KNIGHT’S SEPT. 11TH FUND SUPPORTED 246 SERVICE PROVIDERS IN 26 COMMUNITIES: LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY • SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS AGENCY • LOAVES AND FISHES • COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS • DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK • FARM SHARE • S.O.S. HEALTH CARE • PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS • THE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES • ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY • IMMIGRANT RESETTLEMENT AND CULTURAL CENTER • PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE • SUPPORT NETWORK FOR BATTERED WOMEN • CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA (NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION) • MOTHERS IN CRISIS • SAFE HARBOR • BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTER • GOOD NEIGHBORS • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF SANTA CLARA AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES • THE SALVATION ARMY (MILLEDGEVILLE) • GULF COAST WOMEN’S CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE • AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE • COMMITTEE FOR DIGNITY AND FAIRNESS FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT • BOULDER COUNTY SAFEHOUSE • LONGMONT COALITION FOR WOMEN IN CRISIS • MEALS ON WHEELS PLUS OF MANATEE • THE SALVATION ARMY (GULFPORT) • INFO LINE • CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY •THE FAMILY CENTER • HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK • SISTERCARE • OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HOUSE • SCAN • ST. VINCENT DE PAUL OF SAN MATEO • ST. PETER’S HOME FOR BOYS • ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES • FOCUS: HOPE • ARAB-CHALDEAN COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL • BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SUMMIT COUNTY • AIDS TASK FORCE • DETROIT RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES • FORGOTTEN HARVEST • HAVEN • THE SALVATION ARMY (AKRON) • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MIAMI • CATHOLIC CHARITIES • CENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC ABUSE • TURNSTONE CENTER FOR DISABLED CHILDREN & ADULTS • CASA OF ABERDEEN FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT • MANATEE CHILDREN’S SERVICES • COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER • AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE • AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK • CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF SUMMIT COUNTY • HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER AKRON • HAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES • INTERVAL BROTHERHOOD HOMES • LET’S GROW AKRON • OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY • SUMMIT COUNTY COMMUNITY DRUG BOARD • YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GULF COAST • CATHOLIC SOCIAL & COMMUNITY SERVICES • MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI • MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE • THE SALVATION ARMY (BILOXI) • SOUTH MISSISSIPPI EXCHANGE CLUBS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER 2001 ANNUAL REPORT ★ NEW CRISES, ENDURING COMMITMENTS CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR URBAN MINISTRY • THE LORD’S PLACE AND FAMILY SHELTER WEST PALM BEACH • CHILDREN’S HAVEN & ADULT COMMUNITY SERVICES • THE CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY • THE SALVATION ARMY • MANATEE OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL • ROTACARE BAY AREA • THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION & CRISIS SERVICES • RUTH RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE • ST. PAUL WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER • BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS • EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION • THE INN BETWEEN OF LONGMONT • HOPE FAMILY SERVICES • CABARRUS COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY • CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE • CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION • COMMUNITY CULINARY SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTE •CUP INC. • DAY SHELTER • GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN PIEDMONT • PILGRIMS’ INN •THE SALVATION ARMY (ABERDEEN) • ACCESS INC. • SECOND HARVEST/METROLINA FOOD BANK • TURNING POINT OF UNION COUNTY • UNITED FAMILY SERVICES • FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF S.C. • GOODWILL INDUSTRIES • COLUMBUS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION • HOUSE OF RESTORATION • HOUSE OF T.I.M.E. • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY • UPTOWN OUTREACH FOOD PANTRY • VALLEY RESCUE MISSION • BOYSVILLE OF MICHIGAN • COALITION ON TEMPORARY SHELTER • COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN • EASTSIDE EMERGENCY CENTER • FOOD BANK OF OAKLAND COUNTY • VINCENT HOUSE • GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK • GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT • HELPSOURCE • JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE • L.I.F.T. WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER • LIGHTHOUSE EMERGENCY SERVICES • MACOMB COUNTY ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM • OZONE HOUSE • SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL OF THE CITY OF DETROIT • SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES • STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES • THINK DETROIT Statement of Purpose Table of Contents he John S. and James L. Knight From the Chairman 2 Foundation was established in T1950 as a private foundation From the President 4 independent of the Knight brothers’ 2001 Programs and Features 6 newspaper enterprises. It is dedicated to furthering their ideals of service to Community Partners 6 community, to the highest standards Journalism Initiatives 18 of journalistic excellence and to the defense of a free press. National Venture Fund 26 In both their publishing and phil- anthropic undertakings, the Knight Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics 31 brothers shared a broad vision and uncommon devotion to the common History 33 welfare. It is those ideals, as well as Trustees and Officers 38 their philanthropic interests, to which the foundation remains faithful. Staff 40 To heighten the impact of our grant Grants 42 making, Knight Foundation’s trustees have elected to focus on two signature Index of Grants 43 programs, Journalism Initiatives and Sept. 11 Recipients 57 Community Partners, each with its own eligibility requirements. A third Investment Report 62 program, the National Venture Fund, supports innovative opportunities and Auditors’ Report 63 initiatives at the national level that Financial Information 64 relate directly or indirectly to Knight’s work in its 26 communities. Letter of Inquiry 70 In a rapidly changing world, the Production Credits 71 foundation also remains flexible enough to respond to unique chal- lenges, 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 pru- dent investment management contin- ues to be of paramount importance. ‘Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are.’ – Allan K. Chalmers, author and civil rights activist Page 4 Page 6 Page 20 Page 27 he global community has shared a heightened sense that everything seems far Tmore serious since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. It was a historic moment for the working media and our journalism partners, a chance to “reclaim and reassert the best that journalism has to offer,”says a key Knight adviser. The 26 Knight communities reflected a nation dealing with the secondary victims of the attacks – needy people coping with the economic shock, making do with even less. The 246 service providers benefiting from Knight’s $10 million Sept. 11 Fund can, and will, help. The foundation’s enduring commitment to those 26 communities through a re- vamped approach to funding took long strides in 2001, forging promising partnerships in such civic laboratories as Central Long Beach, downtown Charlotte, the “Grand Cities” region and the Beall’s Hill neighborhood in Macon. 2001: A year of refinement and discovery. 2001 ANNUAL R EPORT 1 F ROM THE C HAIRMAN New Crises, Enduring Commitments n this space last year, you read about ations with these places and the field of a new strategic plan here at the John journalism. IS. and James L. Knight Foundation. As the Community Partners Program The plan suggests that the founda- has developed, we’ve seen the new advi- tion’s approach to grant making ought sory committees, steeped in the nuance to be as holistic as our emergency of local conditions, engaged in vigor- response was in Miami after 1992’s ous discussions of complex issues. Hurricane Andrew and in Grand Forks We’ve learned along with them that set- after the ’97 Red River flood. ting priorities is difficult. Their mem- Back then, my fellow trustees and I bers understand they cannot possibly heard and saw how such acts of nature have an impact on every community galvanized people and made them feel W. Gerald Austen, M.D. need and opportunity, certainly not more connected to their communities. with the limited resources of one foun- Following both catastrophes, Knight’s we’ve shared a heightened national dation. They have figured out they can trustees and staff responded to the sense that everything – late-night talk have their greatest impact by concen- communities’ needs and committed show hosts and major-league baseball trating on just a few highly specific significant funding and other resources. included – seems more serious, sober needs and by taking multiple approach- Behind such leaders as Miami’s Alvah and purposeful. America’s wartime cir- es to addressing them. As Maidenberg H. Chapman Jr. and Grand Forks’ Mike cumstances and economic recession points out in his article on page 14, Maidenberg, we found ourselves con- have made it absolutely clear that the Knight’s promise of partnership, re- necting to the energy and passion of stakes have been raised. Collectively, we search and resources has changed the communities working together to are determined to make our labors, our way people in the Grand Forks area rebuild, to transform themselves into time and our commitments more think about their region. something better than they were before meaningful than ever before. We shared many wonderful experi- the crisis. We concentrated on projects At Knight Foundation, a history of ences in 2001. In June, Knight Founda- that would sharpen the focus and responding to crises combines with a tion’s trustees concluded an 18-month heighten the impact of our grants. We strategic recommitment to our 26 observation of our 50th anniversary by joined with other