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 Logo since December 2020 | |
| Founded | December 1950 |
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| Founder | John S. Knight James L. Knight |
| Type | Private independent foundation |
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| Focus | Media and arts |
| Location | |
Area served | United States |
| Product | Philanthropy |
Key people | Alberto Ibargüen President & CEO |
Revenue | $254.8 million (2021)[1] |
| Endowment | $3.0 billion (2021)[2] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Knight Memorial Education Fund |
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also known as the Knight Foundation, is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism, communities, and the arts.
The organization was founded as the Knight Memorial Education Fund in 1940. For its first decade, most of its contributions came from the Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald. The fund was incorporated as Knight Foundation in 1950 in Ohio, and reincorporated as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Florida in 1993. Its first grant in the area of journalism was given to the Inter American Press Association, a press advocacy group, in Miami.
After Creed Black assumed the presidency of the foundation in 1988, its national presence grew. In 1990, the board of trustees voted to relocate its headquarters from Akron, Ohio, to Miami, Florida, where it has been headquartered since.
- ^ "Knight Foundation 2021 Form 990-PF" (PDF). 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Knight Foundation 2021 Form 990-PF" (PDF). 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-08-23.