The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Brook J. Lenfest in 2000. It is dedicated to making people aware of positive life choices and providing support and opportunities for those motivated to pursue them. Its grants focus mainly on education, job training and mentoring programs.
The Philadelphia Foundation provides administrative and management support services for the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation. We receive grant applications and distribute grants approved by the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Board of Directors.
Those with programs operating in the Greater Philadelphia region, with an emphasis on Philadelphia.
The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation is primarily interested in education and job training programs that successfully prepare participants to earn at least a lower middle-class, family sustaining income over the course of their working lifetimes. Preference will be given to organizations and programs with well documented positive outcomes.
Applications will be available the week of August 8, 2022.
For those organizations that have not previously received support from The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation, submit a letter of inquiry.
Letters of Inquiry requirements are available here and are due by September 1, 2022.
For those organizations that have previously received support from The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation and those that have have been invited to apply following a review of a letter of inquiry, please complete the application.
A program staff member will reach out to you to discuss next steps.
Once the grant period is completed, organizations are required to submit a one page narrative report detailing how the funds were used and the impact the grant has had.
Questions? Contact grantmakingservices@philafound.org
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