Crabill Family Foundation

• The Crabill Family Foundation, based in San Francisco, CA, gives priority to Springfield, Ohio, and San Francisco, funding health and wellness, education and enrichment, arts and culture, and housing and neighborhoods, with hunger relief also supported in Springfield.
• A realistic request sits broadly within the $5,000 to $100,000 range, since about 8 in 10 of its 82 grants to organisations fall there and the median grant was $25,000; half of its 82 grants across its three most recent filings were $25,000 or less, so a modest ask fits most applicants, even though its largest grant reached $1,100,000.
• The foundation accepts unsolicited proposals, but it notes that the family and advisers select most donations and expects grantees and projects to align with the family's priorities and values, so this looks like a relationship-led funder rather than a fully open competition; 73% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in one of its two previous filings, suggesting established relationships carry real weight.
• To apply, use the online grant management system for projects benefitting Springfield, Ohio, or send a proposal by email for other geographies, and bear in mind the method varies by programme.
• Do not apply for individual scholarships, sponsorships, emergency relief, support to individuals, or political campaigns and activities, as the foundation states these fall outside what it funds.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Branson School · World ready campaign
  $1,100,0002024 tax year
• Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield · Clifton avenue affordable housing project
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Summer term 2024 class gift
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Stanford University · The management science & engineering general gift fund
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · General support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Project Woman of Springfield and Clark County · Capital campaign
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Stanford University · Business school fund
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Springfield Historic Landmark Preservation Foundation · Historic country club renovation
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.