About Baker Hughes Foundation
The Baker Hughes Foundation concentrates its giving on reforestation and tree-planting initiatives, directing substantial unrestricted or project support to a single environmental nonprofit. Their grants indicate a focus on restoring forests, sequestering carbon, and supporting biodiversity through large, purpose-driven contributions to tree-planting efforts. Giving appears programmatic and corporate-responsibility oriented rather than spread across diverse issue areas.
Focus Areas
Global reforestation and large-scale tree-planting projectsHabitat restoration and biodiversity protection through afforestationCorporate sustainability/carbon sequestration initiatives (tree-planting as offsetting)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: few but large grants (two sizable gifts) focused on a single organization/issue rather than distributed small grants; appears to fund project-scale, impact-driven environmental work.
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportcore/capacity supportflexible fundingnon-program-restricted
About Baker Hughes Foundation
Baker Hughes Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated general support to One Tree Planted, including $350,000 in 2023 and $310,000 in 2025. That pattern sits alongside a wider set of grants tied to forests, habitat restoration, and biodiversity, making environmental restoration a clear throughline in the foundation’s portfolio. The foundation also backs institutions and nonprofits in Houston, where several of its larger gifts land, while continuing to fund a mix of civic, educational, and humanitarian organizations. The grant list suggests a funder that uses flexible support rather than tightly restricted project funding. Large awards go to environmental organizations such as American Forest Foundation and Earth Day Network, but the portfolio also includes universities, food relief, disability services, and community groups. General support appears frequently across the recent grants list, indicating an emphasis on organizational capacity as well as program activity. Scale is meaningful here: annual grants total $5,789,151, and the recent list includes awards from five figures into the mid-six figures. The foundation’s giving reaches both US and international recipients, with a strong concentration in the United States and a visible cluster of Houston-based grantees.
What Baker Hughes Foundation Funds
Environmental restoration is the clearest theme in the Baker Hughes Foundation’s recent grants. In 2023, it gave $200,000 to American Forest Foundation for general support, and in 2025 it gave $152,500 to Earth Day Network for general support. Those awards fit a portfolio centered on reforestation, tree-planting, and habitat recovery. The foundation also funds Houston-based community organizations. It gave $115,000 to Emancipation Park Conservancy in 2023 and $75,000 to Houston Food Bank in 2025, both for general support. Another Houston-area grant went to Girls Inc of Greater Houston for general support. Education and workforce-linked institutions are also present. In 2025, Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University each received $200,000 for general support, and the University of Texas Foundation received $100,000 in 2023. These grants show the foundation supporting both environmental work and local institutions through unrestricted funding.
How Baker Hughes Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$2.2M
Total Revenue
$3.7M
Total Expenses
$3.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $100 and $783, with a median of $250.
25th Percentile
$100
Median
$250
75th Percentile
$783
Geographic Reach
National55 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Baker Hughes Foundation Funds
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Baker Hughes Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 2,223 | $7.9M | 74.0% |
| 2 | Gabon |
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