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

Fur Friends 4 Life

Mission:

To help as many dogs as possible, educate the public on the importance of spay/neuter, and to one day have fewer dogs roaming our streets.


FWD Dynamics

Mission:

Providing Kern County students access to technology and workforce development.


Garden Pathways, Inc.

Mission:

Transforms lives from the inside out through loving, mentoring relationships.


Get Focused, Stay Focused National Resource Center

Mission:

To ensure that every student graduates high school with an informed career choice and up-to-date ten-year plan.


Girl Scouts of Central California South

Mission:

To build girls with courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.


Girls State Alumnae Foundation

Mission:

Primary purpose is to support, connect, and empower ALA California Girls State Alumnae and the ALA California Girls State program.


Global Family Care Network

Mission:

To protect and restore young at risk girls through girls’ empowerment clubs and a homeless/runaway youth shelter.


Golden Empire Affordable Housing, Inc.

Mission:

Expanding housing opportunity in Kern County by developing safe, affordable homes for low- and moderate income residents.


Golden Empire Gleaners

Mission:

To help alleviate hunger in Kern County