California · Private foundation
Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family 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.
- $691k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k 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 | 19 | $606k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $410k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $285k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $125k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth's Smile Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 16% |
| The Thacher School Inc | $345,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lone Mountain Children's Center Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tipping Point Community | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth's Smile Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 16% |
| The Thacher School Inc | $345,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lone Mountain Children's Center Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tipping Point Community | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children of Shelters | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: American Endowment Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation
- How much does Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation give?
- Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $690,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Education (32%), Science & Tech (12%).
- Who are Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Elizabeth's Smile Foundation ($500k), The Thacher School Inc ($345k), The Exploratorium ($225k).
- Does Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family 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 Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation based?
- Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation is based in CA.
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