About Bechtel Group Foundation
The Bechtel Group Foundation concentrates its support on engineering and STEM workforce development, funding national nonprofits that build pathways into engineering and skilled trades (K-12 robotics, engineering access, construction training) and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in technical fields. Grants are sizable and often repeated to a small set of national partners, with an occasional outlier gift to mental-health prevention, indicating a secondary interest in community wellbeing.
Focus Areas
K–12 STEM engagement and robotics programs (e.g., FIRST, DiscoverE)Engineering capacity-building and international community engineering (Engineers Without Borders - USA)Skilled trades and construction workforce training/certification (NCCER)Diversity and pipeline programs for minorities in engineering and technical fields (National Action Council for Minorities)Mental health and suicide prevention (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
Who They Fund
low-income individuals and familiescommunity members in need of social supports
About Bechtel Group Foundation
A defining feature of the Bechtel Group Foundation’s recent giving is its repeated support for engineering and STEM pipeline organizations, with multiple-year grants to groups such as FIRST, Engineers Without Borders - USA, DiscoverE, and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. That pattern suggests a funder that favors established national intermediaries over one-off local awards. The foundation also makes a notable outlier grant outside its core technical-education focus: $910,000 to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in 2024. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs organizations that help move students and early-career talent toward engineering, construction, and related technical fields. FIRST appears in both 2023, 2024, and 2025; Engineers Without Borders - USA appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and DiscoverE receives support across the same period. These repeated awards point to sustained relationships rather than isolated transactions. The portfolio also includes workforce-oriented partners such as NCCER and scholarship and professional-association grantees that serve underrepresented groups in technical careers. Taken together, the grants show a funder centered on engineering access, skilled trades, and pipeline-building, with one additional grant to a mental-health prevention organization.
What Bechtel Group Foundation Funds
In K-12 STEM engagement, the foundation backed FIRST with $500,000 in 2025, matching $500,000 grants in 2024 and 2023. It also supported DiscoverE with $300,000 in 2025, after similar grants of $300,000 in 2024 and 2023, showing a clear preference for organizations that work upstream in the education pipeline. For engineering access and applied learning, the foundation gave $450,000 in 2025 and $500,000 in 2024 to Engineers Without Borders - USA. The grants align with a broader pattern of support for organizations that connect students and professionals to engineering practice. Workforce development also appears through NCCER, which received $350,000 in 2025 and $350,000 in 2024, after a $150,000 grant in 2023. The foundation also funded the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering with $250,000 in 2024 and $200,000 in both 2025 and 2023.
How Bechtel Group Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is small at the low end and much larger near the top of the distribution: p25 is $288, median is $1,000, and p75 is $49,864. The recent grants show a mix of modest awards and six-figure operating-style support to established national organizations. Several recipients recur across multiple years, including FIRST, Engineers Without Borders - USA, DiscoverE, NCCER, and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, which points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is not described as a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$22.9M
Total Revenue
$1.9M
Total Expenses
$3.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $288 and $50K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$288
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National27 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Bechtel Group Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Bechtel Group Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 162 | $9.5M | 98.8% |
| 2 | Canada |
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