Funding search · EIN 911612850 · Bellingham, WA

The Anders Foundation

Name: The Anders Foundation grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

55
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Uc San Diego Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs1 grant · $300,000
Smithsonian Institution5 grants · $178,500
Wildlife Health Center Foundation1 grant · $130,000
Montclair Kimberley Academy1 grant · $50,000
Nature Bridge2 grants · $42,400
Seattle Documentary Association3 grants · $38,500
Zoological Society of San Diego4 grants · $37,400
Cal State Fullerton Philantropic Foundation1 grant · $31,200
Astronaut Scholarship Fund1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$90,000

2021

$48,200

2022

$91,700

2023

$157,200

2024

$1.6M

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2025
N/a
$300,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2025
N/a
$130,000
Wildlife Health Center Foundation · Davis, CA · 2025
N/a
$61,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
N/a
$50,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2025
N/a
$50,000
Montclair Kimberley Academy · Montclair, NJ · 2024
N/a
$50,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2021
20560
$31,200
Cal State Fullerton Philantropic Foundation · Fullerton, CA · 2024
N/a
$30,200
Nature Bridge · San Fransisco, CA · 2025
N/a
$25,000
Astronaut Scholarship Fund · Orlando, FL · 2025
N/a
$25,000
Seattle Documentary Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
N/a
$25,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
N/a
$15,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
N/a
$15,000
Olympic Strings Workshop · Port Angeles, WA · 2021
N/a
$13,500
Usna Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
N/a
$12,500
US Naval Academy Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
N/a
$12,200
Nature Bridge · San Fransisco, CA · 2024
N/a
$11,000
Seattle Documentary Association · Seattle, WA · 2021
N/a
$10,000
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
N/a
$10,000
Yosemite Foundation · San Fransisco, CA · 2025
N/a
$10,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025
N/a
$10,000
Leadership of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
N/a
$5,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2025
N/a
$5,000
Seadoc Society Fund · Davis, CA · 2025
N/a
$5,000
US Naval Acadmey Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
N/a
$5,000
Museum of Neon Arts · Glendale, CA · 2023
N/a
$5,000
Olympic Strings · Port Angeles, WA · 2023
N/a
$5,000
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival · Eastsound, WA · 2023
N/a
$5,000
Montclair Kimberly Academy · Montclair, NJ · 2022
N/a
$5,000
The San Diego Air & Space Museum · San Diego, CA · 2021
N/a
$2,500
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
N/a
$2,500
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
N/a
$2,500
Seattle Documentary Association · Seattle, WA · 2022
N/a
$2,500
Montclair Kimberly Academy · Montclair, NJ · 2021
N/a
$2,000
Yosemite Foundation · San Fransisco, CA · 2024
N/a
$2,000
Magnusson Klemencic Associates Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021
N/a
$2,000
Sail Orcas - a Sailing Education Foundation · Eastsound, WA · 2021
N/a
$1,500
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2021
N/a
$1,200
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
N/a
$1,200
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
N/a
$1,000
Cabrillo National Monument Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
N/a
$1,000
Planes of Fame Air Museum · Chino, CA · 2023
N/a
$1,000
New Beginnings · Seattle, WA · 2022
N/a
$1,000
American Red Cross and Its Constituent Chapters and Branches · Washington, DC · 2021
N/a
$500
Art of Elan · San Diego, CA · 2024
N/a
$500
Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2024
N/a
$500
Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2024
N/a
$200
San Juan Preservation Trust · Friday Harbor, WA · 2025
N/a
$200
Yellowstone Forever · Bozeman, MT · 2025
N/a
$200
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
N/a
$100
California State Parks · Sacramento, CA · 2025
N/a
$100
Macular Degeneration Association · Sarasota, FL · 2025
N/a
$100
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
N/a
$100
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
N/a
$50
Pacific Crest Association · Sacramento, CA · 2025
N/a

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.