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Bechtel Group Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 135
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$23M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Bechtel Group Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $915k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$2.8M23%
FY202336$3.7M22%
FY202252$2.7M27%
FY202144$3.0M39%
FY202047$5.0M55%
FY201952$2.5M21%
FY2018116$2.2M30%
FY2017135$3.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$8.0MHuman Services$6.2MEducation$3.8MScience & Tech$1.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MYouth Development$1.3MHealth$911kPhilanthropy$827kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$4,480,000813%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,210,00012%
Ja Worldwide Inc$1,235,00043%
Aws Foundation Incorporated$800,00042%
Society of Women Engineers$525,00041%
National Society of Black Engineers$500,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$463,91840%
Scholarship America Inc$325,0003n/a
Engineers Without Borders- International$295,000721%
Direct Relief$264,49010%
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All grantees of Bechtel Group Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$4,480,000813%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,210,00012%
Ja Worldwide Inc$1,235,00043%
Aws Foundation Incorporated$800,00042%
Society of Women Engineers$525,00041%
National Society of Black Engineers$500,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$463,91840%
Scholarship America Inc$325,0003n/a
Engineers Without Borders- International$295,000721%
Direct Relief$264,49010%
Bridges to Prosperity Inc$240,00041%
Junior Achievement USA Health & Welfare Benefit Plan Trust$175,00012%
Education for Employment$150,00031%
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc$141,92513%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$120,74710%
United Way of Greater Houston$102,19810%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$100,00010%
United Way of Beaver County$100,000112%
United States Fund for Unicef$60,00010%
Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc$55,00020%
The Center of Compassion Inc$50,0001n/a
Golden Harvest Food Bank Inc$50,00010%
Hutchinson County United Way Inc$50,00013%
The Fred Rogers Company$25,00010%
United Way of Highway 55$25,000116%
Coastal Bend Food Bank$25,00010%
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc$20,00010%
Cornerstones Inc$20,00010%
Pueblo Cooperative Care Center$10,00010%
Idaho State University$8,5008n/a
Harvey Mudd College$6,90030%
Clarkson University$5,35060%
Valley of the Sun United Way$5,00010%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$5,00010%
Carnegie Mellon University$4,85050%
Webb Institute$4,5502n/a
Bucknell University$4,50070%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$4,17810%
Grove City College$3,86050%
Robert Morris University$3,50020%
Pennsylvania State University$3,4501n/a
Vanderbilt University$3,30060%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$3,28020%
University of Pittsburgh$3,10030%
Lehigh University$2,75050%
United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc$2,57020%
Trustees of Purdue University$2,2005n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$2,00010%
Washington and Lee University$2,00020%
Saint Anselm College$2,00040%
Georgetown University$2,00020%
Skidmore College$2,00020%
Chatham University$2,00020%
Indiana University School of Medicine$2,0001n/a
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$1,90050%
Saint Francis University$1,80020%
Washington State University$1,7002n/a
Williams College$1,50020%
Occidental College$1,25020%
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,15030%
Villanova University$1,05030%
Duke University$1,00010%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$1,0001n/a
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$1,00010%
Loras College$1,00010%
Widener University$1,00010%
Rosemont College of the Holy Child Jesus$1,00010%
Charleston Southern University$1,00010%
Franciscan University of Steubenville$1,00010%
Yale University$1,0002n/a
Northwestern University$1,00010%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$1,0001n/a
Westminster College$1,00010%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$1,00010%
William Marsh Rice University$85030%
Columbia Basin College Foundation$75020%
Trine University$75010%
The Catholic University of America$60020%
University of Washington$6002n/a
St Mary's University$60030%
Cornell University$54520%
Siena University$50010%
Cleveland State Community College$5001n/a
Babson College$50030%
Mississippi State University$4502n/a
Contra Costa College$4002n/a
Trinity University$40030%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$37520%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$35020%
Wellesley College$30020%
Gettysburg College$30020%
Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation$30010%
Carroll College$30010%
Frostburg State University Foundat$30020%
Trustees of Boston University$27010%
Hope College$25010%
Seton Hall University$25010%
Towson University Foundation Inc$25010%
Canisius University$25020%
Kenyon College$25010%
Galveston College Foundation$25010%
Southwestern University$25010%
Kansas State University Foundation$24020%
University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Assoc$20020%
University of California Santa Barbara$2002n/a
Alfred University$20010%
Saint Joseph's University$20010%
Molloy University$20020%
Michigan Tech Fund$2001n/a
Clemson University Foundation$20010%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$20010%
Broome Community College$2001n/a
The University of Montana Foundation$20020%
Saint Vincent College$20020%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$15010%
University of Chicago$15010%
Oral Roberts University$15010%
The College of Saint Rose$12510%
University of Rochester$10010%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$10010%
Portland State University Foundation$10010%
St Ambrose University$10010%
Seton Hill University$10010%
University of Delaware$10010%
Iowa Wesleyan University$10010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1001n/a
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$1001n/a
Geneva College$10010%
English Language Institute in China$10010%
Moravian University$10010%
Lycoming College$10010%
Brigham Young University$1001n/a
West Liberty University Foundation Inc$10010%
Southern Methodist University$10010%
Mount Saint Mary College$10010%
Regis University$10010%
Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation Inc$10010%
Northeastern University$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bechtel Group Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEngineers Without Borders-Usainc: $4,480,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $2,210,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJa Worldwide Inc: $1,235,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetAws Foundation Incorporated: $800,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSociety of Women Engineers: $525,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNational Society of Black Engineers: $500,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $463,918 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEngineers Without Borders- International: $295,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetDirect Relief: $264,490 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridges to Prosperity Inc: $240,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJunior Achievement USA Health & Welfare Benefit Plan Trust: $175,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEducation for Employment: $150,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc: $141,925 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $120,747 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $102,198 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Beaver County: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGolden Harvest Food Bank Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHutchinson County United Way Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Fred Rogers Company: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Highway 55: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCoastal Bend Food Bank: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of the Bluegrass Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCornerstones Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPueblo Cooperative Care Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHarvey Mudd College: $6,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClarkson University: $5,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $4,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $4,178 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrove City College: $3,860 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRobert Morris University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $3,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Polytechnic Institute: $3,280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc: $2,570 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Anselm College: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChatham University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 117.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Northrop Grumman FoundationVA20.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Northrop Grumman Foundation · Verizon Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Western Union Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Bechtel Group Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bechtel Group Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Bechtel Group Foundation

How much does Bechtel Group Foundation give?
Bechtel Group Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $2,984,767 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 135 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bechtel Group Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (31%), Human Services (24%), Education (15%).
Who are Bechtel Group Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Engineers Without Borders-Usainc ($4.5M), Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($2.2M), Ja Worldwide Inc ($1.2M).
Does Bechtel Group Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bechtel Group Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bechtel Group Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Verizon Foundation, United Way Worldwide.
Where is Bechtel Group Foundation based?
Bechtel Group Foundation is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 264 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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