California · Private foundation
Benefit Bakersfield Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5k
- Granted FY2019
- 4
- Grants FY2019
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations Benefit Bakersfield Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 4 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Family Inc | $4,435 | 3 | 2% |
| Magdalene Hope Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Community Nursery School | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| All Seated in a Barn | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hearts Connection | $230 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Benefit Bakersfield Foundation
- How much does Benefit Bakersfield Foundation give?
- Benefit Bakersfield Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $4,750 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Benefit Bakersfield Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Religion (23%), International (21%).
- Who are Benefit Bakersfield Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Global Family Inc ($4k), Magdalene Hope Inc ($3k), Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County ($1k).
- Does Benefit Bakersfield Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benefit Bakersfield Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Benefit Bakersfield Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Benefit Bakersfield Foundation based?
- Benefit Bakersfield Foundation is based in CA.
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