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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5949141

Tom and Kate Chappell Family Foundation

A private foundation in Kennebunk, ME. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 54 grants and $173,650 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $173,650

    Grants listed
    54
    Assets, end of year
    $337,400

  • Tax year 2023

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $440,953

  • Tax year 2022

    $96,825

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $472,532

  • Tax year 2021

    $249,050

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $529,759

  • Tax year 2020

    $116,850

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $694,700

  • Tax year 2019

    $242,700

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $735,429

  • Tax year 2018

    $39,750

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $916,558

Grants paid in 2024

54 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of Monhegan VFDPort Clyde, ME

    General

    $30,000
  2. Annies Angels Memorial FundNewmarket, NH

    General

    $25,000
  3. Mitchell InstitutePortland, ME

    General

    $15,000
  4. Hyde SchoolBath, ME

    General

    $15,000
  5. St Davids Episcopal ChurchKennebunk, ME

    General

    $10,000
  6. Harvard Divinity SchoolCambridge, MA

    General

    $10,000
  7. Hope CemeteryKennebunk, ME

    General

    $10,000
  8. Trinity CollegeHartford, CT

    General

    $10,000
  9. Nature ConservatoryBrunswick, ME

    General

    $5,000
  10. Tempo Art Funding ProsposalPortland, ME

    General

    $5,000
  11. Portland Museum of ArtPortland, ME

    General

    $5,000
  12. Haystack Mount School of CraftsDeer Isle, ME

    General

    $3,500
  13. Saco River TheatreBuxton, ME

    General

    $2,750
  14. Maine Farmland TrustBelfast, ME

    General

    $2,500
  15. Portland Community SquashPortland, ME

    General

    $2,000
  16. Kingswood Oxford SchoolWest Hartford, CT

    General

    $1,500
  17. Vermont StudioJohnston, VT

    General

    $1,500
  18. Moses Brown SchoolProvidence, RI

    General

    $1,500
  19. Monhegan MuseumMonhegan, ME

    General

    $1,250
  20. Indigo Arts AlliancePortland, ME

    General

    $1,250
  21. University of Southern MainePortland, ME

    General

    $1,000
  22. Maine OrganicUnity, ME

    General

    $1,000
  23. Trust for Public LandSan Francisco, CA

    General

    $1,000
  24. Monhegan Island Sustainable CommuniMonhegan, ME

    General

    $1,000
  25. Monhegan LibraryMonhegan, ME

    General

    $1,000
  26. Monhegan AssociatesCarmel Hamlet, NY

    General

    $1,000
  27. Wadsworth Antheneum MuseumHartford, CT

    General

    $1,000
  28. Maine PublicPortland, ME

    General

    $1,000
  29. Brick Store MuseumKennebunk, ME

    General

    $750
  30. Monhegan Artist ResidencyChantilly, VA

    General

    $750
  31. Manchester HistroricalManchester, CT

    General

    $600
  32. Kennebunk Land TrustKennebunk, ME

    General

    $500
  33. Great Works Regional Land TrustOgunquit, ME

    General

    $500
  34. New Britain Museum of American ArtNew Britain, CT

    General

    $500
  35. Ogunquit Museum of ArtOgunquit, ME

    General

    $500
  36. Connecticut Museum of CultureHartford, CT

    General

    $500
  37. Laudholm TrustWells, ME

    General

    $250
  38. Gulf of Maine ResearchPortland, ME

    General

    $250
  39. CT Historical SocietyHartford, CT

    General

    $250
  40. Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA

    General

    $250
  41. Africa SchoolhouseSanta Monica, CA

    General

    $250
  42. Lights Out GalleryNorway, ME

    General

    $250
  43. Maine Historical SocietyPortland, ME

    General

    $200
  44. The New SchoolKennebunk, ME

    General

    $200
  45. Hospice of Southern MaineScarborough, ME

    General

    $200
  46. Maine College of ArtPortland, ME

    General

    $150
  47. Full Plates Full PotentialBrunswick, ME

    General

    $150
  48. ChewonkiWiscasset, ME

    General

    $150
  49. The Iris NetworkPortland, ME

    General

    $150
  50. Maine AudobonFalmouth, ME

    General

    $150
  51. The School Around USArundel, ME

    General

    $150
  52. The Ecology SchoolSaco, ME

    General

    $100
  53. Watershed Center for Ceramic ArtsEdgecomb, ME

    General

    $100
  54. Kennebunk Free LibraryKennebunk, ME

    General

    $100

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education5 grants $26,85040% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $25,00037% of the total
  3. Arts and culture7 grants $8,05012% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture2 grants $2,6504% of the total
  5. Environment5 grants $2,1003% of the total
  6. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,0003% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $200<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maine40 grants $119,300
  2. New Hampshire1 grant $25,000
  3. Connecticut7 grants $14,350
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  5. Rhode Island1 grant $1,500
  6. Vermont1 grant $1,500
  7. New York1 grant $1,000
  8. Virginia1 grant $750
  9. California1 grant $250

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Thomas M ChappellDIRECTOR, PR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Katherine C ChappellDIRECTOR, SE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Barbara K WheatonTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

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