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Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$595k
Granted FY2025still arriving
188
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Religion$1.4MEducation$686kArts & Culture$631kHealth$467kHuman Services$275kHousing & Shelter$215kYouth Development$167kFood & Nutrition$139kOther$0
02FY2025 · 188 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k183 grants · $539k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $56k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP - LONG BEACH GIVES$15,500
CSULB 49ER FOUNDATION - JOHN HINRICHS CSULB SCHOLARSHIP$10,500
THE BARNABAS GROUP ORANGE COUNTY$10,000
EASTSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF FULLERTON CALIFORNIA$10,000
CSULB 49ER FOUNDATION - LBCIP$10,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - GIVING DAYS$7,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - GIVING DAYS$6,200
CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY NOTE FISCAL SPONSOR OF MIX ACADEMY$5,000
TOWN AND COUNTRY MANOR OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE$5,000
PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC$5,000
CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY ASSOCIATION$5,000
SANTA MARGARITA EAGLE FOUNDATION$5,000
HIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY$5,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $3k → 10%UNITY SHOPPE: $3k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $5k → 10%PROJECT KINSHIP: $5k → 10%MARYVALE: $3k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $3k → 14%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $5k → 14%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $3k → 14%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $3k → 14%DO GOOD DANIELS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 14%DELHI CENTER: $5k → 10%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANAHEIM: $5k → 10%THE ARC OF LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $5k → 14%LAURA'S HOUSE: $10k → 10%FRISTERS: $3k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $10k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 10%KIDWORKS: $10k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%FISH FOR LIFE: $10k → 10%KHERUT: $5k → 10%ABILITYFIRST: $3k → 14%UNIDOS SOUTH OC: $10k → 10%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $3k → 14%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $3k → 14%UNIDOS SOUTH OC INC: $5k → 10%UNIDOS SOUTH OC: $5k → 10%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER (DENTAL): $5k → 14%PRECIOUS LIFE SHELTER: $3k → 10%THE RIVERBANK ORGANIZATION: $5k → 10%HAVEN SERVICES: $5k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%WATCHITGROW INC: $5k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER: $5k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.1M · 105 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

105 repeat relationships — 53 still active in FY2025, 52 since wound down; 131 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
216

Total granted

$3.1M
$962k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+9%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LB
    LONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +135%
  • AO
    AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $85k · revenue +46%
  • AH
    AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLEARINGHOUSE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • OC
    ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $43k · revenue +52%
  • F
    FOSTERALLgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +37%
  • LB
    Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership
    one grant, 2024 · $14k · revenue 0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
2
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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3
Family Promise of Los Angeles

Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.

Human Services
4
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc

South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…

Human Services
5
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
6
La Luz Center

Strengthen community through family services, economic advancement, and community engagement. our vision is: one sonoma valley community working together where all have equal opportunity to succeed.

Human Services
7
California State University Los Angeles Alumni Association Inc

To foster relationships among alumni, students and community by providing services and activities that build loyalty, support and a lifelong connection to the university.

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8
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
9
Long Beach Community Players Inc

To celebrate the human experience while encouraging the participation of artist and audience in theatre productions.

Arts & Culture
10
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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11
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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12
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest and the most unlike its peers is Pacific Dental Services Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyBuddhist Temples and Monast…Charter and Alternative Sch…Policy Research & AdvocacyLabor Union LocalsLocal Chambers of CommerceService Clubs & Civic Organ…Family Philanthropic Founda…Arts Education & PerformanceChristian Evangelical Churc…Union Benefit TrustsSchool Parent Support Organ…Asian-American Cultural Org…Jewish Community Organizati…Water Sports Youth & Recrea…High School Booster ClubsCommunity Maintenance Assoc…Community Health CentersLaw Enforcement & Fire Labo…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%4%<5yr16%12%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr10%19%35–55yr12%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%1%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%40%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr10%11%35–55yr12%21%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%2/330
the rest of the field
15%
9,955/64,784

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

282 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 282 of the 456 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
276/282
Grantees still filing
151/282
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · OtherORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATIONMARINERS CHURCH — $250,000 · OtherMARINERS CHURCHMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGE — $200,000 · OtherMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGELONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $105,000 · Other+104 more — $1,103,750 · Other+104 moreORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART — $275,000 · Arts & CultureORANGE COUNTY…THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WOODEN FL…LONG BEACH UNITY FESTIVAL INC — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more — $140,000 · Arts & Culture+21 moreLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION — $89,500 · EducationORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — $42,500 · EducationProject Hope Alliance — $16,000 · EducationGROUND EDUCATION — $12,000 · Education+12 more — $68,990 · EducationUNIDOS South OC Inc — $20,000 · Human ServicesIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation — $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES — $17,500 · Human ServicesHAVEN SERVICES — $16,000 · Human ServicesL-ARCHE WAVECREST — $15,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $15,000 · Human ServicesLONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION — $10,711 · Human ServicesBEACH CITIES INTERFAITH SERVICES — $10,000 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesINTERVAL HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesFISH FOR LIFE INC — $10,000 · Human Services+12 more — $66,000 · Human ServicesSADDLEBACK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $78,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Orange — $12,000 · PhilanthropyLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $7,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC — $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyFAMILY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES — $5,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE COUNTY — $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER — $15,000 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation — $11,581 · HealthWELLNESS AND PREVENTION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED — $10,000 · HealthST MARY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthOrange Coast Memorial Medical Center — $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF OC — $7,500 · HealthTHE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO — $5,500 · HealthHOPE RESTORATION MINISTRIES — $5,000 · HealthRANCHO LOS AMIGOS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · HealthST MARY MEDICAL CENTER — $5,000 · HealthSEEDS CHRISTIAN COUNSELING — $5,000 · HealthAFFORDABLE HOUSING CLEARINGHOUSE — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO INC — $17,500 · Housing & ShelterORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOUSING CORP — $13,500 · Housing & ShelterCASA YOUTH SHELTER — $11,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterOrange County Rescue Mission Inc — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterMares Foundation Inc — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterMAE HOUSE — $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,658,750Arts & Culture$460,000Education$228,990Human Services$220,211Philanthropy$118,250Health$109,581Housing & Shelter$102,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetLONG BEACH UNITY FESTIVAL INC — $20,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetUNIDOS South OC Inc — $20,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetREDONDO BEACH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO INC — $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPOLO TRAINING CENTER SANTA BARBARA — $17,500 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetFAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES — $17,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetProject Hope Alliance — $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHAVEN SERVICES — $16,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetL-ARCHE WAVECREST — $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER — $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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 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 budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SOUTH BAY — $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Orange — $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% 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 budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEMPLO CALVARIO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEACH CITIES INTERFAITH SERVICES — $10,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetWELLNESS AND PREVENTION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetARTS & LEARNING CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUBLIC CORP FOR THE ARTS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLong Beach Symphony Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Communi…Earl B & Loraine H Mi…O L Halsell FoundationLong Beach Community …Edwards Lifesciences …The Rudolph J & Daphn…The Devto Support Fou…Sisters of St Joseph …The Josephine S Gumbi…The Ahmanson Foundati…Orange County's Unite…Weingart Foundation
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    71report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 456 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Source object · view filing

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