Community Action Partnership of Kern
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952402760
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA, United States
- Phone
- (661) 336-5236
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $181,276,675
- Expenses
- $175,754,338
- Assets
- $96,660,894
- Liabilities
- $45,021,541
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEREMY TOBIAS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- JEREMY TOBIAS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $291,992 total reported compensation
- TRACY WEBSTER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $249,756 total reported compensation
- EMILIO WAGNER (CHIEF FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER): $223,813 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) is the federally designated anti-poverty agency for Kern County and provides an integrated network of services to empower community members to be self-sufficient. Our organization today has more than 1,000 employees that are determined, passionate, and focused on serving the most vulnerable populations in the region. Being a large non-profit, our organization gets more than 1,000 volunteers a year who help in our various programs like the Food Bank, VITA, Childcare Centers, Youth Centers, and the Central Kitchen. We are constantly getting volunteers that are willing to provide their time and service to not only help our organization meet our mission but also to help the most vulnerable residents. CAPK is currently led by Executive leaders who have the skills and knowledge needed to guide and direct our staff to meet our mission and goals....
What it reported doing in 2024
Other program services include (1) comprehensive information and referral services that link kern county residents to community health and human services and support. Capk has been designated by the California public utilities commission as the 2-1-1 provider for kern county. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (2) free tax preparation services to low-to-moderate income individuals, families and seniors. (3) youth services to provide programs that focus on nutrition, education, recreation, teen pregnancy prevention and active health living. (4) comprehensive homeless prevention and intervention services by way of coordinated entry services and the m street navigation center.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.1%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $502.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.1% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $163.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $292K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $13M reported
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.