California · Public charity
Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation
The mission of BAKERSFIELD NORTH ROTARY FOUNDATION is to support charities in the greater bakersfield area, particularly those serving children and youth, and to support the club-sponsored interact and rotaract clubs. Our foundation is one of the ways bakersfield north rotarians support the ideals of rotary motto - "service above self"
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $42k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $878k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $35k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County | $99,300 | 9 | 0% |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County | $96,456 | 9 | 0% |
| Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art | $34,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Bakersfield Vision 2020 Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc | $15,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Church Without Walls | $5,150 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation with peer funders
About Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation
- How much does Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation give?
- Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $41,500, out of $135,735 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (35%), Youth Development (32%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County ($99k), The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County ($96k), Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art ($34k).
- Does Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation based?
- Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation is based in CA.
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