Funding search · EIN 956103223 · Bakersfield, CA

Ben H and Gladys Arkelian Foundation

Name: Ben H and Gladys Arkelian Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

105
grants reported: $492,933
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

capital improvements imrpovements

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Bakersfield Homeless Center4 grants · $70,500
Junk a Tique Outlet3 grants · $50,801
Boys Girls Club of Kern County4 grants · $48,000
Flood Ministries4 grants · $36,000
Kern Co Museum4 grants · $35,236
Resurrection Church3 grants · $30,913
Csub Athletics3 grants · $27,500
Alliance Against Fam Violence4 grants · $24,000
Global Family Care Network4 grants · $19,000
Coyote Club3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$111,847

2022

$114,723

2023

$129,724

2024

$136,639

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 105 grants.

$32,975
Junk a Tique Outlet · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$23,000
Kern Co Museum · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$18,000
Bakersfield Homeless Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital imrpovements
$18,000
Bakersfield Homeless Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital imrpovements
$18,000
Bakersfield Homeless Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital imrpovements
$17,648
Resurrection Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$16,500
Bakersfield Homeless Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital imrpovements
$12,000
Boys Girls Club of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$12,000
Boys Girls Club of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$12,000
Boys Girls Club of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$12,000
Boys Girls Club of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$10,000
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$10,000
Csub Athletics · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$10,000
Junk a Tique Outlet · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$9,000
Flood Ministries · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$9,000
Flood Ministries · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$9,000
Flood Ministries · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$9,000
Flood Ministries · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$8,814
Csub Athletics · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$8,686
Csub Athletics · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$8,351
Resurrection Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$7,826
Junk a Tique Outlet · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$7,500
Global Family Care Network · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$6,000
Alliance Against Fam Violence · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$6,000
Alliance Against Fam Violence · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$6,000
Alliance Against Fam Violence · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$6,000
Global Family Care Network · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$6,000
Alliance Against Fam Violence · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,236
Kern Co Museum · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,000
Child Guidance Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$5,000
Jj'S Legacy · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$5,000
Coyote Club · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$5,000
Coyote Club · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$5,000
The Cat People · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$5,000
American Cancer Soliety · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,000
Coyote Club · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,000
Kern County High School · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,000
Mare · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$5,000
Wounded Warrior Heror'S Fund · San Diego, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$4,914
Resurrection Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$4,500
Valley Oak Charter School · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$4,000
Kern Co Museum · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$4,000
Teen Challenage of So Calif · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$3,300
Independence Thru Grace Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$3,250
Alzheimers · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$3,000
Christian Youth Film Society · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$3,000
Global Family Care Network · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$3,000
Kern Co Museum · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$3,000
Alzheimers · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$3,000
Teen Challenage of So Calif · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$3,000
International School Project · Orlando, FL · 2022
Capital improvements
$2,500
Bridges for Peace · Melbourne, FL · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,500
Global Family Care Network · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,500
Mare · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,500
Tehachapi Build-a-Plane · Tehachapi, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,500
Kern Youth for Christ · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$2,500
Mare · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$2,500
Valley Acheivement Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$2,500
Country Christian School · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$2,500
Assistance League · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$2,500
Kern Co Academic Decatalon · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$2,400
His Way Out · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$2,400
His Way Out · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$2,400
His Way Out · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$2,400
His Way Out · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$2,000
Bakersfield West Rotary · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$2,000
Alzheimers · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$1,500
Casa · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$1,350
Kern County High School · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$1,000
Bakersfield West Rotary · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$1,000
Internationalschool Project · Mission Viejo, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$1,000
Sleepy Baby Box Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$1,000
Teen Challenage of So Calif · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$1,000
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$1,000
Bakersfield West Rotary · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$1,000
Teen Challenage of So Calif · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$1,000
American Cancer Soliety · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$1,000
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$1,000
Kern County High School · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$1,000
Kern Youth for Christ · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$1,000
Vineland School District · Vindland, NJ · 2023
Capital improvements
$1,000
Free Wheelchair Mission · Irvine, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$800
Cru Innter City · Orlando, FL · 2024
Capital improvements
$750
New Arising Destiny · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$750
Mare · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements
$700
The Mission at Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$550
New Arising Destiny Center · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Capital improvements
$500
Bags 4 Kids · California City, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$500
Henritta Weill Memorial · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$500
Monarch Joint Venture · St Paul, MN · 2025
Capital improvements
$500
Teachers Ag · Bakersfield, CA · 2025
Capital improvements
$500
American Cancer Society · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Bags 4 Kids · California City, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Free Wheelchair Mission · Irvine, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Henritta Weill Memorial · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Kern County High School · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Salvation Army · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Teachers Ag · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
The Mission at Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Capital improvements
$500
Make a Wish Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Capital improvements

View all 105 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B

Similar purposes

The Sherwood Foundation2,686 grants · $978.4M
Miramar Charitable Foundation625 grants · $750.0M
Marin Community Foundation5,238 grants · $990.8M

Similar grant size

Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
Publix Super Markets Charities6,333 grants · $108.7M

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.