Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send a cold application and should look for a route to being invited.
- Its recorded grants cover healthcare, education, workforce development and basic needs, so the work needs to fit one of those areas.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 65 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $250,000, with a median of $50,000, although its largest grant was $1,000,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- Most of its grants go to Pennsylvania, but no geographic focus is stated, so organisations elsewhere should not assume they are excluded.
- Repeat funding is significant: 25% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to groups it had also funded in its earlier filings, so a relationship with the foundation is likely to matter more than a first approach.
Overview
Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Haverford, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's recorded grants support healthcare, education, workforce development and basic needs. Healthcare and education account for the largest grant totals, while workforce development is a recurring strand. Its recipients include hospitals and healthcare providers, schools, scholarship and other educational organisations, workforce-training providers, and food banks and other basic-needs charities. Grants are concentrated in Pennsylvania, with smaller amounts recorded for organisations in New York, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Florida and the District of Columbia. The available evidence describes a preselected grantmaking approach but does not set out substantive eligibility criteria.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Healthcare
- Education
- Workforce development
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 25% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 65 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 17% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 25% of grant dollars went to organisations Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 23 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- CHOP Microbiome · Healthcare$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Children's Scholarship Fund of Philadelphia · Education$200,0002024 tax year
- Community Volunteers in Medicine · Healthcare$150,0002024 tax year
- Mercy Cte High School · Workforce development$102,0002024 tax year
- Skills Initiative · Workforce development$100,0002024 tax year
- Heigths Philadelphia · Education$92,5002024 tax year
- Vimenti · Workforce development$75,0002024 tax year
- Chop - Global Patient Education · Healthcare$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Tim Behle — Director
- Eric Chappell — Director
- Mary Lou Chappell — Director
- Jennifer Paradis Behle — President and Board Chair
- John Chappell — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,728,430 | $2,221,702 | $46,907,302 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,752,796 | $2,070,468 | $50,174,705 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,732,754 | $2,050,500 | $56,381,801 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Haverford, PA