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Kern Community Foundation

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

$5.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $404k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.9M
$40,585
Median grant
3
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AERA ENERGY FUND$2,918,446
YOUTH FOR CHRIST KERN COUNTY FUND$243,000
LINKED FUND$229,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD$219,066
UPPER KERN FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT FUND$204,886
AERA ENERGY FUND FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT$150,000
HAY FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND$129,041
ROD STIEFVATER FOUNDATION FUND$124,560
BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART FUND$100,561
SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CAMP KERN FUND$89,611
MCCARTHY FAMILY FUND$82,600
KERN AND DANCE ALLIANCE$81,000
BATEY CHARITABLE FUND$78,500
BOREL FIRE RELIEF FUND$64,575
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO$41,375
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $958k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SYMPHONY OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA SERVICE DOG ACADEMY: $6k → 18%HOFFMANN HOSPICE: $38k → 18%VISALIA EMERGENCY AID COUNCIL: $3k → 18%MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $12k → 10%HOFFMANN HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY INC: $25k → 18%DYNAMIC CHURCH PLANTING INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 11%TRINITY MEDICAL TRANSPORT FOUNDATION: $2k → 18%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $31k → 18%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $25k → 18%WOMEN'S CENTER-HIGH DESERT INC: $28k → 18%CALIFORNIA VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $42k → 18%CALIFORNIA VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 18%BAKERSFIELD SENIOR CENTER INC: $17k → 18%BAKERSFIELD ANGELS: $61k → 18%HOFFMANN HOSPICE: $25k → 18%HOFFMANN HOSPICE: $20k → 18%HOFFMANN HOSPICE: $9k → 18%HOFFMANN HOSPICE: $6k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $48k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $33k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $23k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $23k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $21k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $21k → 18%HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $21k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $8k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $6k → 18%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $2k → 18%SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $6k → 18%KERN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $11k → 18%KERN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $11k → 18%SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: $4k → 18%ALPHA HOUSE A PLACE FOR NEW BEGINNINGS: $10k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS INC: $87k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS INC: $49k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS INC: $45k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS INC: $16k → 18%ALLIANCE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: $15k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $14k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS INC: $12k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $11k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $11k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FRESNO: $10k → 18%ALLIANCE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: $8k → 18%ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE: $4k → 18%PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS RETREAT: $1k → 18%BAGS4KIDS: $20k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 121 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

121 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 105 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
269

Total granted

$9.9M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +18%
  • TB
    THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $512k · revenue +147%
  • BS
    Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $326k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO
    one grant, 2022 · $326k · revenue +4%
  • BS
    BAKERSFIELD SOUTHWEST BASEBALL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue 0% · 42% of their budget
  • MV
    MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $218k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
2
Kern Medical Center Foundation

Kern medical center foundation is dedicated to promote education and programs that support the mission of kern medical center

Health
3
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
4
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
5
The California Endowment
Philanthropy
6
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation

To actively promote, pursue and steward private support for the advancement of california state university, fullerton.

Philanthropy
7
Kern County Farm Bureau

To represent, protect and advance the social, economic and educational interest of the farmers in kern county, california.

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8
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

To create, promote and enhance business opportunities for our membership, and provide business, cultural and resource linkages, with special emphasis on the Hispanic community.

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9
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
10
Credit Unions in the State of California Sierra Central Credit Union

As your financial institution, we pledge to serve you and our community faithfully. we will be friendly, helpful, and professional, and we will provide great products and competitive rates.

—
11
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
12
Foundation for California Community Colleges

The foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the california community college system.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dolores C Huerta Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rod Stiefvater Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

303 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 303 of the 414 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
87
Early backer (in before they grew)
282/303
Grantees still filing
221/303
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AERA ENERGY FUND: $2,918,446 · OtherAERA ENERGY FUND+106 more: $7,095,630 · Other+106 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $1,244,738 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UN…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $355,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH…UCLA FOUNDATION: $185,735 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $149,338 · EducationBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $142,808 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION: $122,042 · EducationUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $118,230 · Education+23 more: $710,276 · Education+23 moreTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY: $512,281 · Youth DevelopmentKERN COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $273,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHEPOWER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $100,487 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $68,000 · Youth DevelopmentBakersfield Police Activities League: $38,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $109,000 · Youth DevelopmentBakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $325,641 · Arts & CultureBakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $229,039 · Arts & CultureKERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $145,971 · Arts & CultureKern Dance Alliance: $86,000 · Arts & CultureBAKERSFIELD CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION: $85,000 · Arts & CultureCITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL: $70,500 · Arts & CultureSHAFTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $49,858 · Arts & CultureValley Public Television Inc: $40,100 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $35,000 · Arts & CultureGarden Pathways Inc: $208,200 · Human ServicesTHE HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $141,319 · Human ServicesHoffmann Hospice of The Valley: $123,450 · Human ServicesCalifornia Veterans Assistance: $69,650 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF KERN: $61,782 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMATIONS BY AUSTIN ANGELS: $61,100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $55,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno: $46,000 · Human ServicesKERN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $33,235 · Human Services+9 more: $171,526 · Human ServicesBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $218,384 · Health911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $191,370 · HealthShielding the Frontline Kern County Inc: $100,000 · HealthBakersfield Recovery Services: $48,428 · HealthSan Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield: $28,750 · HealthBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $27,500 · Health+12 more: $194,743 · HealthROD STIEFVATER FOUNDATION: $124,560 · PhilanthropyTHE GRIMM FAMILY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $98,200 · PhilanthropyBATEY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST: $78,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $55,000 · PhilanthropyVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyYOUTH 2 LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $43,977 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $30,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL EASTERN CALIFORNIA DBA UNITED WAY OF KERN COUNTY: $17,500 · Philanthropy
Other$10,014,076Education$3,028,667Youth Development$1,100,768Arts & Culture$1,067,109Human Services$971,262Health$809,175Philanthropy$498,237

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $355,500 over 7y, 0.0% 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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $185,735 over 6y, 0.0% 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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA TROUT INC ↗
  • Who funds KERN COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD SOUTHWEST BASEBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Garden Pathways Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLUMAS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds 911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HENRIETTA WEILL MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ALL ABOUT CARE ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROD STIEFVATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hoffmann Hospice of The Valley ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HATCHERY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION ↗

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 Alfr…Resnick FoundationValley Strong Cu Fka …Diane S Lake Charitab…Bakersfield Memorial …Dignity HealthSeedcore FoundationWilliam & Florence Wh…Robert Grimm Family F…San Joaquin Community…The Cynthia Lake Char…Bakersfield West Rota…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kern Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kern Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home