The examples below come from recent grants and illustrate the kinds of support Knox prefers to provide:
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford -- materials for Family Literacy Project
Hartford Communities that Care -- anti-violence program
Channel 3 Kids Camp -- hands-on garden
Salvation Army Senior Center in Hartford -- new exercise equipment
LEVAS -- 14th Annual Gospel Festival and Fair
Lost Found School of Thought -- van to transport clients
Capital Classics Theater Company -- Shakespeare workshop for middle school students
Hartford Food System -- seeds and field supplies for Grow Hartford project
Institute for Community Research -- exhibit: Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa
HARC -- transportation for disabled teens
Mark Twain House & Museum -- free Twain at Twilight concert series
Oak Hill -- scholarships to summer camp at Harkness
Artists Collective -- Yaboo-Rite of Passage program
Capitol Child Development Center -- two computers for the classrooms
Mayor Mike Peters Little League -- equipment, insurance, uniforms and awards
Center for Urban Research, Education and Training, Inc. -- tutorial mentoring and enrichment
4-H Farm Resource Center -- transportation of Hartford students
Hartbeat Ensemble -- fourth series of free Plays in the Parks
The Hartford Jazz Society -- education program for Jazz at the Atheneum Series
Leadership Greater Hartford/High Hopes Achievement Program -- transportation and food for college tours
Footlights Center for the Performing Arts -- build-out and move to new teaching space
Journey Home, Inc. -- computer for a campaign to end homelessness
Interdenominational Conference of Liberation Congregations & Ministries -- part-time mental health counselor for Zezzo House
Hartford Chorale -- vocal workshops, internships and free student tickets
Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation -- landscaping for homeless facilities
Covenant to Care for Children -- beds, cribs and household items for low income families