The Tabell Family Foundation concentrates its giving on K-12 education, directing large, unrestricted gifts to independent schools and organizations that support teacher development. Grants are sizable and program/general purpose, suggesting trust-based support for operating needs rather than project-restricted funding. The foundation appears to prioritize strengthening school operations and classroom practice over a broad portfolio of causes.
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants focused on education. Funds appear unrestricted and targeted to operating needs rather than many small or highly restricted awards.
A $175,291 general grant to Kingswood-Oxford School stands out in Tabell Family Foundation’s recent giving and points to a clear pattern: the foundation uses unrestricted support to back independent schools and education-related organizations. Its larger awards are paired with a wide spread of smaller grants, suggesting a portfolio that mixes major institutional commitments with targeted local support. Recent gifts also include $52,000 to Center for Teaching Learning and $50,000 to Williams College, reinforcing the foundation’s emphasis on education at multiple levels. The foundation’s education focus is not limited to one institution type. It funds independent/private secondary day schools, teacher professional development, and school operations, with general-purpose grants appearing throughout the recent record. That approach aligns with support for organizational capacity rather than tightly restricted projects. While education is the clearest throughline, the recent grants list also shows selective support for community institutions and public-serving organizations in Maine and beyond, including housing, libraries, health access, and youth-serving groups. The result is a concentrated but not single-site pattern of grantmaking centered on strengthening educational institutions and the people who work in them.
Teacher professional development is one of the foundation’s clearest education priorities. In 2025, it gave $52,000 to Center for Teaching Learning in Edgecomb, Maine, on a general basis, matching its broader preference for unrestricted support tied to instructional practice. Independent school support is another core thread. A 2025 grant of $175,291 to Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, shows the foundation backing a private secondary day school at a much larger scale than its smaller grants. The foundation also supports institutions that strengthen school communities outside the classroom. It awarded $30,000 to Morse High School in Bath, Maine, and $30,000 to Patten Free Library in Bath, both on a general basis, indicating interest in local educational infrastructure and community learning resources. Beyond education, the portfolio includes public-interest and community-serving organizations such as Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick and Tedford Housing in Brunswick, each receiving general support in 2026.
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$674K
Most grants fall between $1K and $4K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$4K
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Notable grantees: Kingswood-Oxford School, Center for Teaching Learning
Typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $2,000, and the 75th percentile is $3,625. The recent record shows a mix of very large gifts and many smaller awards, with several grants at $5,000 to $10,000 and a few above $25,000. The foundation appears to support a continuing set of institutions across multiple years. Patten Free Library received grants in both 2025 and 2026, and several other recipients appear in more than one year across the dataset. All listed recent grants are general-purpose, consistent with trust-based support rather than project-specific funding. The foundation is not identified as funding individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Grants are national in scope, but Maine is the main receiving state, accounting for 32% of grants. Recent awards land in a cluster of Maine communities, including Bath, Brunswick, Portland, Lewiston, Ellsworth, and Edgecomb. Outside Maine, the foundation’s recent giving reaches West Hartford and Williamstown in New England, plus New York City and Los Angeles. All listed grants in the provided recent sample go to U.S. recipients.
The recent record centers on K-12 education, especially independent/private secondary day schools, teacher professional development, and general operating support for educational institutions. Recent grants also extend to school-related community resources and selected public-serving organizations.
It gives general-purpose grants across the recent record, including larger awards such as $175,291 to Kingswood-Oxford School and $52,000 to Center for Teaching Learning. The grant-size distribution is relatively small overall, with a median of $2,000 and a 75th percentile of $3,625.
Maine is the top state by grant count, with 32% of grants going to recipients there. Recent Maine recipients include organizations in Bath, Brunswick, Portland, Lewiston, Ellsworth, and Edgecomb.
Education is the central pattern, but the recent grants list also includes support for housing, libraries, health access, hunger relief, advocacy, and public media. Those gifts are still general-purpose, showing a broad community-support layer alongside the education portfolio.
Some recipients appear across multiple years. Patten Free Library received grants in both 2025 and 2026, and the recent record also shows repeated giving in other parts of the portfolio, indicating that at least some relationships continue over time.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab Charitable Fund | Orlando, FL | $298,127 | 2026 | General |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | General |
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | $47,569 | 2026 | General |
| Bath Housing Development Corporatio | Bath, ME | $30,000 | 2026 | General |
| Patten Free Library | Bath, ME | $30,000 | 2026 | General |
| Morse High School | Bath, ME | $30,000 | 2026 | General |
| Oasis Health Network DBA Oasis Free | Brunswick, ME | $30,000 | 2026 | General |
| OUTWORDS | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | General |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | Brunswick, ME | $25,000 | 2026 | General |
| Tedford Housing | Brunswick, ME | $20,000 | 2026 | General |
| Team Tobati | New Britain, CT | $15,000 | 2026 | General |
| Speak About It | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 2026 | General |
| Maine Public | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | 2026 | General |
| Alzheimer's Association | Waltham, MA | $10,000 | 2026 | General |
| Connecticut Community Foundation | Waterbury, CT | $10,000 | 2026 | General |
| Stuart Country Day School | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 2026 | General |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | General |
| Maine Gun Saftey Coalition Foundati | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 2026 | General |
| Midcoast Youth Center | Bath, ME | $4,500 | 2026 | General |
| Camp Runoia Alumnae Assn | Belgrade Lakes, ME | $1,000 | 2026 | General |
| Kingswood-Oxford School | West Hartford, CT | $175,291 | 2025 | General |
| Center for Teaching Learning | Edgecomb, ME | $52,000 | 2025 | General |
| Patten Free Library | Bath, ME | $11,500 | 2025 | General |
| OUTWORDS | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | General |
| Stuart Country Day School | Princeton, NJ | $2,500 | 2025 | General |
| Kingswood-Oxford School | West Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 2025 | General |
| Speak About It | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 2025 | General |
| Midcoast Literacy | Bath, ME | $1,000 | 2025 | General |
| Camp Runoia Alumnae Assn | Belgrade Lakes, ME | $1,000 | 2025 | General |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | Orlando, FL | $100 | 2025 | General |
| Sterling College | Craftsbury Common, VT | $5,000 | 2024 | General |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | General |
| Planned Parenthood | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 2024 | General |
| The Climate Reality Project | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2024 | General |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 2024 | General |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2024 | General |
| OUTWORDS | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2024 | General |
| Stuart Country Day School | Princeton, NJ | $1,500 | 2024 | General |
| Patten Free Library | Bath, ME | $1,500 | 2024 | General |
| 7 Lakes Alliance | Belgrade Lakes, ME | $1,500 | 2024 | General |
| Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | General |
| Society of Saint Vincent DePaul | Exeter, NH | $1,000 | 2024 | General |
| Speak About It | Portland, ME | $500 | 2024 | General |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | General |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | General |
| Ranzom Ukraine | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | General |
| Climate Reality Project | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2023 | General |
| Violence Policy Center | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2023 | General |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $4,000 | 2023 | General |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2023 | General |
Bath Housing Development Corporatio
$30,000General
Patten Free Library
$30,000General
Morse High School
$30,000General
OUTWORDS
$25,000General
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program
$25,000General
Tedford Housing
$20,000General
Team Tobati
$15,000General
Speak About It
$10,000General
Maine Public
$10,000General
Alzheimer's Association
$10,000General
Stuart Country Day School
$5,000General
Colgate University
$5,000General
Maine Gun Saftey Coalition Foundati
$5,000General
Midcoast Youth Center
$4,500General
Camp Runoia Alumnae Assn
$1,000General
Kingswood-Oxford School
$175,291General
Center for Teaching Learning
$52,000General
Patten Free Library
$11,500General
OUTWORDS
$2,500General
Stuart Country Day School
$2,500General
Kingswood-Oxford School
$2,500General
Speak About It
$1,000General
Midcoast Literacy
$1,000General
Camp Runoia Alumnae Assn
$1,000General
Doctors Without Borders
$3,000General
World Central Kitchen
$2,000General
OUTWORDS
$2,000General
Stuart Country Day School
$1,500General
Patten Free Library
$1,500General
Society of Saint Vincent DePaul
$1,000General
Speak About It
$500General
Doctors Without Borders
$10,000General
National Network of Abortion Funds
$4,000General