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HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION OF KERN

EIN 45-4059806 BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Revenue 2024
$122,023
Expenses 2024
$83,380

Program services were 88.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P60
Classification
1000
Street
601 24TH ST STE B

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE B). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR AND OTHERWISE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT PARTICIPANTS OF HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF KERN PROGRAMS AND OTHER LOW- INCOME FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IT IS OUR MISSION TO EMPOWER FAMILIES TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

  • THE PURPOSE OF THE HELPING HANDS FUND IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THOSE NEEDS ARE RELATED TO BASIC HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND ONE TIME ASSISTANCE. FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS WILL BE ASSISTED AND PROVIDED WITH CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE IDENTIFIED NEED. THE FUND INCLUDES: JESSICA'S CHRISTMAS, FOOD PANTRY, ADOPT-A-CENTER, AND THE CLOTHING CLOSET.

    Expenses $25,482

  • THE PURPOSE OF THE HOUSING COUNSELING FUND IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY MEETING THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS OR THOSE THAT ARE READY TO MOVE FROM SUBSIDIZED HOUSING TO THEIR OWN HOME. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON CREDIT AND ASSET BUILDING WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF RESPONSIBLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. THE FUND INCLUDES: FINANCE & UPWARD MOBILITY, ASSET BUILDING, AND HOME OWNERSHIP.

    Expenses $32,259

  • THE PURPOSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND IS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PURSUIT OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES NEEDED TO OBTAIN THEIR GOALS. PARTICIPANTS WILL DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AND SERVICES PLAN TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EDUCATION. THE FUND INCLUDES: SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, AND JOB SEARCH AND CAREER BUILDING.

    Expenses $16,000 · Grants $16,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jessica Janssen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shontay Smith-Sweeney

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriela Mello

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Max P Bacerra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raju Jassar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dee Slade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brooke Ary

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Bowers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samy Abiaoui

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Kimmel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,424
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $151,424
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $151,424 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $151,424 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $122,023
    Expenses
    $83,380
    Contributions
    $88,000
    Grants paid
    $16,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $66,744
    Expenses
    $61,336
    Contributions
    $66,649
    Grants paid
    $11,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $161,353
    Expenses
    $106,059
    Contributions
    $193,075
    Grants paid
    $24,305

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $123,017
    Expenses
    $80,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $362,596
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,783
    Expenses
    $67,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $322,703
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $212,633
    Expenses
    $133,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $317,269
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $97,207
    Expenses
    $127,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $245,012
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $180,936
    Expenses
    $164,964
    Assets (EOY)
    $279,538
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $171,609
    Expenses
    $143,181
    Assets (EOY)
    $254,608
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $221,396
    Expenses
    $197,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $216,143
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $200,289
    Expenses
    $132,351
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,968
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $134,368
    Expenses
    $120,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $126,325
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $168,721
    Expenses
    $82,829
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,987

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF KERN

    GOVERNMENT AGENCY PROVIDING SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO KERN COUNTY · CA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.