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Privacy and Other Web Site Policies

Contact Information

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    200 South Biscayne Blvd.,
    Miami, Fla. 33131-2349

Telephone

  • (305) 908-2600 (main)
  • (305) 908-2622 (webmaster)

Ownership

  • The foundation is a private, non-profit company registered in the state of Florida. Request an IRS Form 990-PF by calling our accounting department at (305) 908-2613.
  • Trustees and officers are identified on the web site.

Purpose

The purpose of the web site is to inform the public about the programs of the foundation, to help shine light on the operations of our active grantees, and to present information to inform future grant applicants.

Copyright

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Advertising

The web site carries no advertising. There are no paid sponsorships. The 'search' function on this web site does not include any advertising content. The foundation does not receive any payment or compensation for publishing any content or link.

Fees

The use of the web site is free for non-commercial use.

Corrections

If you are aware of incorrect information on this web site, please send all related information, including a link to the page, to the webmaster (web@knightfoundation.org).

Privacy Policy and Information Sharing

  • As a result of grant requests and other correspondence with Knight Foundation, we keep non-financial contact information such as your e-mail address and postal address in a database used by employees, and some contractors and non-profit partners.
  • We collect e-mail and postal addresses from a variety of sources including partner organizations and public records lists. We sometimes share information with our grant partners when it's related to the content of a program or project and we think you'll be interested in the material.
  • We will not share any part of your information with any for-profit or commercial organizations.Your e-mail and postal address may be shared with other non-profit organzations.
  • We will honor your request to stop sending you publications or e-mail newsletters, and this will not affect your grant-related communications. Please e-mail publications@knightfdn.org or web@knightfdn.org with such requests.

'Cookies'

Our web server places a small data file on your computer called a 'cookie.' This cookie helps us improve the web site's performance by knowing what kind of browser and computer you are using during your visit.

  • The cookie contains no personal information and is not readable during your visits to other web sites.
  • No personally information about you other than your computer type and the fact that you visited is being saved in the cookie.

Browsers

This site performs best with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 and higher. If you have disabled JavaScript, you may have difficulty with the dynamic menus.

By the way

A Knight Foundation grant funded Consumers Union in 2002 to establish Consumer Web Watch .