Everyone can be a philanthropist. At Kern Community Foundation, we’re committed to making it easy to find, learn about and give to the causes you care about most. Discover the impact local nonprofits have on our community with our comprehensive nonprofit database. Search for your organization of choice and find information to help you make the most of your charitable gift.
Shafter Historical Society (Shafter Depot Museum)
Mission:To research and publish local history and to collect and exhibit artifacts relating to the history of Shafter.
Shamrock Community Foundation
Mission:Providing access to higher education through college planning services and by promoting literacy, family connectedness, and health and wellness.
Shar-On Corporation
Mission:To nourish those in need through free daily meals, creative expression, kindness and individual empowerment.
Shelter on the Hill A Humane Society
Mission:SOTH’s purpose is to operate a haven to rescue, reunite and re-home lost and abandoned companion animals.
Shielding the Frontline Kern County Inc
Mission:Shielding and empowering our Kern County frontline emergency responders so they can thrive, reconnect and serve.
SJV Water
Mission:Covering politics of water in the San Joaquin Valley, where crops that create billionaires grow in fields next to communities without drinkable water.
South Kern Sol
Mission:Elevating youth’s voice for health and racial equity through Kern County’s nonprofit, non-partisan youth-led newsroom.
Southern Sierra Research Station
Mission:To promote, facilitate, and disseminate biological research that informs conservation decisions and environmental policy.
Southwest Community Nursery School
Mission:A parent participation co-op where love and learning go hand in hand.