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Bakersfield arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

There are 172 arts, culture, and humanities organizations in the greater Bakersfield metro area. Combined, these Bakersfield metro arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits employ 359 people, earn more than $21 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $39 million.
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Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Bakersfield

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations
 
51
 
$3,148,543
Performing arts organizations
 
39
 
$7,918,753
Museums
 
29
 
$6,457,035
Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations
 
23
 
$1,082,092
Historical societies and organizations
 
17
 
$501,484
History museums
 
13
 
$1,256,793
Media production and publishing organizations
 
10
 
$2,253,708
Theaters
 
8
 
$934,884
Arts education organizations
 
7
 
$146,274
Symphony orchestras
 
6
 
$1,629,395
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Job trends for Bakersfield arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
19
1-10
 
5
11-25
 
4
26-100
 
3
101 to 1,000
 
1
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Bakersfield

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
45
$250k to $1M
 
11
$1M to $5M
 
8
$5M to $25M
 
0
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Bakersfield

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1-20 of 172

Fox Theater Foundation

Restores and operates the historic Fox Theater in Bakersfield, CA for performing arts through contributions and grants.
Revenue
$3.4m
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
43
EIN
77-0306813
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kern County Museum Foundation

Operational support for Kern County Museum through staffing, gathering funds and managing day-to-day operations, managing educational programs.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
26
EIN
77-0272697
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bakersfield Art Foundation

Art museum inspiring diverse audiences with exhibits, educational programs, community outreach, and special events in Bakersfield, CA.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
23
EIN
77-0125694
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The American General Media Foundation

The American General Media Foundation promotes the performing arts in New Mexico through classical music streaming and over-the-air FM radio.
Revenue
$965.4k
Assets
$2.6m
Employees
8
EIN
26-1295261
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bakersfield Music Theatre (BMT)

Bakersfield Music Theatre (BMT) was founded in 1969 by a group of educators and citizens interested in the performing arts. In 1974, it received non-profit status, and began operating as the Bakersfield Civic Light Opera at Harvey Auditorium.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$290.1k
Employees
30
EIN
23-7351668
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Skyride Unlimited Incorporated

Skyride Unlimited provides commercial-free educational programming in Bakersfield, CA to advance educational programs and enhance values and mores.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$656.9k
Employees
12
EIN
77-0303104
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Arts Council of Kern

Kern County's designated arts agency providing access, advocacy, education & outreach. Art-assisted education for young people using Young Audiences Arts for Learning curriculum.
Revenue
$1.7m
Assets
$412.3k
Employees
11
EIN
95-3098602
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

Provide art and culture in the form of Symphony music to the county of kern. To develop an appreciation for the benefits classical music can have on a community.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$681.3k
Employees
172
EIN
95-6001765
IRS type
501(c)(3)

California Living Museum Foundation

The California Living Museum Foundation forms to benefit California Living Museum, a native California plant and animal zoo and botanical garden. It develops programs to improve the museum.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
0
EIN
77-0420446
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Route 91 Kern County Victims Memorial

Route 91 Kern County Victims Memorial is a historical societies or organization in Bakersfield, CA that was founded in 2018.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
82-5250785
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Family Del Rio

Family Del Rio is a cultural or ethnic awareness organization in Bakersfield, CA that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
88-3504090
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saxon Aerospace Group

Saxon Aerospace Group is a museum in Boron, CA that was founded in 2019.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
47-5212669
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Well Music and Arts Foundation

Well Music and Arts Foundation is a performing arts school in Tehachapi, CA that was founded in 2023.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
92-3959869
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Micheal King Foundation

Micheal King Foundation is a humanities nonprofit organization in Bakersfield, CA that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
84-4273400
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Somewhere That S Green

Somewhere That S Green is a theater in Bakersfield, CA that was founded in 2025.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-1461518
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 - 93 California Tent

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 - 93 California Tent is a history museum in Bakersfield, CA that was founded in 2010.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
27-3208193
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Light Opera And Theatre Association

The Community Light Opera And Theatre Association fosters pleasure and recreation through theatrical performances, while managing operational and production costs effectively.
Revenue
$20.7k
Assets
$10.7k
Employees
N/A
EIN
95-6196421
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kern County Musical Association (Bakersfield Community Concerts Assn)

Kern County Musical Association presents musical artists at cost, including student outreach concerts. Located in Bakersfield, CA.
Revenue
$73.2k
Assets
$54.0k
Employees
N/A
EIN
95-6107002
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Endowment Foundation

The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Endowment Foundation promotes musical awareness through the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra by assisting them to raise awareness to classical music.
Revenue
$380.0k
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
0
EIN
77-0329309
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Missing in Action Remembered

A Bakersfield-based organization raising awareness for the plight of missing in action United States veterans from World War II to present.
Revenue
$6,615
Assets
$8,597
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-1221367
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A00: Arts, Culture, and Humanities: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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