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KERN REGIONAL CENTER

KERN REGIONAL CENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,580 to it, the largest being DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SUPPORT FOUNDATION ($10,580). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$379M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$-632181
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Kern Regional Center does

Mission

To provide quality services and support in a cost effective manner to people with developmental disabilities. Kern Regional Center is one of the 21 regional centers in california, 100% funded by the state of california department of developmental services.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Purchases of services - a variety of medical and non-medical services designed to meet the needs and welfare of clients.

    $230,145,154 spent
    61% of program spending
  2. Out of home - residential placement of a client in a home other than their family home for care, supervision, and habitation.

    $77,369,439 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Day program - day or organized social, educational and preventative services to boost client independence.

    $67,064,812 spent
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $374,579,405.

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 ($170M) Expenses 100 ($170M) Net assets 100 ($22k)2018 Revenue 101 ($172M) Expenses 101 ($172M) Net assets 100 ($22k)2019 Revenue 122 ($207M) Expenses 122 ($207M) Net assets 100 ($22k)2020 Revenue 118 ($201M) Expenses 118 ($201M) Net assets 100 ($22k)2021 Revenue 131 ($222M) Expenses 131 ($222M) Net assets 100 ($22k)2022 Revenue 136 ($232M) Expenses 136 ($232M) Net assets 1344 ($298k)2023 Revenue 172 ($293M) Expenses 173 ($294M) Net assets -2863 ($-634027)2024 Revenue 194 ($329M) Expenses 193 ($329M) Net assets -2863 ($-634027)2025 Revenue 223 ($379M) Expenses 223 ($379M) Net assets -2855 ($-632181)
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Revenue (223)Expenses (223)Net assets (-2855)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 2022 to 2023, from $76M to $105M (+39%).

$70M
$60M
$76M
$71M
$76M
$76M
$105M
$88M
$85M
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of KERN REGIONAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (17% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 264 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’17
$0
’18
$0
’19
$0
’20
$0
’21
$276k
’22
−$932k
’23
$0
’24
$2k
’25
0.5
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

Michi A Gates Phd

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed171818151516161616
Joined·+6+5+2+0+5+1+0+0
No longer listed·55504100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of KERN REGIONAL CENTER’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.

Where its funders are

100% of KERN REGIONAL CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KERN REGIONAL CENTER has grown faster than half of the 178 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 178 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Organizations like KERN REGIONAL CENTER

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KERN REGIONAL CENTER: 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 REGIONAL CENTER?
KERN REGIONAL CENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,580 to it, the largest being DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SUPPORT FOUNDATION ($10,580). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KERN REGIONAL CENTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,580 in grants to KERN REGIONAL CENTER.
Who is the largest funder of KERN REGIONAL CENTER?
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SUPPORT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,580 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KERN REGIONAL CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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