New York · Nonprofit
ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC
ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $810,170 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($258,150). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $810k
- Net assets
- $365k
What Anne Frank Center USA Inc does
Mission
"The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank as unique tools to advance her legacy, to educate young people and communities in the U.S. and Canada about the dangers of intolerance, anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination, and to inspire the next generation to build a world based on mutual respect."Historically, the Anne Frank Center has long-established roots and a universal message that spans geographic and political borders. Our predecessor organization, the Anne Frank Foundation, originated in New York City in 1959 and began as American Friends of the Anne Frank House, with Anne's father, Otto Frank, as our first President. He sought to raise awareness of Anne's story and funding for the House in Amsterdam, which was opened to the public in 1960. When our organization secured 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 1977, our name was formally changed to the Anne Frank Center USA. In 2016 we expanded the name to the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, in
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Programs
Education: the art of self discovery is a transformative workshop series that invites students to explore their own identities and experiences through the lens of creative expression. During the 6- 10 week course, professional teaching artists guide students in a process of self-reflection to discover their voices, talents, and personal stories. By engaging in various artistic practices like painting, writing, theater, or music, students reflect on who they are, what they stand for, and how they can shape their own future. Bystander to ally is a powerful workshop series that challenges students to examine their role in their school, community, and the world around them. During the 6-10 week course, students engage with the arts to explore critical themes of empathy, responsibility, and social justice. Through guided exercises in various creative mediums, students learn to connect with others experiences, develop a sense of shared humanity, and become active allies in promoting positive change.
$187,622 spent54% of program spendingPerformances: our interactive theatre performances are a transformative tool, engaging students on a deeply emotional and intellectual level. Conversations with anne is a one-act solo show which immerses students in the powerful words of anne frank, bringing excerpts from her diary to life in an engaging and emotionally-charged performance. The performance culminates in a q&a session, where students can ask questions and engage directly with the character. Letters from anne & martin is a powerful two-person show, letters from anne & martin draws profound parallels between the words of anne frank and dr. Martin luther king jr. The performance combines excerpts from annes diary with key moments from dr. Kings letters from birmingham jail.
$92,139 spent26% of program spendingThe sapling project: the sapling project awards and plants chestnut trees in communities across the u.s., each sapling sourced from the original chestnut tree that stood outside of the secret annex that anne wrote about in her journal-an enduring symbol of beauty and hope in the face of adversity. The trees are grown at a nursery in vallonia, indiana by a team of dedicated staff. Trees are delivered to the sites chosen to receive a tree and eventually planted. A dedication ceremony is held at a time decided by the tree recipient.
$68,940 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $348,701.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $159k to $383k (+141%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 6% · 2020 14% · 2021 8% · 2022 8% · 2023 6% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lauren Bairnsfather
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jonathan L Cohen
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $162k → $234k.
9 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 73% · 2019 60% · 2020 36% · 2021 31% · 2022 29% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
16% of ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 34% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
50% of ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $401k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $409k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC's revenue fell 50% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC?
- ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $810,170 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($258,150). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $810,170 in grants to ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $258,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing