Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has established an endowed fund to foster an "informed, engaged" Boulder area over the next seven years through The Community Foundation. The effort is part of Knight Foundation's national Community Foundation Initiative, an effort to deepen Knight Foundation's commitment to ensuring that communities are informed about and engaged in the issues and opportunities that face them.
"Information is an essential community need and community foundations were established to meet core needs," said Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation's president and CEO. "They also only exist and thrive because of community engagement and contributions. That makes them ideal partners to help us understand and advance local community engagement, focused on ensuring that these communities have the information they need to manage their affairs in our democracy."
Members of the Knight Foundation Advisory Committee in the Boulder area will review applications submitted through The Community Foundation's Community Trust Grant Cycle in the Civic Engagement category and determine who will receive funding from the Knight Foundation's fund. This will occur annually during the fourth quarter of the year.
Boulder County members of the Knight Foundation Advisory Committee:
Richard Garcia, Chair
John Creighton
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