The Efm Foundation
Newtown Square, PA · EIN 20-6967970. Reported 236 grants totalling $4,395,666 to 121 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Efm Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $77,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Home | Philadelphia, PA | $282,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Our House Ministries | Philadelphia, PA | $168,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mercy Hospice | Philadelphia, PA | $162,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | $140,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hands Together | Springfield, MA | $112,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hopeful Horizons | Beaufort, SC | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Pugs Foundation | Audubon, NJ | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Catholic Partnership Schools | Camden, NJ | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Camden Catholic High School | Cherry Hill, NJ | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Dorothy Parish | Drexel Hill, PA | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mothers Home | Darby, PA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gesu School | Mount Laurel, NJ | $80,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Independence Mission Schools | Philadelhphia, PA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cure Childhood Cancer | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint Johns Hospice | Philadelphia, PA | $72,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $65,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Total Experience Foundation | Haddonfield, NJ | $55,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gesu School | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Saint John Hospice | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph's University | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Katherine Drexel Church | Chester, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | West Norriton, PA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint Joseph's Preparatory School | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint John's Hospice | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Josephs Preparatory School | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spring Island Trust | Okatie, SC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Womens's Auxiliary of St Edmonds Home | Bryn Mawr, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children Health Defense | Fair Lawn, NJ | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ican | Houston, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Johns Hospice | Philadelphia, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Providence Center | Philadelphia, PA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open House Ministries | Philadelphia, PA | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women of Hope-Vine | Philadelphia, PA | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Lowcountry | Blufton, SC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Challenge Aspen | Snowmass Village, CO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Little Sistersof the Poorholy Family Home | Philadelhipa, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Land Trust | Beaufort, SC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rosemont College | Bryn Mawr, PA | $36,666 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint Josephs University | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint Dorothy Parish | Drexel Hill, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Society of the Holy Child Jesus American Province | Rosemont, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blessed Virgin Mary Church | Darby, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Team Ministries | Media, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope Partnership | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Thomas of Villanova Parish | Bryn Mawr, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Society of the Holy Child Jesus American | Rosemont, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tunnels to Tower Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Health Defense | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Informed Consent Action Network | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Merion Mercy Academy | Merion Station, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mindrulness Through Movement | Wayne, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish | Bryn Mawr, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Philabudance | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Home-Scared Heart Recovery Residence | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Joseph's Preparaory School | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Josephs Univerisity | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women of Hope | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Damien Parish | Ocean City, NJ | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Augustinian Missions | Villanova, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Blufton, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton | Blufton, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Team | Media, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Minfulness Through Movement | Wayne, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mindfulness Through Movement | Wayne, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Judes Children Reseaech Hospital | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Joseph's Univeristy | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Judes Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stdamien Parish | Ocean City, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dickinson College | Carilise, PA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Dorothy Parish Rectory | Drexel Hill, PA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cristo Rey High School | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caron Treatment Center | Wernersville, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prevention Point | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Dorothy Parish Rectory | Drexel Hill, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Katharine Drexel Church | Chester, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Succession Golf Club | Beaufort, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Partnership for Educatio | Philadelphia, PA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzeheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Augustian Fund | Villanova, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Augustinian Missionsns | Villanova, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Btsadv | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blessed Virgin Mary Chuirch | Darby, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry | Bluffton, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dickson College | Carlisle, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fitness in Recovery | Narbeth, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iniv Pf Richmond-Ken Hart Scholarship | Univ of Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Independent Mission Schools | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship | Bromall, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kinney Center for Autism | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kinney Center of Autism | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leveen Roach Scholarship | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Le Veen Roach Scholarship Fund | Augusta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leven-Roach Scholardhip Fund | Augusta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Levine Roach Scholarship | Augusta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Logan Hope | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Merion Mercy Adademy | Merion Station, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Neumann& Goretti Catholic High School | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| SR Damien Parish | Ocean City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Nursing & Rehab Cener | Philadelhpia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Judes Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saiint Katherine Drexel Food Pantry & Clothing Cupboard | Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Josephs Univeristy | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Mary Magadlen Parish | Media, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Nueman & Goretti Catholic High School | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Secession Golf Club | Beaufort, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Speak Up | Devon, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Katherine Drexel Church Food Pantry &clothing Cupboard | Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Thomad of Villanova | Bryn Mawr, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Leveen-Roach Scholarship Fund | Augusta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Univeristy of Richmond | Univeristy of Ridhmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Richmond | University of Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visitation Homes | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gesu | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
49 of 121 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Holy Family Home
General Operating Expense - Saint John Hospice
general operating expenses - Womens's Auxiliary of St Edmonds Home
In memory of Marie Dooner - Saint Johns Hospice
General Operating Expenes - Open House Ministries
Support where needed most - Mercy Hospice
suppor residental day programs
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 92 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $951,666 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $841,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $792,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $884,000 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 52 | $927,000 | $15,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
66% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Efm Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 467, Newtown Square, PA, 19073. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 20-6967970 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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