United Way of Kern County
Clinica Sierra Vista
We provide primary and preventative medical, dental, and behavioral health care, health education and case management services to underserved, low income populations throughout Kern County.
The China Lake Museum Foundation
Educate the public at large to the armament and technology history of China Lake, the Navy and the unique community supporting these great accomplishments.
Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County, Inc. (ADAKC)
ADAKC improves the lives of Kern County residents affected by Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.
Kern Literacy Council
The Kern Literacy Council provides tutoring to residents in Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, GED preparation, Citizenship, and Family Literacy.
Desert Area Resources and Training (DART)
Provides services for persons with developmental/intellectual disabilities since 1961. These include employment training, childhood programs and supported living.
California Living Museum Foundation (CALM Foundation)
Kern County’s zoo featuring California native species and the only local wildlife rehabilitation center. Voted Bakersfield’s Best Family Attraction & Annual Event (HolidayLights)
Bakersfield ARC, Inc. (BARC)
Providing a spectrum of services that support advocacy, community inclusion, daily living activities, vocational training, and employment for adults with intellectual and development disabilities
Mendiburu Magic Foundation
The organization responds to the unmet needs of local children and their families that may be Facing cancer or other catastrophic or life threatening illness.
Girl Scouts of Central California South (Kern County )
Girl Scouts serves girls K-12 and strive to help them to become girls of courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place.
Kern Environmental Education Foundation (KEEP Foundation)
Offers residential outdoor science education for 5th and 6th graders at two beautiful ocean campuses in central California. Students learn about California’s unique ecology.
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation (Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Program)
“Putting your money where the miracles are” helps children get the pediatric treatment they deserve locally by providing life-saving equipment and leading edge facilities.
Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society
To promote education and awareness of the genre of chamber music and to provide opportunities for community members to experience high quality chamber music.
Independent Living Center of Kern County (ILCKC)
empowers people with disabilities grow creatively, professionally, and personally to live as independently as they can; and educates the community about disability-related issues.
Boys’ Club of Bakersfield (Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County)
Utilizing a youth development strategy we build self-confidence, self-esteem and foster a sense of belonging for the over 7,200 youth served daily in Kern County.
Teen Challenge of Southern California (Kern County Teen Challenge)
We provide youth, adults and families with an effective Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems.
Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault
Provide crisis intervention, emergency shelter, transitional housing and supportive services to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault and their children in Kern County.
Kern Child Development Foundation
Provides support to 13 child development centers in Kern County serving low income families. Funds assist with classroom supplies and school field trips.
Community Action Partnership of Kern (na)
CAPK promotes self-sufficiency by providing and advocating for early education resources, women and infant health, emergency food, home energy improvements, youth services and other poverty fighting programs. CAPK has operated continuously since 1965 as the official nonprofit agenct in the war on poverty in Kern County.
Women’s Center-High Desert, Inc.
Providing direct client services for domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse victims. Educating our community to heighten awareness and reduce the risk of re-victimization.
American Red Cross (American Red Cross – Central California Region)
Prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.