Funding search · EIN 363973429 · Winnetka, IL

Paul Bechtner Foundation

Name: Paul Bechtner Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

180
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

services social cultural environmental educational education environment higher

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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.

Vanguard Charitable2 grants · $483,039
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $235,000
San Diego Food Bank2 grants · $210,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network2 grants · $180,000
Rainforest Foundation1 grant · $176,600
Family Aid Boston1 grant · $150,000
Vanguard Daf1 grant · $150,000
Father'S Arms Ministriesc242 grants · $142,500
San Diego Museum of Art3 grants · $105,000
Chicago Humanities Festival2 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 180 grants.

$383,039
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2022
Donor advised fund
$176,600
Rainforest Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for he environment
$165,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Medical support
$150,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Tacoma Park, MD · 2024
Fight global warming
$150,000
Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Support social services
$150,000
Vanguard Daf · Malvern, PA · 2024
Supports donor-advised funds
$132,500
Father'S Arms Ministriesc24 · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for social services
$120,000
San Diego Food Bank · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support for social services
$100,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023
Donor advised fund
$90,000
Operation Smile · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Access to safe surgery
$90,000
San Diego Food Bank · San Diego, CA · 2024
Support food for the needy
$60,000
Global Village Initiative · Summertown, TN · 2023
Support for social services
$55,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
Cultural support
$55,000
Mad in America · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support for psychiatric care
$50,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
Cultural support
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Medical support
$50,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Support for social services
$49,200
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Educational support -fusions project
$40,000
Refugee Point · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support for social services
$35,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
Cultural support
$35,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2024
Support the arts
$35,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
Cultural support
$35,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2023
Cultural support
$35,000
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2022
Cultural support
$30,000
Nat'L Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support for mental illness
$30,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
Fight global warming in maryland
$30,000
Nami San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support group for mental illness
$30,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support for social services
$25,000
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2024
Cultural support
$25,000
Mdi Ywca · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Support for women
$25,000
The Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support nonprofit journalism
$25,000
Ubuntu Global Connections · Concord, MA · 2024
Support for social services
$25,000
Ubuntu Global Connections · Concord, MA · 2023
Support for social services
$25,000
Ubuntu Global Connections · Concord, MA · 2022
Support for social services
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Medical support
$20,000
Geoversity Foundation · Borrego Springs, CA · 2024
Support watershed conservancy
$20,000
Ryan Family Ymca · San Diego, CA · 2024
Community support
$20,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support the needy
$20,000
San Diego History Center · San Diego, CA · 2024
Support local history
$20,000
School Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Support spec. Educ. Needs
$20,000
Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology · Waupaca, WI · 2024
Preservation of wi underwater hist.
$20,000
Geoversity Foundation · Borrego Springs, CA · 2023
Support watershed conservancy
$20,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Support for social services
$20,000
Salvation Army San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support for social services
$20,000
San Diego History Center · San Diego, CA · 2023
Cultural support
$20,000
US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Fight climate change
$20,000
Water Charity · Crestline, CA · 2023
Environmental support
$20,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2023
Support social services
$20,000
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2023
Cultural support
$20,000
Ymca of Reading and Berks · Reading, PA · 2023
Support for social services
$20,000
Bear River Land Conservancy · Logan, UT · 2022
Environmental support
$20,000
Earth Train Foundation Geodiversit · Albany, CA · 2022
Educational support
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for social services
$20,000
Peninsula Family Ymca · San Diego, CA · 2022
Support for social services
$20,000
Saint Vincent De Paul Father Joe'S · San Diego, CA · 2022
Support for social services
$20,000
Salvation Army San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Support for social services
$20,000
San Diego History Center · San Diego, CA · 2022
Cultural support
$20,000
Water Charity · Crestline, CA · 2022
Environmental support
$15,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Support medical care
$15,000
Climate Foundation · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Support for the climate
$15,000
Katie'S Save · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Promote mental health in colleges
$15,000
Kpbs Radio · San Diego, CA · 2024
Support pulic radio
$15,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CO · 2023
Educ. For solutions - global warming
$15,000
Coalition of Immokalee Workers · Immokalee, FL · 2023
Support for human rights
$15,000
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2023
Cultural support
$15,000
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2023
Cultural support
$15,000
School Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Support special educ. Needs
$15,000
Colorado Public Radio · Centennial, CO · 2022
Cultural support
$15,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
Cultural support
$15,000
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2022
Cultural support
$15,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental support
$15,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2022
Support for social services
$10,000
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Env · Mount Rainier, MD · 2024
Support for the environment
$10,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental support
$10,000
Bear Yuba Land Trust · Grass Valley, CA · 2024
Support nature conservancy
$10,000
Center for Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2024
Support clean environment
$10,000
Coalition of Immokalee Workers · Immokalee, FL · 2024
Support for human rights
$10,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Support for social services
$10,000
Father'S Arms Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support children through religion
$10,000
Hamilton Wood Type Museum · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Preserve wood type in printing
$10,000
Holy Family Ministry · Northfield, IL · 2024
Support for social services
$10,000
Interfaith Power and Light · Oakland, CA · 2024
Stewardship & cultural action
$10,000
Math Circles of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support math in schools
$10,000
Mobile Makers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support design & skill building
$10,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the environment
$10,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environmental support
$10,000
Solar Cookers · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Support for social services
$10,000
South Yuba River Citizens League · Nevada City, CA · 2024
Environmental support
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Society · Orland Park, IL · 2024
Support the needy
$10,000
Sumi Nungwa · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Support for elders
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Support of first responders' family
$10,000
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Cultural support
$10,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental support
$10,000
Bear River Land Conservancy · Logan, UT · 2023
Environmental support
$10,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Support education
$10,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Support for social services
$10,000
Father'S Arms Ministriesc24 · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for social services
$10,000
Greater Chatham Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support neighborhood vitality/growth
$10,000
Holy Family Ministry · Northfield, IL · 2023
Support for social services
$10,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
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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.