Illinois · Private foundation
Efaw Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Efaw Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $32k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $27k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $23k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $13k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $16k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifelong Access | $22,520 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Inc | $3,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Miller Park Zoological Society | $2,375 | 5 | 0% |
| McLean County Arts Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Tri-Valley Education Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifelong Access | $22,520 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Inc | $3,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Miller Park Zoological Society | $2,375 | 5 | 0% |
| McLean County Arts Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Tri-Valley Education Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Beyond the Books Educational Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Efaw Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Efaw Family Foundation
- How much does Efaw Family Foundation give?
- Efaw Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $31,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Efaw Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (70%), Human Services (19%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Efaw Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Heartland Community College Foundation ($25k), Lifelong Access ($23k), Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Efaw Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Efaw Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Efaw Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Snyder Family Foundation Nfp, Charities Aid Foundation America, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Efaw Family Foundation based?
- Efaw Family Foundation is based in IL.
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