Illinois · Private foundation
Paul Bechtner Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 68
- Grants FY2024
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 50 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Paul Bechtner 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; $250k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 63 | $1.3M | 46% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $1.0M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $1.0M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 80 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 79 | $1.0M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 71 | $990k | 34% |
| FY2017 | 68 | $925k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Charity | $432,000 | 7 | 26% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $359,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Ubuntu Global Connections | $282,667 | 8 | 27% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $255,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $255,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $235,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | $176,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Direct Relief | $168,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $165,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 132 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Paul Bechtner Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 120 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Elmo Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Patrons of the Prado
How this is measured
About Paul Bechtner Foundation
- How much does Paul Bechtner Foundation give?
- Paul Bechtner Foundation reported 68 grants totaling $1,100,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Paul Bechtner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), International (12%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Paul Bechtner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Water Charity ($432k), The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($359k), Ubuntu Global Connections ($283k).
- Does Paul Bechtner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul Bechtner 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 Paul Bechtner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Elmo Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation.
- Where is Paul Bechtner Foundation based?
- Paul Bechtner Foundation is based in IL.
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