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BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION

BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,297 to it, the largest being WILLIAM & FLORENCE WHEELER FOUNDATION ($254,018). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.1M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$821k
Net assets
$18M
11/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Bakersfield Catholic Education Foundation does

Mission

The specific purpose of this organization is to provide scholarship assistance and to support garces memorial high school, bakersfield, california.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Contributions to garces memorial high school for high school scholarships

    $863,033 spentof which $863,033 as grants
    74% of program spending
  2. Contributions to garces memorial high school for other assistance

    $278,145 spentof which $278,145 as grants
    24% of program spending
  3. Contributions to garces high school for college scholarships.

    $28,250 spentof which $28,250 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,169,428.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($327k) Expenses 100 ($297k) Net assets 100 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 386 ($1.3M) Expenses 231 ($685k) Net assets 122 ($4.6M)2020 Revenue 1704 ($5.6M) Expenses 218 ($649k) Net assets 273 ($10M)2021 Revenue 1640 ($5.4M) Expenses 314 ($934k) Net assets 422 ($16M)2022 Revenue 126 ($414k) Expenses 303 ($900k) Net assets 358 ($13M)2023 Revenue 255 ($836k) Expenses 425 ($1.3M) Net assets 401 ($15M)2024 Revenue 940 ($3.1M) Expenses 508 ($1.5M) Net assets 481 ($18M)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (940)Expenses (508)Net assets (481)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $4.6M to $10M (+125%).

$3.8M
$4.6M
$10M
$16M
$14M
$15M
$18M
2017201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

80% of BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’17
$578k
’19
$4.9M
’20
$4.4M
’21
−$487k
’22
−$426k
’23
$1.6M
’24
48
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Lou Ann Durrett

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed10121211121211
Joined··+0+0+1+1+0
No longer listed··01011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $99k → $45k.

4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

31%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 56% · 2019 45% · 2020 48% · 2021 42% · 2022 98% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

27% of BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

96% of BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
NV
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin51% · top quartile
Months of reserve48.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)38% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Garces Memorial High School · disregarded
  • Garces Memorial High School · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,297 to it, the largest being WILLIAM & FLORENCE WHEELER FOUNDATION ($254,018). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $821,297 in grants to BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
WILLIAM & FLORENCE WHEELER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $254,018 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing