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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$32kCivil Rights$21kEnvironment$21kInternational$19kHuman Services$17kHealth$8kArts & Culture$8kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
PENFAULKNER FOUNDATION$2,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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. Its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
VA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +23% for those 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
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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…

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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…

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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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; 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.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Efrein Foundation Inc Co Fettmann Ginsburg PC. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's 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, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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