Knight Foundation Leader Leaves Artistic Philanthropic Legacy
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Alberto Ibargüen, who became the president of the Knight Foundation in 2005, has added the arts as an increasingly prominent part of its funding mix, committing $466 million to the arts since he joined. Ibargüen has just announced his retirement, with a successor to be named by Knight’s board of trustees in about six months. He spoke with The New York Times about the transformational power of the arts and why the Knight brothers absolutely would have approved of funding those punk rock shows.
- He Brought an Artistic Flair to the Knight Foundation’s Philanthropy The New York Times
- Knight Foundation Leader to Retire, Leaving a Powerful Legacy The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Knight Foundation leader to retire, leaving powerful legacy WHIO
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