The purpose of this study is to clarify the activities of nonprofits that are located in the 26 communities in which the Knight Foundation makes grants. The information on programs and services from the 1998 and 1999 IRS Forms 990 filed annually by the nonprofits, as collected by the National Center for Charitable Statistics, has been classified using the Nonprofit Program Classification (NPC) system. When added to their organizational purposes, the classified programs and activities of nonprofits provide a deeper and more detailed description of what they do in local communities.