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Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation: 23 grants to organizations, $690,500 (tax year ended December 2024)
Samantha and Darren Bechtel Family Foundation, a private foundation in San Francisco, CA, paid 23 grants to organizations totaling $690,500 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 30, 2025. The largest was $250,000 to Elizabeths Smile Foundation in Westport, CT for to support children and young adults with an incurably ill parent, before and after the parent's death..
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- EIN
- 200721636
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
- Assets
- $8,103,033
- Grants paid
- $690,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 30, 2025, IRS object ID 202503039349101800. It reported $690,500 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeths Smile Foundation | Westport, CT | To support children and young adults with an incurably ill parent, before and after the parent's death. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Liver Institute | San Francisco, CA | To support cli's move and renovation of its new home at ucsf. for this grant opportunity, we have an overhead/indirect rate limit of 5% of the total grant. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lone Mountain Childrens Center Inc | San Francisco, CA | To support the school's mission and philosophy as active parents in the community and by providing meaningful and predictable financial support to the annual fund. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Thacher School Inc | Ojai, CA | Thacher annual fund | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Exploratorium | San Francisco, CA | Capital campaign to support the exploratorium stability & revitalization fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | The stanford fund | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | General operating supportfor the stanford graduate school of business | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | General operating support (trustee giving) | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | For the sybil sugarman memorial fund, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children battling dipg. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Exploratorium | San Francisco, CA | General operating support (trustee giving) | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City of St Helena | St Helena, CA | To support the st. helena fire department | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | To support the cornell program in infrastructure policy, in recognition of darren's board involvement. | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Opera Association | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga | St Helena, CA | General operating support | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Animal-related | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children of Shelters | San Francisco, CA | General support | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $250,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $99,000 |
| Education | $55,000 |
| Human services | $50,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $35,000 |
| Environment | $25,000 |
| Youth development | $5,000 |
| Animal-related | $4,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $435,500 |
| Connecticut | $250,000 |
| New York | $5,000 |
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Updated October 30, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.