Chase is the founder and Board Chair of North10, Philadelphia, an organization committed to improving life outcomes for the community members of Hunting Park and East Tioga neighborhoods through its four strategic pillars of education, economic development, housing, and wellness.

Contact: Josh Klaris, Executive Director | 215.908.9000 | info@north10phl.org |
north10phl.org
3890 North 10th Street Philadelphia, PA 19140

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Chase’s place-based mission began in 2008 with his building of the Lenfest Center. The 52,000 square-foot Lenfest Center was designed as a safe and welcoming community-focused hub offering year-round recreational, educational, and other resources for neighborhood children and adults to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

 

The Lenfest Center became the cornerstone of a comprehensive vision to revitalize the Hunting Park and East Tioga sections of North Philadelphia, just east of Broad Street.North10, Philadelphia was established in 2018 as a parent organization of the Lenfest Center to deepen and expand its impact into the neighborhoods it serves.

 

North10 operates the Lenfest Center as an agent for collaborative neighborhood engagement and advocacy. Committed to the principle that residents must shape their own future, it aims to foster thoughtful, strategic, resident-driven renewal, with the goal of becoming a model for community transformation that can be replicated in other neighborhoods and cities.

 

“Working with Chase Lenfest and North10 is a unique opportunity to address the long-standing challenges embedded in an under-resourced community in a holistic and authentically collaborative way. Chase has the both determination and patience to see that North10’s work is planned and carried out with members of the community in order to create sustainable improvements for residents and long-term civic engagement.” – Josh Klaris

 

“After running successful youth programs at the Lenfest Center for many years, I started realizing that we have to do more to address the other factors affecting the wellbeing of community members. I use the analogy of driving a car with one good tire but the others are flat; housing is a problem, there’s trauma, lack of access to healthy foods. I thought, what long-term benefit am I really doing for these kids if I don’t tackle the other areas of concern and do it in a more holistic way?  It is such a privilege to give these deserving children the attention and opportunities they deserve and to begin expanding the work of the organization to address other pressing needs of the community.”- Chase Lenfest

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The H.Chase Lenfest Foundation

Contact: Kirstin Bosch, Chief Operating Officer | 610.994.9742 | kirstin.bosch@lenfest.com |
676 East Swedesford Road, Suite 350B Wayne, PA 19087

Chase Lenfest is the President of the H. Chase Lenfest Foundation, Inc. The Foundation began operations in 2002 and provides financial support for programs intended to grow his mission in the Philadelphia area.