Funding search · EIN 770555874 · Bakersfield, CA

Kern Community Foundation

Name: Kern Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

113
grants reported: $7.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,736
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Aera Energy Fund1 grant · $2.9M
California State University Bakersfield2 grants · $383,466
Agricultural Foundation of California State University Fresno1 grant · $325,600
Bakersfield Southwest Baseball1 grant · $250,000
Youth for Christ Kern County Fund1 grant · $243,000
Linked Fund1 grant · $229,000
Upper Kern Fisheries Enhancement Fund1 grant · $204,886
Aera Energy Fund for Conservation and the Environment1 grant · $150,000
Hay Family Foundation Fund1 grant · $129,041
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation1 grant · $126,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$360,050

2023

$5.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

$2.9M
Aera Energy Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$325,600
Agricultural Foundation of California State University Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2022
Charitable
$250,000
Bakersfield Southwest Baseball · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$243,000
Youth for Christ Kern County Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$229,000
Linked Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$219,066
California State University Bakersfield · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$204,886
Upper Kern Fisheries Enhancement Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$164,400
California State University Bakersfield · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Charitable
$150,000
Aera Energy Fund for Conservation and the Environment · Maricopa, CA · 2024
Charitable
$129,041
Hay Family Foundation Fund · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
Charitable
$126,000
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$124,560
Rod Stiefvater Foundation Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$101,500
Csub Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,561
Bakersfield Museum of Art Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Shielding the Frontline Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$98,000
Grimm Family Education Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$89,611
Southern Sierra Council Boy Scouts of America - Camp Kern Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$82,600
McCarthy Family Fund · Peabody, MA · 2024
Charitable
$81,000
Kern and Dance Alliance · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$78,500
Batey Charitable Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$64,575
Borel Fire Relief Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$61,100
Bakersfield Angels · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Bethesda Teaching Ministry · El Cajon, CA · 2022
Charitable
$49,190
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$42,500
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable
$41,375
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Charitable
$41,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Charitable
$40,585
Bakersfield College · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$37,765
St John'S Lutheran Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$36,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Charitable
$35,353
Friends of Mercy Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$33,000
Bakersfield Christian High School · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$30,203
Kern County Museum Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$29,000
Cityserve Network · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$29,000
Kern River Conservancy · Kernville, CA · 2022
Charitable
$27,400
America'S Charities · Chantilly, VA · 2022
Charitable
$27,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable
$26,500
Keepers Transformation House Women'S Discipleship Program · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$26,400
Dolores C Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Ventura · Ventura, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Citizens Preserving History · Caliente, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Shafter Historical Society · Shafter, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Stemtaught Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Valley Pbs · Fresno, CA · 2022
Charitable
$23,600
City of Shafter - Shafter Library & Learning Center · Shafter, CA · 2022
Charitable
$22,747
Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$22,500
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$22,500
Unified in Mission · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$21,500
Uei College Bakersfield · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,203
San Joaquin Valley College · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Be Finally Free · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Community Health System · Fresno, CA · 2022
Charitable
$19,750
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Charitable
$18,000
White Wolf Wellness Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$17,736
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$16,550
North Kern Christian School · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$16,432
California State University Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2024
Charitable
$16,000
Garden Pathways · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,500
Bakersfield College · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Associated Students California State University Bakersfield · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Kern County Cancer Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Kern County Science Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$14,530
Scott Kirschenmann Family Foundation Fund · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$14,260
Legacy Christian Academy · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$14,000
University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charitable
$13,600
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Charitable
$13,200
Saint Francis Parish · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$13,000
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$12,132
St Francis Parish School · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable
$11,900
California State University Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2023
Charitable
$11,246
Bakersfield Museum of Art · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$11,175
University of California San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Charitable
$11,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,653
Kern Partnership for Children and Families · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,653
Salvation Army · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,604
North Kern Christian School · Wasco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,250
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Walden University · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
746 Sports Foundation · Shafter, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
City Charitable Purpose Foundation · Shafter, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
City of Shafter · Shafter, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Jim Burke Education Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Kern Literacy Council · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Milliken Museum Society · Los Banos, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of Ventura County · Ventura, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Ventura Education Partnership · Ventura, CA · 2022
Charitable
$9,000
Hoffmann Hospice · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Valley Baptist Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$7,740
The Mission at Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
The United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches · Wichita, KS · 2022
Charitable
$7,465
St Philip the Apostle Church · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$7,061
Bakersfield High School Parent Teacher Student Organization · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.