Meet Extended Family International

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EFI selects new families

Extended Family International has selected two more partner families: the Anwars and the Jalals. Both projects are located in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. To learn more about our new families, please click here.

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EFI’s inaugural family moves into new home

Extended Family International completed raising the funds necessary to fulfill the Mahmouds’ loan request during the fall of 2009. The family is now living in the completed interior of their new home as they put the finishing touches on the exterior. To learn more, please click here or pay a visit to our blog.



Extended Family International (EFI) enables families in need to improve their living conditions. Our organization provides families residing in substandard housing around the world with no-interest loans, allowing them to obtain adequate shelter. We believe all people deserve sufficient shelter and a place to call home.



EFI was granted a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt status by the IRS in August 2009. This is just one of the many milestones EFI has reached since the group was conceptualized at the end of 2008. We became registered as a nonprofit organization in January 2009. Click here to view documentation of our nonprofit registration and our tax-exempt status. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has helped our organization navigate this journey thus far and are looking forward to the road ahead.