California · Nonprofit
Kern Fire Safe Council
Kern Fire Safe Council (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC ($195,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $214k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $225k
- Net assets
- $70k
What Kern Fire Safe Council does
Mission
The mission of The Kern Fire Safe Council through education, collaboration, and action is to safeguard the people of our communities and their property from the effects of catastrophic wildfire.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A Collaborative Kern County 2025" project funded by California Fire Safe Council. County Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator were able to build relationships between KernFire Safe Council and government agencies during collaborative meetings. The County Coordinator assisted in updating Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) and mapping current mitigation projects. The County Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator organized workshops,developed and presented community outreach and educational programs on defensible space, home hardening and Firewise Communities.
$106,825 spent$33,545 earned by the program57% of program spendingBe Aware, Be Prepared: Defend Your Space! project funded by USDA/CWDG R1 focused on bringing wildfire hazard reduction to the community and the homeowner. Funding provided a project manager, outreach coordinator, and HIZ assessors with training. The Project Manager and Outreach Coordinator conducted outreach and education events to make the community members aware of the need to be actively involved in fire hazard reduction. The HIZ assessors provided on-site assessments and delivered reports to homeowners.
$77,157 spent$95,748 earned by the program41% of program spendingKern Fire Safe Council Fire Education House project funded by CAL FIRE-CCI/WPG. The grant funded KFSCs registration and participation in a series of high-visibility community events throughout the fiscal year including the Spring and Fall Home & Garden show which were 3 day events. The Outreach Coordinator set up booths to share strategies for reducing wildfire risk, answer questions, and demonstrate effective actions for homeowners. Educational materials were distributed, focusing on home hardening, defensible space, and Firewise certification. Brochures provided low-cost upgrades and checklists for maintaining a safe perimeter around homes. The Firewise handouts detailed program benefits, such as technical assistance and access to funding.
$4,931 spent3% of program spendingOther program services (Describe on Schedule O.)
$84,499 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $188,913.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $46k to $73k (+60%).
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: 2023 100% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Kern Fire Safe Council’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Trudie Mahoney
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $108k.
From the IRS filings of Kern Fire Safe Council’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
Kern Fire Safe Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Kern Fire Safe Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of Kern Fire Safe Council's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Kern Fire Safe Council has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Kern Fire Safe Council receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $806k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$806k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Kern Fire Safe Council
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Kern Fire Safe Council: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Kern Fire Safe Council?
- Kern Fire Safe Council (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC ($195,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Kern Fire Safe Council have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $225,000 in grants to Kern Fire Safe Council, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kern Fire Safe Council?
- CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $195,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kern Fire Safe Council 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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