Kern Community Foundation



Kern Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity created by and for the people of Kern County. We work to enhance the quality of life for all the people of Kern County by encouraging philanthropy, providing services to donors and assisting those who work to meet community needs.

Assets and Giving for Kern Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 27,432,024
2018 - 21,007,863
2017 - 21,099,943
Domestic Grants

2019 - 2,084,062
2018 - 1,793,960


    

Recent News from Kern Community Foundation


Women & Girls Fund taking funding requests
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

The Women's & Girls' Fund, a leadership program of the Kern Community Foundation, is taking applications for a total of up to $50,000 in...more

Women's and Girl's Fund works to transform the lives of women, girls in the community
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

The Women's and Girls' Fund at Kern Community Foundation is a shining example of women working together to transform the lives of women...more

Tehachapi students among scholarship recipients
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

Thanks to generous contributions from a score of scholarship funds and a grant from the College Futures Foundation, Kern Community...more

Charity Giving Guide coming to Bakersfield Life Magazine in December
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

Bakersfield Life Magazine is proud to partner with the Kern Community Foundation to publish its Charity Giving Guide in the December...more

Businessman to receive John Brock award
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

... the United Way of Kern County, and the Kern Community Foundation. He is past president of Kiwanis clubs of South and Southeast Bakersfield...more

Give Big organizers pleased, but see need for improvement
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

... not in hard dollars but in soft dollars," said Kristen Beall, president and CEO of the Kern Community Foundation, the primary organizer of the...more

Give Big Kern benefits from kindness — even from a 5-year-old
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

Kristen Beall, president and CEO of the Kern Community Foundation, told attendees of a Women's & Girls' Fund luncheon Wednesday that Give...more

Women's and Girls' Fund awards grants, honors philanthropists
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

The Women's and Girls' Fund, an initiative of the Kern Community Foundation that seeks to empower females, announced its latest grant...more

Give Big Kern showcases the good that lies within Kern County's borders
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

Kern Community Foundation President/CEO Kristen Beall Barnes and a group of three are pushing for this year's Give Big Kern to be bigger and...more

Philanthropy Matters: Leave a legacy that keeps on giving
Foundation: Kern Community Foundation

Planting a garden or investing in a home requires us to look to the future and consider possibilities. In the world of philanthropy, we often...more



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