Kern County Bar Association
To provide educational and informational services and assistance to local attorneys and to provide services through the indigent defense program.
Kern County Bar Association at a glance
In short: Kern County Bar Association reported $930 in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $930 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -85.4% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $4,347,825
- +96.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $13,561,767
- -6.8% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $50,398
- +205.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $11,439,940
- -16.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Kern County Bar Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $930 (2025) to $6K (2024). In 2025 it reported $930 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| KC Bar Charitable Foundation Bakersfield, CA | General Fund | $6,367 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,347,825 | $13,561,767 | $11,439,940 | $930 | Total only | $50,398 |
| 2024 | $2,214,976 | $14,548,085 | $13,680,731 | $6,367 | 1 | $16,505 |
| 2023 | $1,361,923 | $9,212,617 | $8,800,437 | $1,500 | Total only | $12 |
| 2022 | $978,163 | $8,115,872 | $8,073,181 | $6,250 | Total only | $14 |
| 2021 | $967,080 | $7,274,739 | $7,214,619 | — | — | $39,207 |
| 2020 | $921,664 | $6,933,879 | $6,893,950 | $5,000 | Total only | $39,204 |
| 2019 | $894,099 | $6,137,749 | $6,095,394 | — | — | $39,402 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Kern County Bar Association
Based on IRS filings
Kern County Bar Association is a public charity, based in Bakersfield, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.3M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $930 in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $50K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kern County Bar Association is led by Rebecca Beagle, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 1 of 15 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rebecca Beagle
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$43K (2022) → $99K (2025)
Anthony Azemika
President
Treasurer → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vanessa Franco Chavez
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Dominguez
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Lucas
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald C Oldaker
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jared Clemence
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kurt Van Sciver
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mai Shawwa
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sam Van Eerden
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Harvey
Vice President
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Harman
Past President
Vice President → President, 2024
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Devin Brown
Membership Chai
Director → Membership Chai, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Micah Nilsson
Treasurer
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monica Bermudez
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Carol Bracy (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Thomas Feher (2019–2024) — Past President
- Former: Andrea Kohler (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Danielle Humphrey (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Dana Kinnison (2024) — Administrator
- Former: Joel Lueck (2019–2023) — Administrator
- Former: Xochitl Garcia (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Alekxia Torres-Stallings (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Diane Christian (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Gutcher (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: T Mark Smith (2019–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Michael Caves (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Bonnie Thomson (2019–2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Gina Cervantes (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Henry Marquez (2019–2021) — Past Idp Administrator
- Former: Hunter Starr (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joseph D Hughes (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Bernard Barmann Jr. (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Doug Gosling (2019) — Past President
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $99K, to Rebecca Beagle (Executive Dir.).
Frequently asked questions about Kern County Bar Association
How much does Kern County Bar Association give each year?
Kern County Bar Association reported $930 in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $6K across 1 grant.
How large is Kern County Bar Association?
Kern County Bar Association reported $4.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.6M.
Where does Kern County Bar Association operate?
Kern County Bar Association has awarded grants in California.
What is Kern County Bar Association's EIN?
Kern County Bar Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-3724546. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
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