is the primary language. for more senior citizens within the community. 60 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Attention 25,000 Manatee County Family 148,000 International House of Metrolina Inc. 124,000 (Boulder, Colo.) (over two years) Young Men’s Christian Association (Charlotte, N.C.) (over two years) To hire Latino therapists for the Compass House (Bradenton, Fla.) For organizational capacity building and to educate counseling program and provide technical assistance For continued support of out-of-school programming community leaders about the impact of race and to the organization’s board of directors. for students attending Johnson Middle School. racism on the community. Colorado Youth Program 25,000 United Way 2-1-1 of Manasota 106,320 The Lynnwood Foundation 100,000 (Boulder, Colo.) (over two years) (Sarasota, Fla.) (over four years) (Charlotte, N.C.) To support greater ethnic outreach in the agency’s For 24-hour support for callers seeking information For a large-scale citizen engagement process to programs and diversity among its board of directors regarding health and human services. create a united policy agenda for all children in and staff. Mecklenburg County. Lafayette Public Library 20,000 Mecklenburg Ministries 100,000 CHARLO TTE, N.C. (Lafayette, Colo.) (Charlotte, N.C.) (over two years) The Charlotte Community Advisory Com- To support outreach services to Latino students at To improve the ability of white clergy to lead their mittee has selected the following priorities: Pioneer and Sanchez elementary schools. congregations in developing interracial trust. to improve school readiness, to improve race relations, and to preserve and maintain Charlotte-Mecklenburg 50,000 open space. Public Broadcasting Authority BRADENTON, FL A. (Charlotte, N.C.) The Bradenton Community Advisory Com- For a television documentary examining the history Civic Engagement and mittee has selected the following priority: to Positive Human Relations of African-Americans in Charlotte. help middle-school youth succeed. Foundation for the Carolinas $450,000 Levine Museum of the New South 50,000 (Charlotte, N.C.) (over two years) (Charlotte, N.C.) Well-being of Children and Families For a major civic engagement initiative to begin For “Organizational Courage”, a project to deepen eroding barriers to interracial trust and to increase Boys & Girls Clubs of $375,000 and sustain the Courage exhibit dialogue for nine the community’s participation in actively charting Manatee County (over three years) management teams. its future. (Bradenton, Fla.) To continue providing year-round out-of-school This grant is for Crossroads Charlotte, a civic Development Communications 35,500 programming for students attending Sara Scott engagement initiative with the goal of actively Associates Harllee Middle School in southeastern Bradenton. engaging 40 organizations and their leaders (Boston, Mass.) in understanding their roles and responsibili- To inventory, gather background information on, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County ties in shaping their community, and to facil- and provide an overall picture of organizations and will continue providing students with innova- itate connections, learning and collective activities addressing the issue of race in Charlotte. tive educational, recreational and enrichment action among diverse populations. activities through its summer and before- and after-school programs at Harllee Middle Housing and Community Development The National Conference for 225,000 School. The program has expanded to Community and Justice (over three years) Charlotte Center for Urban Ministry $100,000 include more sports, arts and crafts and (Charlotte, N.C.) (Charlotte, N.C.) homework assistance. For the Neighborhood Leadership Program, to create To support the planning and implementation of a a racially diverse network of leaders from low-income capital campaign. Big Brothers Big Sisters of 301,500 neighborhoods. the Sun Coast (over three years) (Bradenton, Fla.) University of North Carolina at 40,000 Community Building Initiative 180,000 To continue and expand mentoring programs to chil- Chapel Hill (Charlotte, N.C.) (over three years) dren at Sara Scott Harllee Middle School and Louise (Chapel Hill, N.C.) To add a component to its leadership program R. Johnson Middle School. To increase understanding among elected officials designed to produce both stronger individual leaders about the impact of new school sites on land use and Big Brothers Big Sisters will match up to 30 and increased organizational capacity for inclusion open space. students with adult volunteers at Harllee and and equity. Johnson middle schools. This program is Vitality of Cultural Life designed to enhance the students’ life skills National Executive Service Corps 150,000 and decision-making abilities, helping them (New York, N.Y.) (over three years) Cultural and Heritage Commission $100,000 avoid violent behavior, respect other cultures To launch a Charlotte-area Executive Service Corps of York County and participate in more school activities. affiliate. (Rock Hill, S.C.) To bring together scholars to develop the intellectu- al framework for the planned Museum of Life and the Environment. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 61

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Well-being of Children and Families COLUMBIA, S.C. DETROIT, MICH. Community Health Services of $300,000 The Columbia Community Advisory Com- The Detroit Community Advisory Commit- Mecklenburg County (over three years) mittee has selected the following priority: tee has selected the following priorities: to (Charlotte, N.C.) to equip middle-school youth to become increase access and diversity among art and For a coordinated system to promote good early productive adults. cultural organizations serving Southeast childhood oral health practices and to connect low- Michigan, and to increase community devel- income children with free dental care. opment in six Detroit neighborhoods. Well-being of Children and Families The grant funds the recruitment of dentists Richland County School District One $584,000 to provide services to low-income children; Civic Engagement and (Columbia, S.C.) Positive Human Relations a transportation, referral and scheduling sys- For the development and early implementation of tem to get children to and from appointments; National Conference for $60,000 an arts-based after-school program for students at and the development of early awareness Community and Justice (over two years) Alcorn, W.A. Perry and Gibbes middle schools. materials for children, families and health (Detroit, Mich.) care providers. Over three years Community Program coordinators, teachers, administra- To reduce racial profiling by law enforcement agen- Health Services will also provide teachers in tors and principals at each school developed cies in two Detroit neighborhoods. at least 80 preschools with techniques and an after-school curriculum for the 2004-2005 study guides to reinforce good oral health. school year. The program seeks to foster Economic Development creativity to stimulate learning and school The Foundation of the University of 225,000 engagement; provide activities such as film- VAST-MI $81,000 North Carolina at Charlotte making, photography, web page design and (Detroit, Mich.) (Charlotte, N.C.) drama; offer staff training through workshops; To expand the First Accounts Program and the Tax To establish the Institute for Social Capital, a com- increase parent participation through a par- Assistance Program. prehensive database on children and youth services ent advisory committee; and develop a core that will help regional nonprofits use data for pro- of community partners. gram improvement. Housing and Community Development Detroit Riverfront Conservancy $1,500,000 Public Library of Charlotte and 75,000 COLUMBUS, GA. (Detroit, Mich.) (over three years) Mecklenburg County To develop the Detroit RiverWalk on the East River- The Columbus Community Advisory Com- (Charlotte, N.C.) front. mittee has selected the following priority: to To continue Storytimes to Go! which provides mate- improve the prospects of at-risk adolescents. rials and training to teachers at child-care centers to The RiverWalk, which follows the river for develop early literacy in children. more than three miles between Joe Louis Arena and Belle Isle’s MacArthur Bridge, will Well-being of Children and Families be linked to downtown Detroit and existing Child Care Resources 67,000 Pastoral Institute $750,000 neighborhoods through a new system of (Charlotte, N.C.) (Columbus, Ga.) (over three years) appealing and functional greenways, bicycle To develop a plan to leverage the combined expertise For a coordinated after-school and summer program paths and pedestrian walkways. This grant of Child Care Resources and Mi Casa Su Casa to for 115 Marshall Middle School students. helps fund the transformation of abandoned reach and engage Hispanic families in school readi- industrial sites, vacant warehouses, shuttered ness efforts for their children from birth to age 3. This grant funds the continuation of a Knight- businesses and concrete silos. When com- funded pilot project to provide enriching plete, the RiverWalk will increase the vitality Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 50,000 summer and after-school activities for almost of the adjacent neighborhoods. (Charlotte, N.C.) one-quarter of the students at Marshall Mid- For IMPACT II, a program to improve teaching practices dle School. Five youth-serving agencies will Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) 800,000 and networking opportunities among experienced provide programming for 115 students at the (New York, N.Y.) (over four years) and new pre-K teachers. school during the school year and for 10 To design, coordinate and implement a comprehen- weeks during the summer. sive community development strategy in three tar- Children’s Law Center 30,000 get neighborhoods. (Charlotte, N.C.) Junior Achievement of East Alabama- 25,200 To explore the benefits of a strategic alliance West Georgia Inc. Grant dollars will allow LISC to continue its between the Children’s Law Center and the Council (Lanett, Ala.) work in southwest Detroit and replicate the for Children. For an economic education program at Marshall Gateway Collaborative in the Woodward Middle School. Corridor and the Northeast-East Warren Crisis Assistance Ministry 30,000 neighborhoods. LISC will work with residents (Charlotte, N.C.) Methodist Home of the 20,000 in the three target neighborhoods to devise a To improve the organization’s ability to serve more South Georgia Conference community vision and an implementation clients by creating a long-term development plan. (Macon, Ga.) strategy. LISC will assist the groups by help- To purchase and outfit an emergency and temporary ing them raise necessary funds through care facility for children in the foster care system. grants and loans. 62 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Forge. The grant will also be used to subsi- Forgotten Harvest 249,000 The Pewabic Society 450,000 dize museum admission fees for low-income (Southfield, Mich.) (Detroit, Mich.) (over three years) families from the Detroit region. To expand a pilot food distribution program from 19 To expand its ceramic art programs for Detroit youth. stores to 68, purchase six refrigerated trucks and Knight dollars will be used to continue Michigan Opera Theatre 750,000 provide salaries for seven full-time drivers. Pewabic’s in-school and after-school program- (Detroit, Mich.) (over three years) ming for 500 students in the fourth, fifth and For renovation of the Broadway Tower to create a Community Development 30,000 sixth grades at schools in the Riverside neigh- home for the Center for Arts and Learning and for the Advocates of Detroit borhood. The organization wants to increase development and execution of programming within (Detroit, Mich.) the students’ knowledge and appreciation of the theater. To provide training in community development. ceramic arts, from clay composition and This grant will be used for the renovation of manipulation to glaze mixing and kiln firing. Wings of Faith Inc. 30,000 the opera’s Broadway Tower to create a Center (Detroit, Mich.) for Arts and Learning, a six-story state-of- Cranbrook Educational Community 300,000 To provide technical assistance training to faith- the-art facility. It will include a dance and (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) (over three years) based organizations, community organizations and opera resource library, a media studio, a dance To provide science learning for kindergarten through grantees conducting community development activ- center, a community performance theater, fifth grade Pontiac students at the Cranbrook Institute ities in six targeted neighborhoods. a costume shop, and flexible classrooms of Science. equipped for the study of the performing The Cranbrook Institute of Science will pro- arts. The Knight funds will also be used to Other Priorities vide science education to Pontiac elementary develop and implement more educational schoolchildren at no cost. The museum-based Greater Detroit Area Health Council $150,000 offerings and assist with staffing of the center program will be offered to 216 classes and (Detroit, Mich.) during the first three years of operations. feature instruction in anthropology, life sci- To identify strategies to address the region’s health This project seeks to increase access and ence, earth science, astronomy and physics. care crisis through the Southeast Michigan Health diversity within arts and cultural organiza- This program seeks to increase schoolchild- Care Future Directions Initiative. tions in Southeast Michigan. ren’s exposure to science programming and increase the quality of science instruction at Arab Community Center for 500,000 Vitality of Cultural Life the elementary school level. Economic and Social Services (over three years) (Dearborn, Mich.) YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit $1,500,000 Detroit Historical Society 300,000 For the installation of permanent exhibits and the (Detroit, Mich.) (over three years) (Detroit, Mich.) (over three years) design and implementation of programming at the For a capital campaign and program support for the For the Embracing the Future project to help diversi- new Arab American National Museum. Center for Arts and Humanities. fy and strengthen the Detroit Historical Museum’s This grant funds the design and development This grant supports the Center for Arts and audiences. of permanent exhibits and programming Humanities at the Downtown YMCA. Funding The Detroit Historical Society will offer events for families and schoolchildren, conducts will help equip the center with a state-of-the- and workshops geared to teens, parents and outreach and marketing for the center and art media center where children can learn children. It will complete the redesign of its assists with the development of special events. about television, movie and radio production web site. The society also will enhance its The museum will house such special events and use the latest computer technology. The database and recruit about 300 new members. as the Arab-American film festival and the grant also helps fund the construction of a Arab-American modern music symposium theater that will offer programs for YMCA and lecture series. The permanent exhibit will members and serve as a venue for artists and Well-being of Children and Families be divided into three thematic sections that cultural organizations. Through this grant, College Bound Kids Learning Center $200,000 will employ a variety of media such as maps, the YMCA will increase the quality and (Detroit, Mich.) (over two years) artifacts, film/video, music/audio, still photo- quantity of cultural programming available To develop parenting and computer literacy education graphs and interactive features. The section to the community. programs for 75 to 125 parents of preschool children titled “Coming to America” will examine the living in the 48224 ZIP code. history of Arab-American immigration from The Henry Ford 900,000 1500 to the present, with special emphasis on (Dearborn, Mich.) (over three years) waves of immigration since the 1880s. “Liv- For the design and development of a major permanent The YES Foundation 175,000 ing in America” will focus on the life of Arab- public exhibit on the concept of American freedom (Bingham Farms, Mich.) (over three years) Americans in the United States at different titled “Liberty and Justice for All,” and to design To help YES implement a new strategic plan and times and will examine such topics as family and implement an outreach program that will provide expand its literacy programming to a greater num- life, religion, activism and political involve- admission subsidies to the museum. ber of Detroit schools. ment, institution-building, work and leisure. Funds will be used to plan, design and develop The last segment, “Making an Impact,” will The Literacy Partnership for 160,000 a permanent exhibit on the quest for freedom. highlight the cultural, political and technolog- Southeast Michigan (over four years) The exhibit will honor key individuals and ical contributions Arab-Americans have (Pontiac, Mich.) showcase unique artifacts including a copy of made and continue to make to this country. To provide start-up and program costs for a new the Declaration of Independence and George All exhibits will be accompanied by a series regional partnership of literacy programs. Washington’s chest and bed from Valley of symposia, lectures and/or cultural activities. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 63

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Economic Development FORT WAYNE, IND. Detroit Branch, National Association 150,000 for the Advancement of Colored People Northwest Indiana Community $75,000 The Fort Wayne Community Advisory Com- (Detroit, Mich.) Action Corp. mittee has selected the following priorities: For the education and outreach efforts of LEAP (Lead (Hammond, Ind.) to improve school readiness, and to sustain Elimination Action Program) Detroit in a campaign To support a local coalition to provide free tax- and build diverse audiences for local arts and to prevent lead poisoning. preparation services, education and outreach about cultural programming. the Earned Income Tax Credit and financial literacy training as well as other tools to increase the finan- Housing and Community Development cial strength of low-income working families in Gary. DULUTH, MINN. Vincent House $120,000 The Duluth Community Advisory Committee (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (over three years) Education has selected the following priority: to increase To provide shelter, care, advocacy, affordable hous- the community’s capacity for regional eco- DREXEL Foundation for $73,500 ing and support services to homeless families. nomic development. Educational Excellence (Gary, Ind.) Vitality of Cultural Life Civic Engagement and For the creation of a state-of-the-art elementary Positive Human Relations and middle-school science laboratory in the Thea Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble $31,000 Bowman Leadership Academy charter school. (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Duluth-Superior Area $30,000 To provide artistic opportunities and conduct work- Community Foundation shops in schools and community centers in Fort (Duluth, Minn.) Housing and Community Development Wayne’s southeastern neighborhoods. For a planning grant for the Civility Initiative. Urban Strategies Inc. $76,500 (St. Louis, Mo.) Foundation for Art and Music in 30,000 Economic Development For Horace Mann HOPE VI, an affordable housing Elementary Education (over three years) development in Gary. (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Northland Institute $130,000 To provide tuition to FAME Summer Arts Camp for 30 (Minneapolis, Minn.) (over three years) at-risk students. To increase the capacity for regional economic devel- Well-being of Children and Families opment in Northeastern Minnesota and Douglas Young Women’s Christian $750,000 County, Wis., by further engaging and focusing the Well-being of Children and Families Association of Gary efforts of regional business, nonprofit and govern- (Gary, Ind.) (over three years) Community Action of $120,000 ment leaders. To support the YWCA’s out-of-school activities and Northeast Indiana Inc. its employment and parent-education programs, (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (over three years) Women’s Transitional 100,000 and to establish a community kitchen at the YWCA To provide preschool, therapeutic classroom services Housing Coalition (over two years) facility. for 60 additional children. (Duluth, Minn.) For the Women in Construction Training Program to The YWCA Kids Café will offer after-school Community Harvest Food Bank of 120,000 provide training and employment in the construc- programming designed to promote age- Northeast Indiana (over three years) tion field for low-income women. appropriate physical, mental and emotional (Fort Wayne, Ind.) development for children ages 6-17. The For the introduction of a backpack program and sup- College of St. Scholastica 50,000 YWCA Family Center also will provide aca- port for the Kids Café snack and meal sites. (Duluth, Minn.) demic, job readiness, work-experience and To provide seed money to the Eco-Industrial Devel- parenting programs for adults. This grant United Way of Allen County 114,850 opment Committee to launch a collaborative effort to will also help to establish the community (Fort Wayne, Ind.) develop environmentally friendly industry in the kitchen training program that will train To develop a community initiative to help non- greater Duluth-Superior area. unemployed people to work in the food serv- English-speaking children prepare to enter school. ice industry. Damiano of Duluth 50,000 Fort Wayne Urban League 105,000 (Duluth, Minn.) Gary Historical and Cultural Society 250,000 (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (over three years) For DuluthWorks’ pilot project of providing intense (Gary, Ind.) (over three years) For a capital campaign to construct a new facility. case-management services to low-income adults For the Free Saturday School for the Arts, the Sum- who are failing, or at risk of failing, in job training mer Enrichment for Learning Program, the Gary and/or employment. Civic Symphony Orchestra and general capacity GARY, IND. building. Northeast Entrepreneur Fund 15,000 The Gary Community Advisory Committee Grant funds will be used to support the Free (Virginia, Minn.) has selected the following priorities: to increase Saturday School for the Arts. This program, To support the Arrowhead Entrepreneur Develop- community and economic development, and for children ages 7 to 14, includes dance, ment System’s plans to foster an entrepreneurial to support families in the care of their children. violin, viola, cello, piano, art, drums, chess, spirit and to create more entrepreneurs in North- martial arts, choir, Gary history and anger eastern Minnesota. 64 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM management. The program will serve approx- This grant funds the expansion of Success by LEXINGTON, KY. imately 75 children during the school year. Six’s HANDS program. The program provides The Lexington Community Advisory Com- Grant funds will also be used to support the low-income, first-time mothers of children up mittee has selected the following priority: Summer Enrichment for Learning Program, to age 2 with home visits aimed at producing to reduce the gaps in educational equity in designed as well for children ages 7 to 14. healthier newborns, better parents and safer public schools while improving academic The program meets for six weeks during the homes. In 2003, the program was expanded achievement. summer and, in addition to activities similar to serve families with children ages 3 to 5 and to the Free Saturday School for the Arts, provide more intensive public- and mental- includes tutoring in reading, writing and health outreach services. This grant expands Well-being of Children and Families math as well as field trips. At least 100 children the HANDS home visits to approximately Fayette County Public Schools $547,850 will participate in the Summer Enrichment 125 families with children ages 3 to 5, until a (Lexington, Ky.) (over two years) for Learning Program each summer for three child starts school. To implement two centrally located, high-quality, years. This grant will also allow the Gary Civic full-day Early Start programs serving 3- to 4- Symphony Orchestra to expand its repertoire One Community, One Voice 395,000 year-old children in Fayette County. and create an enhanced, expanded season. (Lexington, Ky.) (over three years) To help increase family involvement in seven Title The Early Start preschool program provides Parents as Teachers of Hammond/ 70,000 One Fayette County Public Schools by providing mostly part-day services for 700 Fayette Lake County intensive parental outreach and teacher training. children each year. This grant funds a pilot (Hammond, Ind.) full-day program in two classrooms, each One Community, One Voice will conduct a To implement the Parents as Teachers program in Gary. serving approximately 15 children. In 2005- series of targeted activities designed to help 06 Fayette County Schools will expand the the Fayette County Public Schools system full-day program to 10 classrooms. Over the achieve its goal of increasing parent and fam- next two years, more than 200 children will GRAND FORKS, N.D. ily involvement in seven Title One schools. gain access to high-quality, full-day early The program will educate parents on oppor- The Grand Forks Community Advisory childhood education that meets scientifically tunities for involvement and leadership by Committee has selected the following priori- based standards such as those developed by offering training seminars, publishing a par- ties: to increase the organizational strength the National Association for the Education ent newsletter, providing opportunities for and stability of arts and culture nonprofits, of Young Children and the Kentucky Depart- parents to meet with school district leaders to increase the community’s capacity for eco- ment of Education’s Preschool Program. and community-based partner organizations, nomic growth, and to improve the prospects hosting an annual Parent/Family Conference of middle-school youth. Prichard Committee for 539,000 and a Back-to-School rally, and sponsoring an Academic Excellence (over three years) Academic Challenge Bowl. One Community, (Lexington, Ky.) Economic Development One Voice will train teachers and administra- For the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leader- tors in the seven target schools on innovative Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce $60,000 ship, and to implement a pilot parent leadership ways to reach out to parents and encourage (Grand Forks, N.D.) component for early child care. family involvement. To continue to augment leadership, and to bench- The Commonwealth Institute for Parent mark and celebrate success in the Grand Forks/East Hope Center 120,000 Leadership, established in 1997, has trained Grand Forks region and facilitate organizational (Lexington, Ky.) (over three years) more than 1,000 parents to work in schools consolidation. For the Recovery Program for Women, which provides and support students’ academic achievement. long-term recovery, life-skills training and support Participants receive training and complete Vitality of Cultural Life services to women who are addicted to alcohol or school-improvement projects over three other drugs. years. Projects are expected to have a lasting North Valley Arts Council $145,000 impact and encourage other parents to work (Grand Forks, N.D.) (over three years) Community Action Council for 103,800 for increased student achievement. This grant To develop greater capacity to provide services to Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and supports the training of 120-150 parents of the local arts community. Nicholas counties (over two years) early elementary grade children in the Com- (Lexington, Ky.) monwealth Institute for Parent Leadership Greater Grand Forks 50,000 To develop and pilot test a cultural diversity-training program. The pilot Early Childhood parent Symphony Association model for early childhood educators. program was designed by the University of (Grand Forks, N.D.) Kentucky’s Interdisciplinary Human Devel- To implement the strategic plan designed to improve opment Institute, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society 100,000 artistic programs while strengthening administrative Commonwealth Institute’s staff. (Mid-South Division) (over three years) infrastructure. (Lexington, Ky.) For a capital campaign to construct Hope Lodge, a Success by Six 442,950 temporary housing facility for patients being treated (Lexington, Ky.) (over three years) for cancer on an outpatient basis. To continue the expansion of the home visitation program, Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS), by including low-income families with children ages 3 to 5 and providing more intensive public- and mental-health outreach services. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 65

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM MACON, GA. Family Care Center Volunteer Board 40,000 Long Beach Community 525,000 (Lexington, Ky.) College District The Macon Community Advisory Commit- For the expansion and renovation of the Children’s (Long Beach, Calif.) tee has selected the following priority: to Clinic. To extend and expand Good Beginnings Never End, reduce teen pregnancy. a professional home-visit program focused on increasing the quality of home-based care provided Partnership for Kentucky Schools 30,000 Well-being of Children and Families to young children. (Lexington, Ky.) To implement One to One: Practicing Reading with Girl Scouts of Middle Georgia $80,000 Originally funded by Knight in 2001, the Students in five primary schools. (Lizella, Ga.) (over two years) project has reached 24 licensed providers of To expand and enhance the Girls in Charge program home care and 20 parents and grandparents at the Teen Parent Center. in the 90806 ZIP code. This grant expands LONG BEACH, CALIF. the project to include an additional 10 Mercer University 80,000 licensed providers, 25 unlicensed providers The Long Beach Community Advisory Com- (Macon, Ga.) (over two years) and 20 parents and grandparents. By includ- mittee has selected the following priority: to For STAND, a peer educator program to reduce sexual ing stay-at-home parents and grandparents improve school readiness. risk-taking among Bibb County teens. and unlicensed providers, Good Beginnings will help to ensure that all children receive Prevent Child Abuse Heart of Georgia 40,000 Other Community Priorities quality care. Participants will receive up to (Macon, Ga.) (over two years) 12 visits annually. Visiting professionals Human Interaction Research Institute $45,000 For the MELD program for young dads, which provides assess children’s literacy, behavior, social and (Encino, Calif.) young men with fathering education and support. emotional development, health, dental and For assessment of and capacity building for select nutritional information, as well as the care- nonprofits in Long Beach. givers’ literacy and the quality of the home MIAMI, FL A. environment. Well-being of Children and Families The Miami Community Advisory Committee Cambodian Association of America 330,000 has selected the following priorities: to improve Long Beach Community Services $750,000 (Long Beach, Calif.) (over three years) community development, and to increase Development Corp. (over three years) For the Cambodian Family Literacy Program at civic engagement. (Long Beach, Calif.) Burnett Elementary School, which provides compre- For a model Role of Men Academy project in the hensive academic and acculturation services to 90806 ZIP code to improve the involvement of low- Civic Engagement and Cambodian preschool children and their families. income fathers with their children. Positive Human Relations This grant extends family literacy program- The Role of Men Academy was started by the Legal Services of Greater Miami $300,000 ming to Cambodian families with children city of Long Beach to address the dispropor- (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) up to 7 years old at the Burnett Elementary tionate rate of infant mortality among To establish the Little Havana Legal Project, which School. The program serves 25 families and African-Americans. The approach involves will provide free civil legal services to the low- 30 children annually. Participating parents increasing low-income, noncustodial fathers’ income residents of Little Havana. and children receive 18 hours a week of involvement in the lives of their young chil- instruction in English, curriculum-based This grant funds the Little Havana Legal Pro- dren. This grant expands the program in early childhood education, parenting and ject, a partnership with Florida Immigrant order to serve the fathers of children of all parent-child literacy. As a result of this pro- Advocacy Center, the Legal Aid Society and ethnic backgrounds from birth to age 5. The gram, parents’ literacy and English-language Legal Services, which will deliver free civil Role of Men Academy helps fathers overcome proficiency will improve, allowing them to legal services to the low-income residents of legal, economic and educational barriers that become more involved in their children’s East Little Havana at Abriendo Puertas. may prevent them from being part of their education. Attorneys from the three organizations will children’s lives. The program will match 60 provide comprehensive free legal services to fathers with a case manager who will help resolve problems involving landlord-tenant Operation Jump Start 30,000 them develop a two-year plan to identify and relations, home ownership, utility problems, (Long Beach, Calif.) address the key barriers to responsible father- employment, guardianship and special edu- For a partial challenge grant to create approximately hood. Participants will take part in basic cation. The project will also provide quarterly 17 new student-mentor teams for the 2004-2005 training workshops on topics such as parent- legal education workshops for residents and school year and to strengthen the financial infra- ing, employment preparation, legal issues social service providers in the community. structure of the agency. and education. Graduates of the program The project aims to resolve approximately will in turn help mentor incoming fathers. 450 legal matters related to self-sufficiency Young Men’s Christian Association of 30,000 The program seeks to improve the social and family stability and safety. Greater Long Beach and emotional well-being of young children (Long Beach, Calif.) by improving their fathers’ economic and To expand the CORAL Youth Institute to enable more emotional involvement in their lives. students to attend and to train others. 66 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM program. Average benefits should be $5,000 Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center 150,000 Family Counseling Services of 225,000 per eligible household, yielding a total of $25 (Miami, Fla.) Greater Miami (over three years) million in support. To support immigrant advocacy work. (Miami, Fla.) For the Ways to Work Loan Program, expanding financial education to East Little Havana residents. Education Economic Development Summerbridge Miami $300,000 Human Services Coalition of $600,000 The Collins Center for Public Policy 200,000 (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) Dade County (over three years) (Miami, Fla.) To expand academic-preparation services to the (Miami, Fla.) For ongoing work at the Overtown Civic Partnership students and families of Overtown and other under- For continued support and expansion of its Prosper- & Design Center. served communities in Miami-Dade County. ity Campaign to cover a broader range of economic benefits for low-wage workers. Summerbridge will expand its School Year Vitality of Cultural Life Academy and Summer Institute to prepare Human Services Coalition will expand the Jubilate $208,000 350 minority sixth to eighth graders in target scope of its Prosperity Campaign to cover a (Miami, Fla.) Miami-Dade County neighborhoods for the broader range of economic benefits that To replicate and expand the Jubilate Arts Preparatory rigors of high school over the next three years. move low-wage workers into the mainstream Academy in Overtown. The program will help students improve their of economic life. It will accomplish this academic performance, and encourage them through increased coordination of its public The Black Archives, History and 200,000 to take challenging high school programs and awareness, outreach and advocacy activities, Research Foundation (over two years) go to college. and through a benefits eligibility screening (Miami, Fla.) program in partnership with community- To support the expansion and programming of the based groups and businesses. Through the Housing and Community Development Lyric Theater. enhanced and expanded Prosperity Cam- Habitat for Humanity of Broward $750,000 paign, the Human Services Coalition’s six (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Friends of the Bass Museum 40,000 community-based partners will help more To purchase 30 vacant lots in the 33311 ZIP code in (Miami Beach, Fla.) than 1,000 families a year access benefits. Broward County that will be used to build 30 afford- For a series of exhibitions and events to honor able, single-family homes for area residents. Haiti’s 200th anniversary. ACCION USA 300,000 (Boston, Mass.) (over three years) Habitat will purchase 30 home sites in For program support and expansion in East Little Well-being of Children and Families Broward County: Oakland Park Boulevard Havana and Overtown. to Broward Boulevard, between the Florida YMCA of Greater Miami $300,000 Turnpike and Federal Highway. The homes ACCION will improve its ability to attract (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) will sell for the construction price of $70,000 and retain clients by increasing operational For the Teen Development Program, a pilot program to low-income families using no-interest, efficiency through market research, the intro- for youth in Little Havana. 30-year mortgages with modest payments of duction of an Internet-based loan-application approximately $500 per month, which is less This grant funds the launch of the Teen system, and starting a call center to process than what many of these families typically Development Program, an after-school initia- loans and agreements with new lending pay in rent. tive in East Little Havana aimed at youths partners. ACCION will aggressively market ages 13 to 17. In addition to homework help, and test these three tools nationally and YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade County 250,000 sports, arts and crafts, and field trips, activi- open satellite offices in two additional Knight (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) ties will be provided in the areas of commu- communities. For a matched savings program aimed at Overtown nity and civic awareness, exploration of and East Little Havana residents. career paths, substance abuse and workforce National Council of the 250,000 preparation. The year-round program will Churches of Christ in the USA This grant expands the Individual Develop- serve at least 30 teen-agers a year. The YMCA (New York, N.Y.) ment Account program to specifically target estimates that at least 75 percent of the par- To program, disseminate and implement the Benefit residents of Overtown and East Little Havana ticipants will complete the full program year Bank in Overtown and East Little Havana to bring earning less than $25,000 per year. Participants and 60 percent of their parents or guardians uncollected benefits to poor residents. must attend an orientation and six initial will report improvement in their children’s financial literacy classes and agree to partici- This grant funds the establishment of the behavior and attitudes. This program will pate in quarterly financial seminars to open Benefit Bank in Overtown and East Little help teen-age residents in East Little Havana the 2:1 matched savings account of up to Havana. With the help of a trained counselor and Overtown acquire abilities and informa- $500 per year for up to three years. The main or volunteer and access to the Internet, indi- tion that will help them improve their lives. goals of the program are to increase financial viduals will use the Benefit Bank to calculate literacy and instill a habit of saving by and apply for all income benefits to which Zoological Society of Florida 200,000 rewarding consistent savings. they are entitled (i.e., the Earned Income (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and others). For an interactive conservation program targeting About 5,000 households from these two areas youth in Overtown and East Little Havana. are expected to enroll in the Benefit Bank 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 67

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM reading, writing, math, general business MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. PALM BEACH COUNT Y, FL A. knowledge and appropriate conduct on the The Milledgeville Community Advisory Com- The Palm Beach County Community Advisory job. Successful participants will have a better mittee has selected the following priority: to Committee has selected the following priori- understanding of how to conduct a job improve the prospects of middle-school youth. ties: to improve the prospects of middle- search, and the ability to present themselves school youth, and to increase family economic to potential employers, meet job expecta- well-being. tions, maintain employment and plan career Well-being of Children and Families advancement. Over the course of three years, Oconee Center $60,000 Workforce Alliance will offer the 90-hour Civic Engagement and Positive Human Rela- (Milledgeville, Ga.) (over two years) training program four times annually to an tions To create a community-based drug- and alcohol- estimated 900 residents. Donors Forum of South Florida $148,000 education program for middle-school youth and (Miami, Fla.) (over three years) their families. Palm Beach County 300,000 To increase the impact of philanthropy in Palm Education Commission (over five years) Beach County. (West Palm Beach, Fla.) MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. For the Palm Beach County Leadership Institute. Economic Development The Myrtle Beach Community Advisory Com- The Palm Beach County Leadership Institute mittee has selected the following priority: to will be a five-year initiative to develop capac- United Way of Palm Beach County $3,194,000 increase community engagement. ity across the education, health and social (Boynton Beach, Fla.) (over three years) services sectors. The program consists of two For expansion and further implementation of the tiers of training: the Senior Executive Program Prosperity Campaign. Civic Engagement and and the Executive Program. The Senior Exec- Positive Human Relations This grant funds an expansion of the Palm utive Program is a 13-month program for Beach County Prosperity Campaign Coastal Carolina University $750,000 CEOs, superintendents, presidents and senior launched in 2003. The expansion will greatly (Conway, S.C.) (over four years) administrators focusing on the development increase the capacity of the United Way of To develop Coastal Alliance for Community Engage- of the highest leadership skills, including Palm Beach and its partners to provide free ment, a program to recruit, train and mobilize innovation, relationship building and partner- tax-return preparation, benefits referral, and volunteers while deepening their connections to ing, and strategic communications. Each educational and vocational counseling to the community. group of participants will consist of 30 senior low-income households in the areas of Riv- executives per year. The Executive Program is This grant funds the Coastal Alliance for iera Beach, the northwest section of West a 12-month program for directors and mid- Community Engagement, a program to cen- Palm Beach and the Glades communities of dle managers focusing on the development of tralize community services for Horry County. Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay through the leadership skills required in the complex, The program consists of a coordinated vol- the opening of 12 new VITA tax-filing sites diverse environment of Palm Beach County. unteer recruitment and training system, and the establishment of three Prosperity Skills developed will include analytical think- community service project management, Centers. VITA sites will help residents apply ing, business judgment, teamwork and man- scheduling and coordination, outreach and for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Prosperity aging organizational change. Each group will tracking, and a communitywide day of service. Centers will provide a variety of financial and consist of 45 middle-management executives Grant funds will be used to hire a full-time educational services such as credit counsel- each year. By focusing on current and future executive director and a program coordinator/ ing, educational and vocational training, leaders, the institute strives to have an impact assistant. By December 2005, Coastal Alliance planning, and management-financial and on the next generation of leaders and will establish partnerships with local agencies; home-buyer workshops. This program will enhance the overall leadership network of recruit and train project coordinators; devel- increase family economic stability. Palm Beach County including youth-serving op a local web site for volunteers to obtain organizations. information about the project and service Workforce Alliance 335,000 opportunities; develop and disseminate a cal- (West Palm Beach, Fla.) (over three years) endar of service projects to be posted on the Well-being of Children and Families To provide work-readiness training to Prosperity web and throughout media outlets; recruit, Campaign clients. To increase family economic PRIME TIME Palm Beach County $4,200,000 orient and place the first wave of volunteers well-being and stability, and to improve family (West Palm Beach, Fla.) (over five years) in service projects; develop a communications employability. To improve the capacity of community-based campaign to increase the project’s visibility; providers of out-of-school services to provide quali- This grant funds work-readiness certification and develop a sustainability plan for the ty programming for middle-school youth in targeted at United Way of Palm Beach County’s Pros- project’s future. The project aims to deepen areas of Palm Beach County. perity Centers in Riviera Beach, West Palm people’s connection to the community Beach and Belle Glade. The work-readiness through quality service projects. PRIME TIME Palm Beach County was creat- certification complements the free services ed in 2000 to address the needs associated provided at the centers, which include free with providing affordable, high-quality, out- tax preparation, benefits screening, education of-school programs in Palm Beach County. counseling, credit counseling, financial litera- PRIME TIME will work with at least 35 cy and home-ownership education. The providers of after-school programs in the training provides individuals with skills in 68 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM areas of Riviera Beach, northwest West Palm Vitality of Cultural Life staff and establishing of partnerships with Beach and the Glades, providing one-on-one social service agencies, community develop- Perkins Center for the Arts $452,000 consultations to strengthen the providers’ ment corporations, traditional Latino cultural (Moorestown, N.J.) (over three years) organizations and improve the quality of organizations and local schools. Through To expand after-school, summer arts and junior their youth programming. The program will better coordination by project and marketing apprentice programs in Camden. help providers develop a plan for improve- directors, the number of participating adults ment and identify the needs of the organiza- in Taller programs will increase by 20 percent. This grant funds an expansion of after-school tions, from capital improvements to program Noches de Arte will attract at least 500 partic- arts at St. Joseph’s parochial school and the overhaul. This investment fulfills the strategy ipants per month to arts-related events. Two Boys and Girls Club. The number of days of of increasing opportunities for youth to form school groups per week will visit one of the after-school programming will increase by 25 ongoing relationships with caring adults, and participating galleries, allowing 3,000 students percent to 200 days in the first year, and two strengthening youth-serving organizations. per year to experience Latino cultural offer- sites will be added in the following years for ings in North Philadelphia. a total of 240 and 288 days of programming The Children’s Services Council of 1,166,650 in years two and three. The summer arts Palm Beach County (over five years) Settlement Music School of 400,000 programming will expand to include 125 (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Philadelphia inner-city Camden youth, and the junior To establish Beacon Centers at two middle schools in (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) apprentice program will expand to include Palm Beach County. For outreach, recruitment and program support for 16 junior training artists. The students com- the new branch in Camden. plete a 15-hour training program and then The Children’s Services Council of Palm are hired as assistants in the after-school Beach County funds eight Beacon Centers in The Camden branch of the Settlement Music and summer arts programs. The project will Palm Beach County, all located in elementary School becomes fully operational in early reach several hundred Camden youth who schools. This grant will establish Beacon 2005. This branch offers a full schedule of will gain valuable art skills. Centers at Riviera Beach Middle School and group and individual music classes onsite. Pahokee Middle School. The centers will This grant funds the implementation of a Walt Whitman Arts Center 439,000 serve at-risk middle-school youth in Riviera music education outreach program, visiting (Camden, N.J.) (over three years) Beach and the Glades by providing year- between four and six elementary schools in For a portion of the artists’ fees and infrastructure round academic, social, recreational and cul- Camden annually. Settlement faculty will support associated with continuing the Storefronts tural activities to children and their families conduct two 12-week sessions each spring Arts Project. during nonschool time. and fall at four to six preschools and day-care centers in Camden. The classes offered to This grant funds the expansion of arts pro- preschool children will focus on music literacy PRIME TIME Palm Beach County 74,360 gramming at six neighborhood Storefront though creative expression, movement, songs (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Arts Project sites and the opening of two new and specially designed instruments. Pre- and To assess the needs of organizations that provide program sites in Camden. Arts activities at post-workshop visits with classroom and out-of-school services in the Glades communities of these sites will include mural arts projects, music teachers will be held to assist them in South Bay, Pahokee and Belle Glade. contemporary dance classes, intergenerational incorporating the arts into their curricula acting classes, creative writing workshops and activities. Settlement expects to enroll and performances. Nearly 40 artists will be The Children’s Home Society of 30,000 more than 1,600 students in the next three involved in this project, which aims to broad- Florida (South Coastal Division) years with specific goals for enrolling low- en, deepen and diversify participation by (West Palm Beach, Fla.) (over two years) income students and residents of Camden. Camden residents in a variety of arts activities. For the Communications Learning Center, an after- The outreach program expects to improve school program that introduces girls to the field of skill in music and movement for low-income broadcast journalism. Taller Puertorriqueño 412,000 students in Camden. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) To expand the Engaging in Latino Arts program to The Village of Arts and Humanities 330,000 residents of North Philadelphia. PHIL ADELPHIA, PA. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) Taller Puertorriqueño was established in 1976 The Philadelphia Community Advisory Com- To deepen the cultural participation of North to develop a presence for Puerto Rican/Latino mittee has selected the following priorities: Philadelphia youth through hands-on, arts-based arts and culture. The Engaging in Latino Arts to improve the literacy of young children, and community revitalization activities. initiative consists of three components: Arts to increase participation in the cultural arts. This grant provides year-round after-school Nights in the Barrio, a monthly community- and Saturday programming for 100 youths wide event consisting of open-air presentations, Education ages 13 to 20 at the Village of Arts and music and theater; Visítenos: A Cultural Humanities community building and Cook- Encounter, a school program for grades K-12 Teach For America $200,000 man United Methodist Church. A full-day, offering lessons about Puerto Rican and (Newark, N.J.) (over two years) six-week summer camp will offer paid intern- Latino culture that promote appreciation for For expansion of the program to Camden, by funding ships for 25 teens annually. Each semester cultural diversity; and La Feria del Barrio, an the recruitment, training and support of 40 corps will culminate in a community celebration annual outdoor family festival. The three members. featuring performances and exhibitions. interconnected programs are run by Taller Puertorriqueño. This grant funds an expansion of the program through the hiring of 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 69

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM South Jersey Performing Arts Center 310,000 Strings for Schools 278,000 The Spiral Q Puppet Theater 250,000 (Camden, N.J.) (over two years) (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) For the enhancement of community engagement For the Exploring Ourselves and Our Cultures project For its North Philadelphia Puppet and Parade Col- programming through the creation of a new Camden- and for the Immersion in Latino Music and Culture laborative. based play that will be researched and performed program to facilitate the formation of a Latin jazz band. This grant funds the establishment of an arts with community participation. This grant funds a collaborative project with network of nine partner organizations that This grant funds a cultural participation Philadelphia Youth Playwrights and The Clay will create large-scale puppet shows, toy- project in Camden, which uses the story- Studio called Exploring Ourselves and Our theater performances, park pageants and circle approach to engage community members Cultures. This project is a multidisciplinary community parades. Spiral Q will provide and build community relationships. A story series of artist residencies and workshops for 30 to 45 hours of narrative and performance circle, developed by in-residence playwright students grades 6 to12 at four K-8 schools workshops at eight sites with 20 participants John O’Neal, is a process of intense shared and two high schools in North Philadelphia. at each site. Each workshop will culminate personal storytelling that reflects community High school students will be trained as in a performance. Representatives from each history. Mr. O’Neal will make a number of assistant teachers for their K-8 counterparts partner organization will participate in visits to Camden to conduct story circles as part of their Service Learning program, monthly training sessions. All partners will among 80 to 100 community members and developing mentor relationships among work together to develop, organize and pro- train others to do the same. Mr. O’Neal, local younger and older students. Arts organiza- duce a parade each May focused on social theater companies and community members tions and community partners will be issues. This initiative will bolster the efforts will use the story circles to collaborate on an brought into the project as sponsors of of nine community-based organizations that adaptation of A Christmas Carol, which will community concerts, performances and work with underserved children, youth and be performed in December 2006. It is esti- exhibitions that will provide further arts families. Performances will engage as many mated that 300 to 400 people will attend the opportunities for the participants and their as 2,400 residents throughout the three years staged readings of the play and 1,200 will families outside of school. of the initiative. attend the final performances. The story circles project will bring greater awareness of Point Breeze Performing Arts Center 250,000 New Freedom Theatre Inc. 221,300 the performing arts center and its programs (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over two years) (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over two years) and bring about a deeper relationship To broaden the impact of successful arts education For outreach performances, training and subsidized between the organization and its community. programs in North Philadelphia’s public housing tickets for residents of the Philadelphia Housing projects. Authority. Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates 300,000 This grant funds an expansion of a compre- (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) InterAct Theatre Company 203,600 hensive, daily after-school and summer arts- To create a series of six murals which will illustrate (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over four years) in-education program in collaboration with the voices, stories and lives of “My North Philly.” To expand its playwriting and theater residencies at three Housing Authority sites in North three community institutions in North Philadelphia. The Mural Arts Program (MAP) was founded Philadelphia. The program consists of six-, in 1984 as part of the Anti-Graffiti Network, eight- and 12-week workshops and field trips Art Sanctuary 186,900 a mayoral initiative to eradicate graffiti and in dance, theater, creative writing, computers, (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) blight. Twenty years later, MAP has painted video, ceramics, mask-making and music. The To build the organizational capacity of Art Sanctuary more than 2,400 murals in Philadelphia and program will serve approximately 270 youth. to expand its programming in North Philadelphia. is recognized as a national leader in revitalization through public art. In partnership with Rutgers University Foundation 250,000 Philadelphia Young Playwrights 167,000 36 community organizations, Philadelphia (New Brunswick, N.J.) (over four years) (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) Mural Arts will create murals in six North To expand the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts To provide arts education and exploration to under- Philadelphia neighborhoods. Each participat- programs that are designed to broaden, deepen and served students in North Philadelphia. ing organization will recruit 10 to 40 people diversify the arts and cultural participation of Cam- to participate in identifying sites in need of den residents. ARTREACH 156,000 revitalization, collecting oral histories, facili- This grant funds an expansion of the Artist at (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over four years) tating community meetings and making art. Work Series and the Camden Art Gardens To conduct multidisciplinary arts workshops in The year-long process will culminate in the program. The Artist at Work Series brings North Philadelphia and for discount tickets for par- creation of a large-scale mural in each neigh- together four social services agencies in Cam- ticipants in the Community Partners in Arts Access borhood. The project will reach a broader den that serve youth: Hispanic Family Center, program. audience through a gallery show, mural Camden Youth Services Commission, Kaighn dedication, a project catalogue, a web site and Avenue Baptist Summer Program and the The Clay Studio 145,000 mural tours. Through this project, 720 youths, Broadway Family Center. During the summer (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over three years) adults and seniors will participate in the 500 youths from these programs will attend For a ceramics workshop and mentoring program in hands-on workshop. The murals are expected performances at the Rutgers Performing Arts six North Philadelphia schools. to act as vehicles to unite, strengthen and Theater. The Camden Arts Program project empower the neighborhoods through collab- consists of neighborhood children and adults oration among partner organizations and creating expressive public spaces. The project participants. will bring residents together in creating public space and producing 18 community gardens. 70 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM Valley Health and Hospital System and the The Philadelphia 125,000 Hopeworks ’N Camden 40,000 Gilroy Unified School District) to provide Orchestra Association (Camden, N.J.) services to 750 families with preschool chil- (Philadelphia, Pa.) To enroll Camden High School students in the Hope dren in the Gilroy area. Services will include For community activities and a neighborhood concert Through School program. group and in-home education for parents on that broadens the Philadelphia Orchestra’s reach to job readiness, English and parenting skills, Camden residents. neighborhood safety and educational SAN JOSE, CALIF. involvement, support services for formal and Painted Bride Art Center 116,000 informal family child-care providers, school The San Jose Community Advisory Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over two years) preparation services for children and transi- has selected the following priority: to improve To mount the exhibit, “We Were There: Voices of tion services and orientation to the school school readiness. African-American Veterans,” featuring portraits and district. The alliance will increase the access stories of 28 African-American veterans who served of preschool families to quality early care and in the U.S. military from World War II through Vitality of Cultural Life education services, as well as to other services Operation Iraqi Freedom. that help children prepare for school. Community Foundation $126,000 Silicon Valley (over two years) The Scribe Video Center 75,000 Catholic Charities of 900,000 (San Jose, Calif.) (Philadelphia, Pa.) (over two years) Santa Clara County (over five years) To develop and implement an annual showcase For a community history video project that documents (San Jose, Calif.) presentation of midsized and small South Bay people’s recollections, comments and visions of the To provide tax-preparation and financial/tax-educa- performing arts organizations in venues in or near social, cultural and political importance of their tion (including Earned Income Tax Credit) services to downtown San Jose. neighborhoods. low-income families in the Mayfair, Solari/Seven Trees and Gilroy areas of Santa Clara County. San Jose Children’s Musical Theater 100,000 Asociación de Músicos 60,000 (San Jose, Calif.) (over two years) Latino Americanos This grant funds an expansion of the eco- To support arts education at an after-school inter- (Philadelphia, Pa.) nomic development program to low-income vention program for elementary and middle-school To increase the number of community youth served families with preschool children in Knight students in the Franklin-McKinley School District. in North Philadelphia with culturally specific arts target neighborhoods while offering services instruction and for recruiting and training artists for at convenient neighborhood locations. The San Jose Repertory Theatre 50,000 the expanded program. program provides tax-preparation services, (San Jose, Calif.) (over two years) financial education services and outreach on To complete critical planning and preparation for the tax credits. Over the five years, Catholic Well-being of Children and Families 25th anniversary season, including the revision and Charities expects to file 4,250 tax returns updating of the company’s long-range strategic plan. resulting in savings of more than $300,000 in City of Philadelphia- $162,000 tax-preparation fees for low-income families Philadelphia Reads (over two years) TheatreWorks 50,000 and should provide families with preschool- (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Palo Alto, Calif.) ers more than $4 million in income support To expand elements of the Philadelphia Reads For a planning grant to determine demographic through tax refunds, thus increasing the eco- programming for better impact on preschoolers and information and identify potential markets in order nomic well-being of working families with their families to increase early literacy in North to reach nontraditional audiences. preschool children. Philadelphia. San Jose Museum of Art Association 30,000 Kidango 780,000 Camden Churches 150,000 (San Jose, Calif.) (Fremont, Calif.) (over three years) Organized for People For an evaluation of the Summer Art Studios program To expand behavioral health and mental health serv- (Camden, N.J.) offered at four community centers in San Jose in ices to high-risk children from birth to age 5 and To increase the level of community participation in order to replicate the model throughout San Jose. their families in the Mayfair neighborhood of East the Camden School Construction Project. San Jose. The New Jersey Academy for 150,000 Well-being of Children and Families Kidango provides early care, education and Aquatic Sciences Inc. early intervention services to children from Go Kids Inc. $2,285,000 (Camden, N.J.) birth to age 5. The program currently serves (Gilroy, Calif.) (over five years) To support CAUSE (Camden Aquarium Urban Science more than 2,500 children. This grant enables To form a five-agency alliance that will provide Enrichment), a science education program for low- Kidango to hire additional mental health coordinated services to children, families and child- income elementary and secondary students in Camden. clinicians and base one at each of the target- care providers and improve families’ connections to ed elementary schools and provide intensive neighborhood-based developmental and economic Starfinder Foundation 50,000 services to 50 additional families per year. supports. (Philadelphia, Pa.) The clinicians will provide 100 additional To provide after-school programming in North This grant funds The Glen View Alliance, an developmental and behavioral screenings per Philadelphia. alliance of Go Kids and its partner agencies year and will ensure that the 140 children in (Rebekah Children’s Services, Mexican the Mayfair neighborhood are screened for American Community Services Agency, both behavioral problems and developmental School-Linked Services of the Santa Clara 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 71

COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS PROGRAM delays. This grant provides Mayfair-area fam- commercial corridors as neighborhood anchors STATE COLLEGE, PA. ilies with improved access to quality early by empowering entrepreneurs and residents The State College Community Advisory childhood services that play a critical role in and increasing housing density; and fostering Committee has selected the following priority: helping children prepare for school. constructive community engagement, public to improve the health and development of education opportunities and policy changes. young children. This grant will fund efforts to develop, adapt San Jose Unified School District 150,000 and implement breakthrough strategies and (San Jose, Calif.) programs to increase affordable housing, To develop a plan for integrating an early care and Vitality of Cultural Life especially for recent immigrants and people education professional development curriculum into Moshannon Valley Young Men’s $15,000 of color. Home-ownership readiness will be the San Jose Unified School District’s Professional Christian Association assessed through pre-purchase counseling, Development School. (Philipsburg, Pa.) financial literacy, education and outreach. For a capital campaign to construct an Arts and Cul- Programming will include workshops on Santa Clara County Partnership for 150,000 ture Center at the Moshannon Valley YMCA. maintenance reserve accounts, expanding School Readiness (over three years) mortgage foreclosure prevention and educa- (San Jose, Calif.) tion on predatory lending practices. To develop a baseline measure of school readiness Well-being of Children and Families and to assess cohorts of kindergarten students in Centre Volunteers in Medicine $60,000 Santa Clara County over a three-year period. Well-being of Children and Families (State College, Pa.) (over three years) To provide outreach services and to expand the Ramsey Action Programs $2,625,000 San Jose Unified School District 50,000 social worker program to ensure that all patients (St. Paul, Minn.) (over five years) (San Jose, Calif.) receive help with applications to insurance programs. To support a collaborative effort to provide a contin- To plan a literacy-based kindergarten transition uum of developmentally appropriate and culturally program for children not previously exposed to Bellefonte YMCA 50,000 competent early childhood mental health services in high-quality early learning opportunities. (Bellefonte, Pa.) Ramsey County. To plan for the establishment of the Bellefonte Family Choices for Children 40,000 Originally funded in 2003, this program has Resource Center. (San Jose, Calif.) developed a strategic plan to address collabo- For a planning effort to develop a model of training ratively the mental health needs of Ramsey and support for unlicensed, informal caregivers of County’s youngest children. Through the TALL AHASSEE, FL A. children from birth to age 5. work of Ramsey County Head Start and its The Tallahassee Community Advisory Com- partners (Resources for Child Caring, the Community Foundation Silicon Valley 35,000 mittee has selected the following priority: to University of Minnesota, the Amherst Wilder (San Jose, Calif.) improve school readiness. Foundation, Frasier Child Development For implementation of a literacy initiative for children Center, Lifetrack Resources, St. Paul Public from birth to age 8. Schools and the four other school districts Well-being of Children and Families within the county), this effort will develop assessment tools and provide mental health Florida Agricultural & $150,000 ST. PAUL, MINN. screenings to 50,000 Ramsey County children Mechanical University Foundation from birth to age 5; expand Early Head Start (Tallahassee, Fla.) The St. Paul Community Advisory Committee home-visitation services to 100 families For planning of Jumpstart Plus, a culturally appro- has selected the following priorities: to improve whose children demonstrate moderate to priate program to increase family literacy and early the health and development of children, and severe mental health needs; train teachers childhood development. to increase access to affordable housing. and parents in eight to 20 early care and education programs on a curriculum designed to Tallahassee-Leon County 45,000 reduce aggression and behavioral problems Housing and Community Development Cultural Resources Commission in young children; and establish therapeutic (Tallahassee, Fla.) Payne-Lake Community Partners $2,000,000 play groups in 24 early care and education To strengthen connections between the schools and (St. Paul, Minn.) (over five years) programs for children who present challeng- the cultural community through Young Audiences’ To increase readiness for, access to, and sustainabil- ing behavior and mental health concerns. community partnership approaches including the ity of home ownership on St. Paul’s East Side. The grant also will fund the start-up of a Arts 4 Learning web tool. day-treatment program for young children Payne-Lake Community Partners is a strategic whose mental health problems prevent them partnership of leading foundations, financial Tallahassee Community 35,000 from participating in early care and educa- institutions, nonprofit organizations and the College Foundation tion programs. federal government that is leading revitaliza- (Tallahassee, Fla.) tion efforts along the Payne and Lake Street For a campaign to promote public awareness of dental corridors in the Twin Cities. The alliance is care and to increase access to dental care for high-risk focused on developing family assets and pregnant women and their families in Leon County. earning power by building strong businesses; expanding career potential and encouraging home ownership; revitalizing prosperous 72 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

NATIONAL VENTURE FUND G NATIONAL VENTURE FUND G WICHITA, KAN. National Council of La Raza 1,250,000 (Washington, D.C.) (over five years) The Wichita Community Advisory Committee To increase the effectiveness and scale of citizenship has selected the following priority: to improve Civic Engagement and and civic participation initiatives targeting immigrant school readiness. Positive Human Relations populations nationally and in Knight communities. Public Interest Projects $2,500,000 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) will Well-being of Children and Families (New York, N.Y.) (over five years) analyze strategies that help new Americans For a funding collaborative, the Four Freedoms Fund, Rainbows United $295,000 vote and develop programs for organizations that invests in local and regional organizations that (Wichita, Kan.) (over three years) to increase voter participation. NCLR will promote immigrant integration and civic participation. For the Incredible Years training project to increase study national voter registration campaigns the social and emotional well-being of young chil- targeting immigrants to assess their efficiency The Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) will use this dren by giving parents the skills to effectively rear and efficacy and will review voter data that Knight grant to support local civic participa- their children. For school readiness among young measure the turnout success of each local tion groups in regions of the country with children living in Wichita’s poor neighborhoods by campaign. The organization will also involve high concentrations of immigrants, including improving the parenting skills that affect children’s local organizations in efforts to increase voter Detroit, Long Beach and South Florida. FFF social and emotional development. turnout in immigrant communities. will provide technical assistance grants to help emerging organizations with technology, Wichita State University 100,000 Charity Lobbying in the 1,200,000 infrastructure and human-resource develop- (Wichita, Kan.) (over five years) Public Interest (over four years) ment. FFF will help other funders explore To conduct an evaluation of the Wichita CARES (Washington, D.C.) ways that immigrant civic participation can program. To increase the knowledge and preparedness of non- be integrated with ongoing programs. profits in Knight communities to engage in the public policy processs by developing comprehensive plans. National Immigration Forum 1,750,000 (Washington, D.C.) (over five years) Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest Subtotal: 201 grants $61,135,880 To build public support for a more effective natural- (CLPI) was founded in 1998 out of concern ization process and to increase funding for English that the essential public policy role of charities language education and policies that facilitate faces persistent barriers, including nonprofit immigrant integration. leaders’ belief that lobbying puts their nonprofit status at risk. CLPI provides basic legal The National Immigration Forum will develop and how-to materials; conducts training strategies with other national and local organ- workshops about how to launch lobbying izations to promote policies that encourage campaigns and communicate effectively with immigrants to become citizens and make the legislators; and works to improve the lobby- naturalization process more efficient. Project ing laws for charities. This grant funds CLPI’s leaders will work with the U.S. Bureau of work with Knight grantees to help them Citizenship and Immigration Services to develop plans for public policy engagement ensure that new citizens can register to vote. on specific issues such as early childhood, The project includes building and maintaining youth development, family income support a web site that will serve as a clearinghouse of and immigrant civic participation. CLPI will information on the best practices in the field conduct a series of public policy clinics at of immigrant integration. cross-community gatherings of community- based grantees. Center for Community Change 1,250,000 (Washington, D.C.) (over five years) Hispanics in Philanthropy 1,000,000 To develop a national network of community-based (San Francisco, Calif.) (over five years) nonprofit organizations serving immigrant popula- To provide matching grants to a local philanthropic tions that will help them build skills and capacity by collaborative that funds emerging organizations linking them to national resources and opportunities. serving the Hispanic communities in Boulder, Long This grant will help community-based groups Beach, San Jose, Philadelphia, St. Paul, Miami and link new immigrant populations to resources Duluth. and opportunities. Over the next five years, The philanthropic collaborative will provide in collaboration with the National Council of matching grants, hands-on technical assistance, La Raza, National Immigration Forum and leadership training and networking opportu- the Four Freedoms Fund, the project will nities to help Latino organizations increase focus on organizational and leadership devel- effectiveness and gain greater visibility within opment and civic engagement. philanthropy. The grant seeks to make Latino nonprofits stronger and more effective. 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 73

NATIONAL VENTURE FUND ACCION will improve the ability to attract The council seeks to increase public support Brown University 245,000 and retain clients with three new loan prod- for improved civic education standards and (Providence, R.I.) ucts. The organization will create an Internet- practices in up to six states, including at least For Campus Compact, to conduct a scan of partner- based loan application so clients can have three states with Knight communities. The ships between campuses and community initiatives access from even the most remote areas of goal is to increase the quality and quantity in Knight communities to identify opportunities the country. ACCION will simplify the appli- of civic education taught in public schools. for institutions of higher education to play more cation process leading to loan processing In addition, the project will elevate student significant roles in community improvement. This by telephone. It will form agreements with journalism and media literacy to the status grant advances Knight’s interest in cross-sector lending partners, community organizations of a serious element of civic education, and partnerships with community institutions. and/or banks that will conduct client intake at least one state will strongly recommend and loan disbursement on behalf of ACCION student media as part of its civic education New Profit Inc. 175,000 in communities. curriculum. (Cambridge, Mass.) For a convening of leading social entrepreneurs to * This grant is funded through the National Venture National Council of the 600,000 help them build alliances and generate new thinking Fund and Journalism Initiatives. Churches of Christ in the USA and resources to increase their reach and impact. (New York, N.Y.) (over two years) The Teachers Network 200,000 To introduce the Benefit Bank program in Ohio and Alliance for Children and Families 150,000 (New York, N.Y.) (over two years) Mississippi, helping low-income people obtain feder- (Milwaukee, Wis.) To sustain teacher support networks and program- al, state and other benefits for which they are eligible. For a series of regional and national scenario- ming in eight Knight communities. planning sessions with nonprofit agencies serving The council will adapt the Benefit Bank model children and families to strengthen their capacity for use in Akron and Biloxi. The Internet- Forum for the Future of 150,000 to respond to changing market forces. based program will help low-income residents Higher Education (over three years) calculate and apply for federal, state and (Cambridge, Mass.) Spitfire Communications 120,000 private income-enhancement benefits. To conduct research and convene annual symposia Leadership Institute Through partnerships with Knight-funded that would focus the institutional and financial (Washington, D.C.) Earned Income Tax Credit awareness cam- resources of colleges and universities on pressing To build the communication skills of the leaders of paigns, the project will provide low-income social and community needs. six Knight Foundation grantee organizations and to residents with simpler, more efficient ways provide technical assistance to the organizations to use these resources. Housing and Community Development and the broader nonprofit sector. University of Maryland 100,000 Living Cities Inc.: NCDI $4,800,000 (College Park, Md.) (over two years) American Enterprise Institute for 55,000 (New York, N.Y.) (over three years) To disseminate research and build constituencies Public Policy Research To expand and deepen a collaborative investment to to promote new models for community-based, eco- (Washington, D.C.) improve urban neighborhoods in 23 U.S. communities. nomic-development institutions. For a series of election-year public events encourag- Living Cities will continue its community ing the examination of the governing styles of the development work in distressed urban com- Education major presidential candidates. munities. The organization will promote effi- Teach For America $1,500,000 * cient and effective investments to transform Grantmakers Concerned with 30,500 (New York, N.Y.) (over four years) neighborhoods, and provide information to Immigrants and Refugees To support existing teaching programs in Philadel- increase investment in urban neighborhoods. (Sebastopol, Calif.) phia, Camden, Miami and Detroit and to strengthen The three-year program will focus on the To produce and disseminate a report on promising the national organization’s ability to recruit and 23 communities in the Cities Program and models of immigrant civic engagement and the ways train effective corps members. develop broader policy and public affairs funders can support this work. activities. Living Cities will also focus its Teach For America will expand the size of its resources in Detroit, Philadelphia, Miami teaching corps in four Knight communities. The City University of New York 25,000 and the Twin Cities. It will refine its pre-service training, ongoing (New York, N.Y.) professional-development support network For a feasibility study to develop an appropriate University of Miami 1,100,000 and management capabilities for Knight com- structure, research agenda and dissemination strat- (Coral Gables, Fla.) (over three years) munity programs, better preparing corps egy for a think tank on foundations. To continue to train midcareer professionals through members to complete their teaching assign- the School of Architecture’s Knight Fellows Program ments. Economic Development in Community Building and develop a sustainability * Grant subsequently amended to $1,200,000. model for the organization. ACCION USA $1,000,000 (Boston, Mass.) (over three years) The program will continue to combine Council for Excellence 1,000,000* To expand microlending programs to emerging and academic training, research, professional net- in Government (over four years) established small-business entrepreneurs in Knight working and direct experience working (Washington, D.C.) communities through the introduction of online loan in communities nationwide. Each year mid- To increase the quantity and quality of the K-12 civic services and through the establishment of one or career fellowships will be awarded to 12 education in the public schools of three to five states two new offices. community builders and journalists, but with with Knight communities. 74 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

NATIONAL VENTURE FUND specific encouragement to applicants from advocacy skills, organizational development, Knight communities. Charrettes (community and training and technical assistance in policy forums) will be held in three Knight commu- issues. This grant funds an expansion of nities and will address urban planning chal- Voices work and will offer state affiliates lenges identified by each community. expanded assistance on a wider variety of issues. During the first year, Voices will begin the process of integrating Knight community- Vitality of Cultural Life based grantees into their network. Voices will assist them in strengthening their knowledge American Symphony $50,000 of public policy work. Orchestra League (New York, N.Y.) For a Fred Friendly Seminar to explore fundamental issues and challenges now facing orchestras and a post-seminar training program for the field. Subtotal: 26 grants $ 22,315,500 Twin Cities Public Television 25,000 (St. Paul, Minn.) For the research and development phase of a new public television series based on audience- engagement strategies developed through the Magic of Music Initiative. Well-being of Children and Families National Association for the $1,270,000 Education of Young Children (over three years) (Washington, D.C.) To continue the work of NAEYC’s School Readiness Connections project, which provides Knight grantees working in the area of early childhood development with opportunities for professional development and cross-community learning. This grant supports Knight’s partners in the early childhood development field by providing opportunities to share information about effective and innovative practices NAEYC will use at its annual conference. The grant will pay for more than 75 community partner representatives to attend the annual conference and participate in sessions designed specifically for them. NAEYC will develop a web site and an e-learning program designed for Knight’s grantees. Voices for America’s Children 770,000 (Washington, D.C.) (over three years) To enhance the skills of state-level child advocacy organizations and Knight community-based grantees in the areas of early care and education, youth development, and budget and tax policy. To help build the capacity and effectiveness of Knight grantee organizations and other agencies to improve the lives of children. Voices for America’s Children works to improve the lives of children in the United States by enhancing the effectiveness of state and local, multi-issue child advocacy organizations. Voices provides member organizations in 44 states with essential resources including 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O RT 75

OTHER GRANTS Emergency Grants Other Special Grants United Way of Palm Beach County $500,000 Families of Flight 93 Inc. $500,000 37 Trustee-Recommended Grants $307,000 (Boynton Beach, Fla.) (Washington, D.C.) For Hurricane Frances relief. For an open, international competition to design the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County, Pa. American Red Cross 100,000 (Greater Miami & The Keys Chapter) GRAND TOTAL: 329 grants $99,905,480 Strengthening Philanthropy (Miami, Fla.) For Hurricane Jeanne relief in Haiti. Council on Foundations $44,600 (Washington, D.C.) For 2004 general operating support. Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee 27,500 (Bradenton, Fla.) For Hurricane Charley relief. Nonprofit Technology 35,000 Enterprise Network (San Francisco, Calif.) United Way of Manatee County 22,500 For general operating support and to provide free tech- (Bradenton, Fla.) nical assistance to nonprofits in Knight communities. For Hurricane Charley relief. Early Childhood Funders Collaborative 12,500 Volunteer Services of Manatee County 20,000 (Montclair, N.J.) (over two years) (Bradenton, Fla.) For 2004 and 2005 general operating support. For Hurricane Charley relief. Grantmakers Forum on 10,000 Manatee County Rural Health Services 15,000 Community and National Service (Parrish, Fla.) (Berkeley, Calif.) For Hurricane Charley relief. To support the collection and analysis of data about philanthropic investments in civic engagement American Red Cross 10,000 strategies, and to stimulate funders’ critical thinking (Manatee County Chapter) about the intention and outcome of those investments. (Bradenton, Fla.) For Hurricane Charley relief. Greater Miami Progress Foundation 9,550 (Miami, Fla.) United Way 2-1-1 of Manasota 5,000 For 2004 general operating support. (Sarasota, Fla.) For Hurricane Charley relief. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations 7,250 (Washington, D.C.) For 2004 general operating support. Southeastern Council of Foundations 4,700 (Atlanta, Ga.) For general operating support. Other Subtotal: 16 grants $1,323,600 76 J O H N S . A N D J A M E S L . K N I G H T F O U N D AT I O N

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Text John S. and James L. Knight Foundation W. Gerald Austen, M.D., chairman, board of trustees John Williams II, community liaison program officer Hodding Carter III, president and CEO Susan Patterson, community liaison program officer Michael Maidenberg, vice president and chief program officer Lisa Versaci, director of National Venture Fund Larry Meyer, vice president of communications and secretary Julie K. Kohler, National Venture Fund program officer Juan Martinez, vice president of accounting and treasurer William Nichols, investment officer Belinda Turner Lawrence, vice president and Lynne Noble, administration assistant chief administrative officer Robertson Adams, communications associate–webmaster Eric Newton, director of Journalism Initiatives Sharon Moshavi, communications manager Denise Tom, journalism program specialist Susan Perry-Smith, communications assistant Joe Ervin, director of Community Partners Program Caroline Wingate, editorial consultant Linda Fitzgerald, deputy director of Community Partners Program Special thanks to Thad Nodine, David Skaggs, Julie K. Kohler, Tom Curley, Denise Tom, Eric Newton, Harvey Gantt, Pete Salas Jr., Karen Rahn, Linda Fitzgerald, Maurice G. Perry and J. Kyle Keener for their unique contributions. Design Jacques Auger Design Associates Inc., Miami Beach, Fla. Printing Southeastern Printing, Stuart, Fla. Photography 2, 3 Harvey Bilt for Knight Foundation (Austen, Conway, Briggs, Crutchfield, Coleman, Ibargüen, Friday) 3 Andrew Itkoff for Knight Foundation (Carter, Crowe) 4 (top) Bruce Zake for Knight Foundation 4 (bottom) Harvey Bilt for Knight Foundation 5 Eileen Escarda Photography for Knight Foundation 6 Pam Berry for Knight Foundation 7 Harvey Bilt for Knight Foundation 8-12 J. Kyle Keener for Knight Foundation 12 Jim Stem for Knight Foundation 13 Josh Ritchie for Knight Foundation 14 Jim Stem for Knight Foundation 16 Lisa Helfert for Knight Foundation 17 Courtesy Center for Public Integrity 18 Associated Press Graphics 19 Courtesy The Associated Press 20 Melvin Epps for Knight Foundation 21 Fabrizio Costantini for Knight Foundation 22 Marty Caivano for Knight Foundation 23 Jackie Shumaker for Knight Foundation 24 Gary O'Brien/The Charlotte Observer, used with permission 25 Joseph Rey Au for Knight Foundation 27 John Daughtry/LOF Productions 28 Melvin Epps for Knight Foundation 29 Bruce Zake for Knight Foundation 30 Aaron Suozzi for Knight Foundation 32, 33 Eileen Escarda Photography for Knight Foundation 35 Lisa Helfert for Knight Foundation 38 Battle Vaughan/The Miami Herald for Knight Foundation 39, 40 Harvey Bilt for Knight Foundation 41 Pam Berry for Knight Foundation 42 Harvey Bilt for Knight Foundation 43 Courtesy One Economy 53 Bruce Zake for Knight Foundation Information Graphics Cover, 9, 12, 20, 28 Resa Listort/Jacques Auger Design Associates for Knight Foundation The name “Magic of Music” is used (pages 40, 41 and 75) with permission of The Magic of Music Inc., which creates special moments through music for thousands of critically/terminally ill and handicapped children and adults throughout the United States.

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