Kern County Cancer Foundation

Analysis

Kern County Cancer Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Kern County Cancer Foundation reported income of $584k and spending of $626k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $584k (-61%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kern County Cancer Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Convergence Integrated Care ($584k), Institute for Biomedical Sciences ($584k) and Family Hope House Inc ($584k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $117k (19% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 5 employees.