Local News Solutions
The Lenfest Institute provides free tools and resources for local journalism leaders to develop sustainable strategies to serve their communities.
Find Your News SolutionThe Lenfest Institute works to strengthen local news in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and around the United States.
The Lenfest Institute provides grant funding, runs training programs, and synthesizes best practices to develop and disseminate sustainable solutions for local news providers.
The Lenfest Institute supports a sustainable local journalism ecosystem that can catalyze a more transparent, connected, and equitable Philadelphia by linking residents to their neighbors, to news organizations, and to other information resources that allow them to flourish. In addition to serving as the non-controlling, nonprofit owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Institute supports dozens of news organizations across the city through grantmaking and training.
In 2019, the Institute launched Spotlight PA to provide high-quality investigative and accountability reporting for the benefit of all Pennsylvanians.
The Lenfest Institute supports organizations across the United States to help them build sustainable business models and serve their communities with reliable journalism. The Institute is also home to four communities of practice, which bring together journalism professionals to develop expertise, share best practices, and solve community challenges.
The Lenfest Institute funds projects that align with our mission in the Philadelphia Media Ecosystem and across the United States.
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 Grant PoliciesLearn more about the organizations and individuals The Lenfest Institute has previously supported.
Grants GrantsWith 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.
Learn more about the Fund and its granteesThe Lenfest Institute provides free tools and resources for local journalism leaders to develop sustainable strategies to serve their communities.
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