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Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$595k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
188
Grants FY2025
132
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,500
Organizations funded a year
10 to 132
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $331k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving184$590k71%
FY2024132$503k64%
FY2023115$511k67%
FY202283$711k72%
FY202188$571k98%
FY202011$758k9%
FY201912$434k17%
FY201810$405kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$1.4MEducation$686kArts & Culture$631kHealth$467kHuman Services$275kHousing & Shelter$215kYouth Development$167kFood & Nutrition$139kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Orange Catholic Foundation$1,000,0003n/a
Orange County Museum of Art$275,00041%
Mariners Church$250,0002n/a
Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange$200,0003n/a
Long Beach State Foundation$89,50060%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$85,00040%
Saddleback Memorial Foundation$78,50041%
Food Finders Inc$52,00050%
Orange County School of the Arts$42,50010%
Second Chance Orange County$37,50075%
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All grantees of Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Orange Catholic Foundation$1,000,0003n/a
Orange County Museum of Art$275,00041%
Mariners Church$250,0002n/a
Mater Dei High School Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange$200,0003n/a
Long Beach State Foundation$89,50060%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$85,00040%
Saddleback Memorial Foundation$78,50041%
Food Finders Inc$52,00050%
Orange County School of the Arts$42,50010%
Second Chance Orange County$37,50075%
Affordable Housing Clearinghouse$30,00051%
South County Outreach$27,50040%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$25,00030%
Fosterall$25,00012%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$20,00020%
Long Beach Unity Festival Inc$20,000310%
Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc$20,00031%
UNIDOS South OC Inc$20,00033%
Redondo Beach Educational Foundation$20,00021%
Polo Training Center Santa Barbara$17,50037%
Families Uniting Families$17,50041%
Century Villages at Cabrillo Inc$17,50050%
Haven Services$16,00051%
Project Hope Alliance$16,00030%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$15,00020%
Bishop Montgomery High School$15,0002n/a
Junipero Serra High School a Corp$15,0002n/a
L-Arche Wavecrest$15,00021%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$15,00020%
Community Family Guidance Center$15,00040%
Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership$13,55010%
California Council on Economic Education$13,50051%
Orange County Community Housing Corp$13,50040%
Cancer Support Community South Bay$12,50020%
Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children$12,50020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach$12,50050%
Ground Education$12,00024%
Jessie Rees Foundation$11,58120%
Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc$11,50021%
Thomas House Temporary Shelter$11,00050%
Casa Youth Shelter$11,00021%
Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion$10,71141%
Laura's House$10,00010%
Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group$10,00017%
Beach Cities Interfaith Services$10,000210%
Bishop Conaty Our Lady of Loretto High School$10,0001n/a
Arts & Learning Corporation$10,00010%
Eastside Christian Church of Fullerton California$10,0001n/a
Pacific Symphony$10,00010%
Choc Foundation$10,00010%
Public Corp for the Arts of the City of Long Beach$10,00010%
Long Beach Youth Chorus$10,000111%
Interval House$10,00040%
Fish for Life Inc$10,00015%
Environmental Nature Center$10,00010%
Long Beach Symphony Association$10,00010%
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center$10,0001n/a
St Mary Medical Center Foundation$10,00010%
Orange County Adult Achievement Center Dba My Day Counts$10,00020%
Discovery Science Center of Orange County$10,00010%
Young Lives Redeemed$10,00022%
Templo Calvario Community Development Corporation$10,00040%
Wellness and Prevention Foundation$10,00011%
Nami Orange County$10,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$10,00010%
Mary Erickson Community Housing A Non-Profit Corporation$9,50050%
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria$9,00040%
Long Beach Public Library Foundation$7,75020%
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc$7,50020%
Long Beach BLAST Better Learning for All Students Today$7,50021%
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$7,50020%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County$7,50030%
Pacific Chorale$7,50010%
Community Health Initiative of Oc$7,50011%
Childrens Theatre of Long Beach$7,50014%
Long Beach Police Foundation$7,5003n/a
Watchitgrow Inc$7,00034%
Central City Neighborhood Partners$7,00040%
Mary of the Sea High School$7,0001n/a
Precious Lamb Preschool Inc$7,00020%
Creer Communidad y Familia$6,99033%
Child Creativity Lab$6,50021%
Kherut$6,00011%
Project Kinship$6,00020%
St Vincent's Institution$5,50020%
The Beacon House Association of San Pedro$5,50030%
The Arc Los Angeles & Orange Counties$5,00010%
The Riverbank Organization$5,0001n/a
Backhausdance$5,00011%
Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo$5,0001n/a
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co$5,00010%
Sri Panchamukha Hanuman Temple and Religious Academy$5,0001n/a
Santa Margarita Eagle Foundation$5,00010%
Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation$5,00010%
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Linc Housing Corporation$5,00020%
Mental Health America of Los Angeles$5,00010%
Junipero Serra Catholic High School$5,00010%
Long Beach Rescue Mission$5,00010%
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc$5,00010%
Museum of Latin American Art$5,00010%
Rosary Academy$5,0001n/a
Foundation for Learning Athletics and Growth$5,00013%
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes$5,00010%
South Bay Childrens Health Center$5,00010%
Cor Community Development Corp$5,0001n/a
Rainbow Services$5,00010%
Cottonwood Church$5,0001n/a
Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts Inc$5,00010%
St Mary Medical Center$5,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Orange County$5,00010%
Saint Joseph High School$5,0001n/a
Immaculate Heart Community$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc$5,00010%
Orangewood Foundation$5,00010%
Islamic Institute of Orange County$5,0001n/a
The Association of Catholic Student Councils$5,00011%
Santiago Retreat Center$5,0001n/a
Creative Class Collective$5,00011%
Lutheran High School Association of Orange County$5,0001n/a
San Gabriel Mission High School$5,0001n/a
United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$5,00010%
Academy of Ideas$5,0002n/a
Rad Camp Inc$5,00011%
Musical Theatre West$5,00010%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$5,00010%
Jazz Angel Inc$5,00012%
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange a Corp$5,0001n/a
Mission Preservation Foundation$5,00010%
Therapeutic Riding Center of Huntington Beach Inc$5,00011%
Temple Menorah$5,0001n/a
Orange County Congregation Community Organization$5,0001n/a
The Dragon Kim Foundation$5,00011%
Biola University Inc$5,00010%
Stem Advantage$5,00020%
Catholic Association of Latino Leaders Inc$5,0001n/a
Delhi Center$5,00010%
Pacific Dental Services Foundation$5,00010%
Free Wheelchair Mission$5,00010%
Giving Children Hope$5,00010%
Disabled Resources Center Inc$5,00010%
Family Promise of Orange County$5,00020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Ana$5,00010%
Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens$5,00011%
Long Beach Organic Inc$5,00014%
All World Gayatri Pariwar USA$5,0001n/a
Town & Country Manor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$5,00010%
Holocaust Museum La$5,0001n/a
Pacifica Christian High School Orange County Inc$5,00010%
Concordia University Irvine$5,00010%
Tiyya Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education$5,00010%
The Richard Nixon Foundation$5,00010%
Jewish Collaborative of Orange County$5,0001n/a
Long Beach Accelerator Inc$5,00021%
Desert Reign Assembly of God$5,0001n/a
Compound LB$5,00011%
Opera Santa Barbara$5,00010%
South Coast Repertory Inc$5,00010%
Seeds Christian Counseling$5,00011%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$5,00010%
Mercy House Living Centers$5,00010%
Family Assistance Ministries$5,00010%
Cristo Rey Orange County High School Inc$5,00010%
Laguna Art Museum$5,00010%
Dream Street Foundation$5,00011%
Ballet California$5,00012%
Hope Restoration Ministries$5,00011%
South Bay Artist Collective$5,00011%
Mares Foundation Inc$5,000117%
Verbum Dei Jesuit High School$5,0001n/a
Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay$5,0001n/a
Salesian Family Youth Center$5,00010%
Farmhouse Rescue$5,0001n/a
Colette's Children's Home Inc$5,00010%
Shakespeare By The Sea$5,00011%
Memorial Medical Center Foundation$5,00010%
Casa Teresa Inc$5,00010%
Mae House$5,00011%
Saint Marys Academy$5,0001n/a
Oak Valley College$5,00010%
Catholic Campus Ministry Association$5,00011%
Rancho Los Amigos Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Long Beach Day Nursery$4,50020%
Working Wardrobes For A New Start$4,50020%
Ican California Abilities Network$4,50020%
Beyond Blindness$4,50020%
St Barnabas School$3,5002n/a
Cityheart Incorporated$3,50022%
Achievement Institute for STEM Scholars$3,00030%
Casa of Los Angeles$3,00010%
Success in Challenges Inc$3,00030%
Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures$3,00020%
Assistance League of Capistrano Valley Inc$3,00020%
Temple Akiba of Culver City$2,5001n/a
Altamed Health Services Corporation$2,50010%
New Challenge Ministries Inc$2,5001n/a
Nova Academy Childrens Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Moms Orange County$2,50010%
Ten Toes In$2,50010%
Santa Barbara Dance Institute$2,50012%
Harbor Community Clinic Inc$2,50010%
Mt Alverno High School$2,50010%
Families Forward$2,50010%
Sharefest Community Development Inc$2,50010%
Jewel Box Childrens Theater Company$2,50011%
Love Irvine Inc$2,50014%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast$2,50010%
Maple Village Waldorf School$2,50010%
San Clemente Village$2,50012%
Do Good Daniels Family Foundation$2,50011%
Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation$2,50011%
Old Mission Santa Barbara$2,5001n/a
Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc$2,50010%
Long Beach Community Design Center$2,5001n/a
Lakewood Meals on Wheels$2,50012%
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$2,50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach$2,50010%
St John the Baptist School$2,5001n/a
Beacon House$2,5001n/a
Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital Incorporated$2,5001n/a
Orange County Family Justice Center Foundation$2,50020%
State Street Ballet$2,50010%
Partners of Parks$2,50010%
Arts District San Pedro Waterfront$2,50011%
Boys and Girls Club of the South Coast Area$2,50010%
St Catherine's Academy$2,5001n/a
Long Beach Community Action Partnership$2,50010%
Abilityfirst$2,50010%
Angels Gate Cultural Center Inc$2,50010%
Child Guidance Center Inc$2,50010%
Precious Life Shelter Inc$2,5001n/a
Westmont College$2,50010%
Oasis Companies International$2,50010%
St Benedict School$2,5001n/a
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center$2,50010%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$2,50010%
Northeast of the Well$2,5001n/a
Olive Crest$2,50010%
Arts Outreach$2,50012%
West Angeles Community Development Corporation$2,50010%
San Pedro Art Association$2,5001n/a
Team Kids Inc$2,50010%
Unity Shoppe Inc$2,50010%
Community Partners$2,50010%
Parkway Ford Heritage Mission$2,50015%
Fristers$2,50010%
Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County$2,50030%
Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity$2,50011%
Forever With US$2,5001n/a
Power of One Foundation$2,50011%
Maryvale$2,50010%
Uniforms for Hope$2,25014%
Norooz Clinic Foundation$2,00020%
Centro Cha Inc$2,00020%
The Book Truck Inc$2,00020%
Lynwood Partners Educational Foundation$2,00010%
Network of Iranian-American Professionals of Orange County$2,00013%
Uncoded$2,0001n/a
Childrens Creative Project$2,00010%
Los Angeles Challenge Corporation$2,00011%
South Bay Curve youth Baseball$2,00021%
Marching Beauties Foundation$2,00021%
Autism By The Sea$2,000110%
Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture Inc$2,00020%
Dayle Mcintosh Center for the Disabled$2,00010%
Casa Guerrero En California Inc$2,00024%
Hart Community Homes Inc$2,00020%
Shetech International$2,00021%
The Muzeo Foundation$2,00011%
Goin Native Therapeutic Gardens$2,0001n/a
Marconi Foundation For Kids$2,00010%
Lomarena Elementary PTA$2,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor$2,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Fullerton Inc$2,00010%
Project X Lb$1,5001n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley$1,50020%
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County$1,50020%
Su Casa - Ending Domestic Violence$1,50010%
Iglesia Monte Vista del Pacto$1,5001n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County$1,50030%
Friendship Shelter Inc$1,50010%
Project Self-Sufficiency$1,50010%
Fullerton Kiwanis Charitable Foundation$1,5002n/a
Serving People In Need Inc$1,5001n/a
Centinela Valley Union High Schol District$1,0001n/a
Stoneybrooke Christian School$1,00010%
Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation$1,0001n/a
California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc$1,00010%
Care Closet Lbc$1,00010%
Orangewood Academy$1,0001n/a
Holy Trinity School$1,0001n/a
The Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce$1,0001n/a
Holy Innocents School$1,0001n/a
The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle$1,00010%
Valor Christian Academy$1,00010%
Long Beach Community Table$1,0001n/a
Tony's Treehouse$1,00013%
Pathways Volunteer Hospice$1,0001n/a
Women's Economic Ventures$1,0001n/a
St Pancratius School$1,0001n/a
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics$1,00020%
Beautiful I Am Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Organic Soup Kitchen$1,00010%
We Care of Los Alamitos Inc$1,0001n/a
More Good Days Foundation$1,0001n/a
Entrepreneur Educational Cente$1,00011%
Christ Cathedral Academy$1,0001n/a
A Quarter Blue$1,00010%
Kingdom Causes Bellflower$1,00010%
Soroptimist International of Huntington Beach$1,00012%
The Hub Oc$1,0001n/a
Tustin Santa Ana Rotary Club Found$1,00012%
Nbcc$1,00020%
San Clemente Christian School$1,0001n/a
Lincoln Rams$1,00012%
Elder Law and Disability Rights Center$1,00010%
Laguna Food Pantry$1,00010%
St Bernardine of Siena School$1,0001n/a
Saddleback College Foundation$1,00010%
Gp Xmas Carepackages & Blankets of Love$5001n/a
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County$50010%
Standing Together to End Sexual Assault$50010%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$50010%
Sandwiches From the Heart$5001n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 126 recipients with no EIN on record ($696k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOrange County Museum of Art: $275,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLong Beach State Foundation: $89,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAquarium of the Pacific Corporation: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSaddleback Memorial Foundation: $78,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFood Finders Inc: $52,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County School of the Arts: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Chance Orange County: $37,500 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetAffordable Housing Clearinghouse: $30,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSouth County Outreach: $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Wooden Floor for Youth Movement: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFosterall: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLong Beach Unity Festival Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetHigher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUNIDOS South OC Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetRedondo Beach Educational Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPolo Training Center Santa Barbara: $17,500 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetFamilies Uniting Families: $17,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCentury Villages at Cabrillo Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHaven Services: $16,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKidworks Community Development Corp: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetL-Arche Wavecrest: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Family Guidance Center: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLong Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership: $13,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Council on Economic Education: $13,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOrange County Community Housing Corp: $13,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Support Community South Bay: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGround Education: $12,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $11,581 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThomas House Temporary Shelter: $11,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCasa Youth Shelter: $11,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLong Beach Center for Economic Inclusion: $10,711 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLaura's House: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBeach Cities Interfaith Services: $10,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetArts & Learning Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Symphony: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChoc Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Corp for the Arts of the City of Long Beach: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLong Beach Youth Chorus: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetInterval House: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFish for Life Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetEnvironmental Nature Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Community FoundationCA102.9× affinity102 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Long Beach Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Weingart Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation

How much does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation give?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation reported 188 grants totaling $595,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 132 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Orange Catholic Foundation ($1.0M), Orange County Museum of Art ($275k), Mariners Church ($250k).
Does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation, O L Halsell Foundation.
Where is Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation based?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 456 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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