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H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest | 1930-2018
Monday, August 6, 2018
Gerry Lenfest, regional leader and philanthropist, dies at the age 88.
Gerry Lenfest, regional leader and philanthropist, dies at the age 88.
Nov. 15 is National Philanthropy Day, a day when people around the country are invited to reflect and celebrate charitable acts — both financial gifts and acts of service for the benefit of others. I thought it only appropriate to acknowledge and celebrate the spirit of Gerry Lenfest on this day.
As tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were being distributed for emergency COVID-19 response in this region, the William Penn and Lenfest Foundations funded Philanthropy Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to gather and examine data about the relief grantmaking.