CHARLES AND MARIE ROBERTSON FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $3.5M · expenses $1.4M · assets $27.2M

Also known as
c/o Robert Ernst
EIN
46-2161280
Address
4500 VIEJO RD, CARMEL, CA 93923-9437
NTEE code
T20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Diana Ernst DIRECTOR2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
David Ernst SECRETARY/DIRECTOR2014-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Robert Ernst PRESIDENT2014-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Katherine Ernst DIRECTOR2014-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Keri Ernst DIRECTOR2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Michael Sanford DIRECTOR2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Andrew Mckibben (former) TREASURER/DIRECTOR2014-2020 0 $0 reported 3
Diana Mckibben (former) PRESIDENT2014-2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ERNST PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
KERI ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL SANFORD DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ERNST PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
KERI ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL SANFORD DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ERNST PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
KERI ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ERNST PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
KERI ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01
2015 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-- $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-- $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-- $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2014 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DIANA MCKIBBEN PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
DAVID ERNST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
ANDREW MCKIBBEN TREASURER/DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $03
ROBERT ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $02
KATHERINE ERNST DIRECTOR0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 19 grants to organizations · $1.2M
2023 · 19 grants to organizations · $1.0M
2022 · 19 grants to organizations · $1.4M
2021 · 19 grants to organizations · $1.5M
2020 · 15 grants to organizations · $790K
2019 · 14 grants to organizations · $420K
2018 · 11 grants to organizations · $397K
2017 · 14 grants to organizations · $360K
2016 · 14 grants to organizations · $385K
2015 · 1 grant to organizations · $5K
2014 · 1 grant to organizations · $5K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2021 · 1 contributor · $177K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 ROBERTSON FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT Person WASHINGTON, DC $176,505- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 1 contributor · $15.3M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 ROBERTSON FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT Person WASHINGTON, DC $15,303,047$8,939,393 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,482,922$1,428,493 $27,185,469$27,185,469 $0- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$581,279$1,220,045 $25,483,671$25,483,671 $0- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$974,816$1,605,956 $23,496,551$23,496,551 $0- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,945,659$1,714,314 $30,086,254$30,086,254 $176,505- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$16,363,683$863,393 $28,215,536$28,215,536 $15,303,047- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$339,997$494,062 $10,274,149$10,274,149 $0- $0--
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,076,914$459,385 $8,911,683$8,911,683 $0- $0--
2017 · Form 990PF period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$558,542$413,479 $9,859,293$9,859,293 $0- $0--
2016 · Form 990PF period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$343,434$463,382 $8,986,129$8,986,129 $0- $0--
2015 · Form 990PF period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,126,385$87,996 $8,796,640$8,796,640 $0- ---
2014 · Form 990PF period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$268,843$14,417 $9,072,149$9,072,149 $0- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $15,303,047 in all, tax years 2020 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ROBERTSON FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHARLES AND MARIE ROBERTSON FOUNDATION” 2020-2021 2$15,303,047 2021$1,396,645
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $1,428,493 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,250,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,250,000 87.5%
Other expenses $76,726 5.4%
Fees: other professional $66,004 4.6%
Fees: accounting $29,052 2.0%
Taxes $6,711 0.5%
Total$1,428,493100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $1,220,045 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,018,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,018,000 83.4%
Other expenses $73,011 6.0%
Fees: accounting $68,242 5.6%
Fees: other professional $60,308 4.9%
Taxes $484 0.0%
Total$1,220,045100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $1,605,956 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,370,150 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,370,150 85.3%
Other expenses $101,141 6.3%
Fees: other professional $70,227 4.4%
Fees: accounting $34,543 2.2%
Taxes $29,895 1.9%
Total$1,605,956100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $1,714,314 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,532,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,532,000 89.4%
Other expenses $89,427 5.2%
Fees: other professional $37,230 2.2%
Taxes $30,060 1.8%
Fees: accounting $25,597 1.5%
Total$1,714,314100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $863,393 spent · pay $0 · grants $790,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $790,000 91.5%
Other expenses $29,433 3.4%
Fees: other professional $28,425 3.3%
Fees: accounting $7,511 0.9%
Interest $5,029 0.6%
Taxes $2,995 0.3%
Total$863,393100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $494,062 spent · pay $0 · grants $420,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $420,000 85.0%
Other expenses $28,612 5.8%
Fees: other professional $23,427 4.7%
Fees: accounting $11,346 2.3%
Taxes $10,205 2.1%
Fees: legal $472 0.1%
Total$494,062100%

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2018 · Form 990PF · $459,385 spent · pay $0 · grants $397,000 · events $1,672
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $397,000 86.4%
Other expenses $31,104 6.8%
Fees: other professional $12,221 2.7%
Fees: accounting $11,200 2.4%
Taxes $6,188 1.3%
Travel, conferences and meetings $1,672 0.4%
Total$459,385100%

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2017 · Form 990PF · $413,479 spent · pay $0 · grants $360,000 · events $7,802
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $360,000 87.1%
Other expenses $21,914 5.3%
Fees: accounting $12,545 3.0%
Fees: other professional $11,218 2.7%
Travel, conferences and meetings $7,802 1.9%
Total$413,479100%

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2016 · Form 990PF · $463,382 spent · pay $0 · grants $385,000 · events $7,144
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $385,000 83.1%
Other expenses $21,678 4.7%
Fees: other professional $21,022 4.5%
Taxes $18,691 4.0%
Fees: accounting $9,847 2.1%
Travel, conferences and meetings $7,144 1.5%
Total$463,382100%

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2015 · Form 990PF · $87,996 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,000 · events $10,432
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: other professional $26,908 30.6%
Other expenses $20,099 22.8%
Fees: accounting $16,004 18.2%
Travel, conferences and meetings $10,432 11.9%
Taxes $5,500 6.3%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $5,000 5.7%
Fees: legal $4,053 4.6%
Total$87,996100%

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2014 · Form 990PF · $14,417 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,000 · events $7,411
LineAs describedTotalShare
Travel, conferences and meetings $7,411 51.4%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $5,000 34.7%
Other expenses $1,905 13.2%
Fees: accounting $101 0.7%
Total$14,417100%

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