New Jersey · Private foundation
The E J Scharpf Foundation
- $390k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The E J Scharpf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 14 | $230k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $420k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $571k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $626k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $385k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $334k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $280k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $291k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle Academy | $917,400 | 9 | n/a |
| Saint Francis University | $761,520 | 5 | 0% |
| Academy in Manayunk | $285,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sustainable Health Enterprises Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Haverford School | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($842k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The E J Scharpf 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: Scharpf Family Foundation Inc Eric Scharpf · Tides Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The E J Scharpf Foundation
- How much does The E J Scharpf Foundation give?
- The E J Scharpf Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $390,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The E J Scharpf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Health (6%).
- Who are The E J Scharpf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: La Salle Academy ($917k), Saint Francis University ($762k), Academy in Manayunk ($285k).
- Does The E J Scharpf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The E J Scharpf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Scharpf Family Foundation Inc Eric Scharpf, Tides Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The E J Scharpf Foundation based?
- The E J Scharpf Foundation is based in NJ.
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