Rehm Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 42-1464826

Rehm Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 9 grants totaling $58K. Net investment income was $44K.

Rehm Family Foundation at a glance

In short: Rehm Family Foundation gave $58K across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in Connecticut. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$58,000
+56.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
9
-30.8% vs 2024
Average grant
$6,444
+126.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,000
Total assets
$1,488,154
-1.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Connecticut (66% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Rehm Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 9 recipients in 2025

Fenwick Improvement Fund: $38KFenwick Improvement Fund$38KCollege of Holy Cross: $10KCollege of Holy Cross$10KLobolly Foundation: $5KLobolly Foundation$5KCome to Believe: $2KCome to Believe$2KSchool of the Holy Child: $1KSchool of the Holy Child$1KDartmouth College: $750Dartmouth College$750Hobe Sound Community Chest: $500Hobe Sound Community Chest$500Meals on Wheels - Martin County: $500Meals on Wheels - MartinCounty$500ELEV8 Hope: $250ELEV8 Hope$250

The largest 2025 recipient was Fenwick Improvement Fund ($38K). Together the top 9 received $58K.

Grant Size Distribution

81 grants across all recorded years

80<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 80 grants of 81 (99%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

11states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.

Cities

Hobe SoundNew YorkStuartWorcesterHanoverOld SaybrookCos CobBostonPalm Beach GardensPomfretDes MoinesFairfieldNew LondonRyeWashingtonCambridgeChestnut HillClevelandEssexFort Pierce

How Rehm Family Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 53% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 71% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K30 grants2019 26 grants2021 16 grants2022 17 grants2023 13 grants2024 9 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $37K (2024) to $124K (2022). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $58K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Fenwick Improvement Fund Old Saybrook, CTGeneral Support$38,000
College of Holy Cross Worcester, MAGeneral Support$10,000
Lobolly Foundation Hobe Sound, FLGeneral Support$5,000
Come to Believe New York, NYGeneral Support$2,000
School of the Holy Child Rye, NYGeneral Support$1,000
Dartmouth College Hanover, NHGeneral Support$750
Hobe Sound Community Chest Hobe Sound, FLGeneral Support$500
Meals on Wheels - Martin County Stuart, FLGeneral Support$500
ELEV8 Hope Stuart, FLGeneral Support$250
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$1,488,154$61,379$79,532$58,0009$62,000$43,847$86,878
2024$1,505,665$84,432$46,387$37,00013$37,000$75,045$78,792
2023$1,467,591$1,022,653$62,411$53,50017$55,600$28,244$36,580
2022$507,349$56,753$133,604$124,00016$126,025$45,124$36,210
2021$584,200$42,118$60,824$50,35026—$33,899$36,128
2019$622,014$24,921$118,726$108,55030—$11,421$35,068

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Rehm Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $87K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Rehm Family Foundation's 2025 filing lists 4 officers; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Cythia A. Rehm

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack D. Rehm Jr.

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ann R. Pulver

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisabeth R. Wooster

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

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 Rehm Family Foundation

How much does Rehm Family Foundation give each year?

Rehm Family Foundation gave $58K across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $37K across 13 grants.

What is Rehm Family Foundation's typical grant size?

Rehm Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,000, and its average grant was $6,444, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Rehm Family Foundation give grants?

Rehm Family Foundation gives mostly in Connecticut: 66% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (17%) and Florida (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were Hobe Sound, FL (2 grants) and Stuart, FL (2 grants).

Does Rehm Family Foundation give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Rehm Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (9 of 9) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Who are Rehm Family Foundation's largest grantees?

Rehm Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Fenwick Improvement Fund ($38,000), College of Holy Cross ($10,000) and Lobolly Foundation ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 91% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Rehm Family Foundation?

Rehm Family Foundation reported $1.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $62K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $87K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Rehm Family Foundation's EIN?

Rehm Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-1464826. 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.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 14, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 11, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 3, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 16, 2024)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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