Skip to content
Robert Grimm Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Robert Grimm Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$392k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$6.5MReligion$5.0MHealth$1.9MFood & Nutrition$756kHuman Services$598kYouth Development$522kArts & Culture$455kScience & Tech$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $212k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION$61,840
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,300
Individual grant recipient$50,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$45,000
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$30,000
STARS$25,000
BAKERSFIELD MASTER CHORALE$20,000
MARE$10,000
HOFFMAN HOSPICE$10,000
KERN DANCE ALLIANCE$10,000
BAKERSFIELD CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$9,643
OASIS$5,000
VV FAMILY FOUNDATION$5,000
WOUNDED HEROS FUND KERN CO$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $455k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $66k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $62k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $58k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $54k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $53k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $36k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $20k → 18%SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION: $20k → 18%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $10k → 18%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $6k → 18%HOFFMAN HOSPICE: $30k → 18%HOFFMAN HOSPICE: $30k → 18%HOFFMAN HOSPICE: $10k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 42 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
28

Total granted

$15M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+23%

Still filing today

55%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CP
    CAL POLY CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2.5M · revenue +81%
  • BM
    BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +71% · 32% of their budget
  • CU
    CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $542k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD
    one grant, 2022 · $750k
  • TG
    THE GRIMM FAMILY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $365k · revenue +20% · 27% of their budget
  • VP
    VALKERIE PYLON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kern Medical Center Foundation

Kern medical center foundation is dedicated to promote education and programs that support the mission of kern medical center

Health
2
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
3
Kern County Library Foundation
Education
4
Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation

Support of local law enforcement

—
5
Epilepsy Society of Kern County
Health
6
Kern High School District Educational Foundation

The objective of the foundation is to gather, raise, and collect donations for the benefit of education programs of the Kern High School District.

Education
7
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
8
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
9
Central Valley Health Foundation

The Central Valley Health Foundation (CVHF) is a California not-for-profit corporation. The Foundation was organized to coordinate the solicitation of contributions through its operations and to disburse such contributions, earnings, and…

Philanthropy
10
Adventist Health Foundation

The Foundation's mission is to endeavor to support programs and projects that measurably improve the physical and emotional health and health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the well-being in Paradise, and the…

Health
11
Cbcc Foundation for Community Wellness Inc

Serving the educational, financial, and emotional needs of kern county cancer patients and their families. providing assistance to individuals with financial hardship to relieve medical debt.

Health
12
Bakersfield Recovery Services

Provide residential and outpatient treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bakersfield Christian High School; the most unlike its peers is Sleepy Baby Box Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 71 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH: $4,242,683 · OtherST JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCHCONDORDIA UNIVERSITY: $750,000 · OtherCONDORDIA UNIVERSITYCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD: $750,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELDCROSS CONNECT MINISTRIES: $525,000 · OtherCROSS CONNECT MINISTRIESSHRINERS HOSPITALS: $300,000 · Other+41 more: $2,298,441 · Other+41 moreCAL POLY CORPORATION: $2,500,000 · EducationCAL POLY CORPORATIONCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERS…CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $541,950 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINECountry Christian School Inc: $224,830 · Education+4 more: $144,343 · EducationBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,105,300 · HealthBAKERSFIEL…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $200,000 · HealthSHRINERS H…VV Family Foundation: $88,375 · HealthVV Family …+4 more: $123,721 · Health+4 moreSLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION INC: $368,380 · Human ServicesHoffmann Hospice of The Valley: $70,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $16,270 · Human ServicesSIERRA SERVICE PROJECT: $368,000 · Youth DevelopmentCITYSERVE NETWORK: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE GRIMM FAMILY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $365,000 · PhilanthropyKern Dance Alliance: $80,000 · Arts & CultureBakersfield Master Chorale Inc: $80,000 · Arts & CultureBAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$8,866,124Education$5,161,123Health$1,517,396Human Services$454,650Youth Development$388,000Philanthropy$365,000Arts & Culture$225,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAL POLY CORPORATION: $2,500,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,105,300 over 4y, 32% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $541,950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION INC: $368,380 over 8y, 93% of budgetSIERRA SERVICE PROJECT: $368,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetTHE GRIMM FAMILY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $365,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetCountry Christian School Inc: $224,830 over 2y, 20% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $135,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $102,200 over 3y, 14% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY: $95,900 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetVV Family Foundation: $88,375 over 5y, 45% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $81,359 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKern Dance Alliance: $80,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetBakersfield Master Chorale Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 49% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Christian School Inc: $72,288 over 1y, 34% of budgetHoffmann Hospice of The Valley: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $47,221 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCITYSERVE NETWORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $19,643 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmelia Molloys Angels: $16,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $16,270 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMARE Riding Center: $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFriends of the Kern County Fair: $15,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetALS Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREFLECTIONS FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetMZURI WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Francis School Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSCOTT KIRSCHENMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds CAL POLY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE ↗
  • Who funds SLEEPY BABY BOX FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE GRIMM FAMILY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STARS ↗
  • Who funds Country Christian School Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds VV Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ↗
  • Who funds Kern Dance Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Master Chorale Inc ↗
  • Who funds San Luis Obispo Christian School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hoffmann Hospice of The Valley ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Kern Community Founda…Diane S Lake Charitab…William & Florence Wh…San Joaquin Community…Seedcore FoundationThe Virginia and Alfr…Lazzerini Family Foun…Amicus FoundationValley Strong Cu Fka …Dignity HealthSempra FoundationThe Harvey L Hall Cha…
Kern Community FoundationCA42.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · William & Florence Wheeler Foundation · San Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield · Seedcore Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Lazzerini Family Foundation · Amicus Foundation · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · Dignity Health · Sempra Foundation · The Harvey L Hall Charitable Family Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert Grimm Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert Grimm Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 71 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Robert Grimm Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home