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Kern Community Foundation

KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's mission is growing community and growing philanthropy.

$5.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$40,585
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,918,446
Organizations funded a year
11 to 276
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$46M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Kern Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$5.1M50%
FY202311$340k9%
FY202263$2.0M38%
FY202172$1.7M28%
FY2020276$2.5M72%
FY201964$1.8M34%
FY201872$1.6M44%
FY201792$2.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.3MEnvironment$3.9MReligion$1.9MHealth$1.5MYouth Development$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MPhilanthropy$947kHuman Services$887kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Kern Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California State University Bakersfield Foundation$1,244,73884%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County$512,28153%
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc$325,641610%
The Agricultural Foundation of California State University Fresno$325,60018%
California Trout Inc$296,07351%
Kern County Youth for Christ$273,000313%
Bakersfield Southwest Baseball Inc$250,000142%
Southern Sierra Council Boy Scouts of America$249,546720%
Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art$229,03979%
Linked Fund$229,0001n/a
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation$218,38465%
Mountain View Community Church$218,0001n/a
Garden Pathways Inc$208,20053%
Plumas Corporation$193,57643%
911 at Ease International Inc$191,37028%
Together Transforming a Nation Inc$167,2002n/a
University of California Davis$166,6707n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$163,8036n/a
Bethesda Teaching Ministry$160,0006n/a
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)$152,2201n/a
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$149,33870%
Kern County Museum Foundation$145,97147%
Heritage Bible Church$145,0002n/a
Bakersfield College Foundation$142,80871%
The Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic$141,31960%
Bakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County$138,47861%
University of California Santa Barbara$136,4305n/a
Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno$132,4656n/a
All About Care$130,000241%
The Hay Family Charitable Foundation$129,0411n/a
Santa Barbara Police Foundation$126,000315%
Rod Stiefvater Foundation$124,5601n/a
Hoffmann Hospice of The Valley$123,45060%
Friends of the Hatchery$123,400282%
California State University Fresno Foundation$122,04270%
University of California Merced Foundation$118,23053%
Faith and Learning International NFP$101,74521%
Shepower Leadership Academy$100,487144%
Shielding the Frontline Kern County Inc$100,0001100%
Copper Hills Community Church$100,0001n/a
The Womans Club of Bakersfield$100,000164%
The Grimm Family Education Foundation$98,20026%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$98,1155n/a
Westminster Presbyterian Church$86,0732n/a
Kern Dance Alliance$86,000216%
Bakersfield Civic Light Opera Association$85,00033%
Bakersfield Christian High School$83,17340%
Mercy Foundation Bakersfield$80,05331%
Batey Family Charitable Trust$78,500120%
Uc San Diego Foundation$77,33560%
Haggai International Institute for Advanced Leadership Training Inc$77,30021%
Trout Unlimited Inc$75,00020%
Taft College Foundation$72,50033%
Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc$71,0002n/a
Cityserve International$70,50031%
California Veterans Assistance$69,65022%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$68,00020%
Community Action Partnership of Kern$61,78230%
Wasco Christian Church$61,5726n/a
Transformations by Austin Angels$61,10012%
Kern Literacy Council$61,000417%
The Salvation Army$60,7492n/a
City of King$60,0001n/a
United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties$56,00022%
United States Catholic Conference$55,0001n/a
Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County$55,00027%
Bethany Services Inc$54,19740%
Kern High School District Educational Foundation$53,500319%
Bakersfield Firefighters Historical Society$52,650328%
Kern River Conservancy$52,100323%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$51,23550%
Leading the Way With Dr Michael Youssef Inc$50,0001n/a
West Hills Community College Foundation$50,00015%
Bridge Bible Church of the Mennonite Brethren$50,0001n/a
Shafter Historical Society$49,858520%
California State University Institute$49,00060%
Bakersfield Recovery Services$48,42811%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$46,6154n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno$46,00040%
Salvation Army National Corp$45,6512n/a
Bakersfield High School Parent Teacher Student Organization$45,41532%
Youth Unlimited Gospel Outreach Inc$45,00041%
Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundatio$43,97751%
America's Charities$42,80030%
Loma Linda School Foundation$41,700525%
Valley Public Television Inc$40,10021%
Legacy Christian Academy$39,26023%
Bakersfield Police Activities League$38,0003n/a
Laurelglen Bible Church$38,0004n/a
St John Lutheran Church$37,7651n/a
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$37,29720%
Bakersfield Catholic Education Foundation$34,10042%
City Of Shafter$33,6001n/a
Kern Partnership for Children & Families$33,235411%
The Plank Foundation$30,695316%
United Way of Ventura County Inc$30,50021%
Shine Together Inc$30,00020%
Jim Burke Education Foundation$29,500310%
Cityserve Network$29,00010%
San Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield$28,75010%
Women's Center-High Desert Inc$28,00012%
High Desert Lighthouse Ministries$28,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$27,70030%
The Open Door Network$27,54120%
Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center$27,50022%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$26,65030%
Keepers of the Cross$26,5001n/a
VV Family Foundation$26,000223%
Teen Challenge of South Calif Inc$25,05010%
Symphony of Hope International Fka Sounds of Promise$25,000112%
Citizens Preserving History$25,000176%
Boys and Girls Club of Ventura Inc$25,00012%
Stemtaught Foundation$25,0001n/a
No Sister Left Behind$25,0001n/a
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Educational Services Foundation$25,00016%
Starbase Edwards$25,0001n/a
Holy Cross College Inc$25,00020%
Hartland Christian Association$25,0001n/a
Latina Leaders of Kern County$25,000119%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County$24,20541%
Girl Scouts of Central California South Inc$23,50021%
St Francis School Foundation Inc$23,445338%
Unified in Mission Inc$22,500115%
The United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches$22,5003n/a
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation Inc$21,00030%
Be Finally Free$21,000211%
Bags4Kids LaJuana Moser$20,250121%
San Joaquin Valley College$20,2031n/a
Paseo Inc$20,000118%
Community Hospitals of Central California Foundation$20,00010%
Regents of the University of California$19,9001n/a
White Wolf Wellness Foundation$18,000110%
Valley Baptist Church$18,0002n/a
Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District$17,8961n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Association of Kern County$17,62512%
Greater Bakersfield Vision 2020 Inc$17,500230%
United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County$17,50021%
Foothill High School Foundation$17,000167%
Bakersfield Senior Center$17,00014%
Links for Life$17,00016%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$16,10020%
Influencers Global Ministries$16,00021%
Cbcc Foundation for Community Wellness Inc$15,77521%
Golden Empire Gleaners Inc$15,62520%
Junior League of Bakersfield$15,250110%
Associated Students California State University Bakersfield Inc$15,00010%
CHOICE BOOKS of WEST COAST$15,00013%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$15,00010%
Kern County Science Foundation$15,000137%
The Wildlands Conservancy$15,00011%
Kern County Cancer Foundation$15,00013%
Scott Kirschenmann Family Foundation$14,53016%
Angioma Alliance Dba Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformations$14,00013%
Desert Area Resources and Training$12,97620%
Christian Missions in Many Lands$12,6003n/a
North of the River Recreation Foundation$12,5432n/a
Children's Miracle Network$12,47210%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$12,26820%
Epilepsy Society of Kern County$11,500136%
Mountain Communities Family Resource Center Inc$11,50015%
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$11,35020%
Casa Esperanza Transitional Home for Women$11,30025%
Assistance League of Bakersfield$11,23523%
Adventist Health Medical Ctr Tehachapi dba Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley$10,80020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central Ca$10,7662n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,52520%
Panama Union School District Parent Council$10,5001n/a
Morning Star Fresh Food Ministry Inc$10,35021%
Vanguard University of So Cal$10,25020%
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Education Foundation$10,11315%
West High School Boosters$10,1001n/a
China Lake Museum Foundation$10,00013%
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association$10,0001n/a
Alpha House A Place for New Beginnings$10,0001n/a
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$10,00010%
Catholic Charities of California$10,00010%
California Waterfowl Association$10,00010%
Rods Heart Charitable Foundation$10,00027%
Ag One$10,00021%
Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance$10,00011%
California Farmworker Foundation$10,00012%
Cain Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church$10,0001n/a
Bluebird Ministries$10,0001n/a
Milliken Museum Society$10,000113%
Nami Kern County Chapter$10,00019%
746 Sports Foundation$10,0001n/a
Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change$10,00012%
Hope Charity International$10,00011%
City Charitable Purpose Foundation$10,0001n/a
Trinity Anglican Church of Bakersfield$10,0001n/a
California Agricultural Leadership Found$10,00010%
Heritage Oak School$10,0001n/a
Taft Union High School Asb$10,0001n/a
Bakersfield Olive Knolls Church of the Nazarene$10,0001n/a
Ventura Education Partnership$10,000113%
Kernville Union School District$10,0001n/a
St Vincent de Paul Center of Bakersfield$9,95022%
Regents Univ of California$9,5001n/a
Clifford & Bradford Athletic Foundation$9,00017%
Honor Flight Kern County$8,80022%
Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin$8,6431n/a
Kern River Valley Heritage Foundation$8,60011%
Fox Theater Foundation$8,58321%
College Dream Fund$8,5001n/a
Associated Students of California State University Sacramento$8,50020%
California State University Northridge Foundation$8,20020%
Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation$8,000218%
Kern Real Estate Foundation$7,967185%
Independence Through GRACE Foundation$7,60022%
Olympic Peninsula Ministries$7,6001n/a
Christar International Inc$7,60021%
Kern County 999 Foundation$7,4961n/a
Gospel Rescue Mission of Grants Pass$7,00011%
California State University Los Angeles Foundation$7,00010%
Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation$7,00018%
San Buenaventura Friends of the Library$7,00018%
Kern River Valley Revitalization in Co Lake Isabella Chamber of Commerc$6,7001n/a
California Living Museum Foundation$6,50011%
Delano Joint Union High School District$6,5001n/a
Dynamic Church Planting International$6,40020%
Mission Community Services Corp$6,39911%
Missions Door$6,0001n/a
Healing Hands-Healing Hearts$6,000136%
Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire Inc$6,00011%
American Heart Association Inc$6,00010%
Spotlight Theatre$6,0002n/a
Center for Land-Based Learning$6,00010%
California Service Dog Academy$6,00018%
Cerro Coso Community College Foundation$5,7501n/a
Kern County Library Foundation$5,7002n/a
Remember NHU Inc$5,20010%
Agape Children's Ministry Inc$5,20010%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$5,0001n/a
Kingdom Ministries$5,00012%
Nation's Finest$5,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$5,00010%
First United Methodist Church$5,0001n/a
Clinica Sierra Vista$5,00010%
Living Grace Community Church$5,0001n/a
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$5,00010%
The Ventura Police Community Fdn$5,00018%
Critters Without Litters Inc$4,50010%
California State University Channel Islands Foundation$4,25010%
MARE Riding Center$4,00011%
Christian Youth Film Society Inc$3,50014%
Westside Community Council$3,5001n/a
Impact Austin Foundation$3,50010%
A Dream Shared Inc$3,2001n/a
California Tax Foundation$3,000111%
Saint Andrews Abbey Inc$3,0001n/a
The Arts Council of Kern$3,00010%
Taft City School District$2,8071n/a
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc$2,50610%
Ventura Commerce & Education Foundation$2,5001n/a
Norwich University$2,50010%
The Lighthouse Rescue Mission$2,50010%
Faith Family Church$2,5001n/a
River Valley Church of Tulare$2,5001n/a
Kern County LULAC 3272 Foundation$2,5001n/a
United Way of Tulare County$2,50010%
Visalia Emergency Aid Council Inc$2,50010%
Texas A&M University$2,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Tulare County Inc$2,50010%
Valley Center for the Blind$2,50010%
Visalia Rescue Mission$2,50010%
Kern County Taxpayers Education Fund Inc$2,50018%
Omni Family Health$2,50010%
Visalia Gleaning Seniors$2,50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc$2,50010%
Bakersfield Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,35010%
Garden Community Church$2,1501n/a
Kern County Music Educators Association$2,0781n/a
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$2,00010%
Madorom Foundation$2,00013%
California Lutheran University$2,00010%
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History$2,00011%
Dordt University$2,00010%
Dress for Success Bakersfield$2,00012%
Northminster Presbyterian Church$1,7501n/a
Special Olympics Southern California Inc$1,70010%
Trinity Medical Transport Foundation$1,525122%
Global Family Care Network Inc$1,50010%
All Seated in a Barn$1,50010%
David Marcus Thumbs Up Scholarship Foundation$1,5001n/a
Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc$1,50011%
New Arising Destiny Center Inc$1,5001n/a
Advanced Center for Eyecare$1,50011%
Y-Empowerment Inc$1,50011%
Kern County Autism Center$1,50010%
Pregnancy Resource Center of the Kern River Valley$1,50014%
The League of Dreams Inc$1,50011%
Mothers Against Drunk Driving$1,50010%
Project Clean Air Inc$1,50010%
Kern River Valley Historical Society$1,50015%
Coalinga Police K9 Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
The University Foundation California State University Chico$1,50010%
Farmworkers Institute Educational Leadership$1,50010%
Public Safety Professionals Retreat$1,328113%
Country Oaks Baptist Church$1,2111n/a
One Collective$1,20010%
San Ardo Union Elementary School District$1,0921n/a
Bridge for Hope$1,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
Kern County Wrestling Association Inc$1,0001n/a
Strength of Shadow Dog Rescue Inc$1,00011%
Dat Krew$1,0001n/a
Bakersfield Play Center$1,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of TulareKings Counties Inc$1,00010%
Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc$1,00010%
Happy Trails Riding Academy$1,00010%
Grand Canyon University Foundation$1,000195%
Associated Students Inc California State University Fullerton$1,00010%
University of the Pacific$1,00010%
Golden Empire Youth Tackle Football Inc$1,00019%
Kern Valley Hospital Foundation$1,00013%
First Graduate$1,00010%
Amp Ministries Inc Hands in the Commumity$1,00011%
Tulare County Child Protection Coordinating Council$1,00011%
San Jose State University Alumni Association$1,00010%
Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation Inc$1,00012%
Adams State University Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Roots Christian Fellowship$1,0001n/a
MT San Jacinto Community College Foundation$1,00010%
My Fun Sports Inc$1,00014%
Feeding America$1,00010%
Trustees of Purdue University$1,0001n/a
Juventud Enriquecimiento Musica y Artes Foundation$1,0001n/a
Tree Foundation of Kern Inc$1,00011%
California Recreation Foundation$1,0001n/a
San Lucas Union Elementary School District$9931n/a
Dallas Theological Seminary$90010%
University of la Verne$81210%
San Jose State University Research Foundation$75010%
Kern River Foundation$50014%
Mendiburu Magic Foundation Against Cancer$50011%
Farmer Veteran Coalition$50010%
East Texas Baptist University$50010%
Portrait of a Warrior Gallery Kern County$5001n/a
Love and Respect Ministries Inc$50010%
Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association-San Francisco$5001n/a
Outstanding Farmers of America$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Congregational Bible Church$5001n/a
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$50010%
First Baptist Church of Rockwall$5001n/a
Bakersfield Ivy Legacy Foundation Inc$50012%
Trustees of Union College in the Town of Schenectady in the State of New York$50010%
Bridgehope$50011%
Tejon Ranch Conservancy$50010%
Food for the Poor Inc$50010%
United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$50010%
Greenfield Union School District$5001n/a
The Uc Davis Foundation$50010%
Saint John Vianney Academy$5001n/a
First Presbyterian Church$5001n/a
Main Street Tehachapi Inc$5001n/a
Kern High School District$4821n/a
Unbound$48010%
Rosedale Union School District$4121n/a
Catholic Answers Inc$27510%
Immaculate Heart Media Inc$2751n/a
Kern Community Tennis Association$25011%
Bristol Hospice Foundation of California$25010%
University Hospitals Health System Inc$25010%
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District$2461n/a
Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse$22510%
Congregation of Norbertine Sisters$2001n/a
American Lung Association$20010%
Beardsley School Community Foundation Inc$1501n/a
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$11010%
Trisomy 18 Support Inc Dba Trisomy 18 Foundation$10010%
Special Olympics Inc$10010%
Bakersfield Master Chorale Inc$10010%
Bakersfield Association of Realtors Charitable Foundation Inc$10011%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
White Ash Broadcasting Inc$7510%
Bakersfield Jazz Workshop$501n/a
Cath League for Religious & Civil Rights$5010%
Shar-On Corporation$401n/a
Thomas More Society$3510%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$3510%

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kern Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCalifornia State University Bakersfield Foundation: $1,244,738 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetThe Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County: $512,281 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetBakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $325,641 over 6y, 10% of budgetThe Agricultural Foundation of California State University Fresno: $325,600 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCalifornia Trout Inc: $296,073 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetKern County Youth for Christ: $273,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetBakersfield Southwest Baseball Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetSouthern Sierra Council Boy Scouts of America: $249,546 over 7y, 20% of budgetBakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $229,039 over 7y, 9.1% of budgetBakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation: $218,384 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetGarden Pathways Inc: $208,200 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetPlumas Corporation: $193,576 over 4y, 3.2% of budget911 at Ease International Inc: $191,370 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetCalifornia Polytechnic State University Foundation: $149,338 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKern County Museum Foundation: $145,971 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetBakersfield College Foundation: $142,808 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic: $141,319 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County: $138,478 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAll About Care: $130,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetSanta Barbara Police Foundation: $126,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetHoffmann Hospice of The Valley: $123,450 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Hatchery: $123,400 over 2y, 82% of budgetCalifornia State University Fresno Foundation: $122,042 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $118,230 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFaith and Learning International NFP: $101,745 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetShepower Leadership Academy: $100,487 over 1y, 44% of budgetShielding the Frontline Kern County Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetThe Womans Club of Bakersfield: $100,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetThe Grimm Family Education Foundation: $98,200 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetKern Dance Alliance: $86,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBakersfield Civic Light Opera Association: $85,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBakersfield Christian High School: $83,173 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMercy Foundation Bakersfield: $80,053 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBatey Family Charitable Trust: $78,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $77,335 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHaggai International Institute for Advanced Leadership Training Inc: $77,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTaft College Foundation: $72,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCityserve International: $70,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCalifornia Veterans Assistance: $69,650 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $68,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Kern: $61,782 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTransformations by Austin Angels: $61,100 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKern Literacy Council: $61,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetUnited Way of Fresno and Madera Counties: $56,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWounded Heroes Fund Kern County: $55,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetBethany Services Inc: $54,197 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKern High School District Educational Foundation: $53,500 over 3y, 19% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Virginia and Alfred Harrell FoundationCA103.3× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Resnick Foundation · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · Bakersfield Memorial Hospital · Dignity Health · Seedcore Foundation · William & Florence Wheeler Foundation · Robert Grimm Family Foundation · San Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield · The Cynthia Lake Charitable Trust · Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kern Community Foundation

How much does Kern Community Foundation give?
Kern Community Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $5,219,376 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 276 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kern Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Environment (21%), Religion (10%).
Who are Kern Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California State University Bakersfield Foundation ($1.2M), The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County ($512k), Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc ($326k).
Does Kern Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kern Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation, Resnick Foundation, Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union.
Where is Kern Community Foundation based?
Kern Community Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 414 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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