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Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008

Chicago, IL · EIN 13-3741659. Reported 83 grants totalling $4,301,000 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$4,301,000granted, 2021-2024
45organizations funded
57%of grantees funded again the next year
$29.6Massets, latest filing

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. Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $40,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $120,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
27 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
40 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Friends of Animals IncDarien, CT$375,000442024
Humane Society of the United StatesWashington, DC$375,000442024
BideaweeNew York, NY$300,000442024
NatureserveArlington, VA$275,000442024
Blackfoot ChallengeOvando, MT$195,000442024
Conservation Law FoundationBoston, MA$175,000332024
Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition IncBrooklyn, NY$150,000332024
Wild Earth AlliesChevy Chase, MD$150,000332024
World Wildlife Fund IncWashington DC, WA$150,000332024
Indiana Forest Alliance IncIndianapolis, IN$140,000332024
Dogs Trust USANew York, NY$125,000222022
Endangered Species Protection Agency FoundationSan Diego, CA$120,000332023
Fauna and Flora International IncWashington, DC$120,000332024
Panthera CorporationNew York, NY$120,000112022
Oikonos-Ecosystem KnowledgeKailua, HI$105,000222024
Alliance for Contraception in Cats and DogsPortland, OR$100,000442024
Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, WA$100,000222023
University of Idaho Foundation IncMoscow, ID$90,000222022
Physicians Committee for Responsible MedicineWashington, DC$80,000112023
American Bird ConservancyThe Plains, VA$75,000112021
National Wildlife FederationReston, VA$75,000112021
North Shore Animal League America IncPort Washington, NY$75,000112021
SPCA of Westchester IncBriarcliff Manor, NY$75,000112022
Wildlife Conservation SocietyBronx, NY$75,000112023
Farm SanctuaryWatkins Glen, NY$60,000112021
International Crane FoundationBaraboo, WI$50,000222024
Iucn US a ComprehensiveWashington DC, WA$50,000112021
Oceans InitiativeSeattle, WA$50,000112023
Pets Are Wonderful Support (paws Ny)New York, NY$50,000112024
The Animal Medical CenterNew York, NY$50,000112022
African People and Wildlife FundBernardsville, NJ$40,000112024
Animal Legal Defense FundCotati, CA$40,000112023
Urban Resource InstituteNew York, NY$40,000112023
Wildaid IncSan Francisco, CA$35,000112022
Chapel and York FoundationNew York, NY$30,000112021
International Snow Leopard FundSeattle, WA$30,000112024
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USANew York, NY$30,000112022
Animal Care Centers of NycStaten Island, NY$25,000112024
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, WA$20,000112024
Nyc Audubon American Oystercatcher Trail CameraNew York, NY$20,000112021
Pan African Sanctuary AlliancePortland, OR$20,000112023
FaunalyticsOlympia, WA$15,000112023
International Union for ConservationWashington, DC$12,000112024
Ama Animal RescueBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Animal GrantmakersOakland, CA$4,000222022

19 of 45 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
30 grants
Environment
17 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Science & Technology
3 grants
Education
2 grants
Human Services
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202120$1,107,000$50,000
202221$1,202,000$50,000
202321$1,100,000$50,000
202421$892,000$40,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 29% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$1.2M
District of Columbia
$587K
Virginia
$425K
Washington
$415K
Connecticut
$375K
California
$199K
Montana
$195K
Massachusetts
$175K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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 13-3741659 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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