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The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC

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.

$59k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 42% of THE EFREIN FOUNDATION INC CO FETTMANN GINSBURG PC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k13 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$157k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAMU 885$31,256
JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$3,500
MAYO CLINIC$2,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$2,500
PENFAULKNER FOUNDATION$2,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN$2,000
WETA$2,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$2,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$1,200
CONSUMER REPORTS$1,099
POWER HALL OF FAME$1,000
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL$457
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CENTREVILLE IMMIGRATION FORUM: $300 → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
VA
MD
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$117k · 18 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +87% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$117k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+23%

Still filing today

56%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’23
EnvironmentEducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +26%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $17k · revenue +98%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    5× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • FH
    FREEDOM HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +74%
  • S
    SIDWELL
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -28%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
3
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
4
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
5
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
6
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

7
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

8
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
9
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

12
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated and the most unlike its peers is Centreville Immigration Forum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 56 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%50%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%4%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%65%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/20
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,545

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $17,000 · OtherJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCYAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION — $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL — $7,457 · OtherAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCILTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $5,075 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN — $4,000 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANNPEN FAULKNER FOUNDATION — $2,500 · OtherMAYO CLINIC — $2,500 · Other+14 more — $16,269 · Other+14 moreAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $31,856 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY+1 more — $500 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $16,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…FREEDOM HOUSE — $2,500 · InternationalFREEDOM HOUSEENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $12,100 · EnvironmentENVIRONMEN…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $1,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILD…+1 more — $100 · EnvironmentLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER — $5,060 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $3,866 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE — $1,000 · Arts & CultureBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,500 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $1,200 · Health
Other$62,801Education$32,356International$19,000Environment$13,200Youth Development$5,060Arts & Culture$4,866Health$2,700

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $31,856 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $12,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $5,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER — $5,060 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC — $3,866 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPEN FAULKNER FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC — $1,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC — $1,099 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

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    How do I get to The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC?

    Find your warmest path to The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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