Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008
Chicago, IL · EIN 13-3741659. Reported 104 grants totalling $5,276,000 to 51 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. 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Animals Inc | Darien, CT | $450,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bideawee | New York, NY | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Natureserve | Arlington, VA | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blackfoot Challenge | Ovando, MT | $245,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wild Earth Allies | Chevy Chase, MD | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fauna and Flora International Inc | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oikonos-Ecosystem Knowledge | Kailua, HI | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington DC, WA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indiana Forest Alliance Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs | Portland, OR | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dogs Trust USA | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | Port Washington, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Endangered Species Protection Agency Foundation | San Diego, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Panthera Corporation | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pets Are Wonderful Support (paws Ny) | New York, NY | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Idaho Foundation Inc | Moscow, ID | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| African People and Wildlife Fund | Bernardsville, NJ | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Resource Institute | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane World for Animals Inc (formerly Humane Society of the Us) | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SPCA of Westchester Inc | Briarcliff Manor, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farm Sanctuary | Watkins Glen, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Snow Leopard Fund | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bat Conservation International Inc | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Crane Foundation | Baraboo, WI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iucn US a Comprehensive | Washington DC, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oceans Initiative | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Life Foundation USA | Ridgefield, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pan African Sanctuary Alliance | Portland, OR | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Point Reyes Birdobservatory Dba Point Bl | Petaluma, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wildaid Inc | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chapel and York Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Animal Care Centers of Nyc | Staten Island, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nyc Audubon American Oystercatcher Trail Camera | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Alliance Inc | Gloucester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Faunalytics | Olympia, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Union for Conservation | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ama Animal Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Grantmakers | Oakland, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
26 of 51 (51%) 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 55%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 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 | 20 | $1,107,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $1,202,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $1,100,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $892,000 | $40,000 |
| 2025 | 21 | $975,000 | $50,000 |
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
30% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $50,000. 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 New York.
- 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 Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation XXXXX3008'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: 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.
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