California · Nonprofit
KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION
KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,850 to it, the largest being Kern Dance Alliance ($196,350). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Kern River Valley Art Association does
Mission
Community art center
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community art center dedicated to nurturing the arts and supporting local artists. Serving the local area with open classes for all ages
$55,219 spent64% of program spendingParticipating in festivals to allow local artists to show and sell their work
$3,117 spent4% of program spendingThe station coffee house is open for events and for the public to engage with artists and enijoy presentations and readings
$27,644 spent32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,980.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2025 to 2026, from $70k to $36k (−49%).
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: 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION’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 RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
99% 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 RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION.
“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 RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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 RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION
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.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION: 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 RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION?
- KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,850 to it, the largest being Kern Dance Alliance ($196,350). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $198,850 in grants to KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION?
- Kern Dance Alliance is the largest funder on record, with $196,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KERN RIVER VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing