Thanks to NCG, northern California grantmakers get a generous dose of social enterprise inspiration.

Figuring out what makes great nonprofits great is a seemingly impossible task—it’s like asking “what makes a good person good?” The unsatisfactory answer is that you kind of know—through experience, reputation, and recommendation.

The more satisfactory answer is that you should buy and read Forces for Good.

The Knight Foundation today announced the award winners of its innovation prize, The News Challenge. I’ve been following the challenge and was very curious to see who they would ultimately fund—the list of folks is downright impressive.

What do I like about what the good folks at Knight did?