National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
$1.6MTax year 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
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The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 86-2824870 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE BRENDAN & HELEN BECHTEL FOUNDATION
Where The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Yale University
New Haven, CT
$500KTax year 2024
To support the school of architecture's dean's endowed scholarship fund
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC
$400KTax year 2024
To support the base camp project fund and the base camp maintenance fund
Friends of Acadia
Bar Harbor, ME
$250KTax year 2024
Support for the "raise the roof" campaign
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C
Washington, DC
$166.7KTax year 2024
Support for the earthquake repair project
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Figures are aggregated from The Brendan & Helen Bechtel Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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