Kern River Valley Community Fund Competitive Grants

Kern River Valley Community Fund Competitive Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Kern Community Foundation
Last Updated: September 14, 2025

Summary

The Kern River Valley Community Fund aims to enhance the quality of life in the Kern River Valley by distributing grants that address charitable needs. Established by the Kern Community Foundation, this fund focuses on supporting projects that promote social, economic, and environmental prosperity. With a vision to inspire philanthropy, the fund encourages contributions towards permanent endowments, ensuring long-term benefits for the community as it navigates significant wealth transfer in the coming decades.

Overview

Kern River Valley Community Fund’s Purpose & Mission The specific purpose of our Fund is to receive philanthropic contributions and to distribute grants for charitable purposes that provide solutions to make the KRV a better place to live, to work and to visit. KRV residents will transfer some $3 billion between generations by 2060. Our long-term goal is to inspire people to contribute at least 5% of this wealth to permanent endowments, including KRVCF. What are the Kern River Valley Community Funds? The Kern River Valley Community Funds (“Funds”) are a set of non-endowed and endowed field of interest funds established by Kern Community Foundation (“Foundation”) and members of the Kern River Valley community with the purpose of receiving philanthropic contributions and distributing grants for charitable purposes to provide mental, moral, intellectual and physical improvement, assistance and relief for the residents of the community of Kern River Valley (defined as the geographic service area of Alta Sierra on the west, Riverkern on the north, Walker Pass on the east and Caliente, Loraine and Twin Oaks on the south.) How are grants made from the Kern River Valley Community Funds? Grants from the Kern River Valley Funds will be determined by the Grant Committee and distributed upon approval of the Board of Directors of Kern Community Foundation. The Grant Committee serves as a trusted local advisor to the Foundation’s Board of Directors and consists of at least 9 members who are members of the Kern River Valley community and donors to one or more of the Funds. One member shall serve as Chair. All members of the Grant Committee shall be appointed on an annual basis by a majority of the Directors of the Foundation.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The specific purpose of this permanently endowed fund is to receive philanthropic contributions and to distribute grants to provide solutions and build social, economic, and environmental prosperity in one of the most scenic yet underserved areas of Kern County.