Funding search · EIN 200721636 · San Francisco, CA
Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 38
- grants reported
- $1.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $22,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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1 grant matching “sybil” · $25,000
- $25,000
Marin Community Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024
For the sybil sugarman memorial fund, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children battling dipg.
Grant history
All 38 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Elizabeths Smile Foundation · Westport, CT · 2024
To support children and young adults with an incurably ill parent, before and after the parent's death.
- $250,000
Elizabeth'S Smile Foundation · Trumbull, CT · 2023
To support elizabeth's smile foundation's mission to support children and young adults with an incurably ill parent, before and after the parents death
- $100,000
California Liver Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support cli's move and renovation of its new home at ucsf. For this grant opportunity, we have an overhead/indirect rate limit of 5% of the total grant.
- $100,000
The California Liver Institute (Cli) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support clis move and renovation of its new home at ucsf
- $50,000
Lone Mountain Childrens Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the school's mission and philosophy as active parents in the community and by providing meaningful and predictable financial support to the annual fund.
- $50,000
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024
Thacher annual fund
- $50,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capital campaign to support the exploratorium stability & revitalization fund
- $50,000
Lone Mountain Children'S Center (Lmcc) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the school's mission and philosophy by providing meaningful and predictable financial support to the annual fund
- $50,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Funding the capital campaign to support the exploratorium stability & revitalization fund
- $50,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2023
To support the thacher annual fund
- $50,000
Lone Mountain Children'S Center (Lmcc) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support the school's mission and philosophy as active parents in the community and by providing meaningful and predictable financial support to the annual fund
- $50,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the stability & revitalization fund.
- $50,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022
Thacher annual fund
- $30,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General operating supportfor the stanford graduate school of business
- $30,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
The stanford fund
- $25,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support (trustee giving)
- $25,000
Marin Community Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024
For the sybil sugarman memorial fund, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children battling dipg.
- $25,000
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support (trustee giving)
- $25,000
California Pacific Medical Center (Cpmc) Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the women and infants center and acute care for the elderly.
- $20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support the stanford fund
- $20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
To support the stanford fund.
- $10,000
Tipping Point Community · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
City of St Helena · St Helena, CA · 2024
To support the st. Helena fire department
- $5,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To support the cornell program in infrastructure policy, in recognition of darren's board involvement.
- $5,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
San Francisco Ballet Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
San Francisco Opera Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
The Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga · St Helena, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To support the cornell program in infrastructure policy
- $5,000
St Helena Hospital Foundation · St Helena, CA · 2023
To support st. Helena hospital foundation's rockout knockout cancer event which aims to provide lifesaving healthcare and early cancer detection
- $5,000
Cornell University · Ithica, NY · 2022
In support of the cornell program in infrastructure policy, in recognition of darren's board involvement.
- $5,000
National Center for Family Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022
2022 ncfp forum sponsorship
- $4,000
San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $3,500
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $2,500
Children of Shelters · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $1,500
Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $1,500
Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
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