Locally Focused Foundations Increase Support for Community News and Information Projects

To help ensure that communities are informed on key issues, 19 locally focused foundations will support local news and information projects with new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The community and place-based foundations will receive $3.14 million in matching grants as part of the Knight Community Information Challenge, which engages foundations in meeting local information needs. They join more than 75 of their peers now funding in this area, a Knight Foundation survey has found. The projects are from foundations large and small, in cities from Miami to Anchorage. Their ideas are as diverse as America's information needs.