Knight Foundation Plays The Challenge Grant Card

June 2, 2013 @ 11:11 am By Turnstyle

It always surprises me when people seem agog at the very concept of crowdfunding. It is as if that individual has never watched Sesame Street or heard of NPR.

At it’s heart the crowdfunding model is a twist on the public media one. Heck, you might even wind up with a tote bag.

There’s one component of the public media model that tends not to show up all that often: challenge and match grants. These are the parts of pledge drives where an donor–usually an institution–sets up a goal and promises to kick in a set amount of cash if that goal is reached.

This is what the Knight Foundation–one of the pillars of journalism–is now bringing to Kickstarter.

Reg A - Form 1-A Filings Beta

Beta. Initial Form 1-A only. Target raise is the stated Amount to be Raised, totaled. Compared with the same dates one year earlier.

YTD: Jan 1, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026 vs Jan 1, 2025 - Nov 4, 2025

Number of Filings134Prior 129 +3.9%

Target Raise, Total$3.45BPrior $3.59B -3.8%

	This YTD	Year prior	Change
Filings	134	129	+3.9%
Target raise	$3.45B	$3.59B	-3.8%

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Source: DisclosureQuest. Initial Form 1-A only.

Created by Crowded Media Group

This display counts initial Form 1-A filings only. It does not represent subsequent filings, including Form 1-A/A amendments or Form 1-A POS post-qualification updates filed by the issuer. Amounts are the stated Amount to be Raised on the initial filing, not capital raised and not amounts revised in later filings.

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