Through their focus on informed and engaged communities and media innovation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a strong partner and a valued funder of Smart Chicago.
Here's a look at support to date:
KCIC Deep Dive
The Knight Foundation funded the Community Information Deep Dive initiative in February 2014. These funds have supported the CUTGroup, On The Table, and three books that pave the way for practicing true community technology:
mRelief Launches at Y-Combinator Demo Day
Smart Chicago partner mRelief launched a new tool to make public assistance more accessible. See more here on Tech Crunch. Here’s ...
The Launch of the CUTGroup Collective
Today, three years after we started the CUTGroup, we are announcing a new initiative called the CUTGroup Collective where we will ...
Launch: Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech: Meeting people where they are.
Today marks the publication of a new book by Laurenellen McCann: Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech: Meeting people ...
Launch: The @CivicWhitaker Anthology
Today marks the publication of The @CivicWhitaker Anthology: Three years of organizing, writing, and documenting in Chicago civic tech at the ...
Smart Chicago at the Knight Media Learning Summit
Smart Chicago’s Dan O’Neil, Demond Drummer, and Laurenellen McCann attended the Knight Media Learning Summit in Miami. The event is ...
#onthetable2014 Live at 1871
Smart Chicago Collaborative will be hosting a lunch as part of On the Table on Monday, May 12, 2014 from 12:00 – 2:00 ...
Foodborne Chicago
In January, 2014 the Knight Foundation gave our partner Joe Olson a prototype grant to develop communication strategies to engage with targeted communities through Foodborne Chicago. Smart Chicago administers that grant and also took part in the work. Here's more details:
Foodborne Chicago is a Top 25 Innovation in Government
Today our product, Foodborne Chicago, was recognized by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Here’s their writeup: FoodBorne Chicago ...
CUTGroup #9 – Foodborne Chicago
We conducted our ninth Civic User Testing Group as a part of a grant from the John S. and James ...
The Minds Behind Foodborne Chicago
Here’s a story in today’s Chicago Tribune about the Foodborne Chicago project (larger snip below). On the About page of the ...
Civic Works, June 2012
Knight Foundation, along with our community foundation sponsor, The Chicago Community Trust, funded the Kick-Starting Civic Innovation grant in June 2012. This grant formed the foundation of our CivicWorks project. These funds supported a total of twelve initiatives. Read more here:
Textizen
Textizen is a web platform that sends, receives, and analyzes text messages so you can reach the people you serve with the ...
Roll With Me
Roll With Me is a website by Mohammad Ouyoun that gives transit directions for the those who use wheelchairs. Smart Chicago provided ...
LocalWiki
Smart Chicago seeded the Chicago version of LocalWiki in partnership with the Chicago Public Library in an effort to feature local ...
LocalData + SWOP
The LocalData + SWOP project is part of Smart Chicago’s effort to help bridge technology gaps in high capacity organizations ...
Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Overview The Illinois Open Technology Challenge to bring governments, developers, and communities together in a common mission to use public data and create ...
Foodborne Chicago
Foodborne Chicago is a website that connects people who complain about food poisoning on Twitter to the people who can ...
Crime and Punishment in Chicago
Overview The Crime and Punishment in Chicago project provides an index of data sources regarding the criminal justice system in ...
Cook County Tweets
One of the goals of the Civic Works Projects is to create more awareness of the information needs and solutions of diverse ...
Convicted in Cook
Convicted in Cook is a project that analyzes five years worth of conviction data received through the Office of the Chief ...
Chicago Public Media
Chicago Public Media is a public media institution deeply invested in the civic life and health of the community they serve. We ...
Chicago Defender Charities
The Mission of Chicago Defender Charities, Inc. is to improve the quality of life for African Americans through educational, cultural ...
Affordable Care Act Outreach App
The Affordable Care Act Outreach App is a text-based tool we created to make it easier for Navigators from our partner LISC-Chicago to ...
