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The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation

Name: The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation grants, 2023–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

33
grants reported: $5.9M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “geographic” · $4.2M

$1.6M
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
$400,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
$150,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.6M
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the base camp project fund.
$400,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the base camp maintenance fund.

Grant history

All 33 reported grants, largest first.

$1.6M
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
$1.6M
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the base camp project fund.
$500,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support the school of architecture's dean's endowed scholarship fund
$400,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
$400,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the base camp maintenance fund.
$250,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Support for the "raise the roof" campaign
$166,666
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for the earthquake repair project
$150,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2024
Support for renovation and restoration of the abby aldrich rockefeller garden
$100,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Support the women in architecture and philanthropy initiative for the yale school of architecture
$50,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for 11th street bridge park ($25k) and support for skyland workforce development ($25k)
$50,000
Washington Dc Police Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Anacostia Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Bright Beginnings · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Casey Trees · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Support environmental education in the dc region, clagett farm in prince george's county, and oyster restoration
$25,000
Community Forklift · Edmonston, MD · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
House of Ruth · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Marthas Table · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Mary'S Center for Maternal & Child Care · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
My Sister'S Place · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Neighborhood Design Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Piedmont Environmental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Rock Creek Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Some · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Together We Bake · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$6,667
Mount Desert Nursing Association · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
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