Besides our two regularly-scheduled cycles, in the Spring and the Fall, the Foundation also funds what we call non-cycle grants throughout the year. These grants usually focus on animal welfare, literacy, education, and environmental & historical preservation.
(To see our latest Spring cycle grant awards, click here to view our website’s homepage.)
The following is a list of the non-cycle grants awarded so far in 2016, presented in the order in which they were granted:
- $18,000 to the Kern Literacy Council, to help fund the Family Literacy project.
- $8,235 to California Native Plant Society, to fund the publication of the Society’s guidebook to Kern County Flora, which will document the abundant flora of our region, and be a resource for students, scientists and nature lovers alike.
- $10,000 to Have a Heart Humane Society to fund a clinic in Eastern Kern County. The clinic offered spay/neuter services, as well as vaccination, pain injection, and microchip implementation for cats and dogs owned by people residing in Eastern Kern County, as well as for feral cats also residing in that area.
- $7,500 to Whiskers Paws Hooves & Claws, for general funding of their rescue operation.
- $8,010 to Bit-O-Heaven Ranch, for the dental component of their 2016 Well Horse Health Program, an annual medical check-up of their rescued horses.
- $16,800 to M.A.R.E Riding Center, to help with the purchase of a horse trailer for transporting horses and riders to various equestrian events.
- $3,975 to Bakersfield Parent Nursery for the Growing Little Minds through Science and Literacy project, which will involve both gardening and literacy, including sending each family home with a portable garden box, as well as stocking up their Wendy Wayne Little Free Library with new books.
- $4,000 for four (4) Kern Agricultural Foundation scholarships to local high school students planning on studying in ag-related fields.
- $9,845 to Wounded Heroes Fund for their Service Dog Training program, matching veterans in need with therapy dogs.
- $3,000 to H.A.L.T. (Help Animals Live Tomorrow), to purchase a storage container to hold donated goods for their thrift store, Rags to Rescue.
- $6,000 to the Society for Disabled Children to help fund their STAR (Student and Reading) Program, an immersion-style program for children, K-6th grade, with learning and behavioral disabilities.
- $20,000 to Critters Without Litters for their Catapalooza! program, which will sterilize Kern County companion cats, at a cost of only $20, per pet.
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