Valley Strong Cu Fka
Bakersfield, CA · EIN 95-1652797. Reported 111 grants totalling $5,454,902 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Valley Strong Cu Fka, the IRS classifies it under public & societal benefit rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE W61) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 63 distinct organizations, with 31% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 57% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $30,200; the smallest was $5,150 and the largest $593,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield College Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $1,677,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $993,105 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chamber of Commerce of Greater Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $337,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 54 Fund | Stockton, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| FCCU2 Foundation | Stockton, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Miracle Network | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $206,650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Taft College Foundation | Taft, CA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kern Community Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $110,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $107,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cuspincdba Cu Strategic Planning | Tacoma, WA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bakersfield Womens Business Conference | Bakersfield, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kern High School District Educational Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools Education Service | Bakersfield, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Global Family Care Network Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kern High School District | Bakersfield, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gameday Sports Academy | Bakersfield, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairfield Suisun Chamber of Commerce | Fairfield, CA | $49,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| California Forward | Hercules, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hoffmann Hospice of the Valley Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mendiburu Magic Foundation Against Cancer | Bakersfield, CA | $36,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vacaville Chamber of Commerce | Vacaville, CA | $34,185 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kern Economic Development Corporation | Bakersfield, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc | Madison, WI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Solano County | Fairfield, CA | $28,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Incorporated | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Links for Life Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mary Graham Childrens Shelter Foundation | Stockton, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shepower Leadership Academy | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solano Economic Devco Corporation | Fairfield, CA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kg (us) Oilers Corp Dba Bakersfield Condors | Bakersfield, CA | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blue Court Runners LLC | Bakersfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Museum of the Sequoias Inc | Visalia, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Action Partnership of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $15,819 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African American Chamber of San Joaquin Foundation | Stockton, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C&p Promotions LLC | Bakersfield, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County | Bakersfield, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spade Entertainment LLC | Diamond Springs, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 7TH Inning Stretch LLC Dba Stockton Ports Baseball | Stockton, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $11,293 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 1984 Grupe Fair Fund | Stockton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bakersfield City School District | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Pumpkin Growers Club Inc | Penryn, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garden Pathways Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grimm Family Education Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richard Myles Johnson Foundation | Ontario, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Support Stockton Police Foundation | Stockton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tulare Chamber of Commerce | Tulare, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI Kern County Chapter | Bakersfield, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Fairfield | Fairfield, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Resource & Referral Center of San Joaquin | Stockton, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Door Network | Bakersfield, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Visalia Emergency Aid Council | Visalia, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dinuba Chamber of Commerce | Dinuba, CA | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys Clubs of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fanhs Stockton Chapter | Stockton, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern County Network for Children | Bakersfield, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern River Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Joaquin County Office of Education Educational Foundation | Stockton, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bakersfield City Ballet | Bakersfield, CA | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
30 of 63 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Bakersfield College Foundation Inc
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS BY FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS & ENHANCING COLLEGE FACILITIES. - California State University Bakersfield Foundation
ASSISTING CSU BAKERSFIELD IN PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS & IMPROVING CAMPUS FACILITIES. - Csub Foundation
TO ASSIST CSU BAKERSFIELD IN PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS & IMPROVING CAMPUS FACILITIES. - FCCU2 Foundation
TO HELP SUPPORT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COMMUNITY. - Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION & NETWORKING OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OF BAKERSFIELD/KERN COUNTY. - Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 of 63 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $1,219,215 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $1,149,700 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $1,369,003 | $11,896 |
| 2024 | 45 | $1,716,984 | $12,965 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
91% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Valley Strong Cu Fka's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 31 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 14 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 11500 Bolthouse Drive, Bakersfield, CA, 93311.
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