Kern Agricultural Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770319725
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Phone
6618347411
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,901
Expenses
$69,846
Assets
$390,747
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BIANCA RAMIREZ (PRESIDENT)
  • JARED BRITSCHGI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BIANCA RAMIREZ (PRESIDENT)
  • JARED BRITSCHGI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE KOVACEVICH (SECRETARY)

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 educate the high school administration so that they will direct the curriculum in the direction of agriculture education for students.

What it reported doing in 2025

To conduct a seminar and maintain educational information on agriculture. To teach teachers about agriculture so they can promote an interest in agriculture to their students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.1%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.59; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.1% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.