Founders and Advocates of the Women’s and Girls’ Fund have a special impact on the lives of women and girls in Kern County. Their gifts of cash and securities have rapidly built our endowment to provide more than $650,000 through 51 competitive grants to the nonprofit community as of October 2023. Our endowment has grown to support up to $80,000 in community grants each year.

Founders and Advocates are invited to assist with each year’s grantmaking process.

Write to us at WGF@kernfoundation.org to learn more about becoming an Advocate. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @WGFKCF.

The following list (below the definitions of the various levels) was updated in 2022.

Founder

Individuals, Giving Circles, or firms that donated at least $1,000 to WGF prior to December 31, 2010.

Platinum

Individuals, firms, or giving circles that have given $25,000 or more cumulatively since the inception of WGF.

Diamond

Individuals, firms, or giving circles that have given between $10,000 and $24,999 cumulatively since the inception of WGF.

Gold

Individuals, firms, or giving circles that have given between $5,000 and $9,999 cumulatively since the inception of WGF

Silver

Individuals, firms, or giving circles that have given between $2,500 and $4,999 cumulatively since the inception of WGF.

Advocates

Individuals, firms, or giving circles whose cumulative giving is between $1,000 and $2,499 since 2010.

Supporters

Individuals, firms, or giving circles whose cumulative giving is less than $1,000.

Women’s and Girls’ Fund (WGF) Founders* List

• Doreen Boylan Abrams
• Carol S. Adamson
• Kay Alexander
• Corina Godfrey Anderson
• Kari Anderson
• Leigh Ann Anderson
• Lisa Andrew
• Maureen Andrew
• Richard Armstrong
• Jeanne C. Austin
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation
• BFFs Giving Circle
• Simin Banister
• Sheryl Barbich
• Mary Barlow
• Earlene & Don Barnes
• Taylor A. Barnes
• The Bakersfield Californian
• Bettina M. Belter
• Ann Beman
• Sue Benham
• Catherine E. Bennett
• Deborah H. Besenfelder
• Lynda Boleschka
• Donice Boylan
• Rogers Brandon
• Charlotte Brandt
• Linda Brenner
• Beverly Burke
• Javier Bustamante
• Laurie Bustamante
• Natalie Bustamante
• Beverly Byl
• Jackie Bynum
• Margaret Bynum
• Marley Bynum-Sherry
• Mary Bynum
• Megan Bynum
• Nada & Dwight Byrum
• Jana Campbell
• Pat Durando Campbell
• Phyllis Fielding Campbell
• Judith C. Caratan
• Shelli Carlovsky
• Nancy Carr
• Suzanne Carver
• Castle & Cooke California
• Sylvia Thomson Cattani
• Jennice Boylan Cerrina
• Donna Chaffee
• Chapter JT, PEO Sisterhood
• Judith Chase
• Dona Penoli Chertok
• Mary Christenson
• Meg Clay
• Kathleen Pascoe Clerou
• Carole & Ira Cohen
• Terri Collins
• Joan W. Cox
• CSUB Women Leaders
• Holly Culhane
• Noel Daniells
• Peggy Cole Darling
• Margaret DeArmond
• Davida Muscio Delis
• Mary Button Demos
• Anna Dezember
• Joan Dezember
• Joyce & Gordon Downs
• Jennifer Boylan Drake
• Jan Drew
• Lynelle Echeverria
• Katherine Edmonson
• Maureen Farrell
• Vicki Farrell
• Ann Fisher
• Bonnie J. Fitzgerald
• Teresa Ford
• Melissa Fortune
• Jenna Foster
• Judy & Tom Franconi
• Donna & Tom Frank
• Edith Frick
• Judy & Charles Fritch
• Sheila Fry
• Corrine Garrison
• Catherine Gay
• GFWC California Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Pamela Presley Giumarra
• Keri & John Gless
• Pam Godfrey
• Christine Goedhart-Humphrey
• Diana & Tom Gordon
• Angene Grigg
• Barbara Grimm-Marshall
• Grimmway Enterprises Inc.
• Fran Gunner
• Becky Hall
• Lavonne & Harvey Hall
• Susan B. Hamilton
• Virginia Hamisch
• Ann Hansen
• Marianne Harmer
• Carol & Bill Hatcher
• Jane Haupt
• Mikie Hay
• Arlene & Joel Heinrichs
• Domonique Hensler
• Susan Hersberger
• Deborah Hess
• Jane Hildebrand
• Napier Hill
• Stephanie Hill
• Dolores & Bob Hoffman
• Stephanie Nichols Holladay
• Cheryl Holsonbake
• Judy Hyatt
• Cynthia Icardo
• Diane Johnson
• Gail & Cliff Johnson
• Karen & George Johnson
• Cindy Jones
• Teri & Ken Jones
• Trisha S. Jones
• Joyce Junger
• Kern County Fire Fighters, Local 1301
• Kern Medical Society Alliance
• Susan Killingsworth
• Danielle & Dave Kilpatrick
• Lisa King
• Ginny & Wayne Kirschenman
• Dianne Klein
• Hilda Klein
• Ruth Klein
• Lyndia Krausgrill
• Sheila Lake
• Jeanine Lambert
• Dawn Land-Walker
• Sherry Lanza
• Susan K. Laverty
• Tish Layous
• Holly Lazzerini
• Dayna Leggio
• Ione Lollar
• Lesa Mackessy
• Mary Madland
• Rhonda Magness
• Judith Malerich
• Lori Mariani
• Tanya Mariani
• Lynzi Massey
• Paije Massey
• Sandi Maul
• Mary Mazzei
• Rhonda & Livio Mazzei
• Judi Tuttle McCarthy
• Katie McCarthy
• Louise McCarthy
• Kay Meek
• Diana Mestmaker
• Barbara Meyer
• JoAnn Meyer
• Suzanne Meyer
• Mary & Tom Middleton
• Martha Miller
• Bitsy Ming
• Kim Mishkind
• Darlene Mohlke
• Ginger Moorehouse
• Mountain Mommas
• Mountain Mommas & Poppas
• Beth & Joe Nahama
• Adrienne Newman
• Dayna Favero Nichols
• Karen Northcutt
• Nancy L. Oehler
• Allison Brandt Oliver
• Diana Pascoe Othart
• Pamela Ott
• Haley Jones Ottaway
• Stella Ottaway
• Cheryl Palla
• Sally Panero
• Mona Pankey
• Paramount Farming
• Jeanette Richardson Parks
• Laura Pascoe
• Barbara Patrick
• Lois Pence
• Cathy Perfect
• Cindy Pinson
• Kay Pitts
• Peggy Dewane Pope
• Janet Poteete
• Linda Pounds
• Heli Powell
• Judith Pratt & Beth Rienzi
• Darlene Rhoades
• Cailen Richardsen
• Jessica, Katie & Mary Richardson
• Mary & Randy Richardson
• Danette Rinehart
• Jeanette Rogers-Erickson
• Monique M. Rogers-Poulton
• Joy Rose
• Rotary Club of Bakersfield
• T. Royer-Cartwright
• Marjorie Rump
• Doris Salter
• Teresa Shambaugh
• Mary K. Shell
• Evalee Simmons
• Barbara & Bob Smith
• Pat Smith
• Stacie Nichols Smith
• South Fork Women’s Club
• Southern California Edison
• Holly Spohn-Gross
• Debra Sprague
• Jennifer & Steve Starbuck
• Nadene Steinert
• Cathi & Mike Stier
• Betty & Bob Stine
• Nancy J. Stoller
• Linda Sullenger
• Heidi Sullivan
• Joan Thomas
• Mindy Thomas
• Elaine Thomson
• Mary Lou Thomson
• Edward M. Tilbury
• Pamela Tivnon
• Today Cleaners
• Alissa Turnipseed
• Amy Turnipseed
• Nancy Turnipseed
• Phillis Van Boening
• Engrid Wang
• Kristen Watson
• Ray Watson
• Lonie Wattenbarger
• Wendy Wayne & Gene Tackett
• Dolores Whitley
• Debbie & John Wilson
• WINGS of the Kern Valley
• Laura Lollar Wolfe
• Cheryl Woody
• World of Women Giving Circle
• Cassie Wright
• Linda Wright
• Jeanne Young
• Betty Lee Younger
• Kathleen Zaninovich

*Founders donated at least $1000 to WGF by December 31, 2010