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Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$796k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 41
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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
FY2025still arriving46$796k22%
FY202441$727k34%
FY202331$500k52%
FY202217$256k59%
FY202141$207k100%
FY20201$1.1Mn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MEducation$162kEnvironment$143kHealth$116kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kPhilanthropy$70kRecreation & Sports$70kHousing & Shelter$65kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$570,00040%
San Francisco Symphony$255,00050%
San Francisco Opera Association$200,00030%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$140,00030%
Johns Hopkins University$100,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$92,00030%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$70,00030%
San Francisco Ballet Association$57,50040%
Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy$50,00050%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$50,00040%
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All grantees of Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$570,00040%
San Francisco Symphony$255,00050%
San Francisco Opera Association$200,00030%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$140,00030%
Johns Hopkins University$100,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$92,00030%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$70,00030%
San Francisco Ballet Association$57,50040%
Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy$50,00050%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$50,00040%
California College of the Arts$50,00030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$45,00040%
San Francisco Free Clinic$40,00031%
Compass Family Services$40,00040%
California Academy of Sciences$35,00040%
Donner Summit Avalanche Dogs$32,000411%
Tipping Point Community$30,00030%
Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco$30,00020%
Nevada Museum of Art$25,00010%
The Salvation Army$22,5004n/a
Yosemite Foundation$22,50030%
San Francisco Food Bank$20,00020%
FOR-SITE Foundation$20,00020%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$20,00020%
Congregation Emanu-El$15,0002n/a
San Francisco Host Committee$12,50031%
Prader-Willi Homes of California$10,00013%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,0001n/a
San Francisco Parks Alliance$7,50020%
Sierra Watch$7,00041%
Pacific Crest Trail Association$7,00040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco$5,00010%
National Park Foundation$5,00010%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$5,00010%
Congregation Emanuel$5,0001n/a
Headlands Center for the Arts$5,00010%
Truckee Donner Land Trust$3,30030%
Gateway Mountain Center Inc$3,00030%
Grabhorn Institute$3,0001n/a
St Anthony Foundation$2,5001n/a
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$2,50010%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$2,50010%
Access Institute for Psychological Services$2,50010%
Bolinas Museum$2,00040%
La Cocina$1,50020%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$1,50010%
Stinson Beach Community Center$1,25020%
Congregation Kol Emeth$1,0001n/a
Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc$1,00011%
Friends of Bolinas Stinson Beach Libraries$1,0001n/a
The Walt Disney Family Museum$1,00010%
Bread & Roses Presents$1,00010%
Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation$1,00010%
The Litquake Foundation$1,00020%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$60010%
Sweetwater Music Hall Inc$50010%
500 Capp Street Foundation$50010%
California Historical Society$50010%
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc$50010%
Katherine Delmar Burke School$50010%
Nested Integral Coaching Constellation$25010%
Stinson Beach Village Association$751n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $570,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $255,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Conservatory of Music: $140,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $92,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetChronicle Season of Sharing Fund: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia College of the Arts: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Free Clinic: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCompass Family Services: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDonner Summit Avalanche Dogs: $32,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTipping Point Community: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute of Contemporary Art San Francisco: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOR-SITE Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Conservatory Theatre Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Host Committee: $12,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPrader-Willi Homes of California: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSan Francisco Parks Alliance: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Watch: $7,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPacific Crest Trail Association: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Gate National Parks Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeadlands Center for the Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTruckee Donner Land Trust: $3,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGateway Mountain Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPoint Reyes Bird Observatory: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Institute for Psychological Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBolinas Museum: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLa Cocina: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStinson Beach Community Center: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Walt Disney Family Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread & Roses Presents: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTahoe Forest Health System Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Litquake Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Contemporary Jewish Museum: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSweetwater Music Hall Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 53.

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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.

Marin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…The San Francisco Fou…The Bessemer Giving F…Silicon Valley Commun…Mimi and Peter Haas F…Tahoe Truckee Communi…The Rock FoundationSwig FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…Koret FoundationTahoe Community Found…
Marin Community FoundationCA38.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mimi and Peter Haas Fund · Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · The Rock Foundation · Swig Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Koret Foundation · Tahoe Community 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 Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nancy & Joachim Bechtle 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 Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation

How much does Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation give?
Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $795,667 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Education (5%), Environment (4%).
Who are Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($570k), San Francisco Symphony ($255k), San Francisco Opera Association ($200k).
Does Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation based?
Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation is based in NY.

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 92 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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