Crabill Family Foundation

The Crabill Family Foundation is a young, rapidly growing private family foundation founded in 2018 by Angela and Scott Crabill. Scott grew up in Springfield, Ohio; Angela is a California native. Their shared philosophy centers on "helping people live healthy, fulfilling lives" through expanded access to healthcare, education, housing, and the arts — with giving anchored in their two hometowns.

This is emphatically a relationship-driven funder. Officers receive zero compensation, the foundation has no formal mission statement in IRS filings, and its application instructions specify simply "LETTER FORM." These signals indicate that grant decisions are personal, intimate, and often connected to the founders' own networks and direct community knowledge. The top documented grantee — Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco — has received $1,049,500 across six separate grants, illustrating the depth of loyalty to trusted partners.

The foundation operates two parallel giving tracks. The first is a San Francisco institutional track: significant investments in Bay Area arts and education institutions (Walker Art Center $350,000, Cathedral School for Boys $1.05M, Stanford Fund $100,000, Hammer Museum $100,000) reflect Angela and Scott's Bay Area philanthropic networks. These grants tend to be larger, longer-term, and less accessible to cold applicants.

The second is a Springfield, Ohio community track. Here the foundation has built genuine infrastructure: a dedicated on-the-ground grant manager, Ben McLaughlin (a former journalist with deep Springfield roots), oversees an annual competitive cycle covering healthcare access, affordable housing, hunger relief, domestic violence services, and neighborhood revitalization. This track is far more accessible to community nonprofits.

First-time applicants should recognize the foundation is still in an "exploratory phase" regarding long-term strategy (per its own website), meaning grantee relationships forged now carry significant long-term value. With assets surging 145% in FY2024 to $131.4M, this is a foundation poised to scale — and organizations that build relationships early will be positioned advantageously when grantmaking budgets catch up to the balance sheet.

The Crabill Family Foundation has experienced dramatic financial growth since its founding. Total assets grew from $24.3M (FY2019) to $131.4M (FY2024) — a 441% increase in five years. The sharpest jump came in FY2024 when assets rose from $53.7M to $131.4M on $74.0M in revenue, most likely a major capital infusion from the founders.

Grants paid (IRS-reported) show uneven but escalating disbursements: - FY2023: $5,307,814 (anomalous spike — includes $200K transfer via National Philanthropic Trust DAF) - FY2022: $879,000 - FY2021: $933,382 - FY2020: $1,453,618 - FY2019: $27,500 (inaugural year)

Across 51 documented individual grants totaling $3,266,000: median grant is $27,500; average is $64,039 (skewed by anchor gifts); range spans $7,500 (Rotary Club of Springfield) to $1,049,500 (Cathedral School for Boys, six-grant cumulative). The foundation's own data lists typical grant sizes with a minimum of $7,500, maximum of $200,000, and median of $27,500.

Geographic allocation: Ohio accounts for 59% of grant count (30 of 51 grants), California for 29% (15 grants), with Pennsylvania (2), Virginia (2), Minnesota (1), and Missouri (1) each receiving minor shares. By dollar amount, California likely commands a disproportionate share given the Cathedral School and Walker Art Center anchor gifts.

Program area breakdown (by tracked dollars): - Arts & Culture: ~$1,634,500 (50% of tracked giving) — Cathedral School, Walker Art Center, Springfield Museum of Art, Hammer Museum - Education: ~$615,000 (19%) — Ohio State University Foundation, Branson School, Stanford Fund, Springfield City Schools - Health & Human Services: ~$475,000 (15%) — CPMC Foundation, Rocking Horse Community Health Center, Clark County Health District - Housing & Community Development: ~$184,000 (6%) — 1159 South Community Development, Neighbourhood Housing Partnership, Greater Ohio Policy Center - Hunger & Basic Needs: ~$100,000 (3%) — Second Harvest Food Bank, Ohio Tri County Food Alliance

The FY2024 asset expansion to $131.4M (with no FY2024 grantmaking data yet public) strongly suggests total giving will substantially exceed prior years, potentially approaching $5-8M annually as the foundation deploys its enlarged asset base.

The five asset-comparable foundations in the Human Services (NTEE-P) category provide useful context for Crabill's positioning:

Crabill stands out sharply among its asset-comparable peers for transparency and accessibility. At a $131M asset level, most family foundations of similar size operate exclusively by invitation or through undisclosed processes. Crabill, by contrast, runs a structured, publicly posted annual cycle for Springfield grantees — complete with a named grant manager, published email contacts, a grant portal URL, and explicit deadlines. The Illinois Childrens Healthcare Foundation offers the closest open-application analog, though its scope is narrowly pediatric and geographically limited to Illinois. Crabill's breadth across four program pillars and its dual-city strategy make it more versatile than most peers. As the foundation's assets grow toward the $150M+ range of its peers, maintaining this accessibility will depend on how actively the Crabill family and staff choose to keep the process open.

The foundation's most consequential recent development is its balance sheet explosion: FY2024 filings submitted November 14, 2025 show $131.4M in total assets and $74.0M in total revenue — up from $53.7M in assets and $8.2M in revenue in FY2023. This 145% asset increase in a single fiscal year is almost certainly attributable to a substantial capital contribution from Angela and Scott Crabill, and sets the stage for dramatically expanded grantmaking in FY2025 and FY2026.

On the programmatic front, two flagship Springfield investments have reached notable milestones. A Crabill-funded school-based health center at Springfield High School delivered more than 4,000 patient appointments in its inaugural year of operation — a compelling outcome metric for the foundation's healthcare access pillar. The Clifton Court affordable housing project resulted in 7 completed homes for income-qualifying first-time buyers, demonstrating the foundation's capacity to support capital projects with tangible neighborhood impact.

The 2026 competitive grant cycle for Springfield ran January 2 through February 13, 2026, with applications currently under review as of April 2026. Approximately 38 awards are expected from this cycle — nearly double the 21 documented in 2023 — suggesting both a growing grant budget and a widening community footprint. The next Springfield deadline is February 12, 2027.

No public leadership changes have been announced. Scott Crabill (President/Director), Angela Crabill (Secretary/Treasurer), Kim Nedelman Fish (Director of Philanthropy), and Ben McLaughlin (Springfield grant manager) remain in their respective roles. The foundation's Private Equity International profile suggests Scott Crabill's background includes venture/investment activity, consistent with the asset growth trajectory.

Timing is the single most critical variable. The Crabill Family Foundation runs one defined application window per year — January through mid-February — for Springfield, Ohio organizations. The 2027 deadline is February 12. Missing this window means a twelve-month wait. There is no rolling review cycle and no exceptions are publicly offered.

Pre-contact is expected for Springfield applicants. Email Ben McLaughlin (ben@crabillfamilyfoundation.org) in November or December — before the window opens — to introduce your organization, confirm eligibility, and signal intent. McLaughlin is a former journalist with deep Springfield community ties; he responds well to direct, locally-grounded outreach. Mention any prior relationship with foundation grantees, community partners they have funded (Rocking Horse Health Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Springfield Museum of Art, Neighbourhood Housing Partnership), or connections to their flagship initiatives (school-based health center, Clifton Court housing).

For San Francisco and other geographies, the process is more informal and relationship-dependent. Email hello@crabillfamilyfoundation.org with a concise one-paragraph organizational introduction. Do not use the Springfield portal. The foundation's California giving is concentrated in personal-network institutions; cold applications from unknown Bay Area organizations face long odds unless introduced by a mutual contact.

Grant size alignment matters. For a first-time request, target $15,000–$75,000. The documented median grant is $27,500. Lead with a specific programmatic or capital ask, not general operating support. The foundation funds both capital projects (lead abatement, housing acquisition, facility renovation) and operational expenses (teacher salaries, food distribution), so frame clearly which type of funding you seek.

Language to use: "access to healthcare/housing/education," "Springfield families," "underserved neighborhoods," "long-term community investment," "measurable outcomes." Mirror the foundation's own framing: "help people live healthy, fulfilling lives" and "enriching arts opportunities."

Avoid: unsolicited multi-page proposals, requests over $200,000 on a first approach, applying outside the January-February window without prior email contact, framing requests around organizational sustainability without community-facing impact metrics, and any request involving individual scholarships, sponsorships, emergency relief, or political activities.