California · Private foundation
The Skeet Varner 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.
- $174k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $796k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Skeet Varner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 24 | $164k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $296k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $690k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $371k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $274k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $64k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $56k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $305,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Laurelglen Bible Church | $230,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Radius International | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bakersfield College Foundation | $88,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Broom Tree Refuge | $75,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Riverlakes Community Church | $68,400 | 2 | n/a |
| California Policy Center | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Five-Stone Churches | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation | $14,300 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $305,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Laurelglen Bible Church | $230,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Radius International | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bakersfield College Foundation | $88,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Broom Tree Refuge | $75,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Riverlakes Community Church | $68,400 | 2 | n/a |
| California Policy Center | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Five-Stone Churches | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bakersfield North Rotary Foundation | $14,300 | 4 | 4% |
| Kern County Youth for Christ | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Garden Pathways Inc | $11,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Coyote Club | $10,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Crossover Church Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transformations by Austin Angels | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Market of Hope | $5,001 | 1 | n/a |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crisis Intervention Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Challenge of South Calif Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Taft College Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Bible Study | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kern County Museum Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($966k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Skeet Varner Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Amicus Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · California Community Foundation · Louis and Sheryl Barbich Foundation · Batey Family Charitable Trust · Lazzerini Family Foundation · Seedcore Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Dignity Health · The California Endowment
How this is measured
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About The Skeet Varner Foundation
- How much does The Skeet Varner Foundation give?
- The Skeet Varner Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $174,451 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Skeet Varner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Food & Nutrition (29%), Education (20%).
- Who are The Skeet Varner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California State University Bakersfield Foundation ($305k), Laurelglen Bible Church ($230k), Radius International ($95k).
- Does The Skeet Varner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Skeet Varner 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 The Skeet Varner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, Amicus Foundation, Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee.
- Where is The Skeet Varner Foundation based?
- The Skeet Varner Foundation is based in CA.
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