Recipients of Funding

The Children’s Advocates Resource Endowment (C.A.R.E.) is a nonprofit organization serving the needs of Kern County’s children since 1999. We raise money to provide grants to local charities that specialize in serving local children. 40% of proceeds from our events are used to fund grants while the remaining 60% is placed into an endowment fund to meet the needs of children for many years to come.

100% of the money we raise is invested in children. Our community board of directors is all non-paid volunteers. Our board reviews every grant application to make sure organizations receiving funds apply 100% of the grant to the direct benefit of children and never on salaries or other administrative expenses. We base our grants on the needs of the community as a whole and the number of children to be served by each grant.

Through partnerships with companies such as Wal-Mart. We stretch our dollars even further by having our funds matched dollar per dollar to benefit even more children.

So what do we do with the money we raise?

We have delivered a truckload of high chairs for the Homeless Shelter for use in the dining hall and to provide to families transitioning to a permanent home. We have also delivered truckloads of child safety seats for distribution to families that cannot afford them.

We provide a wrapped Christmas present to every single child at the homeless shelter each year.

We built a state-of-the-art interview room approved by the California Judicial Council to interview abused children in a warm, friendly environment for use in court proceedings.

We have built computer labs, provided homework tables, and sponsored many specialized camps for impaired children, disabled children, and children who have recently lost a parent who attend special bereavement camps.

These are very small examples of the miracles made possible through your sponsorship and support. Since our inception, we have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars making Kern County a better place for our children.

2021 Recipients:

  • Transformation by Bakersfield Angels Purchase shoes for Every Sole Matters $3000
  • Kern Community Tennis Foundation Tennis equipment and shoes $2000
  • Friends of Mercy Healthy Kids in Healthy Homes $5500
  • Alliance Against Family Violence Toys & Playground equipment $10,000
  • Bristol Hospice Foundation Bereavement Camp $5000
  • Bags of Love Foundation Care bags of love $5000
  • League of Dreams Baseball equipment $3000
  • Kern County Cancer Foundation Pediatric Transportation Program $3500
  • Bakersfield Museum of Art Easels $3422
  • MARE Specialized riding equipment $3400
  • CALM Train Restoration $10,000
  • Bakersfield Homeless Center Sleep equipment, basic clothing for kids $8,025
  • Bakersfield PAL Shop With a Cop $5,000Kern Partnership for Children & Families Holiday Cottage funding $2500
  • League of Dreams Van $10,000
  • Thumbs Up – Cancer Down Power Up Packs $4375
  • Boys & Girls Club Tables for cafeteria $10,000
  • CASA of Kern Kids backpacks $2,000
$1,200,000
Total amount of grants made since 2005.