Anne Frank Fonds

What Anne Frank Fonds does

The Anne Frank Fonds is a non-profit foundation established by Otto Frank in Basel, Switzerland, in January 1963, designated as his universal heir and legal successor. It holds worldwide rights to the writings of Anne Frank, letters of the Frank family, authorised translations, editions, compilations, and books about Anne Frank and her family, and is legally and organisationally independent of other institutions operating under the Anne Frank name. The foundation supervises the licensed dissemination of the Diary in 70+ languages and operates theatres and film adaptations.

Its core economic engine is the licensing of intellectual property: publishing rights are administered internationally through the Liepman agency in Zurich, while theatre and film rights are managed directly. The product portfolio includes the Diary itself (first published 1947), critical and definitive editions (notably the 1991 Version D compiled by Mirjam Pressler), three authorised theatrical adaptations (1955 Goodrich-Hackett, 1997 Kesselman, 2014 'Anne' by de Winter/Durlacher), and the 2017 Graphic Diary by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (20+ languages). There is no consumer pricing — income from licensing is fully directed to charitable purposes.

The foundation's commercial / charitable segments are: (1) publishing houses and media producers licensing rights globally, and (2) civil society organisations, NGOs and educational institutions receiving grants for education against racism and anti-Semitism, human rights (especially children's and women's rights), peacebuilding, refugee relief, and Holocaust remembrance. Major grantmaking vehicles include bilateral programmes with UNICEF Switzerland (since 2013), the New Israel Fund for Israel-based projects, and the Anne Frank/Yad Vashem Medical Fund (1987–mid-2024), which disbursed CHF 2 million to 4,345 Righteous Among the Nations recipients. Operations are governed by a Board of Trustees (President: John D. Goldsmith; Vice-President: Daniel Fürst) under supervision of the Swiss Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations. The wholly aligned Frank Family Centre in Frankfurt (founded 2012 with the City of Frankfurt and the Jewish Museum) houses family archives and supports research.

Name

Anne Frank Fonds

Legal name

Anne Frank Fonds

Website

https://annefrank.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Anne Frank Fonds is a Swiss non-profit foundation established by Otto Frank in 1963 that administers worldwide rights to Anne Frank's diary and writings and channels licensing income into charitable grants for human rights, Holocaust remembrance, and peacebuilding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Literary Rights Management and Charitable Foundation

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519), Museums (712110)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Literary Arts & Writing Organizations (BPAGAHAK)

Keywords

• Literary rights licensing
• Foundation grantmaking
• Copyright administration
• Holocaust education
• Charitable publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Diary licensing and royalties: The foundation generates revenue through licensing fees collected from the use of Anne Frank's diary, including translations, adaptations, theatrical productions, film rights, and photography licensing worldwide.
2. Grants and donations: Income from rights and licences is used for charitable and educational purposes, distributed as grants to projects supporting education against racism, human rights, peacebuilding, and Holocaust remembrance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Anne Frank Fonds is a non-profit foundation that administers worldwide rights to Anne Frank's diary and family writings. It licenses translation, publication, theatrical, film, and photography rights to authorised producers, and channels the resulting income into charitable grants supporting education against racism, human rights, peacebuilding, refugee relief, and Holocaust remembrance. The foundation also co-operates with museums and educational institutions globally on exhibitions and research.

Product overview

The Anne Frank Fonds operates as a non-profit foundation that manages and distributes the legacy of Anne Frank, primarily centered around The Diary of Anne Frank as its core product. The foundation offers the Diary in its original form (translated into 70+ languages), the Graphic Diary adaptation (2017), official theatrical versions, and publishes critical/definitive editions. Beyond the Diary itself, the foundation provides licensing services for Books, Theatre, Film, and Photography rights, distributes charitable grants supporting education against racism and anti-Semitism, human rights initiatives, and peacebuilding projects globally, and administered the Medical Fund for the Righteous (1987-2024) in partnership with Yad Vashem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Diary of Anne Frank
• Graphic Diary
• Theatre Rights and Licenses
• Critical and Definitive Editions
• Film Rights Licensing

Quantifiable outcome

• Translated into more than 70 languages with millions of copies sold worldwide
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNICEF SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Partnership since 2013 for a global birth registration programme. Through publication of the Diary, young people are informed of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Frank Family CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Founded in 2012 together with the City of Frankfurt and the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt. The centre comprises archives of the Frank, Elias, Stern and Kahn families and the Anne Frank Fonds, together with publication history of the Diary. It conducts research and educational work.
• Aladin ProjectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPromotes intercultural relationships between Jews and the Arab world through books, films, documentaries and websites. The Diary of Anne Frank plays an important role. Anne Frank Fonds makes non-material, staffing and financial contributions. Project under UNESCO patronage.
• New Israel Fund (NIF)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership to fund projects in Israel promoting co-existence, equality and democracy. NIF handles all grant applications from Israel on behalf of Anne Frank Fonds in two grant cycles per year.
• Liepman AgencycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLicensing agency in Zurich that handles international rights licensing for the Diary worldwide.
• Anne Frank Centre, BerlinminorOthersCooperation partner in Germany.
• Anne Frank Trust UKminorOthersCooperation partner in the United Kingdom.
• Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, New YorkminorOthersCooperation partner in the United States.
• Anne Frank House, AmsterdamminorOthersCooperation partner in the Netherlands.
• Yad VashemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint establishment of the Anne Frank/Yad Vashem Medical Fund in 1987 to provide medication and aid to needy Righteous Among Nations. Over 36 years, 4,345 deliveries worth CHF 2 million were made to Holocaust rescuers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference): Jewish non-profit administering compensation and social welfare programs for Holocaust survivors. Operates in the Holocaust-related charitable space with comparable grantmaking and humanitarian-aid functions (similar to the Medical Fund for the Righteous).

Direct peers

• Anne Frank House: The official Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam operating from the actual Secret Annex. While focused on the museum/exhibition side, it shares the mandate of preserving and disseminating Anne Frank's legacy and is a direct counterpart organization.
• Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect: US-based organization using Anne Frank's legacy for anti-bias education. A direct peer in the Anne Frank education space, listed as a cooperation partner by the Anne Frank Fonds.
• Anne Frank Trust UK: UK charity running the Anne Frank Education Programme in schools. A direct peer that complements Anne Frank Fonds' work in disseminating Anne Frank's story for educational purposes.
• Maison d'Izieu: French memorial and educational site dedicated to the children of Izieu deported during the Holocaust. A smaller-scale peer with similar memorial, archival, and educational mission related to Holocaust victim children.

Broad incumbents

• USC Shoah Foundation: Maintains the Visual History Archive of Holocaust and other genocide survivor testimonies. Operates in the same Holocaust education, testimony preservation, and anti-prejudice education space as Anne Frank Fonds.
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: Jewish human rights organization focused on Holocaust remembrance, anti-Semitism documentation, and education. Operates the Museum of Tolerance and shares the educational mandate around Holocaust history and human rights.
• Mémorial de la Shoah: Paris-based Holocaust memorial, museum, and documentation center. Comparable as a national-level Holocaust education and remembrance institution with archival and grantmaking-adjacent functions.
• Yad Vashem: Israel's official Holocaust remembrance center. It is a core partner of Anne Frank Fonds (joint Medical Fund for the Righteous) and operates in the same Holocaust education and remembrance space, though at much larger scale.

Others

• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA): Intergovernmental organization promoting Holocaust education, remembrance, and research worldwide. Operates in the same educational mandate space and shares the foundation's anti-racism and Holocaust education goals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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