We're helping people build real capacity for real life
TEFI advances trauma-informed research and tools that support executive functioning, regulation, and daily life across health, care, and community systems. Get involvedLearn about our missionResearch with integrity
TEFI is a nonprofit research institute focused on trauma, executive functioning, and daily capacity. We study how stress, health, and lived environments shape real-world functioning, and we build tools and systems that help people and providers navigate life with more clarity and support.
What we're building right now
Our first initiative is FunctionalMe, a capacity-tracking app designed to help adults better understand their executive functioning in daily life. At the same time, it allows us to begin building ethical, consent-based datasets that will inform future research, tools, and systems-level work.
FunctionalMe is currently in early testing, and it will grow alongside TEFI’s research program.
Meet the team
TEFI is led by a small founding board with experience across research, finance, and technology. Together, we’re building the infrastructure for long-term, ethical work at the intersection of trauma, executive functioning, and public health.
Join our mission
TEFI is growing through community, collaboration, and shared care. There are several ways to take part:
- Participate in user testing
- Become a research partner
- Join our board or advisory board
- Pledge a future donation
- Share your lived experience
