Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation is a venture capital firm in Florida that focuses on quality journalism, advance media innovation, and engaged communities. Founded 1950 in Miami, Florida, United States by James L. Knight, John S. Knight, and Alberto Ibarguen, it invests in early stage ventures and grants. Its portfolio companies include Salt Lake Tribune. As of May 2020, Knight Foundation has invested in Salt Lake Tribune on November 4, 2019. This investment in the grant of Salt Lake Tribune was valued at $250K. Salt Lake Tribune is a newspaper and website in Salt Lake City, Utah, providing everything from news, weather and traffic to sports and more.

The legacy of two brothers who created the largest US newspaper company, Knight has invested $200M+ in media innovation. Portfolio companies benefit from Knight's large network of media, educational, non-profit partners and community relationships in 26 cities.