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.

All Nonprofit Organizations

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.