The Virginia and Alfred Harrell
Bakersfield, CA · EIN 95-3227803. Reported 141 grants totalling $3,099,715 to 101 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Virginia and Alfred Harrell did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $96,065. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree Foundation of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $155,945 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| White Wolf Wellness Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $155,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kern River Conservancy | Kernville, CA | $123,805 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Native Plant Society | Sacramento, CA | $104,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kern River Parkway Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $103,977 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Ridgecrest, CA | $89,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children First Campaign | Bakersfield, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Central California South | Bakersfield, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Wildlands Conservancy | Yucaipa, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kern County Museum Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance Against Family and Sexual Assault | Bakersfield, CA | $78,265 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County | Bakersfield, CA | $75,063 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Laborers of the Harvest | Taft, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Flood Bakersfield Ministries | Bakersfield, CA | $71,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sjv Water | Bakersfield, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Critters Without Litters | Bakersfield, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Hub of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Clean Air Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $56,399 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bakersfield Firefighters Historical So | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kern County | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California Living Museum Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Csub Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valley Achievement Center | Bakersfield, CA | $47,437 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern County Cancer Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Guidance Guild of Bakersfield Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $39,050 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hoffman Hospice | Bakersfield, CA | $38,198 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rm Pyles Boys Camp | Vaencia, CA | $37,817 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Woman's Club of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Csf Medical Non Profit Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Valley Center for the Blind | Bakersfield, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Taft College Foundation | Taft, CA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Helping Animals Live Tomorrow | Bakersfield, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buena Vista Museum of Natural History & Science | Bakersfield, CA | $29,460 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tubatulabals of Kern Valley | Weldon, CA | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Tejon Historical Association | Lebec, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kern Bridges Youth Homes | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Los Padres Forest Watch | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central Coast | Camarillo, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Southern California-Kern County | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tejon Ranch Conservancy | Frazier Park, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transformations By Bakersfield Angels | Bakersfield, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fox Theatre Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Listen to Shafter | Shafter, CA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Links for Life | Bakersfield, CA | $23,825 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wounded Heroes Fund of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $21,795 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Apple Core Project Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern Partnership for Children and Families | Bakersfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Central Eastern California | Bakersfield, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Foundation-Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $19,602 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern Dance Alliance | Bakersfield, CA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Strength of Shadow Dog Rescue Inc | Bodfish, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Transformation By Bakersfield Angels | Bakersfield, CA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Open Door Network | Bakersfield, CA | $15,535 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Adventist Health Delano | Delano, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Council of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bakersfield Senior Center | Bakersfield, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army Ridgecrest Corps | Ridgecrest, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $13,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Wounded Heroes Fund | Bakersfield, CA | $12,945 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry | Bakersfield, CA | $12,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pet Match Maker California | Double Oak, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tehachapi Community Orchestra Foundation | Tehachapi, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Junior League of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $11,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Seated in a Barn | Bakewrsfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assistance League of Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bakersfield Police Activities League | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Consulting and Rescuing Equine Care LLC | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equine Heart Connection Charity | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hoffmann Hospice | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ridge Route Communities Museum & Historical Society | Frazier Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tehachapi Valley Horse Rescue | Tehachapi, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whiskers Paws Hooves & Claws | Tehachapi, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maturango Museum | Ridgecrest, CA | $9,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Have a Heart Humane Society | Tehachapi, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kern County Hispanic Commission | Bakersfield, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kern River Valley Heritage Foundation | Lake Isabella, CA | $5,509 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley | Tehachapi, CA | $5,438 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aaa Dog Rescue Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Books in the Woods | Frazier Park, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brookline Early Education Program | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brookline Food Pantry Inc | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Partnership of Kern | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Consulting and Recuing Equine Care LLC | Bodfish, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Devotion Primary Extended Day Program | Brookline, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fur Friends 4 Life | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Help Animals Live Tomorrow | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Dreams Inc | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ridge Route Communities Museum & Historcal Society | Frazier Park, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spay Neuter Imperative Project Ca | Pebble Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Cat People | Bakersfield, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Therapeutic Horsemanship of Ridgecrest | Ridgecrest, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whiskers Paws Hooves & Claws Animal Advocacy | Tehachapi, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whiskers Paws Hooves and Claws | Tehachapi, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California | Bakersfield, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lockwood Animal Rescue Center | Frazier Park, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kern Reading Association | Bakersfield, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
30 of 101 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 13%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 88 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $731,069 | $11,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $737,240 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $479,326 | $12,600 |
| 2024 | 31 | $567,298 | $14,500 |
| 2025 | 26 | $584,782 | $16,422 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Virginia and Alfred Harrell's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 11171, Bakersfield, CA, 93389. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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