Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Bakersfield, CA EIN: 77-0397007

Provide grants, scholarships and allocations for community, national and international projects.

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation at a glance

In short: Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation gave $39K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $39K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$39,000
+143.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$39,000
+143.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$39,000
Total assets
$716,444
+8.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Joe Alexander Scholarships: $39KJoe Alexander Scholarships$39K

The largest 2025 recipient was Joe Alexander Scholarships ($39K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Bakersfield

How Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 212% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K1 grant2019 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2023) to $39K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $39K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Joe Alexander Scholarships Bakersfield, CAGeneral Support$39,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$716,444$204,937$165,041$39,0001$51,582
2024$660,001$138,704$135,351$16,0001$16,448
2023$587,637$50,286$93,712$9,0001$-23,556
2022$541,524$149,546$104,976$12,5001$65,929
2021$676,268$140,274$69,254$12,5001$107,781
2019$509,330$133,061$108,964$14,0001$35,560

About Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation is a public charity, based in Bakersfield, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $716K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $39K. Net investment income was $52K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation is led by Dean Carpenter, President & Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dean Carpenter

    President & Director

    President → Director, 2024

    Director → President & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Jimmie Soto

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Begin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Scarlett Sabin

    Director

    Secretary & Director → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Christine Randall

    Secretary & Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Lourdes Arrubla

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Parker

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Sullenger

    Vice President

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

Former officers (15)
  • Former: Jon Lifquist (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Steve Richardson (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Aaron Markovitz (2023–2024) — President
  • Former: Michele Brown (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Doug Amstutz (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Phil Franey (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Greg Braun (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: John Wilson (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tony Ansolabehere (2021–2022) — President
  • Former: Quon Louey (2021) — President
  • Former: Terry Schroepher (2021) — Director
  • Former: Aaron Marovits (2019) — Director
  • Former: Christy Swatzell (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Dan Urban (2019) — Director
  • Former: Gary Stanfill (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation

How much does Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation give each year?

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation gave $39K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $16K across 1 grant.

How large is Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation?

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation reported $716K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $205K.

Where does Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation operate?

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation's EIN?

Bakersfield East Rotary Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0397007. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 9, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 27, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

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