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BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY
BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,551,411 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($662,650). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Bakersfield Rescue Mission Dba the Mission at Kern County does
Mission
The bakersfield rescue mission's purpose is to provide an environment conducive to the physical, emotional, and spiritual well being of the people we serve. Our goal is to assist each of our residents and guests toward independent living.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization's activities include the operation of a mission for the poor and homeless. Services provided include shelter, meals, clothing, shower/laundry, case management and referral services. Clients are taught about the gospel of jesus christ.
$4,255,763 spent$637,803 earned by the program94% of program spendingIn october of 2015, the bakersfield rescue mission opened a thrift store named encore boutique at 1817 eye street. The mission receives donations at the main office on e. 21st street and at the store.
$253,273 spent$206,605 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther contract revenue
$126,363 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,509,036.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.0M to $12M (+31%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Carlos Baldovinos
Executive director
Board chair
Ken Beurmann
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $449k → $181k.
9 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY’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 RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 68% · 2019 54% · 2020 43% · 2021 18% · 2022 25% · 2023 47% — 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
82% of BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
71% of BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $457k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY?
- BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,551,411 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($662,650). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,551,411 in grants to BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $662,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY 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.
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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 22 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing