Greater Bakersfield Vision 2020 Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770521204
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Phone
6613274421
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,673
Expenses
$127,487
Assets
$39,274
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANIBAL ARAYA (DIRECTOR)
  • LINDSAY BARNES (DIRECTOR)
  • ANGELA BARTON (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop a broad base collaborative process to research and identify the strengths and weaknesses of greater bakersfield and to identify a vision for the future of the community and implementation of a plan to attract new industries and jobs and to retain existing business in the greater bakersfield area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promote and develop dynamic business and community leadership among citizens of the bakersfield metropolitan area by: offering an opportunity to current and potential leaders to become involved in the community, enhance management and leadership skills. Thus developing themselves into more effective leaders.identifying community needs and concerns while offering solutions and alternatives for dealing with the same.providing access to community leaders, gaining first-hand experience, knowledge and encouragement for greater business and community involvement.ultimate objective is to enhance leadership skills to start up, grow and retain new businesses within the greater bakersfield area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -91.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.