Grants awarded
Who does Paul Bechtner Foundation fund?
Paul Bechtner Foundation has awarded $8.1 million across 398 grants to 207 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $20,000.
Total awarded
$8.1M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
207
Grants
398
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $766K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Tulane University | $329K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Father's Arms Ministriesc24 | $272K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $235K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $230K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S San Diego Food Bank | $230K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Project Avary | $220K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chesapeake Climate Action Network | $180K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
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$177K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$170K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| S Sustainable Harvest International | $168K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$165K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| F Family Aid Boston | $165K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Water Charity
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$160K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$145K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| M Math Circles of Chicago | $130K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$125K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | VT | |
Citizens Climate Education Corp
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$115K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Chicago Humanities Festival
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$110K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| S San Diego History Center | $110K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Denver Art Museum INC
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$90K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $85K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Salvation Army San Diego | $75K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $70K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Tree Sisters Women Seeding Change | $67K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Woodson Center
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$67K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
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$65K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Global Village Initiative | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Earth Train Foundation Geodiversit | $60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Global Village Initiative INC | $60K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Saint Vincent De Paul Father Joe's | $60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Holy Family Ministry | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Winnetka Historical Society | $60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N NRDC | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kpbs | $60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $55K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mad in America | $55K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $52K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Partners in Health
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | ME | |
American Rivers INC
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S Salvation Army | $40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Geoversity Foundation
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
South Yuba River Citizens League
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Denver Art Museum | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$35K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$35K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S San Diego Museum of Art | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S SD Natural History Museum | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sumi Nungwa | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
Bear River Land Conservancy
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$30K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | UT | |
| N National Alliance on Mental Illness | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Father's Arms Ministry | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| N Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Alliance for Mental Illnes | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Bail Project INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| 3 350org | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Anthony Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AL | |
| C Cu Foundation | $25K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | $25K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$22K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Wvtf | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Int'l Campaign for Tibet | $20K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of Acadia | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Vincent Depaul Society | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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The US Climate Action Network
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| Y YMCA of Reading and Berks | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Timken Museum of Art | $20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wollcott School | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Campaign for Tibet | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| E Eccoaddendum | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Geoversity Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Friends of Acadia
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$18K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ME | |
| I Individual recipient | $18K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Peace Rising INC | $17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Haven (teen Center) | $17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
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$17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | LA |
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