Funding search · EIN 043731829 · Philadelphia, PA

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

Name: The Lenfest Institute for Journalism grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

225
grants reported: $44.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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The Philadelphia Inquirer2 grants · $15.3M
Philadelphia Inquirer Pbc1 grant · $7.5M
Spotlight Pa3 grants · $3.4M
National Trust for Local News1 grant · $1.8M
American Press Institute1 grant · $1.6M
Temple University1 grant · $1.4M
Whyy3 grants · $919,022
Wurd Radio Llc3 grants · $505,000
Star Tribune Media Intermediate Holdings Company Ii1 grant · $500,000
Chicago Public Media1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$15.8M

2022

$13.6M

2023

$15.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 225 grants.

$7.8M
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fun… read allThe institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fund (a) high impact journalism, including work by its investigative team, spotlight pa and health coverage and (b) news technology and product improvements, including a grant for digital transformation acceleration, brand development, technology for audience growth, digital subscription process improvements, and other technology support. less
$7.5M
Philadelphia Inquirer Pbc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
The institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fun… read allThe institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fund (a) high impact journalism, including work by its investigative team, spotlight pa and health coverage and (b) news technology and product improvements, including a grant for digital transformation acceleration, brand development, technology for audience growth, digital subscription process improvements, and other technology support. less
$7.5M
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fun… read allThe institute is supporting the inquirers transition from a traditional printed newspaper to an economically sustainable, primarily digital, equitable news enterprise. A series of grants were made to the inquirer to fund (a) high impact journalism, including work by its investigative team, spotlight pa, health coverage and a series on the future of work in phialdelphia and (b) news technology and product improvements, including a grant for digital transformation acceleration, marketing cloud implementation, digital subscription process improvements, and other technology support, and (c) the implementation of diversity, equity and inlcusion strategies to enable the news organization to diversify its leadership and more equitably cover the philadelphia region. less
$2.9M
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
(s) = $2,866,861.54
$1.8M
National Trust for Local News · Denver, CO · 2022
(o) = $1,765,400.00
$1.6M
American Press Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
(d) = $1,650,000.00
$1.4M
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(a) = $152,000, (i) = $1,237,073.00
$693,859
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $85,000.00, (z) = $607,059.00, (aa) = $1,800.00
$510,000
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
(o) = $10,000, (s) = $500,000
$500,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
(g) = $500,000
$500,000
Newsday Llc · Melville, NY · 2024
(g) = $500,000
$500,000
Seattle Times Company · Seattle, WA · 2024
(g) = $500,000
$500,000
Star Tribune Media Intermediate Holdings Company Ii · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
(g) = $500,000
$475,000
Cambridge Artificial Intelligence · Wellesley, MA · 2024
(f) = $475,000
$325,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $130,000, (e) = $15,000, (m) = $100,000, (n) = $80,000
$311,500
Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(o) = $211,500, (p) = $100,000
$285,960
Lookout Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
(k) = $285,960.00
$280,000
Wurd Radio Llc · Chalfont, PA · 2023
(c) = $150,000, (x) = $105,000, (y) = $25,000
$276,625
The Haitian Times · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
(t) = $276,625
$237,000
Nueva Esperanza · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $75,000, (m) = $162,000
$219,000
Funtimes Magazine Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(i) = $119,000, (c) = $100,000
$195,000
Dorsey Media Llc · Atlanta, GA · 2022
(b) = $195,000.00
$171,650
Civic Capital Consulting · Yeadon, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000, (d) = $3,000, (h) = $38,650, (f) = $25,000, (g) = $5,000
$167,000
Philadelphia Tribune Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $150,000, (n) = $17,000
$160,556
Santa Cruz Local · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
(q) = $160,566.00
$150,000
Delaware Community Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2024
(l) = $150,000
$150,000
Schneps Philly · Little Neck, NY · 2023
(c) = $150,000
$150,000
Technically Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $150,000
$150,000
Trace Media · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
(c) = $150,000
$150,000
Rebuild Local News · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
(r) = $150,000.00
$125,000
Civic Capital Consulting · Yeadon, PA · 2024
(a) = $75,000, (j) = $50,000
$125,000
Wurd Radio Llc · Chalfont, PA · 2024
(a) = $125,000
$120,000
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $120,000
$120,000
Funtimes Magazine · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(j) = $100,000.00, (c) = $20,000.00
$120,000
Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $120,000.00
$107,500
Funtimes Magazine Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $60,000, (i) = $47,500
$105,163
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000, (w) = $5,162.56
$103,000
The Philadelphia Citizen · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000, (p) = $3,000
$100,000
Philadelphia Public Access Corporationphillycam · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(m) = $100,000
$100,000
African Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000
$100,000
Chestnut Hill Community Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000
$100,000
Love Now Media · Collegeville, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000
$100,000
Newspaper Media Group · Pennsauken, NJ · 2023
(c) = $100,000
$100,000
Philadelphia Gay Newsmasco Communications · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(c) = $100,000
$100,000
Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $100,000.00
$100,000
Wurd Radio Llc · Chalfont, PA · 2022
(c) = $100,000.00
$90,000
Culturetrust Philadalphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000, (e) = $30,000, (k) = $10,000
$90,000
Russellbrand Global Enterprise Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
(a) = $40,000, (j) = $50,000
$82,000
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
(t) = $82,000.00
$80,000
Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $80,000
$80,000
Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(u) = $80,000
$80,000
Al Dia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $80,000.00
$75,000
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $75,000
$75,000
New Mainstream Press · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
(a) = $75,000, (j) = $50,000
$75,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2024
(u) = $75,000
$75,000
Media Impact Funders · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(l) = $75,000
$75,000
Nueva Esperanza · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $75,000.00
$75,000
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2022
(s) = $75,000.00
$70,000
Indonesian Lantern Media Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $20,000, (j) = $50,000
$70,000
Philadelphia Tribune Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $70,000
$70,000
Red Flag Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $70,000
$70,000
The Philadelphia Citizen · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $70,000
$70,000
Philadelphia Tribune Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $70,000.00
$70,000
Technically Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $30,000.00, (w) = $40,000.00
$60,000
Masco Communications · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $60,000
$60,000
Trace Media · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
(a) = $60,000
$57,000
Tiny News Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
(a) = $57,000
$55,000
The Committee of Seventy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $55,000.00
$50,000
Big Picture Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Cmpradio Foundation · Chester, PA · 2024
(j) = $50,000
$50,000
Congreso De Latinos Unidos · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $50,000
$50,000
Dayonenotdaytwo · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Iheartmedia Entertainment · El Dorado Hilla, CA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Love Now Media · Collegeville, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Orange International Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Technically Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
The Philadelphia Hall Monitor Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
We Talk Weekly Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $50,000
$50,000
Phila Assoc of Black Journalists · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(m) = $50,000
$50,000
Scalawag · Durham, NC · 2022
(u) = $50,000.00
$50,000
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
(v) = $50,000.00
$47,300
Code Black Media · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
(p) = $47,300.00
$45,000
New Mainstream Press · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
(c) = $45,000.00
$44,500
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $44,500.00
$43,600
Delaware Community Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
(g) = $43,600.00
$40,940
We Talk Weekly Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $20,000.00, (f) = $20,940.00
$40,000
2puntos Platform · Delanco, NJ · 2024
(a) = $40,000
$40,000
Our Bible App · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $40,000
$40,000
Welcome America · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $40,000
$40,000
The Philadelphia Citizen · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
(c) = $40,000.00
$31,200
Russellbrand Global Enterprise Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
(f) = $25,000, (g) = $5,000, (q) = $1,200
$30,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $30,000
$30,000
Centro Integral De La Mujer Tierra · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $30,000
$30,000
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $30,000
$30,000
Next City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(a) = $30,000
$30,000
Why Not Prosper · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
(e) = $30,000
$30,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(f) = $17,500, (d) = $7,500, (g) = $5,000
$30,000
Orange International Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
(f) = $25,000, (g) = $5,000

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.