Funding search · EIN 911811266 · Portland, OR

Bechen Family Foundation

Name: Bechen Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

95
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

agog campaign membership memory auction award bechen booth

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Stanford University6 grants · $950,500
Portland Art Museum7 grants · $676,650
Oregon Espiscopal School6 grants · $413,555
Oregon Episcopal School2 grants · $220,000
High Desert Museum3 grants · $130,000
Ohsu Foundation3 grants · $117,500
Victory Academy3 grants · $81,000
Oregon Adaptive Sports3 grants · $42,000
Portland Parks Foundation3 grants · $36,000
Sierra Schools Foundation4 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$821,800

2022

$952,000

2023

$786,100

2024

$351,805

2025

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purposes
$240,650
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$200,000
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
Oregon Episcopal School · Portland, OR · 2022
Game changer campaign
$200,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2022
Connections campaign
$200,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
The missy and peter bechen undergraduate scholarship fund
$100,000
Ohsu Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
High Desert Museum · Bend, OR · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$58,555
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$36,000
Victory Academy · Sherwood, OR · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Children'S Literacy Project · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Portland Parks Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Victory Academy · Sherwood, OR · 2022
General purposes
$20,100
Metropolitan Family Service · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Oregon Adaptive Sports · Bend, OR · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Victory Academy · Sherwood, OR · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
High Desert Museum · Bend, OR · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Oregon Adaptive Sports · Bend, OR · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Oregon Episcopal School · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - auction donation
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Mba class of 1972 - veterans fund
$15,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Oregon Espiscopal School · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Ohsu Center for Women'S Health · Portland, OR · 2022
2022 research grants - general purpose
$12,500
Ohsu Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$11,000
Oregon Symphony Association · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$10,500
Friends of the Children · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$10,500
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
High Desert Museum · Bend, OR · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Oregon Harbor of Hope · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Sierra Schools Foundation · Sieraville, CA · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The Stanford Fund · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Friends of the Children · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Portland Parks Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Sierra Schools Foundation · Sierraville, CA · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - patron membership
$10,000
Sierra Schools Foundation · Sierraville, CA · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
The Stanford Fund · Standford, CA · 2022
The president's fund
$6,000
Arcs Foundation Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$6,000
Arcs Foundation Inc Oregon Chapter · Portland, OR · 2022
Named scholar award
$5,100
Sunriver Nature Center · Sunriver, OR · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Ohsu Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Center for women's health - circle of giving
$5,000
Sierra Schools Foundation · Sierraville, CA · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
West Point Society of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - in memory of richard brownson keller
$2,000
Homeshare Oregon · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Western Rivers Conservancy · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Oregon Music Education Association · Grants Pass, OR · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$2,000
Cure Epilepsy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Oregon Adaptive Sports · Bend, OR · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Doernbecher Epilepsy Center · Sunriver, OR · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Elevate Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity - Lapinesunriver · Sunriver, OR · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Metropolitan Family Service · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - agog
$2,000
Metropolitan Family Service · Portland, OR · 2022
A gathering of good (agog)
$2,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - opb cornerstone society
$2,000
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
De La Salle North Catholic School · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$1,000
Oregon Journalism Project · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$1,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$1,000
Portland Adaptive Sports · Portland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$1,000
De La Salle North Catholic School · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Elevate Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Portland Parks Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Sunriver Nature Center · Sunriver, OR · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Uli Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Wikipedia · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
De La Salle North Catholic School · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Elevate Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
First Tee of Oregon · Gladstone, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Make a Wish Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Metropolitan Family Service · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Transitional Youth · Beaverton, OR · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Crossroads Campus · Nashville, TN · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
De La Salle Norh Catholic High School · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Friends of the Metolius · Camp Sherman, OR · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Oregononian Public Benefits · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2022
General purpose - in memory of gweneth gamble booth
$1,000
Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes - mary jubitz memorial fund
$800
Arc Foundation Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
Membership renewal/dues
$500
Crossroad Campus · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purposes
$300
Sierr County Historical Society · Sierra, CA · 2025
General purposes
$200
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2025
General purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.