Frederick Rindge, for example, built and donated parks, City Hall,[1] and the Rindge Technical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the First Methodist Episcopal Church[2] in Santa Monica, California; and was deeply involved in civic life, from writing meditative books to serving as vice president of Union Oil[3][4] to serving as director of Edison Electric.

The Rindges' investments included land near Stockton, California, and real estate holdings in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, and the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

Similarly, the family patriarch Frederick Hastings Rindge was president of the Harvard Club of Los Angeles and a member of many historical, archaeological, patriotic, and religious organizations which mirrored his interests.

A supporter of the temperance movement, Frederick Hastings Rindge reimbursed the city of Santa Monica for the loss of license fees when Santa Monica abolished saloons.

He established the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Santa Monica and wrote several self-published books which were spiritual and meditative in nature.