Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation is a private foundation based in Long Beach, California. Its 2025 grantmaking included support for California nonprofits and educational institutions, as well as a recipient in Missouri.
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation at a glance
In short: Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation gave $595K across 188 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $595,200
- +18.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 188
- +38.2% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,166
- -14.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,500
- Total assets
- $2,180,967
- -15.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
- Contact
Application contact: Farmers Merchants Bank Foundation
Mailing address: 302 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: (562) 437-0011
Website: https://fmbanktrust.bank
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Nonprofit Partnership - Long Beach Gives ($16K). Together the top 10 received $93K.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($1,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
632 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 627 grants of 632 (99%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to recipients in California and 1% to recipients in Missouri. Listed California grantees include organizations in Long Beach, Orange County, and other locations across the state.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 188 itemized grants.
Cities
How Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation gives
- 20% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−18%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 432% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $434K (2019) to $758K (2020). In 2025 it made 188 grants totaling $595K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Nonprofit Partnership - Long Beach Gives Long Beach, CA | Support | $15,500 |
| Csulb 49ER Foundation - John Hinrichs Csulb Scholarship Long Beach, CA | Support | $10,500 |
| Eastside Christian Church of Fullerton California Anaheim, CA | Support | $10,000 |
| The Barnabas Group Orange County San Juan Capistrano, CA | Support | $10,000 |
| Csulb 49ER Foundation - LBCIP Long Beach, CA | Support | $10,000 |
| Orange County Community Foundation - Giving Days Irvine, CA | Support | $7,000 |
| Orange County Community Foundation - Giving Days Irvine, CA | Support | $6,200 |
| All World Gayatri Pariwar USA Anaheim, CA | Support | $5,000 |
| Beach Cities Interfaith Services Huntington Beach, CA | Support | $5,000 |
| CASA Teresa Inc Orange, CA | Support | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,180,967 | $259,231 | $644,960 | $595,200 | 188 | $599,122 | $113,393 | $138,629 |
| 2024 | $2,566,298 | $1,255,146 | $551,790 | $504,050 | 136 | $508,301 | $111,657 | $125,560 |
| 2023 | $1,862,245 | $880,743 | $603,946 | $513,700 | 122 | $525,976 | $51,653 | $96,594 |
| 2022 | $1,586,543 | $184,719 | $781,491 | $723,508 | 90 | $727,635 | $64,994 | $105,604 |
| 2021 | $2,185,720 | $1,260,526 | $614,342 | $575,582 | 96 | $577,388 | $128,572 | $106,498 |
| 2020 | $1,540,093 | $281,663 | $789,705 | $758,000 | 11 | — | $100,839 | $98,755 |
| 2019 | $2,046,127 | $430,480 | $470,919 | $433,800 | 12 | — | $83,725 | $105,998 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation reported a distributable amount of $139K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement is available in the provided information. The 2025 grantees show support for a range of organizations. For example, South County Outreach describes its mission as preventing hunger and homelessness; Affordable Housing Clearinghouse describes work to provide affordable housing in Southern California; and Biola University describes itself as a Christian university focused on education, spiritual development, and career preparation. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own missions, not stated focus areas of the foundation.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation made 188 grants totaling $595,200. Awards ranged from $500 to $15,500, with a median grant of $2,500. Examples of larger grants include $15,500 to The Nonprofit Partnership – Long Beach Gives; $10,500 to CSULB 49er Foundation for the John Hinrichs CSULB Scholarship; and $10,000 each to Eastside Christian Church of Fullerton California, The Barnabas Group Orange County, and CSULB 49er Foundation for LBCIP.
The foundation’s 2025 filing lists the contact as FARMERS MERCHANTS BANK FOUNDATION. Form and materials, deadlines, and award restrictions are listed as N/A. Its application policy states that giving is not restricted to preselected organizations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Christine M. Walker-Bowman and Kevin Tiber as co-presidents; Daniel K. Walker as vice president; Matthew Kimmel as secretary; John W. H. Hinrichs as treasurer; and Joann Bourne and James Normandin as directors.
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation is led by Christine M. Walker-Bowman, Co-President on every filing since 2019; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Christine M. Walker-Bowman
Co-President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Tiber
Co-President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Normandin
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joann Bourne
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel K. Walker
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Wh Hinrichs
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Kimmel
Secretary
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (2)
- Former: Darrel R. Van Es (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jerry C. Gross (2019–2021) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation
How much does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation give each year?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation gave $595K across 188 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $504K across 136 grants.
What is Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's typical grant size?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $2,500, and its average grant was $3,166, across 188 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation give grants?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation gives mostly in California: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Long Beach, CA (30 grants), Santa Ana, CA (14 grants), Irvine, CA (11 grants) and San Juan Capistrano, CA (10 grants).
Does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 188 grants with a stated purpose on Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support" (186 grants).
Who are Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's largest grantees?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include The Nonprofit Partnership - Long Beach Gives ($15,500), Orange County Community Foundation - Giving Days ($13,200 across 2 grants) and Csulb 49ER Foundation - John Hinrichs Csulb Scholarship ($10,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($1,000), which are not listed by name. Together they received 7% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $599K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $139K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation fund?
No mission statement is available in the provided information. The 2025 grantees show support for a range of organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check fmbanktrust.bank for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's EIN?
Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-3050206. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 7, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/farmers-and-merchants-bank-foundation-morg_78649f1fbd9f442e8c8ca1cf82fa1e2e
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