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Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc

Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,527 to it, the largest being KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$218k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$-12687
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc does

Mission

Provide the community with volunteer services

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. retired senior volunteer program: a federal government sponsored program for seniors 55 years and older to provide community service.

    $112,818 spent
    50% of program spending
  2. volunteer center: the volunteer center recruits volunteers for nonprofit, health related, and governmental agencies.

    $68,876 spent
    31% of program spending
  3. court referral program: the court referral program addresses the needs of court sentencing alternatives by placing screened volunteers to perform community service.

    $41,860 spent$82,526 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $223,554.

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 ($200k) Expenses 100 ($212k) Net assets -677 ($-69742)2018 Revenue 107 ($214k) Expenses 97 ($206k) Net assets -599 ($-61697)2019 Revenue 98 ($196k) Expenses 96 ($203k) Net assets -672 ($-69249)2020 Revenue 90 ($180k) Expenses 79 ($168k) Net assets -552 ($-56839)2021 Revenue 116 ($231k) Expenses 78 ($164k) Net assets 100 ($10k)2022 Revenue 104 ($208k) Expenses 99 ($209k) Net assets 87 ($9k)2023 Revenue 95 ($190k) Expenses 95 ($202k) Net assets -32 ($-3283)2024 Revenue 109 ($218k) Expenses 107 ($227k) Net assets -123 ($-12687)
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Revenue (109)Expenses (107)Net assets (-123)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 $2k to $31k (+1536%).

$6k
$2k
$2k
$31k
$58k
$55k
$31k
$27k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 22% · 2019 29% · 2021 55% · 2022 36% · 2023 40% · 2024 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

55% of Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
$8k
’18
−$8k
’19
$12k
’20
$67k
’21
−$1k
’22
−$12k
’23
−$9k
’24
1.1
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.

2017201820192021202220232024
Listed5556544
Joined·+0+0·+0+1+1
No longer listed·00·121
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $300 → $18.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc’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

Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

64% 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 Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc.

59%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 73% · 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

64% of Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc'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 $900 that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from California funders.

NV
CA

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

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’18
’20
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3k to it.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc?
Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,527 to it, the largest being KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,527 in grants to Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc?
KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc 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 4 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