The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Bakersfield, CA EIN: 77-0572545

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Bakersfield, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $450K in total assets. In 2025, it made $255 in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $53K.

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$450,311
+10.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$53,585
+223.2% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$255
-95.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,082
-81.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

7 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K5$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 5 grants of 7 (71%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Cities

BakersfieldArvinBendWheaton

How The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 80% from 2020 to 2023. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 1% 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$1M$2M$3M$4M2 grants2019 5 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $300K (2023) to $3.4M (2021). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $300K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Grimm Family Education Foundation Bakersfield, CATo Advance the General Mission.$300,000
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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$450,311$53,585$2,082——$255$52,566$20,278
2024$407,518$16,581$11,335——$5,250$2,819$18,248
2023$354,730$123,407$348,963$300,0001$321,198$97,351$18,699
2022$640,094$2,294,776$2,174,973$2,169,6123$2,170,440$129,448$70,254
2021$1,393,861$2,530,131$3,428,856$3,407,3093—$335,880$105,939
2020$2,081,378$1,015,843$1,529,666$1,488,0445—$42,559$116,617
2019$2,499,822$436,020$837,267$803,0002—$403,400$127,952

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $20K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation is led by Barbara Grimm-Marshall, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Barbara Grimm-Marshall

    President

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bryan Grimm

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Catherine Grimm Gardiner

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Grimm

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Catherine E. Card

    CFO & Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/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 The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation

How large is The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation?

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation reported $450K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $255 in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $20K (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.

Where does The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation operate?

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation has awarded grants in California, Illinois, Oregon.

What is The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation's EIN?

The Rodney Grimm Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0572545. 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

(8)

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 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 9, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 22, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 10, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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