Our Work

The Lenfest Institute works to strengthen local news in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and around the United States.

Our local and national programs

The Lenfest Institute provides grant funding, runs training programs, and synthesizes best practices to develop and disseminate sustainable solutions for local news providers.

Philadelphia & Pennsylvania

National

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Indah Nuritasari, the CEO of the Indonesian Lantern, and a member of the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange. (Photo by Zamani Feelings)

Grants

The Lenfest Institute funds projects that align with our mission in the Philadelphia Media Ecosystem and across the United States.

Apply for a grant

The Lenfest Institute welcomes applications to open grant opportunities when they are available. All applications are reviewed by a staff grants committee, which recommends grants for approval, either to the Institute’s senior management or to its Board of Managers, depending on the size of the grant and funding sources.

Grant Policies

Grantees

Learn more about the organizations and individuals The Lenfest Institute has previously supported.

Grants

Eric Marsh, Sr., the manager of Community & Engagement for WHYY, overseeing the daily operation of N.I.C.E. (News & Information Community Exchange), a mutual-aid journalism collaborative that organizes, supports, and develops hyper-local, grassroots content creators who provide news and information content to underserved communities across the Delaware Valley. N.I.C.E. is supported by the Knight-Lenfest Fund. (Photo by Zamani Feelings)

Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund

With a focus on sustainability and equity, The Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund is designed to strengthen local journalism at scale, by supporting journalistic excellence and serving the information needs of communities. The Knight-Lenfest Fund collaborates with news organizations, leaders and communities to grow capacity and meet journalism’s technology, business, and audience realities of the future. It believes that journalism is at its best when it is of service. The Knight-Lenfest Fund is a joint venture of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism.