Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Effenesse Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2022
- 4
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $794,543
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $2,149,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 35
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $1k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Effenesse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $3.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $2.2M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $1.7M | 69% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $563k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
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, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $1,985,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boyertown Area Multi-Service Inc | $48,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boyertown Community Library | $26,250 | 3 | 3% |
| Feeding America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boyertown Lions Community Ambulance Service Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Effenesse 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: Gabelsville Athletic Association Inc · Pottstown Regional Community Foundation Fka Pottstown Area Health and Wellness · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Effenesse Foundation
- How much does The Effenesse Foundation give?
- The Effenesse Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $2,955,032 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does The Effenesse Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Health (27%), Environment (1%).
- Who are The Effenesse Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($2.0M), Boyertown Area Multi-Service Inc ($48k), Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust ($30k).
- Does The Effenesse Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Effenesse 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 The Effenesse Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gabelsville Athletic Association Inc, Pottstown Regional Community Foundation Fka Pottstown Area Health and Wellness, Berks County Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Effenesse Foundation based?
- The Effenesse Foundation is based in PA.
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