Funding search · EIN 832023685 · Wilmington, DE

The Andreas Rickenbach Foundation

Name: The Andreas Rickenbach Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

66
grants reported: $830,899
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

chimpanzee family fellowship filmmaker junior liberian protection rescue

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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.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals5 grants · $105,000
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation4 grants · $100,000
Greenlamp4 grants · $95,000
Orangutan Foundation International4 grants · $85,000
Harvard-Westlake School4 grants · $85,000
Film Independent8 grants · $65,000
Animal Equality3 grants · $60,000
One Tree Planted3 grants · $40,000
Rewild2 grants · $30,000
Lend a Bone2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$241,385

2022

$201,664

2023

$188,750

2024

$199,100

2025

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation · Golden, CO · 2025
Liberian Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection
$25,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Greenlamp · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Werner Family Junior Summer Fellowship Fund Scholarship Fund
$25,000
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation · Golden, CO · 2024
Liberian Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection Fund
$25,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Animal Equality · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Greenlamp · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Werner Family Junior Summer Fellowship Fund
$25,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation · Golden, CO · 2023
Liberian Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection
$25,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Animal Equality · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Greenlamp · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Werner Family Junior Summer Fellowship Fund
$25,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation · Golden, CO · 2022
Liberian Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection
$25,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Charitable Event
$25,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Ultra Microbudget Filmseries
$20,000
Greenlamp · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$11,000
Lend a Bone · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Animal Equality · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Palisades Recovery Coalition FS 121
$10,000
Caravita Foundation · Aurora, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Werner Family Junior Summer Fellowship Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Kipp Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Microbudget panel fund
$10,000
Martin-Stiftung Erlenbach · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
The California Wildlife Center · Malibu, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide · Eugene, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Filmforum
$10,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
Lend a Bone · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
10X10 program
$7,500
The Independent Feature Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Microbudget Column Filmmaker Magazine Fund
$7,500
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
30 filmmaker pro memberships
$7,500
The Independent Feature Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
For FILMMAKER MAGAZINE New Media Initiative
$7,000
Love All Animals Organization · Pacific Plsds, CA · 2024
Medical Sponsor for Mateo's Surgeries Fund
$6,500
Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Martin-Stiftung Erlenbach · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,200
A Wish for Animals · Pacific Plsds, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Dixies Redemption Animal Rescue Corp · El Cajon, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Filmmaker Tuesday
$5,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Hope for Paws · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Charitable Event
$3,700
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide · Eugene, OR · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,685
Animal Welfare Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,164
Paws for Life K9 Rescue · Mission Hills, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Saving Gizmos Friends · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2025
Serenity's medical needs
$3,000
Liberty Dog Network · Solana Beach, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Little Buckets Farm Sanctuary · Brodnax, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Uncle Neils Home a Farm Sanctuary · Mantua, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Friends of Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House · Pacific Plsds, CA · 2022
Housing Fund for Ukrainian artist
$3,000
Little Buckets Farm Sanctuary · Brodnax, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Uncle Neils Home a Farm Sanctuary · Maple Shade, NJ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,600
Paws for Life K9 Rescue · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
10X10 for 2025
$2,500
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
10x10
$1,500
House Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable Event
$550
Bella Vita Rescue · Oakland, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted

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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.