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Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation at a glance

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Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$59kArts & Culture$37kHuman Services$11kHousing & Shelter$9kPhilanthropy$6kEnvironment$4kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$7k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION$5,555
GARDEN PATHWAYS$1,250
KERN HIGH SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $2k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $2k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $1k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $1k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $1k → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108k · 10 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against -27% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$108k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
-27%

Still filing today

60%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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 · $26k · revenue +18%
  • KC
    KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $18k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • AA
    ALLIANCE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • BC
    BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
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
Kern County Library Foundation
Education
4
United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County

The mission of the united way of kern county is to "mobilize donors, advocates and volunteers to improve lives in kern county." the organization accomplishes this by raising and investing financial resources in programs that advance the…

Philanthropy
5
Kern Real Estate Foundation

Kern real estate foundation functions exclusively to benefit and support the kern community foundation.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation

Support of local law enforcement

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8
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
9
Kern High School District Educational Foundation

The objective of the foundation is to gather, raise, and collect donations for the benefit of education programs of the Kern High School District.

Education
10
Kern Economic Development Corporation

Attracting new business & industry to all cities & communities in kern county. retain existing industry & compile data to attract new industry.

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11
Cbcc Foundation for Community Wellness Inc

Serving the educational, financial, and emotional needs of kern county cancer patients and their families. providing assistance to individuals with financial hardship to relieve medical debt.

Health
12
Berkeley Lab Foundation

To support the scientific and educational purposes of the regents of the university of california (the "university"), in its specific capacity as manager and operator of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory and to carry on other…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kern County Museum Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Casa De Kids Ii. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $26,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD F…THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $17,500 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONUCLA FOUNDATION: $3,100 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+2 more: $1,500 · EducationBETHANY SERVICES INC: $9,090 · OtherBETHANY SERVICES INCIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKERN HIGH SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherKERN HIGH SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATIO…ALLIANCE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE: $3,000 · OtherALLIANCE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENC…KERN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherKERN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUN…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $2,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE: $2,000 · OtherBAKERSFIELD COLLEGEARTS COUNCIL: $2,000 · OtherARTS COUNCILROTARY WATERMAN FOUNDATION: $1,200 · Other+3 more: $2,500 · Other+3 moreKERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $20,125 · Arts & CultureKERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONBakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $12,000 · Arts & CultureBakersfield Art Foundation In…THE ARTS COUNCIL OF KERN: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF KERNGarden Pathways Inc: $7,000 · Human ServicesKERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800 · PhilanthropyCASA DE KIDS II: $1,000 · Youth Development
Education$48,100Other$35,790Arts & Culture$34,125Human Services$7,000Philanthropy$4,800Youth Development$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $20,125 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $12,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBETHANY SERVICES INC: $9,090 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGarden Pathways Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF KERN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKern Literacy Council: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCASA DE KIDS II: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Garden Pathways Inc ↗
  • Who funds KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS COUNCIL OF KERN ↗
  • Who funds Kern Literacy Council ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE KIDS II ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE 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.

Kern Community Founda…The Virginia and Alfr…Diane S Lake Charitab…The California Endowm…Batey Family Charitab…The Skeet Varner Foun…Valley Strong Cu Fka …Lazzerini Family Foun…San Joaquin Community…Ravi and Naina Patel …California Community …Charities Aid Foundat…
Kern Community FoundationCA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · The California Endowment · Batey Family Charitable Trust · The Skeet Varner Foundation · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · Lazzerini Family Foundation · San Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield · Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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