Gambee Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Gambee Family Foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send one.
- Its filing states no geographic focus or funding field, so the most useful guide is its grant size: about 8 in 10 of its 16 grants to organisations fall between $1,500 and $70,000, with a median of about $10,000, so a modest request in that range is the realistic ask.
- That band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was $1,400,000, to DAFgiving360, an organisation that regrants to others.
- Repeat funding is small, with 7% of its grant dollars in the latest filing going to organisations it had also funded the year before, so a returning grant should not be assumed.
- Because the filing gives no application steps, the only realistic route is a relationship that leads to an invitation, and giving has risen in each recent filing, which may suggest a growing pool of invitations.
Overview
Gambee Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Medford, OR.
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 filings describe every recorded organisation grant as general support. Recipients include a school, a performance company, a community centre and a reading-related recipient, alongside other charitable organisations. Most recorded grant dollars went to Colorado, with Oregon accounting for a smaller share and a small amount recorded in Texas. These records show grants across several organisation types, but do not state a substantive funding field, applicant eligibility criteria or a broader geographic rule. The only application information says contributions go to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted; the filings do not describe how an organisation can be selected.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in the United States and Oregon.
How to apply
The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted; it gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 7% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 16 grants to organisations were about $10,000 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 85% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 7% of grant dollars went to organisations Gambee Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 85% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- DAFgiving360 · General support$1,400,0002024 tax year
- Community Works · General support$70,0002024 tax year
- ST Marys School · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Craterian Performance Company · General support$12,5002024 tax year
- Jacksonville Community Center · General support$5,0002024 tax year
- Hearts with a Mission · General support$5,0002024 tax year
- Hillcrest Committee · General support$5,0002024 tax year
- Smart Reading Donation · General support$2,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Judith Gambee — Treasurer
- Charles Fromm — Secretary
- Stephen Gambee — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $0 | $0 | $17,118,628 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $199,182 | $123,746 | $17,625,585 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,607,129 | $1,522,500 | $19,957,137 | 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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Contact
- Medford, OR