About Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s giving is heavily health‑focused with a strong local emphasis on Bakersfield/Kern County. The foundation concentrates major funding on hospital and health system partners (notably Dignity Health and its medical foundation) while also supporting community health safety‑net services, behavioral health/addiction recovery programs, homelessness/housing supports, and local health research/education at CSU Bakersfield. Grants range from large institutional endowments to many small awards for neighborhood social‑service providers, indicating a mix of institutional backbone support plus targeted community interventions.
Focus Areas
Hospital system support and clinical services in Central California (large grants to Dignity Health / Dignity Health Medical Foundation)Community health access and safety‑net programs in Kern County (clinic support, mobile/community care via Dignity Community Care and local nonprofits)Homelessness and transitional housing services in Bakersfield (Bakersfield Homeless Center, Housing & Opportunity Foundation, transitional homes)Behavioral health and addiction recovery programs (Alpha House, Teen Challenge, counseling and veteran first‑responder support)Local health education and research partnerships (California State University, Bakersfield Foundation; regional health philanthropy)
About Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s recent giving is anchored by multi-million-dollar support for Dignity Health Medical Foundation, with awards of $5,957,281 in 2024, $4,685,699 in 2025, and $3,710,575 in 2023. That pattern signals a funder that backs hospital and medical-foundation infrastructure at scale rather than spreading support broadly across unrelated causes. The foundation’s portfolio also shows sustained support for community health organizations in California, including California Health Foundation and Trust, which received $1,944,228 in 2025 and $931,014 in 2024. Beyond health-system partners, the grant list includes Bakersfield-based institutions such as Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, California State University Bakersfield Foundation, and community nonprofits serving local residents. The range runs from major institutional awards to smaller community grants, but the thread is consistent: medical care, community health access, and related local support in Kern County and nearby Central California. Several awards also connect to housing, recovery, and safety-net services, showing how the foundation uses grantmaking to support the systems around health, not only clinical providers.
What Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Funds
Hospital system support is central to the foundation’s grantmaking. Dignity Health Medical Foundation received $5,957,281 in 2024 for medical foundation support, and Dignity Health received $288,530 in 2025 for hospital support. Community health access is another clear lane: California Health Foundation and Trust was awarded $1,944,228 in 2025 for community health, after a $931,014 grant in 2024 for the same purpose. The foundation also invests in local health education and research partnerships. California State University Bakersfield Foundation received $250,000 in 2025 for community health, following the same amount in 2024 and 2023. In the social-services side of health, grants went to Casa Esperanza Transitional Home for Women for community health and to The Open Door Network for community health, linking health funding with housing and support services.
How Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Gives
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s grants cluster around a wide size range: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $22,625, and the p75 is $250,000. That spread reflects a mix of mid-sized community awards and much larger institutional grants. The recent record also shows recurring support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Dignity Health Medical Foundation, California Health Foundation and Trust, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, California State University Bakersfield Foundation, Dignity Community Care, and Cityserve Network. The foundation is classified as a Pure DAF Provider and makes program-related investments. Giving is local, and all listed recipient grants are in the United States.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.2M
Total Assets
$1.2B
Total Revenue
$769.9M
Total Expenses
$651.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $250K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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