Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
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About Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
The Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation makes very targeted, sizable grants to anchor community institutions in Southern California, primarily supporting a local evangelical church and a regional art museum. Its giving emphasizes institutional support (unrestricted/program support) rather than many small projects, indicating a preference for sustaining long‑standing cultural and faith organizations that serve the community.
Focus Areas
Support for evangelical/Christian congregation operations (large local church)Regional visual arts and museum capacity (Orange County Museum of Art)Anchor community institutions in Southern California/Orange County/Long Beach
Who They Fund
established local evangelical church (Mariners Church)regional art museum (Orange County Museum of Art)anchor community institutions in Southern California/Orange County/Long Beachlocal community members served by those institutions
Giving Approach
About Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
A single $125,000 grant to Mariners Church stands out in the Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation’s recent record and shows how concentrated its giving can be. The foundation also backed the Orange County Museum of Art with $100,000 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2024, pointing to a pattern of support for established community institutions rather than a wide spread of small awards. Recent grants include both faith-based and cultural recipients, with Long Beach, Orange County, and nearby Southern California cities appearing repeatedly. The foundation’s giving is locally focused and entirely within California in the data provided. In practice, that has meant support for a large Irvine church, a Santa Ana museum, and a mix of Long Beach-based nonprofits and civic organizations. Several awards are labeled simply as support, which suggests flexible institutional funding rather than tightly restricted project-only grants. Alongside faith and arts funding, the portfolio includes organizations tied to community health, youth services, food access, education, and local engagement. That combination places the Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation among funders that favor visible anchor organizations serving Southern California communities.
What Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation Funds
Faith and culture are the clearest through lines in the Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation’s recent grants. It gave $125,000 to Mariners Church for support and $100,000 to Orange County Museum of Art for support in 2023, then followed with a $50,000 grant to Orange County Museum of Arts in 2024. Those awards point to sustained backing for institutions with broad local reach. Community-serving work also appears in smaller grants. The foundation gave $15,000 to Long Beach Community Internship Project and $12,200 to Tnp - Long Beach Gives Donation, both in Long Beach. It also supported John Hinrichs Csulb Scholarship with $10,500 in 2023 and again with $10,500 in 2024, showing repeated support for education-linked activity. Health and family services are present as well, including $10,000 grants to Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, and Miller Childrens & Womens Hospital Long Beach.
How Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $2,500, median is $2,500, and p75 is $5,000. Recent activity also includes a smaller number of larger institutional awards, such as $125,000 and $100,000 grants, which sit well above the usual range. The foundation gives locally and all recipient grants in the data are in California. Its recent list includes repeat support for John Hinrichs Csulb Scholarship in both 2023 and 2024, suggesting some ongoing relationships rather than purely one-time awards. The available record points to a private foundation that funds individuals and uses straightforward support grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$595K
Total Assets
$2.2M
Total Revenue
$259K
Total Expenses
$645K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $5K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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